"Mother, how much is that silver?" asked Ying Qi during breakfast. The Zhou family does not have the habit of eating and sleeping silently for the time being.

"It happened to be a piece of silver, five hundred taels. Zhao Yulan said with a smile.

"Daddy, we've got a little money now. What are we going to do?"

It seems that the family was hungry before, but after Yingqi came up with the idea of fragrant brine and water, the whole family began to work every day in order to become rich through hard work. Now, suddenly a stroke of money has fallen from the sky that can make everyone live a relaxed and happy life, and even enjoy the feeling of sitting and eating for a short time, but I don't know what to do.

"I really don't know what to do. Buy some more land?" Zhou Chungui said.

"Do you want to continue to make fragrant brine water?" Zhao Yulan asked.

"Mother, we did this for life, but now that we have the conditions, we can choose to do something else, of course, if you like this, we can also open a small restaurant by ourselves. Ying Qi said.

"Mother, I want to go to school. Fu Yi said suddenly.

Everyone looked at him in surprise, after all, when Ying Qi mentioned it before, Fu Yi still looked indifferent.

"Everything is inferior, only reading is high. This is what Xiaobao told me. I don't want to see Xiaobao next time, I'm still like this, planting seedlings, cutting grass and grazing cattle. I also want to at least take the test for a show, so that I can stand beside Xiaobao and tell him that I am a food eater. He often said that his family didn't need money to eat rice and flour. I also want to eat without money. "My God, it's okay to ask for money when you eat. Ying Qi laughed at Fu Yi's statement. "But, brother, I support you. If you pass the Xiucai examination, our family's land will not be tax-free. When the time comes, we can be a happy landlord. ”

Hearing Ying Qi say this, Zhou Chungui and Zhao Yulan both showed expressions of interest.

"Okay, Yi Wazi, after a while, my father will go to the village chief's house and ask to see if there is any place to go to school. Zhou Chungui immediately expressed his position.

"Mother, why don't we buy more land to be the master of the house and ask someone to plant it. If my brother wants to take the Xiucai exam, we can't do fragrant brine anymore, and my brother will not be decent at that time. Now that we have the money, we can consider doing something else. For example, the restaurant I just mentioned before, you can also open a ready-to-wear shop or something. It is also decent to be able to make money. ”

Ying Qi's statement made Fu Yi nod as well, and Zhou Chungui and Zhao Yulan also fell into deep thought.

"Okay, let my father and mother think about it again. Our little Qi girl is really smart. Zhou Chungui and Zhao Yulan never doubted why Ying Qi was so smart and clever at such a young age, because they always thought that this was because of Ying Qi's background.

Ying Qi also had some vague guesses, but she didn't really ask. There will come a time when the water will come to light.

After the meal, Zhou Chungui immediately went to the village chief's house. It didn't take long to return.

All three members of the family are waiting for news from him.

When Zhou Chungui returned home, he immediately explained the situation of going to the village chief's house to talk one by one.

Because Ba County, to which Zhoujia Village belongs, is too small and remote, they do not have a so-called private school in the entire Zhoujia Village, nor do they have a teacher who teaches. The children in the village are all peasant children, born in the Tian family, and few people have left the fields in their lives. Even those who left mostly went to learn trades, such as blacksmiths, carpenters, and so on.

The only ones who read are the children of the village chief. This generation of village chiefs has only one son and three daughters. Therefore, the only son has long been sent to Baxian Town to attend a private school.

In fact, there is also a private school in Ba County. There is only one gentleman who is more than forty years old, and the ancient forty has entered old age. Because there was no hope of taking the exam again, a small private school was opened three years ago to teach young children in Baxian Town.

If Fu Yi wants to go to school, the year's cultivation is three taels of silver, which is quite high. It also does not include food, lodging and transportation. Therefore, where is the luxury of reading for children from ordinary families or even poor families?

When Fu Yi went to school, he had to live in the town, and accommodation and food were a lot of money. So the village chief was shocked when he heard Zhou Chungui say that he was going to send his son to school.

Her son went to school alone, Zhao Yulan was a little unhappy when she heard it, she didn't need to think about money now, but her son was still so young, he was going to be single, where could she rest assured.

"No, I can't. Zhao Yulan did not hesitate to object.

"It's a lot of trouble. Zhou Chungui also said. "And it depends on whether Mr. Yi accepts Yi Wazi. The village chief said that it is still necessary to pay attention to talent when going to school. If he hadn't become the foundation of Xiucai at all, Mr. would not have been able to accept apprentices at all. Yi Wazi has never read a book, and she has been crawling on the dam, can she have that foundation?"

Zhou Chungui's meaning is also a little opposed.

"Dad, how do you know that your brother has no talent. What if my brother is very talented? Didn't you delay him? Before Fu Yi could say anything, Ying Qi Ke was not happy.

"Since Xiaobao is from a noble background, he encourages his brother to study. It shows that my brother must be a reading material. I believe that my brother will definitely be able to show off his talents, and maybe he can also become a senior official. This ideal is far away.

"That's right. Zhou Chungui nodded instead, "If Yi Wazi becomes a big official, my God, won't I be the father of the big official?"

Seeing his intoxicated appearance, Ying Qi almost fell.

"Okay, Dad, just like that, it's decided that my brother must go to school. Ying Qi made a direct decision.

"As for what my mother is worried about, it's okay, Dad, let's buy a small house in the town, let's move to the town. She directly addressed her mother's concerns.

"Moved to the town to live. The more Zhao Yulan thought about it, the brighter her eyes became. "Dad, it's okay. We're all going to either buy land or open a small shop anyway. Now it's better to just open a small shop. As for our family's field, it is ours anyway, so we rent it out and plant it for others. If there is a case, we will come back and farm. ”

"That's an idea. Then the next market is tomorrow, and we will stop selling fragrant brine and go directly to the town to see the houses. Zhou Chungui nodded.

Ying Qi thinks about it, it is better to investigate on the spot and then decide the future direction of the family.

In the market the next day, because they had made a lot of fragrant brine sewer before, except for Zhao Yulan who stayed at home, Ying Qi and Fu Yi still followed their father to the market to sell sewer.

It sold out by midday. Since I decided not to sell fragrant brine anymore, I don't need to buy it anymore.

As they had previously discussed, the three of them set out together to explore the idle houses and shops in the town.

The two streets are basically occupied by private houses, and the intersection in the middle is where the county government is located, and there are a few shops next to it. A small restaurant, a cloth shop selling cloth materials, a rice shop that doubles as a condiment shop, a small medical hall, and a grocery store. There is no more. It's basically enough for the livelihood supplies in this town. Other needs are that the merchants go from street to house to trade.

There are two or three vacant houses, all of which have been relocated to other counties or even prefectures. It's just not in the center.

The price is not expensive, ranging from twenty or thirty taels of silver.

Ying Qi pinched her fingers and calculated, she had watched TV series before, and one tael of silver was about equal to two hundred yuan, that is, two or three thousand yuan could buy a house with a courtyard. The ancient people were so happy. Of course, it is limited to the house, and the lack of television, network, car, airplane, and everything is still far worse than in the previous life.

After seeing the whole town and inquiring about a few empty rooms, the three of them returned to the market.

Now that the conditions permit, Zhou Chungui generally has to buy some meat, flour and the like after the market, the children are growing up, there were no conditions before, but now there are conditions, of course, let the children eat well and dress warmly.

After returning home and having dinner, the family sat down together again and began to discuss the situation of going to see the house today.

"you, we looked at three houses today, one on East Street and two on West Street. Zhou Chungui first told Zhao Yulan all the situation.

"The house on East Street is the largest, there is a room outside, which can be used as a shop, and there is a courtyard dam and a well inside. There are three rooms behind the dam, which are similar to our house, just enough for one person to one room. The price was twenty-eight taels of silver. But the location is ok, not far east of the middle. The two houses on West Street are at the end of West Street, near the moat. One has only two rooms, an outhouse and an inner room, with a small courtyard dam. and twenty taels of silver. This one is a bit small, and I think I can ignore it. The other is an outhouse, two inner houses, and a courtyard dam, which also has a well. This yard is a bit big, and if you need to, you can open another room at that time. The price was twenty-three taels of silver. What do you think?"

"I think it's all right. It all looks and feels pretty much the same. Fu Yi said.

"Dad, I think the one on West Street is better. Ying Qi said.

"Why?" Zhou Chungui asked, in fact, he obviously meant something about the house on East Street.

"Dad, there are only two streets in the town, although it is said that the principle of proximity to buy things, but it will take less than a quarter of an hour to walk through the two streets, no matter where I am located, I think it is almost the same, after all, the central location is gone. But the house at the end of West Street is close to the moat, and the market is not far away, so if we go to the market, we only need to be at home, and the market is only a few steps away, so I think it's very good. But what I like most about him is that he has a peach tree, hehe. Ying Qi said with a smile.

When they went to see it, the peach tree was blooming. The trees are full of pink blooming on the branches, and you can expect to be able to catch a lot of peaches when they are ripe.

"That's okay, if Sister Qi likes it, we'll buy it there. Zhao Yulan heard her say this and agreed without hesitation.

"Okay, let's build another room then, and it is estimated that it will only be enough for two taels of silver. And in terms of price, we can talk about it again. Zhou Chungui also nodded.

"But what are we going to do. After all, we're only going to make fragrant brine water now. Or maybe I'm still farming at home. You are watching Fu Yi study over there. Zhou Chungui was a little entangled.

"Dad, you went out and thought about it for a while, in fact, we can still make fragrant brine water, just make a small amount, and make a little more delicate, and then I will make buns, pastries and the like, we can open a small dim sum shop or something, just sell some small dim sum." After all, there is only one restaurant in the town, and the rest of the people cook their own food. You know my previous craft, let's open a small dim sum shop, and it won't get in the way of the restaurant, so we won't offend people. Isn't it nice? ”

"Mother, you have such a good idea. Ying Qi nodded approvingly.

"Okay, that's it. Zhou Chungui also nodded in agreement. "We'll talk about the price tomorrow. ”

"Dad, don't worry, let's go back when we catch the market. I see that those houses have been empty for a while, after all, not everyone is like our family to buy a house. And maybe the price will be better negotiated after two days. ”

"Maybe. Then in the past two days, I will go to see if there is any good land, our family is all thin fields, they are all the same seeds, so simply replace it with good land to plant. In this way, I come back to do farm work when I am doing farm work, and I help sell snacks at home when I am free. Zhou Chungui said.

"That's good. Dad, this way our family will get better and better. When my brother is admitted to Xiucai, we can buy more land and don't have to pay taxes. When Fu Yi heard that he could also do things for his family, he quickly nodded and said, "Dad, I will definitely work hard." ”