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Chapter 41: Good Reading

Hua Po and his wife were standing outside the door, with Little Hua Zai and Cat Zai following behind.

After watching the group of government officials leave, I dared to step forward and ask.

"Aunt Hua, come and sit down, it's nothing important. The people from the government office are just here to buy my seeds. I was prepared to hand over ten loads of grain last year. It's not useless. Some of it is for growing grain."

Grandma Hua felt relieved, she thought they were here to arrest someone.

"Aunt Hua, these are some vegetable seeds. You can take them back and plant them."

Liu Chunlan took out a small bag of vegetable seeds. Aunt Hua and Uncle Lu were at home, so they could plant some vegetables or something.

Lu Fengping was sent to fight, and the old couple thought about it all day long, and it was good for neighbors to take care of each other.

Grandma Hua thanked her, carefully wrapped the seeds, and put them in her pocket.

Father Wang came back from the trail with a hoe on his shoulder. Today he and his son tended the rice fields and released water.

When the rice seedlings are cultivated, it is time to transplant them.

Both Mr. Wang and Wang Yongan had big bare feet, which were dripping with water and hung with unwashed mud.

Walking into the yard, every step is wet, and some mud will shake out from the rolled-up trouser legs.

Wen Zhuo and Wen Jing took out a large bowl and poured boiled water into it.

The two of them finished the drink and burped.

"Hey, come and wash up."

Liu Chunlan looked at her man, who looked like he had rolled out of muddy water, and his clothes were no longer visible, and she felt a little distressed.

He took a bucket of clean water and washed the two of them carefully.

An Ran ran forward, but Father Wang asked someone to stop her. He was covered in mud and he didn't want to dirty his clean clothes.

An Ran was not convinced, so she dragged the bamboo mat that her uncle had made for her to the side and sat down on it.

All the fatigue in Father Wang's body disappeared, and he wiped the residue from the corners of Fubao's mouth with his hand.

This remnant was a cake baked by the ladies to make her teeth itch.

Recently she has grown a few more teeth and is able to chew on a lot of things.

"Dad, look!"

Wang Yongye took out a silver note from his arms, which was neatly folded.

"What is this?" Zhang Guihua thought it was a piece of paper at first glance.

"So much money!" Fang Cuiying is knowledgeable. Although she doesn't know a few Chinese characters, how can she not recognize money.

"One hundred taels! Is this true? Hurry up and pinch me!"

Fang Cuiying had never touched such a big silver note before. The largest piece of silver she had ever touched was five taels.

A piece of paper was worth a basket of copper plates, and she couldn't even count them.

"It's really a hundred taels!"

A one-hundred-tael bank note is the largest denomination that ordinary people have seen. Unlike official silver, the maximum denomination is ten thousand taels, which is not a currency circulated by the lower class people.

Just this one banknote was enough to feed and drink their family for more than ten years.

Father Wang handed the banknote to Liu Chunlan. The money must be planned carefully.

"Dad, that high official also promised to help our child study."

This is a great joy. If someone recommends it, you can enter Songbai Academy.

"I'm happy today, I'll cook two more dishes." Liu Chunlan wiped her hands happily and prepared to celebrate.

"Aunt, I'll light the fire." Li Aling was very discerning and jumped up and took down the fire starter from the firewood pile.

Tonight's dinner is very rich, with one meat and two vegetarian dishes, served with white rice.

"Thank you, Auntie." Li Aling would always say thank you every time she served rice, and then come to An Ran's side with her own bowl.

An Ran discovered that Li Aling ate very quickly, eating as much as she could and never changing bowls.

An Ran's bowl contained cracked eggs, and she picked up a larger piece of egg white. The little girl should try to replenish it.

Ah Ling is really hard-working and rushes to do every job every day, as if only in this way can she have the value to stay in the Wang family.

Although Li Aliu plays with the boys, he is always bossed around by Wen Yuan and rarely talks.

"Mom, what are you sewing? Do you want to make clothes?"

Liu Chunlan was so happy that she finished stitching stitches one by one.

"I'll sew a book bag for you. Your father said that you can go to school in the future. Come and see how it goes."

"Mom, is it the big academy in town?" Wen Ming gestured happily.

"Your father said that no one in our family has read a book, so he sent you to a private school in Qiu Ming. The Songbaiyuan in the town is not suitable for us."

They all know that Songbai Academy is good, but they are all children of farmers and have never been enlightened. They cannot keep up after going there.

Qiu Ming Academy has fewer monks, the teachers are stricter, and the academy is full of children of similar age.

Candles were lit in the main room, and several women stayed up late sewing book bags, carefully sewing every stitch.

Father Wang smiled. His children and grandchildren can also go to school. People with pens are always better than farmers with their backs turned to the sky.

An Ran looked at several sewn bags, which were simple cloth bags with shoulder straps on them.

"A Liu, come here, Grandpa Wang asks you if you want to study?"

Father Wang called the boy next to him over. Li Aliu was about the same age as Wen Yuan, and he also ate from Eleven.

Lonely eyes suddenly lit up, and his slightly lowered head suddenly raised, he thought!

"If you want to go, let my sister-in-law make one for you. You will be our baby in our house, and Grandpa Wang will treat you equally."

It’s good to study, and you will be successful if you study, Father Wang thought.

One hundred taels of silver is needed to educate six boys of that age, which is a huge expense.

It takes more than half of the trip in a year, but Mr. Wang thinks it's worth it.

Li Aliu loosened his grip on the corner of his clothes. Grandpa Wang really wanted to send him to study. He heard several aunts say that studying is very expensive.

"Ouch! What are you doing? Get up quickly."

Father Wang pulled up Li Aliu, who suddenly knelt at his feet.

"If you really want to thank Grandpa Wang, you should say it seriously. If you have a future, I won't ask you to repay me or anything. Just go out of your own way. You will be a good man with your ambitions far away.

You guys, listen carefully and read this book carefully. Don’t be like us and don’t know a few Chinese characters.”

Wen Ming took the lead and promised that they would study hard and supervise their younger brothers.

Li Aling and several younger children curiously touched several ready-made school bags, their eyes full of longing and envy.

"Brother, you can go to school. Grandpa Wang is so kind. Brother, it would be great if I was a boy too."

Li Zhenxiang joked: "Can a girl who is born be transformed into a girl? Our daughter can also learn a lot of things."

Although the daughter's family also has a lot to learn, it is not as promising as the boys. Even if she learns needlework and cooking from her aunt, it is not what she wants in the end.

An Ran yawned. It's a pity that in this era, it is difficult for girls to study. Rich families have private tutors who specialize in asking for advice, gentlemen who teach piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or mothers who teach etiquette.

What will she do when she grows up? Hmm... Rice bug, it seems that she needs rice at home.

An Ran yawned and fell asleep, saying that she was asleep was not true.

Entering the farm, a pile of medical books were placed on the table, with one or two pages opened. Today is also the day to clock in to study medicine. Who will save the child?

Weeds are growing again on the farm, and the herbicide costs one thousand gold coins. It hurts my body and can only be used once.

A piece of land was recently upgraded and the output has doubled.

There are more and more common things in the warehouse, and there are very few rare things. It all depends on increasing the experience value.
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