Shen Shuangshuang glanced at Aunt Wang.
"What's going on with Liu Cui?" asked.
Li Erya would marry widower Wang. She had guessed this from the gossip last time.
After what happened, Liu Cui is no longer the stupid person she was before.
How could she, who is so smart and vicious, be led by the Li family?
In addition, the Li family did not feel sorry for their daughter, so it was only Li Erya who was sacrificed in the end.
"She has already contacted her mother's family."
"Someone from her mother's family took her back yesterday."
"Can the Li family agree?" Shen Shuangshuang asked.
"Where can I agree?"
"But Li Dalang is gone, and the Liu family's previous child was eliminated by the Zhang family. It is reasonable and reasonable for the Liu family to take him back. How can the Li family stop him?"
"I heard that five or six men came to the Liu family yesterday. Li Lao Er and Li Lao San were almost overturned by that group of people." At this point, Aunt Wang couldn't help laughing.
Shen Shuangshuang was also amused.
After a moment, he thought of something and asked again: "What about Li Sanya?"
"I heard before that the Li family wants to marry Li Sanya as well."
"No!" A look of hatred appeared on Aunt Wang's face.
"Still letting the matchmaker see me."
"They say they are looking for each other, but they only choose the one with the highest betrothal gift."
"The bride price is high, and the Li family can be admired. What kind of family can it be?"
Shen Shuangshuang said in his heart: It is indeed so.
He didn't continue to ask about the Li family.
"A few days ago, I heard Uncle Wu mention, aunt, are you planning to send Xiaobao to elementary school?" He turned to Aunt Wang and asked.
Aunt Wang was stunned and nodded quickly.
"Um!"
"Not a single person in our family can read, so I wanted to have at least one person in the family who could write and do math."
"I don't want Xiaobao to be able to take the imperial examination or anything like that in the future. Don't just be blind like the rest of us."
Then there is the example of the elder man of the Li family. He has been studying for so many years and his family has become poor.
Where is the imperial examination so easy to take? Just being able to read and do arithmetic is enough.
Of course, if his little treasure has that talent, they will provide it.
"My family was poor before, so we didn't dare to think like this. But now, haha, thank you for letting everyone in our family join the workshop. My family's life is much better than before!"
Yes, not long after the workshop implemented piece-rate wages, Wang Dabao applied to be transferred back to work in the workshop.
After Shen Shuangshuang weighed it up, he hired someone from the town to take over Wang Dabao's job as a shopkeeper and let Wang Dabao join the workshop.
After Wang Dabao entered the workshop, he did not do the work of an ordinary worker, but engaged in transportation work. Transport stuff back and forth between town and the Grand River Village workshop.
Because I need to load and unload goods, I do some physical work. Even if I don't work overtime, my daily wages are one hundred cash.
Shen Shuangshuang nodded.
"Well, Xiaobao is indeed old enough to go to elementary school. Do you have any preference for elementary school?"
"Not yet? I'm thinking about asking Dabao to take the time to inquire with people when he goes to town."
"By the way, does my boss know where there is less education and training?" Aunt Wang asked.
Studying costs money, and even if your family is better off now, you still have to save money.
Besides, her eldest son will soon get married.
Shen Shuangshuang paused.
When she first sent her son to the academy, she only heard Su Yuyan mention that Nanshan Academy would open an elementary school, so she sent her son there wholeheartedly. She never asked about other elementary schools.
"This...I haven't asked about it."
Aunt Wang looked disappointed.
"It's okay. I'll just ask Dabao to ask."
Shen Shuangshuang nodded.
After chatting with Aunt Wang for a few more words, she let Aunt Wang leave.
In the afternoon, Shen Shuangshuang went to the academy to pick up his son.
Smoothly, he mentioned to Li Ling that Aunt Wang was going to send Wang Xiaobao to elementary school.
"Great! Brother Xiaobao is going to elementary school too!" The little baby's eyes lit up when he heard it.
"Um."
"However, your little brother Bao has no foundation at all. I'm afraid he won't be able to go to Nanshan Academy."
The little baby's eyes flashed with disappointment again.
Shen Shuangshuang reached out and touched his son's head.
"Does Ling'er know about any other elementary schools in town?" Shen Shuangshuang regretted asking.
It's strange to know that my son is still so young.
Sure enough, when Shen Shuangshuang lowered his head, he saw his son shaking his head at him.
"It's okay. Ming'er mother will ask someone to inquire." Shen Shuangshuang said.
"oh."
When the mother and son returned home, Li Ling obediently went to do her homework.
Shen Shuangshuang went back to his room, hid in the space, and packed up the chili peppers, peppercorns and peppers he had recently harvested.
It wasn't until the sky darkened and Shen Shuangshuang lit the lamp that she heard movement outside. Her mother-in-law was back.
Dropping what she was doing, Shen Shuangshuang went to pick up Mrs. Shen.
"I told you not to wait for me. Hurry up and serve the food." As soon as Shen Shuangshuang saw Mrs. Shen, she heard her order to Aunt Zheng.
"Mother——" Shen Shuangshuang shouted and stepped forward to greet her.
Mrs. Shen saw her daughter-in-law and her darling grandson coming out not far away, and a smile appeared on her tired face.
Let his daughter-in-law come over, support him, and lead him to the main room.
"Don't wait for me next time. Just ask the kitchen to leave some food for me to heat on the stove." Mrs. Shen said.
"It's okay, you have to come back before dark." Shen Shuangshuang responded with a smile.
Shen sighed.
"It's better not to wait for me."
"Master Yin just sent someone to deliver the message. The Liao Kingdom has invaded the country and war has begun."
“Knives and arrows cause the most injuries on the battlefield, and there is a huge demand for hemostasis powder.”
"The war will continue, and the batch of hemostatic powder we prepared earlier may not last long."
Shen Shuangshuang frowned.
"Master Yin's side——"
Mrs. Shen nodded to Shen Shuangshuang.
"Well, I sent another batch of medicinal materials."
"In addition, I also took some money and asked Huichun Hall to help purchase some useful medicinal materials."
Shen looked forward and sighed again.
"Not only medicinal materials, but the people sent by Mr. Yin said that the army is also in short supply of food and grass."
"The imperial court didn't distribute military rations and medicines?" Shen Shuangshuang frowned.
"It's made. But last year was a bad year, and several counties in the south of the Yangtze River were affected by disasters. The imperial court provided disaster relief, and the Ministry of Household Affairs sent out a lot of money."
"If you spend it over there, there will be less for the border guards."
"The prince now has 20,000 soldiers and horses. Even if each person eats one steamed bun per meal, he will have to eat 20,000 buns in one meal. The small amount of food and salary provided by the court is not enough."
Shen Shuangshuang's heart sank.
Suddenly, I felt that it might not be a good thing for Murong Zhan to be awarded the title of War King.
The imperial court was short of food and pay, and the army had to eat. He had to command the people below, so he had to think of ways to supplement it.
What about 20,000 people? Even if I do nothing every day, I still have to eat a lot of food.
This is not only food, but also clothing, military pay, pension money, etc.
Since the imperial court can be short on food and salary, there must be shortcomings on other things.
She thought Murong Zhan and Yin Song were rich before, but now...
"Master Yin is here and the problem will be solved." Shen Shuangshuang comforted him.
Shen sighed.
"Yeah." Finally, he stopped mentioning it.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law entered the main room, and Li Ling soon followed.
