Gu Yin took Xiao Wu'an's hand and walked back.
The little guy was obviously in a good mood, jumping up and down, and muttering in his mouth: "It's too good to be true, whoever said that, slandering and waiting for ignorance, hearing ignorance and loneliness..."
Gu Yin listened and asked him with a smile, "Why do I seem to have only heard of 'unknown and ignorant', what is this 'unknown and ignorant'?"
Xiao Wu'an let go of his hand shyly and trotted into the house.
Because Wang's family hadn't woken up yet, the two of them lightly filled a bowl of fish soup after entering the door, and finished their lunch with the dry biscuits at home.
Not long after they finished eating, Mrs Xu came over to return the bowl.
Gu Yin greeted her with a smile, "Why did my aunt send it here specially? I'll ask Wu An to get it later."
Only then did Gu Yin realize that Xu Qingchuan had come with her, so she quickly stopped.
Xu Qingchuan was also dazzled by her blooming smile, and quickly looked away.
Xu Shi didn't notice this, and only asked Gu Yin, "Is your mother at home? I have something to tell her."
"Mother didn't sleep well yesterday, and is making up for sleep in the room. Auntie please sit in the hall first, and I'll call her."
"What are you looking for me for?" They were talking when Wang shi came out of his room with a smile.
She just had a good dream.
In the dream, the business of their small stall became more and more prosperous, and they made enough money for the twelve taels she expected in a year.
However, in a few years, the life of the family has improved, and they have purchased fields and houses.
Wu An has also grown up, and his family background is good. Naturally, he simply married a sensible and beautiful little daughter-in-law, and spread his branches and leaves.
The deserted home finally became lively again.
After waking up, there was still a smile on the corner of Wang's mouth, and even the eyes that looked at Xu's softened.
Seeing that she had a good attitude, Mrs Xu stopped hiding and said directly, "I'm here to congratulate you!"
"Hey," Wang Shi hurriedly waved his hands while laughing, "You also know that our family is going to make a fortune? There's nothing to worry about, so don't rush to say goodbye."
Xu shi looked at her strangely, "What makes a fortune?"
Wang Shi also thought about it, making a fortune was her dream, and her daughter-in-law was also a tight-lipped woman, and she would not just make a sum of money in the morning and publicize it.
"Then what kind of happiness do you say?" Wang Shi returned to his usual tone.
Xu Shi was not used to her either, and turned around with a snort, "Tell her, Qingchuan."
Xu Qingchuan showed the page that Xiao Wuan had written to everyone, and said, "I just led Wu An to read the "Thousand Characters" once, and then let him read it for himself, and he could write it according to it. And I saw later that he didn't turn the book again, but wrote it by himself."
Wang Shi was stunned when she heard it, while Gu Yin looked at Xiao Wu'an with a face of surprise, "It turned out that you were reciting a thousand-character script just now?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Wu'an, who shyly shrank behind Gu Yin and refused to show his head.
"What are you afraid of, and there are no outsiders, will you be able to memorize it? Be accurate." Wang shi pulled him to the front.
Xiao Wu'an lowered his head and twisted the hem of his clothes with both hands, his voice was low but his words were clear.
"It's really good, the person said in an auxiliary language, slander and other people are foolish, hear the ignorance and loneliness..."
Wang shi frowned and said, "What is he carrying on his back, right?"
Children's enlightenment starts from 300,000. When Wu Qingyi went to school, Wang often accompanied his eldest son to do his homework.
She also knows a few words in Qian Ziwen, but it's not like this.
The most authoritative person present was naturally Xu Qingchuan, who was a scholar, and several people looked at him again.
Xu Qingchuan coughed slightly embarrassedly, touched his nose and explained, "He memorized it backwards, and it's my fault. I told him before that he had to memorize "Thousand Characters" in order to learn other things."
It is an exaggeration to say that the back is like a flow, but Xiao Wu'an didn't understand it, and thought that it would be a good idea to be able to do it backwards.
"Good boy, just recite it once." Xu Shi has always liked literati, otherwise he would not have recruited a poor scholar to join the family. At this time, she looked at Xiao Wu'an with love and pity in her eyes.
Xiao Wu An dared to recite the "Thousand Characters" from beginning to end.
"This is the talent of the sky!" Xu's voice was raised in surprise, and when he looked at Wang's, he couldn't help but say sourly: "I really don't know what God thinks, it gave you an extraordinary cooking skill, A beautiful daughter-in-law is not enough to give you such a good child!"
The corner of Wang's mouth turned up when she said, "This cleverness must have followed me."
Mrs. Xu said that you can pull it down quickly, and sneered: "When you were young, you were sleepy when you were reading. There was a female gentleman in your family at that time. After teaching you for so many years, didn't he teach you to read and write?"
Laodi was ruthlessly uncovered, and an embarrassed look appeared on Wang's face, "His father doesn't know big words, and his brother has been studying for several years and has not learned anything well. This is not following me or someone?!"
Xu shi was too lazy to talk to her, rolled her eyes and said, "I don't want you to fight for this, but your child's talent is so good, it will be too late if you don't open it up! It's a waste of this good talent."
This is indeed a sincere and good word, and Mrs. Wang heard it in her ears, "Qingyi's daughter-in-law also said before that she will send him to study, but when we first arrived, we didn't recognize the place, and we still don't know where to find Mr. "
"I think my husband from Qingchuan is very good. He is a great man!"
Wang looked at Xu Qingchuan, and Xu Qingchuan said, "My husband's surname is Wen, and he is indeed a serious person."
In this era, people can find a small official, and this value is naturally not comparable to ordinary talents.
Wang Shi pursed his lips and did not dare to ask any more.
Gu Yin asked, "I don't know about Mr. Wen's repair..."
"Sir, there are not many students, and every disciple must pass his personal assessment before entering the entrance. Only after passing the assessment can he enter the entrance. He charges fifteen or two bundles a year for cultivation, and the gentleman is very kind. Make up. But Mr. only recruits students after the spring break every day. If Wu An wants to go to school, he will have to wait for several months."
Gu Yin nodded again and again, teaching people, and it was a small class education for elites. It was normal for Shuxiu to be more expensive than others.
But Wang Shi was not calm, and she exclaimed: "How much? Fifteen taels?!"
She was complacent just now that she could earn twelve taels in the next year, and she had a dream of making a fortune in the daytime. !
"What are you yelling about, fifteen taels is not cheap, and that means value for money, do you understand?" Xu shi lowered his voice and said, "It's only you that I mentioned to you, Qingchuan and the others have some in their classmates. A person with poor qualifications, he did not even pass the 30th Tongsheng test. He heard about Mr. Wen's name and came to study for a year, and passed the test a year later! However, he studied late, his qualifications were poor, and he never failed. Xiucai. I think your family's Wu'an qualifications are so good, and you can study hard with Mr. Wen for a few years, how can you be better than him! "
Although Tong Sheng was nothing in front of Xiucai, he was also very popular in the countryside.
For example, in the former Batou Village, there was a private school run by Laotongsheng. A student only accepted one or two bundles of repairs a year, but it couldn’t handle the crowd. It took in dozens of students, and it was only a few dozen taels a year.
Wang was jealous of the days when the old boy was born, so he gritted his teeth and sent his eldest son to study at Xiucai.
Unfortunately, Wu Qingyi's talent is not here, and after a few years of reading, there is nothing good in it. Only then did Wang's mind rest and let his son come back to do farming and hunting like his father.
Seeing Mrs. Wang's painful appearance, Mrs. Xu really couldn't bear to see Xiao Wu'an, a good seedling buried, and turned Xu Qingchuan with his elbow.
Xu Qingchuan then continued: "My mother said it is right, the main test of the Tongsheng exam is the content of the book, Wu An has no foundation and only listens to me read it once, read the book once, and can dictate and recite it. I have this talent. As long as you study hard for two years, it is not difficult to pass the exam.”
Xu's mother and son said everything they should have said, and they didn't stay in the Wu family.
Gu Yin had to thank Mrs. Xu for sending him out.
In fact, whether Wu An has any talent has nothing to do with them at all, but they came here specially to inform them, and it was completely out of kindness.
Before reaching the door, Mrs. Xu turned her head and looked around, seeing Mrs. Wang not following, she said to Gu Yin: "Reading should start from a baby, you are also a smart and good boy, please persuade your mother, this is not the right thing to do. When you spare your money."
Gu Yin nodded and said that it was easy, and sent them out of the door before turning back.
Without anyone else around, the smile on Wang's face completely collapsed. Before Gu Yin could speak, she waved her hand and said, "Let's go buy the ingredients first, and we'll talk about the rest when we come back."
Gu Yin didn't say any more, told Xiao Wu'an to stay at home, and went out with the Wang family.
Wang has already bought things once, and this time she is more familiar with the way, but she usually makes up her mind, but this time she kept silent, and Gu Yin bought whatever she said. More than an hour later, the two of them returned to Jinyi Alley in a large package.
Xiao Wuan greeted him when he heard the sound, but seeing his mother's bad face, the little guy didn't dare to make a sound, and silently helped unload the goods.
Everything was put in the stove, and Mr. Wang entered the room with a sullen face.
She was used to talking a lot, and she stopped talking suddenly, which made people unaccustomed to it.
Gu Yin wanted to talk to Wang in detail, but she saw that Xiao Wuan didn't play by herself after helping her with the work, but followed her step by step while holding the corner of her clothes.
"Why do you keep your head down and look unhappy?" Gu Yin squatted down to be level with him, "Are you hungry? Sister-in-law gave you a penny to buy caramel?"
Wu An shook his head into a rattle and said timidly, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong, I won't dare next time."
"Well, why are you crying?" Gu Yin stopped laughing when she heard the cry in his voice, raised his pointed chin with one hand, and wiped his face with a handkerchief from his arms with the other.
Xiao Wu'an raised her face obediently to let her wipe away her tears, and then continued in a stern voice: "I... I made my mother unhappy. My mother doesn't like me learning to read, and I won't recognize it in the future."
In fact, where did he go wrong? But he felt his mother's emotions, so he hurriedly confessed his mistake first.
Such a sensitive and well-behaved child is the most distressing, Gu Yin hurriedly hugged him and patted him, "You're right, good boy, mother is not unhappy, she is just worried about other things. You are doing well, mother. Both your sister-in-law and sister-in-law are happy for you!"
"Really?"
"What did I lie to you for? I'll go talk to my mother for a while and keep her happy for a while."
After coaxing Xiao Wuan, Gu Yin went into the house to find Wang.
Wang shi was sitting at the table in a daze, and only when he heard the movement did his thoughts return to the cage.
"I guess you're coming," Mrs Wang glanced at Gu Yin, "You want to persuade me to send Wu An to Mr. Wen's place to study?"
Gu Yin sat down next to her, "Fifteen taels a year is indeed not a small amount, but mother also saw the market price of our trial sale this morning, fifteen taels is not something you can't earn. And it's a year-over-year thing to go to school. , we still have a few months to prepare."
Wang Shi still didn't say a word, Gu Yin paused and continued: "And I'm not hiding from you, my ambition is not to be such a small stall, but to open a shop, or even a restaurant. Fifteen two is listening now. Much, in the future, my mother will not be bothered by such a small amount of money."
"Honey! You are not a big girl, and your tone is not small." Wang shi couldn't help laughing at first, and then he frowned again.
"Why, you don't believe me?"
Wang Shi shook his head, then sighed: "If Wu An comes out of your stomach, you have a heart, and I have nothing against it! But Wu An is not, he was born to me, you are just his sister-in-law. "Sister-in-law is like a mother', but I can't make you work hard to support your brother-in-law to study!"
At first, Gu Yin thought that the Wang family was only worrying about fifteen or two bundles of repairs, but she didn't expect her to think so much.
"Our family, why do you think so?"
She really regarded Wang and Wu An as her family.
It was Wang Shi who was distressed to spend the money, and forced her to drink the medicine on time. It was also Xiao Wu Anyi who stayed by the bedside, and got up in the middle of the night to give her water and put a handkerchief on her forehead.
After suffering a great disaster, she left her hometown and traveled through mountains and rivers. Wang never thought of leaving her weak and weak after recovering from her serious illness.
This life was originally given to her by Wang's mother and son.
Wang shook his head, "It's a family now. But Qingyi is gone. You're only nineteen, and you're less than twenty. Is it possible that you will be a widow for the rest of your life? Uncle, who dares to ask you?"
Gu Yin was surprised when she heard this.
Although the folk customs of this dynasty are relatively open at present, women do not need to bind their feet, and remarriage is also very common.
But a mother-in-law like Wang who directly said that her daughter-in-law should remarry is so enlightened that she is a bit ahead of her time.
She was stunned for a while, and then said, "I didn't want to remarry."
I really didn't think so. In her last life, she had been busy inheriting her grandfather's mantle since college, and had never been in a relationship in her twenties.
Let alone in this life, just thinking about how to eat and wear warm, where do you have the heart to think about anything else
"Don't say childish words. You and Qingyi are just a couple in name..."
Gu Yin was surprised, "You even know this?"
Back then, Mr. Wang, who was eavesdropping on the wall for half a night, couldn't help blushing.
"Don't talk about that, Qingyi told me when she left, so that you don't have to wait for her. I was also selfish and delayed you for so many years until I heard them... But I'm not so bad enough to want to delay you. lifetime!"
"That's something in the future." Gu Yin lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then she formulated her words, "Mother might as well think about it this way, although our business relies on my craftsmanship, my mother does many things for me. Like this morning, if you hadn't sacrificed your face and pretended to be a villain, my wontons wouldn't have sold so fast. The business is a business we both do together, and of course the money spent on Wu'an's study is not the only one who made it. "
Wang Shi was about to speak again, but was stopped by Gu Yin, she continued: "And you also know that in this world, merchants look bright, but in fact their status is not high, if there is no support behind it, it is not worth it Pass."
Wang shi couldn't refute this. She already knew what happened to the Xu family in the past two days. In the past, when I looked at such a beautiful family, I said that I fell down.
The Xu family is a family that has been in business for generations, and they are quite well-connected. With orphans and widow mothers, the situation is even more incomparable.
"If not, this year's New Year's Eve is the deadline. If I can earn enough money and send Wu An to school at the beginning of the year, it will be regarded as me investing in advance," Gu Yin took Wang's arm and shook it gently. Shaking, "You agree."
After a long while, Wang finally raised his eyes and raised his voice to call Xiao Wuan to come in.
"Kowtow to your sister-in-law." Mrs Wang looked at her younger son seriously, "You have to remember that in the future, sister-in-law and mother will be the same. If you become a prosperous in the future and dare not be filial to your sister-in-law, mother will only wear a trouser belt. Hang at your door!"
This was really too serious, and Gu Yin hurriedly wanted to stop it, but Wang's attitude was very tough.
Although Xiao Wu'an didn't quite understand it, he obeyed obediently.
Pulling Gu Yin and accepting Xiao Wu'an's three heads, Wang finally loosened up and his stomach growled twice.
She returned to her usual appearance, leaned to the side and shouted, "I haven't eaten lunch yet, I'm starving to death. Make two buns and give me a taste first!"