Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 200 Hardworking Children
It was already the next day when she woke up. After waking up early in the morning, Liu Man'er felt much better. After stretching, she went downstairs to wash up.

After she finished washing, the food was already on the table, Liu Man'er sat on the table, and Fang said that the meal was ready.

Finely chopped minced meat cooked together with porridge is really delicious. Now that Liu Man'er has passed the stage of eating whatever she wants, she has become another big eater.

Such appetizing fresh meat porridge made her eat a lot. However, when she was about to get a steamed bun to serve the porridge, she realized that something was wrong on the table.

"Mother, when did you all like to eat Zamian steamed buns?" Liu Man'er asked a little strangely, after all, at this moment, except for two or three white noodle steamed buns, everything else on this table is Zamian steamed buns.

"Yes, we are tired of eating white flour steamed buns, so we have some mixed noodles steamed buns for a change. The white flour steamed buns are specially reserved for you." Fang said.

Liu Man'er was not stupid, so she naturally wouldn't believe her words. She looked into Ye He's bowl beside her, and sure enough, her bowl was just plain porridge without lean meat.

"Mother, our family is not so poor, right?" Liu Man'er sighed, and said, "Why do you only let me be special, if you want to drink white porridge, everyone can do it together."

"It's different if you're a pregnant woman." Fang said, "Now our family owes money, so we need to save some money. I thought about it, and eating and drinking like before is definitely not enough. We have to save from the source. "

Seeing the deceit, Liu Man'er defrauded Fang's heart, and smiled helplessly:
"Mother, I told you about the money our family owes, and I will find a way to pay it off at that time. How much money can you save by saving like this? Save two coins a day, twenty coins in ten days, 360 five days a year , I can’t even save two taels of silver, so why bother.”

"You child, if you can save two taels, it's two taels." Fang said angrily. She couldn't make much money, so she could only think about saving money.

"Forget it, forget it, I won't tell you so much, anyway, I will arrange the life of this family in the future." Liu Man'er directly deprived Fang of the power to head the family, and turned her head and shouted: "Aunt Han..."

"Here we come." Aunt Han hurriedly wiped her hand on the apron, and came to Liu Man'er.

"Aunt Han, no matter what my mother told you, the food at home will still be the same in the future, and the food of your family will also be the same, but it can't be wasted. Every day's food has to be eaten. No matter how poor we are, we can't be poor My child, this money is earned, it cannot be saved.”

Liu Man'er said: "You've been here for so long, and you know a few things. Later, you figure out how much we'll spend on Chinese New Year this year, and then come to me to collect the money."

"Yes." Aunt Han nodded.

"Then you go to eat too." Liu Man'er waved to her.

After Aunt Han left, Liu Man'er made a funny face with Fang, "I'm sorry, mother, I've demolished you."

"Then what can I do with you? You've said it all. I can't save the money. Anyway, I don't care. The debts in the family are your young people's business. At worst, you won't be able to pay back the money, mother." Let's go and beg for food with you." Fang's words seemed to be joking, but also tinged with anger, because Liu Man'er didn't know her painstaking efforts.

"Alright, then you will take the lead, and our family will form a gang of beggars." Liu Man'er answered with a smile.

When Fang heard what she said, she had nothing to do with her, and could only smile helplessly, "You child, mother is joking, but you still take it seriously."

"Well, mother, you have become naughty now, and you are still making fun of yourself. I really thought this was the way out that mother had planned for us." Liu Man'er said with a smile: "You can't be poor enough to be a beggar. It’s no big deal, if you keep the green hills, you don’t have to worry about firewood, not to mention, our family’s business is still there, so we don’t have to worry about money.”

"It's easy to say what you said. It would be great if I have an open-minded heart like you." Fang sighed and continued to pick the porridge in her bowl.

Liu Man'er smiled helplessly again, and gnawed on the steamed bun in her hand. The mixed-faced steamed buns looked pretty in several colors, and the first bite had a little taste, but eating more would cut her throat a bit.

At noon, due to Liu Man'er's instructions, the food did not change. In the afternoon, Liu Man'er handed over four taels of silver for the holiday expenses and living expenses for the most recent period to Aunt Han. There are still two months before the New Year's Eve, which is probably enough. Liu Man'er left herself a tael of silver for self-defense.

Everyone is working hard at night, Cao'er and Ye He are busy embroidering handkerchiefs, Ye Feng has been copying books, seeing their hard work, Liu Man'er is a little helpless, but warm in heart, everyone is working hard .

The fire in the study room was burning warmly. Ye's family was a small family, and there was no distinction between master and servant. Aunt Han's family also sat here to warm up. Fang and Aunt Han made clothes together. Ye Tianchen warmed up with Shuaishuai in his arms. Han Fang leaned against Ye He to watch her embroider, and handed her the scissors, while Han Ping helped Ye Feng and Liu Man'er sharpen the ink. It was a new Korean style. An old man sat there, quite idle.

Seeing that he was bored, Liu Man'er said, "Uncle Han, help me cut some paper."

"Hey, good." Such a small request, Han Shixin immediately agreed, he was idle and bored.

Liu Man'er handed him a stack of blank paper, and made a sample for him with a pen and paper, while she continued to write vigorously.

"Sister-in-law, what are you writing?" Seeing that Liu Man'er had been writing this all this time, Ye Feng felt a little curious and couldn't help asking.

"I'm writing a script." Liu Man'er said with a smile: "Aren't you worried that you won't be able to pay off the money when the time comes? When I write this script, you don't have to worry about it."

"Sister-in-law can also write a storybook?" Ye He raised her head after hearing Liu Man'er's words.

"Of course." Liu Man'er nodded.

"Can I take a look?" Ye He said, she can read a lot of characters now, and she was quite curious when she heard Liu Man'er say that she was writing a storybook.

"Yes." Liu Man'er nodded, handed a stack of papers to Ye He, and said, "Don't mess it up."

"No." Ye He nodded, lying on the table and started watching. At first, she just wanted to take a look casually, but who knew that after seeing Taoyao, she became more and more addicted to it. Seeing Taoyao being injured, Monkey King Tears could not help falling down during the part where Donghai was furiously seeking immortality.

Hearing the sound of sobbing, Liu Man'er raised her head, saw Ye He's teary face, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Wuuu, sister-in-law, your writing is so touching and beautiful." Ye He was still a little immersed in the article at the moment, "Sister-in-law, the script you wrote is better than the ones that the third brother brought me last time." The story book looks much better."

Because there is nothing to do at home, Ye He will also ask Ye Feng to bring her some storybooks in the county town. They are all stories about talented scholars and beautiful women, and she secretly reads them at night.After Ye Feng heard Ye He's words, he couldn't help but frown. Didn't Ye He say that he would not tell others, and betrayed himself so quickly.

So he couldn't help saying: "Sister-in-law, I only brought the book of that story to Xiao He, but I have never read it myself."

"Really?" Liu Man'er snickered twice, and said, "I didn't even ask you, why are you so anxious to answer?"

Ye Feng couldn't help being annoyed secretly, he didn't call himself this time.

In the academy, the master does not allow students to read such books. If my sister-in-law knows that she reads such books, she will definitely be disappointed.

The clinker Liu Man'er just said lightly: "Just read it, it's okay, those books written by talented scholars and beauties, I have read a few books when I copied books for bookstores, and they are all sour essays written by poor scholars. , look less."

"Yes." Ye Feng quickly nodded in agreement, and continued to copy his own book.

Ye He held the story told by Liu Man'er and read it until she saw the last page. She still had something to say, "Sister-in-law, what else?"

"I'll read the rest tomorrow." Liu Man'er said and took out a large stack from the desk, and said, "Uncle Han, please help me staple these up, and staple them into a volume every twenty times."

"Yes." Han Shixin took Liu Maner Liu Maner's manuscript with both hands, and began to help Liu Maner punch holes and thread.

Ye He looked at it and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be so stingy, just let me see it first."

"Let's talk tomorrow, it's getting late, you two go to rest." Liu Man'er waved her hand, telling Ye He not to act like a baby with her.

"Okay, I'll embroider first, sister-in-law, you must show me tomorrow." Ye He said and returned to her table.

"Don't embroider, don't waste your eyes. In the winter, everyone should go back to rest." Liu Man'er started to chase people away. In the village, many people were reluctant to bear the oil lamps and went to bed after dark. Normally, Ye He and others also fell asleep at this time. , but now no one is going to sleep, they are all busy.

"Don't worry, I'll go to sleep after finishing this dress," Fang said.

Ye He and Cao'er insisted on embroidering a piece of handkerchief, and refused to go to sleep. Liu Man'er really had nothing to do with them, and chased them away several times. When Uncle Han nailed up Liu Man'er's manuscript, they couldn't find an excuse. , and then left one after another.

After Liu Man'er was about to break the gesture, she went to wash her feet and face to coax Ye Tianchen, but she was about to go downstairs again, planning to sneak into the study to continue writing.

However, as soon as she went out, she found the light coming from the door of Ye He and the two of them. She shook her head helplessly, knowing that the two girls were secretly embroidering handkerchiefs, so she stood at the door and said, "Do you two feel that?" Sleeping, what are you doing with the lights on?"

"It's nothing, we're just looking for something by lighting a lamp." Ye He excused.

"Okay, don't lie, I know that you are secretly embroidering, and I can see the shadows of the two of you on the window." Liu Man'er exposed them mercilessly, and said, "Hurry up and turn off the lights and go to sleep."

"Yes." Seeing that Liu Man'er had discovered them, the two of them were stunned. They could only pack their things and blow out the lights.

After the light went out, Liu Man'er went downstairs. Before she reached the door of the study, she found the light in the study again. When she walked in, Ye Feng didn't notice it. She silently picked out the charcoal basin that had been buried in ashes. Open it and bring it over.

When Ye Feng heard the sound, he found Liu Man'er. He couldn't help shaking his hands, and a drop of ink fell down, staining the white paper.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here suddenly?" Ye Feng said in a panic.

"I knew you would come here at night without sleep, what are you doing?" Liu Man'er said, "Copying books?"

"Yeah." Ye Feng nodded, and said, "The book I have in my hand is pretty good, and it would be good to copy a few copies and sell them in bookstores."

"Go to bed early." Liu Man'er urged Ye Feng to leave, and said: "I asked you to copy books before, mainly because I wanted to keep the knowledge in the book in my mind during the copying process. If it is not necessary, it is not necessary, it is better to study hard and get admitted to Juren as soon as possible, that will be of great help to the family."

"Sister-in-law, don't get me wrong." Ye Feng quickly explained: "My book is also one of the scriptures to be tested in the exam. I copied it several times, first because I can make money, and second, I can write it down by myself."

"Oh, it's about the same." Liu Man'er nodded and said, "Even so, you shouldn't be too tired. My sister-in-law will find a way to deal with the money. Looking at it today, I can see that everyone is working hard. I am very relieved , but I hope you don’t have too much pressure, especially you, don’t think too much, you know?”

"Understood." Ye Feng nodded, and said again: "Sister-in-law, I will go to rest after copying again."

"Yeah." Liu Man'er nodded, and said, "I originally asked you to go to the academy, but the weather is indeed cold. Since you said that you can't learn anything in the academy in this county, then there are still more than ten days left. I won't force you, it's the same if you study hard at home."

"Yes." Ye Feng nodded again, and then picked up the pen.

Liu Man'er also took out her pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and continued to write her story.

The story of Journey to the West is already very long, and Liu Man'er added a lot of small stories. In addition, the speed of writing the book is really slow, and writing with a brush is even slower, so now she has not written even half of it. I can only come over at night and write for a while.

The night was getting darker, and even though the charcoal pot was lit, people were still shivering at night. After a shiver, the last spark of the charcoal pot went out, so Liu Man'er put down her pen, called Ye Feng, and said, "Let's go, go back to sleep."

"Yes." Ye Feng also put down his pen, and after packing up his things, the two left the study and went back to their rooms to rest.

For several days, Ye Feng and Liu Man'er were secretly copying and writing books in the study room. This time, they were discovered by Ye He who got up in the hut, so Ye He and Cao'er also stayed with Liu Man'er every night. Overtime night shift.

A child can only be in good health if he sleeps well, but these two little girls thought they knew Liu Man'er's secret, and refused to leave every night. Liu Man'er really had no choice but to set an example and rest early.

(End of this chapter)