Xu Xiangwan was afraid that Xiao Jiu would be taught to be old-fashioned by the masters of the private school, so he explained to him: "Xiao Jiu, although you are a man, you have the responsibility to take care of your family. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info But our family is a mother and our brothers and sisters together, each of us has the responsibility to take care of the family, and this responsibility is not measured by how much money is made, everyone is good at different things, and the contribution to the family is also different. Look at our brother, he is good at studying, our brother went to Songtao Academy, even if he doesn't take the career in the future, it is a good errand to find a college to be a master. Our mother and our sister, the two of them are good at cooking, cooking, sprinkling and making clothes, if there is no mother and sister, where do we have such beautiful clothes, shoes and socks to wear, where can we have such delicious meals to eat? And I'm just good at refining medicinal materials, and I like to think of ways to make money. Let's talk about you, your talent in studying is stronger than our brother, as long as you study hard, your future achievements are limitless. You don't want to use the money we earn now, but the money we earn is still protected by you and your brother, otherwise we won't be able to keep it even if we have mountains of gold and silver. You just need to remember that in a family, everyone has their own division of labor, each has their own responsibilities, and they don't necessarily have to make money, as long as they are dedicated to the good of their family and work hard for their families, it is worthy of recognition. And you are the youngest now, and you are the most talented in studying, and now what you can do for your family is to study hard, so that the constraints we give and the hardships we pay are not wasted, this is your duty, understand? ”

Although Xiao Jiuren is small, he seems to understand such a reason, but he is a good person, he kept this passage firmly in his heart, and after thinking about it a few times, he understood a rough idea, and since then he obediently agreed to go to Qingyun Academy and no longer make trouble.

Entering Qingyun Academy and Tingtao Academy generally need to go through a series of extremely strict assessments, and it is not enough to pay the shackles. Although Xiao Jiu is very good at studying, he has only studied in the Xu family's private school for a month or two, and he has not learned much, and he is not qualified to enter Qingyun Academy. Therefore, during this time, Xu Xiangwan bought a lot of books needed for the assessment from outside, so that Xiao Jiu could study hard at home, and then go to Qingyun Academy to apply for the exam when he was ready.

After arriving in Fucheng, Xu Xiangwan only told Wulang that he had bought a house in Fucheng and would go to see him after settling down.

Ten days after moving to Gu's house, Xu Xiangwan's family was completely settled, so the family planned to go to Tingtao Academy to see Wulang on March 20.

Due to the purchase of all kinds of furniture and things, the rice, noodles, vegetables and vegetables in Fucheng are very expensive, and the expenses at home are like flowing water, but it took forty or fifty taels to go out in ten days, and Xu Xiangwan was so anxious that the corners of his mouth grew a bubble, for fear that when he went to see Wulang, there was no money at home, so he thought about quickly refining some finished medicines and taking them to the pharmacy to sell, but he couldn't spare time.

Knowing that the family spends a lot, Zhang and Xu Qiuyi went to the embroidery workshop to get some embroidery, but both of them made embroidery for the first time for this embroidery workshop, and the owner of the embroidery workshop did not trust them very much, so they only gave some of the most ordinary handkerchiefs, and one earned five or six yuan, but only earned four or five hundred yuan in a few days, compared with the family's expenses, it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.

Fortunately, yesterday, Shopkeeper Shen came again in person and gave Xu Xiangwan the remaining four hundred taels of silver dividends, so that she felt at ease and was not so anxious to make money.

And these days, the things that should be purchased are almost done, and in the future, it is just some living expenses, their family is only five people, and the maximum is only four or five taels of silver a month, even if there is no dividend of hand balm, it is not difficult to earn.

After figuring out this layer, the family can be regarded as relaxed, and they no longer talk about making money all the time.

On March 20, Xu Xiangwan went to the street early and called a carriage to wait at the door.

Zhang carried a few large bags from the house and put them in the carriage, which contained several sets of clothes and shoes and socks of fine materials that she had sewn for Goro, and a few soft and warm quilts. Not to be outdone, Xu Qiuyi brought two large food boxes from the kitchen and put them in the carriage, one food box contained the meat patties, steamed dumplings, steamed dumplings and other dry food she made for Wulang, and the other food box contained the chicken, duck and fish meat that had just been prepared.

Xiao Jiu looked at the two of them with blank eyes, pouted and said, "Fortunately, I'm also prepared, but I don't know if this paperweight brother will like it." ”

Xu Xiangwan cried and laughed as the three of them moved their burdens to the carriage one by one as if they were moving, but they pinched the two white jade bottles in their arms, and said secretly in their hearts: Am I also prepared?

Since the last time he was rectified by Xu Xiangwan's sobering soup, the old man Sanjin has also been honest for a while, and he has stayed at home peacefully for the past few days, Xu Xiangwan is busy rectifying things at home, and he can't refine medicine, so he eats, sleeps, and eats all day long, and his originally thin cheeks have grown a little flesh.

Knowing that Xu Xiangwan and his family were going to Tingtao Academy, the old man Sanjin, who felt that he could take the opportunity to escape, was almost so excited that he stood at the door and urged them to hurry up on the road with a smile, so it was too late.

Xu Xiangwan didn't know what he was thinking, so he said bluntly: "No one is cooking at home today, Master, you can also go to Tingtao Academy with us, it just happens that the mountains are charming in spring, let's also go out for a walk." ”

The old man of Sanjin instantly made a bitter face, and secretly slapped himself in his heart, he knew that he would not be dangling in front of Xu Xiangwan, and when they left, couldn't he find a chance to go out? It's good that I was caught by this little guy again.

Since the sobering soup incident, the old man Sanjin has become comfortable with this seven-year-old villain, in addition to usually pointing out the alchemy, he almost has to walk around when he sees her, for fear that he will be targeted by this little guy again, and he will be beaten again.

After everything was ready, the family of five locked the door and happily got into the carriage and went to Songtao Mountain.

Songtao Mountain is on the outskirts of the city, and March is a good time to go out, so along the way, Xu Xiangwan saw that many small families with their wives and children went out to play with friends, so it was not lively.

Tingtao Academy is on the top of Songtao Mountain, fortunately, in addition to a stone path there is also a winding mountain avenue that can drive carriages, although it is a little detoured, and there are some bumps, but in the end it is still much better than climbing the mountain with a burden.

The carriage rented by Xu Xiangwan was only a one-person carriage, and the horse was already a little thin, so he was too tired to walk halfway up the mountain.

It was almost noon, so the family got out of the carriage, fetched dry food, and found a place to sit down under a big tree.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa......" Xu Xiangwan pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

"Uncle, is there a stream next to it?" Xu Xiangwan asked in surprise. (To be continued.) )