Chapter 23: The Silver Earned

returned to his yard, Lin Shuqing dismantled the gift given by the shopkeeper Wang.

One of them was a small jar, which contained a lot of reddish-brown particles, and Lin Shuqing tasted it, it was brown sugar.

Brown sugar is a rarity, of course, but she makes some starchy maltose from grain. It's good to keep this brown sugar and add some when cooking.

The other was some cloth, not satin, but dyed with fine linen.

One off-white, one pink and one blue, this king's shopkeeper should have given her family all the things they wanted.

One piece of cloth is enough for an adult to make two clothes, and a child can make more.

It is the nature of girls to love beauty, and Lin Shuqiao stared at this pink horse when she brought something into the house.

It's the only color in the village, and no girl has such clothes.

She naturally wanted it, but she also knew her situation and didn't dare to speak. Such a piece of cloth can be exchanged for a lot of money and food.

A few of the boys didn't look so eager, and they didn't have much interest in seeing this thing.

"I'll take this cloth to my aunt and ask her to make a dress for each of us!"

"This cloth is extraordinary, pick what color you like!" Lin Shuqing said boldly.

Now there is no shortage of silver at home, and the clothes worn by the children are so tattered that they are not good, and now there are ready-made fabrics, so why keep them.

A few boys didn't care so much about what they were wearing, and pointed to the gray and blue in it to be such a color, Lin Shuqiao naturally chose pink because of his benevolence.

When they heard that there were new clothes to wear, the smiles on the children's faces increased.

Lin Shuqing naturally won't choose pink if she chooses herself, she wants to go out to do business, and people will only think she is a little girl who doesn't grow up when she wears a pink dress. Blue was too heavy, and she chose gray.

After disposing of the fabric, she took out the thirty taels of silver from her clothes.

In front of his younger brothers and sisters, he said: "My sister went to the county seat today to teach people how to cook tofu dishes, and she earned no money." Knowing books, knowing etiquette, and waiting for the spring of next year, you will go to the county school to study. ”

"My family will have some income from selling tofu every month, which is enough to buy you some pen and ink. You have to study hard and don't live up to your sister's expectations. ”

"This county school, it is estimated that it does not accept women, and when you come back, you will also teach Qiao'er to recognize a few words."

Several children were surprised when they heard this, because studying is a costly job, and only the good people in the village can barely squeeze out some money to send their children.

Their elder brother is studying in the county, and his grandmother praises him when he meets people, and he will be a big official in the future, but their uncle is working as an accountant in the county restaurant, and he can receive a lot of silver every month.

plus the money provided by the family, so that the lobby brother can study.

Now, they can also study?

This left several children in disbelief.

If they could dream of eating a piece of candy on weekdays, they would never dare to dream of going to the county to study.

Lin Shuqiao was even more surprised, her sister said that let her two brothers take her to read and read in the future, can this woman also read and write?

"Sister, this study costs a lot of money! Grandma's family has to sell half of the grain every year to enough for Brother Lobby to study, and we don't even have land at home, so it's better to buy some land first. Lin Zhishu persuaded.

In the countryside, it is safe to have a piece of land.

The children in the village often scolded their poor family for not even having a piece of land.

The money can be spent, and the land can be planted where it is bought.

Lin Shuqing can naturally understand what Lin Zhishu means, but she just doesn't want to be a landlord's wife.

"This land can be bought and sold, only the poetry books you have learned in your mind belong to you. The farmers are the lowliest, and the farmers are more noble than the businessmen, but the life is not as good. ”

"Zhishu, do you want to farm for the rest of your life? Don't you want to go to school and read like Brother Lobby? Don't you want to be an official on a tall horse? There is no shortage of this money in the family, as long as you study hard and don't waste the money your sister earns. ”

Lin Shuqing poured chicken soup on several younger brothers and sisters.

I don't know which of Lin Shuqing's words moved Lin Zhishu, he stared at Lin Shuqing with wide eyes and said seriously: "Sister, I will study seriously together, and I will become a big official to earn money for my sister in the future!" ”

There was also a slight crying.

Lin Zhili, who was on the side, also nodded and said seriously: "I will teach Sister Qiao'er to read later, and I will also teach my sister you to read and write." ”

The child was still young, and he said in a milky voice, which amused Lin Shuqing.

She didn't need anyone to teach her to read and write, and she went to the bookstore when she was selling tofu in the county. The books are not modern simple characters, and the same traditional characters are available. Her university club holds a calligraphy club, not to mention that she can write, at least she can recognize it.

It's just that she can't take it out and show off, she doesn't write very well, and the lack of arms and legs in her writing is also a joke.

"Sister, I don't need you to teach me, my mother taught me to read and write before, and she also taught me to read." Lin Shuqing skillfully coped.

Who let her have a powerful mother!

Wu Wan'er is indeed literate, and she has also taught Lin Shuqing a little, but it is just some simple ones, adding her own name.

even taught Lin Saburo, and the couple were very harmonious at first.

If it weren't for Zhou's obstruction, the family would have been harmonious now.

Lin Shuqing thought of stopping here, and it was useless to think about it.

If it weren't for her poor learning of traditional Chinese characters, she would have come to teach a few children a long time ago.

Studying, not only to recognize words, but also to understand the truth, in the future, you have to write essays and poems to the examination room, these are still left to professional people.

Lin Zhishu is the oldest boy in the school, and he is only six years old this year. He was only four years old when his father and mother went, and it was normal that he couldn't remember this.

He didn't think about anything else in his head, his heart was pounding, thinking that he could touch the book too.

To say that you are not happy, that is false.

When the carriage brought the villagers back, Zhou was also watching.

Listening to everyone say that the restaurant owner gave Lin Shuqing, the little slut, her family something, she was so angry that her eyes were almost red.

How can this be reasonable, how could that little slut come up with so many useful recipes, or wait for Wu Wan'er to die, she won't be a ghost.

Zhou Shi recalled the scene that day when she pushed Lin Shuqing to the corner of the wall, knocked her head and fainted, she thought she was out of breath.

I didn't think it would get up again!

And so fierce!

Is it really a ghost?

The more Zhou thought about it, the more angry he became, not because he was afraid of ghosts. She spent a lot of silver on weekdays to pray to God and worship Buddha, and she was blessed by her own Bodhisattva.

But this evil ghost took her granddaughter's body, and she didn't know how to honor her, so she was really polite.

It's not that the Zhou family doesn't want to go to the Lin family to grab things, but now so many people in the village are staring at her, just because they learned her tofu recipe.