Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 46

Du Yu and Mrs. Hu stayed here. Mrs. Hu didn't plan to eat and drink for nothing. She cleaned the yard every day and washed all the clothes of the people here. The daughter-in-law in the countryside still has this bit of diligence.

The gatekeeper's wife was called Mrs. Qin. Seeing that Mrs. Hu was so hardworking, they also liked her very much. When they were free, they chatted about family matters.

The White Horse Temple here has meals prepared for the wing rooms here, all of which are vegetarian dishes, but they are better than what they usually eat.

Mrs. Hu didn't ask what the Mi's family in this county did, because they were just here to make money. Why did they ask so clearly?Isn't that a lot?They don't care about relationships, and just keep their duties. Mrs. Qin thinks that the mother and daughter are very good.

Du Yu was copying the scriptures every day, page by page, and they hadn't been bound into a volume, so that if there were typos or stains on a certain page in the middle, it would not affect the whole volume.

If everything is bound, with that one word, the book will be finished.

Du Yu found that writing scriptures is not so easy. First of all, you have to calm down in your heart, and you can't think about it. Moreover, she doesn't write fast, because she can't get up quickly, and the ink dries slowly.

It's not easy to make money. When I came here, I was so bold that I wanted to write ten books. Now it seems that five books are not bad. Counting it down, one book will be written every two days.

She will not be allowed to write at night, it can only be during the daytime, fortunately there are many big trees in this temple, otherwise it will be hot to death.

During this period, Du Yu got several sets of old clothes, and the material was not ordinary, and even the Hu family got two sets.

Many of the clothes worn several times by wealthy families are no longer worn, and it is very common to send them out as rewards.

Du Yu became proficient at writing later, and finally finished writing the fifth book on the ninth day. After completing the task, she stretched her waist well, took a hot bath, and prepared for the next day. Just go home.She is homesick too!

Mrs. Qi came very early this time, and the daughter-in-law also came. She had already checked the scriptures written by Du Yu yesterday, and there were no problems. Going to the deposit of [-] wen given last time, we still need to pay [-], [-] wen.

It was really a matter of money and goods, so Du Yu and the others ended up with this side, and then got some other clothes.

Mrs. Qi is very happy, making money in this way is much faster than that hard work, but she also knows that this kind of thing cannot happen often, it must have a chance, fortunately she caught it, and she made money in ten days Two taels of silver.

Mrs. Qi praised Du Yu and Mrs. Hu, and brought back the paper, pen, ink and inkstone left over from Du Yu's writing. I believe that the Mi family didn't like to use the leftovers from a little girl, but it was cheap. After leaving Du Yu, this paper is good paper. I will use it for my father and brothers when I go back. Is it better than that straw paper?
And in this way, grandma doesn't object to her own reading, right? Even if grandpa disagrees, grandma's consent is much stronger.

The Qi family also specially bought a few catties of pork belly from the butcher's house in the village, and prepared for the whole family to come and beat the tooth.

Du Yu and Mrs. Hu were not at home for more than ten days, and Mr. Du must have noticed it. Later, when he found out what was going on, he lost his temper a lot.

But even if he lost his temper, the Qi family did not flinch, and even told the old man that this family is a big family in the county, and they have taken all the deposit money. Even if they return the money, it is still offending people. She doesn't do anything.

What else can Mr. Du say?I can only accept this fact, but feel that it is insulting, where are the books of sages used to sell money?
The Qi family became angry when they heard it, and scolded: "What do you mean by selling money? We don't steal or rob, and we haven't done anything wrong. You are noble. Didn't I earn what you eat and wear? You study , Isn’t it for the test of fame? Test for fame and become an official, you got your salary, isn’t this the money you earn from studying? Tell me this, all I know is that without money, you can’t do anything? I make money in an upright manner, and I’m not afraid of others What are you talking about!" He told Mr. Du to lie down.

When Du Yu came back, she received a warm welcome. Her fifth uncle even lifted Du Yu up and turned her around several times.

"We Yu'er is capable, and now we make more money than Uncle Fifth." Du Youquan laughed.

"All right, all right, don't make your niece dizzy!" Qi Shi said, "There is meat to eat tonight, so we need to replenish oil and water."

Mr. Du didn't say anything. He was disappointing at this time, and the Qi family probably wanted to tell him another lesson.

And Du Yu went back to the east wing of his house, showing off his good things with his father, elder brother and second brother. "Father, this is for you, big brother, this is for you, second brother, these are yours." She divided them into several shares, mainly because there were a lot of paper, and they were all white paper, Du Dalang and Du Dalang Erlang liked it when he saw it, "Your sister brought it to you, use it well, don't waste it." Du Youzhong said to Dalang and Erlang.

Both of them nodded in agreement. Du Yu still had a stack of papers to send to her grandfather, but would she be scolded? She saw that her grandfather was upset, and if she went by herself, wouldn't she become cannon fodder?
Her father thought nothing was wrong, so Du Yu took the paper and went to the room. As expected, her father knew her grandfather well. When her grandfather saw the snow-white paper, he immediately stopped being angry and put the paper away very happily. , I still didn’t forget to say: “You can think of not wasting, which is very good, but we don’t read sage books to do business transactions, so don’t get into the eyes of money in the future!”

"Yes, I remember what grandpa said!" Du Yu said hastily.However, I don’t quite agree with what my grandfather said. No matter how good you are at reading, if you have no food and are hungry, what kind of sage books can you read? People are material first, and then they can pursue spiritual food.

"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Qi entered the room, and Mr. Du immediately stopped talking. Du Yu said, "I'll send some papers to Grandpa."

"You have sent this thing to your master's heart. He always complains that the paper he writes on is not good. Old man, have you seen it? If I didn't take over this job, where would you have such white paper? "

While grandma was nagging grandpa, Du Yu slipped out. She must have made a contribution to the family.

Then I went to see the third uncle, and the third uncle was almost recovered, but just to be on the safe side, he had to rest for a few more days. Du Youxian was also very anxious. Early in the morning and evening, the brothers all went to fetch water, and he was even more anxious.

Gao usually works harder, because he is afraid that others will complain in his heart.

In the evening, everyone ate the long-lost pork and pork belly, and Mrs. Qi also made her specialty braised pork, and said to everyone: "This time, you can eat meat, not to mention, thanks to Yu'er The biggest." I personally picked up a piece of braised pork for Du Yu.

Du Yu was really flattered by this, the Qi family usually didn't think much of this granddaughter, so they said that besides the old man, it was Du Youzhong, and now Du Yu also had this honor.

This is to encourage everyone. Those who can make money will be given credit in her heart.

Fortunately, the Qi family didn't say that it was wrong for Mr. Du to be pedantic, otherwise he would definitely not do it.

In a blink of an eye, the Ghost Festival passed. For the Du family, the Ghost Festival was at most a burning paper for the ancestors who went up the mountain, and it would definitely not be as grand as the big family.

As for what you said, it is best not to come out tonight, because if the yin is the most serious, it is nothing to the country people, because at night, the country people wash up and go to bed after a while, and no one will come back in the middle of the night. Hanging out.

However, it is said that rich people have all kinds of grand occasions on that day, and they must make sure that the ancestors below eat and drink well.

Du Yu was not so honored to witness this grand occasion.

As soon as the [-]th day of July passes, the rice in the field will start earing, and it will mature slowly. Around the mid-autumn day on the [-]th day of the eighth month, it will be the harvest season.

Although today's harvest is definitely not as good as in previous years, it still has to be collected, which is better than no harvest. In addition, there is no land tax this season, so you can collect as much as you want.

Du Youzhong went to the county seat, and then Du Yu knew that his father had brought several books with him, and he read and copied them every day. At first, he thought that his father borrowed and copied them because he didn't have such books. Only then did I know that the bookstore wanted to come and copy it, and a deposit was paid in the bookstore.

But this kind of copying is not as expensive as Du Yu's scriptures, which cost only [-] yuan a copy. What happened to Du Yu was inevitable, and people in the bookstore would not do business at a loss, so copying Books definitely won't make you rich, otherwise all the scholars would copy books.

Du Yu's handwriting has not yet reached the level of copying books for the bookstore, but Da Lang can help.Both father and son were doing this secretly, keeping old man Du from it, because they knew what kind of temperament old man Du was.

"I see your father wants to pack up the books." Hu and Du Yu sighed.

Does dad still want to take the test?After all, I have been able to go out to work with my grandfather since elementary school, but I have never taken the test. This is a pity for scholars.

Dad used to work for the whole family, but now it's hard to find a job, and his errands are gone, so this idea came up?
Copying books can not only practice calligraphy, but also review previous books, and earn a little money, which is a good choice.

If Dad still had accounting work on him, he would never have taken the exam, but now he doesn't have any, and he has nothing else to do except farm work, so he started to think about it.

It's just for the exam, and you need money. It's absolutely impossible for grandma to give the money to my father to take the exam. What should I do?
In famine years, no one has money. "What are you worrying about? Your father and I will figure out a way." Anyway, Hu felt that his husband had to take the exam, otherwise he would always regret that he could make money, and he never said anything. Going to make money at home, and now there is no work anyway, so it doesn't matter if you read more books and study more during this time.

Besides, she knew that her man was measured, if he failed the exam once, he would definitely not take the exam a second time, and he would give up from then on.

But what if you pass the exam?Then their family will no longer pay the land tax. This year is so dry, and all the wheat harvested is converted into money and handed over to the public. If her husband is a scholar, then the wheat is not his own?Anyway, just try this once, good or bad, there is also a conclusion.

(End of this chapter)