Li Zheng, when the patriarch invited Master Qin to come, he indeed said that he wanted to build a book school for the children in the village to study.

But what Master Qin didn't expect was that the big man chatting with him actually had a son who was a scholar?!

Oh my God!

He spoke to the scholar's face, and he seemed to be a very capable person!

His tone suddenly became respectful: "It turns out that your master is a scholar, I am disrespectful... If there is any offense in the past few days, please forgive me. I am just a craftsman, a rough man..."

The villagers in Zhujiacun waved their hands at him: "Hey, Master Qin, I don't understand what you are saying. My son is not a scholar yet, he just learned a few words from the girl from Zhu's family, and later he went to elementary school.

He is really good at studying. I will consider sending him to the town and letting him become a scholar..."

In his heart, only those who go to town to study can be considered a true scholar.

Not only he thinks so, but most people in the village think so too.

Ye Yuran, as for Ye Yuran, didn't bother to explain. Anyway, when things got to that point, everyone would naturally understand.

It was okay if he didn't explain it, but when he explained it, Master Qin was even more confused: You said your son is not a scholar, but he is literate and is studying elementary school. What is he if he is not a scholar?

Could it be that his son is not good at reading?

But no, what plan he mentioned before has anything to do with his son?

don't know!

Don't understand at all!

The adults were working hard to build canals, dig pits, and build schools. With such hard work, Ye Yuran naturally would not let the children in the village "idle" and feel nothing.

If they don’t understand or know anything at all, how can children be “thankful” to adults for their efforts and learn to work hard?

Only when they know that everything they have now is "hard-earned" will children cherish it more.

Therefore, Ye Yuran assigned a task to Zhu Bamei and the others: "Arrange a group activity for the children. Let them observe what preparations their parents have made for next year this winter and talk about their thoughts."

The theme was quite high-end, and Zhu Bamei immediately understood that it was a "project investigation".

I directly took the "Rice Growth Record" I had made before and redesigned it based on the model. I called the children in the enlightenment class over and published the "Winter Vacation Homework".

It happened that Zhu Qi, Dabao and Erbao were all at home, so they did it together.

However, compared with the children in the enlightenment class, their task is slightly different - to investigate what preparations Zhujiacun has made this winter for next year, and to talk about their feelings.

Children in the enlightenment class only need to dictate one by one, and Zhu Bamei will help record it; but Zhu Qi, Dabao, and Erbao are different. They can do the investigation together, but after the investigation is completed, they need to submit an "investigation report" separately.

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Master Qin, who was building a book school in Zhujia Village, was very lucky to meet a few of them. Those children were carrying a small bag filled with leaves of the big-leaf holly tree and a sharpened small wooden stick.

stick.

They took leaves and small sticks and ran to the adults to ask questions, such as what tasks they were going to do this winter, how long each task took, how long they had to work every day, and why they had to do these tasks...

Each child can ask three questions, and then use small sticks to make signs on the leaves.

Master Qin was curious and took a closer look: "Huh? What are you doing?"

"What are you doing? Let's take notes."

"What is this character?" Master Qin was a little confused. Maybe he didn't know many characters, but what did the flowers and grass painted on the leaves mean?

Zhu Gouyuan pointed to one of the leaves and said, "Yes, this leaf says that my father wants to do three things."

"Is this the word 'piece'?"

Zhu Gouyuan's expression was innocent: "I can't write, so I drew a pointed thing instead. Anyway, it means 'piece'. I just need to understand it myself."

"..." Master Qin was speechless for a while, "Why do you ask?"

"The task assigned to us by the teacher is to observe this winter and talk about what preparations our parents have made for next year."

Master Qin thought that the "sir" they were talking about was the gentleman invited specially for them by the village.

However, he was confused: "Sir? Why did he ask you to observe this?"

Zhu Gouyuan scratched his head: "I don't know either. Anyway, I will do whatever the teacher asks me to do."

At this moment, other friends also finished asking and called him.

He said goodbye to Master Qin and trotted away.

Master Qin unexpectedly discovered that these children looked quite wild, but they also seemed to be quite polite.

How to say?

Even when I come in and out, I know how to say hello to you, and I will give you the same courtesy as a junior when meeting an elder.

The business in Zhujiacun was probably one of the saddest experiences for Master Qin in his life, and it was the kind of experience he could brag about.

By the time he finished his work and returned to the village, it was almost the New Year.

He drank too much for a while, held his old friend's hand, and chatted about Zhujiacun: "Brother, you don't know, Zhujiacun is really weird!"

"Children this old know what plans to make before doing anything."

"They still have their own husbands and they have to build a school."

…

Balabala, let’s talk.

But the old man didn't believe it and thought he had drunk too much and was bragging.

Master Qin was anxious: "Really, brother, I didn't lie to you..."

This year, not only for the Zhu family, but also for the Zhujia Village, it was a smooth year.

The wallet around my waist is full, the bacon under the beam is full, and the rice in the barn is full. I feel that these days are really getting more promising as time goes by.

Many people, after preparing New Year items, found excuses to send them to Mr. Zhu’s house.

"Is Aunt Zhu at home? Ah, not there? It's okay. This is our freshly steamed meat bun. It's quite fresh. Let your mother have a try."

"My son-in-law specially brought this back from other places. He said that we don't have it locally, so I will give you some for everyone to try."

"Oh, the calligraphy Dabao wrote for my family last time was so beautiful that everyone praised it. I brought something to thank him for."

…

During the Chinese New Year, the Zhu family's business did not stop. Liu, Liu, Li, and Lin were extremely busy. As a result, people would come to deliver things to their door from time to time. They were very angry and funny.

"Oh, aunt, please don't give them away next time. My family is busy! Why don't you still want to eat meat-flavored beans during the Chinese New Year? We are making them at home and don't have time to entertain you!" Mrs. Li took the things away and neatly put them away.

He gave a gift in return and sent the person to the door.

The aunt smiled and said: "It's okay, we are all from the same village, we don't need you to entertain us. Come back, it's so close, I will be home in a while. Wait a few days and come to your house to pay New Year's greetings after the Chinese New Year!"

Are you coming again? Ms. Li is dumbfounded. It seems that she needs to discuss with her mother-in-law and prepare some more "return gifts". Don't take the things sent by others as "return gifts" and send them back. That would be really embarrassing.
Chapter completed!