Chapter 62 - Chapter 62: Chapter 062: Sadness (1/2)

Chapter 62: Chapter 062: Sadness

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“Did you all write it down?”

“Yes, we did.” Zhuang Mingliang and the other children obediently responded.

“Good, let’s hurry up and eat.”

Even though his own children were occasionally mischievous, they were generally sensible and obedient, much better behaved than most children.

Zhuang Yonghe always took pride in this.

Mrs. He was also gleefully serving everyone scrambled eggs with chives.

Zhuang Yonghe got the most, then his brothers had equal portions, and finally, after some thought, he gave some of his own portion to Zhuang Mingliang.

These days, he was the one who had worked the hardest.

Among the brothers, they also felt that it was only natural that their eldest brother was busy all the time and they didn’t harbor any complaints.

While this family was in a harmonious bliss, Zhuang Ruman’s household was in chaos.

Zhuang Yuanren had set out to participate in the prefectural examination and had asked for some travel expenses before leaving.

Finally, the family had a scholar, someone who could bring honor to their name, and lead the family with pride. So when Zhuang Ruman and Mrs. Song gave money to Zhuang Yuanren, they were not stingy, giving even more than what he had requested.

They even instructed Zhuang Yuanren to make more friends during the examination in the prefectural city and not to be frugal with money.

Zhuang Yuanren promised, took the hopes of his family with him, and set out on the road to the prefectural examination.

Zhuang Ruman and Mrs. Song spent the following days with lots of sighs.

They were worried about Zhuang Yuanren’s examination.

Although Zhuang Yuanren had always been praised by his teacher and he himself was confident, success in learning wasn’t such an easy task, was it?

Secondly, they were worried about the family’s livelihood.

After giving out this large sum of money, the family’s savings were nearly depleted. No matter whether Zhuang Yuanren passed the examination, the future expenses would not be less than present. The money was flowing out like water.

When Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui were at home, they were strong labourers, and could finish most of the work in the field. Zhuang Ruman didn’t have to work so hard, and could occasionally find some odd jobs in the town to supplement the family income.

But now without Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui, Zhuang Qinghe, who was always whining about pain here and there, and Zhuang Yuanzhong, who was too young to be of use, all the work in the field fell on Zhuang Ruman and Mrs. Song.

Busy all day tending the fields, they no longer had time to earn some extra money. The income from the field was not enough to support the family. Zhuang Ruman and Mrs. Song were left scratching their heads, constantly figuring out where to make money.

But one is a typical farmer, and the other is a simple farm woman. Neither had any remarkable skills and couldn’t find a suitable place or method to make money.