Fairview Farm

Chapter 46

After thinking for a while, Yu Niang suddenly asked: "You said that the money in my hand will not be given to Mom, so Mom shouldn't say anything?"

Zhiqing was silent for a while, then said, "Actually, Mother prefers silver."

Yu Niang remained silent, and said after a long time: "I like silver more than anyone else."

Zhiqing almost burst out laughing, staring at her little face and said, "I like your preferences."

Yu Niang blushed.

Just as Yuniang guessed, Mrs. Liu was really not very happy about Yuniang hiding the silver.

"Father, don't you think it's a bit bad for Yuniang to be like this?" The family hasn't been separated yet, isn't the money going to the housekeeper?
Zhiqing's father frowned, and after thinking about it, he said, "My money belongs to you, and Zhiqing's money naturally belongs to Yuniang."

Mrs. Liu muttered, although she knew it was such a reason, she still felt a little depressed in her heart.

"I said his mother, don't you know what kind of person your son is? Besides, these silvers are earned by Yu Niang herself. Could it be that you still want to hide the money earned by Yu Niang for you?" ?” After all, they have been a husband and wife for more than 20 years, and Zhiqing’s father certainly knows the little thoughts in Liu’s heart.

Mrs. Liu was a little embarrassed, but she still made an excuse, "That's not what you said, isn't it that we don't have a separate family now? How can there be two heads in this family? It will make people laugh if it spreads."

Zhiqing's father frowned even tighter, his mother-in-law's words were not unreasonable, but Yu Niang's child's temper, I'm afraid she wouldn't think so.

"You can talk to Zhiqing about this."

So, while Yuniang was washing clothes by the river, Liu went to find Zhiqing.

"Mother, what's the matter?" Looking at his mother's hesitant appearance, Zhiqing already had an idea in his heart.

"Zhiqing, have you felt better these two days?" Shi Liu immediately put a smile on her face.

"It's much better, and I can work in a few days."

Mrs. Liu was happiest that her son was fine. She breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to say something, but in the end she hesitated.Finally found an excuse and wanted to leave.

Zhiqing couldn't bear it, so he opened his mouth, "Mother, if you have anything to say, just say it."

The words came to her lips, but Mrs. Liu swallowed them abruptly and shook her head, "It's okay, it's okay, I just came to see if your wound is healed."

Zhiqing's eyes flickered slightly, but he didn't stop his mother from leaving.

For some things, Yuniang's idea is quite firm, and he naturally supports Yuniang's decision.As for the thoughts in his mother's heart, although he understood, but...

What Liu didn't say, Zhiqing's father couldn't bear to look at it, so he approached his son and said, "Zhiqing, you have married a wife, what are your plans next?"

A father knows best about his son's ambition, and he will definitely not hold him back.And this straightforward question is also the best beginning.

"Father, taking the imperial examination is currently impossible, so I want to go into business."

In business?

Zhiqing's father was dumbfounded. He never thought that generations of honest peasants from the Xiao family would embark on such a path.Although there is nothing wrong with being a businessman, it is not as good as being an official in the court!

"I already have a plan for the next thing. Since I can't be an official in the court, I will always let you and your mother live a good life. But these years, food is getting more and more expensive, and life will be difficult in the future. So , I decided to walk around after the injury healed."

It took Zhiqing's father a while to recover, and he immediately shook his head in objection, "Zhiqing, over the years, father has never had the slightest objection to your choice, but this time, father cannot agree with your idea."

He knew that what his son said about doing business was not about doing some small business, but about going all over the world.

Business is the lowest level!

"Father, who is the most capable person in the world?" Zhiqing asked knowing his father's thoughts and worries.

"Of course the emperor."

"Who is the emperor?" Zhiqing looked at his father and asked.

Zhiqing's father didn't speak, but frowned.

"The emperor represents the powerful, and what we expect to be an official in the court is actually just a little bit of power. Father, only the powerful and rich can gallop in the world. When I was young, father, you told me, man A man should worry about the world’s worries, and enjoy the world’s joy. Now that the world is peaceful, as a man, what I should do is to put my family first. If I can’t provide my family with a sufficient life, how can I be a man?”

Looking at his son's eyebrows and eyes, Zhiqing's father was very upset and a little uneasy.But he knew the meaning of his son's words, and he also knew that his son was powerful. As a father, he should support all his son's actions instead of blocking them.But in business...

As a rich man, he will be valued by others, but if he wants to become an official in the court again in the future, it will be even more difficult!

Coming out of Zhiqing's house, Zhiqing's father looked very preoccupied, which made Liu Shi very worried.But the old man refused to tell the truth, and she couldn't help it.

Taking advantage of Liu's busy work in the field and Zhiqing's rest time, Zhiqing's father asked Yuniang to stop what she was doing, and dragged her to talk in the yard.

"Yu Niang, I have suffered for you these days."

Yuniang was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head, "Father, I'm fine."

Zhiqing's father knew that it was not good for him to talk to his daughter-in-law, but he couldn't let go of some things if he didn't talk about them.He knew his son was kind to his daughter-in-law, if the daughter-in-law persuaded him, maybe his son would listen.

"Yu Niang, Dad wants to ask you, what are your plans for the future with Zhiqing?"

Yuniang understood, last night Zhiqing mentioned that his father asked him about the way to go in the future, and the next plan.I'm afraid the father-in-law meant that he wanted her to persuade Zhiqing not to go into business?

"Zhiqing's choice is my choice." There was a faint smile on Yuniang's face.

Zhiqing's father was slightly taken aback, then smiled and shook his head, "I know, I just want to know what you think about Zhiqing's choice."

Yu Niang was dumbfounded, she didn't expect her father-in-law to not hide anything.

After thinking about it, Yuniang asked back, "Dad doesn't want Zhiqing to go into business?"

Zhiqing's father naturally nodded, "You know what being in business means to Zhiqing."

Yu Niang didn't nod, she didn't shake her head, there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

"As long as Zhiqing starts, he must do his best. It was because Zhiqing was too good that he was hated by others, and there will be subsequent framing and all kinds of things."

Yu Niang was slightly taken aback, didn't she say that the entire county was unable to take the imperial examination because of some people's greed or other things?How could it be because of Zhiqing?
"Yuniang, becoming an official in the court, honoring our ancestors is what Zhiqing hopes for, and it is also what our Xiao family ancestors have hoped for generations. To lead our family out of the sea of ​​suffering, we can only wait for Zhiqing to take the exam again. Therefore, Zhiqing must not go into business."

(End of this chapter)