Chapter 25 Homestead

Li Zi has a large family, a total of fifteen people, large and small. The old man made the decision to share the peanut candy and praline candy with everyone, sweet mouth, and let Li Zi keep the remaining piece. The old man said that it was Li Zi who learned well, and he was rewarded for another reward, and he should keep it himself. After the old man left Li Zi to ask about Yuan Anping, after listening to Yuan Anping's nonsense, Li Fukang touched his gray beard and said, "This Anping is not simple, Zi'er, follow him well in the future, this is your luck." Li Fukang felt that if this person wanted to be successful, he needed two things, one was talent, and the other was luck. Yuan Anping can be appreciated by Master Zhang because of his poems, which means that he has both, and success in this world is not only the way of the imperial examination, he firmly believes that Yuan Anping will have a great future in the future, so his grandson must follow him.

Li Zi didn't quite understand what his grandfather meant, but he was willing to follow Yuan Anping, and after talking to his grandfather, he gave the candy to his grandfather. Seeing his grandson so filial, Li Fukang was relieved.

Although Yuan Anping was not very aware of the various speculations in the village, he also knew the sensation caused by the carriage entering the village. He knew it would arouse everyone's curiosity, but he didn't take the initiative to explain anything. Although he has been here for some days, he has never had much contact with the people in the village, and the original owner seems to be a person who doesn't like to contact people before, and everyone doesn't think he is strange. Now because of teaching children to read and write, with the identity of a teacher, everyone has a sense of distance in their hearts, and generally they don't come to him for anything, and there are no people who come to the door to chat. He felt that this was very good, and he would not be bothered by all kinds of people.

After the children were gone, Yuan Anping went out with his things. The people who saw Yuan Anping on the road looked at him curiously, but no one stepped forward to ask. Some people who are enthusiastic and consciously have some familiar people with Yuan Anping will say hello and ask him where he is going. Yuan Anping would say politely: "Go to Grandpa Lizheng's place to talk about something." "Normally, no one will ask him anything in the end. felt that Yuan Anping was a little different from them, and such a sense of distance made it difficult for them to get too close.

Li Zheng's house is in the middle of the village, and the yard of the three large tiled houses is considered to be the best in the village. It is said that this is because the four sons of the Rimasa family are very prosperous and very filial. The eldest son of his family is engaged in business abroad, the second and third sons have errands in the town, and the younger son is a carpenter, who lives in the village and accompanies the old couple. Therefore, the Lizheng family is a rare wealthy family in the village.

Yuan Anping came to the gate of Lizheng's house and saw an old man basking in the sun in the yard, so he called out, "Grandpa Li." ”

When he opened his eyes and saw a boy standing at the door, he smiled and said, "Come in, what's the matter with me?"

Yuan Anping entered the courtyard, looked at him, and asked suspiciously: "You look at the eyes, whose family is the descendant?"

Li Zheng's wife, Wang, listened to the voice, came out of the back room, and saw that it was Yuan Anping, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Anping, you are here." Then he scolded the old man with a smile: "What kind of memory do you old man have, this is the descendant of the Genmao family." ”

Li Zheng took a closer look again, "Yo, it's really like what Gen Mao looked like back then." He pointed to the eaves, "Don't stand, there's a stool there, you can move it and sit down." ”

Yuan Anping handed the things in his hand to Wang, "Grandma Zeng, you take it." ”

Wang Shi looked at the square paper bag in his hand, which was either dim sum or sugar, and hurriedly excused himself, "Why do you still bring things when you come, it's too outward." ”

Yuan Anping hurriedly stuffed the things into Wang's hands, "Grandma Zeng, this is a little bit of my heart, you must take it." ”

Knowing that Yuan Anping was going to talk to his wife, Wang didn't refuse, so he accepted it with a smile.

Yuan Anping saw that Wang had accepted it, so he went to move a stool and sat down next to Lizheng.

Li Zhengren is over seventy years old, and he is considered to be a long life here, but his spirit is very good, seeing Yuan Anping sitting down, he said with a smile: "Come on such a trip and be so particular, let's say, what are you looking for me?"

Yuan Anping smiled and said his intention, "That's the case, the house I live in now is a little old, and the yard is too small." I'm going to re-expand it next year, I don't know who owns the vacant land next to my house?" "The house he lives in now is the old house that the original owner's father and mother got when they first separated, and the original owner's father and mother rebuilt the brick house and then vacant, and then the original owner's father fell ill and had to sell the house for money, so he had to live back in the original house.

Li Zheng thought about it after hearing this, and said to him: "The place on the west side of your yard is against the mountain, and no one owns it. If you want to use it, I'll give you a piece to make a homestead. It just so happens that you are about to get married at your age, so I will approve a piece for you, and it will be calculated as one hundred cents. As for the one on the east side, it belongs to Zhang Wang's family. When they were assigned to him, they were too biased, and they had been idle because they didn't divide the family. ”

"Zhang Wangjia?" Yuan Anping didn't know.

Wang came out of the house, heard what they said, and saw that Yuan Anping didn't seem to know Zhang Liang, so he said: "Didn't you teach Zhang Weihu to read, Zhang Wang is his father." ”

Yuan Anping was able to deal with the Venerable Master when he heard her say this, "Then whose house is the land behind my house?"

Wang smiled and explained to him: "Isn't the back of your house your vegetable patch, all the way to the front of the two big poplar trees, it is your family, if you expand it, it will definitely be enough." ”

Yuan Anping heard what Wang said, and thought that his vegetable field was really not small.

Li Zheng shook his head when he heard this, and disagreed: "That is the homestead left by our village, which can only be used to build a house." If you want to open the land, you can only open it elsewhere. But you must know that the newly opened wasteland has to pay the same tax, and you have to get another amount of money. It costs 300 yuan to open an acre of wasteland. Our land here is not good, and it is generally inferior to the field, and it usually takes two or three years to have a good harvest, so this compensation can be paid for two or three years. "That's why so few people open up wasteland.

Yuan Anping thought for a while, he was not short of money, but he was unwilling to open up wasteland. He never felt that he was suitable for farming, after all, farming is also a technical job, and his profession is not right. Yuan Anping could only give up: "Then I still want a homestead." Grandpa Li, do you think I can exchange my own land for Zhang Weihu's homestead?"

Li Zheng heard him ask, squinted his eyes and asked with a smile: "As far as I know, you kid has a total of two pieces of land, which piece of land are you going to exchange for?"

Yuan Anping showed a tacit smile, "It must be that medium field, I can't let Zhang Weihu's family suffer." ”

Li Zheng laughed, "Well, you kid has a good idea, just come to me and sign it when you agree." ”

Before Yuan Anping left, Li Zheng said solemnly: "An boy, you are good, you are willing to teach the children in the village to read." Those kids are blessed to have met you, you're so nice!"

Yuan Anping said modestly: "You praise it absurdly, I don't have enough knowledge, so I can only let them learn some words." ”

Li Zheng shook his head and said with a stern expression: "Those are enough for them, you have not only changed their fate but also the fate of their children, and they should always remember your kindness." "His four sons can have today, and his grandsons and great-grandchildren can have a good future, all because he knelt down and begged his uncle of the same clan to teach him how to write.

Yuan Anping saw that he was full of emotion, and here "knowledge changes fate" is more thoroughly reflected.

Yuan Anping said indifferently: "I taught them because they were eager to learn words, and I thought I could easily satisfy their desires, so I taught." I didn't intend for them to remember me. "His teaching is originally casual, after the other party sent him something, he should teach them to read and write, as for what is not kind, he has never thought so. After all, it is a modern person, and how many children in that world will be grateful to the teacher for teaching him? The teaching profession seems to have become a service profession, and as for nobility and gratitude, it seems to have long since faded. And the so-called one day as a teacher and a father for life is even more nonsense.

Li Zheng looked at Yuan Anping, "Child, you are a good one, so I said that the children in the village are blessed." ”

Yuan Anping smiled and didn't say anything more. Although he doesn't care if others remember him well, he is still willing to listen to it if he can be praised.