Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 33

Spring is here, and many places have started to dig ditches, or repair some fortifications, such as city walls, or public buildings. These are all free labor, and there is no wages at all.

Moreover, it is said that the conditions of food and housing are not good, and food is not cared about. Everyone brings their own dry food and sleeps in a shack-like place at night.

It usually takes ten days and a half a month. Of course, there is an extra favor here, that is, you can use money to pay for the corvee.

Therefore, civilian life is not easy, and there are so many handymen, if you don't want to go, you have to take money.Rich people don't care about these three melons and two dates, but ordinary people, it is very difficult to live, and they don't have any money.

Therefore, people usually don’t pay money, and they can’t afford it.

Hearing the sound of beating gongs and drums, I felt a little unhappy deep in my heart.

But what can you do if you are not happy, you still have to go, unless you want to go to jail.

In less than half an hour, all the villagers under the big willow tree had arrived, and each family had a representative. Li Zhengqin Decai was standing on the stone bench of the stone mill, and with a loud voice, he conveyed the central meaning of today's gathering, that spring is here , The county magistrate wants to build dams for the people, so every village and every household has to contribute.

According to the household registration, each family needs to pay for a middle-aged man. If they don't want to pay, they can pay. One household needs to pay half a tael of silver, which is five hundred yuan.

Five hundred dollars is enough for farmers to save for half a year, and what's more, it can be used for a year.Therefore, most people are ready to pay people, and they will not pay.

The Du family was also discussing whether to send people or money, Du Youxian said, "I'll go." It's not that there are no men in the family, this is the advantage of having more men in the family.

It's not that their family has a lot of money and has nothing to do, so they just take the money out. When there is someone, they still want to get someone out. Gao is worried about her husband, but she can't say that he won't let him go.

Du Youde and Du Youquan rushed to say that they would go by themselves, since the third brother was already married, it was better for them to go.

There are other uses for the Qi family to keep the money. Besides, it is not a dangerous thing to go to the corvee, and it is fine to send someone out. Mr. Du just listens. He does not make decisions on this matter. Anyway, there are many things in the family. Son, it's all decided by Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Qi said: "Stop arguing, let the fourth brother go this time, prepare more dry food and bring it to the fourth brother."

As soon as Mrs. Qi spoke, no one else had anything to say, and if he went away, he could save five hundred Wen, which was quite a deal.

After the discussion, Mr. Du drank a few glasses of wine in the evening, and after drinking, he talked more, "I said, our family should have a scholar. With fame, our family doesn't have to serve corvee." , You don’t listen to me, you don’t listen to me!”

Mrs. Qi said to his children and grandchildren: "Don't listen to the old man, he is drunk!" What kind of fame, the money for studying every year is enough for them to pay so much corvee money, and the money may not be able to pass the exam. When a scholar comes back, it means that his money is in vain, and the Qi family will not listen to such a test for fame.

Because of my man's merit test, I received so much stare from that Zhang family in the past, and now seeing that the days are getting better and better, how can I still go on that crooked road?
Supporting a scholar will eventually drive people apart.

Let’s just say that Dalang and Erlang are the only ones in the family now, and they are all elders, and they have been providing for them all the time. In the future, the third, fourth, and fifth children will marry a daughter-in-law. This daughter-in-law can’t always provide for other people’s sons to study, so Qi Shi would not agree.

Hu said: "Mother, let me tell you something, don't be angry, if we use our own private money to pay Dalang Erlang to go to school, that's okay."

Mr. Du immediately said: "Okay, the eldest daughter-in-law is right, you should have such an idea! You should go to study!"

It's a good way to not use the public money, but the Qi family thinks it's a whimsical idea. How much money can they have privately?At that time, if you really want to take an exam or something, it will be burning money, so you don't care and say: "Okay, as long as you have the ability, I will not stop you!"

Mrs. Hu was very happy when she heard this. For many years, her mother-in-law didn't speak up, but she did speak up today. It's really worth celebrating.

"But I've agreed. When the time comes, you will come to me to get money, and I won't give you a dime." She still has to take care of the food and drink of the whole family.

"Mother, that's absolutely!" Mrs. Hu also promised that in the future, the money for her son's education will never go to the public school.

In this way, it is also avoided. In the future, the brothers will quarrel over this matter. After all, there is no reason for any family to support the people in the same room to study. This is the personal experience of the Qi family. Men study, but it makes Da Fang hate it.

She doesn't want her children to be like that in the future, and she has nothing to say if she has the ability to provide for the children by herself.

After hearing this, Du Yu also became happy. The eldest brother and the second brother have the opportunity to study, so should they start thinking about how to make money from their own houses?
On their side, father's wages are given to the family, and the rest are the same as bonuses, and there are not many.

Mother does needlework, and she earns a few pennies or ten pennies, and it takes a lot of money. Thinking about it this way, there is really nothing that can make money.

But now that there is hope, Du Yu himself feels very motivated.

In any case, scholars are still respected by others. Although I don't know if I will be famous in the future, but if I don't even try it, I will definitely regret it in the future.

As far as the Hu family is concerned, she definitely hopes that her sons will be successful in their studies. Even if they are admitted as a scholar, it will be of great help to the family in the future. Exemption from taxes is a great benefit, not to mention , Xiucai are respected by others, and they will not kneel down when they see officials. Even in the village, they can hold their heads high.

She also gave herself a time limit. Of course, if the family's life is getting better and better, she doesn't mind supporting her sons to study all the time.In the past, like my father-in-law, it was all caused by poverty. If it was a landlord's house, who would make a fuss because of such a little money?
Not to mention Hu Shi, even Gao Shi is secretly happy, because she also wants her future children to go to school. In the eyes of ordinary people, scholars are superior to others.

As a result, the enthusiasm of the family members to make money increased, which was something that the Qi family had never thought of before.

It was agreed here that Du Youde should serve corvee, and he had explained to Du Youzhong in the town that the women in the family rushed to make dry food for Du Youde.The dry food here is mainly the kind of hard and thick pancakes, which can resist hunger and are not easy to break.

However, it is not very delicious. If you don’t drink water, it will be difficult to swallow.

Boiled water was provided free of charge at the place where the embankment was built. Du Youde, who brought [-] large pancakes, bedding rolls and clothes, went with the people in the village.

I didn't see Du Youliang, so it turned out that he was the only adult male in their family, and this time he took [-] yuan to pay for the corvee, so naturally he didn't go with him.

Some women in the village, seeing this situation, walked around with Mrs. Liu much more diligently, and one of them was the mother of Lotus.

He Huaniang also listened to her mother-in-law and wanted to have a good relationship with Mrs. Liu, because she heard that Du Liu had a smooth life at Yuan Qin's family, so she made a fuss about it.

The last time Yang Yapo chose a maid, He Hua's grandma also sent a granddaughter, but she was not selected, and she beat her granddaughter when she went back. It was less than half a year ago, and she wanted to use Mrs. Liu to give Du Liu said good things and sent her granddaughter to Qin's house, "Even if it's sweeping the floor, it's fine." He Hua's grandma said.

(End of this chapter)