A lucky wife born again from a farm family

"Find some thatch tomorrow and I'll patch up the leaky roofs." Gu Dashan walked around several houses and found that the roofs of several houses were rotten and had to be repaired quickly.

Gu Jinli was fumigating the mouse hole in the house with mugwort. When he heard this, he said, "Dad, use the weeds in the yard to patch it up."

The weeds in the yard grow as tall as half a person. Cut them all, tie them into grass boards one by one, and tie them one by one on the roof, so that the missing roof can be repaired.

"Hey." Gu Dashan also took a fancy to the weeds in the yard.

While she was talking, some mice couldn't stand the smoke and ran out of the hole. They rushed into the sack she had covered at the entrance of the hole. Three of them ran in at once.

She hurriedly put away the sack, tied the mouth of the sack tightly, slammed the sack on the ground a dozen times, killed the mouse, poured out the mouse body, and continued to smoke out a mouse hole.

We were busy until it was almost dark, and we finally smoked out the mouse holes in several rooms and blocked the entrances with stones picked up by Brother Cheng.

"Second sister, there won't be any more mice crawling out at night, right?" Cheng Geer squatted next to Gu Jinli and looked up at her and asked.

Gu Jinli nodded: "Well, all the mice in the house have been cleared away. No more mice will crawl on Brother Cheng when he sleeps at night."

"Xiaoyu, don't always scare Brother Cheng." Gu Jinan carried a hoe, took the sack containing more than 20 dead mice, carried the sack out of the yard, took the dead mice to a distance and buried them.

When I came back, there was a third grandpa beside me.

Third Grandpa said: "Mr. Qin and I have looked at that old well. Water is still coming out of it. As long as the mud in it is cleared and the water is raised for a few days, the water will be usable."

They will take a fancy to this old house, not only because these old houses are connected together and they can live together, but also because of the old well about ten meters away.

With this old well, the women and girls of their family do not have to go to the village to fetch water to wash clothes. They can avoid the scoundrels in the village and be safer.

"Hey, I'll repair the roof tomorrow and go to the well to clear the mud." Gu Dashan has done many jobs, including masonry, well digging, carpentry, blacksmithing, and sacking. Cleaning the mud from the old well is not a big deal for him.

The third grandfather said: "There is no rush. We will discuss it with several families tomorrow and decide on the regulations before we start working again."

"Stop talking about it now, come over and have dinner." Third Grandma and Ms. Cui had already prepared dinner and brought it to the main room.

Dinner was a pot of old rice porridge and a big bowl of stewed soybeans. There wasn't even a bit of oil, but everyone ate happily.

Third Grandpa said with emotion: "We can still have a roof over our heads."

Compared to the days when I was escaping from famine and sitting in the open fields eating boiled grass roots and leaves, my life now is like a fairy's life.

The third grandma looked at the big family and cried while eating. She has never had a son in her life, but now she lives with Dashan's family, and she can live a life full of children and grandchildren.

When the third grandfather saw it, he cursed: "You bitch, why are you crying? Today is a good day for us to move to a new home."

The third grandma quickly wiped away her tears and said, "Hey, I'm not crying anymore, I should be happy!"

After everyone finished eating, Gu Jinli took the opportunity to say: "Third Grandpa, Third Grandma, parents, after the New Year, let's send my eldest brother to a private school."

"Study?" Gu Jinan was surprised: "Xiaoyu, why did you suddenly say this? It costs a lot of money to study in a private school. How can our family afford it?"

Gu Jinan wanted to study very much, but he did not want to burden his family with his studies.

Gu Jinli said: "Brother, why does the village ask us to pay three taels of silver today? Is it because we have no backers? If there is a scholar or a scholar in our family, they dare to bully us like this?"

Gu Jinli was angry about the three taels of silver given to Dafeng Village today, but she knew that they were powerless and poor now, so they couldn't be tough and could only endure it for now.

"If we want to turn around, we can only take two paths. The first is to study and gain fame, and the second is to make a lot of money."

She didn't want to live a poor life, money had to be earned, and people in ancient times were afraid of officials, so they couldn't afford to miss out on studying for fame.

Gu Jinan has been smart since he was a child. Gu Dashan and Mrs. Cui have always wanted to send him to school, but when they were in their hometown, Mrs. Gu refused and did not allow him to read. She beat him whenever she saw him writing on the ground. The couple always felt that I'm very sorry for Gu Jinan. Now that I heard that Xiaoyu wants to send Gu Jinan to study, he won't object at all. He will only support: "Brother An, after the new year, dad will go to a private school and we can go to study."

Third Grandpa also nodded and said, "Brother An, you should go to school."

Gu Jinan was very moved, but when he looked at the skinny family, he still hesitated and said: "If you want to be admitted to the imperial examination, it will take three to five years. Our family only has thirty-two taels left." Money, this money needs to be used to buy things for living. We have no land. Even if we open up wasteland for farming, the harvest will not be until June next year. In the middle half of the year, we will have to buy food to eat. Counting it down one by one. , this money is not enough at all, how can you still have money to study?"

Gu Jinan really wanted to go to school. When he was in his hometown, he went to inquire about the money for a year of private school. The three festivals and six festivals a year are only five taels of silver, plus the pen, ink, paper and inkstones consumed, all of which cost money.

The worst ink sticks in Da Chu cost two hundred cents, and the worst yellow paper cost fifty cents each. These are all consumable items and must be bought every month. Their family has no income, how can they afford him?

"We can make money if we don't have money, but we have to read this book!" Gu Jinli's attitude was very tough. She pointed at Gu Jinxiu and said: "Brother, you heard what the three scoundrels said today. There are such bad people in this village. You If we want to protect the sisters at home, we have to have fame and make them afraid of us. Otherwise, with my appearance, my eldest sister will be snatched away one day, and our family will have no place to cry."

She is young and not afraid of being robbed. But Gu Jinxiu is different. After the Chinese New Year, she will be fifteen, and she looks good. If she doesn't have enough money, those bastards will think that they are fleeing from poverty, and they want to bully others, so they have to be on guard.

Seeing that Gu Jinli was talking about herself, Gu Jinxiu said quickly: "Don't worry, Xiaoyu, I remember everything you said to me. I don't go out alone, I carry a knife with me, and I'm practicing the moves you taught me. I won’t let anything happen to me.”

Xiaoyu said that she cannot be lucky enough to be saved by her every time. If she wants to live a safe life, she must learn some self-defense techniques to protect herself. She is working hard to learn.

Gu Jinli nodded: "Yes, we understand, the eldest sister works very hard."

He looked at Gu Jinan again and asked him: "Brother, our family's situation is here. Do you want to read this book?"

Gu Jinan looked at Gu Jinxiu, then at Gu Jinli, and at Brother Cheng who looked confused. He gritted his teeth and said, "Read it!"

No matter how hard it is, how tired it is, how difficult it is, he has to figure it out. Only in this way can he protect his family.

The matter of Gu Jinan's schooling was settled, and the whole family was very happy.

Before dawn the next day, Gu Dashan and his family got up, cut the weeds in the yard, found some branches, split them into soft tree strips, tied the weeds into straw boards, and then Gu Dashan climbed to the roof. , tied the straw boards to the beams and columns of the house, and in less than half an hour, the roof was repaired.