Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 559 Persuasion
After thinking for a while, Mrs. Chen understood Mrs. Xie's thoughts, and asked, "Does she think the cost is too much?"

Du Jinning nodded; "She didn't say, it should be."

These years, Xu Chengyuan often draws some pictures and writes some words to sell and earn some money.But his qualifications for studying are not very good. It is not an easy task to keep up with Du Jinning and the others. It takes much more time and energy than Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan.Under Du Jinning's persuasion, he was able to distinguish between primary and secondary, and did not dare to spare too much time for drawing and writing scripts.So I didn't make much money, so I could only buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstone by myself.

After arriving in Fucheng, Mrs. Xie still didn't rest. He hired a few people to help make dried tofu and tea eggs. Apart from providing them to Du Jinning's several teahouses, he also sold them in various districts of Fucheng. The business was good and he made some money.

Du Fangfei used the proceeds from the dowry to buy a woman to help with housework and take care of the children, so she had time to embroider.But the child was too young, which involved part of her energy, and she was pregnant again, neither Chen Shi nor Du Jinning allowed her to worry too much, so she didn't make much money in embroidery.

The main source of the Xu family's expenses is Xie's business.

And their family lived in the dowry house that Du Jinning gave to Du Fangfei. The money the three of them earned was not only for food, but also for Xu Chengyuan's education, so there was some surplus.But this time going to the capital city, the money alone is a lot of money, and he has to rent a house when he goes to the capital city, and Xu Chengyuan has to pay a lot of money to find an academy in the capital city to study.Xie's business has to be restarted there, and the market cannot be expanded for a while, and the family can only go in and out. The money saved in the past two years may not last long.

It was probably because of these thoughts that Mrs. Xie hesitated to go to Beijing.

Chen Shi and Du Jinning are both people who have lived a hard life, so they naturally know Xie Shi's concerns and difficulties.

"I said that I can pay for their expenses. If there is not enough money there, I can also rent out the house. But my mother-in-law is embarrassed to ask for it. After all, her family is not short of money, but just reluctant." Du Jinning said.

To be honest, the life of Du's family is getting better and better. With Zhuang Yue around, plus the income from various tea gardens, Du Jinning is already very rich now.Needless to say, Fang Shaohua's family is not short of money; Lu Xiaobei, who was originally poor and white, has also become an upstart.Only the Xu family, although life is much better than before, is still far behind everyone.

Although Du Fangfei's dowry Zhuangzi has income every year, the Xu family's life is not difficult.Under Du Jinning's instruction, Du Fangfei didn't take it out for household use, but used her dowry money to support Xu's family members. She only made new clothes for the family members during festivals and bought some gifts for their birthdays. a heart.Xu's mother and son did not covet the money in her hands, so their lives were not so rich.However, there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and in the eyes of ordinary people, life can be considered affluent.

Du Jinning sees Xie's and Xu Chengyuan's temperament and conduct, and is willing to give them another way to make money.But Du Fangfei is not suitable for business, Xu Chengyuan has no skills, but Mrs. Xie is shrewd and capable. Firstly, he is old, and secondly, his knowledge is limited, so it is okay to start a small business.If she wanted to set up another big business, she would have to be exhausted and stressed.So Du Jinning didn't dare to mention this matter, for fear that Mrs. Xie's bravery would exhaust her.

So the Xu family's situation has been maintained like this.

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen was a little worried: "Then if she really doesn't want to go, what should I do? Your eldest sister will definitely not go. After all, your eldest brother-in-law is only going to take the exam, not to be an official. She left her mother-in-law and followed her husband into the house like this. Go to Beijing, if it sounds bad, your eldest brother-in-law will have some thoughts in his heart. But I don’t feel at ease leaving your eldest sister here alone. We are all gone, there is no man in her family, and your eldest sister is so tall Well, what if something happens."

Du Jinning thought for a while: "The eldest brother-in-law will come over later, and I will have a good talk with him. After I go to Beijing, I have to open the teahouse and restaurant again. At that time, I will pay to open a dim sum shop and let my mother-in-law take care of it." , give her dividends, so that the income of the Xu family will increase, and the in-laws will not be so worried. She can continue to do the business of dried tofu and tea eggs, and the dim sum shop is another income. It is the in-laws who have to suffer, after all There are two things to manage."

"She's willing to suffer if she wants to." Chen Shi sighed and looked at Du Jinning with complicated eyes.

If it weren't for Du Jinning's ability, not only reading good books, but also being able to make a lot of money, their mothers would not know what their lives would be like, and they would definitely be worse than Xie's.Now she wears gold and silver, makes servants and servants, and her daughters also take advantage of Du Jinning to marry good husbands and live a good life, all thanks to Du Jinning.

But Du Jinning himself is walking a more difficult road than anyone else.

"Madam, young master, the elder uncle is here." A woman came to report.

"Tell him to sit in the yard where Master Zhang lives for a while, and say I'll be there in a while." Du Jinning said.Xu Chengyuan is from her own family, so you don't need to be polite, she is not in a hurry to treat guests.

The mother-in-law took the order.

Just now Du Jinning said that Xu Chengyuan would come, but Chen didn't pay attention, now she was a little puzzled: "Didn't you just go to his house? Why did he come here and not come with you?"

"After I went to his house, I went to Guan's house and Liang's house again, so naturally I couldn't come with him." Du Jinning explained, "He also had something to do at the time, so I wanted to delay it."

"Are Young Master Guan and Young Master Liang coming over? Do you want to prepare dinner for guests?" Chen asked.

Guan Jiaze, Liang Xiankuan, and Zhang Hongwen used to be classmates. Since Zhang Hongwen came to Fucheng, they would always come over to make a cover for Zhang Hongwen, and stay here to have a meal with Zhang Hongwen.

Du Jinning shook his head: "Guan Jiaze is still in Lishui County. I used to ask the teacher if they had a trust letter. Liang Xiankuan had a lot of things to deal with due to the accident in Beijing, so he didn't have time to come."

"How is Mr. Guan? Are you all right?"

Du Jinning shook his head: "There is no letter yet, so it should be fine."

After all, the Guan family is neutral, and the battle for succession in Beijing did not affect the Guan family.Regarding this point, Du Jinning was quite at ease, at least not as worried about Guan Lehe as he was about Qi Bokun.

Having said that, Du Jinning stood up: "Mom, then I'll go over there."

"Go."

After going to the guest house where Zhang Hongwen lived in the front yard, Du Jinning saw Xu Chengyuan and Zhang Hongwen sitting in the yard drinking tea.

Seeing her coming, Xu Chengyuan poured her a cup of tea, handed it to the table in front of her, and said: "After you left just now, I have persuaded my mother to agree to go to Beijing together."

"Really? I also said that I will continue to persuade you to persuade her." Du Jinning said in surprise.

(End of this chapter)