Chapter 42

"Is that a good thing?"

"Can we afford two servant girls in our family?"

When Mrs. Xu listened to Mr. Xu's suggestion, her first reaction was to shake her head.

There is some money in the family, but there is money for buying two servant girls.

But people like them are not very rich. After all, there is Xu Laosan who is still studying. Nowadays, reading can cost a lot of money.

Not to mention ink, ink, paper and inkstone, it's just the cost of every exam. For ordinary people, it's a big expense.

Lao Xu's family has saved some money over the years. This time, another 50 liang of Lao Xu's money will be collected. But it's a long time to come.

Xu Laosan even if the next year's examination of the scholar, but want to be promising, you have to continue to test.

If you succeed in the exam, you should go to Beijing to take the exam. The cost will be even higher.

Well, the Wang family is a low-income family with a lot of dowry silver. But it was Wang's private house and money. It was the foundation for a woman to settle down in her mother-in-law's house.

When the Xu family was in the most difficult time, Mrs. Xu became her own jewelry and never spent a penny of dowry money on her three daughters-in-law.

This is the foundation for her old lady to stand up in front of her daughter-in-law!

That is to say, there are not many people in their family now. In the future, the old lady will have to write this into Lao Xu's family rules.

The dowry silver of the daughter-in-law is the daughter-in-law's own private and personal silver. If any of the children or women of the Xu family are greedy for the dowry silver of the daughter-in-law, they are not worthy to be the Xu family's wife.

Both men and women have to have some backbone.

This is Mrs. Xu's backbone.

"You should be able to afford it!"

Mr. Xu laughs, "we are so lucky. I'm thinking about it. When spring comes, I'll go to a shop in the town and sell some food. We grow our own food, but we hire people to process it. The cost is not very high. The rest is ours, except for the kitchen and running staff."

"Then we are not a family of merchants?"

Old lady Xu was stunned, and she was in a bit of a dilemma. "Third, I want to study. If we become a merchant's home..."

"Daughter in law, you don't know something about this!"

Mr. Xu said with a smile, "scholars, agriculture, industry and commerce, like those who do small business, such as opening shops and walking through the streets, are actually not businessmen."

"We are still farmers!"

"After all, we have to sell what we grow and what we get from hunting and fishing. Just sell it in another way. Don't worry. I value it more than you do! "

"If so, open a shop and open a shop!"

Mrs. Xu was also relieved when she heard Mr. Xu's explanation.

Mr. Xu doesn't care about it at all.

Scholars, agriculture, industry and Commerce? As long as Lao San is successful, his family will be a scholar. Everything else has become a sidekick. Besides, the new dynasty did not pay as much attention to the division of scholars, agriculture, industry and commerce as the previous dynasty.

On the contrary, the new DPRK also encourages commerce and trade.

It's said that the merchant made a lot of money when he came back from a trip to sea.

Unfortunately, the risk at sea is unpredictable. Some people come back from the sea to honor their ancestors, while others are dead.

Mr. Xu has no great ambition, and he doesn't want to shine on the lintel of his family. His wish is full to live a prosperous life.

Xiaofu Jian, very good!

On this thought, master Xu didn't worry much.

As the old saying goes, there must be a way for a car to get to the front of the mountain, and it will be straight for a boat to get to the bridge.