Lin Dazhu also said, "Third brother, you should listen to dad. I heard that a year's study in a private school in this town costs more than four taels. This does not include the cost of books, paper and ink. If the family doesn't help, Gouzi will miss it. I’m afraid it will be difficult.”
Lin Erzhu also followed closely, "That is, now there is no need to hand over clan studies to study. Third brother certainly doesn't think it is expensive, but after three years, clan studies will not be given, and then it will be time to spend money. .”
Lin Sanzhu said nothing. Of course he knew about these expenses. He had already inquired with shopkeeper Gao. In addition to what the eldest and second brothers mentioned, there were also the travel expenses and accommodation for the exam, as well as the money for asking the junior student to act as a guarantee. These were not included. It's cheap. If he has to pay for it himself, he really can't afford it, but...
Before Lin Sanzhu could come out, Wu threw a broom over and said, "Tell me why!"
Crawling out of her own intestines, Wu knew with just one glance that the third child still had something to say.
"Mom, what if my family runs out of money and my dog doesn't pass any exams?"
What do you mean you spent all your money and failed to pass the exam? You are a crow's mouth. Wu was so angry that she didn't even put on her shoes. She pulled Lin Sanzhu's ear and said, "Say crow's mouth, bah bah bah!"
Lin Sanzhu grimaced in pain, but he didn't forget to add, "Don't blame my dog then."
After saying that, he still couldn't help but "bah bah bah" a few times before he rescued his ears from his mother's hands.
At this point, it was decided that Lin Yuanqiu's education would be provided by his family.
After learning about this decision, Lin Yuanqiu suddenly felt like he had entered the system.
Seeing the expectations in the eyes of his grandparents and uncles, he did not express his determination on the spot, saying that he would study hard and never let down everyone's expectations.
In Lin Yuanqiu's opinion, no matter how nice the words are, it is not as good as reading the book down-to-earth.
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As usual, before going to bed every night, Lin Yuanqiu would memorize books for a while. This was his favorite memorization method in his previous life, because he found that by memorizing in this way, he could easily remember the content he memorized.
It is common for every parent to worry about their children secretly playing with fire, and this is no different for Feng. When she saw that several children were already on the kang, Mrs. Feng said to go to bed early and took away the oil lamp.
The room suddenly became dark.
Children are afraid of the dark. Chunyan and Chuncao quickly closed their eyes.
"Brother, brother, hurry up and memorize the Three Character Sutra for us!"
"Brother, Yan'er wants to hear the beginning of others."
He actually knows how to order.
Lin Yuanqiu did not hesitate, cleared his throat, and began to backtrack: "In the beginning, human beings are inherently good, similar in nature, and distant in habits. If they refuse to teach, their nature will change. The way to teach is to be specialized. In the past, Meng's mother chose a neighbor, and her son If you don’t learn, you will lose your chance..."
After memorizing it for a while, he heard the sound of even breathing coming from the side. Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but want to laugh, thinking to himself, the hypnotic effect of this Three Character Sutra is quite good.
Now that the audience of the Three-Character Classic has fallen asleep, it's time for himself. Thinking about Master Wang's lecture today, Lin Yuanqiu analyzed the meaning word by word.
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Nowadays, when Lin Sanzhu goes to town to deliver goods, he always takes Lin Yuanfeng with him. In his words, young men should go out for a walk. When my third uncle was as old as you, he often went to the town to see the world.
After hearing this, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but roll her eyes. She was obviously wandering around and being lazy, but she still had to say it so nicely.
However, Wu didn't expose it. The third child didn't want his eldest nephew to be idle at home, so he thought of taking him out to distract him.
Lin Yuanfeng adapted quickly. After two visits to the bookstore with his third uncle, he was able to talk to shopkeeper Gao for a while. From being timid and reserved at the beginning, he gradually became more comfortable and confident.
This was somewhat beyond Lin Sanzhu's expectation.
Seeing his eldest nephew who was full of energy and cheerful, Lin Sanzhu thought to himself that it was indeed right to take him out for a walk.
Not only that, Lin Yuanfeng suddenly had the urge to become literate after seeing that the bookstore clerk, who was about the same age as himself, could write down the names and quantities of all the embroidery items with a pen.
The cousin wanted to learn how to read, so of course Lin Yuanqiu agreed with both hands. After making a study plan, he asked his mother to order a book with white paper, and then Lin Yuanqiu wrote five words on each page. A page is the amount of literacy in one day, from shallow to deep, from easy to difficult.
What people didn't expect was that after Lin Yuanfeng had only studied for one day, Lao Lintou gave him a task, that is, to let his younger brothers and sisters learn literacy from him.
Lin Yuanfeng was dumbfounded. He had just started to learn it himself.
Lin Yuanbai and Lin Yuanhuai were even more dumbfounded. Didn't they catch cicadas well? Why did they need to learn to read?
What should I do? I really don’t want to learn at all.
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The time has entered September, and the rice fields are golden and ready to be harvested soon.
Lin Sanzhu took advantage of the opportunity to go to the bookstore again before the sickle was opened. The next time he delivered the goods, I was afraid that the rice would have to be returned to the warehouse.
Shopkeeper Gao looked at Lin Yuanfeng who was counting the embroidery with the store clerk, and asked with a smile, "Brother Lin, has your eldest nephew said you've kissed him?"
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Chapter 29 Falling in love
Shopkeeper Gao only has two sons and no daughter, so the daughter he is talking about now is his brother's daughter, who is fifteen years old this year and it's time to talk about getting married.
Since last year, shopkeeper Gao has brought his father, mother and younger brother from the countryside to the town, and the family is living together.
Now that the niece has reached the age of proposing marriage, he, as an uncle, will naturally help keep an eye on her.
When Lin Sanzhu brought his eldest nephew to the book store that day to deliver the goods, shopkeeper Gao hadn't thought about it yet. But the more he got in touch with Lin Yuanfeng later, the more he found that this young man was a nice guy, he spoke in an orderly and logical manner, and he was also energetic. , he quite liked it.
Looking at brother Lin and his nephew talking and laughing and getting along harmoniously, it can be seen that the family tradition of the Lin family must be good.
So shopkeeper Gao came up with the idea of marrying his niece.
In the opinion of Shopkeeper Gao, the Lin family has an embroidery business. Although the owner only signed a one-year contract, it seems that there is basically no problem in renewing the contract. Why Shopkeeper Gao is so sure? It depends on what the Lin family has done recently. Speaking of embroidery, since last month, the Lin family has made a fan cover and pencil case with a flap, and there are a few small poems embroidered on the flap. Such embroidery, no matter what is placed here, Business at bookshops and in the county town is surprisingly good.
Naturally, their employer will definitely continue to cooperate with such an ingenious supplier.
With such a long-term business going on, life will definitely not be bad after my niece gets married.
The most important thing is that there are scholars in the Lin family. Thinking of that calm little figure, Shopkeeper Gao always feels that the Lin family will definitely not be like this in the future. Shopkeeper Gao has always believed in his intuition, otherwise, he would not have been able to grow up as a child. A small store clerk has reached his current position as a store manager.
Shopkeeper Gao thought that if the Lin family could really change their family in the future, then he, as the uncle, would be able to find an excellent marriage for his niece.
After thinking about it clearly, Shopkeeper Gao first mentioned the matter to his family. However, Shopkeeper Gao did not tell his parents and brothers about the speculation about changing the family. He only talked about the Lin family's current embroidery business and Lin Yuanfeng's character and appearance.
The parents of the Gao family naturally have no objections. The eldest son has always been smart in doing things, so they just believe it. Shopkeeper Gao’s younger brother and sister-in-law also think so. The eldest brother has been the shopkeeper for many years and must be well-informed, so he must listen to his accurate advice. That's right.
After discussing it with his family, Shopkeeper Gao made inquiries today.
Hearing Shopkeeper Gao's question, Lin Sanzhu was stunned for a moment. When he realized what was going on, he was secretly happy and shook his head hurriedly, "No, no, my nephew is only fifteen, and the family is planning to find a matchmaker to help him." Kiss."
When Shopkeeper Gao heard this, he was secretly happy. It would be fine if he didn't get engaged. It would be fine if he didn't get engaged.
Immediately, he said that he had a niece who was getting haircut this year, and the family was ready to start talking about getting married.
As for other things, Shopkeeper Gao didn't say any more. There was no reason for the woman's family to chase her son.
Lin Sanzhu naturally understood this truth, smiled and nodded to Shopkeeper Gao, and the two of them kept silent about everything.
After settling the account and saying goodbye to shopkeeper Gao, Lin Sanzhu walked quickly.
Lin Yuanfeng chased after him, almost running, but he still couldn't catch up. No wonder his father said that when he was beaten when he was a child, his third uncle would be the fastest to escape. Thinking that his third uncle would run as fast as a dog would chase him away from time to time, Lin Yuanfeng felt that it was normal for him to not be able to catch up.
It's just that he was wondering, okay, why is the third uncle walking so fast? He looked up at the sky, the sun was high, and he was not afraid of missing the ox cart.
Little did Lin Yuanfeng know that at this moment, his third uncle really wanted to fly back to Xiaogaoshan Village so that he could tell his parents the good news as soon as possible.
However, he was so anxious that when he passed by the meat stall, Lin Sanzhu stopped.
It's such a big happy event, why don't we go back and celebrate it by buying some pork.
Also, my dog hasn’t eaten meat in many days.
Don't tell me, today's fat meat is really thick. It will be delicious when made into steamed buns. Lin Sanzhu pointed at the pork on the table and smiled at the butcher: "Weigh it for three kilograms!"
okay! The fat butcher raised his knife and lowered his hand. Before Lin Yuanfeng could say the words "wait a minute", a large strip of pork was cut off.
After weighing each hook, the fat butcher smiled and said, "Guest, look, the weighing head is high, here, three pounds and three liang, you can give me twenty-three coppers!"
Lin Sanzhu nodded, took out the money bag from his pocket very readily, counted out the copper coins and paid for the meat.
Lin Yuanfeng came up and mentioned pork, thinking that when he goes home today, his third uncle will definitely have to deal with milk again.
Looking at his third uncle, he was not worried at all. He was still in a good mood and walked quickly. During this period, he turned his head from time to time and looked at him again and again.
"Third uncle, what do you always see me doing?" Lin Yuanfeng wondered. Third uncle is really acting strange today.
Seeing his nephew being so dumbfounded, Lin Sanzhu couldn't help laughing, "My eldest nephew is almost bigger than my third uncle."
However, when they arrived at the South City Gate, Lin Sanzhu couldn't laugh anymore, because the two of them searched back and forth several times, but did not see Lin Dong's oxcart.
Then, the uncle and nephew waited for half an hour, but no bullock cart came. Maybe they had returned to the village beforehand.
In the end, the uncle and nephew went back to the village on their own feet.
Lin Sanzhu thought to himself, was he too happy?
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From time to time, Wu would go to the entrance of the courtyard and look at it for a while. She was wondering why no one had come back since it was almost dark, when she saw two figures coming not far away.
"San'er?" Wu called forward.
"Hey, mother, it's me, I'm back!"
Lin Sanzhu ran over quickly while answering, "Mom, my son has something great to tell you!"
"What a good thing?"
Mrs. Wu was a little curious, thinking, could it be that the owner of the bookshop had increased the price of the embroidery?
Lin Sanzhu had endured it all the way, but he couldn't hold it in anymore. After pulling Wu into the courtyard, he said excitedly, "Mom, our family Yuan Feng is getting married."
"What? What did you say!" Worried that she had misheard, Wu quickly asked again, "San'er, just now you said that Yuan Feng has a good marriage, right?"
Lin Sanzhu nodded vigorously, "Well, the son that shopkeeper Gao specifically asked about today is his niece."
The Lin family's yard is not big, and Lin Sanzhu didn't suppress his voice, so everyone in the house naturally heard it. There was only a "squeaking" sound of the door opening. Lin Dazhu and Zhou, Lin Erzhu and Liu, and Feng Shi, as well as Lin Yuanqiu, all walked out of the room, and everyone looked straight at Lin Sanzhu.
Lin Dazhu's voice was trembling, "Third brother, is this true? My Feng'er is being taken aback by someone?"
Lin Yuanfeng, who had just stepped through the door, immediately turned red when he heard these words. What did his father say? What does it mean to be noticed?
Lin Yuanbai, who was running over to close the courtyard door, saw his elder brother standing motionless by the door. He was wondering what was going on, but then he saw a big piece of pork in his hand, and the little guy suddenly laughed. His teeth were out of sight, "Brother, you bought pork!"
Now, the originally lively courtyard became even more lively.
It was rare that Mrs. Wu didn't turn around with the broom. She cut off half of the pork with a knife and handed it to Mrs. Zhou. She told her sisters-in-law and three sisters to cook the pork quickly. After a while, Mrs. Wu went to the room and took out a few eggs, ready to add more. A dish.
