The favorite of the Nongmen group: the female supporting role is a full-level boss

"They are very attentive." Mother Gu looked at the fine cotton and coarse cloth. The coarse cloth was for them to wear for work and was more wear-resistant. She stared at half of the pork and said a little worriedly: "It's hot today, we can't eat so much meat, it will smell bad if left for a long time."

Su Wan wanted to smoke wood-fired bacon. The weather was a bit hot and it was not easy to smoke.

"We divided the meat into several parts, cut the pork belly into palm-sized cubes, blanched it in water, fried it, and made it into pork belly. We put the pork legs and ribs in baskets and hung them in the well to freeze. "Pork legs are braised and pork ribs are cooked in soup. As for the other meat, make it into marinated meat." Su Wan arranged half of the pork and looked at the five or six hens tied up, "Let's keep them for laying eggs first."

"Okay!" Mother Gu picked up a bucket of pork paste and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to refine the oil, and I'll use this to fry the pork belly later."

"It won't take a while. We'll do it after dinner." Su Wan took Gu's mother into the house to eat.

A few people were in a hurry and swept away all the food.

Gu's mother went to refine lard, while Gu Huaizhi, Gu Baozhu, and Gu Jingyun moved things and built a chicken coop.

Su Wan cut the pork into pieces.

After working until midnight, I finally finished processing all the pork.

She beat her sore waist and walked out of the kitchen. She saw Gu's mother sitting by the well at the door, washing dirty clothes. An oil lamp was lit in the room, and the light shone dimly on Mother Gu, revealing a sense of vicissitudes of life.

Su Wan's heart softened, and she slowly walked to Gu's mother and knelt down.

Gu's mother turned her head and saw it was her, and said with a smile: "Wanwan, go to bed quickly, I will be fine in a while."

Her wrinkled face showed fatigue, and the concern in her eyes made Su Wan feel warm in her heart.

"Don't take this kind of job. It's tiring and you won't make much money." Su Wan took out the money bag from her sleeve and poured all the money in it on the ground. "I'm going to the town today to sell a piece of money." Cai Fangzi, I earned fifteen taels of silver, and I can support this family. You don’t have to work so hard, just farm at home.”

Gu's mother stared at the white money on the ground, her eyes widening.

Su Wan picked up the silver and threw it into the money bag while counting: "You give me eight hundred coins, Gu Huaizhi gives me two taels of silver, and the rent money paid by the neighbors is three to six hundred coins. I will treat people's injuries." We got one tael of silver, fifteen taels for selling vegetables, and twenty-two taels or four hundred cents for buying medicine. The items for the buyers were less than seven hundred cents, so we still had some money left. More than twenty-one taels of silver."

"A few taels of silver is enough for a family in our village to eat for a year. This will last us a while." Su Wan pursed her lips and smiled, "I plan to send Jingyun to Xihe Academy tomorrow."

As if in a dream, Gu's mother suddenly woke up after hearing Su Wan's words: "How can that be done? Xihe Academy is too expensive. Keep the money you earn for private use."

"Do you treat me as an outsider?" Su Wan was in a low mood.

"No, no, you kid, why do you think so?"

"Are we still divided between you and me as a family?"

Gu is stuck in his native language.

"You and your brothers and sisters feel sorry for me, and I feel sorry for you too." Su Wan took out ten taels of silver and put the rest in Gu's mother's hands. "You treat me as a family member, so don't be so clear-cut." After that, she went into the house. sleep.

Mother Gu held the silver in her hand and looked at Su Wan's back with tears in her eyes. Such a considerate child is so rare.

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Early the next morning, Su Wan packed the bacon and fried pork belly in a basket and took Gu Jingyun and Gu Baozhu to the town.

Gu Jingyun and Gu Baozhu were particularly excited and chattered non-stop.

The smile on Su Wan's face never fell.

When several people arrived in town, Su Wan went directly to Xihe Academy to send Gu Jingyun to school first.

Xihe Academy is solemn and solemn, with profound cultural heritage.

There are couplets inscribed on both sides of the door, which read: "Only Chu has talents, and here it is prosperous."

Iron paintings and silver hooks are magnificent.

Su Wan saw that the door was closed and raised her hand to knock on it.

The servant opened the door and glanced at Su Wan and her brother and sister, who were wearing coarse cloth clothes. He frowned and said impatiently: "Go, go, Xihe Academy is not recruiting students now. If you want to enter, next month Let’s take the exam together.”

Before Su Wan could say anything, the door closed with a bang.

Su Wan's face darkened.

At this moment, a carriage drove by and stopped beside her.

Doctor Zhou got off the carriage and saw Su Wan. He changed his anxious look and smiled a little: "Young lady is bringing your younger brother to study? Dean Lin is looking for you. Come in with me!"

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The author has something to say:

"Only Chu has talents, and here it is prosperous." This sentence comes from Yuelu Academy.