My whole family is punching cards in the farming article to survive

Seeing that his eldest son was looking at him, old man Mei suddenly smiled and said, "Didn't dad say that earlier? Regardless of whether or not the fourth child will be successful next year, An An should be enlightened as well.

At that time, if the fourth child is really talented and wins a scholar, he can still let him guide An An..."

If he failed the exam, Mei Dahu also knew that if he said something unlucky at this time, his parents would probably be furious.

Facing his son's dark eyes, old man Mei sank down and didn't speak any more.

He also knew that everyone was dissatisfied with the boss, and now the boss had made it very clear that he could make money, but not all the money was for the fourth child.

Since the third child was awarded Tongsheng at the age of 12, the subsequent scholars have repeatedly failed, and the family has indeed accumulated a lot of conflicts.

The failure of the fourth child's exam was not a matter of talent and learning, but a matter of poor luck. .

During the first court examination, Mei Yang encountered the death of the former emperor, and the court was in turmoil. After the current His Majesty finally secured the throne, he not only refused to open the Enke, but even directly suspended the imperial examination for three years.

The ordinary people don't understand this kind of thing, but I don't know how many scholars are quite critical of what His Majesty has done today,

As for why it was bad, old man Mei didn't understand, and he didn't dare to say it.

Therefore, when the imperial examination was re-opened three years later, the competition in the examination was particularly fierce that year. That time, it was also considered Meiyang's first examination scholar, because he did not have much experience and the pressure of competition was high, and he was a little short of the examination.

On the day of the second exam, the weather was abnormal, and most of the students who took the exam were caught in a cold spring, including Mei Yang, who almost died.

Anyway, there were too many unlucky things during the exam. In short, none of them went smoothly.

This back and forth was delayed until they were in their twenties and they didn't get married. The second and third children were divorced because of this matter. Looking at it now, I'm afraid it wasn't the eldest who was also dissatisfied.

Old man Mei sighed in his heart, and thought about the gentleman who took time to meet him when he saw the fourth child in the county a few days ago.

That person also said that the fourth-year-old will definitely win, if there are no accidents.

If he wins, everyone will be happy, if there is another accident... then he can only admit that God will not let the fourth child become a talent.

Old man Mei sighed secretly, turned his head to look at Mei An who was playing over there, and was balancing the pros and cons in his heart.

"Forget it—" In the end, old man Mei still let go, "I remember that the old scholar in your father-in-law's village said that enlightenment was relatively cheap, and the fourth child was enlightened there at the beginning. Taking advantage of the short time at home, You just happened to go to see your in-laws, so you can ask An An also."

Even if Old Man Mei admitted the matter, Mei Dahu was also relieved from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't care about his mother's muttering just now.

It's just that the family has been a little tight in the past two years, and I will talk about these things when the fourth child is in high school next year.

He doesn't care about these, as long as his father agrees to send An'an to school, he will have the energy to work!
Mei Lian was also delighted when she heard that, she waved to Mei An who was secretly looking at them, and Mei An immediately stepped forward when she saw this.

"This is the sesame candy my sister bought for you, take it."

"Thank you sister!"

Naturally, Mei An and Mei Lian's actions could not be hidden from other people's eyes, Mrs. Zhang was worried about money.

Don't look at the fact that the boss gave me two renminbi just now, but now that she suddenly learned that there will be another expense at the end of the year, her good mood suddenly deteriorated.

"Where did you get the money? You can already be paid monthly?"

"Grandma, no, I'm still an apprentice. My embroidering skills can't be called an embroiderer. I just learn from laymen on weekdays. In private, I will practice with some cloth handkerchiefs. Although the embroidered objects are far inferior to Xiufang's." Masters, but as long as the price is low, it can still be sold, saving a little money."

"You saved up..."

Before Mrs. Zhang asked her how much money she had saved, Mei Lian said slowly, "I heard that my grandma was not in good health a few days ago, so I specially took out all the money and bought things for you, grandma, to make up for your health." .”

After talking about Mei Lian, she handed a pack of brown sugar and a small pack of longan to Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang looked at the contents of the bag with an ugly expression on her face: "You sold these after practicing for so long?"

"That is to say, the veils that have been trained in the next year can barely catch the eye, so they can be sold."

Mei Lian said with a look of self-blame on her face and said, "After I go back, I will definitely practice embroidery work hard, and strive to become an embroiderer as soon as possible. Just like my second uncle and third uncle, I will buy you a bunch of things return."

"Wait a minute, who are you talking about?"

Hearing Mei Lian's words, Mrs. Zhang immediately reacted, grabbed Mei Lian's wrist and asked, "You said that the second and third children went shopping again? Not a lot?"

"Yeah, isn't there a fair today? The second and third uncles also bought a lot of things."

As if she didn't pay attention to the changes on her grandma's face, Mei Lian nodded honestly and replied, "Second uncle also bought a big old hen."

After she finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on the bright yellow chicken feathers on Mei Dahu's head...

***
In the evening, the whole village is full of smoke, and every household is preparing dinner after a day's work.

In the end, Wei Meili couldn't resist her husband's "tough man acting like a baby" and made cabbage and meatball soup in the kitchen.

As expected of the seeds produced by the system, after only a few days of being planted in the ground, the cabbage grew to the size of a palm, and it was cooked after being rolled in boiling water for a while.

Mei Berry is currently working in the yard with her father behind her.

The house has been repaired, and the rest surrounds the yard, and the bamboo fence has not been completely repaired.

After coming back this afternoon, Mei Youqian has been making mud non-stop, saying that he wants to repair the fence in his yard earlier.

Her father re-pasted the fence of the yard with mud on the front foot, and inserted a freshly peeled sharp bamboo stick on the top, and Mei Berry planted beans and winter melon seeds at the foot of the fence in the yard.

His dad also bought a few pumpkin seeds today, and planned to plant them in the vegetable garden when he planted cucumbers tomorrow.

In fact, his father doesn't like eating pumpkin very much. Although it is sweet and glutinous, it can be used as a staple food or stir-fry, but his face turns yellow if he eats too much.

But pumpkins are big and durable, and the seeds inside can be used as melon seeds when dried and fried, which has many advantages. Although Mei Youqian doesn't like pumpkins, he likes to eat pumpkin pies.

This morning, he saw someone selling this seed, and it was very popular, so he bought some.

When the work of the father and daughter was finished, Mei You came to find Mei Berry and asked her to go to the mountain tomorrow morning.

"Tomorrow? Okay."

Hearing that Mei You asked her to go up the mountain to dig mushrooms by herself, Mei Berry happened to have the same meaning.

It rained last night, and it was still sunny when they went to the market today, and Mei Berry guessed that the mountain was full of mushrooms again.

She will definitely dig a lot of mushrooms tomorrow.

"Ah, then I will go tomorrow too. It seems that the mushrooms are quite popular."

At this moment, Mei Youqian suddenly interjected, and Mei Berry turned her head to look at her father in confusion.

Didn't it just mean that pumpkins and cucumbers should be planted long ago?Why are you free to go up the mountain?

Actually, to be honest, Mei You didn't really want Mei Youqian to be with them.

She came to meet Mei Berry today mainly because she wanted to use Mei Berry as a shield.

She has something to do in the mountains tomorrow, but she can't directly tell the Miao family that she is going to the mountains.

The best way is to say that I have made an appointment with Mei Berry to pick mushrooms at the foot of the mountain, and then let Mei Berry pick mushrooms obediently at the foot of the mountain, and then she can handle what she wants to do by herself.

Because of going to the market this morning, Mei You didn't have time to check the traps she set yesterday, and she didn't go to the place where she set the traps until she came back in the afternoon.

As a result, Meiyou didn't see the prey, but saw long-dried blood on the cover and the surrounding ground, and there were scattered feathers and some small animal furs around.

That way, you can imagine how the prey you have trapped is violently torn from the noose.

That is not the movement made after being discovered...

I checked Baidu's settings on the imperial examination. The rural examination and the rural examination are basically every three years.Think about the academy examination for scholars, some are once a year, some are twice every three years.

Here it is taken twice in three years.

However, there are actually foreshadowings about the bad luck that the fourth son encountered in the imperial examination (for the time being, I will not spoil who it is related to).

However, it is estimated that some little ones will think that the experience of the fourth child being a scholar is absurd, but it is a kind of insinuation, an allusion to the dynasty that is gradually beginning to collapse.

Tomorrow, the serial check-in will start... Hahahahaha