"Dalang, why don't you help your fourth brother this time!"

Fan Tiezhou was stunned for a moment, why did it fall on his head again? He stuttered: "This... my family...."

Fanning smiled and said, "Don't Dad still have to go to the town to register?"

A sentence reminded Fan Tiezhou immediately, yes! His son still needs money to study, so how can he have money to mess with his brothers?

Fan Tiezhou looked embarrassed, "Dad, my family is not in good condition, I'm afraid I can't afford so much money?"

"Then how much money can you take out?" Fan Dachuan asked relentlessly.

"This... I'll go back and discuss with Ning'er's mother!"

Fan Dachuan's face suddenly turned dark. Isn't this just rejecting himself? His eldest daughter-in-law would not even take out a penny.

"You useless things, go quickly! You won't have your meal at noon."

Fan Dachuan went back to his room in anger.

At this time, a very obese young woman walked out of the room and yawned for a long time, "Mother-in-law, what should I eat for lunch?"

This is Fanning's fourth aunt, Liu Ximei. Her name sounds very slim, but it's really not worthy of her name. Let's put it this way! Although there are only four people in their family, they have to cook at least six people each meal.

Fan Tiezhou took out the perfume and handed it to Fan Ning, giving him a wink.

Fan Ning had no choice but to bow forward, "Hello, Aunt Fourth!"

"Who are you……"

Sister Liu Xi looked at him up and down, and suddenly remembered, "You are Ah Dai!"

Fanning handed her the perfume in her hand, "I bought it for Aunt Four in Beijing."

"ah!"

Liu Ximei screamed and grabbed the perfume bottle, and was very surprised, "It's Zhang Gu's perfume!"

She is very sensible. This is the best perfume in the Song Dynasty. It costs 300 cents to be a bottle of such a small one.

Fan Ning took the opportunity to ask for a book loan, "Auntie Si, I will go to the town for an exam in two days. I want to ask Uncle Si to borrow some books to read."

"Is it necessary to borrow my uncle and nephew? I gave it to you by the Fourth Aunt. Your Fourth Uncle has too many books, and it is full of the room. He doesn't read it himself. I'm planning to throw away some of them. Come with me."

Liu Ximei took Fan Ning to the room. Fan Tongzhong was very anxious. He bought all his books for a lot of money, and he even planned to sell some books to the book shop, so that he would not be taken away by this kid.

He hurriedly followed, "My wife, some books cannot be borrowed, I still have to prepare for the imperial examination!"

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After leaving his father's house, Fan Tiezhou carried a bamboo basket full of books on his back.

Fan Ning looked through the books in his hand and was lucky today. He found a few good books, "Zhuangzi", "Tao Te Ching", "Three Hundred Poetry", and a collection of poems by Li Bai, Du Fu and Wang Wei.

Moreover, the fourth uncle's books are all brand new and have never read them before. When I thought of the fourth uncle's heartache, I took these books as if I was cutting his flesh. Fan Ning wanted to laugh happily, but Aunt Fourth was right. Anyway, the fourth uncle didn't read these books, so it would be better to give them to his nephew.

Compared to grandfather's biasedness and uncle's selfishness, Aunt Si is a enthusiastic person, and she is relatively simple in her mind and is easy to get along with.

In short, Fanning has a good impression of Aunt Fat, but unfortunately she is a little lazy. She actually slept until noon before getting up and being a wife in the countryside. This is something that people are scolding.

Fan Tiezhou was in a bad mood. He felt that his parents were not happy and had a heavy burden. His father was too fond of Lao Si, which made him a little spoiled.

Fan Tiezhou knew very well that his father's family was only 80 acres of land, and he rented up to 70 stagnant of money a year. After deducting taxes and exemption from service, the remaining only 50 stagnant of money was only 50 stagnant of money.

Originally, the fourth brother spent money on his studies. I heard that he made a group of friends in the county. He was busy all day long and did not do his job. He did not make money. He relied on his father to support him. He would make a few cents of money today and make an excuse tomorrow. After a year, he exploited his father's little rent income.

His father was so pampering the fourth child, which was his own pity, and he only felt sorry for his old mother. When Fan Tiezhou thought of his mother's hunched back and wrinkles on his face, he felt a sense of sorrow.

Fan Tiezhou sighed in his heart. He wanted to help his mother, but he was powerless.

Next, Fan Ning has to go to the village school with his father. These days are the days when the school pays the money, and Fan Tiezhou has been thinking about this in his heart.

Studying in primary schools is not expensive. The tuition fee is three jin a year, and two jin a month of pen, ink and paper fees are a total of five jin a year.

But this five-month money is equivalent to Fanning's family's income for two and a half months, and this is still the cheapest school.

For poor families, studying is really a luxury. Although there are many scholars in the Song Dynasty, not every household can afford it.

Especially in the countryside, many middle-aged families only send their children to elementary school and can recognize a few words, so they will not continue to study.

There are very few people who can go to the town school to study, and it is even rarer to study in the county school. This is why Fan Tongzhong can become the pearl in his father's eyes.

In primary schools, it usually takes three years to study, and Fan Ning has been studying for two years. Fan Tiezhou changed his mind and decided to support his son in the town school.

"Iron Boat!"

A man affectionately put on Fan Tiezhou's shoulder. His surname was Wang and he was also a fisherman who ran a boat.

"I'm going to pay my son next year's tuition fee!"

Fan Tiezhou nodded. He was in a bad mood today and didn't want to explain anything more.

Wang Erlang looked at Fanning and he could understand that there was no need for this child to continue reading. It is said that he could only write a few words for two years, and reading it would be a waste of money.

"Hello Uncle Wang!" Fan Ning bowed and bowed.

"A Dai has been good recently. He has spoken much more neatly. Tiezhou, my mother's illness has improved a lot. I really want to thank you."

"You have to be polite!"

Uncle Wang Er stuffed a fish basket to Fan Tiezhou, "I just caught a few fish, I'm just interested."

"I don't want it, you can take it back and cook soup for me."

"I have it at home! You can go to see Mr. Gu later. How can you do it with empty hands? Take it to him."

Fan Tiezhou thought it made sense, so he took the fish basket and smiled, "thank you!"

Uncle Wang politely praised Fan Ning for his progress and turned around and walked on another path.

Fan Tiezhou did not intend to explain his son's changes to the villagers.

For him, getting into the town school is the best explanation. If you can't pass the exam, it doesn't make sense no matter how many explanations are.

"Dad can still see a doctor?" Fanning asked curiously.

"It will cure headaches and fevers, and there is no question of seeing a doctor."

"It will also cure bruises and injuries!" Fanning remembered the box of medicine at home.

"I studied herbal medicine with a teenager for two years, and probably know a little bit of the skin."

"Did Dad ever think about opening a clinic in town?"

"Medical?"

Fan Tiezhou looked at his son strangely and didn't learn anything else to go to the capital, so he had these unrealistic ideas.

"Go away! Stop thinking about it."

He ignored his son's advice and quickly walked towards the east end of the village.

The primary school is very close to Fan Ning's grandfather's house, covering an area of ​​about two acres, surrounded by mud walls, and a big tree is as paved as a corner of the yard.

There are three houses in the courtyard, divided into a big children's class and a small children's class, with about twenty or thirty people. Zhou Yuanwai of the village hired an old scholar from the town to teach the children to study.

These two days are the days of paying fees, and parents come to the school one after another to pay next year's tuition fees.

"Don't talk later, let me talk to Mr. Gu!"

Today is here to drop out of school, and everyone is not in a good mood. Fan Tiezhou is afraid that his son will offend Mr. Gu if he doesn't think he will offend Mr. Gu if he doesn't say anything.

Fanning nodded, and he didn't object to pretending to be stupid. The biggest advantage of being stupid is that he doesn't kneel down and no one else will say anything about him.

It was the first time he came to the school since he replaced Fan Daidai, and he didn't know what Mr. Gu looked like.

"Oh! Isn't this Ah Dai? Long time no see."

A fat man walked towards him, and his clothes were like a big watermelon stuffed, which was even more blessed than an eight-month-old pregnant woman.

"Senior Jiang is also here to pay for the teaching fee?" Fan Tiezhou bowed his hand slightly.

"Where! My son is preparing to take the Yanying School entrance exam, and I want to ask Mr. Gu to add some materials to my son."

Mr. Jiang looked at Fan Ning again, his eyes full of disgust.

"I said Ah Dai really doesn't work, so don't study. Others don't know. They thought our Jiangwan Village Primary School was so bad. My son was embarrassed to take the exam in the town and said it was from Jiangwan Village Primary School."

"Mr. Jiang can't say that. Ah Dai has made progress in the past two years!"
To be continued...