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Chapter 180 The best old lady from the farm (7)

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    "MomI"

    Mu Chuntian had already thought a lot on the way back. He was still thinking about how to eliminate his mother's anger and not break up the family, whether to spend all the few taels of money he had saved, etc., but now after Qiao Mu said something like this  When I said it, it seemed quite reasonable. He was away from home all year round and only went home three or five days a month. It was normal for his wife to have difficulty conceiving. If he really went to the county town, he might actually be able to get pregnant.  Give him a son. If possible, of course he still hopes to have his own biological son.

    In fact, the main reason why he was willing to bring money home in the past years, besides feeling some guilt towards his brothers, was that he had no sons. He hoped that he would treat his brothers and their sons better now.  The brothers' sons can also wear mourning and throw basins on him.

    Now that Qiao Mu said this, he seemed to suddenly become more enlightened, and he was naturally more hesitant to speak. There was indeed a slight wavering in his heart.

    But Qiao Mu didn¡¯t know what he was thinking. She thought he still wanted to persuade her not to separate the family, so she hurriedly said:

    ¡°Don¡¯t say it anymore, that¡¯s it.

    You haven¡¯t had dinner yet. Ask your wife to go to the kitchen to help you prepare something. Your eldest brother and sister haven¡¯t come back yet. We¡¯ll talk about the separation of the family when they come back.

    You all can go your own way.

    I just happened to be tidying up the house. Third brother, come with me. There are some things hidden deep in the boxes in my bedroom. They are placed under the bed. The bed is too heavy and I can¡¯t move it. Come inside.  Help me move my stuff.  "

    The things at the bottom of the box that Qiao Mu mentioned were not good things, but they were not bad either. It was a whole box with nearly two hundred books, all of which were left behind by her dead husband who had been dead for who knows how many years.  I felt uncomfortable, but I couldn't bear to sell it, so I put it on the bed so as not to look back and think about it, or want to sell it.

    Don¡¯t think that books are worthless things.

    In modern times, books are indeed not valuable things. A novel or a storybook only costs ten or twenty yuan. If you encounter a discount, you can even get a half discount for events. If it is an expired journal or something, it is almost the same.  Selling by kilogram, the price is more than seven or eight yuan per kilogram, and there are also cheap ones of three to five yuan per kilogram. If they are collected as scrap, it will be less than one yuan. But that was the modern era when traditional media were shrinking. In ancient society, books themselves  It is still very expensive. Any enlightenment book will cost at least one or two silver coins. Thicker books such as the Four Books and Five Classics may not be sold for one or two silver coins each, but four or five coins is no problem.

    If it is a long masterpiece such as Zizhi Tongjian or Historical Records, a random set will cost more than ten or twenty taels. If it is hardcover, it may be even more expensive. It is even more expensive if it is handwritten by a celebrity, which can cost as little as eight hundred and eighty taels.  Ten taels, as many as one thousand, eight hundred taels.

    Why are poor families not as good as aristocratic families? Because many poor families have lost all their money and may not be able to afford a complete set of Zizhi Tongjian and a complete set of historical records, not to mention other miscellaneous books. If they are exhausted, they can only scrape together a set of Four Books and Five Classics. If the exam is  If you accidentally learn about the content outside the Four Books and Five Classics, you will almost be blind and have no idea at all.

    When people from poor families can barely read the Four Books and Five Classics without annotations, the children of aristocratic families may be reading the Four Books and Five Classics with the annotations of great Confucians or even sages. They can also browse other miscellaneous books and essays at will, and the difference is not big.

    Of course, the original husband obviously also belongs to the poor family. Although the number of nearly two hundred books is quite large, most of them are some branches of elementary school and the Four Books and Five Classics. There are no real long works, so their value is limited.  Even if it is sold, it is estimated that it will only be sold for twenty or thirty taels.

    After entering the house, the third child quickly opened the bed board under Qiao Mu's command, moved out the large box of books inside, and helped to throw away the dust on it, and then asked:

    ¡°Mom, what¡¯s in here?

    There won¡¯t be a box of gold!  "

    Qiao Mu rolled his eyes fiercely. This child has a good imagination. It would be a pity not to daydream:

    "Go ahead and have your sweet dream. If our family had a box of gold, would I need to let you farm the fields? It would be great to just buy hundreds of acres of land from the landowners."

    ? Inside is the book left by your father.

    You won¡¯t need it in the future, and your family doesn¡¯t have enough money to split the family, so I just sold these books and I can give each of you four or five taels.

    So that one or two per person would be too embarrassing.  "

    ¡°Are books so valuable?

    Isn¡¯t it just a few pieces of paper?  "

    Mu Chunshi was a little shocked. Although he had never studied, he still knew the basics of addition and subtraction. Each person was divided into four or five taels. Doesn't that mean that this box of books must be sold for at least twenty taels of silver?"It's valuable, at least one yuan a book. Some thick ones can probably be sold for three or four yuan. Don't worry about that much. Move out first. Then tomorrow, let your second brother take you guys to the county seat to sell the book.  You guys should divide the time equally, move the boxes out quickly, it will make my room full of dust."

    Qiao Mu explained a few words casually and asked him to go and get out quickly. This box had been placed in the belly of the bed for more than ten or twenty years. When it was taken out, it was covered with dust and it was really choking.

    Because Mu Chunshi knew that the books in the box were valuable, he didn't dare to move them at will. He suddenly felt like he was on the same page. He moved step by step before moving the box out. After moving out, he was very careful.  When I put it down, I thought I was moving some precious porcelain.

    After that, several people in the family waited for about ten minutes before the eldest son Mu Chungeng and the eldest daughter Mu Chunmei rushed home. Maybe because they were walking in a hurry, they were still out of breath when they entered the house. Qiao Mu was in the house.  Hearing the sound of them coming in, he immediately took the prepared wooden box, walked out of the house, sat down and said:

    "Since everyone is back, let the rest come out quickly. Don't waste time."

    "Mom, why did you come back to me after we separated?"

    Mu Chunmei still couldn't believe it. For a person living in such a social environment, it was really hard to believe that a family would call a married woman back. To put it bluntly, this was like the sun rising in the west.  .

    "Don't ask, sit down and talk."

    While talking, the adults in several other rooms also came out, and Qiao Mu immediately said:

    "Now that everyone is here, let me make a long story short. Today I have decided to separate the family. Don't try to persuade me anymore. Since it has been decided, it will not be changed. Now let me tell you how to separate the family.

    There is a total of five or three coins left in the family.

    The five of you each have one tael each, and the remaining three coins are left to me, including rice, flour and grains. Since you are not working at home, Chunmei, I won¡¯t give it to you. Although the second brother¡¯s family doesn¡¯t go to the fields either, but he does it every month.  They all brought back a lot of money, so the rice, flour and grains will be shared equally among the four of you, but it will be divided into five parts. I also have to take one share, but my share can be smaller. After all, I am alone and have little to eat. As for the house at home,  We only have a yard at home, so everyone lives in their own rooms. You can share the kitchen utensils and other things if you want, or you can use them together if you don¡¯t want to. As for the chickens and ducks raised at home, they are also divided equally. I have one chicken and one for each.  I don¡¯t want even one duck, just share it equally between the four of you.

    Finally, the most valuable thing in the house is the box of books in front of you. It was left by your father. I estimate that it would be worth about twenty or thirty taels if sold. If you have time tomorrow, you will be led by the second brother.  Go to the county town and sell this box of books. The money from the sale should be divided equally. Each person should be able to get four or five taels of silver. As for the last three acres of land left in the family, except for the second oldest brother, the remaining brothers have one acre each.  Second brother, don¡¯t blame your mother for treating you badly. You still have a skill and can make some income every month. The three of them are really digging in the soil. They won¡¯t be able to survive even a slight natural disaster.  Leave an acre of land for each of them, and at least they can survive a small disaster.

    It won¡¯t cause the family to be broken up and people to die casually.

    Or sell your son or daughter.

    And Chunmei, in addition to getting a tael of silver this time, I also have a skill in ordering tofu. You stay at home tonight and I will teach you, but you must be mentally prepared for one thing.  Tofu is very bitter. It is said that there are three hardships in life. Forging iron and punting boats to grind tofu. If you don't want to, it doesn't matter. If you want, you can stay.  "

    As soon as Qiao Mu finished speaking, he opened the wooden box in his hand, took out the five taels of silver inside and divided one tael for each person. He also handed over the title deed of the three acres of land to the boss and told him to go to the county seat tomorrow.  , by the way, he went to the county government office to separate three acres of land, and then looked at his eldest daughter, wanting to see how she chose.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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