Da Yong blushed upon hearing this, but the night was a pale black, so he couldn't see very clearly.
"Second Uncle, what are you saying? We should just take them to the village crossroads. It's what we should do. Otherwise, if we give them a ride and then drop them off at the fork in the road, we'll feel uneasy if something happens to them."
Da Yong quickly explained.
"Brother, you're just making excuses. You took a liking to that girl on the mountain road that day." Da Cheng smiled, his face already showing complete innocence.
Even though he felt reluctant, he had already decided to let go.
“Kid, don’t deny it. This girl is of marriageable age. If you don’t admit it, she’ll be asked around and then leave. What will you do then?” Old Man Qiao laughed.
“Yes, Dayong, just tell me if you have this wish. If you do, then your family can prepare it for you,” Qiao Yunni said.
Da Yong lowered his head and sorted out his thoughts, only to find that his resolve was growing stronger.
"I do think Miss Lingyin is quite nice, but I plan to wait until the house is built before discussing this matter further."
"No need to worry about that. After selling for another two days, building a big courtyard will be no problem at all." Qiao Lao Er laughed heartily. "At that time, our Qiao family will go to the Ling family to ask for your hand in marriage and help you two young people get together."
"When you get married, you'll be Dacheng and Xi'er. Time waits for no one, and we'll be grandparents soon too."
With their parents still alive and well, their children grown up, and four generations soon living together under one roof, and their lives getting better and better, the Qiao family felt content.
By the time I got home, it was completely dark. The food had been reheated and served again, steaming hot and fragrant.
Mrs. Feng was home today and made braised pork belly and salted braised pork belly, both with a good balance of lean and fat. The braised pork belly was a beautiful red color and melted in your mouth. The salted braised pork belly was also soft, tender, and perfect with rice.
They also killed a duck to make braised duck with wine. The duck was the same one they caught from the Song family last time. They caught more than a dozen, and this is only the third one they've eaten so far.
Enough said, let's get straight to the point.
"I saw Song Ruier go to school today. I heard she paid three taels of silver for tuition," said Qiao Laoda.
"The Song family actually allowed this kid to study. Didn't they always forbid him from going?" Qiao Lao Er asked in surprise.
"The Song family has all gone to the county town. This kid must have stolen money and meat from home to pay Teacher Shi's tuition."
Everyone suddenly realized that it's truly difficult to guard against a thief within one's own family.
However, Song Ruier generally wouldn't touch the Song family's things. Instead, she would try every means to be loyal to the Song family and take things from the Qiao family to give to the Song family as a token of respect.
The fact that he's stealing money from home to pay his tuition shows that he really wants to study.
This kid is full of bad ideas, but you have to admit he does have a smart brain. If someone like him goes to school, he might actually get into college.
"Why is it three ounces when it's supposed to be two ounces?" Da Meng asked in confusion. "Did the tuition go up?"
Only Qiao Lian'er knew that the reason Mr. Shi wanted so much was because Song Rui'er had offended someone by saying that the person's student was stupid, and Mr. Shi's expression changed at that time.
If he wasn't willing to pay an extra ounce, they wouldn't accept his money.
“You’re all too old, well past the age for early education. Otherwise, if we had the money, we would have sent one or two of you to school,” Old Man Qiao sighed.
"Old man, why are you sighing? As long as we can live well, what does it matter if we don't study? There are more paths in life than just studying." Old Mrs. Qiao retorted, "We're eating properly, don't spoil the children's fun."
She knew that it was good for a family to have one or two scholars, but her children were all grown up and no longer suitable to consider this, so she didn't want them to think about it too much.
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