Otoharu

Chapter 325 Reading is Expensive

Although Li Meier's needlework skills are not bad, but Mrs. Li always thinks that she is slow in doing it, and it will be out of season when it is finished. She laughed and said jokingly: "If you want to make it for me, then start making winter needles now." The clothes should be just right." But after thinking about it, I felt that it was too wasteful, so I changed my mind and said, "Forget it, I still have clothes, and I don't plan to make new ones this year, or you can make me two pairs of socks ?”

Please don't talk like I'm taking advantage of the sky, okay, Li Meier is also busy, and said, "Brother Shanqing's clothes are ready, I have to make my own summer shirt."

Mrs. Li stared, "Are you going to cut new clothes again?" This prodigal girl ~ life is almost impossible~ Mrs. Li is counting for Li Meier, she cut four new sets in the winter of last year, every time I think of this number, Her heart hurts as an old man.Therefore, this spring, we will strictly guard against death. With Li Meier telling the truth, she won't make new clothes anymore.If she doesn't cut it, the whole family will not cut it, so Ayan Shanqing is going to study in the academy, so Mrs. Li nodded and allowed them to make a few new robes to wear!

"The material was given to me by my mother, and it was all saved by her before. If I don't wear the color, it should not be bright."

Li Meier said that Li Lao Niang was a little satisfied, and she smiled and brainwashed her granddaughter, "This is the way of life, if you can be frugal, you have to be frugal. If you get pregnant during the Chinese New Year, it will be a good life." Watching her girl's movies The clothes in my hand were almost ready, so I asked Mrs. Lin to raise the charcoal fire and get the iron.

Li Mei'er has been doing a lot of housework these years, and she is quite proficient in using the iron. After the clothes are ironed, Mrs. Li took a look and praised, "This clothes, you can iron them for three minutes and seven minutes. Look, isn't it smoother?" Now, it looks much better than before." She said it as if the old man was ironing, but in fact she helped to stretch it.

When Jiang Shanqing came back in the afternoon, Li Meier gave him the new clothes he had made. Jiang Shanqing was very happy, so he took out a small cloth bag from his bosom and handed it to Li Meier, "Well, courtesy is reciprocal. I saw it when I went out today. I think It suits you well, so I bought it for you."

"What is it?" Li Meier picked it up curiously, and when she opened it, she saw that it was a jade hairpin. Although the jade was just ordinary suet jade, it was polished smooth and elegant. The head of the hairpin was two clusters of plum blossoms. I liked it very much when I saw it, and said with a smile, "It's really beautiful." It's really beautiful, this may be the jade hairpin carved by a craftsman in the country, but in Li Meier's opinion, this craftsmanship is really good, lifelike, it can be called a work of art .

Seeing that Li Meier liked it, Jiang Shanqing was also very happy, and said with a smile, "This jade hairpin can support people if worn for a long time. It is said that it is good for the body, and it is more elegant than the golden one."

"This one is very good. I have a box of gold ones." Li Meier plugged it into the mirror without any hassle, then turned her head and asked, "Does it look good?"

Jiang Shanqing measured it carefully, and gave it to Li Meier again, "It looks better this way."

The two were talking, when Mrs. Li heard the movement, she asked in the next room, "Is Shanqing back?"

Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing went to Mrs. Li's room, and Li Meier showed off in a hurry, "Look, grandma, Brother Shanqing bought me a hairpin." He pointed to the plum blossom jade hairpin on his finger.

Li Meier's head was slightly tilted, and Mrs. Li took a closer look, "Well, it's okay." Encouraged Jiang Shanqing, "Study well, and I will give your sister the one inlaid with gold and jade in the future. This is the ability of a man."

The two of them were speechless, and Jiang Shanqing could only respond with a suppressed smile.

Another day passed, and it was the day when Bailu Academy posted the list. The whole family was concerned about this matter. They waited for Shuxiang to come back early in the morning to send news. In fact, the academy is quite humane, except for the list posted outside the academy In addition, a copy was posted on the bulletin board outside the prefectural and county governments for the convenience of candidates to check.It's just that the list of postings outside the county government won't come out until noon, while those outside the academy will be faster, and Li Yanren will know the results sooner when he is in the academy. I guess you asked Shuxiang to make a trip to save the family members from waiting anxiously.

Shuxiang ran home happily when it was time, perhaps because he was in a hurry, and when he got home, he was sweating all over his head. Mrs. Lin brought him a bowl of herbal tea, and after drinking it in one gulp, he announced the good news, "Shan Qing The young master passed the exam! His grades are very good, the academy is divided into four classes, A, B, C, and D, and our young master Shanqing passed the exam."

Li Meier has always been extremely confident in Jiang Shanqing, now she laughed when she heard the result, "I just said that brother Shanqing is fine."

Jiang Shanqing was rather modest, "The topic wasn't too difficult at the time, and I reckon it was about the same."

Mrs. Li was also very happy, she clapped her hands and said, "It's good news that Shan Qing has passed the college entrance examination, let's add lunch at noon today." Then she asked Mrs. Lin to buy pork knuckle, yellow croaker, and river prawns.

Li Meier is good at cooking now, so at noon she will be in charge of the spoon herself, the elbows are stewed with rock sugar, the small yellow croakers are boiled with pickled vegetables and dried bamboo shoots, the fresh eyebrows will fall off, the river prawns are boiled, no need to add a lot of seasonings, too Abnormally delicious.

Mrs. Li praised Li Meier's cooking skills, "Our girl is really talented in cooking, and the taste is not much worse than Baiweilou's."

Brother Kang is also a snack foodie, and he said greasyly after eating: "I also think my sister's cooking is delicious, but it's not as good-looking as Baiweilou's cooking."

Li Meier laughed when she heard the words, "Like our own cooking, it's normal to keep the onion, ginger and garlic, but the restaurant cooks the food for sale, so it's natural to pay attention to it. In order to make the dishes look good, the chefs have prepared the dishes, which is very important. Then pick out the clean ones one by one." Kang Geer felt his eyes widened when he heard this.

Everyone was very satisfied at lunch.Jiang Shanqing's admission to Bailu Academy was finalized, so he had to go to the academy to go through the admission procedures, and the school would start in half a month. The tuition fee was 15 taels per semester, and 30 taels a year.

It was more than two taels per month that Mrs. Li estimated. Mrs. Li smacked tongues with Mrs. Lin in private, "Fortunately, life at home is okay now, otherwise I wouldn't be able to read serious books." Two children, optical expenses, one year It is four 50 taels.

Mrs. Lin also said, "That's not true. A student's annual tuition fee is six acres of high-quality fertile land, and that doesn't include books and pens."

Mrs. Li sighed, "In the ordinary Zhangshui Town, you can buy one as soon as you enter the small courtyard."

"Yes." The two masters and servants sighed once, "Reading poetry and books is not easy."Mrs. Li felt a little regretful, thinking that if Shanqing agreed to study in Qingfeng Academy, not only would she be able to save 30 taels of tuition each year, but she would also be able to get a scholarship every year. Unfortunately, neither her son nor Shanqing wanted to go to Qingfeng Academy , this matter can only be done.

(End of this chapter)