Ning Xiaotang immediately laughed: "Hahaha, ride a horse!"
At this time, a vendor who looked like an outsider came into the shop and said, "I can sell this to you for only three taels of silver!"
Because Ning Xiaotang was sitting in a high place, she could immediately see that the seeds sold by the foreign businessman were corn seeds.
"I found corn seeds~!"
"Let's buy some!" Ning Xiaotang immediately showed three taels of silver in her hand.
The merchant immediately placed half a bag of corn seeds next to Ning Laosan, reached out to take the silver from Ning Xiaotang, and said repeatedly: "Thank you so much! Thank you so much!" The merchant immediately ran out with the silver.
At this time, Old Man Ning was confused: "What is this? How to plant it? We don't understand it."
"When planted in dry land, the distance between them is like that of peanuts, but they grow tall and produce sticks!" This sentence makes it clear.
"Okay, let's plant it!" Old Man Ning immediately thought to himself, this is what Tangtang wants to plant, so I'll just listen to Tangtang.
Liu Lanqing immediately smiled and said, "Let me carry this bag!"
Old Man Ning immediately raised his hand: "No need, I'll take this!"
Then Ning Xiaotang said, "Let's buy some meat!"
Liu Lanqing immediately smiled: "Tangtang, do you want to eat meat again?"
"Hmm, the meat smells good! So strong!" Ning Xiaotang immediately sat on Ning Laosan's neck and nodded vigorously.
Then he bought another five pounds of hind leg meat and went back home.
"Grandpa, take a ride!" When Ning Xiaotang saw Grandpa Fang's ox cart, she immediately pointed and asked to take a ride.
"Qing'er, you and Tangtang take the ox cart back, and we two will walk."
Afterwards, Tangtang and Liu Lanqing took a bullock cart back home, bringing with them the handkerchief to be embroidered and five pounds of meat.
When the Ning family prepared the meal, they all came to the village entrance to wait for Old Man Ning and Old Third Ning.
"Dad and the others are back!" Ningzi also shouted immediately.
Ning Xiaotang was immediately startled in Luo Xiangqin's arms: "Is he really back?"
"Then I saw Third Ning supporting Old Man Ning as they walked back together.
"Mom, help Dad quickly."
"What's wrong with you, old man?" Luo Xiangqin immediately hugged Tangtang and supported Old Man Ning.
At this time, Ning Zilin said: "Grandma, let me hold my sister!"
"Okay." Luo Xiangqin immediately helped Old Man Ning up.
"Oh, it's too dark. I didn't pay attention and stepped on empty air. My leg twisted. Ouch, it hurts!"
"Grandpa, go home and eat some meat, you'll be fine." Tangtang said worriedly, but it made people happy.
"Okay, I'll be fine." Old man Ning returned home and sat down, only to find that his feet were swollen.
"Quickly get some white wine to clean it." Luo Xiangqin immediately went to get a pot of white wine and used it to wash the swollen area on Old Man Ning.
Ning Laosan put all the seeds in a dry utility room and covered the bottom with hay.
Afterwards, the family sat together and had a delicious meal of stewed hind leg meat with white radish, and everyone was very satisfied.
Cui Sanhua from the Yu Mansion received a reward of ten taels of silver from the lady and the old lady.
It was because the old lady's birthday party was so well organized that the guests talked about it with great relish, saying that the fruit wine served at the party was not even available in Shuihe Town, and that it seemed like the high-quality fruit wine that could only be found in Kyoto.
At this time, Cui Sanhua, who was beside Old Madam Yu, immediately bent down and said, "Old Madam, I bought this fruit wine from an acquaintance in the countryside. The Ning family gave me a pot of fruit wine weighing one kilogram, but I dare not use it for myself. I have asked someone to bring the fruit wine to you for your enjoyment."
Madam Yu's shrewd eyes immediately lit up with joy as she said, "You're so thoughtful. This fruit wine is really good. Go ask the old Ning family if they have any left. If they do, you must buy them all. Our Yu Mansion doesn't lack this little money."
"Yes, old lady." Cui Sanhua immediately stepped out again.
And someone sent a pot of fruit wine into the old man's room.
This morning, Cui Sanhua received the silver from the household and hurriedly took a Qingwei carriage to Ningxiahe Village.
When we arrived at Old Man Ning's house, we asked and found out that there were only three jars of fruit wine left.
"Then Mrs. Ning, our Yu family wants to buy all three jars of fruit wine. You can't refuse!"
Ning Xiaotang nodded and said, "I'll sell you these three jars of fruit wine, but the rest won't be available until some time later. I'll let you know when it's available."
Cui Sanhua nodded immediately: "Okay, you must keep this in mind. Yufu must open a few jars of fruit wine every month."
Then Cui Sanhua took three jars of fruit wine and left in a hurry.
Ning Xiaotang saw the forty-five taels of silver in her hand, plus the silver left behind, there were about a hundred taels of silver in total.
At this time, Ning Xiaotang counted the silver in her hand at the table and said, "I plan to send my brothers to school. Is this enough to pay the tuition for my five brothers?"
When Luo Xiangqin, Old Man Ning and other adults heard this, they immediately looked at the half-grown boys with hope in their eyes.
"This... If we can send several boys to school, I'm afraid that most families cannot afford it." Old man Ning's worried face suddenly darkened.
"The tuition for one boy is ten pieces of dried meat. One piece of dried meat costs one tael of silver. That means ten taels of silver for one boy. If all five boys go, it will cost fifty taels of silver a year. Can our family really afford it?" Luo Xiangqin didn't dare to make a decision.
"Not only my five brothers are going to school, I want to go with them too!" Ning Xiaotang said sweetly, but she looked extremely serious, not like she was joking at all.
Suddenly, several adults came to look around.
No one dared to bring it up, but Ning Lao San thought about it seriously and said, "We've been digging for food in the fields all our lives. If Tangtang has a career in fruit wine, why don't we send a few children to the academy to see the master's literary talent? Even if they can't make it in the provincial examination, they can still be good waiters in Shuihe Town, right?"
At this moment, Hai Moying immediately showed surprise and said, "Then let my Zi Ke and Zi He go to the school together!"
Hai Moying looked greedy for money and gave her an unpleasant look.
"If you work as a waiter, you can earn quite a bit of money in a month. Many waiters eventually buy small houses in Shuihe Town, and their lives are pretty good."
Ning Lecheng spoke the truth.
The third son of the Ning family said confidently, "With five boys, as long as one of them does well in the exam, our family will all prosper!"
Only then did Old Man Ning look up at Old Third Ning. As expected, his third brother understood his thoughts.
If none of these five boys pass the exam, the Ning family will be embarrassed.
Ning Zilin thought for a moment and said, "Master, I'm no longer old enough to study, so I won't go."
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