Gu Dazhu is a man who knows how to spend his money.

People like him who know how to spend their money are often very careful with their money and are very stingy with others.

When he heard that his parents had decided to send their half brother to school, he clenched his fists, feeling particularly unwilling...

"Mom and Dad, there are more and more people in our family, and the family savings we saved in the past are almost all spent by us."

"I'm getting more and more worried and anxious about our family's future."

"Mom and Dad, it must cost a lot to send my brother to school, right?... I heard that some scholars spend at least ten taels of silver a year! Ten taels of silver, that's a full ten taels of silver. Our whole family may not be able to save that much even if we work hard for seven or eight years..."

Gu Yanzhang seemed indifferent when he heard this.

"In this family, I am the one who supports the family. As a son, why are you so anxious?"

"Your mother, your grandmother, your eldest uncle and your younger uncles have already agreed on your brother's education. They will pay most of the money. Your brother will study at Chenjia Village School. When he gets there, he can have breakfast, lunch and dinner at your grandmother's house..."

After hearing this, Gu Dazhu and his brothers breathed a sigh of relief. They felt that their family didn't spend much money. However, they suddenly felt that their brother was really enjoying a good life.

Their grandmother's family is so rich!

What they eat, drink and use on a daily basis is much better than what they have at home.

Didn't you see that your mother had only lived in their home for less than a year, and she had grown fatter, whiter, plumper, and more beautiful.

Even her clothes and appearance were the same as those of the rich ladies in the county.

When they thought of their half-brothers, who would have a much better life in the future than them and would not have to suffer, Gu Dazhu and his brothers could not help but complain to their father.

"Dad, our brother is at grandma's house, we can't eat like that every day, can we?"

"We eat their food, use their things, and spend their money, how embarrassing it is? If other people know about this, what will they say about us?"

Gu Yanzhang heard this and said to his sons impatiently, "You are all married and have your own careers. Your brother is still young, so stay out of his business!"

How could Gu Yanzhang not know that, logically speaking, his family was taking advantage of his mother-in-law?

It was because he knew that he didn't want to tell these people at the beginning.

"Okay, okay, don't ask about your brother's studies. We have already decided it anyway."

"It's not your money that is being spent, why are you complaining like this?"

After being blocked by Gu Yanzhang's words, those present were speechless.

...

So, Chen Xuanxuan began a long period of sending her son to school.

Chen Xuanxuan basically got up at six or seven o'clock every morning. After dressing her son, washing his face and brushing his teeth, she went to Chenjia Village with her son and Gu Yanzhang.

After arriving at her mother's home in Chenjia Village, the three of them had a sumptuous breakfast with the old lady Liu and her family.

Even though there were no delicious dishes on the table at that time.

However, the old lady Liu would give the mother and son a small stove.

Chen Xuanxuan and her son ate two oil cakes and drank a bowl of soy milk in the morning. Plus one or two eggs.

After eating a full meal, old lady Liu, Chen Xuanxuan, and her eldest brother Chen Daming sent her son to school.

After arriving at the school, old lady Liu and Chen Xuanxuan were reluctant to leave.

They chatted with some old men and old ladies who had nothing to do outside the school.

As they chatted, it was noon before they knew it.

Around eleven or twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the teacher of the school sent the children home, and old lady Liu took Chen Xuanxuan and her baby son home for lunch.

After lunch, they took a short nap, and in the afternoon, the mother and daughter sent the baby child to school again.

In the evening, Chen Xuanxuan had dinner with her baby son at her mother's house.

Old lady Liu had plenty of money.

She was willing to provide herself with food and clothes.

As a result, an old lady like her gets healthier and healthier as she gets older.

And Chen Xuanxuan is getting younger and prettier as she gets older.

...

Gu Yanzhang had already noticed the changes in his wife.

However, he just pretended not to know.

No matter how the people in the village slandered his wife, saying that she was cheating on him again, Gu Yanzhang acted as if nothing had happened and knew nothing.

"Dad, ... it's already this late, when will our mother bring our brother back? We are almost starving to death now..."

Gu Yanzhang was not so shameless, and it was impossible for him to eat dinner at his mother-in-law's house every day.

Today he was working in the fields, and he had a lot of things to do. Therefore, the time to go to his mother-in-law's house to pick up his wife and son was particularly late.

Just as he put down the hoe and prepared to change his clothes before going, his sons began to urge him.

Seeing that his sons seemed to be particularly dissatisfied with their mother, Gu Yanzhang sighed helplessly and said earnestly, "I will take them back now, you just have to bear with it for a while."

"You will definitely not starve to death in a short time."

"When we had no food in the past, didn't you lie in bed for a whole day? You didn't eat anything, just drank water..."

Hearing what his father said, Gu Dazhu couldn't help but retorted, "Dad, is this the same thing?"

"Dad, sometimes I really think that since mom doesn't have time to cook for us in the evening, this matter can be handed over to my wife..."

Just when the father and son were arguing quietly, Chen Xuanxuan brought her son back happily under the protection of his eldest brother Chen Daming.

As soon as she came back, she personally handed the altar in her hands to her husband.

"Boss, look what I brought back!"

Gu Yanzhang heard his wife's tone of asking for credit, he immediately raised his hand and gently opened the lid of the jar.

Suddenly, a pungent sour and fragrant smell came to his face.

"Is this pickled garlic?"

"And this, ... looks like pickled cucumber?"

Chen Xuanxuan nodded heavily, "Yes."

"A few months ago, when I was staying at my mother's house, I made a few jars of this."

"I think this is especially delicious when mixed with rice or wrapped in a pancake. If you mix it with some bean paste, spicy sauce or something good, it will taste even better."