Splendid peasant girl busy farming

4009 - Future plans
Yang Ruoqing gently held Dazhi's hand, this little hand was so thin that there was almost no flesh left.

However, there are still several thin layers of calluses on the pads of the slender fingers, which are obviously worn out by years of writing with a pen.

"Zhi'er, it's rare that you have such filial piety. Mother is very moved and gratified that you have finally grown up." Yang Ruoqing said.

"It's just that you are still young, you are only nine years old, you have no salary, and you don't have the energy and time to go out to work to support your family. You still have to study and prepare for the provincial examination."

"You stay by your biological mother's side to fulfill your filial piety, it's just for companionship, and it's about supporting the family..."

"Mother, don't worry!" Dazhi interrupted Yang Ruoqing, and he took off the big purse from his body and put it on the table.

"I've already made up my mind. I won't be able to live in this big house in Yangzhou City. I'll go to the landlord to get back the remaining six months' rent."

"One year 100 taels, lived for half a year, there should be 50 taels of silver left, even if the landlord wants to deduct a certain amount of silver taels as liquidated damages on the grounds of our breach of contract, then we can get back 30 taels of silver."

"With those 30 taels of silver, plus the remaining 30 taels of silver, we have nearly 60 taels of silver on hand."

"For the 60 taels of silver, take out 30 taels of silver to rent a steamed stuffed bun shop with side rooms in the small town where the Lu family lived under Yangzhou City, so that my elder brother and the others can resume their old business."

"Although the bun shop business is not profitable, but no matter what it is, it is still successful to support the family's food and drink,"

"For the remaining 30 taels of silver, I plan to spend another 20 taels to buy a few acres of land in the countryside, and keep ten taels on hand for emergencies,"

"What's more, in a place like the town, I help people write home letters and so on, and I can earn a hundred yuan a month to supplement the family. In this way, life will be more stable than in Yangzhou City. Mother, do you think my plan will work?" Dazhi asked expectantly.

Yang Ruoqing didn't speak, but her gaze on Dazhi became deeper and deeper.

"Mom, why don't you speak? Could it be that my plan won't work?" Dazhi asked a little nervously.

Yang Ruoqing came back to her senses, her face was full of emotion, "It's not that it won't work, but that my mother was shocked. I didn't expect that after half a year, my Zhi'er has become so far-sighted."

"You can still use the limited money on hand to make such a good plan for the next settling plan. My mother is really relieved, you have really grown up!" she said.

Dazhi was a little embarrassed and blushed.

"Compared to my little brother Chen'er, my little ability is nothing. Chen'er can manage the huge Xiaoyao cottage so well, study alone in the capital, far away from parents and relatives, as a younger brother, I can do this. As an elder brother, naturally he can't fall behind!"

Yang Ruoqing nodded again and again: "Seeing that both of you brothers are so promising, mother is more happy than eating delicacies and elixir!"

Dazhi smiled, and turned his back to gently caress Yang Ruoqing's hand, "Mother, I'm sorry, the son was confused about the previous things, and he shouldn't be ostracizing my younger brother."

"From now on, my son will definitely take good care of his younger siblings and share the worries of his parents!"

Yang Ruoqing nodded again, tears falling down again.

Dazhi quickly stood up and wiped Yang Ruoqing's tears with his sleeve.

Looking at the nine-year-old thin boy standing in front of her, Yang Ruoqing couldn't bear it anymore, hugged her in her arms and started crying.

Dazhi's eyes were also red, and the long-awaited feeling broke through the city wall he had built before like a flood, and his family love and warmth completely submerged him.

Luo Fengtang sent Dazhi away on the front foot, and Dazhi's third brother and fourth sister accompanied Lu's mother to the inn to look for Yang Ruoqing.

The first thing Lu's mother did when they met was to kneel and kowtow to Yang Ruoqing, but Yang Ruoqing hurriedly stopped her.

"Sister-in-law, you absolutely must not do it!" Yang Ruoqing helped Lu's mother up.

"I haven't seen you for eight years, sister-in-law, you have suffered a lot, but you are also responsible for pulling up those little carrot heads back then!"

Yang Ruoqing said again, looking at the two boys and girls who were as tall as Lu's mother standing next to Lu's mother, thinking of seeing a group of little radish heads on the boat by the river back then, she couldn't help but lament how the years passed. Hurry up!

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, Mother Lu turned her head and looked at the two children beside her, "Third and fourth, don't you hurry up and kowtow to your aunt? She is our family's great benefactor!"

Hearing this, the third and fourth children kowtowed to Yang Ruoqing.

This time, Yang Ruoqing accepted it with a smile, and when the children stood up, Yang Ruoqing said: "If I remember correctly, these two are twins, right?"

Mother Lu nodded, "Yes."

Yang Ruoqing asked again: "How old are you this year?"

The third child and the fourth child looked at each other, the fourth child was a shy girl who didn't dare to speak, the third child said carelessly, with his chest straightened out, "Auntie, I'm twelve this year."

Yang Ruoqing nodded, then asked Lu's mother, "What about the others?"

Lu Mu said: "The big ball is the boss, you have seen his ball, so I won't talk about it."

"The second daughter is fourteen this year, and she works as a rough servant girl in a big family in Yangzhou City. The third child is 42, and the third child works in a shop outside. The fourth girl and the fifth girl follow me to help with housework and look after the big ball. son."

"The sixth son is Dazhi. The family's hopes are pinned on Dazhi. I hope that he will get a good name in the exam as soon as possible. In the future, his three sisters will be able to marry better when they marry." Lu's mother said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded repeatedly, "Poor parents in the world, we all hope that our children will become dragons and our daughters will become phoenixes."

"Come on, sister-in-law, sit down and talk."

Yang Ruoqing helped Mother Lu to the table and sat down. Although Mother Lu was less than ten years older than herself, sitting together was obviously like two generations.

Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but sigh that this woman is really like watering a flower, without care, it just withers overnight.

The two women sat together, and Yang Ruoqing told Mother Lu about her previous ambitious plan.

Hearing that Dazhi gave up going back to Changping Village just to stay and do his filial piety, Mother Lu's tears also came out.

"I'm just a big burden. It's a burden for Dazhi, a drag on him..."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Sister-in-law, don't say that, in the child's mind, the birth mother is the birth mother and can never be replaced,"

"He wants to stay and be filial to you, which shows that this child is a loving and righteous child. If he sees me and walks with me, he doesn't want you, he despises you. To be honest, such a child will be raised It's meaningless, it's heartless!"

Lu's mother nodded, "Dazhi was fascinated by ghosts for a while before, but he has always been remorseful in his heart, I can see it."

"Fourth, show your aunt what you brought."

Mother Lu turned her head and told the fourth girl.

Si Yatou quickly took out a stack of folded papers from her body, came to the table, carefully placed them on the table, and then quickly retreated behind Mother Lu.

"This is...?" Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows.

Lu's mother said: "The fourth girl accidentally found it when she was cleaning Dazhi's house, and I kept it there."

Yang Ruoqing quickly picked up the stack of crumpled drawing papers, and carefully spread them out one by one to read...

(End of this chapter)