In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

As soon as Shen Qian finished speaking, Wang Qingliu's heart couldn't help but tremble!

Seeing his panic, Shen Qian continued:

"Is not it?"

"You don't realize the inappropriateness of what you said just now, nor do you realize that an adult son has the obligation to fulfill his filial duty to his elderly mother."

"You just accused me of being unfilial in front of everyone in the village. You're afraid of being stripped of your honor and your wishes being dashed."

"Yes and no?"

The last question was like a wake-up call, which made Wang Qingliu's back bend.

His head drooped listlessly.

My mother knew! My mother knew everything! I naively thought that my mother was just an ignorant and simple-minded country woman.

ridiculous...

But in front of so many fellow villagers, he didn't dare to admit what his mother said!

He admitted it, and his mother didn't really pursue it in the end. When he passed the imperial examination, the county magistrate sent people to inquire about his background, and the gossips were spread by the talkative women, and there was still a great possibility that he would be held unfilial!

"Mother, I am just obsessed with scientific research."

"I have no unfilial thoughts! I want to let my mother live out her days in peace after I finish high school!" Wang Qingliu said with a trembling voice. He didn't need to act at all because he was really scared by Shen Qian!

The villagers heard Wang Qingliu's self-defense, and some of those who didn't know him well spoke up for him:

"This Wang Qingliu's words are sincere and he deserves the utmost love and filial piety!"

"Wang Shen must have misunderstood him, right? After all, he's studied for so many years, he shouldn't be confused about filial piety."

"Maybe he was just in a bad mood from the rush he was on the road. His tone was not very good, just like my dog."

"..."

Hearing that the villagers were finally not speaking ill of him in an all-out way, Wang Qingliu breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Qian's eyes narrowed slightly, and she never took her eyes off Wang Qingliu.

This caused great psychological pressure on Wang Qingliu.

Especially since Shen Qian didn't respond to his words, his mind was working fast at this moment, hoping to calm his mother down temporarily.

a long time.

Shen Qian looked at the villagers who had gathered outside her house and asked coldly:

"Mother, let me ask you something: is it natural for a son to kneel before his mother?"

"Yes... yes!" When Wang Qingliu heard his mother speak, he felt a black shadow lingering in front of his eyes and almost fell down. Fortunately, his arms reacted quickly and quickly supported the ground, thus avoiding the tragedy of falling directly.

In fact, because of this sudden situation today, Shen Qian didn't want to directly revoke his reputation. After all, as her eldest son, she couldn't do anything other than studying.

Shen Qian's purpose was very clear from the beginning to the end.

Establish prestige in front of these rebellious sons, and at the same time let this eldest son with achievements learn to be independent. Not only should he earn money to study by himself, but he should also bring money back to honor himself from time to time!

After all, the private school’s predecessor of more than ten years cannot be provided in vain!

"In this case, if a son is disrespectful to his mother, is there a problem with the mother punishing him by making him kneel down?" Shen Qian's deep eyes revealed a murderous cold light.

This made the already frightened old man Wang Qingliu tremble several times again.

Trembling response:

"no problem"

"If that's the case, why don't you kneel?" Shen Qian asked the third question, completely breaking down Wang Qingliu's psychological defenses.

Wang Qingliu supported himself on the ground with his hands, allowing his body to move from a slumped sitting position to a kneeling position.

The fourth brother and his wife, who were watching from the side, were anxious: "Brother! You can't just give in to mother like this. We are counting on you for our fifty cents!"

Wang Wu, Wang You and Wang Liang were so frightened that they dared not breathe.

My mother’s deterrent power is too strong!

Especially the third brother Wang Wu, he wanted to hide back in the house at this moment.

"Since you've admitted your mistake, let the villagers bear witness today." Shen Qian said, looking up at the villagers who were watching the excitement:

"I have supported your education for eighteen years. Looking at all the farmers in this town, there is absolutely no family that has supported their children's education for longer than I have."

As soon as the words fell, the villagers nodded.

When it comes to supporting children's education, Shen Qian definitely spends the longest time among all the farmers in the eight villages in the town.

After all, the annual salary of five taels is not something that ordinary farmers can afford, not to mention the loss of expensive pens, ink, paper and inkstone!

The tuition alone was ninety taels, plus the expenses for books and so on, the expenses over the years must have been two hundred taels. According to the current market price, I could buy four cows with that!

Seeing that everyone was determined to uphold justice for her, Shen Qian continued:

"You are 24 years old and have the ability to earn money by copying books and educating children. You are also using public funds to suck the blood of your brother and mother to support yourself in taking the exam for the scholar for the third time. This is really wrong."

"From now on, your family will not contribute a penny to your education, and you will have to pay 250 coins to the public school every month."

"Any objection?"

Facing Shen Qian's question.

The old man Wang Qingliu looked ashen.

No! From now on, his family will no longer give him money to study! And he has to do some copying work to earn money to support the family!

He couldn't accept this disparity for a while and fainted.

"Hey! Big brother!" The fourth brother Wang Tianci exclaimed as he looked at his eldest brother who had fainted.

Shen Qian glanced at the fourth brother, who was about to step forward, but suddenly shrank back.

Shen Qian's command rang in their ears:

"Third brother, go get a basin of water and pour it over him to wake him up!"

Wang Wu quickly agreed and went to the kitchen to get some water, but inwardly he was secretly complaining: Why is it that every time they get scolded, I'm always implicated?!

'splash!'

As a basin of water was poured on his head, the unconscious Wang Qingliu woke up instantly and jumped up from the ground.

Subconsciously, he met Shen Qian's frosty eyes.

The biting coldness made him lower his head again.

I only heard my mother's voice ringing in my ears again:

"It's good to be young, just fall asleep."

“I’m not picky about places.”

"Why? Are you dissatisfied with the conditions I proposed?"

Faced with his mother's aggressiveness, Wang Qingliu did not dare to refute.

And...this time, my mother really stood on the side of justice.

"No." Wang Qingliu took a deep breath and replied:

"Just as mother said."

"Third brother!" Shen Qian shouted again when she saw this.

Wang Wu, who had just put down the basin of water, was startled and turned back quickly.

Then I heard my mother order again:

"Go to your eldest brother's room, who is often out of sight, to get some paper and grind ink for him."

"Sign it here."

"This... Mother." Wang Wu wanted to say something, but after meeting his mother's frosty eyes, he shrank his neck and swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

"I'll go right away."

After writing the receipt, Wang Qingliu seemed to have lost his soul. He slumped down on the small stool for eating, his eyes dull.

From now on, he will have to do the menial job of copying books!

In the crowd, the fourth brother and his wife who were trying to sneak away were stopped by Shen Qian:

"You two, skipping lunch and traveling all the way to the county to invite your eldest brother back."

"Now that your eldest brother has signed the agreement, you two haven't said a word. Where are you going?!"