Fertile land

Chapter 26

"Depei, what did you say?"

A child's study is a big deal and should not be taken lightly.

"Ahem... I know this, brother, but, but..."

Mrs. Zhou kept giving him winks, "We have money but we still haven't given it out. For these useless people, we have lost all our pension money."

Old Li Tou hesitated...

Zhou had a sum of money that she had kept privately. Whenever she sold grain at home, she would take some of the proceeds and hide them with her.

It's about a dozen taels, this is Lao Litou's estimate.

Zhou hid it tightly, not showing it to him...

This is her and the old man’s pension money. No one knows it, only Lao Litou...

"As you know, my family has a heavy burden. Your son's tuition at the school in the town is only 25 taels. If you sell wheat, you probably won't even have enough."

"The tuition fee has increased by another three taels this year, plus the cost of books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and living expenses..."

"Yunliang and Muqing are two children who are studying. The tuition is not cheap. Each of them has to pay two and a half taels of silver. You see, they will have to pay five taels now..."

Sighing, "I still owed six taels to the seed shop for selling wheat seeds before. They only gave me credit because we were acquaintances. It's not that I don't want to educate them, it's because I really don't have the ability!"

Little Zhou sneered, knowing that this was it, there was no camp surplus last year?Have you not made a profit for many years?
Li Daqiang didn't spend any gift money on marrying her, Li Sanmao married Luo Zhi'er with nothing, but Li Lei spent a small amount of ten taels. After decades, is there really no 25 taels...

"Dad, actually Liu Liu and Miaomiao can go to school to study..."

When everyone saw it, it was the third daughter-in-law who suddenly interrupted...

I don’t think she is ignorant, after all, her character is like this, and her experience is like this...

The boys can't all go to school, let alone the girls!

"You stupid fat guy, you are sleepwalking. Why should I give you a beautiful girl to read?"

"There is so much work at home, and they are just old enough to work. They slap their butts off and go to school to play. What is the use of raising them?"

"I see you've had enough to eat! There's nothing wrong with it." Mrs. Zhou slapped her in the face and scolded her, and the melon fell...

Old Li Tou felt that this third daughter-in-law was well supported by Old Man Luo.

If you don’t know how hard life is, what kind of books should you read?
She will get married in a few years and become a labor force in the next house, which is a waste of money... In fact, Luo Zhi'er studied for a few years when she was a child, and she didn't want to go there.

She had brought her old books with her when she came over. Unfortunately, she had forgotten about this while working at home...

However, at this point, Old Li Tou remembered that when Luo Zhi'er got married, he heard that Old Man Luo had left a dowry for her...

At that time, Mrs. Zhou went to ask for it, saying that she would keep it for her, but Li Sanmao blocked her and came back, saying that there was nothing...

Li Sanmao saw a trace of sadness flashing in his wife's eyes and shook her hand.

"Li Daqiang, do you see clearly?"

"Daughter-in-law...it's hard for dad too..."

Li Daqiang is in a dilemma...

Little Zhou said directly,

"If my father-in-law can't give me a guarantee, I don't think our family of five can stay in this home any longer..."

"What? Do you mean to separate the family?"

Li Zheng asked the key!
Uncle Zhao and Uncle Li also looked complicated when they mentioned this...

Luo Zhi'er was overjoyed that someone was finally the first to say it, but she just didn't know what the outcome would be?
The people in this family immediately had different thoughts...

Li Depei and his wife are absolutely unwilling to separate. What should they do if Li Gui is separated from his studies?What should they do if they look like they can no longer work?
Also, he has no face to survive in the village. The family is separated because of the discord, and his back is about to be pierced...

Li Zhuzhen didn’t want to think about it either. There were so many houseworks at home, and the sisters-in-law were separated. Who would cook, feed the pigs, clean...

Li Gui was extremely frightened. He could no longer study. How could he escape from this home?
"That's right, I was at odds with Pearl. She beat me up and down under the same roof. I was also busy. She always used chicken feathers as arrows to order me to do things. I didn't have the mood or time to serve my sister-in-law who beat me. "

"Two, my second wife and I, you have heard today that the powerful man in our family had an affair with her. How can we live together in the village?"

"Three, my family is a good herder and has good luck. We must study. Since my parents don't care and the family has no money, let's split up the family and work hard to grow crops. I don't believe that we and the two boys can't study."

"I just know that this little hooves has no good intentions and is a trouble-maker!"

Mr. Zhou cursed.

"Daqiang, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)