After arranging everything in the new house and inviting the neighbors to have a warm meal, the Chu family began to learn to adapt to life in the county.

The paper money shop is not busy opening, the next day after the warm meal, the little couple went out with Chu Li, and turned around several private schools near their home, and the big cadres paid attention to the matter of studying for the imperial examination, and even opened three schools in a village of more than 100 households such as a mountain village, not to mention the main street of this prosperous county.

For Chu Li, this kind of students who have not participated in the scientific examination of the private school, most of the scale is not large, a few classrooms plus three or four teaching gentlemen, and other people's private school requirements are different, the small couple sent Chu Li to study, but never thought of calling him to rely on this test to gain fame, only hope that he can be polite and shameful, and then live his life as he likes.

Therefore, for the young couple, how many talents and lifters are taught in the private school is not the most important, on the contrary, what is the character of the gentleman, whether it will be too rigid and harsh, and what the spiritual outlook of the children in the private school is what they value most.

After walking through a few private schools, Shen Luzhu found that Chu Li seemed to be a little lacking in interest, and he didn't know where he had gone, so he tapped Chu Li's forehead while Chu Yi was still talking to the gentleman of the private school: "What do you think, don't like the private school here?"

Chu Li came back to his senses suddenly, shook his head and said, "No sister-in-law, no dislike."

"Then why are you unhappy, do you miss those classmates in the village school?"

Chu Li still shook his head, was silent for a moment, as if he had made some major decision, looked at his sister-in-law and said solemnly, "Sister-in-law, can I stop studying? I don't want to be like the lobby brother in the future, if I haven't been able to learn to be famous, it will be a waste of the family's money, when my brother is my age, he can already make coffins for the family to earn money, and I can also help in the shop in the future, so that my sister-in-law can concentrate on looking at Zhengzheng."

"Ah Li, reading and literacy is not just for participating in the imperial examination to gain fame, like Sister-in-law and Xiuxiu, we can't participate in the imperial examination to gain fame, but don't you see that we are also reading and reading?"

"But ......"

"Your brother's situation back then was not the same as you are now, if the family is really busy, we can hire two guys, there is no need to delay your studies."

Seeing that Chu Li lowered his head and didn't speak, Shen Luzhu sighed lightly, touched his hair and comforted, "It's okay, let's not be in a hurry about this matter, if Ali really doesn't like to read, let's rest at home for a while, let's go back and study slowly, okay?"

"yes, okay."

After Chu Yi said goodbye to the husband of the private school, he turned around and saw that his wife and younger brother looked different, walked to Chu Li's side, put his arm on his shoulder, glanced at his wife, and asked as if unintentionally, "Have you waited too long?"

Shen Luzhu cast a reassuring look at him and teased, "No, wait until Ah Li and I are about to starve to death, let's go for a walk and buy some delicious food at noon."

"It's for the husband, let's go back."

The three of them went to a famous tavern on Changqing Street, ordered a few dishes and took them back to the East Courtyard, after lunch, when they went back to the East Chamber, Chu Yicai learned from his wife that when they were in the private school today, the reason for the difference in their expressions.

After listening to his wife's words, Chu Yi couldn't cry or laugh for a while, felt a little distressed and a little relieved, and finally only sighed: "I'm not very old, but I think a lot."

Shen Luzhu recalled that when he first married Chu Yi, Chu Li was still a child less than ten years old at that time, and after so many years, although he knew that Chu Li had grown up, he still thought that he was the one back then, and he was bullied by the eldest uncle Wang and cried his nose.

"Maybe we're the only ones who still think he's a kid, so don't take this seriously."

Chu Yi hugged his wife and promised, "Ah Zhu, don't worry, I'll go and have a good chat with Ah Li in the afternoon."

When he got up from a nap, Chu Li was staying in a daze in the new study prepared for him by his brother and sister-in-law, and saw his brother push the door and walk in, knowing that he should be for this morning's business, so after calling "Brother", he sat honestly behind the bookcase.

Chu Yi moved

The chair, sitting across the bookcase from Chu Li, asked straight to the point, "Don't want to read anymore?"

"Hmm." Chu Li nodded honestly.

"Don't like it?"

Chu Yi's fingers touched the neatly stacked books on the side of the table, Chu Li's size is a child who cherishes books, and the gentleman in the village school also told Chu Yi that he is a smart and able to settle down and learn, and he doesn't know how much better than children of the same age.

Chu Li stared at the books for a moment, hesitating and not knowing how to speak.

Chu Yi was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "Ah Li, Brother and Sister-in-law don't necessarily have to force you to study, if you simply don't like to read, then we won't read, but Brother doesn't want you to participate in the imperial examination or not, it doesn't matter if you pass the exam or not, Brother didn't continue to study back then, and it has nothing to do with you, my sister-in-law and I just hope that you can find something you like to do, it doesn't matter if you read or not, as long as it's what you really like and want to do, understand?"

"Brother, I'm ......"

Chu Yi got up and patted his younger brother's head, interrupting him: "Don't worry, wait until you think about it."

After being silent for a few days, Chu Li took the initiative to find the little couple and talked about his thoughts: "Brother and sister-in-law, I don't hate reading, but I don't know if it's what I want to do and like to do, what if I suddenly don't want to read one day?"

Shen Luzhu smiled and said with relief: "Since you don't hate it, you might as well go to the private school to read how it is, and when Ali finds something she likes to do one day, it's not too late to do it."

Chu Li muttered, "Sister-in-law, what if I can't find something I like to do?"

"So what's the matter, your life is still so long, try more, see more different worlds, you will always find something you like, even if you don't find it, it doesn't matter, and no one stipulates that you must have a favorite thing to do, as long as you have a good time, my brother and I just hope that you are a child, just do what a child should do, don't think too much about other things, the big and small things in the family are still us."

"Well, I know my sister-in-law, then I'll go to a private school to study first, and then make plans when I find something I like."

At the end of June, the Shen family and the Jiang family got together and drove the ox cart to the county seat, and while visiting the young couple, Jiang Quan also sent the first batch of paper money after the Chu family moved to the county seat.

Chu Yi looked at the cart full of paper money that Jiang Quan pulled, and was a little stunned for a while, there was actually half of the yellow burnt paper and white money in it: "Why did my cousin bring so much?"

He and Shen Luzhu had discussed it before, it was not worth it to pull yellow burning paper and white money from the village to the county seat, and in the future, his own shop would mainly operate copper money burning paper and paper ingots, and the yellow burning paper would buy some goods in the county first, so he didn't inform Jiang Quan to send it over.

Jiang Quan scratched his head and said with a smile: "These yellow burnt paper and white money are taken by the boss of Lin Kee's workshop, the last time I went to the workshop to buy goods, I happened to meet him and asked me why I didn't go to my cousin, I told him about moving the family shop to the county seat, he was very happy to hear it, and a whole load of goods was given to us for free that day, saying that even if it was a small gift to congratulate my cousin, I thought that this was Boss Lin's intention, and Brother Cheng and Brother Ping also felt so, so they brought Sancheng, The rest is still in the workshop to make raw materials."

Chu Yi didn't expect that there was such a reason, and he sighed in his heart for a while: "Boss Lin has always been a lover, and the next time I go back to the village, I will definitely go to the door to thank you, but my cousin has gone well this time?"

Jiang Quan smiled embarrassedly: "Thanks to the elder brother of the Shen family, I pulled too much paper money, my father and aunt couldn't sit down, and I couldn't do it, so I heard that the Shen family was also coming to the county seat, so I went to find the elder brother of the Shen family, the Shen family originally planned to come back in a few days, but in order to accommodate me, I advanced the date, so I came over smoothly."

"Thank you, second brother."

Shen Songjie was teasing Zhengzheng and waved his hand casually: "What's this, the family originally planned to come to see you, and it won't be the same any day."

"By the way, cousin, Boss Lin also asked me to bring you a letter." Jiang Quan said and took the letter out of his arms and handed it to Chu Yi.

"Boss Lin also said, if you think it's feasible, cousin, next time I go to buy goods, I'll bring him a reply."

Chu Yi took the letter, then folded it and stuffed it into his sleeve: "Don't worry, your cousin and sister-in-law and I will clean up the rooms in the courtyard next door in a while, and you will accompany your aunt and uncle, grandpa and my father-in-law and mother-in-law, all stay for a few days and then go back."

Shen Luzhu also persuaded Grandpa Shen on the side: "Yes, Grandpa, you and your father and mother will stay for a few days and then go back, we planned to open the shop at the beginning of the month, Grandpa will stay to make up for his granddaughter and add some excitement, okay?"

The granddaughter's family originally only lived in the village across the river, and they thought that they could go over and have a look at any time, but now that they have moved to the county seat, they are still a little uneasy as an elder, so they want to come and see in person, but if they really ask him to leave the pharmacy that his family has opened for decades, and live here for a few days, he can't let go.

"My father and mother and I have come out, there is no elder in the family, it will not be possible after a long time, and besides, only your eldest brother is watching the pharmacy......

Shen Luzhu didn't understand his grandfather's thoughts, and continued to persuade hard: "Oh, grandpa, the second uncle and the second aunt are still at home, how can it be regarded as no elders at home, besides, it's just a few days, the eldest brother is very powerful, the pharmacy will not make a mess, grandpa just relax."

Then he saw his fat son who was having fun with Shen Songjie in the courtyard, and hurriedly greeted, "I'm coming to A-Niang soon."

As soon as the Zhengzheng child heard A-Niang calling herself, she hurriedly ran over with her little short legs, only to hear Shen Luzhu coaxing: "Tell my grandfather, I just want to ask him to stay here for a few days, okay?"

Although Zhengzheng can now express his meaning in three or two words, his own aunt's words are still a bit out of line for him, but he still tilted his little head and called out in a milky voice: "Mrs."

Then he wrinkled his little nose and thought about it, and then said, "Stop."

Amused everyone in the hall to lean back and back, Grandpa Shen simply loved his little clever ghost to death, where was there room for refusal.