"Dad, let's go get some cloth." The three sons were excited as they finally had the chance to come to the county town.
In addition to buying pens, ink, paper and inkstone, when they went out in the morning, their mother said she would buy each of them a new piece of clothing, and their father also said he would take them to the county town to eat big meat buns.
Now that I'm in the county town and have bought all the study materials, should I go out and buy some cloth and buns?
Dazhuzi is not so enthusiastic about the others. As long as he finishes his studies, what does it matter to him?
Now he just wanted to go home and look through some books. He had just realized in the bookstore that his father regretted letting them go to school because the books were really expensive.
He glanced at his third brother who was only thinking about the big meat buns and sneered in his heart. Since he loved meat buns so much, he shouldn't have taken him to the teacher to sign up. Just use the monthly salary to buy him some meat buns.
Looking at his younger brother who was silent on the side, his biggest opponent was now his younger brother. They both cherished this opportunity and tried their best to be the best.
Dazhuzi clenched his fists, he would definitely not be outdone by his younger brother.
"Let's not tear off the new cloth for now, let's go home." With so much money, Zhao Dayong really didn't have the courage to continue buying things, so he just took 10 taels of silver. He couldn't just buy everything and then go home.
It might take him a whole year to earn one tael of silver.
It was sloppy.
"Why don't you buy any new clothes?" Without new clothes, Sanzhuzi pouted and wanted to cry.
"Third brother, let's not buy it when we get home. We have already spent too much money on books and pens and ink every day. We don't have much money at home, so we can't continue to buy it."
Dazhuzi coaxed his younger brother and said words that warmed Zhao Dayong's heart. The older you get, the more sensible you become. The eldest son's words touched his heart.
Without new clothes, Sanzhuzi was very disappointed. He looked up at his father eagerly and said, "Dad, if I don't have new clothes, do I still have the big meat bun?"
Speaking of steamed buns, several people couldn't help swallowing their saliva. After walking for most of the day, everyone was thirsty and hungry.
"Yes." Zhao Dayong gritted his teeth. He already had so much money, why would he still care about the money for a few big meat buns? Besides, the child was really hungry and couldn’t walk the long way home without eating something.
"Come on, Dad will take you to buy some meat buns, and then we'll go home after we finish eating."
Phew, luckily there is still food. They were so afraid that they would have to go home hungry. The way home is neither long nor short. It will be noon at any rate when I get home. It is really uncomfortable to be hungry all day.
Zhao Dayong was reluctant to buy more, so he gave each person a meat bun to fill up, and he himself had a black-faced steamed bun.
Several children were holding the buns and eating them while walking, but no one thought of saying that their father didn't eat the meat buns and gave him a bite.
Even Zhao Dayong himself didn't think there was anything wrong with this.
After eating the meat buns, the three kids were still reluctant to leave, "Dad, the meat buns are delicious!"
"Really?" Zhao Dayong smiled, "I'll let you guys have it again during the Chinese New Year."
"Uh-huh."
When he went to the village, Zhao Dayong felt very proud. His eldest brother's family was exhausted just by walking back to the village from the county town. His three children even went to the neighboring village back and forth, and none of them complained that they could not walk.
“I’m back!”
Seeing that everyone in the family had returned, Li hurried forward to greet them. "How's it going? Is everything done?"
"Well, they can go to school tomorrow. The tuition has been paid. You can sew three cloth bags to put their things in at night."
"Well, okay! Have you bought the cloth?" Li didn't see that Zhao Dayong had cloth in his hand.
"Mom, we don't want new clothes. Our studies have earned us a lot of money. The clothes we have are good enough. We don't need new clothes."
Li was touched, because the baby she gave birth to was sensible.
"You have to buy it, after all, you are going to study."
Zhao Dayong didn't say anything. When his wife knew how much money he had given her, she would no longer ask her to buy clothes.
At the same time, he was also thinking about a problem. Books were so expensive. He had heard from the third brother before that his eldest brother earned money by selling books. The money his eldest brother earned every month should be quite a lot. No wonder he could buy a house in the county town.
If his three children can also read after one year of study, then their future life will be stable.
Zhao Dayong had a nice dream, but he didn't think about it. If he could go to school after just one year of study, who in the village would sell everything he had so that he could not go to school for one year?
Who can understand a year written out in words?
Old man Zhao was also in the yard, and from his expression one could tell that he was worried about the money. Oh, this is just the beginning. The more you go on, the more expensive the books will be.
If the boss's books hadn't been stolen, they would be worth a lot of money.
"Why didn't you buy cloth for the child?" Li asked directly as soon as she entered the house.
"I can't buy it. Do you know how much silver Tianqi has taken from us? Nearly one or two taels of silver are gone."
"That much? Isn't it the monthly stipend for fifty-one years old?" Asking him to bring two was actually just to give himself some confidence.
"Brushes, ink, paper and inkstones are extremely expensive. The book in the eldest brother's hand alone costs several hundred yuan. It's so thin. I heard from the bookstore owner that after studying, buying the Four Books and Five Classics would cost one tael of silver for one book. It's a lot of silver."
"So expensive?" Li's face turned pale with fright.
Zhao Dayong nodded. That's why they say scholars are so precious. It's all because of their money.
"Then we..."
"Let them study for a year first. The tuition has been paid and the books have been bought." It is actually a good deal if you think about it this way. Others buy books for one child, but they buy books for three children.
"If only Big Brother's house hadn't been robbed, he wouldn't have any books, and we would have saved a lot of money."
"We can ask him to help us steal something. Next time he comes back, we can ask him to help us steal one catty each. We can take it to the county town and sell it to make up for the loss."
"Will he agree to that?"
"His nephew is studying, so shouldn't he show some respect as an uncle? Let me tell you, now that I think about it, we really suffered a loss when the family was divided. We haven't even counted the money that eldest brother spent on his books." Forget about the books, what else can he say since they were all stolen?
"You're right. It seems that studying can still make money. Let's grit our teeth and support them for two more years. At least they can study in the future and don't have to work in the fields like us."
Farming is really hard work. Every year, they are exhausted from spring ploughing and autumn harvest.
"Let's talk about it after a year. If he can't learn anything, it will be useless even if we support him for ten years."
"Our children are definitely smart." Li felt that her three children were definitely smarter than Zhao Lao Da's children.
"Well, let's take another look." He felt so sorry for Tianqi's money.
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