Rebirth of the beauty of the peasant girl

Chapter 11 Where is the heart
Liu Qingluo pursed her lips and retracted her chopsticks.

Mrs. Du looked at Liu Siping and Liu Pingan and Liu Meili eating stir-fried vegetables, thinking that her husband and son did all the work in the field, but even stuttering made her feel a little uncomfortable...

Mr. Liu took a sip of his wine, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Tomorrow, Boss won't have to go to the fields, and go to the mountains to get some mountain products. When there is a big market the day after tomorrow, we will sell them together with the baskets on the street."

Liu Heping hurriedly nodded in agreement.

There is a big fair every ten days in the town, and Liu Heping, who knows how to hunt, usually goes to the mountains to hunt, sell them to supplement the family, or improve food.

Liu Ping'an spent a lot of money on studying. In addition to buying paper, ink, pens and inkstones, he also had to go out regularly to meet friends and guests. Spending money was almost necessary.

Counting on [-] acres of dry land and [-] acres of paddy fields, the food produced every year, except for taxes and food, is sold and the rest is not enough for the second child to study.

What's more, he has to deal with the taxes of various names from the government, and his life is very tight, which makes Mr. Liu very hopeful that the second child will be a scholar.

If there is a scholar in the family, he can be exempted from taxes, and he doesn't have to kneel when he meets an official. He can be regarded as a person of status and dignity.

If a woman is admitted to the Wenxiu list, the gold content is much higher than that of a scholar, almost equivalent to a Jinshi among scholars, and it is the highest goal of all scholars in life, and she can directly become an official.

As the saying goes, the number one scholar, Tanhua and second place are the top three among Jinshi.

This is why the second aunt Chen would rather not have her son study, but also want her daughter Liu Meili to study.

Because women take the Wenxiu list, in addition to talent, good looks are also very important.

She said privately to Liu Meili: "As far as the elders, the whole family has mud legs, and it is not expensive to give birth to a daughter. If you are fat like that, whether you can marry in the future is a problem. And you are dreaming of studying for Wenxiu. It's ridiculous!"

At this time, everyone was used to hearing Mr. Liu's words, and no one had any objections.

But the fourth aunt Zhang suddenly said: "Father, I also want to go to town with my elder brother and the others."

"What are you going to do? The Dragon Boat Festival is still half a month away!" Mrs. Liu frowned.

Mrs. Zhang said in a low voice, "I want to go back to my mother's house. Yesterday, my mother's family asked someone to send a message saying that a powerful doctor came to the town. My mother wants me to go and see..."

Right now, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Liu's heart disease is that the fourth child is not yet a child, and Mrs. Zhang has taken a lot of medicine in the past year.

So when she heard that she was going back to see a doctor, Mrs. Liu had nothing to say.

Mr. Liu said: "Go, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the fourth child will work in the fields with me."

Liu Siping was picking up the food in front of him, his face drooped when he heard it, and he clutched his chest and said, "Father, my angina has not healed yet, and now I can't get off the ground..."

"How many days has it been since I told you to visit the doctor and you refused, so you just stayed at home?" Mr. Liu was very dissatisfied.

Liu Siping smiled shyly: "Look how expensive the doctor is, I can just rest at home... Mom, what do you think?"

When the old lady Liu heard that her heart and soul were unwilling to see a doctor in order to save money, her heart ached for a long time. Upon hearing this, she immediately said: "Since the fourth child is weak, he can just rest at home. Why do you want him to go to the field? Work in the field It doesn't matter for two days, just wait for the boss to come back and then do it!"

While drinking porridge, Liu Qingluo looked at Liu Siping with her eyes, and found that the place where his hands were covering was not the heart at all, but the place where the liver was.

She quickly finished the porridge, put down the bowl, arranged the chopsticks neatly, and then said with a bewildered expression: "Fourth Uncle, some time ago, when the doctor in Beiqiao Village saw me, he said that his heart was not in that place..."

Liu Siping was taken aback, and smiled awkwardly: "Niuniu, you don't understand, adults are different from children."

"Oh, so it's like this..." Liu Qingluo nodded innocently.

Before the others reacted, the second aunt Chen said, "Tsk tsk, fourth child, you don't have angina, don't you have a serious illness, if you don't go to see it, you will be delayed..."

Old lady Liu glared at her.

Mrs. Zhang sneered and said, "Second sister-in-law, what are you talking about? How can your family curse your own family members? This second brother can read and write all day long, so you didn't learn from him?"

Chen Shi raised her chest: "I can recognize my name, can you?"

Mrs. Zhang was not to be outdone: "Why don't you just recognize three big characters, and you can still go to the Wenxiu exam? Look at you!"

"Father of the old family, stop bickering!" Mrs. Liu scolded.

The man was cursed, and Mrs. Zhang had already become angry, and said angrily: "Mother, you also heard that the second sister-in-law cursed us Siping with her red mouth and white teeth. Is this what she said by a Tongsheng wife? If not I often take money back from my mother’s family to supplement, how can the second elder brother have the money to study until today? Now the second elder brother has not yet been selected as a scholar, and the second sister-in-law is so unreasonable, how will I live in the future!"

Chen said angrily: "But don't let it go, your husband will give birth to a boy!"

Mrs. Zhang stood up as soon as she patted the table: "Okay, don't use my natal family's penny in the future..."

"Noisy, noisy, you know noisy!" Mr. Liu shouted, "Can't live a peaceful life yet?!"

Chen and Zhang didn't dare to disobey their father-in-law, they stared at each other fiercely and fell silent.

Liu Siping is lazy and unscrupulous, so he doesn't care how his sister-in-law and wife are arguing. This matter has nothing to do with the eldest Liu Heping's family, and they are happy to keep their mouths shut.

On the contrary, Liu Ping'an shook his head, with a noble face, muttering: "You smell like copper, it's an insult to the gentleman, it's an insult to the gentleman..."

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Early the next morning, before Liu Qingluo woke up, Du Shi shook her awake.

"Hmm... Dean, what's the matter..." She rubbed her eyes and said in a daze.

Du Shi was taken aback: "This child, what is he, what are he talking about..."

She pulled Liu Qingluo out of the quilt, pinched her chubby face, "Niuniu, wake up, if you don't get up again, your father won't take you when he goes to the mountains!"

The night before, she had been worn out, and she was about to follow Liu Heping and Liu Wenquan into the mountains, so Mrs. Du had no choice but to follow her, and came to wake her up before she was polished.

Liu Qingluo opened her eyelids, and after a few seconds of reaction, she realized that she was no longer the waste waiting to die in her previous life. She immediately recovered her spirits, jumped up and reached for her clothes, and shouted outside: "I'll get up now, dad, wait a minute!" I--"

After breakfast, Liu Qingluo carried her little basket on her back, and followed her father and brother into the mountains.

She had been looking forward to this for a long time, and she was very excited.

Mrs. Du grabbed Liu Heping and said harshly: "Liu Heping, you take good care of Niuniu. If she loses a hair, I'll see how I deal with you when I come back!"

"...Mom, what about me?" The forgotten Liu Wenquan asked weakly.

Du's eyes widened: "You are such a big brat, with thick skin and thick flesh, do you want to compare yourself with your sister?"

Liu Heping promised again and again: "Okay, we will take good care of your precious girl!"

(End of this chapter)