She is an outsider's opinion, so there is no need to take it to heart. About the matter of the question, Da Lang came back and discussed with me, I went to inquire, is there really such a thing, I also went to ask the master of Da Lang School, this is the school I used to study, there is a familiar old master, people have opened a school in the county for so many years, there is also a way, all say that this thing is true. Dad, think about it again, I think this is the luck of our old Xu family. ”

Xu Youde exhaled another breath of smoke, "So much silver is too expensive, and if you can't take it out at home, you don't have so much belongings." ”

Xu Darong retreated, "To be honest, I'm also worried, if I have so much silver on hand, I will take it out and buy it for Da Lang first, and then give Liao Qing a hand-copied copy back after buying, but his son's ability is limited, his income is limited, and he can only make up forty or fifty taels at most, which also includes her mother's salary for such a long time in the winery, plus my silver this year, and I have to be some clothes, furniture, books or something, so that I see that the big girl is going to talk about people, I'm afraid that the dowry can't be prepared, but it's easy to say that she is a girl, or is the future of Da Lang important, Dad, you say yes? ”

Xu Youde clicked and smoked, "Your mother doesn't agree, I want to find a way." ”

"Hey! Dad, I know that you still love the juniors, and the vision is long-term, not like the old sister and these women, who are satisfied with food and drink in front of them, if our family wants to prosper, we must have a famous person.

For example, some time ago, the fourth child was made a cage and wanted to beat the idea of our winery, isn't that because we don't have a famous person, we can't control the scene? Dad, I won't tell you, I'm old, and now my memory has regressed, it's not as good as before, I'm familiar with the front of the article, and I forgot about it later, and I don't have much hope of being able to get into the exam, of course I won't give up.

However, the more important thing is to look at the juniors, watch the drama of the young people, they are the greatest hope of our old Xu family. If our family doesn't have a man in the future, our winery will not have reliable power, and all kinds of people who make up their minds will still be behind......"

As soon as Xu Darong said this, the last trace of hesitation in Xu Youde's heart was gone.

"Your mother and I still have some coffin books, about dozens of taels, your mother has changed the silver ticket and pressed it at the bottom of the box, I also want to take it out for you to use for the test, but your mother will not agree."

When Xu Darong heard this, he said happily, "Dad, in fact, this is easy to do, let's talk about it in advance, and then confess to my mother when I am admitted to Xiucai, even if my mother is angry, I will definitely not care about this silver when I see the two Xiucai in our family, do you say yes?" ”

"But the point is, if you take it now, you won't wait for you to be admitted to Xiucai, what if your mother finds out?"

Xu Darong asked, "Dad, what is the silver ticket?" Which silver villager's? How many are there? You say, my son will help you figure it out. ”

***

Xu Youde tossed and turned all night, and there were too many things in his heart, which flooded his heart like a tide.

When he was a child, he had a hard life, he couldn't eat enough for a year, he had a meal and didn't have a meal, the weeds on the mountains couldn't be found to dig, even the bark that could be eaten was stripped away, and there was no field at home, so he was particularly envious of the people who had fields at home, even if it wasn't much, and when it came to the harvest season, he could at least eat a few full meals.

There are several brothers in the family, my father went early, there is only one old lady, and the family is indescribably poor. When he reached adulthood, he had no money to marry a daughter-in-law, so he went out to do his own work, that is, he walked barefoot, and wherever he went, he did hard work. I finally saved dozens of dollars and came back to marry a daughter-in-law, and when I got married, I even borrowed the mattress, slept all night, and returned it the next day after washing it.

When he was working, he met a master mason, and for the sake of his diligence and strength, he passed on the skills of the mason to him after a few years of grinding. He is not afraid of hardship, he comes in the wind, goes in the rain, and never stops working around to make money all year round, and his life is gradually getting better.

Among them, many of them went to work for the families of high-ranking families, so that he knew that he could build a family by studying, and it was not good to have money alone.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high.

Studying and taking the imperial examination can change the current situation of poverty for generations of the old Xu family.

Therefore, at all costs, he let the boss Xu Darong go out of school and be admitted to the show.

Although he is the last C-level showman, it is also the fame of Xiucai, and he can also be called a show-talented master, a show-talent official, and he is no longer the lowest level of rural mud bastards.

Xu Youde remembered that he was so happy that he couldn't find the southeast and northwest, thinking that the old Xu family could finally get ahead.

pointed to the boss to work hard again and get into the exam......

After so many years, before he knew it, he was old.

One foot has already stepped into the grave, and in a few years, he is afraid that he will be buried in the ground. The boss is just a showman.

Xiucai is of no use except for allowing him to be respected in the village, a little famous, and the family's farmland does not have to pay state taxes. He has been looking forward to the lifting of the master for most of his life, which is far away.

Now the juniors in the family have given him hope again......

If Da Lang and Liao Qing are admitted to Xiucai this time, then there are two hopes.

The old Xu family may be able to come up with a man in front of him......

But if the question is useless and you can't pass the exam, isn't it a waste of the family's money?

In the past, Xu Darong came back and asked for a hundred taels of silver, which must be impossible.

Now that the life of the family is better, Xu Zhang's pigs have been slaughtered and sold for dozens of taels, Xu Jiaojiao's winery dividends, and Xu Jiaojiao's wages and silver distributed to him and Xu Zhang's every month, not less than two taels per month, and the old couple together have at least four or five taels, so for a year, there are dozens of taels together.

The money from selling pigs and the dividends from the winery were used to buy land, but the old couple's wages and silver were all used as pension coffins, stored under Xu Zhang's box, and Xu Youde knew it very well.

Xu Youde tossed and turned, and when Xu Zhang's fell asleep and snored one after another, Xu Youde quietly got up.

I didn't dare to turn on the lights.

Outside, the moonlight shone in through the large window, and you could vaguely see what was inside the house.

Xu Youde untied the key from Xu Zhang's trouser belt, and lightly opened the iron box with pliers in the corner.