Chapter 2 Thirty-Four: Scholarship
The flowers and plants at home were divided and replanted, and now the entire west wing of the main yard is full of flowers. Some perennial flowers, now is not the time to sell, at least two or three years, now this flower is a treasure for the whole family.
Under the foresight of the old man of the Liu family, and with the strong support, everyone's harvest this year is still passable, and their family has a lot of money to sell watermelons and melons, and the sticky corn has been harvested three times, and it has been sold for a lot of money. I'm afraid that the old man will spend it again, Pearl thought to herself, it seems that she still supports the old man's righteous activities! Fortunately, my father and mother gave my grandfather twenty taels of silver for him to spend indiscriminately.
This year's crops are okay, after all, although the drought, but the water of the reservoir still saves a lot of crops, but after all, the yield has been reduced, all the pearls and the old man discussed, whether to buy the entire back mountain, the area of this mountain is not large, there are no relatively tall trees on it, over this back mountain, is the real mountain, there are real wild things, and there are small slopes in the west and east, you can go there to collect firewood, the old man Liu heard the pearl said that he wanted to buy the hillside, plant peach trees, and he was a little uncertain in his heartThe meaning of pearl is that if you buy this mountain, you want to plant peach trees, but you are afraid that the variety of this thing is not good, and you have to hire a lot of people to cut down some weeds and small trees on the mountain, which requires labor. However, Pearl's vision never missed, so he agreed, but he didn't have so much money to buy a mountain in his hand now, Pearl thought about it and said,
"I'm going to sell embroidery, and this time it should be a lot of money. Don't worry, grandpa. ”
"Well, grandpa Tai knows, when the mountain is bought, it will be recorded in your name, and it will look good as a dowry in the future." Pearl was very disgusted by the marriage, but she didn't say anything.
A few days later, Pearl took her own double-sided embroidery of different colors, plus four sets of dresses made in the past, and followed Liu Tonghammer to Zhuozhou. Liu Tonghammer went to buy grain this time, and their family harvested corn this year. There are also interplanted soybeans. There are also potatoes, and other grains always have to be bought, and in Zhuozhou, they are cheaper. Good quality. Besides, the rice there is better than that in the county and town. Now life is better. He also wanted to buy some good materials for his children to make clothes. There is also the plan to buy some jewelry for Fang and Pearl.
The silk flowers I made last time were very popular, and now the girls in the village are still begging them to buy them! It's a pity that the three sisters don't have it in their hands, and now their schoolwork is tight. No one has that spare time.
Pearl put these four sets of dresses in front of Song Niangzi, and Song Niangzi was happy, "This dress, this material and embroidery, even if you can't see it in the capital!" Let me tell you, there is a rich Shen family living here in our family, and their daughters are all beauty-loving, and now the lord of the family is going to the capital to be an official, and he is about to prepare clothes! And this double-sided embroidery, you say I don't believe it! I didn't expect you to do it! ”
"I can't help it, my family is in a hurry to use money."
When Song Niangzi heard this, she said, "Don't worry, I'll give you six hundred taels for these four sets of clothes, and these double-sided embroidery, if you add a carved frame, are worth a thousand taels." I'll have five hundred and fifty taels with you, how about it? ”
Song Niangzi is right, but Pearl still feels at a loss in her heart, think about it, if you add a frame and sell it in the capital, it will cost 1,200 taels of silver, you must know that in this world, few people have such craftsmanship! Seeing that Pearl didn't speak, Song Niangzi's face was solemn, and she hurriedly raised the price and said,
"So be it! A total of 1200 taels, how? ”
Pearl still didn't speak, immersed in his own thoughts, of course, at this time, he also wanted to help the vacant sandalwood base in the space to take out, repair it according to the size, and take it to the capital to sell, but he didn't want to be too upset.
"1300 taels, sister, that's a lot, no matter how much I have, I won't have any money."
Pearl also reacted at this time and said, "Okay! That's all! This time I will pay a thousand taels of silver, three hundred taels of silver ingots, four of the fifty taels of this ingot, and five taels of the remaining one hundred taels. ”
"Success, I'll let people prepare."
After that, Pearl bought some coarse cloth for men to make clothes in Song Niangzi's shop, wrapped it in cloth, and put the material cut from the space in advance into the bag while people were not paying attention. After waiting for the car, Pearl put the silver in his back basket, and then asked his father and Liu Hai to look at the car and the silver, and went to buy jewelry with fifty taels of silver.
The largest jewelry store in Zhuozhou, should also be Liu's shopkeeper, I looked at it for a long time, I really didn't think it was good-looking, some of my own space is very pure, and electroplated sterling silver jewelry, the style is not comparable here, I looked at it for a long time, I chose an ordinary silver hairpin, this pattern is a little special, it took two taels of silver pearls, and then wrapped it with a handkerchief and put it in the sleeve. Out of the jewelry store, and went to buy rice noodles, pearl means, this year to prepare more food, because they here is drought, the grassland there must be a lack of pasture, therefore, there must be a war at the border, remember this time the trouble is quite big, although did not come in, but also fought for a long time, in the end both sides are tied, this side guarded the land, did not let the foreign enemy harm the people, on the other hand, the other party also got a lot of grain and grass.
It was the third master who went to war, and then the copper money fell sharply, or she suggested that the old lady buy the copper money, and after a few months, everything was too peaceful, and the ratio of copper money to silver increased, which made the old lady earn a lot. Pearl doesn't plan to do anything this year, but it's still important for your family to store more food.
After arriving home, Pearl put the fabric on the kang, Fang's and Jade, Coral were very happy to choose the fabric, this time for the men to buy coarse cloth, what he subtracted from the space is fine cloth soft satin, this soft satin is the best for underwear. Pearl also said, and then took out a cloth bag from the cuff, which contained four pairs of silver bracelets, four silver hairpins, one gold hairpin, and six pairs of silver earrings, all of which were prepared for the family, but Fang asked,
"Pearl, why did you buy so many hairpins?" The golden hairpin is for Fang's, a very beautiful hollow golden hairpin, very exquisite, and the golden light is very dazzling under the sunlight. The three sisters didn't have a silver hairpin, so naturally they didn't need to bring silver hairpins, but why did they buy pearls?
"These four silver hairpins, one for my mother to wear usually, and the other three are intended for students with good exam scores in the school. This bracelet is also, our sisters don't need it yet, all leave a pair for the mother, and the rest is used as a reward, this earring is also, our three sisters are a pair, and the remaining three pairs are used as a reward. ”
Fang wanted to say something, but Liu Tongzhu also talked to his grandfather, this is the money for fame, and now the plaque is hanging there! How can you give up halfway? Pearl gave twenty taels of silver to her parents, and then took out another two hundred taels of silver, and she said that she would give the rest to her grandfather, which would be useful. Liu Tonghammer and his wife didn't know how much this girl's embroidery was sold for, but if they could give them two hundred taels, it shouldn't be less, but they would never have thought that the pearl would give more money to grandpa than them.
Old man Liu has already inquired with Li Zheng, although the mountain behind is not very high, but the place is not small, if you buy it all, it will cost 500 taels of silver, Li Zheng also said, give them more of a place, just including a stream, in the future on the hillside to plant trees, but the water source is indispensable. Pearl thought it was good, gave the silver ticket to Grandpa, and then asked him to do it, and gave Grandpa more than 20 taels of silver that had been embezzled.
Old man Liu is in high spirits now! In the afternoon, I went to find Lizheng and agreed to go to the county office tomorrow. This time, I still drove the family's carriage and came back to buy food. Li Zheng didn't understand, the old man Liu said the pearl's words, and it really attracted attention, and when he came back, he told the families that they must prepare more food and winter supplies, and when the time comes, the silver in their hands is worthless, if there is copper money at home, quickly change the silver.
When he came back, the old man showed Pearl the contract, and it was indeed Pearl's name. The pearls are planned to start raising seedlings in the spring of the next year, and then load them the next year. Now the family has horses, oxen, ox carts, and a flower house, and the house is a little insufficient, because it has to be prepared to store grain! Now it's not a busy farm, just bought the place next to it, connected to the house of the Liu family, and built an identical set of courtyards, this yard is bigger than the original side, and according to the pearl's proposal, dig a very large cellar, this cellar is dug by their own family, what I am afraid of is to let outsiders know that the cellar where autumn vegetables are put on weekdays is to invite someone to dig, and build it with bricks and stones, and then plaster with cement. The credit of this cement is not small, I am afraid that without him, their family would not be able to exchange for this plaque.
Naturally, you have to hire someone to build a house, and this time the family is busy and will not provide food, but the salary given is more, and everyone is very satisfied. When Pearl sent three hairpins and three pairs of silver bracelets and three pairs of earrings to Jing Ran, he told him that in addition to their children, the other children were divided into three classes, and they took exams respectively, and the first place was given to a pair of silver bracelets of more than two or two. The second place will give a hairpin, and the third place will give a pair of silver ear pendants, which are not a simple circle, but are decorated with silver gourds or silver grapes underneath, and there is a silver peony flower.
Jing Ran put these prizes on the tray, and then showed them to more than 40 children in the school, saying that they were prizes, and they would take the exam in a while, probably because they also wanted to test their psychological endurance! After an hour, hand in the papers. The third class was quickly ranked. The nine children were so happy, how could they have thought of such a thing! If you bring it back to show your mother, your parents will be very happy. (To be continued......)