Invisible after dark, Li Ping'an groped for the outline of the object in his hand, the general shape formed in his mind, and he whispered: "This is a silver ingot?" ”

"Well, it's ten taels of silver ingots." Doctor Zhu's voice was not high, and his tone sounded very flat, "After observing this day, I can see that your father in this team has a lot of weight in his speech, and he seems to be the leader." These ten taels of silver shall be our reward for eating your grain along the way. ”

Li Ping'an hurriedly said: "Doctor Zhu, you are too outside, since you have escaped with a famine, then we have a bowl of rice soup to drink, and naturally you are indispensable, so clearly, then what else do we do together?" I can't take this silver, and you will pay back the money for food, so if one of us is sick or injured, will you also give money? ”

As he spoke, he stuffed the silver back into Dr. Zhu's hand, but Dr. Zhu refused to take it back.

"One yard to one yard, my two sons are in the prime of life, and the team is young and strong, and our safety is guaranteed with you, which is a life-saving grace. If any of you get sick or injured, I won't stand idly by, and it's my duty to do it when it's time to do it. Don't push it, when you get to the place, you will need more money. ”

Li Ping'an hesitated, Dr. Zhu was right, when they arrived at the place, they had too many places to spend money, not to mention building a house and buying a field, the house could simply build a bamboo house and thatched house or something to deal with, and they could also plant the land in the first year or two, but they always needed to buy food to spend the second half of the year, and he was blind to what was the situation over there, but he didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to earn money and food in a short period of time.

But these ten taels of silver are really too much, although silver is also a circulating currency, theoretically a tael of silver can be exchanged for a thousand copper plates, and he is also the first time to see and touch it, but he knows that in fact, one or two pieces of silver with good color can be exchanged for more than a thousand copper plates.

Ten taels of silver, which is enough for their family of seven to eat for a year in normal times. It is impossible for them to escape the famine for a year, and it is impossible for Dr. Zhu's family to be fed along the way, even if the price of grain is high now, it is difficult to buy grain, but it will cost less than ten taels of silver during the period of escaping the famine.

Although he likes money, there is too much money, and he feels hot when he holds it.

After making up his mind, he pushed the silver ingot into Dr. Zhu's hand again, "Dr. Zhu, I really can't accept these ten taels of silver, we need money for our stay, and you also need money for shelter." Even if you insist on giving, you can't give that much. ”

"You're going to push another one? Believe it or not, I'll take my family away tomorrow? Doctor Zhu glared, and then slowed down his tone, "You don't have to worry about us, I'm familiar with you, I also believe in you, just tell you the bottom, these ten taels of silver seem like a lot, but I can still take it out easily." You are a good one, and you are also clever, I will give you silver, which can be regarded as a help for you, my younger brothers and sisters are still so young, with these ten taels of silver, you can also be relaxed when you get to the place. ”

Li Ping'an was so moved that he was about to cry, "Thank you, Doctor Zhu, you are a good person." ”

"I don't know if I'm a good person or not, do you still need to say it? Hurry up, put it away, don't make a noise. Doctor Zhu wrapped his hands around Li Ping'an's hands and shook them hard, "If we can all make it to the place alive, I have agreed to your apprenticeship, and then the apprenticeship will be indispensable, and there should be something." ”

However, Li Ping'an accepted the money, but he hesitated about apprenticeship, "Doctor Zhu ......"

"If you have something, just say it, don't mother-in-law!"

"Apprenticeship ......"

"You don't want to?"

Li Ping'an gritted his teeth, "If there is no flood, I am definitely willing, and I can worship you as a teacher on the spot." But now, I probably don't have the time and energy to study medicine with you in the future, and I want to think about doing some small business to support my family rather than studying medicine. Take a look, can I let my third brother Fugui and fourth brother Xinglong study with you? ”

Doctor Zhu laughed angrily, he bent down and took the initiative to accept the apprentice, but Li Ping'an actually refused? Forget about refusal, but he still didn't give up this opportunity, and wanted his two younger brothers to take over.

He should have known that this kid was a bit shameless.

I didn't hear Dr. Zhu for a while, and Li Ping'an's voice was a little vague and tentative: "Doctor Zhu? ”

"The little one is still too young, just your big brother, it's called Fugui, remember to bring him to apprentice at that time, the apprenticeship ceremony must not be less at all, I won't agree to it if it's less!" Doctor Zhu didn't have a good airway.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you! I promise that the apprenticeship will make you happy! ”

Although he couldn't see Li Ping'an's expression, he could tell from his tone how ecstatic he was at the moment, and Dr. Zhu couldn't help but feel a little angry, "Don't you think about yourself?" Studying medicine is much more promising than doing business, and the status of doing business is low, and having no power or power is someone's money bag. If you learn first-hand medical skills, you can not only support your family, but although you are not as good as an official and a scholar, you are also respected. ”

Of course, Li Ping'an knows that there are no human rights in this era, the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and the squire and wealthy families are big, so of course it is okay for him to earn a little money, but if the business is not accidentally bigger, it is a talisman, and a sword hanging over his head will be snatched by those landlords at any time.

As for win-win cooperation, it is even more fart, people's greed can never be satisfied, let the landlords see the silver flowing into other people's pockets, and the money that is not earned is a loss.

But what can Li Ping'an do, the Dajing Dynasty didn't even have a imperial examination, it is said that there was a unified dynasty before the troubled times, but it caused the dissatisfaction of the family, and it was full of natural disasters, and the people were not happy, so the previous dynasty was gone, so there was a troubled era of more than 70 years.

And there is no opportunity to study in Qingfeng County, only the squire and wealthy families have private schools, non-ethnic children can not enroll, the county school does, but it is too expensive, tuition, books, paper add up to at least a dozen taels of silver a year, and you can't afford to study at all.

But no matter what, he also has to earn money, and it is difficult to even eat enough to rely on the output of the fields, and more rain or less can affect the harvest, and it is even more insufficient.

It would have taken too much time to study medicine, and he could have taken his time without the flood, but now that he was on the run, he couldn't spare that much energy to escape to a place he didn't know at all and start from scratch.

In addition, there is also the fact that he feels that he can live a little better with the memories of his previous life, but his younger brothers will always grow up and always have to take care of things, rather than letting them face the loess and turn their backs to the sky to dig from the ground, or follow him to do chores, it is better to learn some skills, if he succeeds in learning, he, the eldest brother, does not need to worry too much about them.

Maybe he can protect the family in turn.