Known as Mo Ruo Mu (father), Niu Hua'er Song Cai had a thorough understanding of Song Xixi's temperament, and easily noticed the abnormality she displayed when she faced the official's interrogation.
At that time, Niu Hua'er was afraid that others would notice, so she immediately jumped out to attack her, diverting everyone's attention to herself, so that they had no time to explore Song Xixi's abnormality.
The official didn't know much about Song Xixi, and neither did the people in the other three villages. Only then did Song Xixi escape the suspicion and was determined to have nothing to do with Chu Sheng's death.
Maybe someone in the Song family'ao will come to think about it afterwards, but there is no basis for it. As long as they don't want to be enemies with the Song family, it is unlikely to expose this to the outside world.
Song Xixi thought for a long time, lowered her head and admitted her mistake to the couple: "I was careless this time. I will be careful next time so as not to worry you."
When Niu Hua'er heard this, she almost fainted: "You, you, you, do you still want a next time? Are you going to make me mad to death?"
Song Xixi said helplessly: "Niu Xiaohua, please be reasonable, every time I encounter something that kills someone, is it my own problem?"
Niu Hua'er recalled that since her escape, every time Guobao killed someone, it was the other person who had the intention to kill first, and she was speechless and unable to refute.
Song Cai asked: "Good boy, what did Chu do this time to make you want to take his life regardless of the consequences?"
Song Xixi's eyes turned cold, and she slowly spoke of Chu Sheng's animal behavior in a language suitable for her age, so that the couple would not have any new suspicions about her.
"Beast! Beast! Die well, damn it!"
When she heard that Chu Sheng intended to be unfaithful to her daughter and had harmed more than a dozen little girls in the past ten years, her daughter was so angry that she killed him. Song Cai Niu and Hua'er were all gnashing their teeth, wishing they could kill this beast with their own hands!
After getting angry, Song Cai touched his daughter's head and said, "You are still a child, so it is inevitable that you will not think carefully sometimes. If you encounter something that has to be done in the future, you can tell me and your mother first."
Song Xixi knew that he was scared, fearing that she would leave traces of her actions and be discovered by the government and be arrested, so she obediently agreed.
Not that she promised to tell them, but that she would sweep her tail clean and not let anyone know that she did it.
But she doesn't have a hobby of killing people, so she'd better not encounter anything that forces her to take action in the future.
When the family of three returned to the cave, Song Xixi was entangled by Niu Niu and Tu Maomao at the door, so he had to continue telling them the story he had not finished last night.
Song Cai Niu Hua'er met the questioning eyes of Song Wufu and Zhang Xiaomei and explained the whole story clearly in a very low voice.
After hearing this, the old couple couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
In addition to feeling that Chu Sheng deserves to die, it also takes some time to digest the issue of his granddaughter and getting to know the wolves.
After coming back to her senses, Zhang Xiaomei solemnly warned: "It's enough for us two elders to know about this matter. Don't mention it to the boss and the second one."
Song Cai nodded. The more people know, the more risk of leakage.
It was about his only daughter. He wished that God didn't even have eyes or ears!
Afterwards, the couple from the first and second bedrooms asked, but they were fooled.
They mistakenly thought that the couple took their feelings into consideration and did not want Song Xixi to go to school to study and learn literacy, so they took Song Xixi to another place and gave some serious talk.
The second bedroom of the first house felt sorry for this, and went to Song Wufu and Zhang Xiaomei to express their support for Song Xixi to go to school, and would not be dissatisfied just because their children could not go.
With the current conditions of the Song family, it would be difficult to provide for one child to go to school. But if we really want to provide for one, we can only provide for Song Xixi.
Seeing that the first and second bedrooms took it seriously, Song Wufu and Zhang Xiaomei seriously asked Song Xixi's opinion.
But Song Xixi shook her head: "When I lived in a shack before, I went to Fucheng to inquire about it. It is not easy for a woman to enter a school. In addition to money, she also needs connections."
In any era, educational resources are limited. Especially in the Jin Dynasty when women could not participate in the imperial examinations, 99% of educational resources were tilted towards men.
Public schools in the Jin Dynasty only admitted men. Women who wanted to study and become literate had to either be taught by their elders or go to private schools.
Those who open girls' private schools are mostly from large families or wealthy families. Such private schools will not recruit outsiders unless they are related to the family and are recommended by important people in the family.
“We don’t have a private school in our village, and we don’t know any big family that runs a private school, so what should we do?”
Niu Hua'er was the first to be anxious. Even though she felt that there was no need for the girl's family to study, but her daughter missed it, she supported it with both hands.
"Yes, there should be other ways, right?"
The couple with a big family and a second wife are also a little anxious. At present, their daughter does not have the conditions to study. What if she does have the conditions in the future? It is always right to prepare in advance.
"This matter is not urgent for the time being. Maybe there will be a solution in the future." Song Xixi, who should have been the most anxious, was not anxious anymore, and even had a plan in mind.
However, everything about this plan is good, except that it is more expensive. Now that she is a poor person, there is no need to tell everyone about it and make everyone upset.
In mid-October, the second batch of houses in Songjiaao had just been completed, and suddenly there was a big drop in temperature. In the middle of the night, all the people in the cave woke up from the cold, and had to get up and light a fire to keep warm.
Most families had prepared cotton-padded clothes and quilts in advance and were not greatly affected. A few families were worried about money and procrastinated not going to the town to buy them. Soon, elderly and children at home fell ill with frostbite.
Despite the scolding of the old village chief, these families shamelessly borrowed thick cotton-padded clothes and braved the biting cold wind to run to the town to buy quilts and cotton-padded clothes.
Due to the sudden drop in temperature, the prices of these two necessities increased sharply. They spent nearly 30% more money to buy them, not to mention how upset they were.
In the future, the weather will get colder and colder, and the cave will no longer be suitable for living. The whole village will gather together to discuss moving matters.
There are currently a total of fifteen houses built. Among them, the first five houses are completely dry and can be moved in at any time. The remaining ten houses still need to dry for ten days and a half.
After some discussion, the whole village was decided to temporarily live in these five houses. When the other ten houses become habitable, they will be allocated to live in them. This year, we can only live in this way.
In the end, a total of eight households were assigned to the Song family's house.
In addition to Zhou Taohua's family of three and Yang Cuilian's family of four, there are also six families including Song Baotian, totaling thirty-eight people.
In the other four houses, the number of people living there is almost the same.
After choosing an auspicious day, the whole village began to move things into the new house.
After working inside and outside for a long time, I finally finished it!
What the Song family didn't expect was that someone would come to congratulate them on this day and even send a basket of eggs as a gift.
"The eggs laid by your own chickens are not worth much, so just accept them. Your family will hold a housewarming party later, and I will come to ask for a wedding drink!"
Fang Xiaocui smiled and stuffed the basket into Zhang Xiaomei's hand, and even though she was talking about it, she didn't give Zhang Xiaomei a chance to refuse.