As soon as Song Hai returned home, he and Mr. Wang murmured in the room for a long time.
"Are you serious? The fourth family actually has such a good way to make money?"
"Isn't that right? They locked it up for fear that I would see it. The more they locked it up, the more curious I became, so I took advantage of them to sleep and went to see what was going on."
He knew what was going on at the sight of the engraved templates and the piles of books. It turned out that this was how they "copied books". No wonder we can live in such a nice house!
"Then what should we do now? Let's imitate what they do?" Wang was very excited. She had a scholar at home, so she knew how expensive books were. If you can print books and sell them, that would be a great way to make money!
Song Hai said, "Don't worry, if we tell this idea now, it won't be our family's source of wealth, it will be the public's source of wealth. So, let's wait."
Wang's mind suddenly moved, "What do you mean..."
"Yes, when Yan Chang releases the results, we will separate our families. At that time, our eldest family will handle this business alone. We cannot let the second and third families share a piece of the pie in vain."
Mrs. Wang nodded repeatedly, this is the best thing.
At the same time, the couple in the second house were also discussing in a low voice, "Let's just separate the family. You have also seen the expressions of the eldest father and son today. It is estimated that they are sure of winning the county examination. If Yan Chang becomes a child, his parents will definitely Focus on providing for him alone, and don’t let Yan Wen continue to study.”
The family has not had any unexpected fortune in the past few years. Life has been good or bad, and it has been a bit difficult to support two scholars. Mrs. Chen could tell that the old lady had already planned to let Yan Wen, their second roommate, come back and plan to use the whole family to support Yan Chang in studying.
Although Yan Wen was not very talented in studying, Chen was unwilling to let him give up studying and come back to farm for Yan Chang to study.
"Why do we have to work like horses to provide them with a big house? Yan Chang's father and mother benefited from it when he passed the exam. Can he still remember our uncle and aunt who are separated by a room? Our Yan Wen is also fourteen years old. If he doesn't study, It's time to take a look at the family. While the old lady still has some money, she can quickly divide the family and marry Yan Wen a wife. If the delay continues, the old lady's little money will be used by Yan Chang to study. It’s all gone, what else can we leave behind?”
Song He thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. So he nodded and said, "Okay, let's find a time to mention it to my parents."
At the same time, Song Fubao was also encouraging his parents, "Mom, dad, let's go live in the county like our fourth uncle and four aunt? In this family, our family is the only one who is bullied. I have no brothers. My grandparents favor boys over girls and look down on us." "Family, you are being annoyed every day, why don't we separate and live alone."
After a few years, the Song family finally realized that Song Fubao was no longer as lucky as before. Therefore, Mrs. Song Li, who regarded her as a lucky star, immediately changed her face, and her eldest aunt and second aunt no longer fawned over her. Her special treatment was gone, and like other sisters in the family, she became a little pitiful person who was despised.
Even because in the past, if you were good to her, you would have good luck, and if you were not good to her, you would be unlucky, I thought she was very evil. If their parents hadn't begged them so hard, they would have even wanted to find a master to do the exercises at home.
Song Fubao was very angry. Although he had known for a long time that this family was top-notch, he never expected that they would be top-notch to this extent! After getting so many benefits from her, she turned around and beat her up!
Mrs. Xu sighed and said, "It's because my mother is incompetent and can't give you a brother. But we don't have a boy in the family. If we separate and live alone, we will be bullied even more."
Song Fubao was angry that she didn't fight and lamented her misfortune, "Mom, what's wrong with not having a male? Your daughter is no worse than anyone else! Don't worry, as long as we go to the county, I guarantee we can find a way to make money!"
Xu touched her head and smiled, "I know my Fu Bao is no worse than others, but you are still young and don't know how difficult the world is outside. Let's just farm at home in peace and contentment. It doesn't matter if our parents suffer a little injustice." What, only by staying in the Song family can you have the support of your brothers, and your parents will be able to rest assured when you get married. "
Song Fubao was so angry that he said, "Mom! Just listen to me, can you just listen to me this time? I can really make our family live a good life!"
Seeing her persistence, Xu finally wavered, "But..."
"No buts, listen to me this time!" Song Fubao said firmly. She had so many ideas to make money, but she was trapped in this rural area. It didn't matter that she was still a child a few years ago. Now that she is eight years old, she must let her parents separate and live alone.
The three families had their own thoughts, but they had the same goal. Therefore, before the results were released, the matter of family separation was brought up.
"Separate our families? Your father and I are not dead yet! Don't even think about it!"
Song Li refused without even thinking!
Only when the family is together can she have the power and control everything and everyone in the family. If the family is separated and she lives with the older family, she will become dependent on someone else. She could no longer be anyone's boss, and even had to live her life depending on her eldest daughter-in-law's face.
This was something she absolutely couldn't stand.
However, these three families were determined to separate. How could they really not separate because of her obstruction.
"Mom, after the family is divided, you live with us. Everything is the same as before, except that there are fewer people in the family. Why don't you agree? Besides, Yan Chang is eighteen years old. If he wants to live with someone else, he should have married a wife and had children. We are planning to wait until he has achieved fame and then marry a well-matched man, but isn’t it going to be announced soon? He is very sure that he will win, so he will not be able to live in this family soon. Yan Chang’s daughter-in-law has entered the house, will she stay in the same room with Yan Sheng?”
The old lady made a face, "Isn't that the fourth child's house is freed up? Yan Chang will live in that room when he gets married."
At this time, Ms. Chen spoke up, "What about our Yan Wen? It's time for our Yan Wen to get married. Where can we let Yan Wen live?"
"Yan Wen is only fourteen, why are you so anxious?"
"Don't you plan to let Yan Wen study? It's too late to meet each other at the age of fourteen. After we meet, isn't it just a blink of an eye to get married?"
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The two sisters-in-law and the two sisters-in-law have never worked together like this at this moment. In addition, Fu Bao from the third room was also fanning the flames, so the old lady acted recklessly, threatened and tried all kinds of tricks, but in the end she couldn't resist and broke up the family.
After the family division deed was signed, everyone in the house was full of joy. Only the old lady looked defeated, like a cock that had lost a fight.
The day after the family division was completed, the county examination results happened to be released.
Song Hai and Song Yanchang went there early in the morning to wait, and then didn't come back until evening.
"How's it going? Did Yan Chang pass the exam?" Wang asked impatiently.
"Won, seventeenth place." Song Hai looked unhappy.
"Oh, I knew my son would definitely win! He will still be ranked 17th!"
Wang was pleasantly surprised for a long time before she realized that the expressions of both father and son were not good-looking, "What's wrong? Why aren't you happy about being hit? What happened?"
Song Hai shook his head and said with difficulty, "Zhuzi, he took the exam... the head of the case."
"Brother, you are so awesome! You actually passed the county examination for chief executive officer!" Yan Shu said very happily.
Not only her, Song Chi and his wife were also happy and didn't know what to do, "Head of the county case! My son is really capable! Thirteen-year-old chief case of the county! It's such a happy event, we have to hold a banquet to celebrate!"
Yan Qing said quickly, "Father, mother, let's forget it. I will take the government examination in less than two months. I have to calm down and review."
"That's right, review is more important, then you can review with peace of mind, we won't hold a banquet!"
"If we don't have a banquet, let's celebrate by ourselves. Dad, go buy some meat, buy a chicken, and, by the way, a fish. Yan Qing has worked hard and needs to make up for it!"
"Okay, I'll buy it right away!"
Song Yanchang was also preparing for the government examination. While he was preparing for the government examination, Song Hai and his wife began to put the printing of books on the agenda.
No one in their family knew how to carve, so they secretly found a carpenter and paid someone to carve a set of templates for them. After thinking about it for a month, I finally printed the first book.
"It's a bit troublesome in the front, but it's really convenient to print books this way. If you print four or five books a day, you can earn hundreds of taels of silver a month!"
The couple thought about it and worked overtime to print two more books.
The next day, Song Hai went to the bookstore with three books.
"Sorry, we don't accept books anymore."
"What? Didn't you collect it before?"
"You also said that it was in the past. Our boss couldn't sell out the books he printed himself, so why would we accept others' books? Moreover, the quality of your printing is too poor, the ink is uneven, and some of the printed words are missing arms and legs. , we won’t accept it before.”
Song Hai was dumbfounded.