The two children had cried and scolded him when they saw him before. On the second day of their wedding, he didn't want to go to the old courtyard and get scolded, so he asked Li Dazhong to take the golden lock he had prepared long ago to the old courtyard.
Tao Zhu looked at his expression carefully and advised: "The two children are young and not sensible. They will definitely get better if they are taught well in the future. Just look at Brother Dazhong and you will know."
"Well, I'm not in a hurry."
Baiyou smiled. Since he chose Li Dazhong, of course he had to accept the two children.
Li Dazhong is a good man and treats his two children very well. He does not want to conflict with Li Dazhong regarding the children.
Having been tortured by his late husband's family, now he only asks his man to treat him well. As long as Li Dazhong treats him wholeheartedly, he is willing to give in to anything else.
Tao Zhu looked at the smile on Baiyou's face and thought of Li Qiao's words for some reason.
Li Qiao said before that it doesn't matter even if he never has children, the worst he can do is adopt one.
But looking at Baiyou's situation, Baiyou is willing to accept the two children, but the two children feel that Baiyou has robbed Li Dazhong, so they are crying and clamoring for Han Xiaoyan as their biological mother. Baiyou has to put a lot of effort into solving this situation...
If it's not your own biological child, there will always be a gap.
Even if the Li family is willing to adopt their child to their husband, what will the child think?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look down at his belly.
After cooking for so long, I even ate bird's nests and abalone, and Li Qiao worked very hard, but why hasn't there been any movement?
In the evening, Tao Zhu was much more enthusiastic than usual. He didn't want Li Qiao to guess why he was enthusiastic, so he just showed that he was a little depressed.
It's really depressing.
Whether he wants to give birth or not is one thing.
But whether it can be born is another matter.
After Li Qiao heard what he said, he immediately counted the time with his fingers: "Next year we have to go to Fucheng, and the year after that we have to go to the capital. The mountains are high and the roads are far. If you are really pregnant, how hard will it be?"
"We must not have children within the next two years. We will wait until we settle down."
Tao Zhu: "..."
right.
He really cannot get pregnant within these two years, otherwise he will not only suffer, but he will also not be able to take care of this person's food, clothing, and daily life.
He still has to win the court examination case together with this person.
Thinking of this, Tao Zhu was no longer depressed and went to kiss Li Qiao with a smile.
Children or whatever, stay back a little bit.
He hasn't spent enough time with this person yet.
On the third day after Baiyou and Li Dazhong got married, Shen Hua came.
Because today was not Baiyou's big day, he couldn't help crying again, his eyes were as red as a rabbit.
Tao Zhu felt a little distressed when he saw it. He felt that Shen Hua was the rich and delicate version of Zheng Qianqian. He was fair and tender, cute and had a good temper. He was such a good little brother, but now he was raped by Xu. The family dislikes it.
After staying with Shen Hua for a day, Shen Hua was still wilting when he left. Tao Zhu returned home and talked about it with Li Qiao when he went to bed at night, and couldn't help but sigh.
"I asked him to make it clear with Xu Ying, but he didn't dare. He was afraid that Xu Ying would think the same way."
"Baiyou really can't stand it anymore. He asked you to pay more attention in the future. He wants to find someone better than Xu Ying for Shen Hua."
"……good."
Li Qiao responded.
However, for now, he can't find anyone better than Xu Ying.
This time I went to Fucheng to take the exam. Although I met a lot of people, none of them could compare with Xu Ying in all aspects.
And based on his current social circle, at least until next year's college exam, he won't know more people.
Because he has to study hard for the next year.
In addition, there is no Internet at this time and he cannot make friends online. Where can he find high-quality young people?
Li Qiao kept Tao Zhu's instructions in mind and still focused on reading during the day.
Previously, he read the Three Histories and Three Biographies carefully against the annotations and took notes while reading. The notes he took were very useful and helped him a lot now.
Like the Three Histories, these three books are all biographical history books.
The advantages of biographical history books are very clear, but the shortcomings are also very clear. It cannot record the entire process of a historical event. The same event will appear in multiple chapters, several times before and after.
Nor can it record the relationship between historical events and historical events.
So Li Qiao took notes by himself and sorted out all these historical figures and events individually.
He extracted a certain historical figure's life, merits and demerits, and influence on later generations from these three history books bit by bit.
The same is true for historical events. The reasons why a certain historical event occurred, the process of its occurrence, its significance at the time, and its impact on future generations were all extracted and recorded separately in his notebook.
He summarized and organized these, and so far, the thickness of the notes he had compiled was almost as thick as the Three Histories.
Although this method is more laborious, it is very effective for him. If he wants to inquire about a certain person or event, he can just look through his notes and remember all aspects clearly.
Moreover, it can also deepen the understanding and recitation of the original text.
Relying on his own notes, his hard study is quite effective. In addition, he is now a level two superpower and his memory is better than when he was level one, so his daily hard study is very effective.
His studies were effective every day, and this sense of satisfaction and achievement stimulated him and made him unable to help but work harder.
While Li Qiao was studying hard, summer came.
The weather is getting hotter.
The rain this year is not as abundant as the previous two years. It rains less during the wheat harvest, which is a good thing, but if it doesn’t rain after the wheat harvest is over, it is a bad thing.
Irrigation at this time basically relied on human power. People used buckets to carry water from rivers and wells, and then carried it to their own fields to irrigate dry crops.
After a whole day, people's shoulders were reddened by the burden, but the fields were not watered much.
Every grain of grain is hard work. These five words are not just words. Behind them are countless sweats and exhaustions.
Li Qiao's keel waterwheel has been completed through his "experiments" again and again.
At this time his keel waterwheel came in handy.
For example, the special and superior fields in Zhujiacun can be irrigated by only a few people with the help of keel waterwheels.
However, if there are no fields near the river, we have to rely on wells.
In the past two years, every household in Sanliu Village has earned a lot of money. After having money, the villagers all bought bullock carts.
There is no other way. They have to transport sweet potatoes to the sweet potato factory in winter, and the speed of the truck is too slow, which affects their ability to make money.
Therefore, every household has arranged for a bullock cart.
With the oxcart, we no longer need to carry water for irrigation like before. Instead, we can use the oxcart to pull buckets for irrigation.
The villagers are very satisfied with this.
But Li Qiao was not satisfied.
He immediately assigned Li Gu a new task: digging a well.
Drilling more wells in the fields will save you a few steps when irrigating.
However, if you want to save more effort, you still have to dig the river.
For example, a small river can be dug next to the adobe road, so that nearby farmers can save some effort.
And, of course, his own fields.
However, things like digging rivers needed to be informed to Magistrate Jiang, so on a less hot day, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went to the county seat to find Magistrate Jiang.
Jiangzhi County has been very busy recently. When Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went there, he was not in Pingcheng. He went to Yongxing County next door.
As the short essay written by the Holy Spirit for vermicelli spread, big businessmen from other places sensed business opportunities, and some of the quick-footed ones have come to Pingcheng for on-the-spot inspections.
Moreover, the big businessmen in Fucheng who sell vermicelli to other provinces have also given feedback, saying that although the vermicelli is expensive, they sell well in other provinces.
Ordinary people certainly cannot afford it, but nobles and rich people can afford it and are willing to eat it.
In this case, Ming Zhifu wanted to do something big.
In the past, because it was impossible to find a market for the vermicelli, during the sweet potato planting season, the Ming Prefecture did not allow the other four counties to plant sweet potatoes on a large scale.
Now that the vermicelli has no worries about selling, the prefect Ming asked the other four counties to grow more sweet potatoes.
If farmers have planted other crops on their own fields, they can plant some in their family vegetable plots or in wasteland that does not belong to the public.
It's not too late to plant at this time. If you plant more, you can make more money in the winter.
After the sweet potatoes were planted, Magistrate Ming asked the other four counties to directly copy Pingcheng's experience to build sweet potato workshops and select workers.
Therefore, Jiangzhi County had to go to the other four counties one by one to provide guidance.
After this year, vermicelli is not only a specialty of Pingcheng, but also a specialty of the entire Hexi Prefecture. It represents the face of Hexi Prefecture. Therefore, whether it is Jiangzhi County or Mingzhi Prefecture, the requirements for sweet potato workshops and workers are very high.
But it is a pity that not every magistrate is as ambitious as Magistrate Jiang and wants to do something great.
It's good to be a county magistrate, and a local emperor, as long as he doesn't make big mistakes, although he won't be promoted, he won't be demoted either.
Therefore, Jiangzhi County's guidance work in Yongxing County was not going smoothly. It was supposed to be completed in seven or eight days, but it took more than ten days to return to Pingcheng.
Jiang Zhixian was away, so Li Qiao Taozhu had no choice but to return to the village.
Well, digging a river cannot be done in a day anyway, so he should focus on digging a well first.
Not only give it to your own family, but also give a few shots to the village, so that the villagers can also save energy.
While Li Qiao was busy looking for a well-drilling team, Zheng Qianqian, who had just been married to Li Dashan for two months, became pregnant.
They got pregnant two months after getting married. Li Dashan and Zheng Qianqian were very happy. Just as Zheng Qianqian had said when he was in Fucheng, he wanted to have a baby with Li Dashan as soon as possible so that he could take part in Li Qiao's happiness.
Look, there is indeed a baby.
Li Qiao could only say that the two of them should become husband and wife. After getting married, not only did their young life go smoothly, but the child also appeared in such a timely manner.
Very complete.
But he and Tao Zhu are really in no hurry and are focusing on digging wells now. If the irrigation problem is not solved, there will be no sweet potato harvest in autumn.
There won't be a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes, but it will affect his and Tao Zhu's income.
