There are no clouds in the sky.
The moonlight is very bright, shining on this land.
Mrs. Zhao was sitting in the yard wrapping hay and firewood.
She took the time to raise her head and said, "Your aunt raises three chickens and twenty ducks. You can feed them by carrying half a basket of wild vegetables and weeds at noon. Who has time to help with this job?"
Chunhua is the eldest granddaughter of the old Zhao family. She has always done this kind of work. Just as she was about to accept the offer, Mrs. Sun pulled her back.
Mrs. Sun sneered in her heart, her sister-in-law had earned so many copper coins, but she didn't even share them with them. She actually wanted them to help dig wild vegetables for the chickens and ducks. What kind of dream was this.
The old lady's worries are all in her armpits. The eldest sister-in-law and the whole family have been separated, and she still wants to help with the work in the old house. Why? Just because the eldest sister-in-law gave birth to four sons? ?
Thinking of this, Sun felt extremely sad.
Not only can she not give birth to a son, she can't even get pregnant...
"Grandma, let me help my aunt." Xia Hua took the initiative and said, "It's enough to feed the chickens and ducks. What else should I do?"
Old Mrs. Zhao thought for a while and said: "Help me clean up the yard, clean up the chicken and duck poop. Your aunt said to give the helper two cents a day. I will take one cent, and you can take the extra cent and save it for yourself." .”
Xia Hua couldn't believe it: "You can get a penny by carrying half a basket of wild vegetables and weeds?"
To pick lanterns, she had to go up the mountain and look for them slowly. Wild vegetables and weeds that chickens and ducks eat were everywhere on the fields. This penny seemed to be given to her for free.
Mrs. Sun's eyes widened in disbelief. Although the old lady deducted a penny, wasn't there still one penny left? If she saved it day by day, she could buy a nice piece of floral cloth.
She said with a shy face: "Xia Hua is only eleven years old and has little strength. Leave this job to our Chun Hua."
"His third aunt only carries half a basket of wild vegetables on her back. Our Xia Hua can still carry it. Even if she can't carry it, it's not a big deal to walk twice." Wen Shi smiled and said, "Xia Hua, you get paid for this job. But you have to work hard, if your eldest aunt is not satisfied, maybe your sister Chunhua will do it instead."
Xia Hua immediately said: "Mom, I will definitely not be lazy!"
This matter is settled.
Mrs. Sun felt a bloody stem in her heart, raised her hand and pinched Chunhua: "I told you, this boring gourd, to keep silent. If you had just kept silent, would there be anyone else's business?"
Chunhua shed tears of grievance.
She was going to go, but her mother wouldn't let her say anything. Can you blame her?
The night in Dahe Village was a bit hot. The chirping of insects and birds passed through the night, and the breeze in the early morning woke up the whole village.
Cheng Wanwan got up early. She had some backache after working for many days, but these were not serious problems.
The five mother and son took the ice powder, got on the bullock cart, and headed straight to Hekou Town.
The pier was very busy in the morning. Five people, mother and son, set up stalls in two directions. Because the reputation of ice powder has spread, the sales went particularly smoothly today. In less than half an hour, two barrels of ice powder were sold out. Five people, mother and son, set up stalls. Head to Nanfu Academy.
It was still early now, so the mother and son found a step to sit down.
Cheng Wanwan turned around and asked the four children: "Do you want to enter Nanfu Academy?"
Zhao Dashan scratched the back of his head: "The academy shouldn't let outsiders in to sell things, right?"
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
She took a deep breath and asked again: "I mean, do you want to study in Nanfu Academy?"
Zhao Sanniu shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, I'm stupid, I can't read, I don't study!"
Zhao Ergou said: "I asked the uncle next to me that a month's training in Nanfu Academy costs two taels of silver. You also need to buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones. The cheapest one costs at least one tael of silver for a complete set. Our family studies Sorry."
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said: "As long as you want to study, there will always be a way. The question is, do you want to study?"
There was longing in Zhao Sidan's eyes: "Mom, I want to study, but it's too expensive. If I study, won't my family be able to afford meat in the future?"
"Then mother, just work hard to make money." Cheng Wanwan touched his head, "I will send you to study first. Once you have learned it, you will come back and teach your eldest brother, second brother and third brother, okay?"
Sidan is still young and is the most suitable for studying. She has wanted to send her child to study for a long time, but she has never had the chance.
Now I have some money on hand. In a few days, when the repair money is enough, I can send Sidan...
The uncle next to him kindly reminded: "Nanfu Academy only accepts children. Your sons probably don't know how to read yet, so they can only be sent to elementary schools."
Cheng Wanwan covered her face, well, Nanfu Academy does not accept enlightened students, but there is no private school in the village, and the nearest school is in Chengjia Village. She would not send her children there even if she died, so she could only Send it to the private school in Ping'an Town, and then you have to ask what the situation is.
At noon, the bell of Nanfu Academy rang, and Cheng Wanwan had to put the matter behind her for the time being.
She walked to the stall and started business. Students came in groups. The ice powder was sold very quickly, and more than half of it was sold out in a short time.
The students stood in front of the stall eating ice powder, and from time to time they discussed what they had learned in class.
Cheng Wanwan also listened with her ears pricked up. She was unfamiliar with this era and needed to absorb more information.
"If it doesn't rain, the farmland within a thousand miles of Hekou Town may not be harvested. I don't know what measures the court will take."
"This month's exam will probably be based on this topic. We can think about it in advance."
"I heard that a village in Pingan Town next door discovered a water source and dug ditches from the mountains to divert water, saving thousands of acres of rice fields."
"Is there such a strange thing?"
Cheng Wanwan didn't expect that this matter would spread to Hekou Town next door. Even these students who were ignorant of what was going on outside the window knew that the drought seemed to be indeed serious and the affected areas were very wide, otherwise there would be no one in the class. Mention these irrelevant things.
"Mom, I saw Cousin Cheng." Zhao Sanniu stared, "The one in the middle over there, right?"
It was too late for Zhao Sidan to stop him, because Cheng Wanwan had already looked over. Cheng Zhao, wearing a white and blue academy uniform and holding two books in his hand, was walking out of the academy door.
He didn't plan to come over originally, but he felt someone looking at him, so he looked over and met Cheng Wanwan's eyes.
Cheng Zhao suddenly laughed, and he knew that he was right that day. It was indeed the second aunt, but why was the second aunt selling ice powder at the entrance of the academy?
It turns out that the ice powder that everyone in the academy has been praising these days is actually sold by the second aunt?
Cheng Zhao liked his second aunt very much. Most of his tuition fees were paid by his second aunt. The second aunt treated him better than several of his cousins.
The second aunt made a special trip to sell food outside his school, probably to raise money for him.
He stepped over.
