The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 166 Current Situation of Space

Because Suisui is the only student and he is so young, Ms. Zou said that the schedule would not be too tight so as to prevent the child from losing interest in learning. Regarding the class time, she asked Chen Cui for her opinion.

One is to come every morning for class, every day. The other is to come every other day and attend class all day.

Chen Cui considered herself a democratic parent, so she asked Sui Sui what he thought.

The girl thought about it and chose to come every other day, so that she wouldn't have to get up early every day, and she could use the free time on that day to arrange her own play.

In fact, Chen Cui also prefers this method of attending classes every other day. Although she hopes her daughter will make progress, she will not be impatient for quick success and still needs to find a way to relax and work hard.

However, if one has classes here for the whole day, there will be the problem of lunch, so she asked if one should bring lunch for the child.

"No need to prepare anything else, it's just a meal, let her eat with me." Mr. Zou said calmly.

Chen Cui thought it was a good idea. It was getting cold, and it was troublesome to bring lunch with her. Just keeping it warm was a big problem. Her three brothers now had lunch at the prefectural school and the academy, so it was just right for her to eat at her teacher's place.

As for the quality of the food, Chen Cui was not worried. Mr. Zou seemed to be a very particular person and would definitely not treat herself badly in terms of food. Sui Sui was not picky about food and she liked everything as long as it was delicious. There was nothing she could not accept.

However, the tuition fee mentioned at the beginning did not include food expenses. Seeing Mr. Zou's attitude, it would be difficult to talk about money now. I can only find another opportunity to give her some gifts to express my gratitude.

Chen Cui's home is not far from Mr. Zou's home, but it is also some distance away, so the task of taking Suisui to school falls on Xu Dagui.

Xu Dagui drove the mule cart, and Xiaoxue sat in the cart to accompany Suisui. He went to pick them up and take them home at the end of the Shen time.

Having said that, her daughter is different from her sons. She doesn't think it's a problem for her sons to walk to school, but her daughter must be picked up and dropped off by car. Even if her husband's house is nearby, she will not let her child walk there.

To put it bluntly, raising a son to support the family is a necessity for survival, but this daughter is the apple of her eye!

When she first slept in a separate bed from Sui Sui, she was not used to it and would always go to her room several times at night to check on her.

After watching it, she often couldn't fall asleep in her room, so she would go into the space to do some work.

Now that there are more servants in the house, she doesn't have much chance to do any work. There are also farmers busy working on the farm, so the space is the only place where she needs to put in some effort.

Although she only went in at night when no one was around, she had grown a lot of food during these fragmented time and had stored up enough for her family to eat for several years.

There was no other way. Apart from food, she didn't know what to plant. If she planted vegetables, she wouldn't have much chance to sell them out. She didn't understand medicinal herbs, and she didn't know how to prepare them after she grew them. Only planting food was the easiest.

So, in the past few years, she has rotated the planting of common grains. She has stored a lot of corn, wheat, millet, soybeans, and mung beans. She even planted two crops of upland rice and stored some rice.

When she first got the space, she was ecstatic and felt like she had found a golden finger. She had to stay in there for a while every day to find peace of mind.

But as she adapted to this time and space and devoted herself to life, her dependence on space gradually decreased and she only regarded it as an auxiliary tool.

When she donated the corn seeds and grew enough peppers, and with the income from the canned fruit and hot pot business, the family's life gradually improved, and the space played a smaller role.

Now, entering the space to farm has become a way for her to stretch her muscles and relax, which is similar to her modern practice of growing vegetables in the yard.

The space also contained some of her belongings, including gold, silver, and banknotes, as well as some small valuable items.

Of course, she didn't dare put all her fortune in it, but only put in a part of it. A cunning rabbit has three burrows and only then can it live long.

Sui Sui liked Ms. Zou from the beginning, and after the class started, she praised her even more, and the phrase she often said was "Mr. Zou said."

She is also very active when completing her homework, and even if it takes her one or two hours, she will complete it meticulously.

The whole family is happy to see the changes in Suisui. Her three older brothers often encourage and praise her, which makes Suisui more confident in her studies.

This winter seems to be colder than last year. Although it doesn't snow, people are so cold that they can't stretch out their hands, and white steam comes out of their mouths.

Before winter, when Chen Dahe came to the city to deliver charcoal, he brought two carts to Chen Cui's house and unloaded them in the back house. With just the people in their family, they could not use up all the charcoal in the winter.

The charcoal basin and charcoal stove in the main room were always on day and night. The room was always warm and there was not much smoke. The women in the family would stay here when they had nothing to do.

There is also a charcoal basin where Xu Dagui and his son live. Although it is not as warm as the main room, it is not cold to stay in the house.

The charcoal braziers in the three sons' rooms and study are only lit at night. They are not at home during the day, so it would be a waste to light them.

The price of charcoal is high this year. Chen Cui thought of how much Mr. Zou cared about Sui Sui, and specially sent her a cart of good charcoal as a token of his appreciation.

Mr. Zou thanked him and accepted it calmly.

As they interacted more and more, Chen Cui had a better understanding of her personality. She felt that Ms. Zou had some of the celebrity style she had imagined - free and easy, and calm towards people and things. She wondered what kind of family could raise such a woman.

Mr. Zou never mentioned her parents' home and family, and Chen Cui did not dig deeper. She instinctively maintained respect for such a noble and elegant person.

The dry weather this summer lasted until late winter. There was a little rain in the autumn, and it hasn’t snowed since the beginning of winter. The weather has been dry and cold.

It wasn't until almost the New Year that a light snow fell, which made the road even more difficult to travel.

But no matter how difficult it is, they have to go. Chen Cui and her family have to go back to their hometown village to celebrate the New Year.

This year she will not bring only the children back, but will also bring Mai, Ding, Xiaoxue and Xiaoya. As for Xu Dagui and his son, they will stay in the city to look after the house.

Because she had enough people to do the work, Chen Cui was not very busy during the New Year. She just had to entertain neighbors and some wives from gentry's families who came to visit from time to time.

The folks in my own village are fine, they are all relatives and have known each other in the past. Even if I haven't seen them for a long time, there is no shortage of topics. I can just talk about the gossip that happened in the village.

She thought the trouble was with the women from the gentry's families. She had never had any contact with them before, but now they came with gifts during the New Year, and it was not easy to turn them away.

After they arrived, they first flattered Chen Cui, then chatted for a while, and then mentioned Changping and their marriage.