The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

After a conversation, the two decided to supply 20 kilograms of taro chips every two days. However, as the purchase price had gone up, they could no longer pack them in a basket directly. Instead, they had to wrap each half kilogram with oil paper and then put them in the basket. This way, they would not be easily affected by moisture and looked much better.

After seeing Mo Feifei off, Guo Xin walked into the kitchen and looked at the three people gathered around the stove, feeling a little uncomfortable.

If born in a wealthy family, this is the age when they should be reading and learning to read, but now they are struggling to make a living.

God gave me an opportunity, and it was a great blessing to let Sidan go to school.

Amid the smoke and fire, none of the three noticed Guo Xin's return.

"Ahem, ah, ah, sis, Sanya, Sidan, I have something to tell you."

San Ya fiddled with the firewood and said without turning her head: "Sister, if you have something to say, just say it directly. I am looking at our gold ingots now~"

"Yes, there are a lot of taro waiting for us to roast." Sidan agreed.

Daya didn't say anything. Erya had just sent Mo Feifei away and came over with a serious look on her face. She must have something important to discuss with them.

"We'll deal with this taro later. I have something very important to tell you. It concerns our future life." Guo Xin pulled out the taro slices from the stove, put out the fire, and pulled one person in each hand.

"Sister, what could be more important than taro chips?" Sidan was pulled out by Guo Xin with a reluctant look on his face. In his opinion, his current life was already very good, and he would have a stall selling duck blood vermicelli in the future. He didn't know how comfortable it would be.

The three of them sat around Guo Xin, looking at her, waiting for her to say something important.

"The shopkeeper of Rufangzhai came today and talked about three things. I think they are all good things."

"Then sister, please tell me the best one first." San Ya looked at Guo Xin with bright eyes.

"The first thing is that Sidan can go to a private school, and it is the best private school in the county. I have inquired before, and five or six out of ten students from that private school become scholars, and many of them become juren."

"Me?" Sidan pointed at himself in disbelief. In his opinion, it was impossible for his family to send his child to a private school. After all, it cost a lot of money to support a scholar.

"Wow! Will our family have an official in the future?" Sanya looked at Sidan, who opened his mouth as wide as possible. "Then I will have a brother who will be an official in the future!"

Daya did not show any happiness. After all, she was the oldest among the four and she knew best how much money it would cost to pursue a career in politics, not to mention the best private school in the county.

At that time, my uncle was very much loved by my grandmother, but the whole family paid for his education to go to the worst private school in the county.

Given my family's current situation, sending me to a private school was probably proposed by the manager of Rufangzhai, and there must be other conditions involved.

"Sister, but I heard that scholars have to spend a lot of money, especially in the best private schools..." Sidan reacted and raised a question. As he spoke, he realized something. His sister said this after the shopkeeper left, so he was afraid that there were some conditions.

"Sister! What did the shopkeeper of Rufangzhai say to you? What did he want you to do? Don't leave..."

Sidan immediately hugged Guo Xin, fearing that Guo Xin would not want them anymore, just like their eldest sister had told them that they would not have to worry about food and drink in the future, and not long after that she told them that she was going to marry Master Liu as a concubine.

Guo Xin was held so tightly that she couldn't breathe. She tried to push Sidan away, but couldn't. She turned to the other side and took a breath, saying, "I won't leave. Listen to me carefully. I can't breathe. Let me go."

Sidan immediately let go of Guo Xin, helped her calm down, and said in a low voice embarrassedly: "Sister, I'm sorry, I thought..."

"It's okay." Guo Xin took another deep breath, slowed down, and continued: "Although the cost of going to the private school is high, the owner of Rufangzhai will fully subsidize it. We only need to pay for food and accommodation. This is also the second good thing I mentioned."

"But the condition is..."

Several people looked at Guo Xin instantly, fearing that she would say something bad.

"I have to go to Suining City every ten days to be a cook for a master, because the food I sold to Rufangzhai some time ago was delicious to the master, so he wants me to cook for him."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, as long as she wasn't talking about becoming a concubine.

"The third good thing is that the price of our taro chips has increased to 50 wen per pound, and we will deliver them every two days. The packaging has been changed to wrapping half a pound in oil paper."

Hearing so much money, the four of them smiled at each other.

San Ya pinched Sidan, and Sidan screamed.

"You feel pain, which proves it's true." San Ya smiled foolishly: "That's great, God must have seen that our family is suffering so much, so he gave us something to make us happy."

Daya was also very happy. The family was finally going to have a scholar, and life at home was gradually getting better.

San Ya looked at Sidan, and the happiness in her eyes gradually turned into envy. When she lived with her great uncle and grandfather, her great uncle would always boast about having studied in a private school, calling himself a scholar and looking down on her family.

At that time, I always thought that if I had been educated or had a skill, my parents would not always be looked down upon by my uncle and others.

It was of course a joy to know that Sidan, who was born with me, could now go to a private school, but I always felt a little lost, as if I had lost the opportunity to read and learn to read.

Guo Xin looked at San Ya, who was originally so happy that she infected the people around her, but now seemed a little sad. He knew why, so he said, "After Sidan settles down, we will also set up a stall in the town or the county, and we will also open a workshop at home."

"When the time comes, I will see if I can send San Ya to school to learn to read and write. Although women are not allowed to take the imperial examinations to enter the government here, being a literate person is also very good. If I teach her some arithmetic, she will have the ability to live a stable life."

When San Ya heard that she could read, she was immediately happy. She looked at Si Dan proudly and said, "I can read, too. Although I'm later than you, I'm not stupid. I will be able to read and write in the future."

Guo Xin looked at Daya and continued, "Then Sanya and Sidan are both going to school. Although Big Sister is a little old, it's not bad for her to be a little rich woman with me. We can do business together and be a female boss!"

Daya looked at Erya beside her with a smile in her eyes and said lovingly, "Okay, everything is fine."

She didn't care about studying or not. After she almost became a concubine, she let go of everything. As long as she was with her family, it was the best.

Guo Xin thought that her life was getting better now, and she definitely couldn't call her "xx丫" or "xx蛋" as before, otherwise people would laugh at her.

"Of course, we have to change our name too. We can't go out with this name all the time. That would be too embarrassing.