It would be embarrassing for Liu Wan to talk about the days when she was not at home before.

Because firstly, she has no sense of substitution in this memory, and secondly, she eloped after all, in any case, this reputation is not very good in these years.

In this way, it is natural that only the current life is good to say.

And the current life is also of interest to the old lady.

Of course, she wanted to know how Liu Wan was living now.

Although her daughter is dressed in unconventional clothes and does not look very dilapidated, Liu Wan has been engaged in manual work for a long time after all, and she also has to cut pigweed, pick vegetables, and collect firewood, so the skin on her hands has not yet been raised, and it is slightly rough.

Moreover, having been doing these jobs for the past twenty years also made her wrists look a little thick, like her slender hands when she was at home.

The old lady is a mother-in-law, and these details are in her eyes and hurts in her heart.

She was worried that Liu Wan's current scenery was pretended, for the sake of all of them.

Just listening to Liu Wan one by one, the old lady never expected that Wang Dazhi had already died unexpectedly, and it was still that kind of death.

The old lady couldn't help but take a sip and said, "You deserve it, poor my son, I have been rubbed by him for all these years in vain, and I died well, I should have died a long time ago!" ”

Liu Wan completely agreed with the old lady's opinion, and nodded, although she was embarrassed to laugh, but there was still a kind of "in the end, it is the mother, that is, she will stand on her side" Shushuang.

Then Liu Wan talked about her children.

The eldest Wang is honest and can do business, but unfortunately his daughter-in-law died in childbirth before coming to Beijing, leaving a daughter;

The second eldest Wang Yi studied medicine and is now a little successful;

The third is Wang Jing, who has made remarkable achievements in being a craftsman, and even the great Confucian Zheng Cheng appreciates it;

The fourth Wang Li wanted to participate in the imperial examination, and now he has entered Zheng Cheng's disciple and become his personal disciple, and the future is promising;

The old five kings are diligent and filial, sensible.

After talking about the deeds of these five children with her fingers, the old lady listened to it with relish, and when Liu Wan finished speaking one by one, the old lady smiled and said:

"It's really worthy of my smart Wanwan, such a difficult life, and being able to raise children so well, now I really want to see them, and when you say it, they all come to life in front of my eyes.

Speaking of which, their skills are no worse than those brothers in the capital. Especially the second Wang Yi, why do I think he is more like the Liu family?

Otherwise, you say okay, how can a child want to study medicine?

In fact, if he wants to study medicine, he can also come to the capital to learn from his uncles, they have their own strengths, surgery, internal medicine, dermatology, if he can choose one of the three to study, back to Gukou Town, he will definitely be more successful than that doctor Guan. ”

The old lady is right, if you come to the capital to find three uncles to learn from the scriptures, they will definitely have no reservations, and they will teach the core methods and relevant knowledge one by one, and it is always almost interesting to learn from others.

The old man also stroked the white beard and said: "The man who marries Wanwan is not very good, but the children are well taught." ”

"Dad, mother, on the way here, I told my eldest brother that I want to buy a house around here, whether it is Li'er entering Beijing to take the exam in the future, or we can live when we come back."

Liu Wan said, they will know about this matter sooner or later anyway, so it is better to tell them as soon as possible.

"That's a good thing, and we're not against it. When you got married, the money for the box was not given to you, and the two of us bought the house for you, so we should make up for the money for the box that year. ”

The old man said.

The old lady nodded in agreement.

Liu Wan's heart was hot again.

Buy a house in the capital, especially near your mother's home, which is a rich area, with good public security and good environment, and the price is naturally not cheap.

Liu Wan estimated that the house would cost more than 3,000 taels of silver, and she would have to spend most of her current savings.

I just didn't expect my mother to be so powerful?

"Dad, mother, I have money now, enough to buy a house, so you don't have to worry about it."

Liu Wan still refused.

My father and mother are old, and she has to keep more money to live by, but she can't be an old man, and she doesn't have that kind of face.

Liu Wan refuses to be in any life, she is a strong and independent woman, she makes money to support herself, how can she gnaw at the old?

"Wanwan, this money was originally used by you when you got married, since you left, this money has not been moved, it has been handed over to the money bank to operate, and there is a fixed interest income every year, and now there is a lot of interest."

The old lady said.

"Last month, the boss told me that the money was 12,000 taels of silver." The old man smiled and said, "At that time, I also sighed and said when Wanwan will be able to use this money?" I didn't expect to have the opportunity to use it so soon. ”

"Yes, don't worry, this money is not in the public school, your brothers and sisters-in-law know about it, it was originally for you, and none of them will have any ideas."

The old lady understood Liu Wan's intentions, so she was relieved.

Liu Wan didn't expect her family to be so successful, so she arranged everything for her early.

She suddenly realized that this is the style of a big family.

Don't look at the patriarchy in these years, but daughters are also biological flesh and blood, how can a rich family let their daughters marry and have nothing to rely on.

I am afraid that after all the children are born, people will begin to silently pave the way for the children's life.

As a modern person, Liu Wan found that after several dynasties, this kind of family inheritance is very powerful.

In later generations, what everyone says about patriarchy is really patriarchy.

Pile all the resources on the boy, find a job, study, and buy a house as an adult, all of which are taken care of by the family.

And the daughter not only has nothing, but also may become a "brother demon", even if there are no resources to pile up, when she becomes an adult, or even after marriage, she will be squeezed by her mother's family and provide blood to her brothers in the family for life.

But Liu Wan found that there was a certain deviation between the understanding of "patriarchy" in later generations and what she has experienced now.

No matter how patriarchal it is, as long as the family has the ability, they will arrange their daughter's future life and try to avoid detours in their daughter's life.

"Okay, then I'll listen to my father's arrangement."

Liu Wan chose to accept her father's kindness.

The time of joy passed quickly, and before you knew it, it was almost noon.

Liu Wan began to feel a little uneasy, because Wang Jing had not returned yet.

If you go to see the Ministry of Industry, it should not take long to explain the principle of the waterwheel and the rice machine, because Wang Jing also brought a model, as the Ministry of Industry, it should be easy to understand the essence.

Wouldn't Wang Jing not know how to speak and offend the Ministry of Works? Or did it make him look bad?

In these years, anything can be punished.

As soon as Liu Wan was worried, she secretly regretted it, maybe she was blocking Wu County's order at that time, and let him go to see the Ministry of Industry by himself.

Wang Jing is a country kid in the end, and if he has no knowledge, he is inevitably prone to make mistakes.