After distributing the money, Qian took out another ingot of five taels of silver from the cloth bag, handed it to Zhou Xi and said, "This is the silver that the fourth eldest married borrowed from you, and I will return it to you."
Zhou Xi took it with a smile, "Xie Niang."
Qian looked at her gratifiedly and said: "The next day is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the family has brought in such a large amount of money this year, you and your sister-in-laws can go shopping in the city, buy some brighter fabrics, and let you three years later." Brother and sister will teach you how to tailor clothes."
When the daughters-in-law heard that they were going to the city, they couldn't help but glanced at their husbands. Xiaoqian directly bumped Zhou Dalang, and Fang squeezed Zhou Zhoulang.
Before Zhou Zhoulang had time to speak, Zhou Dalang asked first, "Mother, shall we all go to the city later?"
Old Zhou looked at his wife.
Qian looked at Man Bao first, "Man Bao, do you want to go later?"
Man Bao said disappointedly: "Mr. said there is no holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival."
Qian Shi nodded and said: "Then I won't go, you guys go."
The children cheered, and the daughter-in-law had a bright smile on her face.
Qian said with a smile: "The third family, the fourth family, you should keep the children at home. If such a young child is taken out, it will be bad if he gets wind."
Qian Shi stretched out his hand to He Shi.
He immediately gave the five heads in his arms to his mother-in-law.
Qian said with a smile: "The child is not allowed to leave the village until his first birthday."
All the daughters-in-law of the old Zhou family knew this rule, even Fang knew it, because when she was just confinement she wanted to take the child back to her natal home for a visit, but Qian didn't let him go, saying that if she really wanted to go back to her natal home, Then let Zhou Zhoulang take her back.
Go early and return early, but the child cannot be taken out of the village.
Not only can they not be taken out of the village, but a hundred years ago, they could not even go to places a little further from the village.
Especially in the mountains behind the house, when the farming was busy some time ago, Mrs. He stirred out the chicken food with five heads on her back, but there was no one at home, so she let the chickens crow and did not send them to the back room.
If she goes, the five must be kept in the house or given to her to look after.
In Qian's words, there are evil spirits in places far outside. Adults are in class, but children cannot be infected with these evil spirits.
This is the child-rearing scriptures that their Qian family has passed down word of mouth for many years.
Old Zhou sat at the side sullenly, and Qian said to him, "Go to the city with the children and have a look."
Old Zhou said unhappily: "No! What am I going to do in the city?"
Qian said helplessly: "Go and buy me two pieces of fabric. It's getting hotter and hotter these days. Buy some fabric for me to make clothes, buy two pieces for yourself, and buy some for Manbao." Hair rope, this kid will never tie his own hair."
Old Zhou Tou cheered up again and asked, "What color do you want?"
"What color can I wear? You can buy it, and buy me some thread..."
Old Zhou Tou listened carefully, and after taking notes one by one, he took a piece of silver from Qian. He looked at the silver and asked, "Why do you still take the silver for such a small purchase?"
"You forgot, our cattle are still on credit. You'd better go to the county to see if you can repay the money on credit."
Man Bao immediately said: "Mom, I'll pay that back."
Before Mrs. Qian could speak, Old Zhou said: "No, no, this cow is for the family, how can I ask you to pay back the money?"
Old Zhoutou is very confident now, "It's not that the family has no money. You keep the five taels of silver yourself. If you buy books in the future, you will need pens, inks, papers and inkstones. By the way, Bao'er, you still use Zhuang The book that Mr. copied? Why don’t we just buy it ourselves…”
"No," Man Bao flatly refused, "Mr. said that he likes to copy books for me, because he copied one book for me, and if I want to return two copies, he can give them to them again."
"There are still people buying books from Mr. Zhuang."
"Yes, there is not much work to do in the field now. After we finish our morning class, the master will let us go to the classroom to attend class, and some former senior brothers will come to listen."
Sometimes when no one comes, Mr. Zhuang will move the classroom back to the small yard after class is over, but sometimes the classroom is quite cool, and Mr. Zhuang is too lazy to move around, so he lets them go to the small yard to put the tea sets, etc. Move into the classroom,
Since he only taught these three students, Mr. Zhuang has relaxed a lot, and he likes to teach them while drinking tea.
Old Zhou Tou listened, and felt that Mr. Zhuang was really kind, especially on festivals like the Dragon Boat Festival, he insisted on attending classes.
So old Zhou looked at his old wife and asked, "Do you think we want to buy some more things from the city for Mr. Zhuang? If we only send eggs..."
Qian thought for a while and said: "Mr. Zhuang's current clothes are all made by the Bai family, and we can't make better ones, but no one makes shoes and socks. Why don't you buy some better materials and bring them home? Make him some shoes and socks."
Qian said with a smile: "Especially the shoes. Didn't Man Bao say that Mr. Qian Erzhuang likes to go to the fields with them to take classes? The shoes for walking in the field are expensive, and the soles of the shoes have to be thickened so that walking is comfortable."
Old Zhou Tou now has money, so he was a little more generous, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll buy it for you."
That's it.
After Qian took away the remaining silver ingots, let everyone go away.
Old Zhou Tou helped Qian to put all the silver ingots in another bamboo box, and then hid them under the head of the bed.
But before he fell asleep, he couldn't help but look under the bed.
Seeing it funny, Qian said: "Don't worry, thieves dare not come to our house, and mice can't drag the money away, so sleep peacefully, someone will come to my mother's house tomorrow."
Uncle Qian said he would come to the door tomorrow, and he came again the next day.
But today they entered the village openly in broad daylight. When they entered the village, it happened that the villagers had just finished their breakfast and the weather was still not hot, so the village was very lively.
There were those who hoeed and planted vegetables or weeded in the vegetable garden, and those who washed clothes by the river lined up in a long line. As soon as the Qian family entered the village with bags and baskets on their shoulders, the whole village saw it.
When they walked by the river, they would greet the daughter-in-laws of the Qianjia Village, or those who were related to people in the Qianjia Village, and then glanced at their baskets and bags with curiosity.
Didn't you just come here yesterday? Why are you here again today
This time, the Qian family came to see the child, so they didn't hide it, and generously showed the meat in their hands, the noodles in the bag, and the eggs in the basket for everyone to see.
Originally it was planned that Aunt Qian would bring the second and third aunts, and at most a few more daughter-in-laws or children would be fine. Unexpectedly, Uncle Qian was lying down last night feeling a little uneasy, and there were still some questions to ask. After discussing with Lao Zhou, we decided to come together.
When Uncle Qian saw that his elder brother was going to Qili Village, he immediately said that he would also go.