After Uncle Zhang left, Old Man Li sat on a stool in the courtyard of Li Zhu's house and thought about things while smoking a cigarette, and he thought a lot. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoFrom this day on, Mr. Li dug the cellar more seriously and quickly. Uncle Li Hongshen urged Li Quan and Li Mu to work.

The family is all honest people, Li Cuihua flatters in every possible way, and the two courtyards are rarely harmonious.

For fear of disturbing the house, the cellars are dug in the yard or in the open space, so that there will be narrow passages. And according to the previous plan, pigs and chickens were raised in the cellar, then there would not be enough space. Li Quan thought of a clever way to dig a big hole under the current chicken pen, and just drive it down when the time comes. Then dig an alley from your own yard to separate people and animals, and you can raise chickens, birds, sheep, cattle and pigs, and you can also lead a stream out to save the water for feeding, which is indeed a triple win.

The cellar in the backyard of the uncle's house raised livestock, and for fear of a bad smell, he directly dug a corner of the cellar under the yard of the uncle's house and set it up as a dung pit. The cellar on the side of Li Zhu's house is a place for people to move, sleep and store grain, and the courtyard of the two houses is separated by an aisle. In order to save space, everyone envisioned two large stoves in the middle of the aisle for cooking.

After hearing this, Hamahama asked Li Zhu, "Dad, will there be smoke from the fire?" Li Zhuying said: "Of course." When the others heard this, their faces became sad. There is smoke, and in the cellar the smoke cannot be released, this is not to suffocate yourself. I don't know how long it will be in turmoil, so it's impossible not to eat hot food, and if it's winter, it's even more impossible not to burn the kang. The cellar is colder than the ground, so if you stay for a long time, how can the children stand it? At this time, everyone began to want to not sell things and prepare to relocate.

Hamahama looked at everyone and frowned, rolled his big eyes, smiled, and pulled his eldest brother Li Hai to take a firewood from the stove, squatted on the ground and burned it. After burning the smoke, Hamahama asked Lehi to bring a bucket of water, and Lehai thought that Hamahama might be tired of playing and was going to use water to extinguish it, so he went to bring a small bucket of water. While Lehi was going to fetch water, Hamahama went into the room and took a piece of paper, rolled it into a cylinder, and when the eldest brother's water arrived, he drew the smoke into the water.

Li Hai was smart, and when he saw Mingtang, he shouted, "Ah, no smoking!" The adults were thinking about the problem of cigarettes, and when they heard Lehi calling, they rushed out and asked, "Why don't you smoke?" Everyone laughed when they saw Hamahama's movements.

After this trouble, after everyone's discussion, the stove was relocated in the backyard of Uncle Li Hongshen's house near the stream. Two large stoves were installed, and four small stoves were set up between the passages with chimneys. A small hole half a meter deep was dug in the chimney and filled with water. There is a small aisle between the water in the cave and the chimney, which is blocked by a board, and there is also a board where the stove leads to the chimney. When cooking and boiling water, two people cooperate, one person cooks, and one person smokes the board. Seeing that the chimney was about to overflow, he smoked the board near the water, and when the smoke was gone, he used the board below to push the water up. It takes a bit of manpower, but it's safe. And when the time comes, the family stays in the cellar and has nothing to do, and it is good to do such manual work.

During the Chinese New Year, although there were many people, they were panicked, and everyone was not in the mood to congratulate. And everyone was busy digging cellars and thinking about stockpiling food. It's really not been a good year.

Thinking about spending a long time in the cellar, Hamahama asked his father and mother what he would do in the cellar in the future. Li Zhu and Deng were dumbfounded when they heard this, everyone only thought about how to survive, where to think about how to live? Hamahama saw that his father and mother had no idea, so he proposed to buy some books and needlework, so that his mother could embroider thread, and his father and brothers could read books. And this idea was vetoed by both Li Zhu and Deng.

Paper is a more precious thing here, which makes books more precious. Buying it as Li Zhuxiucai, although it is cheaper than ordinary people, that is, what we are talking about now, is still 200 yuan per book. For ordinary people, it's almost sky-high.

After Hamahama learned about the price of the book, she opened her mouth wide in fright, and she also knew a little about how profitable the book was.

Li Quan and Li Mu were in a hurry to deal with the goods before, and the paper sent by the Li Zhujia last time was not sold, and they were all shipped back.

Binbin looked at the paper and said to Deng: "Mother, we have paper, can we borrow some books and copy them?" Deng thought for a while and said, "Of course you could when your grandfather was there, but now that your grandfather and your uncle have moved to the mountains, who can borrow this book from?" ”

Binbin thought about it, so he went to ask Li Cuihua, "Auntie, your brother used to go to school, did you buy a lot of books?" Li Cuihua shook her head and said, "These precious things, no." ”

After hearing this, Hamahama felt lost. Li Cuihua said with a smile: "Binbin wants to read books, is he planning to buy books?" Hamahama shook his head and said, "No, I want to borrow some books to read." Li Cuihua thought for a while after hearing this, and said, "If it is a borrowed book, I should be able to borrow it if I ask Li Dao in my name." ”

Hamahama thought about it, and the second uncle, Li Dao, borrowed money from his aunt to buy a house. Binbin immediately smiled and said to Li Cuihua: "Auntie, let's see if you can borrow as many books and miscellaneous books as possible from the second uncle." At most, a month, or half a month, it will be returned to him. ”

After hearing this, Li Cuihua didn't ask what the role of Binbin was, thinking that it was good for children to love to read after all, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll repair a letter and let Old Man Yu help bring it." Hamahama listened to it and responded happily. Binbin told Deng and Li Zhu about the eldest aunt Li Cuihua borrowing books from the second uncle, and asked his father to copy the books when he arrived. Li Zhu smiled: "That's a good idea. The eldest sister spoke, and the second brother must have to borrow it. ”

Two days later, Old Man Yu brought back a book and a letter from the small half car, and after Old Man Yu unloaded the book and put it on the table in the courtyard of Li Zhu's house, he gave a letter to Li Cuihua and left.

Li Cuihua smiled happily at the Deng family in the kitchen: "This younger brother is still good!" Hamahama, who was playing next to the garden in the yard, looked at the books in the small half car, and laughed happily, and asked Brother Li Hai in the house to come out and take a look. As soon as Li Cuihua opened the letter, read it, and said angrily: "I have never seen such a family member." ”

When Deng Shi saw it, he hurriedly came over and asked, "Eldest sister, what's wrong?" It's a good thing for the second uncle to borrow the book home. Li Cuihua angrily unfolded the letter, spread it in front of Deng, and said, "Good thing, you can take a look." I've never seen anything like this. I'll be a younger brother. ”

Deng took the letter, only to see that the letter read: "Sister, your message has been received. Books are precious things, I only have reading materials for examiners, books are precious things, and I don't have many books. Thinking of the eldest sister's kindness in the past, she borrowed some books from the college and hoped to return them within 15 days. The eldest sister's kindness is hard to hope for. However, when borrowing books, it was quite tortuous, hoping to offset the borrowed silver. It's just that books are really expensive.

After reading it, Deng angrily threw the letter down and said, "This, what kind of bastard is this!" Li Quan and Li Mu were digging a cellar at Li Zhu's house, when they heard the voice, they came out, picked up the paper and looked at it, Li Mule said: "It's a pity that Dao doesn't go to be a businessman." ”

Li Quan nodded and said: "No, borrowing a few books to give people for fifteen days can be worth dozens of taels of silver." I can buy these books with all the money. Li Mu nodded, and Li Cuihua said angrily after hearing this: "No, and his book has been delivered, I dare to say, he must have lent it." ”

Li Mu and Li Quan glanced at each other after hearing this, and Li Quan said, "Yes." Definitely. Binbin sighed when he heard it next to him, and thought to himself, the second uncle has offended his aunt at this time. In the future, if you encounter any money or manpower matters, it is estimated that the family will not help.

Old Man Li came out of the cellar, sighed, and said to Li Cuihua: "Cuihua, for the sake of your father, you will settle it with him." Li Quan asked, "Eldest sister, do you have an IOU when you borrow money from him?" Li Cuihua said with annoyance: "Thinking that it is my own brother, how could I think of setting up an IOU?" Everyone sighed. Without a certificate or certificate, Li Dao can't be corrected if he doesn't pay back the money.

Li Cuihua thought about it for a while, and said hatefully: "I'll pay for some paper back, let's copy these books down, and save dozens of taels of silver." ”

Li Zhuyi smiled happily when he heard this: "Eldest sister, our family is planning to copy a copy of this book." Originally, it was copied as much as it was, but now, everyone has to copy it together. ”

Li Cuihua asked in surprise, "Where did you get the paper?" Li Quan and Li Mu knew about Li Zhu's affairs, and they also knew Li Zhu's temperament, Li Mu hurriedly responded: "This is something in our shop, and I am reluctant to sell it." I brought it back to you. Thinking about what he said, he was also a showman. Better suited to these things than I am. Li Zhu looked at Li Mu with a puzzled expression, thinking that there would always be a reason for Brother Mu to say this, so he didn't say anything about disassembly. Li Cuihua nodded after hearing this, and said with a smile: "That's good, it's not enough for me to buy it again." I can write at home, don't do anything these days, let's copy this. That's more than fifty taels of silver. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, Old Man Li sighed and said, "I can also write some words, so I'll help too." ”

Li Cuihua smiled and nodded, and Binbin was overjoyed after hearing it. This is a good thing, and it is better to transcribe all of these books in their entirety.

In the days that followed, everyone was busy copying books at home. In addition to Lee, the rest of the adults and children attending the school all helped. Li is responsible for everyone's food and consumption these days, and is also responsible for feeding chickens, birds, pigs, sheep, and cows, as well as drizzling vegetable fields, while Li Yu is responsible for everyone's field work.

This copying, one person is responsible for a copy, the fastest copying belongs to Li Zhu and Li Hai, the two father and son are practicing on the sand on weekdays, it is rare to be able to write so luxuriously, and the heart is indescribably happy. Although Li Tao and Li Bo are young, the two brothers also practice calligraphy on weekdays, and their copying speed is faster than that of Old Man Li.

In the dead of night, Hamahama asked his eldest brother Lehi and his father to tell him what he had copied today, and both his father and Lehi could memorize the book. And Li Tao and Li Bo memorized some of the content they copied because they were slow to copy. Deng Shi was extremely amazed after hearing this, and asked Li Zhu to copy the books of the examiners on the second day. (To be continued.) )