Chapter 60： go out

Chapter 60 Travel

Wang Zhuangzhi frowned, sighed and said seriously: "His mother, I'm not gossiping, but I think Yingniang's actions are inappropriate."

My sister-in-law was always kind, but there was clearly no one else in the carriage, and the man was still supporting Yingniang.

Liu Zhihua frowned, not believing that Yingniang was such a person, waved her hand and said to the head of the family: "You are free to worry about other people's affairs, and your own yard has not yet been settled, and what if it is a relative of Yingniang's family."

Wang Zhuangzhi choked, it was justified, but he felt something was wrong.

"I'm not tired after running all morning, go to the kang and rest for a while, I'll cook."

After finishing speaking, Liu Zhihua walked out carrying the sweet potato basket in the ground.

Wang Zhuangzhi sighed, and didn't think about it any more.

East House,

Xiao Li held up the dragonfly, his **** and white eyes looked curiously at what the elder brother took out from the package, and asked suspiciously: "Brother, what is this?"

Erya hugged Jiaojiao, hurried ahead of her elder brother and said, "I saw this in Uncle Liu's house, it's used to color brushes."

Qiu Sheng placed the inkstone and brush neatly on the desk, and said with a smile: "Erya is right, this is the pen, ink, paper and inkstone bought by elder brother. If anyone of you can write in the future, you can use this brush to practice calligraphy." .”

These were bought with the money he earned from copying the calligraphy books for others. Although the brush is not exquisite, it is better than small. The surface of the paper is rough and rough, but it does not affect it for practicing calligraphy.

"Father just now said that Jiaojiao has learned all the words in the booklet, Jiaojiao, big brother will come to test you."

Qiu Sheng found the booklet he had hand-copied, opened a page at will, blocked the patterns on it, and asked the words below with a smile: "Jiaojiao, how do you pronounce these two characters."

Jiaojiao approached and took a closer look, and then replied in a waxy voice: "The house."

"what about this?"

"Well, this is a bird."

Qiusheng picked a few at random, and Jiaojiao answered them all correctly without exception. Later, he simply blocked those words and asked Jiaojiao to try to write those words while looking at the picture.

Jiaojiao found a branch, and skillfully wrote on the ground. She would never forget it after seeing it. Except for the slow strokes that were written incorrectly, Jiaojiao wrote down all the words completely.

This surprised Qiusheng, picked up his sister and praised her as a young genius, and said with a smile: "Jiaojiao, the eldest brother will teach you the correct writing steps in a while, let's study and write well in the future, Jiaojiao will definitely surpass the eldest brother and become a class Talented woman."

Although Jiaojiao doesn't know what a talented woman is, since the elder brother compliments her, it's a good word, she nodded with a smile and said "OK~".

Qiu Sheng touched his sister's head, then looked at Er Ya with a smile and asked, "Er Ya, have you learned it yet?"

Erya's dark face was a little embarrassed, she scratched her neck with a smile and explained: "Brother, I just memorized two words with Jiaojiao. I'm not good at reading. It's fine if there are big brother and Jiaojiao who can read at home." , Xiao Li and I don’t need to learn.”

Xiao Li was studying with his inkstone in his arms. Hearing what his sister said about him, he shook his head and said, "Well, brother and younger sister study, but Xiao Li can't."

Qiusheng knelt down helplessly, embraced them with a gentle smile, and said slowly: "If you don't like reading, you must also be able to read and write. Eldest brother is often not by your side when you are in the academy, and your parents are illiterate. If you are illiterate, Now we are digging herbs and selling them for money, in case we need to read the paperwork and write the name if we want to negotiate a bigger deal with someone in the future, it’s fine if we meet good people, but we will be deceived if we meet those bad people.”

Jiaojiao felt that what the elder brother said was very reasonable, like the names of all the shops in the town, and she would feel very disappointed if she didn't recognize them.

"Elder sister and younger brother must learn. They must be able to read and write like Uncle Wang and Grandpa Lizheng. Others dare not underestimate them. Jiaojiao will supervise older sister and younger brother in the future."

Jiaojiao spoke in a crisp tone, with a serious look on her fair little face.

Qiu Sheng patted the back of his younger sister's head, feeling very cute, and said with a gentle smile: "Jiaojiao is right, Er Ya and Xiao Li should also learn to read together, if there is anything you can't do, you can ask elder brother, if elder brother is not here Ask Jiaojiao."

Erya scratched her head. The younger sister is so serious, how can the older sister be lazy, she gritted her teeth and nodded, "Okay, then I will try to memorize a few more words."

Xiao Li heard that someone followed suit and said loudly: "Xiao Li also remembers."

"Erya will definitely be able to do it, and our little Li is also very good. Today, big brother will teach you some simple strokes..."

…

After lunch, the family was still thinking about the yard, so they planned to travel.

The sky after the rain is very vast, and the sky is endless blue.

Wang Zhuangzhi spent twelve copper coins to borrow an ox cart with Lao Yangtou. The family drove the ox cart out of the village, and the villagers they met on the road pointed and discussed.

"I don't know how much silver taels they dug up herbs and sold. Look at these days, they rent ox carts every day."

"Old Wang's family's jaws were lifted up to the sky. That day when I asked Wang Zhuangzhi how to distinguish herbal medicines, he ignored them. It was obviously petty."

"Look at what you said, who would tell you the money-making business? Although the old Wang's family is a bit evil, it never harmed us. Don't make sarcastic remarks about a village..."

…

Wang Zhuangzhi drove all the way to a main road, the bullock cart was swaying slowly, Wang Zhuangzhi looked around to see if there was anyone on the road and asked again.

Qiusheng hugged Xiao Li, Erya poked her head to look around, Jiaojiao hugged Bai Miaomiao and stroked its soft fur.

"Twelve..." Liu Zhihua wracked her fingers and muttered something.

Borrowing Lao Yang's head for a while in an ox cart cost twelve copper coins. Qiusheng went back and forth at least eight times a month when he came back from school, and the head of the family had to go hunting or gather herbs to sell in the town, and he had to go back and forth several times.

It’s not like I don’t know. I’m shocked. If this goes on, I can spend the money for an ox cart in less than two or three years.

Liu Zhihua clapped his hands, and hurriedly shouted: "Master, go to the town tomorrow to see the bullock carts. Our family will use them frequently in the future, so we bought them earlier and rented them to others."

Wang Zhuangzhi also felt that Lao Yang's demand was getting more and more expensive these two days, so he nodded and replied: "Okay, I will send Qiusheng to school in two days, and I will check the car dealership when I pass by."

When Qiu Sheng heard this, he hugged his younger brother and said softly, "Mother, this summer is almost over, and winter will come soon after autumn, and it will be very cold to ride an ox cart, if you really want to buy it, it's better to buy a horse cart than an ox cart. "

Although horse-drawn carts are more expensive than ox carts, they can be driven faster without wind or rain, while ox carts seem cheap but have many disadvantages, such as driving slowly, sitting in hot summer and cold in winter, and not being able to travel in rainy days. convenient.

Hearing this, Liu Zhihua touched the purse subconsciously. Now that she wants to buy a yard, she can’t be as extravagant as before.

Oxcarts can be bought for four or five taels of silver, but carriages that are cheaper can cost more than ten taels of silver, which is a lot of money.

(end of this chapter)