Parents are busy farming

Ye Zifen's eyes immediately lit up after hearing this. She seemed to have heard her aunt say once that she planned to read through her diary when she went back.

"Thank you, Uncle Hong. I was indeed just joking." Zi Zifen said a little embarrassedly.

Seeing a visitor coming to the door, she quickly said goodbye, "You're busy! I'll leave first."

After coming out of the spice shop, Ye Zifen did not go home immediately. Instead, she went to buy a few kilograms of pork belly, and then went to a clothing store to inquire about the prices of fabrics and clothes.

A piece of white cotton actually costs one tael of silver, and colored ones are even more expensive, ranging from three to five taels.

Ready-made clothes are even more expensive. A linen garment costs 300 coins, and a cotton coat costs 500 coins.

Satin clothes are more expensive, with a piece of clothing costing more than ten taels of silver.

There were also various trinkets such as purses, handkerchiefs, beads and flowers on the counter. She was not interested in these, so she did not ask.

After asking about the price, Zifen spent three hundred coins to buy some rags and silk threads of various colors.

The rags are for the third sister's soles, and the colorful silk threads are for the mother's embroidery.

Recently, my mother is making clothes for my eldest sister and wants to embroider them.

The eldest sister is more or less an official wife in this county, so her clothes should be more gorgeous so as not to be looked down upon.

After coming out of the clothing store, she went to the drugstore. She remembered that her aunt said that gardenias were colored, and they turned out to be ginger yellow when dyed.

She wanted to try it, hoping that the dyed cloth would look better.

After going to the drug store and buying gardenias, I also bought some plaster.

This was not over yet, she went to the jewelry store again.

My sister will give birth soon, so she still needs to prepare a small longevity lock for her future nephew or niece.

So after spending another two taels of silver, she went home.

With the help of Lao Li, Ye Zifen removed the door sill, drove the donkey cart home, and took down the things on the cart.

Lao Li took the empty donkey cart to the backyard and took the cart off the donkey. The donkey had been tired all morning.

Then tie it alone to one side, mix some wheat bran and cornmeal into the grass and let it eat, which can be regarded as a reward.

Zi Zifen hurriedly went to the kitchen to cook. Several people in the family were waiting for her to cook!

During the meal, Ye Zifen said to Ye Yongwang and Wang Tinghe: "I think our family should buy some chickens. My sister will eat them when she comes home to live in the full moon. We also need to eat some ourselves at ordinary times. We can't always go out to buy pork!"

"But no one in our family knows how to raise chickens! Uncle Li is still raising chickens now." Ye Zifei objected.

"We can't be idle like this every day. The three girls from my third uncle's house do all the kitchen chores and even work in the fields! Look at us."

"No one can guarantee that we will always be rich and powerful. We have many skills but we are not overwhelmed. It is better to learn more while we are still young."

After Ye Zifen finished speaking, Ye Yongwang nodded, but Wang Tinghe felt very ashamed.

She learned nothing at her parents' home except for some housekeeping etiquette from her grandmother.

After she got married, she was lucky to have an aunt to support her, otherwise she wouldn't know how difficult life would be!

"Yes! I should learn more. I also want to learn. I can't stay in the house all day." Wang Tinghe also made up his mind to learn to do housework.

"Mom, you should have exercised more a long time ago. You are just not as strong as the women in the village. My aunt said before, 'Life lies in exercise!'" Ye Zifen continued.

"Yes..." Ye Yongwang also nodded repeatedly.

So the family started discussing.

"I'm going to raise a few big white geese next year. I like to eat stewed big white geese the most." Ye Ziwei said, clapping her hands.

"Hmm! Will Xiaoliu dig wild vegetables for the geese?" Zi Zifen asked her coaxingly.

"Yeah!" Ye Ziwei nodded immediately.

"I will also raise chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs. We will raise whatever other people raise, and we will kill them and eat them whenever we want," said the third sister.

Zi Zifen thought to herself, ‘They have quite a lot of foodies. ’

"We can't raise too many. If there is a plague, it will be bad. Dad and Uncle Li should look at renovating our pig pen and chicken coop!" Ye Zifen said.

Ye Yongwang nodded, "I'll go find him after eating."

*

Lu Zili didn't want to continue studying since he was separated from the Ye family. It was only after Mr. Lu gave him a death order that he continued studying.

But the Master recently talked to him and asked him whether he wanted to take the imperial examination or find something to do.

He also knew that he was not a good scholar. Compared with his uncle, he was far behind, and he was not even as knowledgeable as Ye Zifen.

But he didn't know how to go home and explain to the adults. When he returned to the village, he came to the gate of Ye's house unknowingly.

Looking inside from the gate, I saw Xiao Liu sitting in the sun eating roasted sweet potatoes.

"Xiao Liu, is your fifth sister at home?" Lu Zili walked up and asked Ziwei.

"Yes, it's in your old room." Ye Ziwei pointed at the room.

Lu Zili walked over and heard banging sounds inside.

He pushed the door open and entered, and saw Ye Zifen weaving cloth, and a large bundle of cloth had been wrapped around it.

Ye Zifen squinted her eyes because the light suddenly brightened after Lu Zili opened the door. She didn't feel relieved until she saw clearly that it was Lu Zili.

She got up from the loom seat, picked up the warm kettle on the stove and poured Lu Zili a glass of water.

"What's wrong? You're frowning." Ye Zifen asked with concern.

Lu Zili took a sip of warm water. It was a bit cold when he walked home from the Master's house. After drinking a glass of warm water, he felt much better.

"Master said I don't have the talent for the imperial examination." Lu Zili said frustratedly.

"He advised me to learn how to be a shopkeeper or accountant, which is better than farming." He continued when Ye Zifen said nothing.

"What do you think?" Ye Zifen finally spoke.

"I...I also know that I'm not good at studying, but I don't know how to explain it to Grandpa and the others." Lu Zili lowered his head, hesitating.

Zi Zifen knew that Lu Dashan and his wife had been holding their breath, hoping that Lu Zili could take the imperial examination, so that they would be able to honor their old Lu family in the future.

However, some things cannot be forced.

"You should go back and talk to the old man alone first! As for the old lady, it's better not to talk to her." Zi Zifen gave him some advice.

"It's better to open the door. Don't waste time and money. After all, studying is a big expense. Fortunately, your husband still has some ways to find a way out for you. You should make good use of it."

Lu Zili felt even more ashamed when he heard this. The master was willing to sacrifice some face for him because of his uncle's face.

He nodded, stood up, bowed to Ye Zifen, and left.

Ye Zifen looked at the closed door and remained silent for a long time.

She had long known that Lu Zili was not a scholar, and she was the one who asked her father to find his wife.

She promised that her aunt would take care of the Lu family, so she was helping the Lu family's children as much as possible.

She didn't know if this could be regarded as fulfilling her promise to her aunt, but at least she had a clear conscience.

After looking at it for a long time, I suddenly lost the mood to continue weaving. I remembered the gardenia I bought and decided to ruin the cloth she had knitted with uneven elasticity and many joints again.