At dinner, Fang Guizhi came back, because Fang Guizhi was a teacher, she always kept a straight face in front of the children, so the children of the Gao and Liu families were very afraid of her when they were young, although now Liu Tongjiang and Gao Qi have grown up to 17 or 8 years old, but they are still palpitating, as long as Fang Guizhi is at home, they are honest, and they dare not shout and make a fuss, not to mention Gao Jie, who does not even dare to come out in front of his mother.

After dinner, Fang Guizhi gathered the minors in the family together and began to lecture, which is also the practice of the Gao and Liu families, and now there are a total of 5 people in the Gao and Liu families attending the Hope School, namely Gao Qi in the senior class, Liu Guangcheng and Gao Yinghuan in the middle class, Liu Wenying and Cao Lin in the first class, of which Cao Lin is the fourth generation great-granddaughter of the Gao family, plus Gao Jie and Liu Tongjiang, a total of 7 people.

The first thing to say is Gao Qi, Fang Guizhi said: "Qiqi, in the final teaching exam of this semester, your cultural class score is the first in the class, but the professional class score can only rank 9th in the class, especially the economics class, you have just passed, and the last question [On the relationship between economic crisis and Keynesianism], you almost have no score, so you have to strengthen the study of professional courses this summer." ”

Gao Qi lowered his head, courses like politics, economics, finance, and management are not areas that girls are good at, because the understanding of concepts is greater than rote memorization, and the time-traveler does not provide standard answers to the exam, completely relying on the students' own ideas and play, and then the teacher will score them uniformly, so although Gao Qi has always studied well, he is also a little unable to do so.

In fact, Fang Guizhi's favorite child at home is Gao Qi, so seeing her appearance, Fang Guizhi also slowed down and said: "These professional courses are all new knowledge, different from the subjects you originally studied, you have to pay attention to the method of learning, I have brought back the relevant reference books for you, these books must be read carefully this summer, and you must understand them." ”

Gao Qi nodded and said, "I know." ”

Fang Guizhi was also very satisfied, and turned his head again: "Gao Jie, Tongjiang, the two of you have the heaviest task this summer, because you have to go back to school next year, and you have dropped half a year of classes compared to others, although you don't have to take the college entrance examination in college, but at least you have to ensure that you pass the grades, so not only can you not be easy this summer, but you also have to step up your studies after the start of school." Although your ability to learn cultural courses is not good, the proportion of cultural courses in the upper classes is much less, and many professional courses have been added, which is also to prepare for the division of subjects in the university. ”

When Gao Jie and Liu Tongjiang heard this, they could only spit out and nod, not even daring to say a word.

Fang Guizhi said to the other 4 people: "You are the same, although you don't have the pressure to go to school, but you can't relax your studies, because you are all laying the foundation, at this time you should lay a solid foundation, so that after entering the senior class, you will have the energy to study professional courses, and I will go to the farm every weekend to check your learning." ”

These young children didn't dare to say anything.

Fang Guizhi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, that's it, you all go back to clean up your things and set off for the farm early tomorrow morning." ”

The next day happened to be Saturday, and in the morning, 7 children of different sizes took the train to Wangjiazhai Farm under the leadership of Gao Shijie, Fang Guizhi, Liu Weizhong, and Gao Caihong.

About an hour later, the train arrived at Wangjiazhai Farm Station, where Gao Caixia, Han Yu, Gao Shizuo, and Liu Yingmei had already received a notice to greet them at the station.

Wangjiazhai Farm is the first state-owned farm established when the traveler first arrived in Shandong, at that time the East China Government has not yet been established, at the beginning of the establishment of the farm, only more than 1,000 acres of area, and after nearly three years of land expansion and expansion, now it has reached more than 2,500 acres, but in the East China Government has established more than 10 state-owned farms, it is the smallest one, has been suggested by parliamentarians, that the scale of Wangjiazhai Farm is too small, it is recommended to simply cancel it, distribute the land to local farmers, or move a part of the population from other regions, establish a new village。

However, Wangjiazhai Farm is the closest farm to Qingdao, and it is the first state-owned farm established by the traverser, the symbolism is of great significance, and even if the Wangjiazhai Farm is canceled, it is not suitable to distribute the land to local farmers or establish a new village, so it was finally decided to keep Wangjiazhai Farm, but the function of the farm was changed from the production type to the scientific experiment type, and it was used as an agricultural scientific research base.

At the beginning of 1903, the old couple resigned from the farm and became agricultural consultants, while another pair of old husband and concubines, Liu Chenghe and Zou Lanxiu, also resigned from their posts on the Tianjin farm and settled in Wangjiazhai Farm and also served as agricultural consultants. The four old men have almost settled down on the farm to retire. Gao Shunxiang's eldest daughters, Gao Caixia and Han Yu, took over the operation and management of the farm.

After getting off the train, several adults immediately greeted each other and talked and laughed with the children.

Gao Shijie said: "The third child, have all the people arrived?"

Gao Shizuo said: "Everyone else can arrive before dinner today, Gao Zhen and Zhou Lihong have already said hello, they took the evening bus back, but they can't catch dinner, so we don't have to wait for them, but the two brothers will come back by tomorrow morning's train, and they can have lunch with us, only the two brothers have not set a time, only that they will definitely come back tomorrow, but they can't be sure when?"

Gao Shijie frowned and said, "What is the boss doing, this is not a year, this is not a festival, and everyone is consumed back to get together, but he doesn't have a letter." ”

Han Yu said: "Third brother, isn't the eldest brother busy? One of the nine committee members, it will be so easy, but since he said that he wants to come back, he will definitely come back." ”

Gao Shijie said: "He is not alone, who is not a big deal, I knew that we would come back tomorrow." ”

Fang Guizhi glared at him and said, "Will you die if you don't say a few words? Big brother is not a person who doesn't know how to measure, no matter how busy you are, is your eldest brother busy? Is it important that your affairs are related to your eldest brother's affairs? Is it important to have family affairs? ”

It turns out that Fang Guizhi's character is not only to discipline the children as his own students, but also to reprimand her husband as a student's parent, which has been like this for more than 20 years, Gao Shijie is also used to it, and he doesn't feel that his wife has let him lose face in front of his younger brothers and sisters, in fact, he doesn't really complain about his eldest brother, but is used to saying a few words, and after being said a few words by his wife, he no longer speaks.

The others were also used to their husbands and wives fighting each other like this, and they didn't take it seriously, Han Yu said: "Second brother, the eldest brother gathered us all together at this time, saying that there is something important for the whole family to discuss, what is it?"

Gao Shijie said: "Of course, it is a big event, and it is related to the future fate and development of our two families." ”

Han Yu couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said, "Is it so serious? It is said that our two families are now mixing very well in the government, and I heard you say that it looks like there is some crisis between our two families." ”

Liu Weizhong said with a smile: "Of course there is no crisis, the development of the government is thriving, the comprehensive strength is constantly strengthening, and our two families have a lot of strength, and they all have a skill, with the ability to gain a foothold in the government, what crisis can there be, Brother Shi Ze is prepared for danger in times of peace, it is a good thing that there are many people in our two families, but if we want to be in one place, we must work together, so formulate a development plan, our government has a development plan, and of course our two families must have, only in this way can our two families prosper." ”

Han Yu nodded and said, "So that's the case, or the eldest brother thinks far ahead." ”

At this time, Gao Shijie said: "Okay, okay, if you have something to say at home, your parents are still waiting for you at home?"

So the group left the train station and walked towards the farm. The train station is not far from the gate of the farm, less than 500 meters, so it doesn't take long for the group to reach the farm. Everyone had a farm pass, and without much delay at the door, they entered the farm and returned to their homes.

Now the Gao and Liu families have regarded the farm as their hometown in this era, so every year during the New Year's holiday, the whole family will return to the farm to celebrate. At this time, the population of the two families was close to 30 people, and a total of 10 families were formed, so after the application of the family and the approval of the Executive Yuan, a foundation of about 800 square meters was set aside on the farm and a large mansion was built to ensure that each family had its own independent living space after returning.

When I returned home, the first thing I wanted to do was to visit the elderly. At this time, the four old men of the two families have been waiting for their arrival in the hall, and the youngest of the four old people is 69 years old, but because of the perennial field work in the old time and space, and the diet is also very healthy, coupled with the open personality, so the four old people are in good health, very tough, and they are also the first to adapt to the life of this era A group of traversers, and they have a good time, until now the four old people can still do most of the farm work, the waist is not bent, and the breath is not panting, it seems that they can live at least another 1 or 20 years.

Although the life of the four old people on the farm was very fulfilling, they were naturally very happy to see their daughters come back, and because they were grandsons, granddaughters, and great-grandchildren, the four old men were naturally very happy, and pulled the juniors to ask how they were studying? Are they not used to their living habits, and are the living conditions in the city good? And the two old ladies kept stuffing them with food.

Although the types of snacks in this era are not as rich as in the old time and space, there are a lot of fruits, peanuts, melon seeds and other crops on the farm, and some dried fruit foods are processed, so there are a lot of snacks.