Chapter 612 Ouch, this fat girl is eating again
During their time in the provincial capital, Sun Shan took Huang and a few of the family's little kids for a stroll. They would buy anything they liked that was cheap, and if it was particularly delicious, they would eat until their mouths were drooling.
The cowboy pestered Sun Shan and shouted, "Uncle San, I also want to study in the city. I don't want to go back to Sunjia Village to study."
Cowboy thinks it’s great to live in Hejia Village, where there are good food, fun things to do, and he can see his parents.
Moreover, his father and mother were especially nice to him these days, unlike his grandparents who called him a fool.
Cowboy thought about telling his parents that he wanted to stay in the city, but after thinking it over, he decided that his third uncle had the final say.
Seeing that Uncle San was very obedient, Dad and Mom didn't speak loudly.
The cowboy said, "Uncle San, Grandma also wants to stay in the city. How about we stay in the city together?"
Before Sun Shan could say anything, Meizhu, who was sensible, shook her head again and again: "No, we can't stay in the city. It costs money here. There is no money at home. We have to go back to Sunjia Village."
Ming Ge'er and his wife He Xiaorou told Meizhu and her sister that it would cost a lot of money in the provincial capital and their family had no money.
They were already struggling to support their eldest brother Douzai's studies, and they really couldn't bring their younger sisters Zhu and Zhu to live in the capital.
In the capital city, food, drink and accommodation all cost money, but my family is poor and cannot afford it.
These days, Meizhu has been following Huang and Sun Shan around everywhere. Seeing that Sun Shan is always spending money, she feels that what his father and mother said is right.
They couldn't stay in the city and had to go back to Sunjia Village.
She never spent any money in Sunjia Village.
The cowboy pouted, unhappy. He wanted to stay in the city and didn't want to go back to Sunjia Village.
Wutou from Qingge'er's family was also a sensible boy. He comforted Cowboy and said, "Cowboy, we have already spent a lot of money. We can't spend any more. We have to go back to Sunjia Village. Third Uncle still has to take the exam in Beijing and study, which will cost even more money.
If you spend Uncle Shan's money, he won't be able to study. If he can't study, our land will be confiscated by the government. You must obey me."
Wutou wandered around Sunjia Village and played with his friends. He heard adults say that the land in Sunjia Village did not need to pay taxes or give grain to the government.
That’s all thanks to their uncle Shan who went to school.
If their uncle did not study, their land would be taken away by the government because they could not pay the grain tax.
Wutou didn't want his land to be confiscated by the government. His grandparents worked very hard to farm the land.
Sun Shan looked at the little kids and said with satisfaction, "Good kids, you are so sensible."
He pulled Cowboy over and patiently explained, "Cowboy, you have to study hard in Zheng's School. Only if you do well can you go to the provincial capital to study. My third uncle also studied in Zheng's School. If he did well, he went to the county town to study. If he did well in the county town, he went to a better place to study. If you don't study hard, you won't be able to go to the provincial capital to study."
The cowboy scratched his head with both hands and looked at Sun Shan with dazed eyes.
Sun Shan didn't know whether he could understand or not, but it seemed that he didn't.
He touched his head and said with a smile, "Cowboy, you studied hard in Zhengjia Village, so you have the opportunity to study in the capital."
The cowboy frowned and said nothing. No one knew what this guy was thinking.
Sun Shan smiled and said that the cowboy would never have the chance to study in the provincial capital.
Guang'er and his wife don't have the financial support. Unless Cowboy is gifted and intelligent and becomes a little genius, the Sun family will train him and sponsor him to go to school in the provincial capital.
However, according to the complaints of Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun, it is very difficult for cowboys to undergo genetic mutation and become good seedlings.
Or maybe Guang'er and his wife made a fortune and had the financial resources to support Cowboy to study in the provincial capital, but this does not seem possible at the moment.
Sun Shan patted the cowboy's small body and told him to fend for himself.
Sun Shan took Huang and a few children out for a few days, then he calmed down and went to different lecture halls in the city to listen to speeches.
His status as a juren was very useful, and most lecture halls and academies would not refuse him to attend classes.
The news of the imperial court's land tax reform did reach Guangnan, but it was only circulated in various academies and did not spread among the people.
Sun Shan discovered that most of the scholars were opponents, with only a few supporters.
There was a debate about the new taxes.
Of course, Sun Shan was a supporter and dared to express his opinions in Guangnan.
The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Their Guangnan is too far away from the center of power. As long as there are no words or deeds of "treason", scholars can still speak freely among themselves.
As long as what you say makes sense, everyone will applaud you.
He went to attend lectures and read books in bookstores every now and then. When Huang had rested enough, he took her to experience the cultural landscape of Cantonese.
Huang seemed very excited. He looked at different landscapes and visited different teahouses and restaurants, feeling more satisfied than ever before.
Huang sat on the boat, eating boat porridge, and said with emotion: "Shanzi, there are really many rivers here. We only have one Dakeng River in Sunjia Village."
Sun Shan smiled and said cheerfully, "Grandma, it's much more convenient to transport goods here by river. It's not like our Sunjia Village, where even oxcarts can't move and we can only move goods by manpower. The capital city is so prosperous and rich, the terrain is flat enough, and there are enough rivers."
Meizhu, Wutou and Cowboy were sitting in the small boat and felt it was very novel.
Sun Shan was afraid that they would fall into the river, so he asked Gui Ge'er and a servant sent by the He family to help watch over them.
If something happened, Uncle Sun Er and Uncle Sun San would come and chop him with machetes.
After having supper, everyone walked on the street, and Sun Shan took Huang to the gold shop to look at jewelry.
Huang refused to buy anything and finally settled for a pair of gold earrings that were as small as they could be.
Huang didn't dare to spend money recklessly. She thought it would be better to save the money for Sun Shan to go to Beijing for the imperial examination.
As he walked, Sun Shan glanced at the very familiar figure in front of him. With such a broad figure, he knew it was Sister Yun without even looking.
Ouch, this fat girl is out eating again.
Sun Shan called out, "Sister Yun!"
Huang had never seen Sister Yun before, so she asked curiously, "Shanzi, are you calling Sister Yun from the He family?"
Sun Shan nodded and pointed at a figure not far away who was about to sit down to have a midnight snack.
She smiled and said, "Grandma, this is Sister Yun, your future granddaughter-in-law."
Gui Ge'er said jokingly: "Grandma, that is Shan Ge's wife, come and take a look."
Yun Jie'er was startled when she suddenly heard a familiar voice. She looked around but couldn't see anyone she knew. Then she comforted herself that she had heard it wrong.
After hearing the second sound and confirming that it was not an hallucination, he looked around nervously.
When she saw the extremely familiar Sun Shan, her chubby face quietly blushed.
When he saw an old lady living next door to Sun Shan, he became even more nervous and at a loss.
He Shuqiang told her that Sun Shan and his grandmother had already arrived in the provincial capital and had brought a lot of Sun family specialties, but because it was difficult for them to meet before the wedding, they did not visit.
Seeing Sun Shan and Huang at this moment, I felt shy and scared.
In panic, he quickly covered his mouth with his sleeve, took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth.
If Sun Shan knew that she was cheating, she wondered if he would dislike her.