What a cheating husband

Chen Ping knew that he was not capable of passing the first-level examinations, not to mention that he had to pass the imperial examinations before he could be assigned an official position. He didn't even have the confidence to pass the provincial examinations.

"What kind of official position is the director? Does Li Xu have great power?" Miao Rencui asked with bright eyes.

"Lixu is responsible for managing the affairs of the village. Even the Lizheng (township official) is appointed by the magistrate, so he doesn't need fame at all. The master book is an official position to assist the magistrate in managing the land and household registration. Two silver coins, as a county magistrate, the whole county will belong to our family." Chen Ping said regretfully.

"Huh~" Chen Qing lowered his head and snorted, his heart is not strong enough, he can't even pass the examination of a scholar, and he wants to be a county magistrate?

"What do you know!" Hearing Chen Qing's cold snort, Chen Ping couldn't help feeling guilty, and called out pretending to be forceful.

Chen Qing didn't bother to talk to him, she got up after drinking the corn noodle porridge in the bowl and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.Also no longer pay attention to the hot discussion of the big family.

In the end, Miao Rencui learned that donating to an official would cost at least a thousand taels of silver, and the county magistrate was even more difficult to find, so she couldn't help feeling discouraged and said, "What are our conditions? How can we have so much money to donate to an official? Besides, it has to be the Lord Juren." Qualifications to donate to an official, if you pass the examination of Master Juren, even if you are not an official, you will be the most famous person in the village."

"Then I will go to the scientific examination next year, and I have to do my best. Otherwise, let alone a master, I won't even pass the examination as a scholar." Chen Ping immediately looked at A Niang expectantly while the iron was hot.

"I still need money? Our family still has 50 taels of foreign debts to pay off. Where can I get you money?" Miao Rencui couldn't think about it anymore. When it came to money, he immediately blew up the temple.

"I paid back 40 taels in just one year, and it will take a few more years to pay off in the future. If I pass the examination as a scholar, then I will have the opportunity to be a juren and a county master in the future! Aniang is my only son. If you don't rely on me, who else can you rely on? How can you have a chance to live a good life in the future if you are reluctant to part with money now?" Chen Ping said with a look of extreme disappointment.

Miao Rencui didn't say anything, although she is a woman, she is looking forward to her son's future success, and she will also be rich in the future, but where can she borrow the money?No matter how capable Chen Qing is, Abi's family will be short of an income when she gets married.The 40 taels is still the money from selling Chen Bi, even if Chen Qing is married off, it is still not enough to mend the hole.

The whole family ate this meal without taste, and Chen Ping felt a lot of resentment towards this poor family. If he could be reborn in a good family, why would he worry so much about his future?

Chen Ping's delusion is too unrealistic, but the spring plowing in front of him is a top priority. Chen Qing borrowed cattle to plow the paddy field first, then plowed it well, sowed the seeds, and then poured water into the field after they grow into seedlings.

Planting rice is very troublesome. The amount of water is different in each period. Sometimes the field needs shallow water, and sometimes it does not need a water layer. Use water to adjust fertilizer, use water to adjust air, use water to adjust temperature, dry and wet, and shape roots to protect leaves. Increase production.

Chen Qing has learned the experience of planting rice for many years. He has learned from his father when he was still alive, and he did not know that this kind of land is also a knowledge until he planted it himself.Later, I learned from my uncle, learned from good farmers in the village, and combined with my own experience, Chen Qing can now take care of the fields very well, without the guidance of others, as long as he observes the growth status of the rice, he knows whether to add water or not. It's time to turn on the water.

After a busy spring, summer has come to the season of wild vegetation growth, and the grass in the field is rushing out one after another. In ancient times, there was no medicine to suppress weeds, so it could only be cleaned up by manpower.Often after hoeing, looking back, the field that was hoeed clean at the beginning has grown calf-high weeds.

Chen Qing was tanned to a wheat color again, and her strong muscles protruded out of her body along with her sweaty clothes.People in the fields are facing the loess and their backs are facing the sky. Every day, you can see farmers bending over to weed. In this season, families with less labor force, even women have to go to the field to weed, and the strong women are more than half of them. A laborer can help with the fields.

Chen Bi would send water back into the field every hour, Chen Qing rubbed off the mud from his hands, took the water bowl handed by his sister, raised his neck, wiped his mouth, and turned around to step into the waist-high wheat field.

When I got home at night and took a cold bath, Chen Bi helped Chen Qing beat his back to relieve the sore muscles.

Chen Qing gritted his teeth and endured it. After the pain, his whole body felt comfortable. Working was really painful but also joyful. As long as he saw the green crops in the field, he felt quite fulfilled.

After a while, Chen Qing fell into a deep sleep. His tired body needed sleep to recover his strength. The next day, at dawn, Chen Qing got up early again, and went to the mountain to collect herbs before the sun rose.

Every year, Chen Qing does not take work for 4 months. There is no time for spring plowing, weeding, and autumn harvest to embroider.Even so, the income from embroidery work is quite considerable every year. Last winter, he took on a big job, which was equivalent to the money he had accumulated in a year.

It is said that the county lord was very satisfied with the life-extending pair, and even gave an extra 2 taels of silver as a tip.Chen Qing didn't know how much he could earn by taking on this job in the shop, he only cared about how much he could receive.Anyone who opens a door to do business is mercenary, the embroidery worker earns only a small amount of money, and the real money is still the shop owner, but even so, Chen Qing is very satisfied, otherwise, no matter how good his craftsmanship is, it is not a penny if he can’t get a job Can't make any money?

Now the money in hand is enough to buy Chen Bi's dowry, and Chen Qing expects that if he works harder this winter, he will be able to give his sister some personal money.

Since I wasn't around, I was always worried that my sister would be wronged. Wanliutun would take more than an hour by carriage from Chenjiagou, and if it was on foot, it would take three hours to get there.

Moreover, it is inconvenient to travel between villages. If I want to see my sister, it will take six hours just to go back and forth on the road, that is, one day and one night.Unless you borrow a car, you have to sleep in the wild.

Although it is a far away marriage, there are also advantages to marrying far away. In the future, when the younger sister marries to Wan's family, she can also lose contact with the uncle's family, so that the uncle's mother will not have nothing to do to harass the younger sister and annoy the in-law's family. If it is not for this reason, Chen Qing would still I really can't bear to let my sister be so far away from him.

Chen Qing also has his own plan. When his sister gets married, he can go to the town or county to find a job. After a few years, he can save some money to buy a house, and then he will leave the family completely.

Besides, the village chief also testified that in the future when Abi gets married, the land and property will belong to his uncle, and he will leave the house by himself.I was afraid that my aunt would not let me go, which was why Chen Qing wanted to pay off the debt before leaving home. Otherwise, even if there was an original agreement because of the debt, it would inevitably give Chen Qing an excuse for being ungrateful.

If it doesn't work, it's better to spend money to redeem himself, it's better than staying at home to suffer, and according to Chen Ping's method, he will owe new debts before paying off the debts, and if things go on like this, he will die of exhaustion at the uncle's house Don't even think about breaking away from the relationship.

It seems that we still have to work hard to earn money. Fortunately, there are only 50 taels left. This year’s harvest and Abi’s embroidery work can also pay back a small part. Home.

The more he thought about it, the happier he was, and the faster Chen Qing was doing the work, the uncle was still more than a dozen meters away, wondering why this kid was so desperate for his life all of a sudden? "Take it easy, there's still a lot to finish!"

Chen Qing heard his uncle's voice, looked back, and secretly patted his forehead, really lost in thought, if Abi saw it, he would be worried again.

Chen Bi's embroidery work was finished, but his elder brother was busy in the field all day, so he had to go to the town to hand in the embroidery by himself.Chen Qing asked Chen Sheng who was going with him to take care of Abi, and then went to work in the field with a hoe on his shoulder.

Liang Zijun was arrested again by his cousin and assigned to the fields to count the harvest. The Liang family was busy twice a year, estimating the harvest in summer and collecting rent from the village in autumn.

This is the time when the crops are growing at their best, and one can probably predict how much grain can be produced in one mu of field.Calculate the approximate value, and check it again before the autumn harvest, so that you can wait for the rent to be collected after the autumn harvest.

Although it is a job for the family, Liang Zijun is playful, so he had to go home in summer and autumn to help share the family budget.Most of the Liang family's source of income comes from land rent, so even if Liang Zijun is impatient, he can only help out at home when the season comes.

Liangjia Village is very close to the county seat. It takes only a short time to burn incense in a carriage, and it only takes half an hour to walk.In previous years, he was in charge of the dozen or so villages closest to his home, and this year is no exception.

But after finishing his work, he was about to sneak to the county town to have a chat with Liao Fanzhi, when Liang Zixian caught him and asked, "Where are you going? Don't always think about running away. How old are you? You don't want to start a family properly, little one." Uncle talks about you every day, but I don’t see you paying attention.”

Liang Zijun just smirked and didn't talk to him. Every time his family caught him, they would tell him to get married soon so that he could live with peace of mind.But he is a restless person, how can he be honest and obedient?

At the age of 20, in these ten miles and eight villages, unless the family is too poor to get rid of the pot, they are all fathers.The youngest brother in his family just idles around all day long, and doesn't know what he is busy with in the county every day. The uncle doesn't care, but they don't listen to them.

"Don't run out today, go to the town and help me talk to the owner of the rice shop about the price of this year's grain harvest." Liang Zixian pressed Liang Zijun's shoulder to prevent him from sneaking away.

Liang Zijun knew that he couldn't run away today, so he had to obediently leave for Qingping Town. If his cousin could get away with it, he wouldn't bother him to run. Liang Zijun is not a young master who doesn't know hardships, and the work at home can help Will not refuse.

As a result, when he finished talking with the owner of the rice shop, he saw the little girl who he never forgot. She was 13 or 4 years old, and she was just about to be married. Although she was a few years younger than herself, she could raise her for a few years She must be a charming little daughter-in-law.

Liang Zijun didn't know what was on his mind, anyway, she was the only woman he had thought about marrying back home in the past few years, the relationship can be cultivated slowly, if he missed it, wouldn't it be a pity that he married her before he married her?