Chapter 5 Hibiscus Tent Warmth
Mr. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu are very willing to spend money in supporting their eldest son to study, especially after the eldest son Zhu Shouren won the title of Tongsheng, although he did not pass the college examination and was not admitted, he was also ecstatic. Since then, he has been fully supporting his eldest son's scientific expedition. It's just that in the past few years, I have spent money and stretched thin, and I really don't have the money to support a scholar anymore.
Mrs. Zhu was silent for a moment before she slowly spoke, "Old family, there is indeed no spare money in the family for Jun'er to learn now." ”
The eldest aunt Wu wanted to fight for it, but the uncle pulled it with his hand under the table, and gestured with his eyes, and the eldest aunt nodded unwillingly.
Because Zhu Ping'an is young and short, he just saw the small movements under the uncle's table, and he has a better understanding of the uncle, and his uncle's mind is still quite heavy.
That's right, uncle! The road to the neighboring village private school is not working, isn't there an uncle at home, although the uncle said that Xiucai was not admitted, but he is also familiar with poetry and books, and he followed to learn traditional Chinese characters, isn't it also possible to save the country.
"Then can I learn from the eldest Bomeng?" Zhu Ping'an raised his little face and stretched out his little paw and asked.
The uncle of the Zhu family didn't speak, and the aunt stopped doing it, and asked Zhu Ping'an to give her face and criticize her education, "Xiaoyi, your uncle still has to study for the exam, he can't wait to read books for two days every day, how can he have time to teach you to read and write." Delay your uncle to take the show, you can't afford to be guilty! ”
In short, the eldest aunt is disgusted! It looks like Wang Dafei's mother-in-law.
"Let's wait for my uncle and I to pass the Xiucai examination, and then enlighten you." Uncle Zhu speaks much better than his aunt, but they all mean the same thing, refuse, one is blunt, the other is tactful, there is no difference.
Although I am young now, I am not relying on you to learn, but I am just looking for a reason to slowly reveal my knowledge.
If you wait for the show, the daylily will be cold. If what I saw when I entered the door just now was luck, then it is estimated that it is impossible for the uncle to be successful in a short period of time. Although the white pillar of luck on the top of the uncle's head is richer than the rest of the family, it is white after all, and the white is white, and white is the gas of ordinary people. Steady progress, cyan is official.
Zhu Ping'an complained silently.
Although the food was not delicious, in the spirit of saving glory and wasting shame, Zhu Ping'an still ate the cake in his hand and the porridge in the bowl, and even licked the bowl a few bites. Who made himself barely a chubby paper.
Zhu Ping'an's good appetite is in stark contrast to Zhu Pingjun of the uncle's family who picks and chooses opposite.
"The second one's family, go and serve half a bowl of porridge to Xiaoyu." Although the old man said that he favored the eldest and the eldest family, he was still very protective of his own children, and when he saw Zhu Ping'an eating like this, his face was also satisfied, for fear that the child would be hungry.
Whenever this happens, the mother Chen always looks salty and proud.
When dinner was about to end, someone called the door outside the gate and brought a message from the town, saying that the grandfather's family was going to join his son who was doing business in the south, and he could not come to worship his ancestors during the New Year, so he would come to worship the ancestral tomb three days later to say goodbye to his ancestors.
Mr. Zhu's family has three brothers and sisters, Mr. Zhu is the youngest son, and there is a sister in the middle who married into the town, and the eldest grandfather went to the town as an apprentice since he was a child, and moved to the town after becoming a family.
Although they are separated from each other, they can always meet each other during festivals or markets.
Now when Old Man Zhu heard that his eldest brother was going to move to the south, it would be difficult to see each other again, so he couldn't help sighing, sighed, and went back to the room without eating.
After the old man left, Mrs. Zhu was worried in her heart, and she followed the persuasion, and everyone dispersed one after another, each going back to their respective homes.
The news that the grandfather's family is going to move to the south does not have much impact on the family except for Mr. Zhu, after all, after the grandfather's family moved to the town, although the relationship is good, it is not very close, at most, it is just one less place to settle in the town.
The courtyard of the Zhu family is a bit similar to the courtyard house in modern old Beijing, but it is slightly wider and more complex than the courtyard, divided into the main house and the wings on both sides, there is a well in the courtyard, the main house is three large rooms, one is used as a living room, one is the bedroom where Mrs. Zhu and Mr. Zhu rest, and the other is the residence of the uncle's family. There is a wing room on each side, the east wing room on the left side is where Zhu Ping'an's family lives, and the west wing room on the right side is where the third aunt's family lives. In addition, there is a stove room and a firewood room on the side of the courtyard wall near the gate.
The moon is sparse, and the oil lamp is lit in the left wing, shining with a dim light, but unfortunately it is not as bright as the moonlight shining through the window. Although the room is not surrounded by four walls, there are few valuable things, but the room is very clean and neat, and the things are arranged in an orderly manner.
His mother, Chen, was sitting at the table and mending Zhu Ping'an's pants by the light, while his father was sitting on the side doing some simple carpentry work.
Biting off the thread on the side, Chen put the clothes in his hand beside Zhu Ping'an, "Try the fit!" ”
"Fit, sure fit, sure fit, sure fit. Mother, you are so good. Zhu Ping'an grinned, his mouth was as sweet as honey. My protest finally took effect, and I can finally stop wearing open crotch pants in the future.
"The little bastard will have a sweet mouth, I owe your grandfather in my last life!" The mother complained, but the love could not be concealed.
"There is no light during the day, and at night it is busy with oil."
Grandmother passed by the window and saw the lights in the east and west wings couldn't help but shout a few words, these daughters-in-law are really losers, how expensive it is, if I used to save the oil lamp at night, the money would be enough for my eldest grandson to learn.
"Oh, I know mother, this will put out the oil lamp." Father Zhu Shouyi immediately replied.
I have other clothes that have not been sewn, and my mother Chen angrily gouged at my father, and my father just smirked, which made my mother stare at my father angrily.
"Smile and smile, you know that you are smirking, your wife and children have been bullied to death by your mother, and you will only giggle!" Mother Chen couldn't get used to seeing his father's soft appearance, so she went up and pinched him the arm.
Zhu Shouyi is a sturdy crop man, Chen's pinching has no effect on him at all, and he still has a smile on his face, like a punch on cotton, which makes Chen angry again.
"My mother has been married to you for eight lifetimes!" Chen's angry finger poked hard at Zhu Shouyi's head.
"It took me eight lifetimes of virtue to marry such a good daughter-in-law as you."
Zhu Shouyi usually looks like a wooden crop man, but what he can say is of a very high level, and it suddenly refreshed Zhu Ping'an's three views on this cheap father, it turns out that his father, who is three points more wooden than Guo Jing, also has a sweet side, too, otherwise how could he marry such a good woman as his mother.
Chen's face turned red, he was not ashamed, and he was not afraid of bringing bad children!
Looking at the beauties under the lamp, especially the rare and shyness of the spicy Chen, Zhu Shouyi was stunned all of a sudden.
"Brother, I'm so sleepy." Zhu Ping'an snorted, pulled the eldest brother who was meticulously weaving bamboo baskets on the side, and went to the small bedroom separated by wooden boards to rest.
Well, it's not suitable for children next.
The hibiscus tent is warm and creamy, and the groaning is like a heavenly sound