After dinner, Wu went to the house to get the money, went to Lin Changgui's house to find him, put the money on the table, and said with a smile, "Second child, this is the tuition fee for a few children for a year, tomorrow you go to the school and pay Zijun Zikang's together." ”

Lin Changgui looked at the silver and said with some embarrassment, "Mother, should I pay for this tuition?" As we said earlier, the child goes to school, this ......"

He has been thinking about this, Zilong is going to school this year, according to what his father said before, then he should pay the tuition himself.

He could have a few taels of silver on hand, but if he gave it away, there would be nothing, and what if something happened to him?

Let the public middle school pay for it, but he is embarrassed, so he has always felt embarrassed.

It is not difficult for Zijun Zikang to go to school, the third child will earn money, but he can't always rely on the third child so much.

"Mother, whatever the rules are when you say it, you don't have to make an exception because of me."

Wu smiled, "What exception?" Zijun Zikang's silver is also taken by the public school, is it difficult for Zilong to take his tuition? ”

Lin Changgui was afraid that his father and mother would do it because he couldn't make money, so he gave him a step down, "Mother, I ...... it"

"Okay, I know what you want to say, the family doesn't speak two words, our family doesn't need to be so clear, I said that to your father before, there is a reason."

Wu sighed, "I'm not afraid of you being angry, Du Shi was really unkind before, lazy and greedy, and selfish, we said that we hope she can think more about her two sons and be more diligent." ”

"Now that she's not at home, there's no need to be so troublesome, you are fathers and mothers, and you should work hard to save money for your children, but such a big man is out of the middle, and no one has done less work at home, and it should be spent money."

Lin Changgui didn't speak, and Wu patted his hand, "Second brother, you don't have to feel sorry for us, the family should be like this, support each other, don't you say?" ”

Lin Changgui nodded lightly, but still said, "I just feel like I'm holding my family back." ”

"Don't think so, the eldest and third won't think you're dragging your feet, your sister-in-law and younger siblings aren't like that, our family has a harmonious relationship, don't think that yourself."

Lin Changgui's leg has been broken for many years, and he can't work like Lin Changgui and Lin Changyuan, so he can only do something light, which is naturally a little unbearable for a man.

After so many years, I feel more or less uncomfortable in my heart, and this is not something that can be understood with a few words of persuasion.

After Wu said this, he accepted the silver, Zilong ran in with a smile, and said happily, "Dad, look, this is the schoolbag that the third aunt made for me, the same schoolbag as the eldest brother and the second brother." ”

Lin Changgui smiled, "It's so good-looking, do you thank the third aunt?" ”

"Thank you, I'm already grateful." Zilong is very happy, he can't wait to go to the school now, he hasn't gone to school yet, and he doesn't know what the school is like.

When Zilong went out, Lin Changgui shook his head, and said helplessly, "The man is really not careful, I didn't expect to prepare a schoolbag for Zilong, fortunately, my younger brother and sister are thoughtful, otherwise ......"

Wu smiled and said, "Now you understand this truth, it's still not okay to have no woman in the family, second child, you listen to your mother, Zilong Zijie is not an ignorant child, if there is a suitable one, marry another one back." ”

"We don't ask each other how good they are, as long as the conduct is good, it's good for the two children, what do you say?"

Lin Changgui hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Well, if there is a suitable one, I will do what my mother said, but wait for another two years, Du Shi has only been away from home for a long time, I am afraid that if I marry a newcomer so soon, the two children will feel uncomfortable." ”

"This should be considered, as long as you are willing, I am afraid that you will never accept others because of a Du clan, that is not good."

Lin Changgui smiled, "I figured it out, so I'll do what my mother said." ”

The next day was the day when the three children went to the school, and the children got up early in the morning, and after breakfast, Lin Changgui was going to take the three of them to the school.

Liu Shi took out the prepared things, "Second brother, these are six pieces of bacon, you remember to bring them." ”

At this time, the tuition fee is also called Shu Yu, that is, the meaning of strips of meat, in ancient times, silver money was not widely used, mainly barter, and the tuition fee for going to the school was a few strips of dried meat, so there was this name.

Later, it slowly became a tuition fee, but a few dried meats were still added, and this school received three taels of silver a year for a student, and two dried meat per person.

These things are not a small amount of tuition fees, so there are few families in the countryside who want their children to go to school like the Lin family.

Generally speaking, if the family conditions are not good, even if the children miss them, they can't send them there, at most for a year or two, they can write their own names and recognize a few simple words, which is fine.

The children of the Lin family will definitely let them continue to study as long as they can still study and are willing to study, and the family is not poor enough to smash pots and sell iron, and Lin Changqing is the best example.

There are several children in the village who entered the school with Zijun Zikang and Tiankuo, but those children have long since stopped studying, and now there are only the children of the Lin family and the Gu family who are still studying at this age.

After taking the things, Lin Changgui drove the ox cart and took a few children to the school together.

Siqi stood in the courtyard and thought, the original owner was a girl, and women at this time generally didn't know how to read, so she didn't know words now.

But when she is older, if she wants to use her knowledge to do something or something, it is also troublesome to not know a single big word, and it will be strange if she suddenly learns it then, so she has to start now.

She tilted her head and said, "Mother, I also want to read and write." ”

Xuan's smiled, "How can there be a girl who goes to the school to study, beware of other people's jokes." ”

At this time, a woman's lack of talent is virtue, which is really enough, thinking about it and sighing.

"Shall I study at home? When the eldest brother and the second brother came back from the school, I asked them to teach me how to write. ”

The other girls watched from the sidelines, and they didn't think so, their fixed thinking was that reading and literacy were done by boys, and girls should learn needlework.

Thinking about it at this moment, they suddenly said this, they were a little confused, and they didn't know which tendon she didn't match.

Wu said, "It's not difficult, when a few of them come back, let them teach you if you want to learn, our family is smart, maybe you will become a female scholar." ”

This is not a big matter, so it is naturally easy to do, Siqi is very happy, "Thank you, grandma." ”