Gu Dalang's current study in a private school in the town is said to be seven or eight taels of silver, plus pen, ink and paper, it seems that it is almost ten taels of silver a year.

Gu Wenxuan is not very clear about this.

It's about Gu Dalang's expenses, and the water in it is too deep.

Not only the old man, but even his uncle was vague and did not report the exact number every time.

Even if the family is separated, once Shiro asked more seriously, his uncle only replied to his son that he knew what to do so clearly, not enough for your sister-in-law to make up.

It seems that no one knows the virtues of the eldest daughter-in-law.

That's a master who has in and can't get out, and almost lost all his dowry because of the money mixed with the seal.

The next day.

Zhou Banxia determined from the Liu family that Gu Dalang's bundle was six taels of silver a year, so he took up the apprenticeship and hand salute and asked Gu Wenxuan to accompany her out.

Of course, the village school run by her sixth grandfather Zhou Xiucai is only 500 yuan a year in the Mengxue class, and even the school class is only two taels of silver.

She dared to hand it over with the bundle of six taels of silver collected by the master in the town, and she didn't want to come to the door in the future.

The rules are not to be feared, but the etiquette is not thin.

Zhou Banxia honestly prepared the apprenticeship ceremony according to the rules of the village, but he made small moves in the hand ceremony.

In the name of his niece and granddaughter, he prepared a pot of tea and four pastries like Patriarch Gu and his two old brothers.

Then prepare two good inks, a box of five brushes for scientific research called Wuzi Dengke, and a forehead wipe for her sixth grandmother.

Gu Erzhu and Liu didn't expect them to be so fast.

I just listened to my youngest son's thoughts last night, and this morning I went out when I was ready for the apprenticeship.

Liu didn't even have time to change into the clothes he was going out to visit, so he hurriedly explained to his eldest daughter-in-law and hurriedly followed Gu Erzhu, who had already gone back to the room to get the money bag.

After leaving the hospital, the two of them hurried to chase after their youngest son.

Fortunately, early in the morning, the road was not like the yard at home that pushed the snow aside early, and Gu Wenxuan and Zhou Banxia did not walk very quickly.

Seeing that the old son and the younger couple still looked like "Daddy, mother, why did you come", Gu Erzhu was funny and angry.

The son goes to apprentice, can he still stand by as a father?

Liu stepped forward, and Zhou Banxia thought that her mother-in-law was going to tell her something, so she saw the money bag stuffed,

Intimidated.

What a line!

Seeing that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were going to pull and pull on the road for a money bag, Gu Wenxuan hurriedly stopped, "Mother, put it away first, let's go back."

It's not early, let's go to Master Zhou's house first.

Being late will delay him from going to the lecture. There is a thick layer of snow on the ground, so be careful. ”

"Let's go of yours, take care of Sanya." Gu Erzhu shook his head at Liu, signaling her to put away the money bag first and not fight for a moment.

If the child really wants to take a scientific examination, the shackles are actually only a small part of the expenditure.

What really costs money is pen, ink, paper, inkstone, as well as buying books for every exam, endowment insurance, travel expenses, and so on.

Like a child's uncle, he went to Fucheng to take the government exam in the first year.

Just going to the bookstore to buy two books cost the price of two acres of fertile land, plus travel expenses, to the Fucheng guest house and so on.

He still remembers the feeling of losing his strength when he learned that the boss was on the list, but he still had to bite his tongue and wake up, and hold on to the family.

But now, since the child has prepared the ceremony in the morning, it is important to do the right thing before Zhou Xiucai gives a lecture.

Zhou Xiucai was also a little famous when he was young, but he took the township exam several times in a row, but he repeatedly returned in vain.

Over time, he lost his confidence and went back to the village to open a school.

One is difficult to have an heir, it is difficult to make a boat alone, and it is difficult to make a forest alone; the second is also regarded as teaching and educating people, benefiting one side; Secondly, you can teach at the same time, and you can teach your children and grandchildren at the same time.

Since he returned to the village to open a school, not only in his own village, but also in several nearby villages with slightly more well-to-do families, they have sent their children to school.

Some of them are for the imperial examination, hoping to change the court.

But more, I just want my child to be able to write and calculate, and there are several ways out in the future.

Twelve years have passed, and some of the students from several nearby villages have made a name for themselves in the examination.

But the village, including his only son, all returned home in the hospital examination.

Although no one in the village blames him, he is already fifty-five this year, and what is the rest of his life, if he doesn't think about his old Zhou family, he should also teach a famous talent for the village.

It's just that time is also fate.

It is extremely difficult to find talented and intelligent students in the village, but it is not nothing, but the children themselves give up first, and they don't listen to anyone's advice, and they can be angry when they think about it.

Zhou Xiucai's house is at the end of the village, and it is next to the end of the village in the middle of Hedong and Hexi, not far from Gu's house.

The house is also a blue brick house like the Gu family, but the courtyard wall and courtyard gate are much more exquisite than the Gu family, and even the gatehouse is guarded by old servants.

When Gu Erzhu arrived with his wife and children, the concierge of the Zhou family didn't even go in to report when he saw it, and directly took their family of four in.

Main hall of the house.

At this time, only Zhou Xiucai was the old couple.

When the old servant stepped back, when he saw Gu Erzhu smiling and stepped forward, Zhou Xiucai twitched his head, and immediately lowered his head to read the book as if he didn't see it.

Mrs. Zhou was too lazy to take care of the old lady who just said with a smile that the old boy could be regarded as a wife, and she could not know that her wife was happy at this time.

In the past half a month, I have been muttering to her from time to time in private why the bastard boy hasn't come back, and her ears can hear that the cocoon is coming.

All in all, the old man was still worried that she would not be willing to continue to teach Gu Jialiulang, and mentioned that Gu Jialiulang was half of his Zhou family, and he also mentioned Sanya.

He said a lot of things in a word, and he was shy in his pocket and failed to slow down, so that his Zhou family daughter became a slave, and he was blessed by his ancestors and returned to a daughter.

She made a slip of the tongue for a while, and Zhou Daniu's grandfather didn't care about you!

He also scolded her with confidence, and he had already passed away.

Between her thoughts, Mrs. Zhou was quite amused and hurriedly asked Gu Erzhu and his family not to stand in their own house, and sat down to chat with her.

To say that Mrs. Zhou best understands why Zhou Xiucai didn't wait to see Gu Erzhu, Liu is not unaware of the reason.

First of all, her family was Erlang, who skipped school at every turn and went to Dr. Dong to study medicine.

After that, her family Liulang was even more outrageous, and he dropped out of school without saying a word to find him, and Uncle Ma didn't return to the village.

Again and again, again and again, she and her family have now come back to bring their son to the door to apprentice, and it is good that no one has been swept out of the house with a big broom.

When Liu wanted to apologize to Zhou Xiucai, Gu Wenxuan had no time to stop him.

The reason why he didn't invite his father and mother to come to the door was because he was worried about it.

"Sixth Grandfather~"

Zhou Banxia occupied that she was a niece and granddaughter, and Zhou Xiucai was also old, so it was not a faux pas for men and women, so she slipped forward to pull Zhou Xiucai.

"What kind of system." Zhou Xiucai glared at Zhou Banxia, who was holding on to his long sleeves, "Be filial to your mother-in-law." Well, the old man's words back then were also heavy. ”

(End of chapter)