Chapter 68
Time passed quickly, and a week passed in the blink of an eye. After paying the tax on the family's food, half of the remaining food was sold.
The grain output in ancient times was too low. People who don’t know how to farm bamboo orchids also know the modern grain yield. Not much higher than five hundred and fifty catties.
The sales of half of the bamboo orchid family earned a little more than seven taels. Excluding the expenses such as seeds, they earned more than six taels a year, which was not enough for a year's expenses. There are scholars in the family, and the two annual bundle repairs are only one tael or four, plus Pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and the two sons are money-burning holes. This is just studying and did not participate in the scientific examination.
In ancient times, the odds of a poor family giving birth to a precious son were comparable to rare species, and money alone crushed people.
Zhulan’s family’s food was sold, and Zhou Shuren also set off for the south. Zhulan knew that she couldn’t be short of money when she went out, so she brought Zhou Shuren fifty taels of silver, and even dug up the jewelry that she had never touched. .
There are quite a lot of jewelry, Yuanshen has a good father to teach him not to take jewelry with status meaning, so Yuanshen picked jade bracelets, pearl jewelry, jade pendant and did not dare to touch it.
Zhulan dug out and counted, there were six pairs of jade bracelets, two pearl necklaces, more than a dozen red hairpins inlaid with pearls, and other pieces of jewelry.
Pearls in ancient times were expensive, and the ones that could enter a wealthy family were top-grade in terms of size and roundness, and the jewelry hidden in the original body was worth a lot of money.
Zhulan brought Zhou Shuren a pair of good-looking jade bracelets and a pearl necklace. Regardless of whether she made money or not, she pawned it when she came back. I feel panicked when I have no money in my wallet!
On the first day Zhou Shuren left home, Zhulan was so dazed that she couldn't do anything. The two of them who had been tied together all this time felt uneasy without Zhulan.
The next day, I started to think wildly, and had a nightmare at night, dreaming that Zhou Shuren died, and I was left alone in ancient times, not to mention regretting that I didn't follow.
The sons of the Zhou family were worried. They were less angry when their mother left their father. The sons were so frightened that they were afraid that their mother would be gone when their father came back.
On the third day, Zhulan felt that it was time to find something for herself, so she handed over the task after dinner, "The courtyard wall of the old man's house is too short, you and the second child can find some people to re-cut the courtyard wall, at least two meters."
Boss Zhou exhaled, mother just needs to do something, he hasn't slept well these days, "Good mother."
Zhulan looked at Rong Chuan, who had no sense of existence, and her eldest grandson who wanted to play. She is not good at ancient Chinese, but she is good at mathematics. .”
Mrs. Li was frightened, and instantly recalled the memory of her husband teaching how to read, and her whole body trembled, "Mom, I will be a grandma in a few years, so I don't need to learn."
Bamboo Orchid, "..."
The ancient times of cheating, after such a calculation, in another ten years, wouldn't she be a grandma at the age of forty-six?
Mrs. Zhao's eyes are shining brightly. It's time to get close to mother. She wishes her sister-in-law would not learn, "Mother, I must study hard."
Mrs. Li stared, the second daughter-in-law was scheming, and she became cruel, "Mother, I will learn too."
Zhulan looked at the children, "What about you?"
Rong Chuan is eager to learn, he has the opportunity to study, even if he is sick, he is still studying hard, he knows that he started late, "Auntie, I also learn."
That's right, Zhang Rongchuan called Auntie.
In the past, in the village, the two families were not related and were not sorted by the same clan. Calling people was very messy based on age and seniority. The same clan is different. The name can directly tell the seniority, and the address will not be confusing at all.
Rong Chuan moved in, about the same age as the old son, Zhulan and his wife had other ideas, so they corrected their names.
Of course, there are also couples who can't bear the ten-year-old child calling grandma. In modern times, there are many people who get married late in their 30s. In order to avoid getting hurt, Zhou Shuren decided to take the talent examination next year. If he passed the exam, he would be called a scholar, Zhou Xiucai , Mrs. Xiucai, you don’t have to worry about it in the future.