When I returned to the village, because it was almost noon, I saw only a few people outside.
After returning home, Mrs. Zhang told Mrs. Li what happened today.
Li looked at the money in his hand and looked up at Liu Tangxi.
She really did not expect that she could meet such a good daughter-in-law. She earned half of the more than 100 pennies.
If you earn twenty or thirty cents a day, it is one tael of silver a month, and you can earn twenty taels in less than two years.
Her twenty-two dollars were so worth it.
"You guys have worked hard." Li looked at the three daughters-in-law and said, "Let's add a meat dish in the evening."
"Thank you ma'am."
"I'll take all the money first. I'll remember how much anyone earns and how much they spend. Although the third child doesn't make any money, the taxes and corvée that he was exempted from the exam were also converted into money for him. The money for your father's medical treatment, the money for everyone's meals, and the money for buying seeds and farm tools are shared equally. I will show you the account at the end of the month." Li said.
Li's words were actually meant for Liu Tangxi.
After Wei Daniel got married, Li began to do this and made it clear to Zhang. When the Zhou family got married, the Li family told the Zhou family again. Now tell Liu Tangxi again.
Liu Tangxi was very surprised after hearing these words, she didn't expect Li Shi to be so sensible.
"Our family is weak. If the family is separated, the family will be separated. However, all three of their brothers are married, and they also have their own small family. One day or two days is fine. So, Mother has figured it out for you, everyone knows it, and no one should complain." Li explained a few more words.
In fact, this idea was not conceived by Li, but by Wei Hanzhou.
Wei Laosan has four brothers. He is the third child in the family. He is neither superior nor inferior, neither his father nor his mother loves him.
When Wei Hanzhou was born, the Wei family had not yet separated, and the five members of Wei Hanzhou's family were huddled together in a small wing.
The third child Wei made all the money and handed it over. But when Wei Laosan's family needed money, the family didn't give them a penny, but gave all the money he earned to Dafang and Sifang.
Fourth Wei used money to study, to marry his wife, and to Wei’s family’s children to study, but Wei Hanzhou wanted to study but no one gave money.
That's why Wei Hanzhou didn't start reading until he was ten years old.
Seeing that his son was getting bigger and bigger, in order to make his son stand out, the third child of Wei gritted his teeth and went out. When he left, he didn't get anything.
The reason why Wei Hanzhou can go to study is because the third Wei, Daniel and Wei Erhu went to work in the town to earn money for him.
In order not to repeat the mistakes of the old house, Wei Hanzhou asked Wei Hanzhou to record the money earned by his two brothers from the first day of school. Even though his proposal was unanimously opposed by everyone, who felt that Wei Hanzhou's actions were too raw, Wei Hanzhou still insisted on doing it.
Presumably, his grandfather and uncle's father were also very close back then, but they didn't plan for their own interests later.
The few years after Wei Hanzhou was born was the worst time for the brothers in the old house. He was tortured by these things since he was a child, and he really didn't want to see the father, son and brothers in the family falling apart in the future.
At Wei Hanzhou's insistence, the third Wei did as he suggested.
At the beginning of each month, everyone will keep a record of the money earned and used in the previous month, and whoever spends how much knows how much.
Gradually, Wei Laosan's family discovered the benefits of doing so. Especially after the Li family and the Zhou family got married, although the Wei family was not separated, the family was still in harmony.
A few years ago, Wei Daniel and Wei Erhu made money for Wei Hanzhou to study. When Wei Hanzhou became a scholar, the benefits would fall on Wei Daniel and Wei Erhu. After these benefits were converted into money, they owed Wei Hanzhou instead. After clearing these things down, there is no need for Wei Laosan and Li Shi to say more, Wei Daniel and Wei Erhu have tasted the sweetness and will work harder to make money for Wei Hanzhou to study. Because, in the future, they will get a bigger reward.
For example, taxation, another example of the lintel, and another example of the issue of children studying and marrying.
Liu Tangxi didn't know that Wei Hanzhou came up with this idea. He just thought that Mrs. Li was really a man of great wisdom, and it was no wonder that their family could cultivate a champion. It's a pity that this champion is not right.
I don't know if the people in Wei's third family left her with such a good impression that she now has a much better impression of Wei Hanzhou. She feels more and more that Wei Hanzhou grew up in such a family. Shouldn't be that kind of person.
Maybe it was because of a sudden disaster that he was stimulated, so he changed his temper
Originally, I thought Wei Hanzhou was a villain paper man, but now I feel that he seems to be flesh and blood.
After the daughters-in-law went out, Mrs. Li went to the inner room with a smile on her face.
Wei Wei was half lying on the bed at the moment, saw his daughter-in-law smiling, and asked, "Are the eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law back?"
Li Shi nodded with a smile, and said, "Well, I'm back. No, I made a lot of money."
Third Wei looked down at the copper plate in Li's hand, and asked in surprise, "So many?"
Previously, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li had also been doing embroidery work. Every time they went to the shop, the handkerchiefs and purses they took were similar, but the money was not so much.
Although it is only more than 20 words more than before, for poor people, the weight of these 20 words is really not light, and the difference can be seen at a glance.
"Isn't it, it's all at the expense of the third wife." Li said.
Then, Mrs. Li told Mr. Wei what Mrs. Zhang had just said to her.
Third Wei nodded after hearing this.
Mrs. Li put away the coins and said, "You didn't let me listen to the fortune-teller before and complained that I spent the money for the third child to take the exam. But now, look at you, not to mention that your illness is getting better, the third daughter-in-law is also a prostitute. matter."
He didn't know that Li took all the savings in the family to marry his daughter-in-law. At that time, he was so sick that he could not get out of bed.
He thought that his daughter-in-law would marry a good girl from a clean family, but he was rescued from Ren Yazi. At first glance, that girl is not a countryman, and with those eyes looking around, full of disgust, she does not look like a good girl.
But it was useless for him to regret it, the money had already been spent, and his daughter-in-law had also brought in the door.
After the son got married, the girl stayed in the room for three whole days without going out.
However, when she went out again, the girl was completely different from before.
Although he still had the same appearance, his eyes were completely different from before, and he looked extremely honest.
He once thought that he was too ill before, his head was dizzy, and he couldn't see clearly.
It was only when his daughter-in-law told him that her daughter-in-law seemed to suddenly lose her memory on the day they got married, that she understood.
Although this amnesia is bizarre, there is no other better reason to explain the change of the daughter-in-law.
"Although this daughter-in-law is a good one, you should listen less to the fortune-teller in the future. The third child said that the fortune-teller was a deceiver. The stall was smashed a few days ago, and now I don't know where it went." The third said.
Thinking that the fortune teller was indeed exposed, the smile on Li's face faded.
However, after putting away the money, Mrs Li still retorted: "Whether he is a liar or not, in short, I found the third wife according to his words, and now your illness is really cured. My money is not wasted. "
This is something Wei Lao San can't figure out. Obviously a liar, but he really pointed the way for him. However, he still believed his son's words more, believing that the fortune-teller was a liar.
"It's possible that he got it right, or that the third child has a good life and is destined to marry this daughter-in-law."
Li Shi was not very happy when he heard this, and said, "Even if it was destined, I found it."
Seeing that his daughter-in-law was unhappy, the third son of Wei quickly compromised: "Yes, it's all your credit. You've worked hard these days."
He thought that he was about to die, and felt that he owed his daughter-in-law and children. Now that his illness is getting better, and he knows that his daughter-in-law is not having a good time during his illness, he doesn't want to argue with her anymore.
Mrs. Li tucked the quilt away from the third Wei and said, "I know the people in the village didn't say anything good, they said I was stupid, and married our son to such a daughter-in-law, all waiting to see our jokes. Don't let them see it, let them know we're better than ever."
Mrs. Li and Mr. Wei were talking on this side, and on the other side, Liu Tangxi had already gone to the kitchen to boil water.
After walking back and forth for more than an hour, that is, two hours, Liu Tangxi's legs were already pantothenic acid, and it was almost not his own. However, compared to being tired, she couldn't stand being dirty.
After the water was boiled, Liu Tangxi went back to the house and wiped his body.
Two quarters of an hour later, Liu Tangxi, dressed in clean clothes, lay comfortably on the bed.
In the afternoon, Liu Tangxi and Zhou shi sat together to embroider again.
At noon, Wei Daniu's cousin next door said that a batch of goods was to be unloaded at the town's wharf soon, and there was a shortage of manpower. Wei Daniu and Wei Erhu did not eat rice, and went to the town with dry food and water.
There was not much work in the field, and Mrs. Zhang originally planned to take over from Mrs. Xiang to work in the field from tomorrow, so she left in the second half of today, and Mrs. Li went with her.
Liu Tangxi wanted to go to the field instead of Li, after all, growing up in the countryside, she also worked in the field. Although she felt tired, she didn't want to let the elders in the family go down to the ground and idle at home by herself. After all, she couldn't get through.
Li refused.
As soon as Liu Tangxi came to him, he looked thin and tender, and at a glance, he knew that he had never been on the ground. Second, Liu Tangxi can make more money by staying at home and embroidering than by working in the fields.
In this way, Liu Tangxi and the Zhou family stayed at home.
If Li was looking after the children at home, he would go to the village to talk from time to time, and the children could go out to play. But Zhou's month is old, so it's inconvenient to go out. Liu Tangxi was not familiar with the villagers again, and was told by the villagers in the morning. Therefore, except for Wei Bosheng, who went down to the ground, the other two girls stayed at home.
Liu Tangxi and Mrs. Zhou were sitting at the entrance of the main room to embroider. The light here was good, and they could hear the movement in the main room. If Third Wei really had something to do with it, they would be able to hear it.
As soon as the two of them started embroidering, Zhou Shi took an extra bench and put it aside.
"Fuyao, come here, my mother will teach you to embroider." Zhou's tone was very solemn.
Liu Tangxi glanced at Wei Fuyao, who had just come back from the outside, and smiled. Wei Fuyao has always been an active person, she really can't imagine what this leather monkey would be like sitting quietly embroidering by the side.
Sure enough, Wei Fuyao didn't let her down, and immediately rejected the Zhou family.
"Mother, it hurts too much to prick it with a needle. I don't want to embroider."
Hearing this, Zhou was very angry, and even wanted to reprimand her daughter.
However, Wei Fuyao hurriedly ran to the west room and asked the third child for help.
The third third Wei felt distressed for his granddaughter, and only after Wei Fuyao talked about his grievances, the third third Wei compromised.
Zhou Shi also couldn't do anything about his daughter, and his face turned red with anger.
Zhou Shi was pregnant after all, and Liu Tangxi should not have interfered in her goddaughter affairs, but she was afraid that she would be angry, so she persuaded a few words from the side: "Second sister-in-law, Fuyao is still young, he just loves to play. age. Don't be angry, maybe after a few months, she will slowly figure it out, and she wants to embroider."
Hearing Liu Tangxi's words, Zhou shi glanced at her with a strange look.
Then, Zhou shi said something inexplicable to her: "Actually, she is not stupid. Her third uncle said that Fuyao is very smart. But she is very active. If you are serious, you will definitely learn."
Liu Tangxi didn't understand Zhou's words, smiled, and praised Wei Fuyao following her words.
As if he didn't hear what he wanted to hear, Zhou shi's face was a little disappointed. ,,