After the family had breakfast, He combed Li Jingjing's hair, and then took Li Yunxiao, who had a round belly, to take a walk in the yard to eat.

Li went to the sick uncle and nephew to clean up the dishes and chopsticks and go to the kitchen to wash.

Qu took a half-finished cotton coat from the house to visit relatives in the village, and took Li Jingjing, who was holding a "petite" hoe.

Qu lost his father and mother when he was young, and was raised by his brother and sister-in-law, and his brother was an executioner, and he had a very fierce reputation outside. She has few friends in Liuyang County.

A few years after she got married, she moved back to the Qu clan with her brother and sister-in-law, her husband was away from home for a long time, she was inconvenient to go out often, and she had little contact with sisters of the same clan, only one or two good friends.

Later, the sisters of the same clan all married into other villages, and she had no one to say what was in her heart.

Now she is finally over forty years old, and she is the oldest in the village, and all the men of her age are her cousins. She was able to go out of the house to visit relatives, make a few good friends with similar temperaments, and her life was no longer so lonely and difficult.

Among the few houses she frequented was the old patriarch's house.

The old patriarch had three sons and two daughters. The eldest son was in charge of Taiqingguan. The second and third sons served as officials in Liuyang County. One of the two daughters married to Liuyang County, and the other married to Taihe Town.

The old patriarch's guest hall has long since died. Now he is waiting for his eldest son's family.

The Qu family is the same generation as the old patriarch's children, and the old patriarch's eldest daughter-in-law, Tian, is her friend.

Not long ago, Tian's eldest son was too busy to get married, and she was afraid that someone would come to the room to steal it, so she asked her to take Li to look at things.

The old patriarch's family is well-off, and he is one of the few people in Qujia Village who eats breakfast.

Li Jingjing secretly thought: These friends made by grandma are not from a bad family, and they can all have breakfast. She interacts with people of the same family, so that she will not be jealous of others, and she will not be jealous. She is illiterate, but her heart is like a mirror,

Next door to Qu Kuaishou's house is the old patriarch's house.

The newly painted wooden door, two leafy grapefruit trees in front of the door, and a large yellow dog with one ear standing under the tree.

Li Jingjing stuck out her tongue at the big yellow dog, but it turned its head and ignored it.

Qu patted the bronze ring of the beast's head on the door, and Tian's newly married eldest daughter-in-law, Liu, came out with a smile on her face and greeted her: "Aunt Zhu and Sister Jing are here, please come into the house and talk." ”

Qu entered the hall and asked, "Sister-in-law, how was last holiday?" ”

Tian combed a short flat bun, wore a cicada-headed silver hairpin, and wore a royal blue long skirt, stood up and smiled: "Okay." My two sons rushed back from Tanzhou last night to not delay the family to have a reunion dinner and admire the moon. ”

"Oh, Joyama and Jobayashi are back. That's a good thing. He sat next to Tian familiarly, and asked seriously: "I heard my nephew say that the imperial court will hold a scientific examination next year, and your family Dingshan and Dinglin will take the examination next year?" ”

Tian nodded, but he didn't get carried away, and said: "They have been studying for ten years, and most of the family's money is used on them, and they have to go to the exam next year to give it a try." ”

Qu said sincerely: "Dingshan and Dinglin are highly educated, and if they can be admitted to the academy in Zhongtanzhou, they will be able to go to high school next year." ”

Tian Shi showed a proud expression and said with a smile: "Borrow your auspicious words." If they win next year, please drink. Then he said: "Sister Zhu, do you know that people like us have shown talents, and they don't have to pay taxes on their fields and shops, and if they catch up with the troubled times, their families don't have to serve in the military?" ”

Qu nodded, had guessed what Tian was saying, and said, "Sister-in-law, my family has no fields and no shops. Changsheng only knows a few words, and he can't pass the exam, so I don't expect him to be extravagant. ”

The Qu family is not short of money, and Qu Kuaishou has repeatedly persuaded her to buy land in the clan, but she does not agree.

The Li family is a foreigner, the household registration is in Liuyang County, not in Qujia Village, Li Bing has been away from home for many years, and Li Laoshi is so busy in Taiqingguan that he goes back home at most three times a month, and only stays for one night each time.

Qu and He have to take care of their three children, how can they have the energy to get the fields, and it is not convenient to hire farmers to farm, and the fields are not so easy to plant, if God is not happy to have a drought or flood, there will be no harvest.

Part of the rice eaten by the Li family was delivered by Qu Kuaishou, and part of it was bought from the villagers.

The Li family does not raise livestock, but only grows some vegetables in the yard of the house. The Li family bought whatever they wanted to eat from the villagers.

Over the years, the Qu family has become accustomed to this kind of life, even if it is peaceful now, and the price of land has risen slightly, they do not want to buy land.

Tian reminded: "Your family still has to go to the sick, Qing Yanzi, Xiao Yanzi!" ”

Qu said slowly: "I am sick and weak, I am afraid that he will be bullied when he goes to study in the town school." Qing Yanzi has been ruled by his grandfather and went to Taiqingguan. Xiao Lingzi is young now, and going to school will be a few years away. ”

Tian leaned over and said in a low voice: "I'll tell you quietly, my father is going to invite a talented and learned gentleman to run a school in the clan in the spring of next year, specializing in teaching young people to read." If your family is sick, you can go to the school in the clan. ”

If it was someone else, Tian wouldn't have said it. Qu's mouth is very strict, and Tian's can be trusted.

Qu's eyes lit up, and he said: "My family is sick and surnamed Li, so please tell my cousin something good and let me go to the school to study when I am sick." ”

Tian said: "Actually, you don't need me to say good things, and you don't need to look for your brother." My father has already thought about it, the fine men of his own clan do not charge money for studying, and the fine men of the foreign clan pay six cents of silver every year for the bundle of repairs. ”

The students of Taihe Town School have food and lodging, and a student has to teach six taels of silver every year.

Although the school of the Qu clan does not include food and accommodation, it only charges six cents of silver every year, which is ten times less than that of the Taihe Town School.

Qu's heart was overjoyed, and he couldn't help laughing, and said, "My family went to school in the clan when I was sick." Then he praised: "My cousin is doing great good deeds and accumulating yin virtue, and your family will be able to enter high school in Dingshan and Dinglin." ”

Tian was also smiling, and told Qu about the trivial matters in the clan that he had heard.

The two women were doing needlework in their hands. Liu came over from time to time to add tea.

Qu said in a low voice: "Your daughter-in-law is from the county seat, but she is quite eye-catching and not arrogant. ”

Tian didn't treat Qu as an outsider, and said: "She is quite diligent, and her cooking and embroidery skills are passable, but I don't know if she can live?" ”

Qu said with a smile: "Look at the appearance is very healthy, and when your body grows, you will definitely be able to give birth to a few little grandchildren." ”

Tian Shi showed envious eyes and said, "I want to have your family's dragon and phoenix grandchildren." ”

Qu Shi smiled and said modestly: "My family's Xiao is very naughty, but it's not easy to bring." ”

Tian suddenly said: "Hey, why haven't you brought him to my house several times?" ”

Qu's expression was a little strange, and he said, "You forgot, Xiao Lingzi almost ripped off your big dog's ears a few months ago. ”

Tian really forgot about it, but he always remembered that Li Yunxiao in the vegetable basket in her kitchen, and the old patriarch was happy to say that it was a child's to make money. Within a few days, it really worked, and her husband really made a fortune. She wished that Li Yunxiao would come more.

Li Jingjing greeted Qu and ran outside the patriarch's house with a petite hoe, and Tian asked her eldest daughter-in-law to send a big yellow dog to guard her.

If it is changed to another child, the adults will not dare to let out the Lu to play, Li Jingjing is too well-behaved, and very sensible and obedient, every time he goes out to play, he never goes to a dangerous place, it is in a conspicuous place in the village.

"Sister Jing, don't move, there's a snake behind you!"

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