I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 9
The sun went down, and there was only a little residual heat left. The Zhan family sat in the yard to enjoy the cool after dinner, but the atmosphere seemed low.

"I can't be idle for a moment, Zhan Saburo, do you want to go to the sky?" Xiao Yao looked at his little son who was jumping up and down like a wild monkey, and his anger rushed out.

Mrs. Ma was feeding water to three-year-old Zhan Niuniu, glanced at Zhan Saburo who was agile, and raised his voice deliberately, "Second sister-in-law, Saburo's temperament is not for reading."

Xiao Yao's face was extremely ugly, even if Dalang secretly taught Saburo for half an hour every day, the bear child did not live up to his expectations, and he forgot a lot.

I ran out to the wild early this morning and didn't come back until dinner. Little Yao Shi really wished that he could whip his little son with thin bamboo silk.

Zhan Feiyu sat silently on the small stool, and even when he was disheartened, he didn't bother to pay attention to the battle of words between the second aunt and the third aunt.

"Father, mother." Li suddenly stood up and looked coldly at the Zhan family men who were sitting and talking together, "Xiaoyu finished memorizing the Three Character Classic the day before yesterday, so should Xiaoyu go to a private school? "

For a moment, only the sound of crickets chirping in the corner of the wall was quiet in the yard. The old and the young of the Zhan family never thought that the gentle and soft-natured Mr. Li would suddenly say this.

"Mother?" Zhan Feiyu stared blankly at Mrs. Li, a warm current poured into his heart, and the mother only spoke for herself.

Li looked at her daughter soothingly, and looked firmly at Old Man Zhan and Mrs. Zhan. Her man was unreliable, so she could only rely on herself to win opportunities for Xiaoyu. She knew better than anyone that mother and daughter were connected. Xiaoyu's heart wants to read.

In the deadly silence, a stern shout suddenly sounded, "Miss Li, shut up for me!"

Mrs. Zhan stood up and pointed at Mrs. Li with one finger, and scolded her with spittle, "Whose girl goes to a private school? Do you think the money comes from a flood of water? Li Fengyu, if you don't want to live any longer, get out of here. Go back to your mother's house!"

After scolding the eldest daughter-in-law, Madam Zhan turned her head and slapped Boss Zhan's back with a forceful slap, her thin lips fluttering, and a sharp scolding splashed out with spittle.

"How did I give birth to such a useless thing as you, Lao Zhan's family still can't get your daughter-in-law to be the master of the house, what do you want to do in the big house? Erlang Saburo doesn't study, let the girl go to the movies, will Erlang Saburo still have face to face in the future? Our old Zhan family didn't bring any?"

Mrs. Zhan's voice was sharp, and her old and rough hands like chicken feet slapped Boss Zhan's back on the back, as if she was fighting an enemy of life and death.

"Mother, don't hit eldest brother, eldest brother just loves Xiaoyu." The second son of Zhan hurriedly stopped Mrs. Zhan who was throwing up and stopped her from continuing to beat the eldest son of Zhan.

"Don't I feel sorry for my granddaughter? It's not that the family has no money!" Madam Zhan stared at Boss Zhan with stern eyes, cursing sternly with a wrinkled old face: "I'm not dead yet? Wait until I die. , you can decide how you want to be the master!"

"Mother, I..." Boss Zhan opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. Hearing the death of his mother, Boss Zhan could only be silent with a tense face.

"I'll kill you right now!" Mrs. Zhan shouted sternly, pushing the second Zhan who was blocking her, as if she really wanted to hit the wall.

Although the third Zhan is delicious and lazy, he is also filial. He hugged the old lady Zhan who was about to die and persuaded him in a hurry: "Mother, what nonsense are you talking about."

"My son and daughter-in-law are going to kill me, this old lady, I'm dying!" Lying on top of her younger son, Mrs. Zhan cried aloud, and the grief sounded like a soft knife piercing the heart of the person.

"Second brother, sit down with your mother." Second child Zhan urged, seeing third third Zhan sitting down with emotional old lady Zhan, only then did he look at the blue-faced, helpless Boss Zhan.

After a long sigh, the second son Zhan, who had made a decision, said: "Brother, let's let my Saburo go to a private school this year, but our second room will be done by ourselves every year, so this year, let my parents give us a pad first, and save it later. I'll pay back the money."

Zhan's second son was earnest, and after thinking about it, he continued: "Next year, let Erlang go to a private school, Shu Xiu is from home, Xiaoyu wants to read and write, and let Dalang and the others come back from school to teach Xiaoyu in turn. Uncle is out."

Xiao Yao was not happy when he heard it. They were all the grandsons of the Zhan family.A year of [-] taels of silver for repairs, isn't the private house money of the second house about to be hollowed out?

But before Xiao Yao could shout, Second Zhan looked over with a cold-eyed warning.

Xiao Yao pursed his mouth in dissatisfaction, but he did not dare to go against the wishes of Zhan's second child, but the elder was just pulling his face.

Zhan Feiyu sarcastically looked at what he said, as if he had exhausted his second uncle. This abacus is really good!
The second uncle asked Saburo to go to a private school first and read it for a year. It has become an established fact. Even if the family runs out of money next year, it is impossible for Saburo to retire for Erlang.

The final result was that all Erlang and Saburo went to private schools, and the dozen or so members of the Zhan family had to tighten their belts to live, and it would only be more difficult and tiring to be a cow and a horse.

Ma was not happy at first, but she had shallow eyelids and no brains. When she heard that Erfang was solely responsible for Saburo's repairs and did not let the public pay for it, Ma felt that she had taken a big advantage, and she didn't care that Erlang went to a private school a year later. .

"This is a solution, but in the future you will have a hard life in the second room. You will need ten taels of repair this year, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are also silver." Old man Zhan took two puffs of dry cigarettes and put on a perfunctory attitude. And Wanshixing, as long as there is no noise and no fuss.

"Dad, it's okay, the second room and two children are studying, so we can't let the eldest brother and the younger brother suffer. When I am pulling the goods, I will help unload and load the goods. I can make some money with a little more effort, and then let my daughter-in-law go back to her mother's house to borrow some. , let Dalang copy books to earn some money for pen and ink, grit his teeth and endure it."

Zhan's second son concealed the calculations and light in his eyes, and said with an open-minded smile: "I am a little bit tired and tired, and it doesn't matter if I suffer a little loss, the harmony of brothers is the most important thing."

"Second brother." Boss Zhan looked at his second brother gratefully, and felt a little ashamed in his heart.

Since the sudden attack by the Li family, Boss Zhan has a sullen face. He feels sorry for his daughter, but he also knows the embarrassment of the family. Under the dilemma, Boss Zhan is very irritable and his face is extremely ugly, but he did not expect that the second brother would take the initiative to take on Saburo. The bundle repair, this money should have been out of the public.

"Second brother, then according to what you said, my Erlang will go again next year." Lang's laughter sounded, and the third Zhan nodded in agreement.

The third son of Zhan can't bear hardships, and Ma's family is not worth it, so the third son of Zhan can't say that he can afford his son Shuxiu. The second brother's method is good.

(End of this chapter)