Li pouted and said, "One or two, is there more?" ”

Wu squinted his eyes and said, "That's it, that's okay, you don't have to be the third child to be admitted to be an official, and I will divide your family, and you will stay in Linshui Village." ”

"Mother, what you said, how many years have the third child read the books, they are all provided by our family, and when it is time to enjoy the happiness, you will leave us behind, you really have a conscience!" Li Shi heard Wu say this, and he was a little unwilling in his heart, he had worked hard for so many years to provide for the third child, and in the end, it was not in vain to give up his previous suffering, but he was a little distressed when he thought of paying.

The Li family is still entangled here, and the old man Yang over there has already asked Yang Changfa and Xiao Yue: "Second, what about you, you have been going up the mountain to hunt to earn money, how much can you give as the third brother?" ”

Xiao Yue sneered in her heart, this is her brother at this time, and no one in this family pays attention to the two of them on weekdays.

Yang Changfa looked at Old Man Yang and said: "Dad wants us to give as much as he wants, we can't take out 20 taels, I have only been back home for more than a year, and the money I brought back has been taken by my mother, and the money I have sold every time I hunt has been handed over to my mother, where did I get the money." ”

Old man Yang's face turned black when he heard Yang Changfa's words, in his opinion, Yang Changfu is winning glory for the Yang family, and the people of the Yang family will do their best to support him, but he didn't expect it......

He took a deep drag on his cigarette and said, "You don't want to pay for that, do you?" None of you are surnamed Yang, this is a good thing for the glory of the ancestors, you have no ability, the third child has this opportunity, you don't support how to be worthy of the ancestors of the Yang family. No one wants to run, and if you don't pay, don't be surnamed Yang. ”

Hearing Old Man Yang's words, Wu glanced at his sons and said, "Hurry up and pay for it, this is what you should do as an elder brother and sister-in-law, and I don't want to think about whether you will also be wiped out after the third child becomes an official." ”

Xiao Yue and Yang Changfa didn't want to get dirty, but they also knew that they would definitely pay for it this time.

It is not easy to provide a scholar in the countryside, and people will only think that if there is a good income in the family, the family will be happy, so the Yang family asks them to pay for it in the eyes of others. It's just that I still have to talk about how much this is, and if I come out too much, I feel uncomfortable, and the Li family will blame them.

Xiao Yue thinks that they should follow the Li family, after all, they are a big house, and they can't say anything about it, and according to the Li family's temperament, there will definitely not be much.

Xiao Yue glanced at Yang Changfa, Yang Changfa understood what she meant, and said to Old Man Yang: "Dad, the matter of the third child is a big deal, we will definitely pay for it, you don't have to worry." But the eldest brother is a big house, and we can't cross them, so let's do it, we will give as much as they want. ”

Yang Changgui also agreed with his words, after all, his younger brother's test is a big deal, and he should still give some silver, but his own money is in the hands of his daughter-in-law, and he can't be the master, so he can only look at the Li family.

Li Shi was unhappy when he heard Yang Changfa's words, and thought: Follow your own house, if the money is less, your in-laws will be unhappy, and if you have too much, you will be unhappy. The two people in the second room are really not things, such a hot potato for themselves to pick up, but they are a big house, and they can't help it when they say so.

Turning his head and seeing his man looking at her, Li glared at him, exhaled and said, "Dad, mother, I think the third child just went to the county to take the exam, and it shouldn't take much money, so let's pay 5 taels." plus the second brother, it's a total of 10 taels, and my father and mother add another 10 taels, which is almost the same, right? ”

When Wu heard that he was going to give 10 taels of silver, his eyes immediately turned into knives and shot at Li, "5 taels, you are embarrassed to say, how can the third child bring 20 taels of silver?" ”

Li Shi said in surprise: "Why is it not enough, everyone else only needs 15 taels, but the third child still brings an extra 5 taels, how is it not enough." ”

Yang Changfu saw that his family had been grinding here for a long time and there was still no result, and he wanted to speak, but his mother and sister-in-law talked about it, how could he be embarrassed to interject, so he gave Lin a look again.

Lin took a sip of water and said: "Sister-in-law, that's not what I said, thanks to the care of the county commander's brother-in-law in the academy on the fair day, and I have to count on him to take care of the affairs of the official, so I can't invite anyone to eat or anything when I go to the county." If you don't handle the relationship well on weekdays, who will want to help you when the time comes, father, mother, do you say this is the truth. ”

As soon as Old Man Yang heard that it was related to being an official, this was not sloppy, so he immediately asked with concern: "Third child, since you want to have a treat, you have to invite it well, so let's take 30 taels." Remember to have a good relationship with the brother-in-law of the county magistrate. Yang Changfu listened and nodded again and again.

Old man Yang finally made a decision, "You two rooms are 10 taels of silver per room, and your mother and I will add another 10 taels, and whoever talks more will pay for all the 30 taels." After Mr. Yang finished speaking, everyone stopped talking, and this is equivalent to the final word.

Wu saw that it had been decided, and the big stone in her heart was put down, she was afraid that the money would have to be paid by herself, "Since it has been said, I will go back and take out all the money, and the third child will also pack up and prepare to leave." ”

Xiao Yue was not happy in her heart, but she couldn't say it anymore, and after returning to the house, Xiao Yue took out 10 taels of silver and asked Yang Chang to send it over.

Yang Changfu left early the next morning, and it was still more than 20 days before the list was released, so he had to go over in advance to make some points.

Yang Changfu is gone, the life of the Yang family still has to continue, and the Wu family has been counting the days all day since the child left.

The Lin family is also looking forward to the return of Xianggong every day, so that he can live the life of Mrs. Shangguan. And she is not idle at home, she thinks carefully that she still has to plan for the future of her family, it used to be because she needed money to study, and now her father-in-law is about to become an official.

She thought about it, although her father and mother also had the plan to separate the second brother's family, but this time her father-in-law came back and was sure that she could be an official, and they definitely didn't agree to split the family. That's not good, we still have to separate them before the prime minister comes back.

As for the eldest family, there is nothing to be afraid of, the officials of his own family will definitely move to the city, and then he will tell his mother-in-law to let them stay here and watch the ancestral house.

After Lin thought about it, he went to Wu's house.

"Mother, are you there?" Lin stood outside the house and shouted.

"Come in!"

Lin heard the voice and lifted the curtain and walked in, Wu was doing needlework, although the clothes worn outside were made by his daughter-in-law, but this close-fitting still had to be done by himself.

Lin saw that he walked over to do it with her, looked at Wu's face and considered what to say, "Mother, Xianggong can be an official if he is admitted to Xiucai this time, and you can enjoy your happiness." ”

Wu's face was full of joy, "The third child is promising, and when he was a child, a Taoist priest said that he was destined to be a big official." ”

Seeing that Wu was happy, Lin continued to speak, "Mother, if Xianggong becomes an official, our family will go to the county." ”

"Yes, the officials are not all in the county, they are all good, they are all rich. At that time, our family will not be bad. ”

"Yes, I just don't know how big the yard will be at that time, there are so many people in our family, there are 6 people in the eldest brother's family, and there are 2 ...... in the second brother's family."

Wu interrupted Lin's words, "Who said that they went with us, if the third child becomes an official, the second child will be separated." ”

As soon as Lin heard that there was a play, her eyes lit up, "Mother, this Xianggong has just become an official, and he will divide the second brother and them out, will he cause others to gossip, if this is known to the people above, Xianggong's character will not be lost, so how can he be an official!" ”

Wu looked at Lin in surprise when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Is it?" And there is another such thing as this. ”

"Of course, the reputation of this official is the most important. Why don't you divide the second brother and them now, Xianggong has just left and hasn't taken the exam yet, so divide them, and no one will say anything at that time, what do you say? Lin observed Wu's expression and slowly said his purpose.

After hearing this, Wu thought to himself, yes, if the third child is an official but divides the second child, others will definitely say that he is rich and does not recognize his brother, but now that the third child has not taken the test to separate the second child, others will not say these words, and there are many people in this village.

She said to Lin, "Okay, I know, you go back to the house, I'll think about it again." ”

The Wu family spent the Lin family, and she had to think about it herself, how could she give the second child less things to them, and it was best to let them go out of the house. The Wu family kept thinking about whether Yang Chang sent them out in the room.

Until it was getting dark, Old Man Yang came back and saw Wu sitting motionless on the kang. He frowned and said, "What are you doing, when are you not cooking?" ”

Wu Shi realized that it was dark, thinking about what Lin said in the afternoon, and was about to say something, when he heard Li shouting outside for food to cook, Wu hurriedly went down to get food.

After returning to the house and thinking about it, he still felt that he had to talk to Old Man Yang, after all, he didn't agree that it was useless to think about it.

"Old man, let's divide the second one." Wu pushed the old man Yang who was leaning on the kang.

Old Man Yang sat up from the kang when he heard this, "Why are you thinking about this?" ”

"At that time, we didn't want the third child to go out if he became an official, but in that case, others wouldn't gossip, what if the third official couldn't do it?"

Old man Yang thought about it, in fact, he also wanted to divide the second child out, but he still felt that there would be people talking about it, and his reputation was not good, "If others talk about it, you can't be an official, if the third child becomes an official, who would dare to talk about our family." ”

Wu looked at Old Man Yang suspiciously and said, "Didn't you always want to separate him, why did you say this again." ”