The stalls at Qingsong's place didn't have much business today, so after everyone finished eating the cold noodles, they packed up and prepared to go back to the village.
"You all go first. I'll go buy some writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones. The dean instructed Qingyun to practice his studies diligently, and this is not something to be taken lightly."
Qingyun gestured to his cousin to help him push the delivery cart ahead while he went to the bookstore to buy writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.
"Brother, do you have enough money on you? I have some more."
When Qingsong heard his elder brother mention buying writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, his first reaction was that it must be very expensive. He wondered if his elder brother had enough money with him today.
"That's enough, that's enough. I originally wanted to give Qingyun some money for pocket money at the academy, but then this mess happened."
Qingshan nodded, patted the money pouch in his arms. Besides the money his mother gave him, he also had an ounce of silver that he had prepared himself.
"Brother, you don't need to buy the expensive ones, the cheaper ones will do."
Qingyun was deeply grateful to his elder brothers for spending money and effort to help him with his studies.
However, what he didn't know was that during this time, the family's income had doubled again, and his two older brothers' pockets were much fuller than he had imagined...
The land purchase went unexpectedly smoothly. When Wu Dama and his son learned that it was the Jiang family who were buying the land, they took the initiative to lower the price. The land, which was originally priced at forty taels, could now be taken away for only thirty-five taels.
Wu Dama and his son made only one request: that the Jiang family take good care of these eight acres of land.
The village chief relayed Jiang's words, telling her to prepare the money so they could go to the government office the next day to get the land deed stamped and transferred to her name.
He took charge of the three mu of land in the clan, paying four taels of silver per mu, totaling twelve taels of silver, and transferred the land deeds to the Jiang family.
Hearing the good news one after another, Jiang Yue was overjoyed and quickly agreed to prepare the money and go to the government office with the village chief the next morning!
After agreeing on everything, Jiang Yue happily hummed a little tune and went back to her room to count the silver.
In the front yard, after the mistress left, Little White, not to be outdone by a flock of geese, started circling in place, chasing its own tail.
"Woof woof woof~"
"Giggle~"
"Clatter, clatter~"
Upon hearing this, the big goose and the little gosling scattered in all directions as if they had seen a ghost, their eyes seemingly saying that Little White was a mad dog.
In the room, Jiang Yue took out her private savings and the money her sons had handed over to the public treasury over the past three months from the system space.
She had a total of twenty-two taels of her own money from selling medicinal herbs, and forty-three taels of money collected from the public treasury.
The land belonging to Wu Mazi's family cost thirty-five taels of silver, so we used public funds to buy it and put it in her name. The harvest from the land would still be used by the family, saving them the cost of buying raw materials. The sons were all happy with this arrangement.
After thinking it over, she decided to use her own savings to buy the three mu of land belonging to the clan, register the land in her daughter's name, and use it as her dowry in the future.
After making her decision, she arranged the silver and set it aside.
After counting his savings, he found he had only ten taels left, his health bar was almost empty!
However, the thought that she should be able to earn some money after the medicinal plants in the fields near the old house are harvested at the end of this month made her feel a little better.
She had only eight taels left in the family coffers. After recording it in the ledger, she sighed at her poverty, thinking to herself, "I still don't have enough to live on!"
"Knock knock knock~"
Outside, Qingyao knocked on the door and called out—
"Mom~ My brothers are back~"
She wouldn't push open the door and go in until her mother answered.
"Hey, here it comes~"
When Jiang Yue heard her daughter calling her, she put the remaining silver back into her system space. As for the silver that had been divided, she didn't put it away in a hurry. Instead, she went to open the door and gestured for her daughter to come in. She had something to say to her daughter.
"mother?"
Qingyao was puzzled, but she still came in.
Upon entering the room, she immediately noticed a vast expanse of white.
"Your village chief grandfather just said that the price of the land has been agreed upon. Tomorrow, your mother will take you to the county government office to get the land deed."
Jiang Yue closed the door. Her sons were back, and the first thing they did when they got home was to take a cold shower. She wasn't in a hurry to see them.
"Mother, why are you taking your daughter with you?"
Qingyao asked, puzzled. Although she was the youngest child in the family, she had a vague idea that it might not be appropriate for her to go.
Jiang Yue pinched her daughter's cheek and said affectionately:
“Silly girl, I plan to buy the three acres of land in the clan's territory and put them in your name as your dowry in the future.”
"Give me?"
As part of a dowry?
Qingyao blushed, extremely shy.
She's still so young, and her mother is already thinking about her marriage so early?
"Yes, it's prepared for you. I'll let your brothers know at dinner time. Of course, before you get married, whatever you plant in the fields and what you harvest will be up to the family and will all go to the common people."
Jiang Yue wanted to save up a dowry for her daughter, but at the same time, she respected her sons and gave them the right to know.
Similarly, since Yao Yao is still young, the harvest from her domain should go to the public, which is good for everyone.
Qingyao hugged her mother's waist and said dependently:
"Yes, yes, Mother is thinking of her daughter and will handle things for her. I will listen to Mother."
The mother and daughter snuggled together for a while before tidying up and preparing for dinner.
"Qingyun? Why are you home?"
When Jiang Yue came out, she discovered that among the group of teenagers showering in the courtyard, there was even her own little third brother!
This is a bit surreal. Isn't this kid studying at the academy?
Wait a minute, as she got closer, she noticed that Qingyun's face was still bruised and her lips were cut!
"Mother~, I—"
Wu Qingyun wanted to explain, but his second brother beat him to it by "telling on" him.
"Mother, you don't know, today my eldest brother took my cousins to the academy to find Qingyun, and guess what? Someone actually bullied Qingyun!"
Wu Qingsong quickly and directly told the story of how his third brother had been bullied.
Jiang Yue was surprised by this turn of events, her brows furrowed and her face darkened.
Academies are places for teaching and nurturing people, but I never imagined that such bullying could exist in them, both in ancient and modern times.
"Qingyun, does your wound still hurt? Let me go back to your room and get you some medicine."
It's already gotten wet, so inflammation is inevitable. Right now, all I can do is apply some gentian violet to disinfect it. I hope it doesn't get a fever tonight!
"Mother~"
Wu Qingyun bit his lip. He had always thought he was very strong, but only now did he realize that everything he had pretended to be was fake.
In front of his family, he can let his guard down and reveal his most vulnerable side.
A moment later, Jiang Yue used her points to redeem a bottle of gentian violet, which came with cotton swabs. She called over the third brother separately and carefully applied the medicine while instructing him:
"If you feel wronged, just cry it out. We are all your family and won't laugh at you. But once you've cried it out, don't be sad anymore."
Cheer up! Those people are bullying you because they're jealous of you!
Then all you can do is use your excellence to defeat the other side!
If others are afraid that you will rise to prominence quickly, then you should exert all your efforts to rise to the top!
"Mom believes you can do it. I won't lay a hand on those who bully you; you can deal with them yourself when you're strong enough!"
"Alright, son Jin will heed his mother's teachings!"
Wu Qingyun smelled the unpleasant medicine, and felt a stinging and burning sensation in his wound.
As he tried to process what his mother said, he had a strange feeling that his mother was even more knowledgeable than his teacher.
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