After Shen Shimei's proposal, Shen's father and Shen's mother decided to send Shen Shu to be literate, but it seems that only an old show in the village is literate, and it is Han Shuliang of the old Han family who teaches it.

"Go to the county seat, there is a school in the county seat!" Shen Shiliu said, even the children in the county school are not big, and Shen Shu's head is estimated to be a standout in it.

Zheng was a little worried: "The school in the county seems to be restrained ......"

Shen Shiliu looked at Shen's father, hoping that his father would not only look at the small amount of money in front of him at this time.

Father Shen pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go and inquire tomorrow, if you can afford it, even if our family has less food and clothing, let your brother go!" ”

Shen Shi smiled and nodded, but Shen Shu had doubts: "Then what's the matter, I'm going to study, what's the work in the field?" I don't work, but it costs money! ”

Zheng said at this time: "Then read it too, isn't the old Han family afraid to face the sky because he knows a few words, this time you have to read better than the Han family's baby!" ”

Shen Shu was a little entangled, and Shen Pomegranate also advised: "It's not a farming now, it's enough to have a father in the field, and I'll go with my mother when I'm busy with the farming, anyway, it's just a while, don't delay me to do anything else!" ”

The family settled the matter in this way, and the next day Shen Shu also followed him into the county seat.

Shen Shimei boiled two pots of broth today, and as soon as they arrived, they saw that the laborers who had worked in the morning were waiting at the place where they sold food yesterday.

"You're here, just waiting for you to eat!" Wang Liuzi, a worker, said that he had bought the broth here for two days in a row, and he was the one who told Shen Shu yesterday that he had a morning job today.

"Big brother, you got to work early today, right?" Father Shen asked, it didn't seem to be so early yesterday.

"But no, in the future, you will come at this point every day, there will be morning work every day, and you may not be sure in winter, but how can you be idle in this season!" When Wang Liuzi spoke, his eyes never left the bucket where they filled the broth!

Shen Pomegranate has a bucket in one hand, she and the Zheng family are in a group, and the remaining Shen father and Shen Shu are in a group, selling them together on both sides, and some people even brought their own clay pots and bought four bowls in one go!

These laborers all like to eat meat, and they eat it themselves and think about their wives and children at home, so they bought four bowls enough for the whole family to eat for a day. If you buy meat by yourself, the family will have to eat 20 wen for a meal, which is still conservative to say, how can you have this 10 yuan to eat this ready-made broth to open your belly?

When Shen Shimei saw it, he pondered that in the future, there would be a maximum of two pots of broth a day, and if the leftover was sold in the morning and sold at noon, there would be no leftovers. Otherwise, when everyone has eaten it, this thing will not be so tempting, and it will be a pity if it is sold leftover.

One morning, this broth was sold a little bit, and Shen Pomegranate found a problem, after a long time, the broth was cold, and it would be difficult to sell it again.

"It's okay to have the rest of these, you go to the school first, and we'll leave when we come back!" Zheng said, there is not much left, it is content to be able to sell nearly four barrels in one morning, and they will not waste the rest when they go back to eat it hot!

"Cheng, Pomegranate will stay with your mother, and I'll take your brother first!" Father Shen said and took Shen Shu to leave first.

Shen Pomegranate and Shen stayed in place, and from time to time they passed by to buy a bowl of broth, and Zheng was afraid that it was because it was cold, so he scooped a little more, and they were all happy.

"Girl!"

Shen Shiliu was still a little sleepy and dozing off because she got up early, and she didn't think it was called "girl" by someone next to her.

"Girl!" With another sound, Shen Shimei opened his eyes and looked at it.

Du Xuanmo came to thank him today, and called Shen Shimei twice before looking at him, and the Zheng family still looked at him with a wary face, which made him a little embarrassed.

"Are you ......?" Zheng came over and asked, and looked at Shen Pomegranate again.

Shen Shiliu recognized this person, stepped forward and said, "Yesterday he fainted on the street with hunger, and I brought him a bowl of broth!" In fact, she is not afraid of Zheng's misunderstanding, she doesn't even have a fold in her "round and jade", what can a young man have for her?

Zheng nodded after hearing this, and didn't ask anything more, someone over there came to buy broth and went over to say hello.

"What's the matter with you?" Shen Shiliu asked the boy in front of him.

Du Xuanmo smiled: "I'm here to thank the girl, I didn't thank the girl when I was dizzy yesterday, and then I came again, and the girl was already gone!" ”

"That's it, don't be so polite!" Shen Shiliu smiled, although the flesh on his face trembled with this smile, but the boy opposite didn't seem to have any horror reaction.

"My name is Du Xuanmo, and I set up a stall over there to help people write letters, and if you need help in the future, tell me!" Du Xuanmo said directly that his family didn't have anything to take out as a thank you gift, so he could only help more.

Shen Shiliu nodded, and then asked, "My name is Shen Shimei, have you eaten it today?" ”

Du Xuanmo was embarrassed, he just wrote a notice to someone early this morning, and it was still the paper, pen and ink that people brought themselves, so he helped write a few strokes, and only earned two pennies, but people's broth looked like three pennies......

Shen Shiliu saw that Du Xuanmo didn't reply, so he knew it, and turned back to Zheng and said, "Mother, let's serve two bowls of broth!" ”

Zheng looked at the bucket, which was just enough for three bowls, and asked Shen Shimei, "What are you going to do?" ”

"This is also our new neighbor, and we will have to let people take care of it in the future!" Shen Shimei can be regarded as saving face for Du Xuanmo, saying that it is a courtesy exchange between neighbors, and the other party will not be difficult to accept.

When the Zheng family heard it, they didn't have any acquaintances in the county, so it was a meeting gift.

"That's right!" As he spoke, Zheng took out all three bowls of broth, took a clean clay pot and put it on, then handed it to Du Xuanmo and said, "Just bring the jar tomorrow!" ”

Du Xuanmo saw a lot of soup in a jar, and he was really embarrassed to keep it, so he said, "Auntie, this is not good, it is too much!" ”

"It's not much, take it, even if you eat well, come to eat with your aunt, your aunt won't charge you money!" Zheng smiled and said that she was also hot-hearted.

The father and son of the Shen family also came back, hurriedly said goodbye to Du Xuanmo, and the mother and daughter began to pack their things.

Du Xuanmo took the crockpot and looked at the back of the Shen family gradually leaving, and sighed.

Du Xuanmo went home, Du Niangzi's body was better today, and she was sewing and mending Du Xuanmo's clothes on the bed.

"Mother, rest first!" Du Xuanmo said and went to the stove to light the fire.

Du Niangzi put down the clothes in her hand and walked to the stove: "Come on, mother, I've really hurt you these days!" ”

Du Niangzi was startled when she saw that the broth in the crockpot was in the pot, and many thoughts came to her heart, and finally said: "Son, my mother knows that my mother is dragging you down and making you feel tired of living, so there is medicine in this soup, right?" ”

Du Xuanmo was directly angry: "Mother, where did you get to that step!" It was sent by someone, and a family came to the intersection to sell broth! ”

Du Niangzi breathed a sigh of relief, she thought that her son wanted a pot of poisonous soup to completely free the two!

"You must thank people well, but it's a pity that our family doesn't have any decent gifts to return!" Du Niangzi sighed, the four walls of the family are really talking about their family.

Du Xuanmo also pondered, how to thank others?

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The Shen family on the other end walked and talked all the way, and Shen's father and Shen Shu pushed a small cart with two sets of sheep's head and sheep's hooves on it.

"Dad, what's going on in the Brother Academy?" Shen Shiliu asked.

Father Shen sighed: "Shu Yu costs half a penny every month, and he also needs a pound of meat." ”

When Shen Shiliu heard this, he should have sold a lot of money today, but it didn't seem to be enough for half hanging, and half hanging was five hundred wen.

"Dad, sister, I'm not going to study." Shen Shu said, how can there be spare money at home now?

Shen Shiliu shook his head, this learning is still available, think of a way: "Let's go and talk to Mr. tomorrow, give half of it first, and then sell it for two days to return the remaining half, you can't really be blind!" "It is estimated that Mr. is not dead to ask for money, and he is not two days late and will not be unpaid, and he should be accommodating if he says good things. It's nothing to accompany a little smile, you must fight for it!

Father Shen sighed, this method of making money was also thought out by his daughter, and it could be sold for half a few days.

Shen Shiliu smiled, this can be regarded as laying the foundation for her to "know" to write.

Early the next morning, Shen Pomegranate and Shen Shu went to release ducks and chicks to catch fish and shrimp. Shen Shu pondered, if he went to study, who would do all this work in the future?

"Brother, you don't have to think too much, our family is suffering now, but you can't stop reading!" Shen Shimei persuaded him: "There is not much work at home, and there are a lot of fish and shrimp fishing, dried fish and shrimp, and salty and salted ones, which are enough to eat in one winter." If you don't worry, you can help me make broth at night in the future, and I won't be able to keep you idle! "You can't live without culture, you can only be poor for the rest of your life in this small village!

Shen Shu also knew that Shen Shiliu was right, but when he went to the school yesterday, Mr. Na also said that his current level had to be in class with a six- or seven-year-old child, and he poked it at that big and three rough, which was really embarrassing.

Shen Pomegranate naturally didn't know Shen Shu's embarrassment, and wondered, didn't everyone like to go to school normally, and now she had put on the wings of her dreams to go to school, why didn't Shen Shu want to take off so much?

After fishing the fish and shrimp, Shen Shimei and Shen Shu went home first to put down the fish and shrimp, today Zheng was busy at home, and Shen's father pushed the trolley.

"When you have money in the future, you will buy a car and buy a livestock!" Shen Shiliu said, there will be a house, there will be a car, it seems that whether it is ancient or modern, there are material needs.

The father and son walked out of the village in the dawn sun, and now the crops in the field were growing well, and when the wind blew, it was a turquoise wave. Shen Pomegranate smelled the fragrance of grass in the air, which was refreshing and refreshing, and people were in good spirits.

This year's wind and rain are smooth, the Zhuang people rely on the sky to eat, by the end of the year should be able to harvest a lot, when the time to pay taxes, the surplus is enough for everyone to have a fat year!

When the three of them arrived at the place where they used to sell food, Shen Shiliu snorted and saw Du Xuanmo standing there.

"Why are you here?" Shen Pomegranate asked angrily.

Du Xuanmo took out a wooden board in his hand, and there were words written on it, and Shen Shimei naturally recognized it.

"My family didn't have anything to thank you, so I wrote you a signboard, don't dislike it!" Du Xuanmo said embarrassedly.

Shen Shiliu looked at the brand, and there were a few big characters written on it: Shen's mutton soup, and there were small words next to it: one bowl of three yuan, two bowls of five yuan.

The font is handsome and handsome, and the writing is very good-looking, although Shen Shiliu recognizes it, he can only pretend not to know, and asks, "What are you writing?" ”