After Old Man Liu heard Patriarch Liu's reminder, he nodded again and again, "Well, Patriarch, you're right, I have to spend the silver quickly." In addition, I also discussed with my mother-in-law before, sending a child to study and write, and the whole family can't be blind. ”

People are honest, it doesn't matter if people are not smart, but just listen to people's advice.

Patriarch Liu nodded, and he was satisfied, "Yes, you are a person who listens to persuasion." ”

"When my father was dying, he told me that I was not as smart as my eldest brother and couldn't think about many things. After that, there were often things to trouble the patriarch, and it was the patriarch who mentioned me, and I always remembered it in my heart! I will definitely repay the patriarch well. "Old man Liu is sincere, and those who can say these things to him are really good to him.

Just outside, the eldest brother Liu Chengpeng saw the silver in his hand, his eyes were glued to it, and he couldn't wait to snatch it away and take it home.

If the money is not spent quickly, the eldest brother will start to provoke the old mother to come to the house to mess around, and then the whole family will become a joke in the whole village.

"Good, good!" Patriarch Liu smiled, listened to people's persuasion, and appreciated the situation, this Liu Chengxiang's life will definitely get better and better in the future, "Don't feel like you want to repay me all day long, in fact, you have already repaid." Those good seeds bought from your family, the wheat and rice at home are high, and this year there is a lot more grain.

It's the same in the village, life is good, and everyone remembers you for your goodness. Okay, I've said everything I have to say. Hurry up and discuss it with your family, I should go back too." ”

Old man Liu thanked him again and again, "Patriarch Liu walks slowly." ”

After the patriarch Liu left, the old man Liu entered the house, handed over the silver to his wife, and then called his wife, three sons, daughter-in-law, and grandsons to discuss together.

The family closed the door, their expressions excited and nervous.

Old man Liu looked at everyone, then looked at the silver on the table, and said, "You also heard what the patriarch said just now. I think the patriarch is right, so I took out twenty taels of silver from here and bought wheat, and we have more people, so we can buy more food, and don't go hungry anymore. In addition, what do you do with the remaining seventy taels of silver? ”

Everyone's eyes shifted from silver to Mrs. Liu, waiting for the old mother to speak.

Mrs. Liu smiled, "If you buy land, you will have more harvest next year." If you don't buy land, then take out fifty taels of silver, continue to build a house, and build a yard like ours.

We will not demolish the old house next door, use it as a warehouse, or raise chickens and ducks. With the rest of the money, let's send our three children to school. ”

Old man Liu was stunned for a moment, "Uh, why are there three?" Didn't you say you had a good one before? ”

Mrs. Liu looked at her grandsons, then at her son and daughter-in-law, and said, "Originally, I discussed with your father to send a grandson to study in a private school, after all, there are many people in the family and the expenses are large, so there is no way."

But now the grain is sold at a good price, and the taxes are not paid for three years, which is enough to support the education of three children.

Besides, shouldn't we be fair to these three sons? One family is a scholar, we are impartial. The three of you choose who you want to read. As for whether they have spirituality or not, whether they can read it or not depends on their own efforts. ”

Hearing this, Wu Xiao'e, Wang Taohua and others all smiled.

I used to think that my mother-in-law was good to the big house and would favor the sister-in-law's family, but I didn't expect that my mother-in-law would treat everyone equally in big things.

"Today, you each go back to the house and discuss, who must have a good memory and who is smart, let whoever go." Old man Liu said, "Those who haven't gone to study, don't be sad, your brothers are studying in the academy, and I will teach you when I come back at night, you all give me honest literacy one by one, don't be blind, you know?" ”

The children were very happy when they heard this.

There is a private school in the village, and if you can't carry it, you will be beaten.

The long ring ruler hit the body, but it hurt.

It's better to stay at home and study, you won't learn and won't be beaten.

At this time, they didn't know that they would not be beaten by the master at home, but there was a little overseer Liu Yiyi!

As long as you can't write the prescribed words and can't remember them, the "little overseer" will tell the elders that they will still be beaten!

Just when everyone was about to disperse, Liu Yiyi raised her hand, "Grandpa, grandma, I have something to say." ”

"Hey, what do my little Jiu'er think?" Old man Liu asked with a smile, stretched out his hand and pinched his little granddaughter's fleshy face, teasing Liu Yiyi.

Originally, everyone was about to get up and go back to discuss, but when they heard this, they all sat down and looked at Liu Yiyi.

Mrs. Liu especially believes that Liu Yiyi is a blessing doll, and she also attaches great importance to Liu Yiyi's words, "Xiao Jiu'er, you can say it, if you have any good ideas, you can say it." ”

Liu Yiyi thought for a while, and then said seriously with a small face: "I used to hear my father say that fish in the county is more expensive than meat, and there is a pond in the south of our house. ”

"Huh?" After Mrs. Liu heard this, she couldn't cry or laugh, "Where is the pond there?" It's a big puddle. If it was a pond, it would have been bought a long time ago. ”

Old man Liu also nodded, "Yes, Yiyi, that puddle is very shallow, and it is only half an acre in size, less than an acre." ”

Liu Yiyi thought about it and argued, "But there are many places around, we can dig deeper, those silt can be used as fertilizer, and fruit trees can be planted on both sides of the pond." We can also drive the ducks over there to raise more ducks, and by the way, we can also plant lotus roots in the pond. ”

Although she is less than four years old, Liu Yiyi's precocious wisdom has already made her family accustomed to it.

Zhao Xiaolan saw that her daughter was so serious, and then said: "Just because others don't look down on it, it is estimated that that puddle is not worth much." If we buy it and change it to a pond, we can also have more income. ”

"Yes, Dad, I saw those fishers in the county seat, two live crucian carp, and they were sold for thirty yuan. It's worth a lot of money, even if it's dead, it can be sold for twenty wen. Liu Zhijiang said, "Anyway, after harvesting the wheat, we are free, why don't we make a pond and try it?" ”

Wu Xiao'e's eyes kept rolling and thought about it, "This is suggested by our little lucky star Xiao Jiu'er, we have to pay attention to it."

Think about the chickens and ducks raised at home, as long as they go through Xiao Jiu'er's hands, all of them are well raised and strong. Now Xiao Jiu'er said that it is good to raise fish, so let's raise fish. ”

Wang Taohua also nodded and agreed.

Everyone discussed it for a while and agreed.

In the end, Old Man Liu immediately made a decision, "Okay, let's buy the puddle, even the surrounding places, and repair it, not only a pond, but also a few acres of land." If you raise it with silt from the bottom of the river for two years, you will become a good field. You don't have to pay taxes, and you can still settle your mind and cultivate the land. ”

Mrs. Liu nodded, "That's okay, let's not delay, discuss who is studying, you think about it slowly today." Old man, you go to the patriarch and settle the pond and the surrounding land. Zhijiang, Zhihe, you two brothers went to the village to buy two thousand catties of wheat. Because the quality of wheat is good, it costs four yuan, and it is estimated that it will not be able to buy it, so it will cost six yuan. Xiaolan, Xiao'e, Peach Blossom, plus Zhihu, you took the children to water the vegetable garden. ”