In today's Song family, Song Ercai is undoubtedly the pillar of the economy, and his words are also very weighty.

Old Man Song took two sips of dry tobacco and asked, "Second brother, how do you say this?" ”

A girl entered the family not long ago, and now he sent Brother Hong to the town, Mr. Song didn't care about the money box, and he knew that there was not much money in the cabinet, at most three taels of silver, and a few hundred copper plates.

"Dad, I asked about the Mengxue class in the town, only three taels a year's bundle, and one season has passed this year, plus the books and miscellaneous fees for admission, three taels of silver is enough. You can ...... first."

Song Ercai's words were not finished, and the Hong family, who had been patient, had already taken the words.

"Second, going to school is not as simple as paying the bundle fee. Food, drink, and lodging in the town do not need silver. There are also pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and entertainment etiquette for all parties, all of which don't need to be spent? Or do you think Brother Tian is still young, and these don't need it? Even if he is young now, what about next year, what about the year after tomorrow, have you ever thought about the future? ”

"Mother, I've thought about all of that."

Song Ercai said slowly: "This year, the family spends a lot, and the two babies will go to the town to study first." Brother Tian can not live in the school hall when he goes to town, and he can eat and drink with me in the pharmacy. Brother Hong'er can continue to live in the school building, but he needs to earn his own money for the monthly expenses. I have already helped him find a method, help a study to copy books, and spend some time to earn 500 yuan a month after studying. He can not only copy books to solve the expenses, but also get in touch with more books to expand his knowledge and horizons. ”

"And me." Song Ercai breathed a sigh of relief, "The wages from this month will be all saved, so that the two children's binding expenses will be available again next year." ”

Let Song Hong copy books to make money!

Ah Xiu was silent, knowing that Song Ercai was lying.

She glanced at Song Hong's words twice, and at that level, no one would let him copy books, let alone make money.

If he could really copy the book, the solutions and methods proposed by Song Ercai were not impossible, but from the beginning, the Song family never thought of agreeing to Song Tian to go to town, so whatever he said was in vain, and it would only consume everyone's patience.

Old Man Song smoked a tube of dry tobacco without knowing it, and he still smoked it unconsciously.

Hong gritted his teeth and glanced at the silent old man, and his heart was crossed, and he said, "Second brother, I don't agree with this." ”

When Zhou saw that someone was speaking for him, he immediately stood up and said, "Yes, Brother Hong went to town to study, and copying books was eye-consuming and time-consuming, which would only delay his study." He's going to be out next year, time is expensive, how can he bother with those things. ”

A student in the last class, no matter how talented he is in school, he will not be able to gain much, but he will also frustrate his own spirit.

Song Ercai sighed: "Sister-in-law, Brother Hong is still young, and it is obviously not enough to end up in the town for a year." ”

"You know it's still young? Then your son is not small? I wanted to go to town before I was ten years old. Second child, don't say that I, who is a sister-in-law, look down on him, you first touch your conscience and say that your husband and wife are not black. Ignoring his conscience, it's just enough to say that Song Tian is smart, and he wants us to provide for him. It wasn't a hundred or two hundred dollars that went to town, it was silver like flowing water. ”

Zhou pointed at him with his finger, and his hysterical appearance completely turned his face, the second room family just didn't want her son to come out, it was all deliberate.

Song Ercai is a child, and after being a scholar for so many years, he doesn't like to quarrel and scold people, so at this time it is Chang's turn to play.

"Sister-in-law, it doesn't matter if you look down on my son, but the conscience of my husband and wife is open."

Chang also stood up: "My son is smart, who reads his articles and poems?" Who will judge him if he has a huigen? ”

"Song Tian is a little doll in the Mengxue class, what skills can he show to everyone, it's not that you husband and wife sell themselves and boast, and you are fools when others are stupid."

Chang sneered: "Sister-in-law, the world is so big, except for those who have brain problems, what kind of fool will there be." My son's article and verses are Erlang who is right, but you only see that Erlang is his father, and you can't see that Erlang is still the only child in Guxi Village, a child who was hit for the first time at the age of sixteen. ”

"What if you're sixteen......

Zhou's anger burned vigorously, but his voice was overshadowed by Chang's again.

"Since the sixteenth child is not a good thing in your eyes, then let me ask, who did you find to read Brother Hong'er's articles and poems, and who said that he was a material for reading and a talent for scientific research?"

If you want to talk about Song Hong's knowledge, in fact, Song Ercai is usually watching, and the rest is through other people's relays, such as Song Hong himself.

Of course, Zhou also went to the school to ask the master, and the answers he got were all good.

In fact, they didn't know that Hu Fuzi also had to live by restraining his belly, and if he didn't say it well, the students would not come at that time, and he would lose a sum of income.

In addition, Song Hong is really hard working on weekdays, and everyone naturally thinks that his knowledge is the best among the babies.

It was also because of Song Hong's hard work on weekdays that Song Er knew that his understanding was not enough, and he didn't say some shocking things outright, but he just asked him to change it from the side, but he didn't expect to cause everyone to be complacent and ignorant, but he did bad things unintentionally.

"The second family, don't forget, Master Gong of Ueda Village has also read Brother Hong's article."

Before Ah Xiu entered the door, Dafang took Song Hong's article and asked the patriarch to find someone to read it, it was Master Gong of Ueda Village.

said that the master was actually a child like Song Ercai, but he was an old boy who was admitted in his thirties, just because his family was a rich landlord, and outsiders called him a master.

Song Er didn't know what kind of article it was, but he knew that the other party praised it again and again, so that even the patriarch personally came to speak for Song Hong.

Now that it is meaningless to deny his nephew's ability, Song Ercai calmly said to the couple sitting opposite him: "Big brother, sister-in-law, I didn't deny Brother Hong'er's ability, but Brother Tian is not bad, I want to send him to the town to study, otherwise it will be a pity." ”

In the second half of the year, Song Tian was about to enter the long school at the age of ten, and Song Ercai, the bearded master of the long school class, knew very well that the rigid old Xiucai was prone to detours when studying under him.

The obedient and sensible son who has been obedient and sensible since he was a child has become so stubborn, Hong's heart hurts, patted his chest and said: "Second brother, why don't you understand after saying so much, Brother Tian is not as good as the old family, even if you send Brother Ming to town, it is better than him, why are you so rigid?" Even if he has Huigen, you don't want to think about his face. Can you be liked by the master with such a face? When you go to the examination room, can those examiners look at him and make a good impression? ”

"Save it, when Brother Hong wins the show, everyone in our room can follow along."

Hong finally said the disgust in her heart, she had suppressed these words for too long, and now she only felt relaxed.