After being away for two months, Lu Xuan De returned home, dusted off his body, and handed the purse to Fang.

"How many taels of silver is it?" Fang took the purse and counted it, somewhat unbelieving.

"I'm selling goods outside with a load on my shoulder now. It's pretty good if I can make a few taels of money." Lu Xuande asked about Lu Bozhou's family.

"What happened over there? I see a lot of yamen runners surrounding them."

Fang told the story that a thief broke into Lu's house at night and that County Magistrate Xu had dispatched the Inspection Office to protect Lu Bozhou.

Lu Xuande fell silent.

Lu Bozhou has become powerful!

If you don't take action now, you will never have another chance.

When Lu Bozhou passes the imperial examination and becomes an official, how could he allow their family to live?

After a moment of silence, Lu Xuande talked about Lu Cunren: "I went to Wangju County to see Cunren. There is a new county magistrate there. I want to try to file a complaint."

"Do you want to sue again?" Fang was really reluctant to spend the money.

“There’s not much money left at home.”

When it comes to money, Lu Xuande gets angry: "If you weren't tricked by Li into taking away one thousand taels, how could the family be without money? You are really useless."

Fang's face froze and she dared not speak.

Lu Xuande glanced at Fang and said, "I have made a plan. If I cannot save Cunren this time, I will buy two women to give birth to children."

Fang's body trembled and she lowered her head deeply.

She is in her forties.

It really can't be reproduced.

But she was unwilling to give up her husband like this.

Li Jinglan's life was as peaceful as ever.

After one snowfall, two more followed.

Li Jinglan sent Lu Bozhou some new winter clothes.

Two new winter clothes and charcoal for winter were also sent to Lu Ping who was studying at the community school.

Ever since Lu Bozhou won the title of Jieyuan, Lu Ping made more and more friends in the community school.

Lu Ping's articles are also good.

The teachers in the school all thought that he could take part in the next county examination.

Seeing that Lu Ping had more and more friends, Li Jinglan increased Lu Ping's monthly salary by one or two taels.

Now it’s two taels.

This day.

She sat by the fire looking at the account book.

Suddenly the chair was shaken.

Turning around, it was Lu Guanyu.

"Why didn't you go to the front yard to play?" Li Jinglan asked casually.

Lu Guanyu was angry, "I just came back from the front yard. I can't argue with the Taoist uncle."

The King of Jin actually loves to quarrel with children? Li Jinglan's eyebrows curved.

He smiled and asked Lu Guanyu: "What did the Taoist uncle tell you?"

Lu Guanyu repeated what King Jin had said to Li Jinglan, and he was still very angry.

"I said we live on a big ball, but the Taoist uncle said the sky is round and the earth is square, and the earth we stand on is square."

"Living on a big ball?" Li Jinglan couldn't help but put down the account book in her hand and looked at Lu Guanyu very seriously, "Who told you this?"

Lu Guanyu was a little confused, obviously unable to remember who said it, but he was very sure, "I don't know! Isn't it like this?"

Li Jinglan thought for a moment, "Does your second brother know this?"

Lu Guanyu nodded vigorously: "My second brother said the same thing. The two of us had an argument with the Taoist uncle, and my second brother was able to win the argument, but I couldn't, so I came back."

Speaking of it.

Lu Guanyu even snorted loudly to express his indignation.

Both brother and sister know about 'Earth'?

Li Jinglan was silent for a while, then smiled and comforted Lu Guanyu: "Your second brother was able to win the argument because he read more books than you. You have just started to learn to read, so of course you can't win the argument with the Taoist uncle."

"Then I have to study hard and I will definitely win the argument in the future." Lu Guanyu clenched his fists.

"That's right. This is called knowing shame and then being brave." Li Jinglan took out an account book and said, "Here, help me look at this account book."

Lu Guanyu took it and read it word by word, "Beijing City account book? Is this my brother's expenses in Beijing?"

Got to take a good look!

As far as she could remember, her eldest brother had never earned a penny, nor had he ever brought a penny home.

People who don't know how to earn money now have the highest monthly expenses in the family.

She had to keep a close eye on the money for her sister-in-law.

Lu Guanyu looked at the account book carefully.

After looking at it for a while, she pointed to a line of words: "Why do we need to buy mandarin fish in winter? White egrets fly in front of Xisai Mountain, peach blossoms flow in the water, and mandarin fish are fat. This fish is only available in spring."

Li Jinglan leaned over, saw the notes below, and read them to Lu Guanyu.

"Prefect Yin came to visit the Wang family's courtyard. When Lu An and the Wang family went out to buy some, they encountered a mandarin fish. Prefect Yin praised the fish for its plumpness."

"It's so expensive!" Lu Guanyu opened his mouth exaggeratedly, "They don't make any money, but they spend it so generously?"

"Two hundred bucks for a fish? And you bought five?" Lu Guanyu was very angry. "This won't happen again! Don't spend this money again in the future."

"If you don't make money, you don't know how expensive food and fuel are." Lu Guanyu snorted.

"It's not that your eldest brother doesn't make money, it's just that you can't see the money he earns. Now we have exempted the whole family from corvée labor and the tax on 200 acres of land, all of which is money." Li Jinglan explained with a smile.

"The output from the land is not much!" Lu Guanyu knew the price of grain.

"One dan of grain is usually sold for about five to eight tang in the county town. We have 200 acres of land, but only a little over 100 acres produce it each year, so each acre only produces a little over one dan."

Lu Guanyu counted on his little fingers to calculate for Li Jinglan, trying his best to prove that Lu Bozhou really didn't make much money.

"Even if there is no tax on the two hundred mu of land, how many taels of silver can you earn in a year?"

Then he pointed to the expenditure and said, "Five fish consumed the output of two acres of land?"

"If they eat like this every day, even if there are ten thousand acres of land, it won't be enough for them to eat."

"Then let's have fish tonight." Li Jinglan suddenly interrupted.

"Ah?" Lu Guanyu was stunned for a moment, "What fish?"

"Mandarin fish!" Li Jinglan smiled and pursed her lips. "Your elder brother just asked Zhao Zhengyi to deliver it."

"..." Lu Guanyu blinked, thinking of the plumpness mentioned in the note, and asked quietly, "Is it delicious?"

"Very plump and beautiful." Li Jinglan lowered her eyes and smiled.

Lu Guanyu swallowed his saliva.

At dinner time.

The Prince of Jin in the front yard also got a mandarin fish.

King Jin took a bite and his eyes lit up: "Not bad!"

Invite Xu Jinghuan to come and eat.

Prince Jin didn't know whether the Lu family had seen through his identity.

He eats the same food as the Lu family every day.

Whatever the Lu family eats, they will send him a portion of it.

Sometimes I think that such a peaceful life is really nice.

Prince Jin was even a little envious of Lu Bozhou.

Li Jinglan took good care of the house inside and out.

Lu Bozhou only needs to concentrate on studying and take the imperial examinations, and then he can be sent to serve as an official after passing the examinations.

"A harmonious family brings prosperity." Prince Jin picked up another piece of fish with his chopsticks.

After dinner.

King Jin stood up and said, "It's almost the New Year, and it's time to say goodbye to the host."

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