After dividing the money, Qian took out an ingot of five taels of silver from the cloth bag, handed it to Zhou Xi and said, "This is the money that the elder, the fourth wife, borrowed from you, and I will pay it back to you."

Zhou Xi took it with a smile, "Thank you, mother."

Qian looked at her happily and said: "It's the Dragon Boat Festival. This year our family has received such a large sum of money. You and your sisters-in-law should go shopping in the city and buy some brighter fabrics. I will give you three gifts later."

My brothers and sisters will teach you how to tailor clothes."

When the daughters-in-law heard that they were going to the city, they couldn't help but glance at their husbands. Xiao Qian bumped Zhou Dalang directly, while Fang squeezed Zhou Dalang.

Before Zhou Lang could speak, Zhou Dalang had already asked: "Mother, are we all going to the city?"

Old Zhou looked at his old wife.

Qian looked at Man Bao first, "Man Bao, Hou'er, do you want to go?"

Man Bao said disappointedly: "Sir, he said there is no holiday during the Dragon Boat Festival."

Mr. Qian nodded and said, "Then I won't go. You can go."

The children cheered and the daughter-in-law also had a bright smile on her face.

Qian said with a smile: "Those from the third family and the fourth family, please keep your children at home. If you take such a young child out, it will be bad if you get wind evil."

Qian extended his hand to He.

Mrs. He immediately gave the five heads in her arms to her mother-in-law.

Qian laughed and said, "The children are not allowed to leave the village until they are one year old."

All the daughters-in-law of the old Zhou family knew this rule, even Mrs. Fang knew it, because when she was just out of confinement, she wanted to take the baby back to her parents' house to see her, but Qian didn't let her go, saying that she really wanted to go back to her parents' house.

Then let Zhou Lang send her back.

You can leave early and come back early, but your children cannot be taken out of the village.

Not only could they not be taken out of the village, but they could not even go to places further away from the village a hundred days ago.

Especially on the mountain behind the house, when the farming was busy some time ago, Ms. He carried five chickens on her back to stir the chicken food, but there was no one at home, so she let the chickens crow without sending them to the back room.

If she went, she would have to leave Wutou in the house or leave her under her care.

In Qian's words, there are evil spirits in far places outside. While adults attend classes, children cannot be contaminated with these evil spirits.

This is the parenting experience that the Qian family has passed down orally for many years.

Lao Zhoutou sat beside him gloomily, and Qian said to him, "You and the children should go to the city to have a look."

Lao Zhoutou said unhappily: "No! Why should I go to the city?"

Qian said helplessly: "Go and buy me two sets of fabrics. It's getting hotter and hotter today. Buy some fabrics for me to make clothes. Buy two sets of fabrics for yourself and some for Man Bao."

Hairband, this kid never knows how to tie his own hair."

Lao Zhoutou became happy again and asked: "What color do you want?"

"What other colors can I wear? You can buy it and buy me some thread..."

Lao Zhoutou listened carefully, and after writing down everything, he took a piece of silver from Qian's hand. He looked at the money and asked, "Why do you still need money to buy such a small amount of things?"

"You forgot, our cattle are still on credit. It's best if you go to the county town to see if you can pay back the money on credit."

Man Bao immediately said: "Mom, I'll pay that back."

Before Qian could say anything, Lao Zhoutou said: "No, no, this cow is for the family, how can I ask you to pay back the money?"

Lao Zhoutou is very confident now, "It's not like we don't have money at home. You keep the five taels of silver by yourself. If you want to buy books in the future, you will need it to buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones. By the way, Bao'er, you still use Zhuang

The book your husband copied for you? How about we buy it ourselves..."

"No," Man Bao flatly refused, "Mr. said he likes to copy books for me, because if he copies one book for me, if I return two copies, he can give them to two more people."

"There are still people buying books from Mr. Zhuang."

"Yes, there is not much work to do in the fields now. After we finish our morning classes, our husband will let us go to the classroom, and our former senior brothers will come to observe."

Sometimes no one came, so Mr. Zhuang would move the class back to the small courtyard after class. But sometimes it was quite cool in the classroom, and Mr. Zhuang was too lazy to move around, so he asked them to go to the small courtyard to put the tea sets and other things.

Move it into the classroom,

Since he only taught these three students, Mr. Zhuang has relaxed a lot and enjoys teaching them while drinking tea.

Listening to this, Lao Zhou felt that Mr. Zhuang was really a very kind person, especially during a festival like the Dragon Boat Festival, he insisted on attending classes.

So Lao Zhou looked at his wife and asked, "Do you think we should buy some more things from the city for Mr. Zhuang? If we only send eggs..."

Qian thought for a while and said: "Mr. Zhuang's current clothes are all made by the Bai family. We can't make better ones, but no one makes shoes and socks. Why don't you buy some better materials and bring them home?"

Make him some sets of shoes and socks."

Qian said with a smile: "Especially shoes. Didn't Man Bao say that Mr. Qianerzhuang likes to go to the fields with them for lessons? Shoes cost a lot of money in this field. You have to wear thick soles to make walking comfortable."

Now that Lao Zhoutou had money, he felt a little more generous and nodded: "Okay, I'll buy it for you."

That's how things were settled.

Qian collected the remaining silver ingots and asked everyone to disperse.

Lao Zhoutou helped Qian put all the silver ingots in another bamboo box, and then hid them under the bedside.

But before going to bed, he couldn't help but peek under the bed.

Mrs. Qian was amused when she saw it, and said: "Don't worry, thieves dare not come to our house, and rats can't take away the money. Just sleep peacefully, there will be people coming to my parents' house tomorrow."

Uncle Qian said he would come to the door tomorrow, and sure enough he came again the next day.

But today they entered the village openly in broad daylight. When they entered the village, the villagers had just finished their breakfast, and the weather was not yet hot, so the village was very lively.

There were people hoeing and planting vegetables or weeding in the vegetable garden, and there was a long queue of people washing clothes by the river. As soon as the Qian family entered the village carrying bags and baskets, the whole village saw them.

When walking by the river, the daughter-in-laws from Qianjia Village, or those who are related to people from Qianjia Village, will say hello, and then their eyes will pass over their baskets and bags, with unconcealed curiosity.

Didn’t you just come yesterday? Why are you here again today?

This time, the Qian family came to see their children, so they were not secretive. They generously exposed the meat in their hands, the noodles in the bags, and the eggs in the basket for everyone to see.

Originally, it was scheduled that Aunt Qian would come with his second aunt and third aunt, and at most a few daughters-in-law or children. Who knew that last night, Uncle Qian was lying down feeling a little uneasy, and there were still some questions to ask.

After discussing with Lao Zhoutou, we decided to come together.
Chapter completed!