The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 161 Goddaughter

The jewelry set that Chen Cui bought for Zhang included a hairpin, earrings and two bracelets, which was a relatively basic set.

Although this set of gold jewelry is simple in shape and does not have many patterns, it is heavy. The total weight of the several pieces is seven taels, which is very solid.

As Zhang put the things away, she was still muttering, "This pile of stuff is equivalent to more than ten acres of land in my hometown. How lucky must I be to be able to wear more than ten acres of land on my body."

Chen Cui stepped forward and patted her hands: "Mom, don't worry, your blessings are still to come. You old man, take good care of your health. When your grandson passes the imperial examination and becomes an official, you will be able to enjoy the glory with him!"

Although Zhang knew her daughter was trying to tease her, she couldn't help but grin, "What nonsense! It's not that easy to pass the imperial examination. Besides, Changping and his family have the surname Liu."

In the old people's opinion, no matter how close their grandson is, he is from a different family after all. All the honors he has earned belong to the Liu clan. It is good enough for the Chen family to get some benefits from it. They have nothing to do with any glory or not.

"Don't say that. You will enjoy happiness in the future. Right now, the most important thing for you and my father is to take care of your health, pay attention to your diet, and practice the Five Animal Exercises with us."

The reason why Chen Shangen has cardiovascular risks has a lot to do with his daily diet. In recent years, the family has been better off, and in order to honor the elderly, Chen Dahai often buys meat and fish. He eats too much greasy food and does not keep up with the exercise, so this happens.

A lighter diet, more vegetables, lean meat and protein, plus adequate exercise can improve this problem.

There is no older person who is not afraid of death. Although Chen Shangen and Zhang thought the Five Animal Play was strange at first, they heard that it was taught by a doctor and was very good for the body and could prolong life, so they clumsily began to learn it.

After three to five days, they were able to practice quite well and indeed felt as if their bodies had become lighter. They could not help but become even more enthusiastic about it and practiced it twice a day.

After Changping became a scholar, he could go to the provincial school to study. Although it was not far from home, he could not go in and out with his two younger brothers.

Although he was somewhat reluctant, he resolutely entered the provincial school. After all, all the students in the school were scholars, and everyone was working hard for the provincial examination. This would be more beneficial to his studies.

Changan and Changfu were very envious of this, and decided that in two years they would pass the examination and study in the provincial school like their elder brother.

The old couple of the Chen family lived in their daughter's house. Seeing their three grandchildren studying so hard every day, and even their granddaughter knew quite a few words at a young age, and did her homework every day, they couldn't help but sigh that it seemed that the Liu family would soon change its fortunes.

They thought of their own grandchildren. Except for Suozhu and Shuanzhu from the Dahe family, the others had no interest in studying. It might also be that they were too old and could not concentrate on reading.

The two elders of the Chen family could not help but make up their minds that they would send their great-grandson to school from a young age, no matter what. No matter how well he could read, he had to learn to read first.

Chen Cui feels that having her parents and children around her and every day being fulfilling and simple is truly wonderful.

Chen Cui had always wanted to find a school for girls so that Suisui could go in to study. Zhang Ruomei told her that there were such girls' schools in the capital and Jiangnan. Unfortunately, Longnan Prefecture was too conservative and there was no such place.

She settled for the next best thing and tried to find a female teacher who could come to her home to teach, but unfortunately she never found one.

The Northwest is a remote place, and there are not many opportunities for men to learn to read and go to school, let alone women.

Girls who have the opportunity to learn to read and write are all from wealthy and prestigious families and would never become teachers.

Therefore, Suisui's cultural subjects can only be taught by Chen Cui. Anyway, she only stays in the workshop for an hour at most now, and the rest of the time is free to teach the children. Her three brothers will also give her some guidance when they are free.

However, going on like this for long is not a solution. Chen Cui's own knowledge is limited, and the purpose of reading is just to learn words and to be practical. Many of the allusions and charm contained in the books cannot be conveyed and explained to her. Sometimes she herself feels that her explanations are dry.

Fortunately, Suisui is not too old and her daily study tasks are not too heavy. The classes are over in half an hour at most, and including the time to complete the homework, it takes less than an hour, which does not delay her eating and playing every day.

However, according to the current age calculation, Suisui is already a seven-year-old girl, and she has to learn needlework and cooking. Chen Cui's needlework is not very good. She can only make simple clothes and her stitches are rough, so she can only ask Xu Dagui's wife Ding to teach her.

She had been learning from Ding for more than two months and had already learned how to mend clothes, although her stitches were crude. However, Zhang kept praising her granddaughter for her intelligence, saying that she was better than her mother when she was a child, which made Chen Cui laugh and cry.

As for cooking, it was too early for her to learn it now. She just learned how to make fire, boil water, cook porridge, and knead dough. The teaching was not urgent and was almost like playing, so she enjoyed learning.

Although there are not many things to learn and the tasks are not heavy, the child's nature is to love playing. Now that her grandparents are at home, it is like having two more people to rely on. She wants to be lazy from time to time, and her grandparents have to stand in front of her and plead with her mother.

Chen Cui finally understood the helplessness of elders hindering parents from educating their children.

Although she came here late, and the Chen family elders are not her biological parents, the affection they have developed over the years is not fake. She is greedy for this kind of warmth and family care, and unconsciously regards the two elders as her own elders.

The result of doing this was that when the two elders pleaded for Sui Sui, it was difficult for her to refuse with a straight face, but she also didn't want to offend the old people, so she let the girl go so easily.

However, once there is a chance of success, there will be a second chance. Suisui saw that this trick worked, so she repeatedly used her grandparents as shields to resist her mother's attacks.

Chen Cui finally realized the inappropriateness of her previous actions, and had an earnest talk with the two elders. She used the three Changping brothers as an example, saying that it was because of her strict requirements that they had achieved what they have today.

Although Suisui is a girl, her brothers have all achieved fame and success, so she will not marry into a bad family in the future. If she is not good enough and cannot get things done, it will be useless even with the support of her brothers, and her future life will probably not be easy.

Fortunately, the two elders were reasonable and understood that Chen Cui was right. They said that she was just soft-hearted and instigated by her granddaughter. From then on, when Chen Cui disciplined Sui Sui and assigned her tasks, the two elders would never interfere.

No matter how their granddaughter begged for help or gestured, they were no longer moved, but insisted on doing what Chen Cui wanted and what she said.

Seeing that there was no hope, Sui Sui could only complete his homework honestly, but from time to time he looked at his cruel mother with a resentful look.

On this day, when Chen Cui was teaching Sui Sui, an unexpected guest suddenly came to visit.