Feng Shi was so angry with him that she shook her hands, and her fingers almost poked Yu Jiayan's face, "Have you talked to your elders like this?" What's wrong with me, why is he from the Ming family, you want to scare me like this? ”

"Elders?" Yu Jiayan didn't bother to save face for the Feng family, he sneered, "Would you rather watch me die than borrow a room for me to live in temporarily?" How did I come to the old Ming family, don't you know in your heart as an elder? At the beginning, you were afraid that I Yu Jiayan would be a little bit of a star in your family, but now that you see that the Ming family is rich, you want to know how people make money, and you, as an elder, will remember that I am the Yu family again? ”

Feng Shi was ruthlessly uncovered by him the last layer of fig leaf, and his heart suddenly became angry and annoyed.

However, Yu Jiayan's questioning was not over, he stared coldly into Feng's eyes, "Do you think you are the only smart person in this world?" Or do you think that I, Yu Jiayan, will be so stupid that I will be coaxed into a daze by your three or two words, and then be an ungrateful white-eyed wolf to help you pry the corner of your family? ”

was poked at the center, Feng's face involuntarily showed a little weakness, Yu Shouyi even felt embarrassed to stand here, he grabbed Feng's sleeve, "Jiayan, don't listen to your aunt, she is crazy." Come in, uncle, you're going home. ”

Without saying anything, he dragged the struggling Feng Shi away.

Yu Jiayan didn't say a word, he quietly watched Yu Shouyi and his family walk away, but he was a little more disappointed and complained about Yu Shouyi in his heart - Yu Shouyi didn't control the Feng family, but for him, the feelings of his children were more important than his nephew.

This is also human nature, and Yu Jiayan will not complain even if he is sad.

But Yu Shouyi shouldn't have allowed Feng to say what he just said, and she shouldn't have provoked the relationship between Yu Jiayan and the Ming family when she knew that the Ming family had great favors to Yu Jiayan.

Although he always acted as if he disapproved of Feng's actions, he did not seriously restrain Feng.

Yu Jiayan knew that he actually had a secret expectation in his heart, looking forward to Yu Jiayan leaving the Ming family, going to their house, and helping them make money. It's just that he has always regarded himself as a "good person", how can a good person be ungrateful and open his eyes to money?

He knew that he was unreasonable, so he didn't dare to blatantly support the Feng family. But if he hadn't given Feng Shi the confidence, how could Feng still talk nonsense about him after Zhao left in disgrace?

"Sad?" Mingyue didn't know when she walked out, and was standing at the gate of the courtyard at this time, quietly looking at Yu Jiayan.

Yu Jiayan pulled out a smile, "A little." ”

Mingyue touched his head, "You still have us." ”

Yu Jiayan grabbed her messy hand, "Well, I know. ”

He is no longer the same as when he first came to the Ming family a year ago, this year, the Ming family has treated him like a few brothers, neither special care, nor any intentional or unintentional precautions or exclusions, he has lived like a fish in water in the Ming family, and he has long been pitiful as before.

Now he is very confident in himself and the Ming family, and he has made up his mind to live well in the Ming family.

The two talked and laughed and entered the courtyard, Mrs. Ming and the others did not ask Yu Jiayan why they had been delayed for so long before coming in, what should everyone do, the small courtyard was lively but warm.

After sending off the well-fed Li Zheng and the others, the Ming family began to be busy enclosing the land.

Old Man Ming found about a dozen strong laborers in the village, and the mason who built the wall and built the shed also found one from the town.

The mason's salary is thirty-five wen a day, and for others fifteen wen.

In addition to wages, the Ming family also provided a breakfast and a lunch for those who did the work.

For breakfast, Mrs. Ming prepares wild vegetable soup, small pickles, and sorghum rice, and for lunch, in addition to pickles, wild vegetables, rice or cakes, Mrs. Ming will also prepare an extra meat dish, such as braised pork, stewed rabbit, and braised pig.

After three busy days, the Ming family finally enclosed the newly bought wasteland, and the chicken pen, rabbit shed, cowshed, etc. were all made as planned, and He Shigui also sent the completed title deed to the Ming family.

Mrs. Ming took a few daughters-in-law and began to expand the scale of poultry and livestock breeding, while Mr. Ming worried about the study of several grandchildren in the family.

He told Mingdi and Mingcheng, "Ming'er, you will go to the town and help a few children hand over the shackles." ”

"Master, forget it, I'm sixteen, you just send me there, and Mr. Ren can't accept me." Ming Xu had already made up his mind to stay at home when Old Man Ming first proposed to let them go to school, except for the question he said about his age, he didn't want to leave all the work at home to the elders and Mingyue.

As the grandson of the Ming family, Ming Xu has always been very responsible. He had already thought that he would stay at home in the future to tend to the crops and take care of the elderly.

Old Man Ming didn't respond immediately, intellectually he thought that Ming Xu was right, but the guilt of his eldest grandson for a long time made him unable to answer immediately.

"What's wrong with Sixteen? Sixteen is a good time to study. I've heard people say that many of those 50 or 60-year-old children are still continuing the imperial examination. Big brother, you're much younger than them. Besides, eldest brother, you have been studying with my father for a few years, you have a foundation, and you don't have to read the Three Character Classic with Meng Tong when you go to the school. ”

Mingyue was afraid that Old Man Ming would agree to stay at home, but she didn't want her most responsible brother to lose the opportunity to study and take the imperial examination.

Shinong businessman, in this ancient era when the class was distinct, she had to let her family work towards the class of "scholars" no matter what.

Of course, Mingxu is also eager to study, and after listening to Mingyue's words, his originally firm will couldn't help but waver again.

Indeed, there are a lot of fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and even twenty students in the school, and his current age is really not too big objectively speaking.

"Da Niu'er is right, several children in our family are open, especially Da Lang, Erlang, San Lang and Jia Yan, there is no need to follow Meng Tong from Class Ding at all." Mingcheng also agreed to let Mingxu go to school, and as soon as Mingyue's voice fell, he, as the only "cultural person" in the family who had obtained the qualification of a child, immediately supported his daughter's argument clearly.

Old Man Ming couldn't help but bow his head slightly when he heard this, "Then listen to the second child, let's send a few children to the school for a few years." ”

"Then I'll go say hello to Mr. Xueli tomorrow." The gentleman in Mingcheng and the town school used to be classmates and friends, but the other party read until he was famous for his talent in the examination, but he did not continue the imperial examination because of his poor family.

Early the next morning, Mingdi and Mingcheng sent several children to the town school, Da Lang and Erlang were assigned to Class B because of their good foundation, San Lang and Jia Yan were assigned to Class C, and only the youngest, Shiro and Goro, who had only learned a few words, were assigned to Class Ding, where Meng Tong was.

Six children, each with a bundle of twelve taels a year, is seventy-two taels when added together.

In addition to the daily expenses of apprenticeship, books, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., and the four seasons and eight festivals of the festival for Mr., the Ming family must prepare at least one hundred taels of silver a year before they can be used.

As soon as this account was calculated, Mingyue immediately understood why the vast majority of families in Wulitun did not provide children with education.