webnovelfull Chapter 592 Going to school
Chapter 592 Going to school
Lijia Village is quite close to my home and can be reached on foot.
This allows them to travel back and forth every day, without having to choose to live in the school due to the long distance like other families.
Being able to enjoy delicious hot meals at home every day is undoubtedly a great happiness.
And today is the day when the school officially opens.
Ni'er's family of five all put on neat and clean clothes and went to the school together to see Niu Li off.
Even Yichuan changed into a new set of clothes today.
This family attracted many people's attention along the way.
As we were walking, an aunt came towards us and asked curiously, "Where are you going?"
Yan Zi's face was filled with smiles, and she answered enthusiastically: "We are going to send Niu Li to school. Today is the first day of school, so the whole family is here to see him off."
When the aunt heard this, she immediately showed a delighted expression and said, "Going to school, this is really a happy event! Maybe your Niu Li will be able to pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar. Then you will be the top scholar's mother!"
After hearing what her aunt said, Yan Zi was delighted, but she said, "Oh, it would be great if it could be like that, but we don't have too high expectations, just being able to recognize a few words is good enough."
"Aunt, we have to leave quickly."
The aunt smiled and nodded, saying, "Well, go quickly, don't delay the important work."
Along the way, we saw several families, and the whole family came out to send their children to school.
After all, every family does their best to raise their children and has high hopes for them, so it is natural for the whole family to come out to see them off.
Niu Li turned his head and looked around, but there was almost no one he knew.
Because in the entire Niujia Village, there are no more than three children who have the opportunity to go to school.
The old lady naturally also learned the news. She couldn't help but think of her two precious grandsons, and her heart ached.
The old lady felt more and more upset, "How can people send their sons to school?"
This thought kept circling in her mind.
Finally, the old lady couldn't help but shout, "Big brother, second brother, come here!"
The eldest and the second son heard the old lady's cry, and hurried over to her, looking at her in confusion, not knowing what had happened.
The old lady looked at her two sons and said slowly, "Did you hear that the third son sent Niu Li to school?"
When the boss heard this, he immediately felt upset.
He muttered, "They are so rich, they can certainly afford the monthly rent of two taels of silver. Unlike our family, we haven't even saved two taels of silver in all these years."
When the old lady heard what the eldest brother said, she felt a surge of anger rushing to her forehead, as if her head was about to explode.
Her eyes widened and she glared at the boss fiercely.
He said angrily, "How dare you say that! Look at the third brother, he is so good at everything he does, but what about you? You were asked to weed and you were chased back! What use are you to?"
After being scolded by the old lady, the eldest brother became like a deflated ball, with his head hung and not saying a word.
The old lady calmed down a little and continued, "I originally thought that after the harvest from the fields was sold, I would send Manguan and Fugui to school. After all, only by studying and learning to read can one have a promising future."
The second child was listening at the side, his eyes as big as bells.
He held up two fingers, gestured and said, "Mom, do you know that the tuition for the school is two taels of silver per month? Two taels! Even if our whole family sells all the food, we can only afford to send them to school for one month!"
"And mother, don't you think about it? Man Guan and Fu Gui are not the type to study. It would be a waste of money to go to school." The second son advised earnestly.
The old lady actually understood this logic in her heart, but she just couldn't swallow it.
No matter what she does, she has to compete with the third brother's family.
Then the old lady waved her hand, called Fugui to her side, and asked softly, "My son, do you want to go to school?"
After hearing the old lady's question, Fugui shook his head decisively without even thinking, and replied: "No, I don't want to go to school! I prefer to play."
"And I heard that teachers are very strict. Not only will they scold you, they will even beat you! I don't want to go to that kind of place. It's too scary!"
The old lady felt helpless when she saw Fugui's firm attitude.
She sighed secretly, thinking that this child might not be cut out for studying. Even if she forced him to go to school, it would probably just be a waste of money.
The old lady changed her mind and thought that since Fugui had no interest in studying, it would be better to save the money to buy some delicious food and drinks.
Besides, it wouldn't be a bad idea to let Fugui focus on farming in the future.
However, the old lady still felt a little unwilling.
So, she turned to look at Man Guan and asked tentatively: "Man Guan, do you want to go to school?"
After thinking for a while, Man Guan replied, "Grandma, I would like to give it a try. However, if there is extra money at home, I am willing to go; if not, forget it."
These words of Man Guan were actually specially taught to him by his mother.
The second son's wife felt that her husband had been farming all his life but had not achieved anything significant.
Therefore, she thought it would be a good idea to let Man Guan go to school and give it a try, perhaps this child would be a good student.
If I could pass the imperial examination and become a scholar in the future, I would be the mother of a scholar. How prestigious and glorious that would be!
Since her precious grandson has this idea, the old lady will naturally satisfy him.
However, the old lady didn't want to pay for it herself, and fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, she had an idea...
After sending Niu Li to the destination, Yan Zi gave him a few careful instructions to make sure that everything was fine. Then the group returned home.
What a coincidence, Master has to go out for something today, so Ni'er can have a good rest for a day.
For the busy Nier, this is undoubtedly a rare opportunity to relax.
However, Nier did not choose to rest.
She thought: "Why not take this opportunity to improve all the previous dishes and come up with a new one."
So, Nier acted quickly.
She took out a piece of paper and a pen, and then wrote down in detail the recipes for the previous dishes she had sold to the restaurant.
As Nier wrote, she carefully smelled the spices at hand.
With her extraordinary sense of smell, she carefully selects the most suitable spices that can maximize the flavor of the dishes, and adds them one by one.