Looking at the two sisters and brothers, the corners of Yu Shaobai's mouth couldn't help but rise, and even Yu's mother's pale face showed a smile. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After lunch, Yu Shaobai walked out of his study and saw Xiao Wu drawing something on the ground, and couldn't help asking, "What are you painting?" ”

"Third brother, I'm practicing calligraphy."

Hearing this, Yu Shaobai looked at the same words flying on the ground, the kid practiced cursive......

"The third brother asked you a question, how about it?"

"Don't be too hard, you ask."

"Do you know how many acres of land our family has?"

Hearing this, Xiao Wu stretched out his finger and waved at Yu Shaobai: "A total of four acres ......"

"Answer correctly, let's continue to practice calligraphy." Yu Shaobai learned the same information from Xiaowukou as he remembered, there are four acres of Changtian at home, half an acre of vegetable field, since the death of his father, these four acres of Changtian will be handed over to the second uncle, which is equivalent to contracting, giving them 20% of the harvest every year.

According to the general yield per mu at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, four acres of land should be able to have a harvest of ten stones, and after the tax, there should be more than one stone, and it can be learned from Yu's mother that last year's share has not been received until now, not for any reason, she is unwilling to take the initiative to ask for grain.

Now there are only 500 Wen left in the family, and life is tight, Ah Lian told him that there is not much surplus food in the family, and his mother's illness is not good, so he plans to make some money first, how to make money, this is a question worth thinking about.

Perfume soap is too difficult, business is a taboo for scholars, if you let your mother know, I'm afraid you will really be spanked.

He was thinking about what to do, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, he got up and went to the courtyard, and opened the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a young man walk in, and said with a slightly surprised smile: "It turns out that the third brother is back." ”

Looking at this lean man, he looks okay, but his eyes give people a sense of restlessness, and he is not a loyal and honest person.

"Second brother, aren't you in town? How can you go back to Tushan Village on this hot day? ”

Hearing the third child's words, Yu Feng waved his hand, "You don't understand this, what about my mother?" I'm looking for her. ”

Yu's mother stood at the door and said suspiciously: "Erlang, why are you back, what's the matter with looking for your mother?" ”

Yu Feng looked at the third child and said with a smile: "It's hot outside, let's talk about it inside." ”

Watching the second brother and his mother walk into the door, Yu Shaobai's face showed a trace of doubt, and Ah Lian walked out of her room on the side, looking at her mother's door with a displeased face.

"Second brother, are you here to borrow money again?"

Xiao Wu pushed the door and asked.

"The second brother only goes home when he borrows money, and he doesn't even go home for the holidays, and now my mother should be angry."

Hearing the words of the two sisters and brothers, Yu Shaobai's face changed slightly, his second brother seemed to have some problems with his character, he glanced at the sisters and brothers, and touched Yu's mother's room.

Yu Shaobai was lying outside the door, with two sisters and brothers behind him, listening to the movement inside.

"Borrow money?"

"Don't worry, I'll earn back even the interest this time!"

"That's not what you say every time you borrow money, but have you really won? Now that you have a family and a business, don't gamble anymore, I just gave you one or two last month, you ask your mother again this time, your mother is really gone. ”

"How is that possible? Don't lie to me, Dad can leave a lot of silver before leaving, how can you not have silver! ”

"Your father has been gone for four years, what kind of silver can you leave behind, you calculate that since you got addicted to gambling, there are hundreds of taels of gambling debts just before and after, what are you going to do? You promised Miss Wang that she would never gamble again, and if your in-laws knew about it, it would be even more difficult for you to stay in the Wang family. ”

"I know this, don't worry, mother, I promise this must be the last time, by the way, the title deed...... You don't have a title deed, you quickly take it out and give it to me. ”

"Are you crazy? This is the ancestral home of the Yu family, if you gamble with it, it will be an insult to the ancestors, and you will die of this heart! ”

"I am the eldest son of the Yu family, this house should belong to me, I want to gamble on it or buy it myself, mother, where did you hide the title deed?"

Hearing the argument inside getting louder and louder, Yu Shaobai glanced at Ah Lian and only listened: "Mouse!" ”

"Where? Where are the rats in Ah Lian! Yu Shaobai pushed the door open with a broom, followed by Xiao Wu.

"Second brother, the rat is behind you!"

Hearing this, Yu Feng jumped up from the bench and looked at the room in horror, "Mouse, where is the mouse?" ”

"Second brother, the mouse is lying on your back."

"Quick! Get rid of the rats! ”

Looking at the second brother with a pale face at the door, a smile appeared on the corner of Yu Shaobai's mouth, this is what you said.

Syllable! Syllable! syllable

Yu Shaobai waved a broom, used a series of snaps, and the second brother grinned and came to the yard.

"Third child, what are you doing!" Yu Feng covered his arms and shouted loudly.

Yu Shaobai looked innocent: "Second brother, didn't you say it?" Let me beat the rats off for you? ”

"I asked you to hit the mouse, and I didn't let you hit me! Have the rats been driven away? ”

Yu Shaobai nodded slightly, stretched out his hand and thought only about his mother's room, "Running is running." But I entered my mother's room, and I heard my mother say that there is more than one mouse in this house, and there are a family of mice living in it. ”

Hearing this, Yu Feng's goosebumps rose, what he was most afraid of in his life was a mouse, and he wanted to continue to talk to his mother about borrowing money, but when he thought of the mouse, he shouted at the house: "Mother, I'll go back first, don't forget what I told you, I will come to pick it up next time." ”

Seeing the second brother leave in a panic, Yu Shaobai and the others couldn't help laughing, if it weren't for Ah Lian to talk about it, I am afraid that I would not know that my second brother would be afraid of mice.

"He's your second brother, you shouldn't make fun of him."

Seeing his mother walk out of the room, the three of them hurriedly suppressed their laughter, Yu Shaobai explained: "We do this for his good, you borrow his money, so that he will gamble when he has gambling funds, it will be a vicious circle, and in the end he asks you for money, but you don't have money, no matter how much you do before, in his eyes, you are not a loving mother, maybe you will do something crazy." ”

Hearing San Lang's words, Yu's mother sighed, didn't continue to say more, turned around and walked into the room, and closed the door.

"Third brother, is my mother angry?"

Yu Shaobai shook his head, he couldn't guess who this last sigh was for.

After the three of them went back to their rooms, Yu Shaobai lay on the bed, thinking about how to make a fortune, and when he saw the sparrow falling on the window, he jumped up from the bed and walked out of the door.

"Little Wu, do you know where there is bamboo around here?"

Xiao Wu, who was practicing calligraphy on the ground, stopped his movements, thought about it and said: "Rich man Li in the east of the village has bamboo planted at home, what's wrong?" Third brother, do you want to cut bamboo? ”

Yu Shaobai nodded.

"I heard the neighbors chatting about this rich man Li, he is not very generous, it is difficult for you to cut his bamboo."

"I didn't see it, you little guy knows a lot, okay, don't practice this book of heaven, wait for the third brother to teach you to write." With that, Yu Shaobai walked out of the room.

Out of the courtyard gate, Yu Shaobai walked along the bluestone road to the east, looking from afar, sure enough, there was a bamboo garden, when he walked in, he found that the bamboo garden was surrounded by a high wall, there was only one gate, and on the opposite side of the gate was the house of the rich man Li, the rich man Li in Lanxi County's rice shop business was doing smoothly, and it was also a small financial resource.

Yu Shaobai stepped forward and knocked on the door of the bamboo garden and walked out of a housemaid.

"Isn't this Yu Jia Saburo? Can I help you? The young man had obviously seen Yu Shaobai and said with a smile.

Yu Shaobai couldn't remember the name of this person, and said: "This big brother, I came here to take a bamboo branch back, I don't know if you can be accommodating." ”

The young man shook his head when he heard this, and his face showed embarrassment: "San Lang, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's what kind of person my master is, you should know it, if he knows that I gave his bamboo to others, I will be miserable." ”

Seeing that he looked as timid as a mouse, Yu Shaobai was not easy to be strong, "Then let's do it, I don't want a whole bamboo, you just find some dead bamboo branches on the ground." ”

"My lord is famous for slamming the door, even the fart has to be put at home, not to mention the dead bamboo branches, even if it is a bamboo leaf, he treats it as a baby, San Lang, why do you have to take bamboo, if this thing is not important, I advise you to leave quickly, my lord is not to provoke casually."

Hearing this, Yu Shaobai was also really drunk, this rich man Li is really stingy enough, looking at this little brother's embarrassment, he can't lose his job for his own selfishness.

At this moment, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl walked out of the door and looked at Yu Shaobai, turned her head and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Miss Huibiao, this is Yu Shaobai from this village, I came to the bamboo garden to ask for bamboo, and I have already persuaded him to quit."

Hearing the housemaid's words, the girl looked the young man in front of her up and down, and his appearance was dignified, but his brain was not very good, and she naturally heard of her uncle's personality, and wanted to take something from his hand, like a tiger's mouth pulling teeth.

"Childe, I don't know what you want this bamboo for?"

"In order to make something magical, I came to the bamboo garden because I needed bamboo." Seeing this handsome woman asking, Yu Shaobai replied.

"Something magical? I wonder what's magical? The woman asked curiously.

"Its magic can only be seen, words can't be expressed in case, since the rich man Li is unwilling, I don't force it, the two of you quit."

Seeing that Yu Shaobai was leaving, the woman said loudly: "Slow down~"

"What else is the matter, Miss?"

"Seeing that you are a scholar, I will give you a chance, I will make the upper link, you make the lower link, if I am satisfied, this bamboo is for you to take, uncle, I will explain it for you, how about it?"

Hearing this, Yu Shaobai was slightly stunned, right? This is too literary and artistic, where is this piece of material?

But there is no bamboo in the vicinity, so maybe this is not an opportunity.