On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Old Mrs. Jiang glanced at Mrs. Chen without revealing any trace. Seeing that she didn't seem to be perfunctory, she secretly sighed at the good luck of the Xiao family girls.

She has also dealt with Mrs. Chen several times, and she knows that this person just seems approachable. If she wants to get close to her or ask her for help, she is slippery than a loach.

I have never heard her make such a promise, which shows that she is indeed satisfied with the girls of the Xiao family.

Mrs. Chen finally sent a letter: "Old man, this is a letter from my father to the principal of the academy. I heard that several of your grandchildren are studying. You can give it a try."

"Even if the scientific examination is suspended now, the imperial court has to select talents, so the scientific examination will definitely resume."

She also thought about it. One hundred taels of silver was a bit too little, so she might as well give them a chance to change their family.

As for whether they can live up to their expectations, it depends on their own abilities.

This generous gift really touched Mr. Xiao's heart, and he was so excited that he could not speak coherently: "Thank you madam, madam is kind-hearted, madam is very kind to us, sir, please kowtow to madam quickly."

They have all studied for several years, so there is no need to go to a private school. They can teach everything that Mr. Private School can teach them.

But if you want to enter the academy, there is no way. You have to wait until next spring, when the academy recruits students, and try again.

The three Xiao brothers also knelt down and kowtowed without hesitation.

Mrs. Chen repeatedly asked her to get up, and said some words of thanks to Mr. Xiao before getting up and leaving.

After seeing Mrs. Chen off, Mr. Xiao thanked Mrs. Jiang again.

The Jiang family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law originally thought that the thank-you gifts they gave were not too thin, but now when they saw Mrs. Chen's thank-you gift, they felt that their own thank-you gifts were not as troublesome as Mrs. Chen's.

Fortunately, Mrs. Jiang had already made preparations and signaled her daughter-in-law to take out a lacquered mother-of-pearl jewelry box from the cabinet: "There are some trinkets worn by little girls in it. You sisters can share it with you."

"No way." Mr. Xiao quickly declined: "There were so many tables, chairs, rice and noodles before, but we shamelessly accepted them."

"At the beginning, it was just a simple effort, and the thank you gifts were enough."

Now that Mrs. Jiang has taken out the things, she will not take them back: "Is this too little for you?"

After several refusals, I finally accepted the jewelry box.

After returning to the rented house, the family first opened the red box given by Mrs. Chen. On the top layer were six silver hairpins.

Below are five taels and one ingot of silver, twenty of them placed. No wonder it feels heavy in my hands.

Xiao Lian hugged the wooden box and smiled from ear to ear: "I thought my hard work was in vain, but I didn't expect that I still gained something."

Xiao Xiao touched the jewelry box given by the Jiang family.

After arriving here, it was the first time she touched such an exquisite jewelry box with her own hands.

The lid of the box is carved with fish and lotus leaves. The copper hinges and copper-faced leaf box buckles can be opened and closed freely. Even the small lock hanging on it is very delicate.

After opening it, there were three silver hairpins, three pairs of silver bracelets, several pairs of similar pearl earrings, and several silver rings.

In addition, there are two gold ingots worth fifty taels.

One tael of gold and ten taels of silver, this also has a hundred taels of silver.

Xiao Sanlang's eyes were bright and he reached out to her: "Sister, this is the first time I have seen such a big gold ingot. Please let me touch it."

Xiao Xiao handed one gold ingot to his grandfather and the other to Saburo: "Is this the first time we've met each other at this age?"

She was not prepared to hand over the money: "The store we had lunch at earlier is very likely to be selling stores." Mainly as a parent, she must be doting on her only son. In order to save her son, if the family's savings are not enough, Nine times out of ten, the store will be sold.

Of course, if they have a lot of savings, or if they marry two daughters whose husbands are wealthy, they should be reluctant to sell the shop.

"Even if that store doesn't sell, I still want to rent a store elsewhere to do business."

She looked at Old Man Xiao and said seriously: "Grandpa, I will keep all this silver. I will take the jewelry back to my grandmother and second aunt to wear."

Money moved people's hearts, but she was also afraid that her grandfather and eldest brother would have ideas about the money.

But whether it was Jiang Yu or Chen Erlang, it was her sisters who saved them, and she felt in her heart that she should keep the money for granted.

And the two families have also separated.

But now the custom is that parents do not separate the family, and the family's money should be managed by the elders, and there should be no private wealth.

And now that my father is not here, I am afraid that my grandfather will have the idea of ​​​​monkey becoming the king when the tiger is not at home.

Of course, if grandfather wants to take away the money, he can make them spit it out when dad comes back.

Then we can break up again.

And Mr. Xiao is really afraid that if they receive so much money, what will happen if they lose it?

There are also grandchildren who want to go to the academy, which will cost a lot of money. How can they take it all?

However, after his granddaughter said so, he was too embarrassed to open his mouth.

Xiao Dalang hurriedly said: "Third sister, it was you who saved this person, so of course this thank you gift belongs to you."

"We can successfully move our household registration to the city, and we can also give Erlang a place to go to the academy. You even paid for the rent, so we are already rich enough."

Old Man Xiao immediately looked at his eldest grandson angrily: "You have been studying for so many years. Now that you have the opportunity, how can you not go to the academy?"

Even he knows: everything is inferior, only reading is superior.

No matter which grandson can pass the examination as a boy student or a scholar, he is very likely to be successful in the future. He might even be able to work as a yamen official?

Xiao Dalang was not sent to enlightenment until he was nine years old. When he was fifteen years old, he also took the Tongsheng examination, but unfortunately he failed.

At that time, he felt in his heart that he might not have the talent, but his grandparents and parents felt that he could not just give up.

They all encouraged him to study for another two years before taking the exam. When he thought about how his family was killing pigs and selling pork, but they were reluctant to eat meat in order to support their brothers' studies, he couldn't say anything about disappointing them.

Now that he has experienced many things, he has matured a lot. Even when facing his grandfather now, he finally dared to say it out loud: "Grandpa, I don't have that talent. My second brother is much better than me. I can provide for my second brother and my third brother in the future." My brother is studying."

Xiao Sanlang almost jumped up when he heard this: "I don't like studying either, I like making money."

Xiao Xiao pinched his neck and whispered softly: "Silly boy, the Jiang family is rich enough, right? You still have to behave yourself in front of Mrs. Chen."

"There is a room of gold in the book. You have to remember that having money is not as good as being an official. Nine out of ten officials are rich."

After all, if you tell a six-year-old child about Yan Ruyu in a storybook, he probably won’t be interested yet.

Since he likes to make money, let him think that there is really a gold house in the book, right?

Mr. Xiao beside him also thought clearly. He endured the pain in his body and said to his granddaughters: "Da Lang is right. You have earned all this money, so keep it well, right?"

He decided that he would go out for more walks in the future. Maybe he could save a young master and give him more thank-you gifts than they put together.