That night, Liu Tangxi was sleeping soundly when she suddenly heard some noise coming from outside. When she opened her eyes, Wei Hanzhou had already gotten dressed.

"What's wrong? What happened outside?" Liu Tangxi rubbed his eyes and asked in a daze.

"My second sister-in-law is about to give birth." Wei Hanzhou answered concisely.

Liu Tangxi suddenly woke up, quickly put on his clothes and got out of bed.

Maybe it was because she had already given birth to a child before, so this one didn’t take too long to be born.

Because a son was born, he was named after Bosheng, Wei Zhongxing.

The birth of a newborn always brings joy and hope to people. The crops from the fields were harvested in abundance, and the apples were sold for a lot of money. Wei Laosan's family was very happy.

Wei Hanzhou's vacation had already arrived, so he stayed at home for a few more days.

However, after the third bath, Wei Hanzhou also had to go to school.

The day before Wei Hanzhou left, Wei Laosan and his family sat together in the yard and talked for a while.

Zhou was in the room with her child sleeping in her arms and didn't come out, but everyone else was there.

Seeing his second son smiling, Wei Lao San said, "Second son, now that your wife has given birth to a son for you, you must work hard and support the three of them in the future."

Wei Erhu nodded and said solemnly: "Well, don't worry, Dad. I won't worry about it."

Then, the two grandfathers talked a few more words about this matter.

Zhang looked at her son playing under the grape trellis, with worry in her eyes.

The family had spent all the 20 taels of silver before, and there was no savings, so she had not mentioned her son's education. But now that the grain had been harvested, the apples had made a lot of money, and the embroidery had also made a lot of money, so she should have money.

Can we talk about my son's studies?

But apples were grown by the whole family, and the money for embroidery was mainly earned by my third brother and sister-in-law. Moreover, my third brother and sister-in-law also taught their daughter to embroider and their son to read.

My third brother will also need money for the imperial examination next year.

She just couldn't bring herself to say such words.

Thinking of this, Zhang glanced at her husband who was sitting beside her with a smile on his face and without saying a word, and sighed slightly.

Forget it, let's wait until my third brother passes the exam next year. If he passes, my son won't have to worry about his studies. After all, my third brother's wife and I can teach him sporadically, so my son won't be completely clueless.

Zhang was just thinking about it when she heard her father-in-law looking towards her and her husband.

"Boss, now that we have money at home and I am in good health, we don't have to spend so many years buying medicine, and we can save some money. After we sell all the apples on the mountain and some of the food at home, we can let Bosheng go to study with Li Xiucai."

Upon hearing this, Zhang's eyes widened immediately and she turned to look at Wei Daniu excitedly.

Unexpectedly, David refused.

"Dad, my third brother will take the exam next year, and my second brother just had a child, so they both need money. Give them the money first. Bosheng is only six years old this year, so there's no rush."

Zhang's eyes dimmed when she heard this. Although she was a little disappointed, she also knew that what her husband said was true, and she couldn't say anything to object.

Since the third son of the Wei family said this, it was not just a casual remark, but he had planned it long ago. From his third son, he discovered the benefits of letting his descendants study. It is said that rich families let their children start to study at the age of three. Their son, Bo Sheng, is already six years old, which is considered late.

If his family was rich, he would want his two granddaughters to go to school. Didn't you see that his third daughter-in-law was educated and could embroider, which was different from other girls? He also fantasized that his family would be richer in the future so that his children and grandchildren could have a good future.

"No, Dad has already calculated it. After deducting the food we eat, the apples and food can be sold for five or six taels of silver. Dad is in good health, so you two brothers don't have to worry about the work in the fields. Just go to the town to do odd jobs. You can earn five taels a year. Add to that the money your wife, the second brother's family, and the third brother's family earn from embroidery, and it will be enough for the third brother to take the exam. The remaining money will be used for Bosheng to go to school. It's just that everyone's life will be harder this year. But the hard times won't last too long. If you save slowly, the money will come."

As the head of the family, Wei Lao San naturally had a clear grasp of the family's situation and had planned what to do in the future.

Listening to what Wei Lao San said, Liu Tangxi calculated silently. There were twelve people in this family, eight adults, who planted fruit trees, grew crops, did odd jobs, and embroidered flowers. In a year, they only earned twenty taels of silver, and this was earned by living frugally and saving day and night.

Before she came, embroidery didn't make much money, and apples didn't sell for much either.

I guess the twenty taels of silver have been saved for who knows how many years.

She suddenly understood Wei Hanzhou's anger in the book.

This twenty taels of silver was Wei Lao San's life-saving money, and it was also the money that the entire Wei family had saved for many years. Not only was he cheated by the original owner, but Wei Lao San was also so angry that he died.

"It's too hard for the family to let Bosheng study alone. It doesn't matter if he starts studying early or late. My third brother started studying when he was ten years old, but isn't he doing well in his studies now?" said Wei Daniu.

Liu Tangxi did not quite agree with this point of view. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something in front of everyone for the first time.

Unexpectedly, before she could even open her mouth, Wei Hanzhou took over the conversation.

"Read it later."

Hearing this, Liu Tangxi widened his eyes and looked at Wei Hanzhou in disbelief.

After observing Wei Hanzhou for a while, she really couldn't see that Wei Hanzhou was such a person, nor did she expect him to say such words. Is his nature really like in the book?

Selfish, thinking only of oneself.

Liu Tangxi didn't believe it.

At this time, Wei Hanzhou spoke again: "Dad, elder brother and sister-in-law, don't worry. Although it is more convenient to go to Li Xiucai's place, it is not a good choice. I went to the town a few days ago to ask a few families, and the tuition is about the same as Li Xiucai's, or even less than his. Moreover, some teachers are better ranked than Li Xiucai in his year. The eldest brother and the second brother also have to go to the town to do odd jobs on weekdays. They can take Bosheng with them and bring him back when they come back. It won't delay anything. However, I haven't found out the character of the scholars in the town. There is one who is in the same grade as the teacher who teaches me now. It won't be too late to send Bosheng there after I go back to find out clearly this time."

Liu Tangxi breathed a sigh of relief.

Wei Hanzhou has always been a reliable person and a scholar, so everyone in the family is willing to listen to him.

Hearing him say this, Zhang's heart was filled with joy. It was better to go to town than to study in the village.

Before Wei Daniu could say no, Zhang couldn't help but say, "Thank you, Third Brother."

"You're too polite, sister-in-law."

Wei Daniu looked at his younger brother, then at his wife, thought about it, and agreed.

When Liu Tangxi heard Wei Hanzhou say that he had gone to the town to inquire, she thought of the day when the two of them went to the town together. She just thought that Wei Hanzhou went to promote apples, but she didn't expect that he also took the opportunity to investigate the place where the young people studied.

It's really worth going to this town.

Moreover, from what Wei Hanzhou said, this is questioning Li Xiucai's knowledge and... character?

Thinking of the girl who said in front of them that day that she would send them reference books, Liu Tangxi stared at Wei Hanzhou's profile.

Otherwise, is it to avoid suspicion?

However, no matter which one it is, Liu Tangxi is very happy.

The way the girl looked at her made her feel uncomfortable, so she felt relieved when she learned that Wei Hanzhou didn't like that family either. After all, if Bosheng really went there to study, he would have to have some dealings with them.

Not only Liu Tangxi heard this, but Li also heard it somehow.

"Old Third, are you saying that there is something wrong with Mr. Li?"

Wei Hanzhou thought about it and denied: "No, it's just that studying is a big deal for Bosheng, and finding a good teacher can often achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Wei Erhu had been silent just now, but now he couldn't help but say, "Mr. Li asked for a lot of tuition, but after all these years, I haven't heard that he has taught any good students. My third brother just attended his lessons for a few days, and he boasted everywhere that he taught my third brother. He is so shameless."

After hearing this, Wei Lao San coughed heavily, looked at Wei Er Hu unhappily, and said, "I just praised you for being stable, and you said something like this. He is a scholar, how can you talk nonsense? Besides, he really taught your third brother."

In those days, Wei Hanzhou did go to Li Xiucai's house to study, but Li Xiucai disliked Wei Hanzhou's age and was very impatient with him, and he collected more tuition than others.

After studying with him for a while, Wei Hanzhou taught himself at home, and later went to school in town for a while.

After Wei Hanzhou passed the imperial examination a few years later, Li Xiucai began to regret his actions and wanted to get close to Wei Hanzhou so as to marry his granddaughter to him.

After Wei Lao San finished talking about his second son, he looked at his third son and asked worriedly, "Lao San, will his words outside affect you?"

Wei Hanzhou shook his head, frowned slightly, and said, "That won't happen. Li Xiucai still has some skills."

After hearing this, Wei Lao San finally felt relieved.

Early in the morning of the next day, Wei Hanzhou carried a few apples from home and went to the next village to catch a bus to his uncle's house who delivered vegetables.

A few days later, the uncle who delivered the vegetables suddenly brought a letter to their home.

This had never happened before. Wei Hanzhou never wrote letters home because no one at home could read.

Now that we have started writing letters, everyone knows why.

After receiving the letter, Wei Lao San asked Li to give the letter to Liu Tangxi.

After Liu Tangxi received the letter, he read it in front of everyone.

It turned out that Wei Hanzhou had already found a shop in the county town that sold apples, and the price of apples had increased by two cents to six cents per pound. However, the other party wanted to come and see the apple trees and pick them himself.

The purpose of Wei Hanzhou's letter was to ask them not to pick the fruits yet, and wait for others to come and pick them themselves. At the same time, he also wanted to tell everyone about the situation of the shop so that no one would be fooled.

Wei Laosan and his family were overjoyed.

Liu Tangxi thought of the messy orchard on the mountain and quickly reminded Li.

"Mom, they are from the county town, and they are not sure they want our apples. Should we tidy up the orchard on the mountain in the next few days so that it will look better?"

After hearing what Liu Tangxi said, Li thought it made sense, and Wei Lao San also agreed.

That afternoon, a few of them went to the mountain to work on the orchard.

First I cleaned up the rotting apples on the ground and then I pulled out the weeds.

It sounds simple, but it took them three or four days to complete it.

On the second day after the work was completed, people came from the county town.

Looking at the clean orchard, the shopkeeper praised it: "No wonder your apples are so delicious, it turns out they are carefully taken care of."

Mr. and Mrs. Wei Laosan were not very good at talking, so they just smiled and said nothing.

The shopkeeper took a few servants around and asked a few questions, and Wei Lao San told them very honestly.

Later, the shopkeeper asked how the apples were grown to be so delicious. Wei Laosan and his wife looked at each other and explained the basic method.

The shopkeeper frowned and asked in confusion, "If it is an ordinary fruit tree, why did it taste bad before and suddenly taste good this year?"

Seeing this, Liu Tangxi was a little anxious and quickly added: "Our fruit trees are indeed ordinary, bought in town. However, this year we added some unique care methods, which makes the fruit taste good."

Wei Laosan and his wife showed surprised expressions on their faces, as if they didn't understand why Liu Tangxi said that. Isn't this... lying?

However, they then saw that the shopkeeper not only did not continue to ask questions, but instead had a look of understanding, and immediately stopped talking.

Later, when the shopkeeper asked any questions, Mr. Wei and his wife would habitually glance at their third daughter-in-law.

Liu Tangxi did not disappoint everyone and started talking to the shopkeeper.

“Can you guarantee that all apples are delicious?”

"Of course you can. Just pick an unripe one and taste it. It's guaranteed to be sweet."

Liu Tangxi thought that the tree she had touched with her own hands could not be not sweet.

The shopkeeper deliberately picked a few green and small apples and ate them with the servants. As they ate, they nodded with a very satisfied look on their faces.

"What if there is something not sweet?" asked the shopkeeper again.

"Impossible. If you find it not sweet, come to me. It will definitely be sweet." Liu Tangxi promised.

With these hands, she is not afraid at all. Even the ugliest apple will become delicious in her hands.

It seemed that Liu Tangxi's expression and tone were more confident. The last trace of doubt in the shopkeeper's heart disappeared, and he readily started picking apples with the servant.

Wei Laosan and his wife wanted to go over to help, but were stopped by Liu Tangxi.

"Dad, Mom, no need. Just take a rest and watch over them. Don't let them destroy our apple tree."

Just let them pick them themselves. If the ones they pick are not up to standard, it will be troublesome again.

Moreover, she had been to the orchard in her previous life, and many tourists liked to pick the fruits themselves.

Wei Lao San and his wife thought about it and did not move forward. However, Li asked the same question: "Lao San's wife, how did you deceive them just now? What if they were found out?"

Liu Tangxi blinked and said, "No, didn't my husband say that the stream water might be different now?"

This year, their apple tree was indeed different from the past. She had touched it. But he couldn't tell anyone else about this. So he had to push it to Wei Hanzhou.

Anyway, Wei Hanzhou is not at home, and he did say such things, so it’s better to throw the problem to him.

Wei Lao San thought for a moment, glanced at the shopkeeper not far away, and whispered to Li: "Lao San is right, Lao San's wife just handled it very well, but don't tell anyone about this."

"Yes, my daughter-in-law remembers it."

The shopkeeper first picked about fifty kilograms of relatively ripe apples and settled the bill.

Looking at the more than 300 coins in his hand, Wei Lao San was so excited that he couldn't close his mouth.

After returning, Wei Lao San thought about it and asked Liu Tangxi to write a letter to Wei Hanzhou to explain the situation.

Liu Tangxi had never written classical Chinese before, so he picked up the pen and wrote just a few words.

Husband: Shopkeeper Wang came and took away about fifty pounds of apples and a total of more than three hundred coins.

After finishing writing, Liu Tangxi read the contents of the letter in public.

Wei Lao San was very satisfied and became more aware of the necessity for women to learn to read and write.

Li looked at the two lines of words on the letter and found them quite different. She said, "Hey, why are these words different from the ones written by the third brother?"

Liu Tangxi was very embarrassed.

She rarely used calligraphy. Even though she had the original owner's memories in her mind, the original owner was not a writer, so she was not very skilled. In addition, she used hard pens to write more in her previous life, so it was fixed.

Her handwriting is terrible, and of course different from Wei Hanzhou's.

"Well...my daughter-in-law hasn't written for a long time, so she's not very good at it."

After hearing what Liu Tangxi said, Li did not ask any more questions and asked something else: "Old Third Wife, it's such a big piece of paper, why don't you write a little more? Isn't that a waste?"

"Yes, I saw that everyone else wrote a whole page." Zhang also said.

Liu Tangxi thought, now that everything has been said, what else is there to write?

After thinking for a while, Liu Tangxi asked, "Mom, do you have anything else to say? I'll write it down for you."

Li quickly waved her hands and said, "I didn't. I'm fine. Don't worry him."

Zhang smiled and said, "Third brother's wife, my third brother will be back in a month. You can write down what you want to say. Just like mother said, it would be a waste if you don't write it down."

Hearing this, Li immediately agreed with a smile: "Yes, Third Wife, write what you want to say, don't write about us."

Liu Tangxi understood what Li and Zhang said and was immediately embarrassed.

She had nothing to say to Wei Hanzhou. It would be better if Wei Hanzhou didn't come back. She could sleep alone in a room, safe and comfortable.

But you can't say that.

Seeing the expectation in Li's eyes, Liu Tangxi gritted his teeth and wrote a few more sentences.

"Dad is in good health and only needs to take medicine once a day. Mom is smiling a little more. My brother and sister-in-law are all fine. We have finished teaching the Three Character Classic. Bosheng, Fuyao and Shulan have memorized it. Fuyao memorizes it the fastest, Bosheng is a little slower, but he remembers it more firmly than Fuyao. Bosheng learned a few more characters today. We will start teaching the Thousand Character Classic tomorrow. Zhongxing can eat and sleep well. In short, everything is fine at home. Study hard and don't worry."

After finishing writing, just as he was about to read it, Li refused.

"Okay, no need to read it, just let you and the third brother know."

Seeing Li's teasing eyes, Liu Tangxi's face turned red unconsciously.

After sealing the envelope, Wei Laosan and his wife took a few eggs to the next village and delivered the letter to the uncle who delivered vegetables.

Early the next morning, Wei Hanzhou received a letter from Liu Tangxi.

Looking at Liu Tangxi's dog-scratching handwriting, Wei Hanzhou's forehead twitched slightly.

However, although the handwriting was ugly, he understood the content.

After reading it, Wei Hanzhou folded the letter and placed it against his chest.

Two days later, Liu Tangxi received another letter from Wei Hanzhou.

The content on the first page was relatively normal, saying that Wei Hanzhou had contacted another shop. After seeing how popular Wang's shop was, this shop decided to raise the price to seven cents per catty, and ordered 100 catties.

After finishing the first page, Liu Tangxi was about to read the second page when he suddenly found something wrong.

"Yanti..."

Yan's style is dignified and profound, Liu's style is elegant and unrestrained, and my wife's brushwork is casual and unique.

hehe.

Liu Tangxi sneered in his heart.

"Third brother's wife, why don't you read anymore? What did the third brother write after him?" Li asked in confusion.

Not only was Li confused, but everyone else was also surprised and looked up at her.

Liu Tangxi was embarrassed and stammered, "I wrote it...I wrote it..."

Zhang thought of what happened that day and quickly came to Liu Tangxi's rescue: "Is that what my third brother wrote to you?"

Liu Tangxi was even more embarrassed.

Everyone looked at her expression, gradually understood what she meant, and all smiled kindly at her, and no longer asked her to read.

"Third son's wife, please go back and take a look." Li said with a smile.

Liu Tangxi was embarrassed and went back with the letter.

I cursed Wei Hanzhou countless times in my heart. ,,