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Chapter 26 The aftermath of the hundred taels of silver(1/2)

During dinner, Fan Ning honestly handed over the two topaz rings to his mother. In order to protect the other babies, he had to throw the car to protect the handsome guy and sacrifice the two rings.

"I'll make it clear. This is called the ring of Jinshi. Zhou Yuanwei wore them and passed the Jinshi. If my mother sold them, I won't pass the Jinshi in the future, so don't blame me."

Zhang Sanniang knocked on his head with chopsticks, "Boy, do you think my mother is so greedy for money and doesn't understand the truth? This is what others give you to you. Will I sell it?"

"Then what do you want it to do?" Fanning asked muttered.

"Of course I'm saving it for you, I'm afraid you'll lose it!"

Zhang Sanniang looked at the two rings carefully with a smile. It was the first time she saw such delicate topaz. Even if she didn't know the goods, she knew that these two rings must be very expensive.

"It happens to be a couple. In the future, you will get married, and you will be one by one."

Fan Ning was speechless. His mother leaned against marrying a wife in everything. How much did she want to be a mother-in-law?

"No need to leave it to your future wife. You and Daddy each one, I think it's just right!"

‘Cough! Cough!’ Fan Tiezhou, who was lowering his head to eat, immediately choked and coughed repeatedly.

Zhang Sanniang glanced at her husband and said dissatisfiedly: "If this ring is given to your father, it will definitely be worn on your fourth uncle's hand in the end."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Fan Tiezhou took a sip of the soup before stopping his cough. He blushed and said, "This is what he wants to Ning'er. Sending it to others will offend people."

"You also know that you will offend people. Then you want to give 100 taels of silver to your parents thirty taels. Have you ever considered my feelings?"

"Didn't you agree? Now you still say what it does!"

Fan Tiezhou's face sank, he slapped the chopsticks on the table, got up and left.

Zhang Sanniang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly her tears fell like broken pearls, and she choked and said to Fan Ning: "Look at your father being unreasonable!"

Fan Ning was silent for a moment and said, "Why would you invite a servant to cook and wash clothes for the grandma, so that you and Dad will feel better, and I'm very happy!"

Zhang Sanniang thought about it and nodded and agreed, "This is OK. I will help you for one or two hours a day, and you don't have to live in the house. Thirty cents a day is enough."

"I only have the same amount of money every month. From next year, I will bear this money!"

"Stop talking stupid things, what money can you make as a child?"

Fanning smiled, "If it weren't for me, where did my mother's one hundred taels of silver come from?"

Zhang Sanniang snorted, "The stone was caught by your father from Taihu Lake."

Fan Ning said proudly: "When I learned the ability to taste stones and distinguish jade from Zhou Yuanwai, I collected fine stones from the countryside for five cents of money and sold them for one hundred cents of money. My mother said, can I make money?"

"It's easy to say!"

Zhang Sanniang didn't want to listen to her son's nonsense, so she took a bottle of wine from the cabinet and handed it to Fanning, "Give it to your father and tell him not to be a bad temper."

Fan Ning walked out of the room with a bottle of wine. Zhang Sanniang sighed softly. It costs 12 guan a month, and a year. She is very careful every day and has worked hard to save ten guan a year. What's this called it?

Fanning walked out of the room with a bottle of wine and saw his father sitting on the well platform in a daze, with a little sad look on his eyes.

"Ning'er, your grandma is getting old too fast!" Fan Tiezhou sighed softly.

Fanning could understand his father's sadness. When his grandmother was so old, he had to do laundry, cook, do all the housework, and serve the whole family with great fatigue. Of course, his father would feel heartbroken and of course he wanted to help his mother.

But my father's method was wrong. He gave the money to his grandfather. His grandmother's life would not change at all. In the end, he would only get the prodigal son.

Filial piety itself is correct, but blind filial piety is meaningless.

Fan Ning sat next to his father and handed him the bottle of wine. Fan Tiezhou shook his head and did not receive the bottle of wine.

Fan Ning smiled and said, "I just agreed to my mother to hire a servant for the grandma, who is only responsible for cooking and washing clothes. It costs a month. My mother agreed."

A bright color flashed in Fan Tiezhou's eyes, yes! Why didn't he think of this method?

"Have your mother agreed?"

Fanning nodded, "Mom is not an unreasonable person. Although she is a little dissatisfied with her grandfather, she is very nice to her. She even gave her a pair of cloth shoes on her own initiative. Daddy forgot?"

"Yes! When your mother first got married, your grandmother treated her best. She praised her for being virtuous in front of others and was also filial to her. The clothes her grandmother wore now were all made for her by her before."

A big rock in Fan Tiezhou's heart fell to the ground, and he felt much more comfortable. He reached out and grabbed the bottle, Gudugudu took a few big sips, and smiled and said, "I haven't drunk so much for a long time."

"I'll give my dad a suggestion! Don't rent land, just buy a few acres of land."

Fan Tiezhou shook his head, "It costs eight guan per acre to go to the fields, and only ten acres can be bought at most. It's too little for me."

"But Dad has thought that planting fifty acres of land is very hard. How many days can you have in a year of slack farming? You don't have time to travel on a boat. When you are busy, you have to hire a helper. It's better to plant less fields at home, so you have time to travel on a boat."

Fan Tiezhou thought about it and was right. He only considered his greatest ability to farm, but forgot that he still had to go on a boat, so he was really too busy to plant fifty acres.

He patted his son's head, "You are smart boy. This time my father will listen to you. He bought ten acres of land, plus our family's three acres of land, a total of thirteen acres, and then run a boat."

"Dad better have to go and pick some medicine and boil a few bottles of bruising and damage ointment. Maybe I can use it to make many friends."

Fanning knew that his father was kind and loyal, so he never mentioned using it to make money.

"good!"

Fan Tiezhou happily agreed, "I will go up the mountain to have a look tomorrow!"

As the saying goes, husband and wife are two pieces of clothes, and children are buttons. Under Fan Ning's needle threading, Fan Tiezhou and his wife reconciled again.

















Two days later, Zhang Sanniang sent her son and husband to the small boat at the entrance of the village before dawn.

When Zhang Sanniang thought of her son leaving her side, her tears rolled down again. Fan Ning smiled and said, "Mom, I'm not going to the capital, I'll be back in a few days."

Zhang Sanniang wiped her tears and said, "You little brat, don't study hard, and when you come back, your mother will beat you up."

"Don't worry, mom! I promise to save you another ten-ton currency next year."

Zhang Sanniang nodded and reminded her husband: "After sending Ning'er, come back early."

"I know, I'll go check the boat."

"Be careful, don't be deceived by others."

Uncle Shuigen, who was rocking the boat, smiled and said, "I said to my eldest niece, are you talking about me!"

"Uncle Shuigen, why would I say to you? You guys go quickly! Don't delay the child's schooling."

The boat swayed and walked away on the water. Zhang Sanniang reluctantly watched her son's back disappear, and then she went home.















Uncle Shuigen's surname is Zhang, and he is Zhang Sanniang's cousin. He was about fifty years old. He was also a fisherman at the beginning and was considered a master of Fan Tiezhou. He was a matchmaker and matched Zhang Sanniang, the niece of the neighboring village, to Fan Tiezhou.

Zhang Shuigen has been changing to a passenger boat business for more than ten years. He knew that running a passenger boat was more profitable than running a fishing boat, and was easy to take care of his family, so he kept urging Fan Tiezhou to change to a passenger boat with him.

Zhang Shuigen laughed and said, "The young people in our village are all good this year, and five children are going to study in the town."

"Who else besides Ning'er?" Fan Tiezhou asked curiously.

"There are also Jiang Agui, the son of Mr. Jiang, Zhao Qiu, Zhao Xiaoyi, and the two boys from Han Zhuang's family. The four of them went to study in the town's official school, of course they were not as good as Yanying School."

Fan Tiezhou nodded and asked again, "What should I do with the primary school in the village?"

"Didn't you tell your fourth brother to be a gentleman, you don't know?"

Fan Tiezhou was stunned. What's going on?

He suddenly turned around and looked at his son.

Fan Tiezhou immediately understood that his son must have found Zhou Yuanwai. He pointed at his son, and his eyes meant, "You little brat, you actually hide such a thing from me!"

Fan Tiezhou was in a good mood immediately. The fourth brother finally had something to do, so he no longer had to drag down his parents.

During this period, everything at home went well, and Fan Tiezhou suddenly became full of confidence in his future.




To be continued...
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