Otoharu

Chapter 36

"It's your birthday today, this box of snacks is the new walnut cake from Guanweiju, you can try it." Mrs. Li's face was calm, but her heart was tight with pain.

Li Meier was a little surprised. I didn't expect Mrs. Li to be so generous today. She usually locks this kind of good snacks in the cabinet, and it is rare to give them a piece. Today I sent a whole box. The west side is out.

Jiang Shanqing got up and thanked Mrs. Li, and took the snacks with a blank face. In fact, he didn't like to eat these things, but seeing the salivating eyes of the girl next to him, he decided to greedy her for a while.

"By the way, eldest daughter-in-law, I have something to tell you. Brother Qi is going to enter school this year. I want to enter our Li family's ethnology. I have already mentioned it to the patriarch, and he agreed there, but Dong's family is far away. Since the family studies are far away, I thought about letting Brother Qi come to us for dinner at noon."

Mrs. Li wanted to tell Mrs. Jiang about this a few days ago, but Jiang Shanqing's illness has not recovered, and Mrs. Jiang is very busy, so she didn't take care of it, so she remembered to inform her now.

Mrs. Jiang was slightly surprised when she heard the words, and asked, "I thought brother-in-law Dong would teach brother Qi himself."

After all, Dong Liangchen is a juror. Although the Li family's family history is not bad, the gentlemen in it may not be as knowledgeable as Dong Liangchen.

"Isn't Liang Chen going to concentrate on preparing for the imperial examination? Besides, your sister said that although he is good at studying, he is not very good at teaching others. It's okay to enlighten Brother Qi, but it's not good if you really want to teach carefully."

Mrs. Li didn't want Brother Qi to study in the Li family. After all, she was from a foreign surname. If she wanted to study in the family, she would have to sell her face, but she had to agree to her daughter's request.

Jiang Shi thinks about it too, for example, her husband, although his knowledge is not very good, he still has some skills in teaching, otherwise he would not let the clan learn to invite him to be a teacher.

"It's great that Brother Qi can come. It just happens to be a companion for Mei Meier and Shanqing. Brother Qi is older and just takes care of these two children." Jiang said with a smile.

"Can Cousin Qi teach me how to read?" Li Meier asked excitedly, finally no longer had to pretend to be illiterate.

"Don't bother your cousin with girl movies. He is different from you now. He is tired of reading on weekdays. How can he have time to teach you how to read?" Mrs. Li hurriedly told her, fearing that her girl movies would affect her grandson's reading. road.

"I'm very smart, I won't waste my cousin's time." Li Meier muttered dissatisfied.

"Mei Meier wants to study, too. That mother is free to teach you, so don't bother Cousin Qi." Jiang was very satisfied with Li Meier's self-motivation, and said with a smile.

"What does the girl know so many words? I should start teaching needlework earlier, learn how to make clothes embroidery, and be able to support the family. In the future, I can talk about my in-laws."

Mrs. Li has always respected that "a woman who has no talent is a virtue". Her old man herself does not know a few big characters, and thinks that it is useless for girls to read and write, and it is not as real as female craftsmen.

Li Meier felt contemptuous in her heart, and felt that her grandmother was really short-sighted. If she learned to read and write, even the embroidery would be more beautiful than those who could not read. After all, not everyone can draw pictures.

"Mother, my husband is a scholar, and Mei Meier's uncle is a juren. They will definitely improve in the imperial examination in the future. If Mei Meier doesn't know a single word, it will also hurt their face."

Jiang naturally didn't want her daughter to be an illiterate. When she was a child, her family was so difficult that her parents asked her to study with her younger brother for a few years. Although she was not a talented girl, at least she was not blind. Now their family's situation is not bad. , How can we not let my daughter study.

Mrs. Li thought about it, so she reluctantly agreed: "Then just read some words. After all, our family is not a scholarly family, and there is no precedent for paying girls to study."

What Mrs. Li cares most about is whether to spend money. It would be great if Li Meier can learn by herself.

Mrs. Li talked to Mrs. Jiang about the trivial matters at home for a while, and when she saw that she was tired, she asked her to go back to rest. When she left, she said with some pain: "If I had known, I should have only given half a package. As for dim sum, I see that kid Shan Qing doesn't seem to like eating dim sum very much."

"Miss likes to eat. Young Master Shanqing has a good relationship with Miss. I think that bag of dim sum will end up in Miss's belly." Granny Lin said with a smile.

Mrs. Li thinks about it too, her own girl is so greedy, she must ask for it from Shanqing Boy, but the fat and water don't flow into the fields of outsiders, her own girl, eat as soon as she eats.

"It's also a good thing that the patriarch's wife returned the gift, otherwise I really don't know what birthday gift to give to that kid."

Mrs. Li is complacent, and she has established an image of a good elder without spending a penny on herself, and she is also a shrewd old man.

"The patriarch's wife should return the gift, after all, the gift from the aunt is not light." Granny Lin echoed.

"The things she gave don't cost money, and they were given to her by someone else. It was Liangchen's friend who sold north-south goods that Qingqing mentioned last time. He wanted Liangchen to help recommend the county magistrate in the county. The county magistrate was not related to Liangchen. Juren, the relationship between the two is not bad. That person gave a great gift, and there are more than that." Mrs. Li felt that her son-in-law was capable, so she said very proudly.

"It's my uncle who has the ability. Our aunt is really a lucky person. It's also my wife who has a good eye. Back then, I fell in love with my uncle at a glance." Mrs. Lin flattered Mrs. Li calmly.

Mrs. Li was so happy that she couldn't see her eyebrows and continued to brag, "That's right! Back then, so many people came to matchmaking, and the Dong family was not the best, but I thought that the good days would definitely be promising in the future! The old man was against me at that time. , I must choose the nephew of the second child in the next door. If I hadn’t resolutely refused to let go, Qingqing would be able to live such a good life now? What kind of life is Jia Qingqing living!"

In fact, the reason why Mrs. Li chose the Dong family was because their family opened an oil shop in the town, and oil was very expensive back then. In order to have free oil to eat, Mrs. Li made a decision and betrothed the girl to Dong Liangchen.

Mrs. Lin knew the inside story, but of course she would not expose Mrs. Li, she just coaxed from the sidelines, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that the old lady is really a blessed person. Gold turtle son-in-law.

(End of this chapter)