In the following days, the family was very leisurely, but it was really cold, and they were not allowed to go out. Ah Hao seems to have changed as a person, quietly and concentrating on copying books every day. made Geng Qiu a little uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to disturb him. Usually Ah Hao is actually a more noisy person, in addition to boxing and martial arts, he will also tease Ah Niu and point at Brother Ning, but now he sits for a long time, without saying a word, only the rustling of writing and the occasional sound of turning the page. His whole body was immersed in books.

Geng Qiu and the third uncle were playing with the rows of vegetables in the greenhouse all day long, although they lit a charcoal fire in it, and the temperature in the shed rose, but they still didn't take care of it, after all, it was impossible to get up in the middle of the night to take care of the vegetable seedlings, and the charcoal pot was extinguished every night. But even so, the vegetable seedlings inside were unearthed, and the green layer covered the ground, which looked really gratifying.

"Ah Qiu, it turns out that it is not difficult to plant a greenhouse." The third uncle smiled with satisfaction.

"That's it, it's just a little troublesome, and it costs charcoal." Geng Qiu said.

Hearing the words of the uncle and nephew, the third aunt hurriedly said, "I also said that it was just a matter of some charcoal." You go and see how much less our wood shed has been these days. And the charcoal you usually taught me to make, not to mention that all the big baskets that had been accumulated were burned, I was accumulating every day, and it was not enough. If this continues, I'm afraid that this winter's firewood will not be enough to burn. ”

"No, we don't have enough firewood in most of the room." Geng Qiu said in disbelief, and immediately went to the firewood shed, and sure enough, the firewood that was originally full was nearly one-third less. It's only been a little bit of this winter, and it is estimated that the firewood is really not enough to burn.

"Let's go to the mountains to get some firewood and come back." The third uncle was also anxious, and immediately took the machete and rope and walked out.

"Hey, hey, this mountain is covered with snow, how do you get firewood?" Geng Qiu shouted.

"It doesn't matter, don't go to the mountains, just hit some back on the edge. If you don't go now, you won't be able to find firewood until the snow gets heavier and the snow freezes. The third uncle said that he would not look back to lead the mule.

"Wait, I'll go with you. Get the equipment done first and then go out, that's how to go out, how to do it. Geng Qiu said that the two changed their clothes, wrapped their calves with oilcloth, and wore deep boots with oilcloth sewn on the outside. There are only two pairs of these boots at home, and they are still sewn with great difficulty. The waterproof effect is not too good.

Geng Qiu and Ah Hao would only wear such waterproof boots when they went to Zhou's house, because the road was too far, and ordinary shoes would have already been soaked. They usually take off their boots and put them in the basket when they get to the way into the Zhou Mansion. Put on ordinary shoes, and put on a pair of straw boots that have been used with tung oil several times before you can go to Zhou's house. When I arrived at Zhou's house, I took off my straw boots outside. Wear clean shoes when entering the house. In ancient times, there were no rain boots, let alone adhesive tape. In rainy and snowy weather, most people dare not go out, and their feet will freeze. Rich and powerful people can also wear leather boots, but where can Ah Hao and Geng Qiu afford to wear them, making a pair of cowhide boots, the price is not cheap, and cattle are precious domestic animals in ancient times, and the common people cannot slaughter them at will, and cowhide is even more difficult to obtain.

This is also the most uncomfortable place for Geng Qiu here, in rainy and snowy weather, I don't know how troublesome it is to go out, and most of my body will get wet. If you wear a pair of high-tech rain cotton boots in modern times, you will not be afraid of getting your feet wet when it rains and accumulates a little snow on the ground. But here, every time I go out when the weather is bad, I am very annoying, and I am afraid that my feet will get wet and freeze. Since arriving in this era, Geng Qiu doesn't like rainy days, mainly because he doesn't have good rain gear, and he has to get wet when he goes out. The snow is even worse, and if you don't do it, you'll freeze and break your feet. It's no wonder that in winter, the whole village doesn't go out much.

The two rode mules and went up the mountain, and the path had long been flooded with snow after days of light snow. The mule also walked very slowly, and the two did not dare to go far, so they came back from a few small hills nearby, and fetched a few bundles of firewood. Even so, Geng Qiu was tired, because of the snow, the snow in the wild appeared deeper, and when he stepped down, the snow was almost out of his calves. It takes more effort than usual to take a step, and some of the dead branches and leaves are covered by snow, so you can't pick them up. I had to cut branches, occasionally pick up some dead branches that had been blown off by the wind, and the snow was so deep that I couldn't go far.

The firewood and grass on the side of the hillside were almost cut down in the morning, so they spent several times more time than usual, turning all the corners and corners, tired and half dead, but they only got back about 200 catties of firewood, which was still semi-wet, and it was not easy to burn at all. This journey can make Geng Qiu tired, not to mention, and his feet are extremely uncomfortable. Although it was not soaked, it was also semi-wet, and as soon as they got home, the two hurriedly washed their feet with hot water and changed into clean shoes. Wet boots have to be slowly dried and dried.

"It's not going to work like this. Today, I started to take Ah Hao's medicine to the greenhouse to fry, boil water, cook porridge, dry clothes, and go to the greenhouse. Save firewood. Let's change the greenhouse and make a smoke outlet. Geng Qiu said that he no longer wanted to go out to collect firewood in this weather. In fact, even if he went to Zhou's Mansion once every ten days, he was not very happy, if it weren't for the treatment of Ah Hao, in this kind of weather, he would rather have a cat coax Ah Niu to play in the house.

It was difficult for Ah Hao to move his hands and feet, and when he heard Geng Qiu's words, he smiled: "This is not a method. If it really doesn't work, I won't make a greenhouse. Anyway, there is no shortage of vegetables to eat at home. Don't go out to fetch firewood on this kind of day, it's not cost-effective to get frostbite. ”

Although he thought it was unusual for Geng Qiu to make a greenhouse, no matter how good it was and he could grow a lot of vegetables, it wouldn't be much fun for them. There are too many dishes, they are nothing more than eating, they can't finish eating, even if they give them to the people in the village, they can't bring much benefit. The villagers will publicize it everywhere as a strange thing, and they may cause a big problem. The greenhouse belongs to the top of the family, and they can't enjoy their current status. Building a small greenhouse in your own courtyard is a ticket nature, planting a few rows of vegetables, and eating at home, but it doesn't matter. If it gets bigger, it's a burden.

Ah Hao is now deliberately controlling some of Geng Qiu's bizarre ideas. He didn't want to get into trouble, and for now, they couldn't afford a little blow. Even he has some scruples about the Zhou Mansion now. Ah Hao has also thought carefully about some of Geng Qiu's behaviors in the past few days, he plans to talk to Geng Qiu, next time don't show himself in front of outsiders that he knows a lot, and he can come up with so many tricks casually.

When you are at the bottom of society, are you able to have anything that is completely inconsistent with your status, which is not a good thing, and it will only bring harm to yourself. Obviously, Geng Qiu didn't understand, and he didn't know how to hide it, and this time he was forced to be a little helpless by Mother Ju in the Zhou Mansion.

At that time, Ah Hao clearly understood that their status was too low now, and Geng Qiu's knowledge could not only bring them benefits, but also bad luck. The so-called guilt of Huaibi is talking about them now. If Mother Ju had more power in the Zhou Mansion, if Steward Zhou also had the same meaning as her, or even Steward Zhou was even more shameless, she could completely detain Geng Qiu and Ah Hao, and with the status of their masters, in this small place, it would not be a problem to add some crimes to the two commoners at will. They can completely squeeze out all the usable value of Geng Qiu and Ah Hao, and then kill them like pinching an ant.

Geng Qiu didn't realize these problems at all, but Ah Hao was already alert, so he went to copy the book, because readers would make people look up to them a few times. His knowledge is not very good, because in the past, he spent most of his energy on martial arts, and even the books he read were mostly about leading troops to fight, and he never considered the imperial examination in the past. But he is gifted and intelligent, and he still remembers many of the books he read when he was young.

He has been thinking about whether to come back with a talent test for the past few days. With the identity of a showman, their family is no longer a low-level commoner. Many things will be easier to do, and the fake identity they got at the beginning can completely withstand investigation. Now that they have caught up with the Zhou Mansion again, he is thinking about how to operate it better.

Geng Qiu couldn't pay attention to Ah Hao's considerations at all, he looked at the greenhouse and said, "It's a pity, I haven't eaten the vegetables this year, let's accumulate more firewood next year." "The cost of this firewood is too great, such a small greenhouse consumes so much firewood and charcoal, no wonder not many people can use it. It turns out that people can't afford to build it, but they can't afford to use it.

"Well, next year we will build more firewood sheds, store more firewood, and burn the warm sheds well." The third uncle smiled.

After ten days of hard work, Ah Hao actually copied out two books, and there was still extra time, so he simply wrote a few big characters and asked Brother Ning to learn words. This child was delayed, and according to the current environment, it is impossible to go to school, mainly because there is no private school nearby, and there is no home school. It was too far away, and he didn't worry about sending his children to school. So I had to plan to teach it slowly at home, lay a good foundation first, and then make plans later.

It is impossible for a child from a background like them not to study. He wasn't prepared to stay in this ravine and be a farmer for generations. Ah Niu will also have to read and write in the future. If he himself was not a little motivated, how could an ordinary rural farmer let Ah Niu and Ning Ge'er go to study and get ahead. With the deepening of Dr. Li's treatment, Ah Hao's brain is becoming clearer and clearer, and he understands very well that his current situation must be considered in the long run.

He not only wants to avenge his relatives who died in vain, but also to correct their names. But in that catastrophe, the secret forces of his family almost collapsed and collapsed, and now he has nothing. There is no manpower, no money. There are two children around him, two subordinates, and one Geng Qiu, who basically have to rely on him.

So he has been thinking about how to strengthen his knowledge and get a place to take the exam these days. He didn't care about the quality of the ranking, and he didn't want to go further to the imperial examination, he just wanted to get a better identity, and then train Brother Ning and Ah Niu, and slowly run the family business.