peasant girl wedding

Chapter 16
With motivation, Tong Zhixin's family returned home, packed up two hundred catties of candied fruit without even bothering to eat, and Tongduo and Zhi'er went to the kitchen to prepare dinner after finishing.

After dinner, the room was lit, Tong Zhixin poured all the copper coins that Tong Zhier handed him today on the table, and counted them one by one.

One, two, three...ten, hundred...

"550 Sanwen." Tong Zhixin said pleasantly.

If the deposit of three taels of silver given by the middle-aged man is added, it will be three taels and 550 three taels.

Fang Cui smiled with a blush all over her face, and said in her mouth: "I didn't expect our second girl to be so capable, the child's father, don't you think so?"

Tong Zhixin was already laughing so hard that he couldn't find his way, he counted the copper coins again to make sure it wasn't a dream, and asked Fang Cuiwei to put them away.Touching Tong Zhi'er's head, said: "Zhi'er is really a smart child, it's just a pity..."

Hearing Tong Zhixin's sigh, Tong Zhi'er called Tong Zhaofu over and said, "Father, Ah Fu is also a smart boy, he will not disappoint your expectations. Don't we have money now? Wait a few days So I sent Ah Fu to a private school."

Going to a private school costs two taels of silver a year, which is affordable for Tong Zhixin now.

After a little thought, he nodded.

However, Fang Cuiwei said with some distress: "Ah Fu is still so young, isn't it too early to go to private school now?"

"Mother, Ah Fu is already five years old. It's a good age to go to a private school. Ah Fu, don't you think so?"

Tong Zhaofu didn't understand what kind of private school his sister was talking about, but seeing her happy face, he also nodded foolishly.

"But..." Mothers are always reluctant to let their children leave, even though Fang Cuiwei knows that going to private school is really good for Ah Fu, she still hesitates in her heart.

Tong Zhixin looked at his wife's reddened eyes, gritted his teeth, and said, "That's the decision. I'll go to Mr. Private School's house to talk about it in a few days. Damn the child, Ah Fu will grow up, and you too Hope he gets ahead, don't you?"

Fang Cuiwei beckoned, and embraced Tong Zhaofu who came over, but didn't speak.

Tong Zhaofu made his mother sad, and said in his mouth: "Mother, don't be sad, Ah Fu is not going."

Tong Zhixin was anxious when he heard this, and was about to speak, but Fang Cuiwei opened his mouth and said, "Silly boy, mother is not sad, but just thinking that I won't be able to see Ah Fu every day in the future, it's just a little sad. Ah Fu, listen Now, the private school is a great place, you have to study hard with Mr. Private School, and you can't be playful, you know?"

"Well, Ah Fu knows."

Tomorrow we had to get up early, so the family turned on the lights and went to bed to rest.

The next day, before dawn, Tong Zhixin got up, followed by Fang Cuiwei, the two of them went to the yard lightly, packed up the candied fruit, made breakfast, and put the children shouted.

After a busy day yesterday and a long walk, the children inevitably fell asleep.

After breakfast, the family went out happily.It was early in the day, and the market hadn't started to be lively yet, but some shops had already opened. Tong Zhixin and others came to Zhuangji's candied fruit shop. The middle-aged man was settling accounts in the lobby. Seeing them coming, he warmly greeted them.

Looking at the quality of the candied fruit, the middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction, and gave Tong Zhixin the remaining nine taels of silver.After Tong Zhixin collected the money, he led the family out of the candied fruit shop.

It was rare for them to come to the market, so they didn't plan to go back early. They visited a few shops, bought paper and pens for Ah Fu who was going to private school, and then went to the tailor shop to tear some cloth.When the market gradually became lively, Fang Cuiwei took the three daughters to the jewelry store to buy some hairpins and hairpins, because the eldest sister Tong Duo'er would be ready to wear hairpins in a few days, so Fang Cuiwei also bought some hairpins for her. Rouge gouache.

After a long walk, it was afternoon.

The family returned home happily with their things in their arms.

When entering the gate of the courtyard, the courtyard of Tong's family was extremely quiet.Tong Zhi'er was a little strange, but saw her eldest aunt Lin coming over at this time, looked at them strangely, and said, "Fourth Uncle has made a fortune?"

Behind the eldest aunt Lin stood the eldest uncle Tong Zhiming, the second uncle Tong Zhide and the second aunt Luo Shi.

The eldest aunt Lin saw Fang Cuiwei's good materials in the basket and the rouge powder in Tong Duo'er's hand, she was a little jealous, and said: "Father and mother want you to go there."

Tong Zhixin frowned, Fang Cuiwei leaned beside him, feeling a little worried, Tong Duo'er and the other children also came over and stood behind them.

Tong Zhier's heart skipped a beat, could it be...

"It's okay, I'm here for everything." Seeing the worried faces of his wife and children, Tong Zhixin said in a deep voice.

Fang Cui nodded slightly, took Tongduo's children's branch, Tong's Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu's hands, followed Tong Zhixin, and walked towards the main house together.

In the main house, Old Man Tong and Mrs. Tong were still sitting high on the kang in the main room. Mrs. Tong snorted when she saw Tong Zhixin leading the family from the fourth room in.

"Father, mother, I don't know what you want from me?" Tong Zhixin entered the room and said respectfully.

Old man Tong got up, walked over, and stared at him with piercing eyes, "Fourth brother, where do you think you got the money to buy these things?"

Old man Tong pointed to the cloth and other things that Tong Zhixin carried in the basket.

"Zhi'er girl and the others made candied fruit and sold them in the market, earning some money."

"Tell the truth!" Old Man Tong looked at Tong Zhixin disdainfully, as if he didn't believe what he said.

Seeing this, Fang Cuiwei stepped forward and said: "Father, what Ah Fu's father said is true, this money is indeed the money that Zhi'er girl and the others got from selling candied fruit. If father doesn't believe it, just take a look at this." Saying that, Fang Cuiwei Cuiwei showed the document signed by Zhuangji Candied Fruit Shop and them to Old Man Tong.

The large black and white characters of "12 taels of silver" on the document made Old Man Tong gasp.He scrutinized the document several times, but he still couldn't believe it, "Those candied fruit are worth so much as 12 taels of silver?"

Tong Zhi'er found that when Old Man Tong said this, the eyes of Mrs. Tong, Aunt Tong, and Uncle Tong were all bright red.

No, could they come to snatch it?
Tong Zhi'er was secretly anxious, her palms were sweating.

"I didn't expect it at first, probably the candied fruit made by girls Zhi'er really suits the taste of people in the city." Tong Zhixin smiled.

With the document in hand, old man Tong no longer had any doubts in his mind, and was very happy that the girl from the fourth room could do such a good job, and his expression became better. He patted Tong Zhixin on the shoulder and said, "Sincere, work hard in the future." " Old man Tong took for granted that the person who made this deal was Tong Zhixin, and he valued him a little bit in his heart.

Having been praised by Old Man Tong, Tong Zhi was also very happy in his heart, "I know Dad, there is one thing I want to tell Dad."

"what's up?"

"Ah Fu is not young anymore, I want Ah Fu to go to a private school in a few days."

Old man Tong looked at Tong Zhaofu, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Okay, okay, that's a good idea."

"Hmph, Ah Fu went to a private school at such a young age. The fifth child is six years old and hasn't been able to go to a private school. The fourth child is really good at it." The old lady Tong said with a smile on her face. Jealousy feels no pain.

"Mother, I've thought about it, the fifth brother is not too young, and I will go to private school with Ah Fu when the time comes, what do you think?"

"What can I do? My fifth life is bad, not as good as Ah Fu, and there is a father with money on the stall, and I have no money. I don't know if my fifth can go?" Old lady Tong said in a strange way, shaking out her words. In a word, he didn't care about Old Man Tong's face that became ugly in an instant, he just kept staring at Tong Zhixin.

(End of this chapter)