Chapter 82: Diligence and thrift

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"That, so many people, you're still pregnant with a child!" Lilac hesitated. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Ping thought about it, "The young master is right, there is nothing that cannot be arranged. When it comes to saving money to buy groceries, I'm really not bragging, I'm very good at this. ”

"But you can't go out." Lilac thinks about it, it's a little tangled. If you want to save money on grocery shopping, you have to go and see it yourself.

Li Ping shook her head, everything has to be done by herself, then it really outweighs the loss. She first added the money Zeng Fan earned this month plus the living expenses paid by Zeng Quan, and at a glance, it turned out to be a lot, but think about it this month, Zeng Quan will no longer copy books, and the cost will be halved, so think about it, she has to count these as well.

"A tael of silver a month, can we get by?" Li Ping thought about it and looked sideways at Lilac.

"It's not enough, we have to pay hundreds of dollars to buy firewood." Lilac shook her head hurriedly.

"Firewood can't seem to be saved." Li Ping let out a long sigh.

"Yes, you need some firewood in the bath every day." Lilac couldn't help but spit out.

Li Ping glanced back at her, who is this? Is it extravagant to ask for such a little yourself?

Thirty days a month, seven people have to eat every day, and they are all three meals a day, because there are two candidates and one pregnant woman, so the meal cannot be too simple. Even Li Ping began to feel a little headache.

"Young grandma, why do you want to live with the money earned by the eldest young master?"

"Because I want him to support the family." Li Ping smiled, looked at the account book, and thought for a moment, "Can we save some firewood, for example, let's save a little more on housework." ”

"You can buy logs, I can chop them into firewood, it's a lot cheaper." Ding Tong finally spoke.

"That's a good idea, let Brother Hao chop with you." Li Ping nodded, saw the Lilac sister and brother staring at her, and shook her head hurriedly, "It's time for him to lose weight." ”

The Lilac sister and brother didn't speak together, and they felt that they could only hehe.

Li Ping rarely didn't do anything in the morning, so she seriously studied housework, such as burning firewood, how to burn more economically, how to use the same firewood, and how to prepare food for three meals. It's technical work.

On the contrary, it is very simple to buy groceries, as long as you make a menu, it is very easy to eat cheaply. What's more, it's already spring, all kinds of vegetables are on the market, it is cheap and delicious, Li Ping has been learning from her mother how to make meals cheap and delicious since she was a child, this is difficult for her.

Everything was straightened out, and the four of them returned. Zeng Fan was very happy to see that Li Ping was not embroidering, but Li Ping held his arm and couldn't straighten up for a long time, "You still let me embroider, I'm tired to death." ”

"What's wrong? Lilac, what's wrong with the young grandma? ”

"The young grandmother arranged the housework all morning, which was a bit hard." Lilac also felt that Li Ping was hard, and she usually only embroidered, in her words, how much firewood she had earned back in her embroidery work. But I really can't say she's not worth it.

"Why arrange housework?" Brother Hao asked hurriedly.

"Well, I want to use my father-in-law's money to support my family in the future, so I have to rearrange the housework. It just so happens that the second and third children learn together, which is very useful, Brother Hao has been keeping accounts with us since he was a child, and keeping our household account books every day. ”

"Well, Mr. said, you can't divide the grains and the four bodies are not diligent." Brother Hao nodded, he was trained little by little.

"Speaking of which, I think you should also lose weight, our family will not buy chopping firewood in the future, in the future, the four of you, plus Tong'er, will have to split three round firewood, and Brother Hao'er will have five."

"Why am I five and I'm the youngest!" Brother Hao is quitting again.

"You are too fat, you will be laughed at and full of fat, you say, how many of you are so fat in your academy? Fat people are usually laughed at. Li Ping spoke earnestly.

Brother Hao opened his mouth for a moment, but he was still speechless.

Zeng Fan and they also think it's nothing, they have also done this kind of thing in the countryside, they can't really let their mother do it! Splitting three roots a day actually only makes them move slightly and sweat a little.

"But the money earned by the second brother-in-law should be enough to eat, right?" Brother Hao grew up with them since he was a child, and although the money they earned this month was not much in his opinion, it should be enough to feed them.

"Yes, but that was last month, this month, only you and Xianggong are copying books, and the speed will slow down. Who knows what will happen next month, so I decided that our living expenses for a month could not exceed one tael of silver. ”

"Isn't a tael of silver enough?" Zeng Quan and Zeng Yi didn't understand it at all, and in their opinion, it seemed that there were a lot. They sell food in the county, two pennies a copy.

"Not enough, far from it. We can save a lot of money in the countryside just by firewood. And we grow our own vegetables, so we just have to buy some meat. But that doesn't have to be bought every day. At the edge of the village is the river pond, and the small fish and shrimp that people catch are also very cheap, and they can also be very delicious. But the provincial capital even has to buy straw ropes, so just now the family switched to round firewood, which is cheaper than chopping firewood. Brother Hao explained.

"See, this is what Brother Hao learned from bookkeeping since childhood, is it very useful. In the future, you will also be the master of your own house, no matter what you do, it is very important to arrange housework, even if your daughter-in-law can't do it, you can be on top. Li Ping's last sentence was really heartfelt, she was now worried that Zeng Quan and Zeng Yi's daughter-in-law would not be able to do it, and they would not be able to stand it, they were really all the same as Ouyang's, it was really troublesome.

"Well, let's try it, but don't be too restrained, I'm not so careful, you still have to eat." Zeng Fan understood his wife's hard work, and she was taking care of his mood, so in the future, she arranged for the family to use the money he earned from copying books.

Originally, no man would like to hear others say that they were raised by their daughters-in-law. Now his wife saw his efforts, so she arranged the housework seriously and asked him to support the family, no matter what, she wanted to let people know that he had paid for the family.

But he thought of Li Ping's belly, she needed nutrition, she wanted to have a safe baby, and he would be reluctant to live too hard.

"Don't worry about grocery shopping, this is my sister's strength, it's just ...... Let's see, maybe it can really be done. "Brother Hao doesn't worry about food, he only worries about other expenses.

Li Ping smiled: "There may not be as many dishes as before, but I promise it must be delicious." ”

Zeng Quan and Zeng Yi are not worried about life, they have lived a hard life, they have followed the Li family for several years, they know what a good life is, and they also know that it doesn't cost much. When they arrived in the provincial capital, they knew what a really good day was. And looking at Li Ping's appearance, she also knows that this is the day she should live, once the second daughter of the Li family, I am afraid that she will endure very hard.

They are also very much looking forward to how Li Ping will arrange housework, so that the limited money that Brother Hao said can achieve their standard of living. (To be continued.) )