Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

The potatoes and sweet potatoes brought by Liu Lao Da and his son were the largest among all the people, but they were also the most time-consuming.

Ercheng and Ye Chao were very careful in their selection.

It’s not easy for others to interfere.

I did pick out some that were not in good condition.

In fact, these are normally not a big problem, but due to different identities, the understanding of nitpicking is naturally different.

"Ercheng! These are actually quite good and won't affect your eating..."

Boss Liu looked at the dozens of kilograms of potatoes and sweet potatoes that were washed out and couldn't help but speak.

However, when he caught a glimpse of Xia Shengsheng's unfriendly look, he was so scared that he dared not say a word.

Liu Zhongsheng hid behind and didn't say anything.

Finally, all the potatoes and sweet potatoes that looked good were weighed, and the total weight was 368 kilograms, or 1104 cents.

Boss Liu happily accepted the silver and left with Liu Zhongsheng.

Not far from the gate of Xia Shengsheng's house.

Liu Zhongsheng said to Liu Lao Da who was still immersed in excitement, "Dad, don't put all your eggs in one basket. If you give all the money back to grandma, she will definitely give it all to my second brother.

If you keep spending like this, it won’t be long before it’s all gone.”

Boss Liu stopped and turned around to ask, "What do you mean?"

Seeing that his father's expression had relaxed a little, Liu Zhongsheng continued, "My second brother has been studying for seven or eight years. Master Zhu in the town once said that my second brother's aptitude was not high, but it was grandma who insisted that my second brother continue to study.

For this purpose, he also gave Master Zhu a lot of extra money as tuition.

In the past, my second uncle earned money to support my second younger brother’s studies and daily expenses, but what about the future?

After all these troubles, not only did we lose part of our land, but we also lost all our money. Now it's time to sell our stored grain.

If we don’t make plans early in the future, I’m afraid that before my second brother finishes high school, our family will have to eat coarse food!

Dad, don’t you think so?

Boss Liu had never thought about this before, because the family's money and food were often in the hands of Old Lady Liu.

With Liu Laoer providing for them, he only had to take care of their food and drink, and didn't even do much work in the fields.

A lot has changed in my home over the past year.

Moreover, everyone knows that Liu Zhongqiang is not a good student.

It was indeed a pipe dream before, always thinking that once Liu Zhongqiang passed the imperial examination, their family would be able to transform from a chicken to a phoenix and enjoy all the blessings.

Now that I think about it, it is just as Liu Zhongsheng said. If I continue to give all the money to Liu Zhongqiang without any bottom line, our family will really have no way to survive in the future!

"When we go back, we'll tell you that Xia deliberately lowered the price by only paying two cents per pound. Apart from the ones we picked out, there are a total of 268 pounds, and we paid 536 cents. Do you remember that?"

Boss Liu not only concealed the weight, but also pushed all the responsibility onto Xia Shengsheng, so that he could get rid of all the blame.

Liu Zhongsheng hesitated and did not nod directly.

"What? Do you want to join forces with your grandma?" asked Boss Liu.

Liu Zhongsheng shook his head. "Dad, I'm this old now, and even my second brother has received several taels of silver, but I don't even have a few coins, right? I should..."

Boss Liu understood. Even though he was reluctant to give the money away, he had gotten it with great difficulty, right?

Moreover, he took the risk of having his lies exposed, and he only embezzled a few hundred coins.

But who made the two of them come out together?

It is indeed difficult to keep silent if one embezzles money and does not share the spoils.

So I could only look around and see if there was anyone passing by.

The silver that Xia Shengsheng had just given him was divided into two parts according to the amount he said.

He counted out another 50 coins and gave them to Liu Zhongsheng, and warned him, "Keep it safe, and don't tell anyone when you go back."

Although Liu Zhongsheng was not very satisfied with the 50 cents, he still accepted it.

It is better to have something than nothing. If you make someone angry, you may not even have the 50 cents left.

Xia Shengsheng paid money to all those who came to sell potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Many of these people had worked for Xia Shengsheng before.

This time, I sold potatoes and sweet potatoes to Xia Shengsheng and made some money.

Most of them thanked Xia Shengsheng again and again.

After sending away the people who came to sell potatoes and sweet potatoes, I discussed the employment contracts with the ten women who had been helping here.

I repeated to them what I had discussed with the village chief before.

Village chief Ma was also there, and he would point out any omissions or areas that he felt were incomplete.

Finally everyone decided on the specific details.

If Xia Shengsheng reads according to the book, many traditional Chinese characters can be read smoothly.

But it would be difficult for her to write.

Yiyi and Ercheng have not been in school for long, and can only write a limited number of words.

Therefore, Ye Chao had to be responsible for writing it, and finally both parties signed and sealed it.

Because I have to write ten double copies at a time, in order not to waste time.

Village chief Ma also called his eldest grandson Ma Tao to help.

Ma Tao went to school for a total of three years. Although he didn't learn very well, he could still write most of the characters.

It's just a little ugly, but it doesn't affect the reading.

Two people writing always write faster than one person.

After writing, Xia Shengsheng and the ten women who were going to work signed and sealed the document.

The agreement is then completed with the village chief signing as the middleman.

“We can start work tomorrow, but you can come later because I have to send some children to school tomorrow.

Come back after lunch! I'll pay you as usual!"

Xia Shengsheng calculated that it was convenient to go to the town, but it was a bit far to the provincial capital.

We set out at dawn, and by the time we send Yi Yi off, we will probably be around noon by the time we come back.

Since I have nothing to do in the afternoon, I can just start working and make the vermicelli early to test the effect.

"Go to school? Ercheng is going to school?"

"You are so lucky! Studying costs a lot of money!"

"Yeah! Sister Xia is really capable."

Village chief Ma also asked Ercheng whether he wanted to go to Master Zhu’s private school in the town.

"Ercheng and Ye Chao went to study with Master Zhu, Yiyi went to study with a female teacher in the city, and Shanshan stayed in the city to learn embroidery from a lady!"

There was nothing to hide about these things. Since Village Chief Ma asked, Xia Shengsheng told everyone the truth about the children.

"Yiyi also wants to study?"

No one was surprised that Ye Chao and Er Cheng went to school together.

Since Ye Chao is Xia Shengsheng's relative and is temporarily living at home, I believe that even if he is just studying, his family will have paid for his studies.

It is also surprising that Shanshan is learning embroidery.

But this kind of thing is not unusual, except that in their farm family, girls also go to the fields to help and have no time to learn needlework and embroidery.

For example, many girls in the town learn embroidery.

After you have learned it well, you can exchange this skill for money!

For these farmers, Yiyi's study seemed like a fantasy.

Girls cannot take the imperial examinations, and after marriage they have to obey their husbands. Even if they only know a few words, it will be of no use. That's why he asked Yi Yi about her studies in surprise!