Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 6 The Ke Family Comes as a "Vippitable Guest" [-]
Ke Hanxue admitted that half of her was because she really felt sorry for Ke Mengshi and had to work so hard at such an age, and the other half was to show Ke Hanhe deliberately to anger her.

Sure enough, when Ke Hanhe heard what she said, he immediately snorted coldly and muttered: "Pretending to be!"

"Grandma, I don't know when showing filial piety to your old man has become a pretense?" Ke Hanxue didn't argue with Ke Hanhe, but looked at Ke Mengshi with an aggrieved expression.

Ke Mengshi originally felt sorry for this granddaughter who had just been rescued from the gate of hell, but now seeing her little appearance that was about to cry, Ke Mengshi almost didn't feel sorry for Ke Mengshi to death.

"He'er, why did you talk to your sister? Are there any rules?" Ke Mengshi lightly reprimanded Ke Hanhe, then patted Ke Hanxue's little hand to comfort him: "Xue'er, He'er is not sensible, Don't take her words to heart, you know whether you are filial to grandma or not."

Ke Hanxue nodded sensiblely, but there was still the sadness of being wronged on her face.

"Xue'er, you are still weak, don't stay in the silkworm house for too long, go out first." Ke Meng said again.

"No, I want to help grandma cut the mulberry leaves." Ke Hanxue said and cut the mulberry leaves with a knife. Because of the memory of the original owner, it was very easy to do.

"Grandma, I'm not wrong, she's just pretending! You're biased too!" Ke Hanhe couldn't stand it any longer, yelled unconvinced at Ke Mengshi, dropped the mulberry leaves in his hand, and ran out crying. silkworm house.

"Hey! It would be great if I could be like her father!" Ke Meng shook her head in disappointment, picked up another knife and cut mulberry leaves.

Ke Hanxue stuck out her tongue secretly, and she swore that she just wanted to anger Ke Hanhe, and didn't mean to make grandma sad.

"Grandma, how much income can we earn from raising this silk for a year?" Ke Hanxue asked tentatively while cutting mulberry leaves.

If she wants to change the family's situation, she must first find out the current income situation of the family, so that she can make further plans.

Ke Mengshi looked up at Ke Hanxue in surprise, and said with a smile: "You girl, I haven't seen you care about this before, why are you asking about this today?"

"Grandma, I'm already 13 years old. Is it any wonder that I want to learn theory?" Ke Hanxue pouted coquettishly.

Ke Meng thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's right, people in the village say behind their backs that the Ge family must have been a big family before, if you can learn how to manage the house before you enter the Ge family, you will definitely win Mrs. Ge's love." Happy."

"Grandma, then you promised to teach me how to manage the house?" Ke Hanxue deliberately ignored the deep meaning in Ke Meng's words, and asked with a smile.

"Teach!" Ke Mengshi also laughed.

"Grandma, can you tell me first how much we earn from raising silkworms throughout the year?"

"We can raise three seasons of silkworms a year, and the three seasons can add up to about ten taels of income." Ke Mengshi did not hide the slightest bit from this granddaughter who loves her deeply.

Ke Mengshi thinks very far. She is looking forward to the day when Ge Yunzhang can really go to be a scholar or a champion. By then, Ke Hanxue will be a scholar or the wife of a champion. It is also necessary to learn how to manage the house early. .

"Only about ten taels of silver throughout the year?" Ke Hanxue couldn't believe what she heard.

As far as Ke Hanxue knows, even if they live frugally as a whole family, they will spend a little more than one or two dollars a month. Not to mention overhead.

"No, but fortunately your second uncle and your younger uncle still have wages to supplement the family. Our family can barely survive." Ke Mengshi said happily.

Ke Hanxue thought for a moment before she said, "Grandma, why can't we save a little bit?"

"Saving? How to save?" Ke Mengshi asked.

"Grandma, in fact, we don't necessarily have to eat and drink at the beginning of every month." Ke Hanxue looked at Ke Mengshi and said seriously.

In Ke Hanxue's impression, this Ke's family is full of fish and meat at the beginning of each month, but in the middle of the month and until the end of the month, they are full of sweet potato porridge.

Ke Hanxue doesn't understand, why can't this money be allocated reasonably to make life more nourishing?
The family background of other people in this village is good, and eating and drinking for a few days will not ruin the family, but the Ke family is different. up.

"That can't be done. I've been so busy this year, isn't it just trying to have enough food for a few days? I can't treat you badly!" Ke Mengshi shook her head like a rattle, and disagreed with Ke Hanxue's suggestion.

"Grandma, I'm not saying that you can't eat white rice. What I mean is that you can buy less meat or fish, and you can eat it once in a while, and you can eat it so richly without a meal." Ke Hanxue said again. Small, the nutrition that should be there still has to keep up, but Ke Hanxue thinks that on this basis, it can really save a little more.

"No, no!" Ke Mengshi still shook her head: "The villagers will laugh at our family! Xue'er, grandma can promise you other things, but I can't agree to saving food."

On the one hand, Ke Mengshi is trying to save face, worrying that his descendants will be looked down upon by the villagers; on the other hand, he can't bear to treat his grandsons and granddaughters badly.

Ke Hanxue hesitated to speak, seeing her grandma's resolute attitude, she swallowed what she was going to say abruptly.

In Ke Hanxue's view, her second uncle and younger uncle have money to take home to help the family every month, and the family has an income of about ten taels throughout the year. If the money can be planned and spent reasonably, it can be completely changed. status quo.

But grandma's thinking is too conservative, coupled with the habits formed over the years, Ke Hanxue knows that she will not be able to persuade her for a while. It seems that if she wants to get rid of the halo of "poor households", she can only find another way up.

Ke Hanxue and Ke Mengshi stayed in the silkworm room all afternoon, until the horse neighed outside, and they walked out of the yard curiously.

Ke Jiangshi, his two daughters, and brothers Ke Weiguang and Ke Weijie also came out of the silkworm house and looked around at the gate of the courtyard.

In Shuihe Village, everyone puts their minds on silkworm rearing and doesn’t care about farming, so they don’t even have a cow, except that at the end of every month, the big steward of the owner comes to the village in a carriage to distribute money, and everyone can see the carriage. , Usually it is impossible to hear the sound of the horse.

Now the carriage was parked at the door of his house, no wonder Ke's family came out curiously, even Ke Zhong who was resting on the bed also came out of the room.

"Grandma, grandma, we have a distinguished guest!" Ke Hanhe, who was still angry with Ke Mengshi, saw the carriage, his eyes lit up, and his excitement was self-evident.

(End of this chapter)