"Madam, although the peasant woman has never read a book, she also knows a few words and understands a few truths, and the youngest son of the peasant woman studied in the village school, and he also said a few words of a saint to the peasant woman. Looking at the wife's clothes, the peasant woman knew that the wife came from a rich family, but you just killed someone, so you lost your identity! ”

The boat lady said without scruples while shaking the oars, but she didn't notice that the expression on Cai's face had changed slightly.

"Yes! I shouldn't have done it myself, but I don't worry about others, and I don't want to fake it! People like her have to be understood by my own hands, so that I can rest assured. Otherwise, I won't be at ease! Cai said, glancing in the direction of the boat lady.

At this time, the boat lady also glanced in her direction, and the two of them looked at each other at once, but the boat girl didn't dare to look at her directly, so she hurriedly lowered her head.

"I heard you say, your youngest son is studying in the township school, I don't know if he has passed the township exam? Which teacher taught it?" Cai Shi looked at the boat lady, picked up a cup of tea on the coffee table, blew the floating color on the tea water, and asked lightly.

"Back to his wife, the peasant woman's youngest son's township test has passed, and now he is already a lifter, and he will end next year. The youngest son's teaching gentleman is a well-known Mr. Baicao, Mr. is a Jinshi in the middle of his year, and he does not want to be an official, so he returns to Pengpu to be a teacher, and he brings some children from poor families. When the boat lady talked about her youngest son, Cai saw a smile on her face, and that smile was made by feeling.

It is already a great thing for an ordinary peasant family to be able to provide one or two scholars and become a lifter. This kind of thing, in ten miles and eight towns, is a topic that others envy.

The youngest son has become the pride of the boat lady, and only when the youngest son is mentioned, the smile on her face is the most real.

Looking at the happy look of the boat lady, Cai sighed for her several times in his heart.

Born in a peasant family, where would they know that they would try to twist and turn here? As early as before the end of each year, the sons and brothers in the family who are going to leave the field will rely on their family connections to buy back the craftsmanship and articles written by the examiner, and study them carefully, so as to understand what kind of articles the examiner likes and what kind of articles he wants others to write.

Staying in the Gongyuan for seven days, if the written essay can match the taste of the examiner, let alone soaring, it is possible to obtain the qualification for the palace examination and meet His Majesty who lives in the palace.

But a farmer like Chuanniang, who was born in Zhuangzi, usually has less firewood, rice, oil and salt at home, and has to worry about this for a long time, where is the spare money for him to buy the articles written by the examiner?

Although Cai has the heart to help her, he doesn't know what to say?

After thinking about it for a long time, the Cai family finally said: "If your youngest son is willing, our Cai family has a clan study in Chengjiang Mansion, which is full of people who are going to end next year, and I can send him in." Mr. Xixi, who teaches, is Mr. Bailu, who was invited by my eldest brother from Tonghua Academy in Beijing, and he is the brother-in-law of Fang Boyan, the examiner of this year's examination, and he has the articles and craftsmanship written by Fang Boyan in his hands. For the sake of these two things, many people have to enter my Cai family after stepping through the threshold. ”

Where did the boat lady know about these people that Cai's said, she only heard Cai's say that she wanted to change the academy for their youngest son, of course she couldn't ask for it.

Although Baicao Academy is the most famous academy within a radius of ten miles, it is only a simple house, and it is only a few half-buckets of water that are swaying in it, except for his youngest son, no one is motivated. If his youngest son continues to stay inside, he may be spoiled by those poor sour talents who have half a bucket of water.

If she can change to a college in a big place like Chengjiang Mansion to prepare for the exam, although she is happy, she is also worried, the family has already used money for her youngest son's township exam, and there is not much spare money.

If it is sent to Chengjiang again, she doesn't know how much silver it will cost, and she began to hesitate in her heart. She also has two sons and three daughters in her family, and the three daughters have already promised to be married soon. The spare money in the family, in addition to the dowry of the three daughters, and the bride price of the two sons who will marry in the future.

Cai's looked at her before with a happy look, and then he hesitated, Cai's heart knew that the peasant family didn't have much spare money, how could they go to a big place like Chengjiang Mansion without a few taels of silver?

After a long time, she still asked, "Are you worried about the silver?"

The boat lady said 'um', but did not continue.

"You don't have to worry about the silver, since your youngest son went to my family's private school, our Cai family will pay for food and clothing. It's just that several of my Cai family's brothers and sisters are more naughty, and they are some of the masters who don't make people worry, and I hope your youngest son won't be weird. Since Cai's heart was willing to help her, he simply solved the matter of silver. Besides, if the boat lady saw herself murdering, if she took her most beloved young son as a hostage, someone would not suspect her if they saw the white bones in the blue pool in the future.

It's just that Cai's calculations are thousands, but they didn't expect that these days coincided with the rise of the blue wave pool, and there was a tributary of the Pengpu River below.

The boat lady didn't speak, and continued to shake the wooden oars in her hand. Not long after, the boat had already sailed to the ferry port next to Bibo Lake, Guanshan Ferry.

After helping Cai get off the boat, the boat lady knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Cai's three times before saying: "Madam, your kindness peasant woman understands, and the peasant woman thanks Mrs. on behalf of her youngest son." As the saying goes, the youngest son of a peasant woman is accustomed to the teaching of Mr. Baicao of Baicao Academy, if he changes to your family school, he is afraid that he will not be able to keep up with Mr. Bai Lu's progress, and he will drag down your brothers and sisters, which is the sin of the peasant woman. ”

As soon as the boat lady finished speaking, a tourist-like person next to the ferry waved to the boat lady and asked her to carry people to the lake.

"That boat lady really doesn't know how to do it, and being able to enter our Cai family's clan study is the blessing of their family's cultivation of the third generation, and they can't be cultivated." The eldest girl who had been waiting by Cai's side looked at the boat lady who went to carry people and complained.

"It's not that she doesn't know what to do, it's that she has self-knowledge and knows how much ability she can do great things. The youngest son of a farmer's family enters the clan study where the son of the big family is studying, and the ridicule of others must be indispensable, I'm afraid that even the invited Mr. Bailu is not willing to teach a farmer's child! Cai followed the direction of Biluo and glanced at the boat lady who was rocking the oars again.

Cai Shi turned his head and glanced at Biluo beside him, only to remember that it was the boat lady who helped her get off the boat, but Biluo had been sitting in the cabin and looking at the scenery.

"Biluo, is the scenery of this Smoke and Rain Villa good-looking? Do you want me to go and talk to the old lady and ask you to come here and serve!" It just so happens that this Yanyu Villa lacks a steward, so you will come to office in two days! Cai said, and without waiting for Biluo to react, he followed the gravel path on the shore of the lake and left the lake.

Bi Luo was stunned in place, recalled Cai's words in her mind, took out the abacus she carried with her, and muttered to herself while playing the abacus, "The monthly silver of the housekeeper of Yanyu Villa is one tael, and the monthly silver of the housekeeper and maid in the house is two taels, one can see the beautiful scenery, and the other can only look at the yellow-faced woman......"

Cai's had already walked far away, and when he turned his head, he saw that Biluo was still standing in place, still counting the monthly silver of the housekeeper, and couldn't help patting his head, what a stupid girl, she just mentioned it to her and began to count the monthly silver, how short of money she was!

"Biluo, why don't you come over quickly, do you really want to stay in Yanyu Villa?" Cai sighed and shouted at Biluo behind him.

When Biluo heard Cai's voice, she was shocked to realize that she had gone far away, and chased after her skirt, "Mrs., Mrs., you wait for me!" Biluo is still here! ”

Before I knew it, the time had turned by January, and it was August 11. In a few days, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Because Qi's delivery period was about to come, Feng Lao'an was always restless these days, staying in Qi's house and accompanying her to give birth. Seeing that there were not many people waiting in Qi's house, Feng Lao'an picked up Qi's medicine bowl and asked Zijuan next to him, "Where is the eldest wife?" Where did she go? Why didn't you see her?"