That night, the candle flame of Lao Mei's house was lit until the third watch, and the cry of a woman was heard from time to time.

The above things were only known to the Meiberry family early the next morning.

"Really? Oh, my God...... What about beating your wife? ”

Wei Meili went to the stream early in the morning to wash the fabrics she bought yesterday, modern habits, buy clothes and go home before crossing the water.

Aren't the aunts who are also washing clothes and vegetables by the stream talking?

After all, what happened to Lao Mei's family last night was also due to his family, and these melon-eating aunts were naturally happy to share.

"Can you not fight? My mother-in-law did such a shameful thing......"

Several elderly aunts are also disdainful of what Mrs. Zhang and her daughter-in-law do, and as for a few people who have other ideas, they have to scold this mother-in-law for not acting well, etc.

"By the way, Erniu's family, I heard that your little brother-in-law is very good at learning, and next year's exam may be a show, what do you think, at this time, the family is split~"

Chatting and chatting, they turned the topic to Wei Meili and their family this time.

Facing the eyes of a few good mothers-in-law, Wei Meili smiled, she didn't intend to be silent, she could see the gossip atmosphere in this village.

If she didn't say something, maybe in a few days the wind direction in the village would have to arrange their house.

Wei Meili picked up the mallet and smashed the harder fabric in her hand, sighed and said, "It's good to be a reader, but it costs money~"

Just a sentence of "spend money" instantly attracted the curiosity of many people, and the few who knew about it naturally had something to say, and they could make up the rest of the words without Wei Meili continuing to do so.

"Oh, who's to say it's not? When I went to the town with my family to catch a market, I passed by the bookstore and heard what I said, what enlightenment book is 300,000 yuan, and a book costs eight dollars of silver! What's more expensive in the back! ”

"Hey, what about so much silver? I've heard that people who read a lot of books! ”

"yes, that's all money~"

Wei Meili listened and followed: "Right?" In addition to buying books, what kind of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone do not need to pay for silver? Not to mention the restraint for Mr. Private School! ”

After all, there are few people who read in the village, and when they look at other people's reading, they can only sigh that they have talent to read, but as long as you understand a little bit, you can understand that this is not a talent that can read.

It had to be a heap of silver.

"Over the years, our families have tightened their belts to live by providing our uncle with a study...... If it's not going to be over, who wouldn't want to continue to help? However, there is really no way to live~ Auntie, you don't see our second girl, thin as a hemp stick, if you continue like this......"

Speaking of emotion, several aunts around him were also silent, and most of them listened to empathy.

Yes, who doesn't want to ascend to heaven by one?

But more than that, it's just a matter of getting things done.

"It's okay, since we're separated, let's live a good life~"

Listening to Wei Meimei's heavy topic, some aunts stopped continuing, "With your family being so capable, your family will definitely have a prosperous life in the future~"

"Yes, your brother-in-law spent so much money on studying, and you were able to work hard to provide for it until now, so it can be seen that you have the ability, but you won't have this in the future...... Work hard, life is always good! ”

The comforter has no intention, but the listener has the intention......

"Huh? Lao Mei's family background? ”

Mei Berry helped her father scatter vegetable seeds in the back of the house in the morning, and when Wei Meili came back and asked about the old Mei family's family in the novel, Mei Berry subconsciously suspected that her mother was going to be infected by her father.

You're not going to make trouble again, are you?

"Yes, Berry Bao, when the family was separated that day, Lao Mei's family had a total of six acres of paddy fields, twelve acres of dry land, five taels of silver, ah no, ten taels, do you think there is a problem with this family?"

After Wei Meili finished speaking, she didn't wait for Mei Berry's answer, and said: "The old Mei family's annual grain harvest ...... In addition to the rations left to eat, there are not many left, even if the family has a short-term job, how do I think the money for the fourth child to study is not enough? ”

When Wei Meili mentioned this, Mei Berry was also stunned.

Can she tell her mother that she reads novels just like that Zhu Bajie eats ginseng fruit?

Just like her mother guessed, with the background of Lao Mei's family, it is also in the middle of the village in the village, but if it is said that it is for people to study, it may not be.

"Just the money from Mr. Private School's bundle and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone is a lot of money. Even if the family is so tight, it doesn't seem to be enough ......"

Mei Berry was reminded by Wei Meili and immediately noticed that something was wrong, not that the two of them were good at counting, but that the numbers on the bright side were there.

No matter what, it must cost at least ten taels of silver a year.

"Perhaps...... Is it the author's BUG? Plum Berry said this, but she felt a little contradictory in her heart.

She sold the second girl ruthlessly, and it can be seen that there is indeed a shortage of silver.

When the family was separated, Old Man Mei said that there were five taels of silver in the family, even if Mrs. Zhang had to sell Erya, it could only be said that the silver stored in the family was not enough at all, at least the silver for the fourth child to study.

That's why there was a sale of granddaughters.

But this is only this year, what about previous years?

In previous years, there was no time when there was no silver not to get together?

***

"Daddy means to buy another acre of land?"

Yesterday, Mei You's roe deer sold for ten taels of silver, and in the end there were more than seven taels left, and Mei Sanma went to the old Mei's family early this morning and walked around.

In addition to the paddy field, the other two acres of three acres are not fertile fields, and they have been planted with wheat.

"Well, the paddy field may not be able to buy, we can buy a piece of dry land, and then wait for a while to order corn or something, at least we have to eat enough."

Mei Sanma, who has been fighting with the land all his life, doesn't know what he can do with more silver, so he might as well buy a piece of land.

Mei You thought she could do something business, and she thought about it and said the same, but as soon as she finished speaking, she saw that her parents disagreed.

"Erya, I don't know anything about doing business, and I'm afraid that the good money will be wasted, and second, ...... Over the years, we have made great achievements...... Life is not very good......"

The great achievement that Miao said is the current national name.

Naturally, the common people don't know the above annual plans, but in the people, what they have seen over the years is basically barrenness and suffering.

"Let's go to town yesterday, Erya, don't you think the market is actually not that lively? Those who have been doing small businesses for many years have been doing it at home. ”

Miao knew that he couldn't say any big truth, so he could only tell what they saw, and Mei You had seen these phenomena too, but he didn't let go of his heart.

Hearing them say this, I began to think more deeply.

***

"Hey~ What do you think is the money for the fourth child's study?"

Mei Youqian finished the vegetable field in the morning, and when he went back to the house to rest, he listened to what happened to Mei Berry and Wei Meimei, because he had the memory of the original body, so he still knew a lot of things.

"Didn't the fourth child go to the county to study last year? It is not as much food as the private school in the town, and the gentleman in the county wants both food and silver. Mei Youqian said this and looked at Wei Meili and said, "You, and the third child, have you forgotten how his wife entered Lao Mei's house?" ”

"Ah, I remember."

The day before yesterday, Mei Dahu and Mei Sanma talked about Miao's affairs, and Wei Meili still had an impression.

Her own original body and Miao's experience are actually similar, more than ten years ago, there was a rare big drought in the south of Dacheng, starvation all over the wilderness, and pictures of Yi Zi cannibalism were everywhere.

Miao and himself were the most severely affected in their hometown, and a large family fled all the way north, and when they passed by, they were sold by their families in exchange for a few mouthfuls of food.

At that time, Jinshui Village was naturally affected by the drought, but it was not very serious.

The farmers in the village who ate on the ground tightened their belts and survived that year, but some families in Lihu Town who could only buy grain to eat were also pitted that year.

Harvests are in short supply in many places, and the high prices of grain are frightening, and the government cannot control them.

"After that drought, the fourth child happened to go to a private school to study, and the price of food that year was always frighteningly high. The shackles of the students who studied in the town or county were silver. ”

Mei Youqian said the memory in his mind: "After the drought, there were locust plagues and floods in the next few years, and I have never been born in peace, so many schools, such as farming families, have never changed their studies and harvesting grain."

But the fourth, after being admitted to the children's school a few years ago, he failed to pass the Xiucai exam twice, and the private school in the town suggested that he could go to the county to find a better private school, saying that with his intelligence, he could definitely be admitted to Xiucai. But, the restraints in this county...... People want both food and money. ”

Therefore, in the past two years, the family background of the old Mei family has really reached the point where it has been almost hollowed out.

But listening to what her father said, Mei Berry's thoughts were already crooked, and she couldn't help muttering: "Is this Dacheng really lucky?" I haven't heard much of the calamity for more than ten years......"