Chapter 8 Rely on the Confucian Family
"What kind of virtue is accumulated, I see that you are all like your grandfather, you are stupid to read, I really don't know what kind of sin I created in my last life to marry you stinky old man, when my father-in-law was here, he took you and your three sons to study, taught me everything, and I didn't see what you read out of the hall, my father-in-law is okay, at least he is still a showman, but you look at yourself and Zhishu, are you two a little self-aware?" Kong Lao scolded angrily.
"That's it, I said, third brother, you have been to the exam so many times, and you haven't even been admitted as a child, you still go every year, where is there so much money for you to take the exam at home? I don't think you'll go next year, just farm at home! Kong Zhiheng said.
As soon as she heard the mention of Kong Zhishu for reference, Kong Leyi hurriedly chased after him and grabbed the words, "That's it, the eldest brother is right, the third brother don't go this year, who in this village and town, who doesn't know that the third brother, your wife and Kejia's Keke family are still Keke, don't waste the family's money, and you are sick at every turn, and you have to spend money to take medicine often, there are so many people in the family, where can you stand your toss!" ”
Father Kong thought that Kong Zhishu had spent a lot of money for reference over the years, and he was distressed, thinking, the Kong family is now without the feng shui it used to be, although Kong Zhishu loves to read, he just doesn't have that good life, if he can be in the middle of the school, he would have given it a long time ago, and now he is twenty-five, and he hasn't even been admitted to the school, so don't waste money.
"To the book, my father also thinks that such a large family, you can't waste the money you have saved after a year's hard work, and in the future, you will break the idea of the scientific examination, and follow your father and your two brothers to farm with peace of mind, as for the people in your house, they have been rescued, so it will cost some firewood, and when she wakes up, you can let her go quickly, but you can't rely on our family, we have a lot of family, but we can't raise one more person." After Father Kong finished speaking, he sighed to himself.
Mrs. Kong was still scolding and scolding, but she was relieved to see that Father Kong was not allowed to refer to Kong Zhishu, thinking that she could save more money this year, and she still remembered that she still had a little daughter who had not yet married, so she had to save some dowry for her daughter.
She has two daughters, one Kong Leyi, her life is not good, her husband died early, and she has not been widowed for a year and was kicked out and returned to her parents' house.
Although she still has three sons under her name, they are all the sons of Father Kong and the original match, but they are not the sons who popped out of her belly, she doesn't dare to expect that she is old, these three sons without conscience will be filial to herself, she is looking forward to finding a good family for her daughter to marry, so that she has the confidence to stay in this family.
How did Kong Lao Niang plan to save this amount of money to go to the county seat for the exam, others don't know, even if they knew, no one would say it, but Su Wanniang herself didn't understand, didn't she just faint? Why, when she woke up again, her whole world changed?
It was already the next day, in the kitchen, Kong Zhiheng's wife Zhou and Kong Zhifa's wife Xu were busy with breakfast.
"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, morning!" Kong Zhishu said hello to the two, "The eldest sister I rescued yesterday woke up, and I will fill a bowl of hot rice soup for her." ”
"No! This breakfast is made according to the head of our family, if you pack a bowl and leave, it will be one less person's portion! Xu was the first to disagree.
It is said that it is rice soup, in fact, it is very thin and thin gruel, this is the family's three meals a day, rice soup and potatoes or sweet potatoes are all calculated, usually it is basically a bowl of rice soup per person for a perfunctory meal.
No way, this family is large and small, including the widow and sister-in-law, but there are eleven people to eat. The Kong family gradually declined, and sold a lot of land to support their lives when Father Kong and his father were in his generation, but there was not much land when it was passed on to Father Kong, so the life of this big family was tight.