I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 253 Reading

When it comes to a dinner party, it is usually the people who cook the food who eat the most. Fortunately, Shen Xiaoye is pretty good at grilling skewers.

After accompanying the elders to eat and drink their fill, she helped her uncle and cousins ​​grill fish and meat, and also picked vegetables and grilled leeks and eggplants.

Shen Cunhui was very surprised: "Can leeks be eaten like this? Can they really be eaten?"

Seeing that he was just holding it up without eating, Shen Cungeng said, "Just try it. If you don't want to eat it, put it aside."

Upon hearing this, Shen Cunhui, with a self-sacrificing attitude, took a bite and took a small bite. Surprisingly, the taste was good after eating it.

So he couldn't help but eat one after another freely, and it tasted very good when paired with roasted pork belly oil.

Shen Changsui, who was sitting opposite him, kindly reminded him, "It has the effect of nourishing the kidneys, but if you eat it with greasy food, it will cause diarrhea if you eat too much."

"Ah..." Shen Cunhui quickly put down the new stick he had picked up.

This made Shen Cungeng laugh secretly, and he even ran over to learn from Shen Xiaoye, and finally said: "...Cousin Hui has stayed in the capital for too long and has become spoiled.

I used to refuse to eat anything, but after being taken to the fields by my great grandfather to work for three days, I no longer dare to be picky about food."

Shen Xiaoye thinks that my great grandfather taught very well. "He has been living in the village to teach the children. Is Uncle Changshun willing?"

"At first she was reluctant, but when her aunt found out that the meals he and the invited Mr. Zhao had in the school were more sumptuous than those in my great grandfather's house, and that she also received eight cents of silver every month, she agreed again.

When the couple returned to the provincial capital, they did not ask their cousin to go with them, and left their second cousin and younger cousin to be taken care of by their grandmother.

Humph, they don’t know that although there are more than a hundred students in the village primary school, there is an irregular coming and going, and less than half of them pay the eight liters of wheat grain.

The teacher's food and monthly allowance are all paid for by our family." Almost one tael a month, Shen Cungeng wanted to teach himself.

However, Shen Xiaoye frowned as he listened. Although Mr. Zhao, who was invited through Mr. Pan, was only a student, he was said to be good at mathematics. He was worth one or two months' salary as a tutor. But eight cents for his cousin who had no official title was too high.

She was flipping the grilled fish in her hands and didn't speak for a long time.

After eating a stick of meat, Shen Cungeng said, "This eight cents of silver was given to me by my grandmother and mother according to Mr. Zhao's monthly salary. It was given to me in order to shut up my uncle and aunt and to quiet my great grandfather's ears.

Anyway, my mother said that he wouldn’t be able to teach in the village for long.

However, no extra clothes for all seasons, festival cakes, rice, meat, etc. were given to cousin Hui.

Alas, it is not easy for us to earn money. Look at the cows you drove back. They are thinner than before. How much can you earn?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his cousin looking up at him with a smile, "Ahem, well, I just want to ask you if the price of a cow is high?

This money is earned by you, I won't share it. My parents, including my grandparents, all said that they want you to keep it as your own money."

"Cousin, do you want to exchange for a batch of cattle to sell if you have the chance?" Shen Xiaoye guessed what he was thinking.

Shen Cungeng nodded repeatedly, "If I could earn more, I would really like it.

You don’t know, last year’s dividends, my mother said she would keep them for me and took them away.

I know I can't come back, but I have to give it to my mother since she asked me to."

He patted his purse and said, "Now, I only have the copper coins I saved for the Chinese New Year." In fact, more than that, his mother would put a few coins and silver coins in his purse every five days.

"Since you are so pitiful, I'll give you a fish." Shen Xiaoye handed him the grilled fish and lowered his voice, "I spent a total of more than one hundred taels.

Among them, sixteen were given away for free.”

Ten were given by Mori Chi Taiji, and six were rewards from her and her uncle.

Fortunately, she had kept last year's dividends in her space, so she had the money to buy the cow. As for whether Bart gave the dividends to others or exchanged them for things, she didn't care.

Shen Cungeng paused while eating the fish. He counted on his fingers and found that each fish only made three qian and four fen of silver. "Wow, that's almost ten times the profit. No wonder people often say that merchants going to the border market make a lot of money."

Shen Xiaoye said: "You didn't count the cost of fodder, food and lodging along the way.

There are also customs duties collected when entering and leaving the place, and..."

"That only costs a few dollars." Shen Cungeng was very tempted, but unfortunately he had neither the money nor the time. The most important thing was that he could not accomplish anything without Xiaoye's support.

Shen Xiaoye rolled his eyes at him and said, "It's not a small amount when added together, it's all capital.

Cousin, tell me, was it Uncle Si who suggested that we have a barbecue here today? "

“Yes, he invited the two doctors Ge and the village head because Uncle Xin Jiu said that people saw so many cows and there was a lot of discussion.

There were also people who came to steal cattle in the middle of the night, but were chased away by the tenants. "Shen Cungeng was not a child who didn't know anything.

Shen Xiaoye nodded. She knew that the county town was too small to accommodate hundreds of cows rushing to the market. Stealing cows was just a small warning from others. "Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Four."

Then, the two siblings started talking about their fourth uncle's leisure time during the holidays. On the other side, Shen Cunhui was asking Shen Changsui for advice.

But Shen Changsui just wanted to eat quietly now. He didn't want to think about the contents of the book at all, so he said, "Brother Hui, Mr. Zhao in the school has solid knowledge.

You will benefit a lot if you consult him more.

As for me, to be honest, when it comes to craftsmanship, I may not be as good as you."

"Fourth uncle, everyone says that you are a good student and will definitely pass the exam." Shen Cunhui felt a little panicked when he saw him sneer and stand up and walk away.

In recent days, he saw that his fourth uncle often went out alone and never touched his books. He just asked him about it but couldn't get the answer, so he just tried to test him.

In fact, Grandpa and Eighth Grandpa were very worried at home, fearing that Fourth Uncle would not want to study after returning from the battlefield, but they did not dare to ask during this period.

He ran to ask the two siblings for help, Shen Xiaoye glanced over and said, "Fourth uncle is fine, he just needs some time to recover.

Cousin Hui can give us a chance to tell the two grandfathers that those who are taking the exams are not in a hurry, but we are in a hurry to get angry. "

"Are you really okay?" Shen Cunhui was still a little worried.

Shen Xiaoye said confidently: "It's okay, just don't mention studying.

You see, he was just picking a cucumber to eat."

Across the line of sight of the three siblings, Shen Changsui indeed picked a few cucumbers from the vegetable garden, slowly took them to the bucket, washed them, and sent them to the table of elders to eat together.

The cool breeze of the starry night in late summer blows, mixed with a hint of chill, and autumn is not far away.

Two days later, Shen Changsui took the initiative to ask Shen Xiaoye for the article she found, and said: "My elder brother told me that he was afraid that the person who guessed the topic might not be reliable.

Thank you for your hard work. I will work harder next time and live in the school dormitory starting tomorrow."

As soon as the little girl came back, she started looking for information for herself without stopping. In the past two days, she has been finding ways to improve her meals with her sister-in-law.

She kept the cattle on her husband's farm and dared not sell them in large quantities, also because there was no one with a great reputation in the family to support them.