Chen Xuanxuan was surprised to know that the five brothers of the Yu family had built six mud houses in their hometown.

"Master, it's only been a few years?"

"How come they have built so many houses?"

Gu Yanzhang smiled softly after hearing this, "There are many people in their family, and they are very hardworking. After renting the land on the other side of the swamp, they work very hard every year. Even some of our land is often cultivated by them..."

Knowing this about the situation of the Yu family, Chen Xuanxuan nodded softly.

The five brothers of the Yu family have a total of about 40 to 50 people.

In the past, she heard the man in front of her say that the Yu family was extremely poor and had only two thatched houses to shelter from the wind and rain.

Moreover, the thatched houses were already old.

Thinking of this, Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but sigh, "Boss, after all, we are a poor family, and life is too hard..."

"..."

Gu Yanzhang knew that his wife was deeply touched, and he nodded involuntarily.

"This is how the world is."

"If you don't believe it, go outside and take a look, and see which farmer with only a few acres of land has made a fortune..."

Hearing this, Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but think of the stories she had read in history books.

Some people particularly admire the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

However, in these two dynasties, the situation of land annexation was particularly serious.

The vast majority of farmers, the few acres of land in their hands, can't support their entire families.

When bad weather hits, or when the government officials make things difficult for them, the fertile land that keeps them alive will be snatched away covertly or openly.

Landlords with a little bit of connections and power own more and more land.

As time goes by, the farmers, who make up the vast majority, own less and less. They

have no land, no houses, no money, but only their own lives.

Sometimes, they don't even own their own lives.

Chen Xuanxuan didn't want her whole family to fall into such a situation. She thought about it seriously and tentatively proposed it to the man next to her.

"Boss, you said that our family's conditions are getting better and better. Should we send the smarter children in our family to Chenjia Village to study?"

Hearing this, Gu Yanzhang shook his head reflexively.

"Wife, this matter, I don't think it's appropriate..."

Hearing this, Chen Xuanxuan was immediately surprised. "Why is it not appropriate?"

"Hey, head of the family, it's such a good thing to send our children to a private school."

"If they can recognize words and are really talented, and they study hard and pass the imperial examinations, then our family will be completely transformed..." After

hearing this, Gu Yanzhang smiled lightly and shook his head, "Hey, studying is not that simple?"

After saying this, Gu Yanzhang looked at her seriously, with a meaningful look in his eyes.

"My dear wife, our family has undergone tremendous changes in the past few years."

"What we eat, use and wear are all unique in this village. I can guarantee that the life of the clan leader's family is not as good as ours."

"People from these ten or eight villages now have endless jealousy and envy on their faces when they mention us. If they hear that our family has money and sends their children to private schools or Chenjia Village to study, then no matter how they restrain themselves, they will definitely come here to check it out at night or during the day when I am not around..."

Chen Xuanxuan was a little confused when she heard these words.

"What do you mean by check it out?"

Gu Yanzhang knew that his wife had lived to such an old age without encountering any real evil people or bad people. So, he reminded her intentionally, "In our place, if you get rich one day, you will attract the attention of those people in the village or outside the village."

"If you don't have a background and the ability to protect yourself, you will encounter robbery. You may even encounter robbers. As for those who come to beg, they are like fish in the river. They come in batches. You can't pay them all. If you say that your money has been borrowed, those who didn't borrow money will hate you and gossip about you outside..."

After listening to Gu Yanzhang's popularization of local customs and practices, Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but sigh.

It turns out that the customs in the countryside are like this.

Of course, she couldn't deny that some of these rural areas should be particularly simple and beautiful.

However, the rural areas that look particularly simple and beautiful are generally the wealthy ones.

In the remote and poor areas, resources are limited.

In order to gain greater benefits, everyone will definitely use all means and try every possible means to get those things.

Chen Xuanxuan still remembers that when she was in college, there was a college roommate who slept in the bunk below her.

There were four brothers in that roommate's family. There were

also many brothers and sisters in her parents' family.

A large family of hundreds of people, competing with each other, comparing with each other, that was a lot of fun.

In order to show face in front of relatives and friends during the New Year, the rural roommate at that time pretended to be rich and borrowed several thousand yuan from her.

At first, Chen Xuanxuan thought that her classmate was a vain person.

However, she later gradually realized that she had misunderstood her.

The relatives of her classmate were all very snobbish.

If she didn't show that she was rich and gave their children New Year's gifts during festivals, her relatives and friends would say that she was a college student and no matter how much she studied, she would still be a failure.

When she was in college, she couldn't even make money. What else could she be but a failure?

In short, through the personal experience of that friend, Chen Xuanxuan had already deeply understood that many poor families in rural areas like to compare with each other.

If you don't compare yourself to them, they will think you are inferior and look down on you.

However, if you are much better than them, they will hate you and envy you.

Then, they will stand on the same line and think about how to take advantage of you every day...

Thinking of what Gu Yanzhang just said, it was all about this. Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but sigh.

"Boss, why do I feel that living there is a bit tiring?"

"If we win, it's our fault. If we lose, it's our fault again. Tell me, what should we do at this time?"