"By the way, what's going on with Brother Tie Niu?" Before leaving, Liu Guiyuan asked casually.

Unexpectedly, the second aunt Li was worried, so she took Liu Guiyuan's hand and said: "Hey, he is a dead child called the daughter of the Wu family, no matter how I persuade him, he will not come back, he has to stay in the Wu family and wait for others to choose." ”

"Wait for someone to pick, what does that mean?" Liu Guiyuan didn't understand, how to choose a son-in-law who came to the door.

"No, there are five or six descendants under Carpenter Wu, three of them are willing to join the family, Carpenter Wu must choose one of the three, but I don't know who to choose." The second uncle explained on the side.

"But don't choose the iron bull, I can't get into the iron bull." During this time, the Li family couldn't eat or sleep well, and he didn't even have time to fry stinky tofu.

Liu Guiyuan wanted to laugh inexplicably, just like Liu Tieniu, it was strange that Wu Carpenter could take a fancy to it, the second aunt was purely blind and worried, but looking at the worried appearance of the two of them, Liu Guiyuan could only comfort a few words, and then went out and took the ox cart to the town.

The first stop was to go to my aunt's cake shop and put the fried watermelon candy in her shop and sell it on consignment. Now that the watermelon is completely off the market, the dessert of watermelon candy can start to be sold, selling one or two catties a day, and it will be no problem to sell it until next year.

"Ah, that's what you call watermelon candy?" Zhang Xiangqiao tasted it and sighed: "Although this is fried with watermelon rind, why do I want to eat a few bites?" ”

"You can eat as much as you want, just buy it from Guiyuan's house, and eat as much as you want." Uncle Wei Donglai laughed on the side.

"Go." Zhang Xiangqiao rolled her eyes and looked at him, then weighed the watermelon candy and put it away, and said to Liu Guiyuan: "Don't worry, it won't be long before I can sell it out here, and my store is now in Qinghe Town." He gave a thumbs up.

"Hehe, that's okay, there is a lot of stock at home, and my aunt can eat as much as she wants."

Bidding farewell to his aunt's family, Liu Guiyuan then went to the blue indigo dyeing workshop, which was recommended by the store of the boudoir Yue ready-to-wear shop.

After inspecting the wool dyed by Liaodian's house, the color difference was indeed not large, so Liu Guiyuan paid the balance and made an appointment to dye another batch of wool of the same color.

According to the order of the lady Yue, the next batch should still have these colors, and it is okay to dye more and save it, anyway, what she has now is cash in her hand.

Liaodianjia is an old man, he stroked his beard and looked at the girl in front of him who only reached his waist, and said strangely: "Hey, last time you came alone, this time you still came alone, can your adults rest assured of you?" ”

Liu Guiyuan didn't blink, and the lie came as soon as he opened his mouth, saying: "How can it, my father and my mother are waiting outside, deliberately asking me to come over alone to do things, and see if I may be able to support my family in the future." ”

Liao Dianjia believed it, nodded again and again, praised her father and mother for teaching her daughter, and at the same time did not forget to remind her: "You don't have much wool left, it's best to send half more." ”

"Hey, got it."

The car was filled with dyed wool, carefully tied with a rope, and Liu Guiyuan drove the calf to pull the cart and walked home step by step.

It was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, both in the town and in the countryside, there were withered yellow grass and trees, and the common people had changed from thin clothes and short shirts to thick jackets, and the women had to put knee pants in their skirts to keep out the cold.

When they gradually walked out of Qinghe Town, the road was much less crowded, and there were either wilderness or fields around them, most of which were bare, and there was no high shelter. When passing by a pale green wheat field, Liu Guiyuan saw a few children with blankets pinned to their waists, and then looked at it, isn't this Tian Rubai?

"Brother Xiaobai, Brother Xiaohuai, Brother Xiaosong, are you out of school?" Liu Guiyuan rolled up his left hand and put it in front of his mouth to call them.

When the three of them looked back, it turned out to be an acquaintance Liu Guiyuan, and they all walked back to greet her, and Tian Rubai said, "You are a villain, go to the town to pull so many things by yourself?" As he spoke, he was going to help her with the cow.

Liu Guiyuan thought to himself that this was a big deal, and said with a grin: "Pull a little wool, this thing is not heavy, just load the car and call the ox forward, anyway, the town is not far from the village." ”

Tian Rusong, who was traveling with her, praised Liu Guiyuan, saying that her brain was more aura than their male babies, and they studied in the school all day long, and never thought that wool thread could be woven into various patterns and sold in the town to support their families.

Liu Guiyuan waved his hand modestly and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaosong, don't praise me, I'm all poor and ruthless, and I can't come up with a way, if the adults are all at home, will my sisters be so laborious?" ”

Tian Rusong nodded and sighed: "That's right, my family's background is better than yours, but in order to send me to the town to study, I have been trying to save money all year round, and I hope that I will be admitted to Xiucai one day." ”

Liu Guiyuan didn't know much about this, so he asked them: "What do you study in the academy, when can you be admitted to Xiucai, and if you are admitted to Xiucai, you will be exempted from paying taxes, right?" ”

Tian Ruhuai sat on the cloth pocket of the ox cart, leaned back with both hands, and said leisurely: "The Analects, Mencius, University, and the Mean, I learn these four things every day. ”

At this time, Tian Rubai popularized science with her, first said what the Four Books and Five Classics were, and then said the difference between the county test, the government test, and the hospital test.

"It seems that it is really difficult to take the Xiucai exam, Brother Xiaobai, how many Xiucai do you think your Tian family's generation can pass the exam?" Liu Guiyuan secretly thought that who would be able to pass the exam after her.

Tian Rubai glanced at her, pursed his lips and smiled faintly, and did not answer her positively: "Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, and the children of peasant families want to get ahead, relying not only on hard study, but also on chance and luck." ”

Tian Rubai's generation is not his own family, and the six brothers who are currently studying, he thinks that the most talented is Tian Rugui of the fourth uncle's family, followed by his second brother Tian Ruzi, if these two people are lucky enough, it is very likely that they will be admitted to the show in the future, and even go further.

However, this is his own opinion, and he can only sum it up in his heart, but he can't say it explicitly, otherwise other cousins, including his eldest brother, will not be chilled?

Tian Rubai's words, Liu Guiyuan understood it, and admired Tian Rubai's thorough opinion in his heart. Originally, if they wanted to follow the career of ordinary farmers, they were inherently much more difficult than those of wealthy families, even if they entered the school and worshiped the master through hard work, the gap between the two parties was still where it was, and it was difficult to overcome.

"Brother Bai, don't be discouraged, you can be sensible in reading, and it's always good to read more." Liu Guiyuan hurriedly comforted him.

Tian Rubai saw that she understood, so he nodded and said to her: "I think it's good for you to put aside your own family to make money, and when I study for another two years and take the county or government exam, I will learn from you to go home and farm." ”

Liu Guiyuan felt incredible, and said with a bitter face: "Huh? Then if you don't study, won't your father and mother blame you? When the time comes, will I say that I am influencing you? ”

Tian Rubai looked at the reins in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said: "No, there are three brothers in the family, as long as the eldest brother and the second brother study hard, if you have no talent like me, you can save money for your family if you go home early." ”

The four of them walked all the way and walked idly, and soon arrived at the entrance of their village, Tian Rusong and Tian Rubai pulled Tian Ruhuai in the car and told him to come down quickly, take advantage of the fact that it was not dark, go to the East Lake to put down the condom, and see if he might catch a vole or pheasant.

"By the way, Brother Xiaohuai, has your father been busy at home lately?" Liu Guiyuan was about to go home, but suddenly remembered this and stopped Tian Ruhuai, who had not gone far.

"My dad is rolling felt at home, not busy, what are you looking for him?" Tian Ruhuai touched his head.

"I want to ask your father to help me collect wool, the wool I received last time was too good, and there is a pound of black, I can't use it after washing, so I want to ask your father for help."

The wool last time, in fact, she asked the dog baby and the good sister to collect, they were serious and serious, but after all, they were young, and they couldn't tell the wool from bad, so they called some tricky villagers to fool and collect a lot of wool.

The next morning, Tian Ruhuai's father Tian Youyi came, he was serious by nature, he loved to keep a face when he saw everyone, it was okay to see Liu Guiyuan, he thought that his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were learning to knit sweaters in Liu's house, it was not good to give people a look, but as soon as he spoke, it was hard:

"It's right for you to find me when you collect wool, don't think that you can shout two voices at the head of the village, and you will be over by saying that you will give people money, you should be careful to call people to cheat. Wool it is divided into three, six, nine and so on, the best in the spine, the worst in the tail, the good ones cost dozens of dollars a pound, and no one even collected one or two pennies, when you collect it, not only to look closely, but also to reach out to touch, some people Diao, put water in it....."

Tian Youyi sprinkled a lot of money in front of Liu Guiyuan, and it wasn't until his mother-in-law Gu Shulan came out to find him and told him to stop nagging about those nonsense.

"Then we don't understand, it's really a deception, Uncle Tian might as well take me on a trip and teach us the way here."

Liu Guiyuan listened to Tian Youyi's head is the way, and made up his mind to learn to collect wool, so after lunch that day, Liu Guiyuan, Liu Peanut and the dog baby, the three of them drove the car to follow Tian Youyi, who was also driving, and went to several surrounding villages to learn to collect wool.

Tian Youyi was free in previous years, so he went to other people's villages to collect wool, and then packed it up and slowly rolled it into felt, and sold it in the town for money, so he was no stranger to the people in these villages, and he could still name some people.

As soon as he arrived in Lijiazhuang, Tian Youyi stopped a descendant and said, "Donkey, I'll come to your village to collect wool, and you can tell the people in the village." ”

The descendant knew Tian Youyi, nodded and really went to the village to call someone. When the villagers came out with their wool, Tian Youyi inspected the wool of each of their families one by one, and then taught on the spot little by little in front of Liu Guiyuan and several others.

By the time Tian Youyi commented on the wool, Liu Guiyuan could already simply see the quality of the wool, and then according to Tian Youyi's good and bad categories, he weighed them one by one and loaded them into the car.

Of course, they also learned to bargain and reduce prices, a pound of fine and soft wool can be talked about for 55 yuan, a pound of bad tail hair, they only give one or two dollars, and those wool mixed with dirty things, they try their best to lower the price.

After the two carts of wool were loaded, Liu Guiyuan happily calculated an account, collecting these wool than expected to save one-third of the money, it seems that the wool still has to find someone who knows how to collect, it is cost-effective.

The two ox carts slowly walked back, and the villagers passing by saw the cart full of wool, and couldn't help but look at it twice, and there was a villager who knew Tian Youyi, and asked him directly: "Youyi, why do you collect so much wool this year?" ”

Tian Youyi didn't deny it, and followed his words: "Ah, take advantage of the cold weather to collect more, I'm afraid that the road will be difficult to walk when it snows." ”

After leaving their village, Tian Youyi stopped the car and said to Liu Guiyuan and Liu Huaanhua: "When others ask you what you are doing collecting wool, you don't have to tell them the truth, they in the province heard about it and came to our village to inquire." ”

Liu Guiyuan and Liu Huahua nodded hurriedly, thinking that Tian Youyi was still strangely careful. The next day, she and her second sister and the dog baby continued to follow Tian Youyi to collect wool, and after three days of study, the three of them were reluctant to leave the school, and if they collected wool in the future, they had to open their eyes.

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