Chapter 4
After learning the details from Li Yuezhu, Li Yuelan sat at the doorstep all night. There had been no letter from his father for more than half a year. Although it could not be said that he had passed away, it was only a sign of bad luck.
Seeing how poor his family was, his mother still had to make money for him to study. You must know that only rich families can afford to study. Families like them, who have a lot of food but no food, cannot afford to study at all.
It was already bright, and Li Yuezhu sat up from the bed early. It was not because she had the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, but because her brother and mother had a quarrel in the yard.
"I won't go, just kill me!"
"You have to give me a reason if you don't want to go. Master appreciates you so much, and you can't let him down."
"Why should I live by other people's expectations? I just don't want to go!"
"are you going?"
"I dont go!"
Li Yuezhu, who was sitting on the bed, only heard a "bang", and she quickly got out of bed and went out to take a look.
"Mom, don't hit me. Stop hitting me. If you hit me again, I'll break my brother."
Li Yuelan stood in the middle of the yard and let her mother beat her with a stick.
"I told you to be disobedient, I told you to be disobedient. Didn't Mom tell you a long time ago that even if you sell the iron, you two brothers will still study? Are you going to make Mom angry to death?"
"Can you afford to go to school by selling iron? Mother, you don't know that a month's tuition in a private school costs one tael of silver. One tael of silver is 1,000 yuan. It can save our family money.
It’s been two months and our family can no longer afford to read books!”
Li Yuelan also burst into tears. He was not unaware of the difficulties at home. If he did not go to school, he would be able to reduce a lot of expenses, and he could also go out and earn some money to support his family.
"Do you want to piss me off to death? You have to go even if you don't go today, and you have to go even if you do!" They all said that they were going to beat Li Yuelan with a stick.
"Mother, mother, don't do anything." Li Yuezhu stopped in front of her mother: "Brother will definitely go to school. Don't fight me. How can I go to school if I break him?"
After listening to Li Yuezhu's words, Mrs. Zhou put down her stick and turned around and entered the house.
"Brother, everything is low-grade, but the only thing you can do is study well. You should understand your mother's painstaking efforts."
Li Yuelan smiled bitterly, and touched Li Yuezhu's head: "Zhu'er has grown up, brother, don't you know, you also know the conditions of our family, let mother work alone in the fields, and you suffer from hunger, how can I be qualified to go there?
read."
"Brother, it will get better. It will definitely get better." Li Yuezhu believed that he would escape from poverty and become rich. At least he could let his elder brother and younger brother study in private schools normally.
Li Yuelan looked at her grown-up sister and was very moved. He should be responsible for this maturity.
Li Yuezhu took advantage of the opportunity to go to the toilet, blinked, and called up the shopping system.
In one night, the handkerchief was indeed sold, and now there was only one thing in her merchandise column, which was the dandelion she accidentally put in.
Now there is 30 yuan in her account. In this shopping system, Li Yuezhu instantly feels like a rich person. What can 30 yuan buy? In the past, it was not enough for Li Yuezhu to buy snacks. I don’t know how this shopping system works.
deliver goods.
Randomly rummaging through the shopping system, Li Yuezhu locked in a few things.
The first item is extremely cheap glass marbles. These marbles are very cheap. Li Yuezhu found a kind of dyed glass marbles. This kind of marbles looks extremely high-end. For the ancients, it can definitely be called a rare commodity.
s things.
The second item is quite cheap artificially cultured pearls. These pearls are nothing in this shopping system, but in backward ancient times, such round and plump pearls are still rare. The best pearls must be paid tribute to
In the palace.
Now that she had determined her target, Li Yuezhu started searching, and after a while, she found the right product.
【Name】Colorful glass beads (red)
【Function】Toy
[Price] 6.8 yuan/piece
This is an upgraded version of the glass ball they played with when they were children. This kind of glass ball looks more moist, and solid-colored beads would definitely fetch a good price in this ancient time.
【Name】Pearl
【Function】Decoration
[Price] 1.55 yuan/piece (diameter 30mm)
Li Yuezhu picked eight and paid a total price of 12.4 yuan. Li Yuezhu took the remaining 10.8 yuan. She thought about it again and bought all the remaining money into compressed biscuits.
In fact, compressed biscuits are not cheap for Li Yuezhu. A pack of 120 grams of compressed biscuits costs 2.5 yuan, so she can only buy four.
After choosing the items, Li Yuezhu paid, and there was only 8 cents left in her balance. Li Yuezhu did not plan to buy any more.
It is already Tatsuki, that is, from seven to nine o'clock. It will be late to go to the private school at this time.
"Xiaozhu, come here."
Li Yuezhu was standing by the toilet when she heard her mother calling her and walked over quickly.
"You will follow Uncle Tiezhu's ox cart later and sell the embroidery in this bag in exchange for some rice and noodles. I will take your brother back to his private school."
"Oh, okay." Li Yuezhu suddenly received the task and was a little stunned.
"Mom, you don't have to send me off, I will go back."
Li Yuelan also knew that her mother was really angry this time. Seeing that her mother did not answer his words, Li Yuelan turned around and entered the house.
Opening the baggage that her mother wanted to give her, there were more than 30 kinds of embroidery in the baggage. Li Yuezhu secretly picked out two slightly defective ones and posted them to the shopping system.
The system shows that these two items are worth 73 yuan. After choosing to sell, there are three items for sale in the product column.
Li Yuezhu was about to pat her butt and walk into the house when she heard a ding-dong sound. She checked and saw a prompt in the shopping system:
[System] Ding dong, congratulations, the items you purchased have arrived, please pay attention to check them.
Li Yuezhu was surprised to receive the items so quickly. Of course, she was even more delighted. She thought it would take a few days for the goods to be sold.
When Li Yuezhu clicked to collect the glass beads, a round, dark red glass bead appeared in her hand. Facing the sunlight, there was no impurity in the bead. Li Yuezhu was very satisfied.
She looked around to make sure no one was around, then carefully put the bead away close to her body.
Then she signed for the pearls. The pearls were very big, as big as the palm of Li Yuezhu's hand. They shone brightly in the sun, and Li Yuezhu was very satisfied with their round and plump appearance.
Finally, there are the four packs of 120g compressed biscuits. After eating this kind of food, you will feel the most hungry. Although it has no nutrition, at least you will not be hungry.
Li Yuezhu walked into the house. Xiao An had already gotten up, and his brother was getting ready to go to private school.
Li Yuezhu took out the four compressed biscuits she had just bought. She secretly removed the packaging bag, took out three of the biscuits, wrapped them in oil paper, and prepared to hand them to her brother.
"Zhu'er, go to the county town slowly and slowly. You are not familiar with the place. If you can't find a place, ask Uncle Tiezhu to take you there. Don't follow strangers."
Li Yuezhu felt warm in her heart after listening to her brother's thoughtful instructions. Although this family's life is relatively poor, everyone's feelings are sincere.
Li Yuelan turned around and was about to leave, when he heard his sister suddenly calling him.
"Brother, wait."
As soon as Li Yuelan turned around, he saw his sister holding an oil paper bag in her hand. The food inside must be delicious. He just took a look and was already sure because he saw oil flowers on the oil paper bag.
Chapter completed!