Chapter 177: The Mother of a Million (4)
Liu E's tragedy has other people's reasons, but it is more of her own.
Liu Qing entered school, Liu E continued to embroider, and after a year, he had three taels of private money in his hand.
Relying on the money she embroidered to her family, the Liu family's life was not bad.
Liu E thinks that maybe it's because she can make money for the family, and now that she is sixteen years old, the family has never mentioned finding a husband for her.
Liu Qing has only been enrolled in school for a year, and he has not yet entered the school, but he knows a few words, shakes his head and reads some sentences in a Confucian shirt, and is just a scholar in front of people who don't know a single big character.
But even so, Liu Qing spends a lot of money on enrolling in school every year, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone he usually uses, the clothes he wears, and the books he buys are also a big expense.
An entry-level three-character scripture costs 800 texts, which is still a lot of money.
Moreover, Liu Qing entered school late, his foundation was worse than others, and if he wanted to catch up with the progress of others, he needed to spend a lot of time studying after class, so he couldn't buy those books.
Another Liu Qing is already a fourteen-year-old young man, and it is indispensable to follow his classmates to the literary club to increase his knowledge or go on a spring outing to compose poems.
After coming and going, the silver was spent like flowing water, but it had already cost ten taels in one year of enrollment.
Liu Qing is still far away from being famous, and when Liu's father thinks of the huge amount of money that will cost him to go to Fucheng to catch the exam in the future, he can't eat in a hurry.
At this time, of course, it is necessary to cherish every penny of money in the family, Liu E feels that in order for her to earn more money for the family as a cash cow, maybe the Liu family will keep her until she is twenty years old.
Liu E suffered a lot in the Zhang family in her last life, and it was just right not to marry. What's more, she suggested that Liu Qing go to school, since she wants to enjoy the benefits in the future, she can't help but suffer now.
Liu E practiced embroidery skills hard, and when Liu Qing came back, he also asked his younger brother to teach him to read, and he gained a lot in a year.
Father Liu saw that Liu E was getting older, and the young man who asked for marriage stepped through the threshold, and he always felt that it was not a taste.
Who are these people who come to ask for marriage, who have no family and no job, and dare to come to his Liu family to propose marriage?
Their Liu E raised the same as pearls, and they have a good hand in embroidery. In the future, the husband's family will not say that they can help Liu Qing, at least let Liu E live a rich life.
At the beginning, Liu E rejected Zhao Dashan, his daughter was good-looking, and she was also smart, so she couldn't let these poor and white hairy boys be ruined.
Liu's father thinks that he still sees the overall situation very clearly, and the unconscionable family detains the girl to embroider until she is thirty or forty years old, and she becomes an old girl and will never be able to get married.
Relying on the little money from women's embroidery to support his family, that kind of person is the kind of person he despises the most.
Liu's father wants both benefits and a good reputation.
The only way to achieve both is to marry her daughter to a rich family.
In the future, a little bit of exposure from people's fingers will be enough for Qing'er to study and progress.
Besides, if Qing'er reads well, let alone dozens of taels of silver, even thousands of taels of silver, they have to give it, which businessman doesn't want to have a backer who is an official at home.
His daughter is such a beautiful person, why are the people who propose marriage to poor families?
Father Liu patted his head and suddenly remembered, oh, it turned out that his daughter's reputation was not publicized.
Usually Liu E is not allowed to show her face, only the people in the village have seen her appearance, and the young man in the village is ambitious to marry her daughter, so he naturally tightly covers the amazing news of her daughter's beauty and does not let it be revealed.
If you figure it out, things will be easily resolved.
Liu's father asked Liu E to deliver food to Liu Qing at noon every day.
Walking all the way in this way, the good young man in the city will naturally be able to see his daughter.
It would be even better if it could attract young people with meritorious names in the academy, which could not only help Qing'er study, but also allow her daughter to become the wife of Shangguan.
Liu's father was happy in his heart, and when he thought of a better life in the future, he couldn't take care of anything else.
It is more than ten miles from the village to the county seat, Liu E didn't want to walk, and asked Liu Fu for a car fee of three cents a day, so she was willing to carry a lunch box to Liu Qing.
Liu's father thought about his plan, and his resentment against Liu E for three cents every day faded.
Liu E is holding a food box in one hand and a large basket in the other, in which is her newly made wooden villain, the villain has painted facial features and hair, and is wearing gorgeous embroidered clothes, which is particularly beautiful.
She thought that she would only embroider and not make money, so she would sell some villains to see how it went.
On this day, she took Uncle Zhang's car in the village to the city, and the car broke down halfway, so Uncle Zhang returned the money to her and let her go by herself.
Liu E secretly said bad luck and got out of the car with things in both hands.
When she walked to a deserted forest, she felt that something was wrong, and there was no sound all around, so she grabbed the things in her hand left and right and walked forward quickly.
Suddenly, a rustling sound reached her ears, Liu E panicked in her heart, and quickened her pace, thinking that Liu's father was really, her heart was really big, and such a flowery daughter would let her go to the county alone, so she would not be afraid of being abducted or taken by bullies halfway.
The situation doesn't look right, and I don't know if there are bandits lurking around, or if there are beasts hiding in the woods.
The wind was blowing the leaves, the leaves covered the sun, and the surroundings were dark, Liu E rubbed her shoulders and felt a chill.
The rustling sound grew louder and louder, and she could hear it getting closer and closer no matter which direction she went.
She put down the food box and basket and looked around nervously.
A tawny furry thing rushed towards her, Liu E instinctively could block it with her hand, the rustling sound stopped, and she felt a pull at the corner of her skirt.
Looking down, a yellow rat pulled the corner of her skirt with its little paws, and Liu E squatted down and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”
The little thing's mouth squirmed a few times, and suddenly he spoke: "Do you think I look like a human?" ”
After saying that, I made a few gestures, and my hands arched one by one, which was particularly cute.
Liu E suddenly realized that this was the weasel in folklore.
She shook her head and said, "No." ”
The weasel was stunned, rubbed his eyes with his little paws, shed a few tears, and turned around to run.
Liu E held it down with one hand: "Wait! Don't run, I said you don't look like you now, but you look like a human in the clothes I made. ”
Retrieve a few spare villain clothes from the basket and put them on for the weasel.
"It's like, you look at a pond, it's very beautiful. It is not easy to cultivate for so many years, and the first adult must wear beautiful clothes so that there is a sense of ceremony. You look for a pond in a moment, you're the prettiest weasel I've ever seen, oh no, Wong Tai Sin. ”
The weasel's little paws tugging at his clothes are particularly fond of jumping around happily.
Liu E also felt happy, this weasel looked weird and cute, looked up to see that the sun was not early, she said goodbye to the little guy: "I'm leaving, you go where you should go." ”
The weasel grabbed the corner of her skirt and wouldn't let her go.
Liu E squatted down and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Xiao Huang lifted the basket and said, "These are so beautiful, they are all mine." ”
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