How to survive in poverty: I use a simulator to farm

After Chen Feiyan asked her sons to move Chen Yixuan back to the kang, she first poured a bowl of hot tea for the Zhang family servant who sent Chen Yixuan over.

"Thank you so much for such a cold day! You drink some hot tea first to warm your stomach. By the way, my family just cooked some porridge. Would you like a bowl?"

The servant was a man in his thirties. He is the son of the second housekeeper of the Zhang Jiqing family.

He knew the relationship between Chen Yixuan and the Zhang family, and he behaved very humbly.

"No, no. I'm just following the arrangements of the young master and his wife and acting as ordered."

"There is still a lot of work waiting for me in Zhang's house. I have to rush back tonight."

Chen Feiyan knew that the slaves in the landlord's house were very busy. Especially this spring.

There were many things going on in the fields and the tenant farmers had many things to do with them, so she didn't say anything to stop him.

Instead, he stuffed a few snacks into his hand.

"If you don't have time to eat at our house, you can eat some snacks to cushion your stomach. It's raining outside and the mountain road is not easy to walk. How can you bear it with an empty stomach all the way back?"

After hearing this, the servant of the Zhang family smiled, nodded and said thank you.

After Chen Feiyan and her family sent him away, she hurried back to the house to take care of Chen Yixuan, who was dizzy and unable to wake up.

She first changed his clothes.

I don’t know how he survived these days. The clothes I was wearing were sour and smelly.

Seeing that Chen Yixuan's back was covered with sweat, Chen Feiyan quickly boiled several pots of hot water for him and wiped his body clean.

Seeing that his hair was greasy, Chen Feiyan took his sons to wash his hair. And all kinds of baking clean.

After working for nearly half an hour, Chen Yixuan, who had become completely new, opened his eyes in confusion.

"How are you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

"I cooked a big pot of porridge for you. Do you want a bowl?"

Chen Yixuan's limbs were sore and weak at this time.

"Daughter-in-law, I want to drink porridge."

After Chen Feiyan fed him two bowls of porridge, she let him lie down again.

"Are you feeling better?"

Chen Yixuan nodded: "Much better."

"How do you feel about this exam?" Chen Feiyan asked with concern.

Chen Yixuan smiled and shook his head: "I don't know either."

"Although we had prepared so much before the exam, when I actually went into the exam room, I suddenly felt a sense of urgency and nervousness."

"The test paper is very difficult, and the classics and history subsets are indeed covered. I don't even know the origin of some words. There are also some test points that are more off-the-beaten-path. I have never heard of them before, let alone read them."

Chen Feiyan was surprised: "Is it so difficult?"

Chen Yixuan nodded and said: "It's difficult, it's difficult."

After Chen Yixuan took a sip of ginger tea, he suddenly sighed: "It's no wonder that some farmers' children who have studied in school will never become a scholar in their lifetime."

"They don't have the conditions to come into contact with the four major categories of books such as Classics and History, let alone read them thoroughly, think deeply about them and master them."

"In today's world, a small book with hundreds of surnames only costs 200 cents. This is the income of many farmers for two to three months."

Chen Feiyan frowned subconsciously after hearing this.

The total monthly income of just one peasant family is 4000 yuan. If converted in this way,... wouldn't a book of hundreds of family names be equivalent to the purchasing power of RMB ?

After doing this calculation, Chen Feiyan realized belatedly how high the cost of studying was in ancient society. It is simply impossible for farmers with no savings to study. It is difficult for them to survive on their own. How can they have the conditions to study and buy books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

What's more, getting a private school teacher to repair it is quite expensive.

Three taels of silver as a base. A peasant family goes without food or water for at least three years.

This feeling is just like some wealthy families in modern society who send their children to private schools with strong teachers or international bilingual schools. The school building fee for new students is hundreds of thousands.

And many ordinary families at the bottom cannot afford this money at all.

After realizing how lucky her husband was to be able to read when he was a child and read until he was a teenager, Chen Feiyan took a deep look at her sons.

The eldest, second and third are all in poor health. One is deaf, one is mute, and another is both deaf and mute.

They are very lucky to be able to marry a wife and have children in this life.

As for the children who can improve family conditions, they can only be the fourth, fifth, and sixth children.

The fourth and fifth sons are twins.

The older they get, the less they look alike.

Chen Feiyan once suspected that they were fraternal twins.

The two children have grown stronger and stronger since they have eaten enough and their nutrition has caught up. He is also becoming smarter and smarter.

From now on, they will have to take the lead in this family.

While Chen Yixuan was still alive, she forced them to study more.

……

When Chen Yixuan saw Chen Feiyan staring at the children, he suddenly said: "Daughter-in-law, I plan to take over the book copying job."

"My younger brother helped me get involved today and vouched for me in front of the bookstore owner. If I copy books for their store, I can get a certain amount of remuneration."

When Chen Feiyan heard that she was paid for copying books, her eyes immediately lit up.

"How much is the reward for copying a book? Dad, can I copy a book?"

Chen Yixuan smiled after hearing this: "Daughter-in-law, copying books is not a simple job. How much you can get for a book depends on the number of words in the chapter."

"For example, the reward for copying a three-character classic is ten cents. Copying any one of the four books and five classics is thirty cents. In my opinion, there are many benefits to copying books. Many students copy books. , one is to make money, the other is to review the old and learn new things, the third is to practice calligraphy, and the fourth is to practice the skill of cultivating Qi at home."

"However, the shopkeeper said that there should be no typos or corrections when copying the book, and the font style must be consistent. Otherwise, it won't count."

After hearing this, Chen Feiyan stopped thinking about copying books for him.

Her calligraphy is not beautiful.

There is absolutely no sense of free and unrestrained romance written by Chen Yixuan. One horizontal stroke, one vertical stroke, one stroke and one stroke, there is no such momentum and character at all. The characters are in block letters, too square. There is no beauty that the world pursues.

However, recently, she has been learning bit by bit according to Chen Yixuan's handwriting. She was copying his handwriting.

When Chen Yixuan saw Chen Feiyan looking shocked, he comforted her and said, "Daughter-in-law, practice makes perfect. If I copy more in the future, I will definitely be able to write faster."

"By then, I might have copied a book in one day."

"A book a day costs ten cents, or even thirty cents. In a month, it will be at least three hundred cents, or even more."

When Chen Feiyan heard what he said, she suddenly thought of something else.

"Daddy, don't we have printing technology here?"

"I still don't believe it. Printed books will be more expensive than copied ones..."