Chapter 16, Wrong and Wrong Good
Coincidentally, Zeng Youqing's thoughts are similar to those of the patriarch.
Not only that, Zeng Youqing also saw Ouyang Si take Zeng Rong's pulse to see a doctor, and also paid for Zeng Rong's medicine out of his own pocket, and repeatedly told Zeng Rong's parents Zeng Rong to recuperate and make up for his body, he felt a little weird at that time, and he told his mother-in-law about it after returning home.
Originally, their husband and wife thought that Ouyang Si had fallen in love with Zeng Rong, but the family said this behind closed doors at night, but his grandson, who was studying in the academy, didn't think so, saying that Ouyang Si didn't plan to say that he was married at all, and that people were all about the imperial examination, and they had already let go of the words and couldn't get married, how could such a person fall in love with Zeng Rong?
Not to mention the conditions of Zeng Rong's family, what can Zeng Rong do for himself? A small village girl who doesn't know a single word, in addition to the lowest-level housework such as feeding pigs, feeding chickens, laundry and cooking, can't even grind ink and taste tea, let alone accompany them to chant poems and other elegant things, such a woman is only suitable for rough men in the countryside, and it is completely incompatible with a scholar like Ouyang Si.
Zeng Youqing also made sense when he heard this, not to mention anything else, there were still several families in the village who were fighting Ouyang Si's idea, but I hadn't heard of any of them saying it.
It's just that after listening to Ouyang Si and Zeng Rong's words, Zeng Youqing was a little shaken again, no matter how you look at these two people, it doesn't seem that they are not involved, and the words they say seem to have been agreed in advance.
To be honest, as far as he is concerned, he is willing to promote this family business, no matter what, Ouyang Si can be the gentleman of the academy, and he can be valued by the patriarch, and his knowledge will definitely be no different, whether he can be a show in the future is another matter, but there should be no problem in raising a family.
If such a person becomes his own niece and son-in-law, how much will he not be able to borrow some light in the future?
What's more, in this way, Zeng Rong doesn't have to be sold, and he doesn't have to worry about Zeng Rong being sold to affect his reputation.
But it is one thing to be willing to fulfill, and it is another thing to agree to let Zeng Rong move out to live, this responsibility is too great, he can't afford it, so he looked at the patriarch.
The patriarch is also happy to see this family affair come to fruition, he knows Ouyang Si's talent better than Zeng Youqing, and knows that Ouyang Si's knowledge is good, so he is waiting for this year's academy examination, if the academy has tried, it will be a show.
It is said that don't bully the young man to be poor, the master of nothingness in Qingshan Temple said that this child will be a lot of creation in the future, so help him now, if there is anything to ask for someone else in the future, is it also a foreshadowing in advance?
After all, his grandson is also studying in Fuxue now, and if the mountains and rivers do not turn, who can say what will happen in the future?
But the problem is that he doesn't dare to make the decision to let Zeng Rong move out, if this kid does something unscrupulous in the academy, it will affect not only Zeng Rong's reputation alone, but the entire Zeng family will be implicated.
Therefore, receiving Zeng Youqing's gaze, the patriarch tilted his head and sighed softly.
"By the way, there is one thing I forgot to tell the patriarch, I asked a few classmates to go to the city next month to find the previous husband to mention it, so I will leave this academy in a few days, therefore, if the sister of the Zeng family wants to learn to identify herbs, she has to do it as soon as possible." Ouyang Si saw the patriarch's embarrassment and took the initiative to say.
In fact, he didn't make an appointment at all, but he also knew that with him, Zeng Rong would definitely have a lot of inconvenience if he lived in the academy, and he was afraid that this kind of gossip would affect his reputation.
Fortunately, at this time, there are only more than three months left before the college exam, and he can just use this time to study hard, so leaving at this time is not just to fulfill Zeng Rong.
"Oh, and that?" The patriarch looked at Ouyang Si suspiciously.
"Yes, I originally planned to talk to the patriarch in the past two days, but it happened that I met it today, and the patriarch also knew that there was not much time to leave the hospital." Ouyang Si smiled.
"What about the two of you? How so? The patriarch looked at Zeng Chengchun and Tian Shuilan.
"I don't agree, whose good girl moved out without getting married? Does it sound like words? Tian Shuilan said angrily.
"Whose good girl is sold to that kind of dirty place, is it like words? And I have repeatedly told you, give me a year, I will pay ten taels of silver to buy myself, you are good, here you promised well, turn around and regret it. Also, I have a high fever that doesn't go away, and I'm sick like this, my eldest brother added an egg to my porridge, and you don't give up, but what about you, how many eggs did you eat secretly? And eggshells! Yes, you are a pot-bellied woman, you need to replenish your body, but what about Ah Lai? He also needs to make up? Zeng Rong pointed to Alai's still round cheeks and replied.
"You?" Tian Shuilan said that Zeng Rong couldn't say it, and turned to her husband, "In charge, you have to make the decision for me, my family is not run in vain and black, and I make cattle and horses for your old Zeng family, and now I am pregnant with a child, I have to be said to eat an egg, my stepmother is too sloppy, woo... ”
"I'm not afraid to flash my tongue when I say this, who is not in vain and black? Didn't my dad and eldest brother get up before dawn to do things? And myself, when do I have some free time? When I get up in the morning, I have to go to hunt pigweed and cook pig food, then cook the family's meal, deliver food to the second brother, wash dishes and clothes, clean the house and feed the chickens, and then I have to go to hunt pigweed, feed the pigs and cook dinner, what about you? What else did you do besides coaxing your child to mend clothes? ”
The reason why Zeng Rong has an impression of these things is because after the eldest sister in the previous life was gone, these jobs fell to her at the age of six, except for the help of the eldest brother who didn't cook well at the beginning, the rest of the work had to be done by the six-year-old her.
Tian Shuilan was not convinced when she heard this, and repeatedly emphasized that she was pregnant, but her words did not have much credibility, because they had all seen Zeng Rong busy all day long, and they had not heard the mother-in-law in the village praise Zeng Rong for being diligent.
"That's it, since Zeng Rong promised to earn ten taels of silver for you, you will let her move out to live for a while, and the child also said that he will move back after Laba, and he will not move out in the future." The patriarch made a decision.
Because he knew that if Zeng Rong didn't move out, he would definitely not be able to earn the ten taels of silver if he stayed at home and was stumped by these housework.
But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that he wants to fulfill Zeng Rong and Ouyang Si, and also wants to see if Zeng Rong can really earn ten taels of silver in a year, if so, it can also drive many poor households in the village to live a good life.
You must know that there are not many others in this vicinity, there are many mountains, and there must be many herbs in the mountains, but the vast majority of people don't know each other, so he is still waiting for Zeng Rong to give everyone a good start.
The patriarch spoke, Zeng Youqing also echoed, Zeng Chengchun couldn't say it even if he was unwilling.
Of course, he is also selfish, in addition to wanting to see what way his daughter can earn ten taels of silver a year, he also wants to promote the relationship between his daughter and Ouyang Si.
After all, having a talented son-in-law is much more decent than having a daughter being sold.