The koi wife dressed as the male protagonist of the imperial examination

Chapter 41
But, cooking in an iron pan is expensive, and everyone likes to cook vegetables in a casserole except during the Chinese New Year.

Add a lot of radish and green vegetables, just pour some water and a little salt to eat. How time-saving and labor-saving the key is to save money.

This was taught to her by Mrs. Li, and because Fang Qingqing proposed to wrap pancake skins with lard, her mother-in-law took out the iron pan at home.

A small piece of fat was cut to refine oil, and the lard residue was hidden, saying that it was to be kept and eaten slowly for the New Year.

At this time, there were still two months before the Chinese New Year, and the lard residue added up to a small plate the size of an egg was not full.

At that time, Fang Qingqing was stunned. Who told her that Lao Li's family was the wealthiest in Hongqiao Village?
That's it--

This is still the richest, how poor are the poor?

She remembered the plot of the book, Li Sanlang won the exam after next year's autumn, and it took more than a year before he went to Beijing to take the exam before he won the first prize.

But after winning the first prize, it is not immediately possible to get promoted and make a fortune, and the whole family will have a good life. He spent two years in the Imperial Academy and was sent to a local county magistrate for three years. of.

After that, there is Li Sanlang's Qingyun Road.

In other words, even if she could always be Li Sanlang's daughter-in-law, she would have to live a poor life with the Li family for a few years. I'm afraid she would have starved to death before she got promoted and made a fortune.

That's why Fang Qingqing made up her mind to find a way to get rid of poverty and become well-off. Of course, under the current situation, she can't just rely on herself.

The best situation is to let Li's family do it together with her, and see if there is a chance to repay Fang's family in the future.

When I went back, the yard was quiet. Although most of the people in the village had already started wintering, old man Li was diligent.

Last year and the year before last, I took my two sons out to do carpentry work. Although I didn't find work this year, the third daughter-in-law was lucky and able to find other ways for the family.

Li Dalang went to sell things in the county town, so the old man simply took his second child and several other younger ones to fertilize.

Fertilizers will be needed after the beginning of spring, so we have to take advantage of this time to get things done.

Second Sister-in-law Li also followed. Although she was critical and caring, she had to admit that she was a good hand at work and had strength.

For this reason, Li's mother was willing to hire this daughter-in-law.

Li Xiaomei stayed at home, and Li's mother was taking her to do needlework.

It's time for the little girl to look after her. Li's mother thought about keeping her at home to raise her family, and even if she did a better job as a female celebrity, she would have a better life at her in-law's house.

Because the old man Li Dalang and Li Erlang work hard, his clothes wear out quickly, while Li Sanlang's cuffs are easy to break. Li's mother has practiced a good needlework for a long time.

The stitches are neat and meticulous, and Fang Qingqing always sighs when she sees them. The needlework made by the sewing machines of later generations is nothing more than this.

Li's mother kept moving her hands, but she looked up at Fang Qingqing with a smile on her face, "You're back?"

"Well, mother, I'll be back first."

Along the way, Qingqing thought a lot, and in the end, she decided to tell her mother-in-law her thoughts and tell the truth.

In fact, after reading the undergraduate examination paper, among so many female characters in it, Fang Qingqing was most impressed by the talented woman.

She just came from an ordinary village. In the future, Li Xiuping, the Marquis and Prime Minister, also asked his mother to order that she could coexist peacefully with a group of noble ladies in a place like the capital.

It can be seen from this that the talent of the scholar girl.

As a woman born in the new century, Fang Qingqing naturally knew that she should never underestimate a woman's ability.

Even though her mother-in-law seldom went out and wandered around Hongqiao Village as far as she could, Fang Qingqing never dared to underestimate her mother-in-law's foresight and ability.

If you want to live a better life in the future, you must first not hide some things from those who can be the masters of the family.

Therefore, Fang Qingqing directly said to Li's mother: "Mother, my husband will go home on a monthly rest tomorrow. I bought eight taels of meat on the street and came back to make up for my husband."

But what I saw was that Li's mother suddenly widened her eyes, as if the third daughter-in-law had said something terrible and frightening.

"What did you buy?"

It was the first time that Fang Qingqing was treated like this by her mother-in-law, and Fang Qingqing was shocked.

Carefully swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he continued: "Mom, I mean me, I bought meat."

Li's mother quickly put down the objects in her hands, first motioned for Li Xiaomei to close the door, and then approached Fang Qingqing and asked in a low voice:

"Where did you get the money to buy the meat?"

Not to mention the money in the bottom of the dowry box, Mother Li still knew about the Fang family's situation. Old man Fang needed a lot of time to heal his legs. Every time he asked the doctor to change his medicine, he needed money.

And it's impossible for the fourth son of the Fang family not to marry a wife. I heard that the Liu family is looking for someone to hire recently.

Even though the two older members of the Fang family prefer the little girl, they can still tell the difference in major events. The one Fang Qingqing married is really poor and white.

If it weren't for the fact that Saburo's health began to improve after she married with good fortune, it is impossible for ordinary mothers-in-law to like such a daughter-in-law.

Counting it all together, Mother Li felt that she was very tolerant and generous, look at how kind she is to the third daughter-in-law.

So, where did Qingqing get the money to buy meat?

And their old Li's family didn't have any money left, except for the ten pennies last time, Li Muke never gave Fang Qingqing a penny, and all the family's money was in her hands.
The third daughter-in-law had already spent all the ten pennies last time.

Thinking of this, Mother Li frowned involuntarily.

Although old Li's life is ordinary, she and the old man have always taught her son to be a decent person and not tolerate people with dirty hands and feet.

Fang Qingqing explained honestly:
"Because Xianggong's classmates also wanted to drink bean curd, they actually ate mediocre food, so I brought pancakes and fruits. Not many, just three classmates gave me a total of [-] Wen."

This time, Li's mother was speechless.

Although Li's mother is in charge of all the money earned by the three brothers who have not yet separated, but she will just turn a blind eye if each house has the ability to secretly save money.

What's more, this business was originally thought up by the third daughter-in-law, and Qingqing just made some small money by using the meal delivery.

In the end, he thought so, but saw Fang Qingqing took out two ten copper coins and handed them to him.

"Mom, I thought about buying meat because I thought that Xianggong studied hard and wanted to replenish his body, but I knew that I should hand over the money I made."

So, she sold a total of [-] Wen for the meat, except for the [-] Wen for the meat, and the other [-] Wen for the meat, but she handed it over right away.

　Today's second update...

　　
　
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