Su Qianyun didn't pay attention to these changes in the village. She is now busy with her own money-making plan. She wakes up early every day to make a lot of cakes to sell in the town, and then adds a few other foods to see which one sells best. . Xu Zifan didn't care either, as long as he didn't speak to the second room and trampled on their house, he didn't plan to build a high reputation.
After Xu Zifan took the book and went home, he moved the table to the window and opened the window every day to copy books there. He was very attentive when he was doing things, concentrated his energy, copied quickly and well, and made no mistakes, and he couldn't even disturb him when the children were playing and frolic. The Xu family hadn't taken his job seriously yet, and when they saw him at such a fast pace, they finally realized that Xu Zifan had read books for many years, but it was still different. They looked down on him before.
Father Xu sat by the courtyard wall every day weaving bamboo hats, food boxes and other objects. Xu Zifan taught him how to weave many practical items, and also taught him how to decorate books. When Father Xu finished the ornaments, they would show them to Xu Zifan for inspection. If they were exquisite enough to be sold to his classmates, they would put the ornaments in his room; if they were rough or distorted, they would be brought to town by Father Xu along with other bamboo products. Or sell in neighboring villages.
Father Xu is fifty years old and still in good health. Although Xu Zifan doesn't want him to work like this, he has to take it step by step. Now that Father Xu earns money every day, he is very motivated and has a lot of smiles on his face, which is a good thing. Mother Xu goes around the field every day, and takes over cooking and feeding chickens when she gets home. She likes to chat with the neighbors very much; Xiaolian has a lot of free time since she stopped helping the big and second rooms do laundry. Mother did her work, she embroidered purses, embroidered handkerchiefs, weaved ties, and kept busy every day. In any case, their three rooms are really full of hope, which is completely different from the depression when they separated.
Three days later, Xu Zifan finished copying two medical books and reviewed the basic knowledge while copying. Although he has studied Chinese medicine for 20 to 30 years, it was hundreds of years ago, and he chose to copy books in order to pick up this knowledge again. Of course, he also asked Shaohua to back up the medical books to an electronic file. He plans to make a backup of every book he has learned from reading in the future. When he wants to read it in the future, he can directly transfer it to Shaohua.
When Xu Zifan went to the town to hand in the book, he brought Xiao Lian with him. He felt that Xiao Lian should be allowed to go out more and gain more knowledge. They first sent the ornaments made by Xu's father to the classmates who ordered them, and sold the purse embroidered by Xiaolian to earn a little money. Then they went to the library to hand in the books, and picked three medical books to take home and copy.
Xiaolian sold purses and handkerchiefs for 20 cents. She took the copper plate and asked Xu Zifan, "Third brother, you said that the family should be carried by you. Then, should I give you the money?"
Xu Zifan was startled, looked at the copper plate in her palm, and said with a smile: "If you put it away yourself, the third brother can support you. With the money you earn in the future, you can buy whatever you want, you don't have to give it to anyone, remember to be filial. Mom and Dad will do."
"Third brother, you are the best! I must be filial to my parents!" Xiao Lian happily put the copper plate into the purse, and felt more and more that the family separation was right.
After so many times, Xu Zifan was ill and the money for taking medicine was earned back, Xiaolian also had private money, and there was still income in the family, Xu's father and Xu's mother became more and more at ease. worried son.
The second house sells food and food prosperously, and the third house copies books and sells bamboo products. Xu Dalang knows nothing except farming. He walks to the town early every day to help people carry goods. After the day is exhausted, he can probably earn seven or eight yuan, but the dock does not have goods every day. Xu Dalang has many times. It's a white run.
Seeing that after the separation, the Cai family had become the most backward one, so anxious that a circle of blisters appeared on her mouth, and she wondered what to do if she couldn't sleep well every day. One day, Xu Dalang went to town for a short time and returned without success. He sat down at the base of the wall in a dejected manner. Mrs. Cai couldn't help it, so she sat down beside him and whispered to him, "Dalang, why don't you go and beg your father to let him Teach you to weave bamboo."
Xu Dalang replied subconsciously, "I will make up."
"No, it's not weaving bamboo baskets, I mean the ones that Dad sold."
"How can it work? That's what the third brother figured out. It's the third brother's way to make money. I won't go." Xu Dalang stood up abruptly, turned around and entered the room.
Cai Shi was in a hurry, hurriedly chased in, and pulled Xu Dalang to persuade: "Dalang! We still have two children to raise, and it is difficult to make a living. If it is really impossible, I will not mention this matter. We people from ten miles and eight villages. There are so many, you can’t go very far to sell things on your back, you are young and strong, you can go to a farther place to sell, and it won’t affect your father and third brother, think about it, isn’t it?”
Xu Dalang shook her off, frowned, and said, "In short, I won't go, the third brother is still ill and you are arguing to split the family. I can't tell you, you are justified, and the result? This family has changed a lot, I don't even know me anymore, and my parents are so disappointed in me. What else do you want to do? I'm not talented, I'm just a peasant. You know when you walk in, don't stare at the second and third brothers all day. , the family is separated, they have nothing to do with us."
"Why doesn't it matter? Wasn't it agreed at the beginning that the separation was for the third brother to make progress? We are still a family. Now that the third younger brother is sensible and motivated, there is absolutely no need for us to split up again. We should return to the way we used to be, right? ?" Cai Shi suddenly remembered this, and the more she talked, the brighter her eyes became. She looked at Dalang and said, "My father and mother have always disliked family separation. If we do not split up, my parents will be happy. You are still the eldest son they rely on the most. ,Is not it good?"
Xu Dalang was stunned when he heard the words, remembering that he really said that when the family split up that day, and thinking about what Cai said again, if they reunite again, he is the eldest son, and he is the eldest son. If he is filial to his parents, he will definitely make them satisfied with him. . It's not like now, where the big and third rooms eat separately. He is only a neighbor who lives in a courtyard. He can't find a chance to be filial to his parents. His parents are busy and have fewer opportunities to talk. He can't help. Working in the third room, he still has to move goods to support the children. Thinking about it this way, it's better to be a family, and their Xu family will definitely become more and more prosperous in the future.
As soon as Mr. Cai moved him, he immediately laughed and said, "You don't know how to speak. I'll go and tell my mother. The third brother has already made progress, and my mother will be happy to know that we are going to be a family."
Xu Dalang was still hesitating. Seeing that Mrs. Cai was gone, he opened his mouth and didn't call her, but he still felt that something was wrong. Cai found Mother Xu in the kitchen and said with a smile: "Mother, I didn't expect that the method proposed by the second younger brother and younger sister would really work, and the third younger brother really knows how to make progress after the separation of the family. Mother, when are we going to do it? Are we going to be a family again?"
Mother Xu was cooking, and turned to look at her, "What? What is the family?"
Cai shi said in surprise: "Didn't we say fake separation when we split up? The second brother and sister said that we are still a family, and we split up to make the third brother stand up, isn't it?"
Mother Xu remembered it now, but she could see that Su Qianyun was talking nicely there that day, where is she sincere? Looking at Cai Shi again, I can see that she is very sincere now. Cai continued: "Mother, no one else in the village has split up at this age, so we split up, and it doesn't look good. I'm too embarrassed to talk to others these days. Now that the third brother is standing up, I Let's talk to Li Zheng as soon as possible, tear up the separation documents, and be a family. In the future, we will work hard to one place and live a prosperous life, how wonderful!"
Mother Xu was a little moved, put down the spatula, and said hesitantly, "Can this work? Where is your second brother..."
"Certainly, it's what the second brother and sister said, and that's what she meant!" Mrs. Cai dared to mention that Su Qianyun pushed the family apart. Now she found out that Su Qianyun made a lot of money selling food, she finally came back. Co-author Su Qianyun is taking advantage of her, and she just wants to live a good life by herself after the separation, how can there be such a good thing, what kind of family are you divided into when your parents are there? Even the third brother has been changed, what reason do they have to split up
While cooking the meal, Mother Xu heard a lot from Mrs. Cai, such as the family sitting at a table to eat, it was exciting to think about it. Mother Xu pondered and pondered, and still wanted to give it a try. Everyone else's family lives as a family, so why not his family? Mother Xu simply made more, and asked Xu Dalang and Xu Erlang to put the table in their room at dinner, and called everyone to eat together.
Everyone sat down, Xu Erlang took the lead and said with a smile: "Mother, what's the happy event today?"
Mother Xu smiled and said, "I have something to say. At that time, when you said that the family was divided, wasn't it because of the third child? At that time, the third child was not good enough and was making a fool of himself, because he did something wrong. Let's just split first. Home, let the third child stand up and be sensible. Now, look, isn't the third child sensible?"
Su Qianyun's smile fell, and she had a hunch that nothing good was going to happen, but she still praised her mother Xu's words, "The third brother is sensible and filial, and he can make money by copying books. It seems that he has grown up."
Mother Xu said cheerfully: "Isn't it, so I thought that there's nothing bad in my family now, so I just messed up the separation documents and went to talk to Lizheng about becoming a family. Although it's not easy to handle, but It makes sense to make two more trips, and our family will definitely be able to live a good life in the future."
Father Xu didn't expect her to say this, so he tugged her sleeves under the table, Mother Xu glanced at him, didn't say anything, but looked at the big room and the second room expectantly. Cai Shi was the first to respond to her and said with a smile, "That's how it should be. We were originally a family, and we only split the family once for the third brother. Now that the third brother is sensible, we are still a family and should not be separated."
Xu Erlang and Su Qianyun looked at each other. They both earned three taels of silver these days, more than the previous year, but they didn't want to share the money with them. Xu Erlang coughed lightly and said, "Father and mother, when we first split up, we were not used to it, but now we are used to it, and that's it. Anyway, we have to split up sooner or later, so what are you going to do this time? It's too troublesome to send things to the household registration office for Lizheng, and it's not worth it."
Cai shi said anxiously, "Second brother, why do you say that? Wasn't the second younger brother and sister who came up with this idea at the beginning? Could it be that what the second younger brother and sister said was good for the third brother was false, and you wanted to split up just to get rid of us and live a good life? "