"Are you having any difficulties? Are you criticized by the teacher? Are you being squeezed out by your classmates? Don't have money to eat? Or..."
"Puff..."
The little boy was lying on her shoulder, blowing bubbles at Cui Jikang.
Xu Yin helplessly wiped his mouth with a handkerchief. This kid has started to grow teeth recently, secretes a lot of saliva, and likes to spit bubbles at every turn.
"No, sister-in-law." Cui Jikang blushed and waved his hands to explain, "It's the new emperor who has ascended the throne and opened up the country. All the brothers are planning to sign up for the provincial examination. I..."
"Take Enke? That's a good thing! If you don't take the exam, you won't take the exam. Of course you will take the exam! What if you pass the exam? It doesn't matter if you don't pass the exam. You are still young, only fourteen, so don't be anxious, but one more chance is always good. It is good."
Without saying a word, Xu Yin took out a money bag and stuffed it into his hand: "Take it, I'll give it to you as payment. That's all it takes, save some flowers. My sister-in-law is planning to build a house after the autumn harvest, and I'll leave one for you later." There is a bright study room. You can prepare for the exam with peace of mind. According to me, if you are nervous about your studies, don’t go home for the time being. The mother-in-law in the field is too busy, so I will hire a few people to help her. "
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Thank you!"
As long as the mother-in-law doesn't always scold her behind her back for spoiling the eldest and youngest sons of the family, that's fine.
Xu Yin waved her hands and strode home with her son in her arms.
She just went to Huzi's house and ordered a plate of tofu and two pounds of tofu dip.
When the autumn harvest comes, her parents' family will definitely have some strong laborers coming to help her family collect food. If there are more people, more vegetables will be needed.
"You kid, don't chew on my mother's shoulders all the time. Isn't it dirty?"
When I got home, I fed my son some water and stuffed him with a homemade teething stick biscuit. Cui Mengjin also came back.
He just went to the dry land to look around and saw that sorghum and soybeans would be harvested in a few days.
After a short rest, I went to the field beside the lotus pond to break corn and peel taro.
In the past three years, the couple has cultivated all the land around the lotus pond and fertilized it into paddy fields, ranging from high-grade to medium-grade.
Buying a lake and pond gave me so much fertile land, which made the villagers extremely envious. They were so greedy that they also wanted to buy a lake and pond. They could plant lotus roots and fish in the lake, and open paddy fields around the lake. How wonderful!
However, since the collective lotus ponds were established in Xiaowa Village three years ago, the ponds in the village are no longer easily sold for takeout. Everyone is really envious when they look at the only private lotus pond owned by Cui Mengjin’s family!
But we can only envy them, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks behind their backs. Firstly, the collective lotus pond allows every household to earn more money than if they went to work as part-time workers in the town. Secondly, the new retting method allows them to increase their crop yields and provide them with more food. Got dry rice. Even if they ignored this favor, they wouldn't dare to make a fuss even if Meng Jin's wife was so strong that she could kick an adult wild boar away.
Therefore, Xu Yin's family has been living very comfortably in recent years.
"My face is red from the sun."
Seeing the man come in, Xu Yin poured him a glass of water distressedly.
Every winter, my face turns white after a hard time. After two rounds of busy harvests in summer and autumn, my face will definitely turn dark again.
Forget about being dark, the main reason is that I am worried about getting sunburned, and I really want to put a layer of sunscreen on his face.
Cui Mengjin almost choked on her herbal tea when she looked at his wife's loving eyes.
He could guess what she was thinking by looking at her expression - she thought he was too tanned.
He calmly rolled up his sleeves, revealing his fair upper arms with bulging biceps.
Xu Yin: "..."
He lowered his head and teased his son: "Your dad has convulsions again."
"By the way, I just met my third brother on the road. He said that after the new emperor ascends the throne and opens Enke, he can sign up for the provincial examination this year. Judging from his embarrassed look, he is probably worried that my mother will not be willing to pay for it, so she left you behind. The purse here is given to him, and there should be twenty or thirty taels in it. The third brother has a talent for reading, and he still needs to cultivate it well. "
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but want to complain: "Mom has collected a lot of money in the past few years, why are you still so picky?"
Cui Mengjin turned his head and looked at her: "Did you give him your wallet too?"
"Ah, what's wrong? There are only a few silver ingots in it, nothing else."
"..."
Nothing else, but the purse was given to him by her, how could she give it to others so easily? Not even his biological brother.
He was unhappy.
After being married for many years, Xu Yin understood his emotions at a glance.
After thinking about what I just said, there is nothing wrong with it.
"Do you think I gave you too much or too little?" She asked tentatively, "Going to the state capital to take the exam, twenty or thirty taels is not enough?"
Cui Mengjin looked at her helplessly and said, "The expenses are enough."
"Then what are you upset about?"
"Pocket."
"Um?"
"That's what you gave me."
"..."
Xu Yin remembered!
When I took him to the county town for leg treatment, I bought a few embroidered purses on the county town street. One of them was azure and embroidered with green bamboo, and contained some broken silver for him to use as pocket change.
After so many years, I haven't seen him replace the purse after it's worn out. I thought he didn't care about the old or new, so he co-wrote it because it was a gift from her?
She raised her forehead and said, "It was just for pocket money, not a serious gift... In this case, don't go to Third Brother to ask for it, lest he think we regret it and don't want to help him catch the exam and want to get the money back. I I’ll give you another one, this time I’ll make it myself and sew you a purse in a color you like, right?”
This guy was coaxed.
At the end of the rest, Cui Mengjin went to the ground again.
Nowadays, even if they have a lot of money, they rarely hire helpers. They only ask Xu Yin's cousins from her mother's side to come over to help for a few days when the farming is busy, and they only come here after their own land is finished.
After the man left, Xu Yin put her son to sleep and dried soybeans and dried vegetables in the yard.
The magistrate and his wife came to her house in a carriage.
"..."
Why do you always come during the autumn harvest?
Sister really doesn’t have time to entertain.
When the county magistrate's wife got off the carriage, she held her hand and walked into the house: "Sister Yin, hurry up, take a bath, burn incense, and kneel to welcome the imperial edict."
"???"
Xu Yin was confused.
"It's too late! Sister Bai will take you to bathe and change clothes. Master, please have the incense burner ready."
"Yinmei, where is your husband? Is he still in the fields? Oh, sir, call someone to call my brother-in-law. Don't delay the auspicious moment of reading the imperial edict."
What?
Imperial decree?
"That's right." The county magistrate's wife said while organizing the clothes she would wear for a while, "You know that the prince held a coronation ceremony a few days ago, right? After he ascends the throne, of course he will be rewarded according to his merits. You have made great efforts. , of course I will reward you."
"When did I put in all the effort?"
Why didn't she know?
"Ah? Didn't I tell you? His Majesty the Crown Prince... Oh, look at my mouth. I can't change my mouth." The county magistrate's wife lightly slapped her mouth, "It's your Majesty. The reason why your Majesty is so respected by the Supreme Emperor is thanks to The high-yielding grain seeds you presented, the castor bean and vegetable cake residue retting, and the good ideas such as collective lotus ponds and circular breeding... Oops, I can't explain. Good times wait for no one, so I'll welcome the details first. I’ll tell you more in detail later.”
"..."
(End of chapter)
