AWB Chapter 354: One look...
Chapter 354: One look...
I looked around at my children and grandchildren sitting in the main room.
Li Lanzhen told them with calm eyes.
“We have been here for more than a year, and everyone has seen the changes in Taohuayuan.
Everyone has felt the changes in our family.
I can fill my stomach and have something to do happily every day.
So I want to ask everyone, what have you thought about doing in the future? Or what is your wish? What is your goal?
Tell us what you think. "
Several children lowered their heads and thought about it.
Han Yinan stood up, raised his little head and looked at Li Lanzhen and said.
"Grandma, my future goal is to pass the examination for a scholar like my uncle, and then pass the examination for a juren and become an official."
Li Lanzhen smiled and looked at him and said, "Oh, you want to be an official. What will you do after you become an official?"
Han Yinan said without hesitation, "After becoming an official, of course I have to serve the people. I will do everything I can to ensure that they don't go hungry and that more farm children can go to school!"
Li Lanzhen slammed the table and shouted, "Good! You are really a good grandson of grandma. You have great ambitions!"
But it is not easy to realize this ambition. Not only do you need to study hard, but you also need to study attentively. "
Han Yinan nodded, his face turned serious, and he spoke seriously.
"Of course, grandma, I know this journey will be long and difficult, but I'm not afraid."
Li Lanzhen looked at her eldest grandson with admiration, then motioned for him to sit down.
After a while, the sons all expressed their wishes and ideas for future development.
This is similar to what Li Lanzhen thought.
Seeing that Xue Bao had been silent, Li Lanzhen asked.
"Xue Bao, why don't you say something?"
Xue Bao touched the back of his head, glanced at Han Yuemei, and laughed. "Mom, I just want to follow my second brother."
His word "mother" made Han Yuemei blush and lower her head, but the three brothers Han Minghai and Han Mingjiang glared at him.
"How shameless! He hasn't even married his sister yet, but he's already calling his mother 'mother'! Humph!"
Li Lanzhen asked Han Yinan to call Xue Bao.
She felt that her daughter was going to get married at the end of the year, so it was only right for her to ask Xue Bao to talk and listen.
Han Minghai looked at Li Lanzhen and said, "Mom, I think our family should still focus on growing crops.
Our Le Dynasty has gone through three years of disasters, wars and chaos.
There are still people everywhere who are hungry.
This time I went to the capital, and even the common people there still couldn't get enough to eat.
Because there is too little food in supply, the price is high. Once the price is high, people certainly won't be able to buy that much.
Most people eat wild vegetables or vegetables to fill their stomachs. "
After looking at Li Lanzhen, he continued.
“It’s not impossible for our family to do business, but it’s difficult to do business if we don’t have someone to support and protect us.
It’s easy for others to cut off your business, so it’s difficult to do business!
This time when my master and I went to Beijing, we saw several good businesses collapse in just a few days.
One runs a cloth shop, one runs a restaurant, and the other is a jewelry store.
Because these shops occupy better locations, or their business is booming.
But he didn’t have a strong backing, so in the end, a few families in Beijing used tricks to squeeze him out. He had no choice but to sell the shop and return to the countryside. ”
Han Mingjiang stared and said angrily.
"How shameless that there are such people!"
He glanced at Han Mingxiang and said, "Third brother, you should study hard and get a top score in the imperial examination to support mother!
When the time comes, I can do whatever I want. I wonder who will come to frame me or steal my business!
Of course, I will also train hard. Once I have the chance, I will become a general and support my mother!"
His words made all the children chatter and clench their fists to express their gratitude. They all said that they would work hard and support Li Lanzhen in the future and not let anyone bully her!
Listening to their words, Li Lanzhen's eyes became moist!
I am warmed by their filial piety!
In fact, if you think about what Han Minghai said, it happens everywhere.
It’s just that the severity and means are different!
Li Lanzhen sighed and did not express any opinion. She looked at her three daughters-in-law and daughter without saying anything.
Encourage them to talk about what they want to do.
Xue Nizi said loudly, "Mom, I want to open a food shop.
It doesn't need to be big. We can't afford to open a restaurant, so we just want to buy a small shop, cook and make some money.
Mom, can you please do that?"
Li Lanzhen nodded without hesitation, "Okay!"
Xue Nizi finished speaking nervously, but she didn't expect Li Lanzhen to nod and say yes without hesitation. She looked up at everyone happily.
Zhang Yu Niang also spoke softly.
"Mom, I'm interested in making clothes and doing embroidery.
After coming here, life has become better, and you have given me so many beautiful silk fabrics. In my spare time, I have embroidered many handkerchiefs, purses and small table screens.
I can’t do anything big, so I just want to concentrate on embroidery in the future. If possible, I would like to embroider some large works.”
After saying that, she looked at Li Lanzhen with her eyes wide open.
Li Lanzhen also nodded without hesitation.
"Okay, mom supports you. Go find your grandfather tomorrow and ask him to make you a few large embroidery frames.
Mother will find you some pieces of brocade and thick cloth and give them to you. You can do whatever you want with it.
Oh, I can also give you many patterns and designs, you can choose which ones to use."
Zhang Yu Niang's eyes lit up and she smiled happily.
"Hey! Thank you, mom. I like the pictures you draw the most."
Miaomiao also stood up and spoke softly to Li Lanzhen.
"Grandma, I am like my mother. I can embroider a handkerchief now. Didn't you like the orchid handkerchief I embroidered for you last time?"
"Yes, grandma likes it very much. Grandma's eldest granddaughter is really talented. With her small hands, she can embroider such beautiful patterns."
After being praised, Miaomiao leaned shyly on her mother's arm.
Han Shulan looked at Li Lanzhen shyly and said.
"Mother, I, I just want to copy books with my husband to earn money."
Li Lanzhen looked at her in surprise.
"What did you say? Copying books? You have been copying books with Han Mingxiang? Now that you have learned how to write, can you copy books?"
Li Lanzhen knew that the owner of the bookstore would not allow anyone to copy books. He would also look at the quality of the handwriting. Only those with neat and beautiful handwriting would be allowed to copy.
Han Mingxiang also laughed, "Mom, Shulan has been learning calligraphy from me.
Moreover, she is very talented. As she copied more and more, her handwriting is getting more and more beautiful.
The last time I went to the bookstore in Youzhou City, I took her copy of the Thousand Character Classic and the shopkeeper said he would take it, but he was just making less money now.
Li Lanzhen laughed out loud, "Great, great, our family is going to have a female scholar.
Okay, you guys continue, but you’re pregnant now so you have to make sure you get enough rest.
Li Lanzhen turned around and saw Xue Bao blinking hard at his daughter.
She sat there without saying anything when Han Yuemei spoke to her.
"Mom, I, I'd better follow me, my aunt to learn how to prepare medicinal materials."
He lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head as if he had mustered up the courage to speak to Li Lanzhen.
"Mom, do you think we can open a herbal medicine shop?
The medicinal herbs in Taohuayuan are all wild and have particularly good effects.
Moreover, my aunt is also good at preparing medicinal materials.
For the common people, the price of medicinal materials should be lower so that they can afford them when they need them. "
Li Lanzhen thought for a while and said that it was not impossible to open a herbal medicine shop, but it would take two years.
What she was thinking about was that the imperial court was unstable and the world was not at peace.
They don't have a huge support force behind them. If they open a herbal medicine shop with low prices and sell it to ordinary people, it will attract too much attention, which will be a hassle.
Let’s wait and see next year whether I can open a herbal medicine shop together with Bai Houpu and others or supply them with goods.