The Transmigrated Farm Girl's Journey to Wealth

night.

"Honey, I've been thinking about the school you mentioned the other day. Do you think we could hire a private tutor to teach at home?"

"It's inconvenient. Firstly, we're doing more and more things, and with the Master under his nose, what if he's unreliable?"

Song Feng broke out in a cold sweat when he realized that someone had leaked the formula.

"Secondly, my mother, my aunt, myself, and the aunt who came to help are all women, so it's inconvenient for a tutor to be there. Our courtyard is only so big, and the houses are all together. Thirdly, we need to find out how much a tutor costs; it's definitely not cheap." She felt that they weren't that rich yet.

"Never mind what I said, it was my oversight." Song Feng was annoyed; he had been too presumptuous.

Fang Xiaoning thought for a moment. She could read, but she had no reason to tell everyone that she could. Hiring a tutor so that everyone could learn to read together would be a good thing for her. She couldn't pretend to be illiterate forever, could she?

“What you said isn’t actually impossible. After your aunt arrives, go and find out the price of a live-in tutor. Isn’t there a piece of wasteland in front of our house? Go find the village chief, buy it, and build a small courtyard there specifically for the children to study.”

Home-based tutors usually bring their families, so we need to arrange accommodation for them.

"You still need to buy land and build houses?"

“Otherwise, would you stay at our house? What if there are many people in the Master’s house? Not many. Our family is mostly women, so it’s not convenient. If it goes on for a long time, there will inevitably be gossip, and we won’t feel at ease teaching.”

Song Feng agreed, saying, "You're absolutely right."

“Brother Feng, if we hire a tutor, you and I will both need to learn to read. It would be best if Mother and Aunt also learned. We should try our best not to be illiterate, so that we won’t be taken advantage of and have to pay for it.”

Song Feng looked at her in surprise. "We want to learn too, why?"

“You can’t read? What will you do if you can’t understand contracts when you go out? Besides, the teacher is at home, and everyone is learning to read. That way, the money will be well spent.”

Song Feng thought what she said made perfect sense and nodded in agreement again, "If we could all learn, I would definitely learn to read. Then Dayong, Xiaolian, Tiezhu, and Gou Dan would all go!"

Fang Xiaoning: ...

This teacher really made the best of a bad situation; if we added a few more, we could have a whole class.

Fang family.

"Honey, shall we go see the lanterns tomorrow?" My daughter caught me in the act yesterday, and I haven't even discussed it with my son-in-law yet. If I want to go, my daughter will definitely arrange everything perfectly.

"No, I'm going to make glutinous rice balls tomorrow and tidy up the house. The day after tomorrow I'm going to my daughter's house to learn how to make donkey rolls."

"Go ahead, go ahead! I haven't been to a crowd in years. Besides, we'll be busy again after tomorrow. Let's go out and have some fun since we have a few days off!"

"Mother, we want to go too!"

Her two sons stared at her longingly. Neither of them had ever seen the lanterns before. Their father used to go, but he always went alone and never thought he had two sons.

Zhao's mind stirred slightly. Yes, after the Lantern Festival, they would be busy and wouldn't have time to take the children out to play.

"How about we go for a walk tomorrow?"

"Alright, I'll go to my son-in-law's house right now and have him send us over tomorrow!"

"Wait, what did you say? Let him deliver it? Are they going to see the lanterns tomorrow too?" My daughter is heavily pregnant, is it okay for her to run around like this?

Fang Youcai: How would he know if he'd go or not? He just wanted to hitch a ride on his mule cart.

"I don't know, I didn't ask. Should I go ask him now?"

"If he doesn't go, he's not allowed to take us!"

Fang Youcai: ...

Then why would he even bother going? If his daughter isn't going, the Song family boy definitely won't go either.

"I know, I know, I'm just going to ask and remind my daughter, with your big belly, not to go and join the crowd."

Zhao looked at him suspiciously. Why was this man acting like a normal person today, showing concern for his daughter?

"Go back quickly."

"Ai!"

Fang Youcai arrived at the Song family's house. "Girl, your mother and Tiezhu want to go see the lanterns tomorrow. I'm worried about the snow making it difficult to travel. Will your mule cart be useful tomorrow?"

Fang Xiaoning didn't find it funny; he couldn't believe how he had managed to convince his mother to go to town.

"No need, are you going to drive?"

"No." As she spoke, she glanced at Song Feng.

The son-in-law immediately understood, "Father, I'll take you there tomorrow. Xiao Ning is pregnant, and Mother isn't feeling well, so they won't be going."

"What a pity, Fengzi, why don't you come in with us and take a look? I heard the lanterns are especially beautiful this year. Tell them about it when you get home."

Song Feng was impressed; his father-in-law was really going all out to get a ride home.

"Okay, I'll go in and take a look. If I see any nice ones, I'll buy a couple."

That's it!

Now that he had a car to take him both ways, Fang Youcai happily waved goodbye to Fang Xiaoning.

"Father-in-law, you're so energetic!"