Chapter 21: To the county
"Dad, we can't send all the children to school, otherwise it will be too dazzling." Ping An thought for a while and said.
"Well, or send Xiangchu and Xiang away, and Jixiang will also go." Old Man Xiang said.
"No, the incense from the second room will be moved." Grandma Xiang said suddenly.
Old Man Xiang looked at his old wife, waiting for her to finish speaking.
"Xiangqian has a good brain, I taught him to read and write, basically just over again, Xiangyuan is too naughty, he can't sit down all the time, he shouldn't be willing to go to a private school." Grandma Xiang explained.
"Fugui, do you agree with your mother's words?" Old Man Xiang asked.
"My mother is in charge of the family's affairs, she must have a point in saying this, if it doesn't work, I'll ask when the boys come back." Fugui said with a smile.
The boys came back with the calf, and today they had a lot of harvest, and everyone's basket was full, and they returned triumphantly like a victorious general along the way.
Fugui's sister-in-law and sister-in-law hurriedly walked out, poured out hot water, let them wash their hands and wipe their faces, and then each drank a cup of hot brown sugar ginger water, and Fugui led the calf directly to the cowshed.
Ping An saw the calf for the first time, and when he saw the strong calf, he couldn't help but want to touch it, but the calf dodged over, looking ready to fight.
Fugui smiled and told Ping'an that this calf was well-behaved, and no one could touch it except the family, and then leaned into the calf's ear and said a few words, and the calf glanced at Ping'an and quieted down.
Deal with the things in the yard, the Xiang family held a family meeting this time, the old man was the main person, and expressed his meaning, and sure enough, several boys had different faces.
Especially Xiangyuan, when he heard that he wanted to study, he was disgusted, he knew a lot of words, and it was not a waste of money to go to study again, let his younger brothers read.
Xiangjiao glanced at his elder brother, and let his younger brother read, he likes to run up and down the mountain, and he has to sit in a proper manner when he reads, and he can't guarantee that he can sit still.
Grandma Xiang looked like what I said was right, and finally unanimously decided on the candidates to go to the private school, the Xiangchu of the big room, the Xiangqian of the second room, and the auspiciousness of the third room.
Jixiang knew that he was "in danger", so he could only nod his head and agree, but he had to wait until all the work in the yard was done before going, otherwise the villagers would all wait.
This requirement can be had, the old man is very democratic, after all, this is also an auspicious way to make money, where can it be broken.
Early the next morning, the Xiang family hugged Fubao, and went to the county neatly, and the villagers did not feel strange when they saw it.
Old Man Xiang first found a noodle stall and asked Grandma Xiang to take the children to eat noodles here, and he took peace, wealth and auspiciousness to Hanzhuang Qianzhuang that the shopkeeper said.
As soon as the shopkeeper saw peace, he knew that they had come to exchange money, and the poor people were uneasy with the silver tickets, and they had to exchange them for heavy silver ingots to feel safe.
It's just two thousand taels of silver ingots, and it is estimated that these people will be exhausted to death, you must know that one hundred taels of silver ingots weigh six and a half catties, and two thousand taels must not be more than a hundred catties.
In fact, he really wanted them to keep the silver in the bank, and when they wanted to use the silver, they would come and get it directly, but when the words came to his mouth, he still changed his words:
"Ping, the old man has a suggestion, you first exchange ten silver tickets of one hundred taels, then exchange them for five hundred taels of silver ingots, and the others for ten, twenty taels, and fifty taels of silver tickets." The shopkeeper said.
"Thank you, shopkeeper, just change it as you said, but please exchange it for another hundred taels of fine silver, not limited to one or two halves, and put it on the children." Ping An said.
"Cheng, I'll help you change." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
Seeing that the shopkeeper knew his own family, the old man Xiang hurriedly took out the silver ticket hidden in his cuff and handed it to the shopkeeper of the money bank.
The shopkeeper of the money village took it and took a look, and sure enough, it was the silver ticket he took out, and he took out the money box happily, took out ten silver tickets of one hundred taels from it and handed them to the old man Xiang:
"Old man, this is a thousand taels, it's good."
Old Man Xiang hurriedly clicked it carefully, and carefully put it into the sleeve pocket, but unfortunately the sleeve pocket couldn't fit such a thick pile of silver tickets, so he could only put it in the blanket and tie it carefully around his waist.
"Old man, you can take these silver tickets, a total of five hundred taels, the big ones are fifty taels, and the small ones are ten taels." The shopkeeper took out a stack of silver tickets and handed it to Old Man Xiang.
Old Man Xiang took it again, carefully pointed it out, hid it in another pocket of the blanket, and carefully pinched and pinched.
Then he took four of the hundred and one silver ingots, and the hundred taels of other broken silver of all sorts were heaped together.
Both Fugui and Lucky took out their blankets, put the silver in it, and tied it firmly to their bodies.
Back at the noodle stall, several people had already finished eating, sitting on the side and waiting for them, Grandma Xiang saw that Old Man Xiang was coming, and hurriedly asked the noodle stall owner to order four more bowls of noodles.
A few people were really hungry, hula hula eaten, Fu Bao felt that he was hungry again, his little mouth kept smashing it, and Fugui felt a pain in his heart.
"Brother, do you have anything for the children to eat?" Fugui asked.
The noodle stall owner glanced at Fu Bao, and he liked it tightly, this dumpling looks too cute, like a Fu doll on a New Year's painting.
After thinking about it, he took out more than a dozen steamed buns from a pot, put them in oiled paper and handed them over: "Little brother, this steamed bun is crispy, it is best to relieve the hunger of children." ”
Fugui hurriedly took it, walked up to Fu Bao with the oil paper bag, and opened it with a smile: "Fu Bao, the steamed buns that Daddy bought for you, you eat them slowly." ”
Fugui's sister-in-law hurriedly took it over, took out one and handed it to Fu Bao, who held the steamed bun in his hand and sent it to his mouth, "Click, click, click, well, fragrant."
After eating the noodles and paying the silver, Ping An directly took his father and brothers to the cloth village, and as soon as the shopkeeper saw Ping An bringing his family over, he knew that they were here to buy clothes.
"Hello shopkeeper Wang, today we are here to disturb you, everyone in the family wants to buy winter clothes, let us come to you to buy them safely." Old Man Xiang said with a smile.
Shopkeeper Wang nodded again and again and said yes, of course he has to take care of his own store if he has a business, and he is not happy to buy it in other people's stores.
Call a guy and ask him to accompany the Xiang family to choose clothes and fabrics, and let them not take them away after buying, and wait for it to get dark, let the guy send them to the door, otherwise the big bags will go back, it will be too eye-catching.
Old man Xiang thanked the shopkeeper Wang for his carefulness, since someone delivered the goods, of course I had to buy a few more sets, and my daughter-in-law had followed her for most of her life, and she hadn't worn any good clothes.
I didn't have silver before, so I could only do it, but now I have silver in my hand, where can I wronged my daughter-in-law, although I can't wear gold and silver, but I always want two sets of clothes without patches.