With nothing to do, Xiao Tuanzi discussed with Zhang: "There are only peach trees in our orchard, which are too simple, so it is better to plant some more pears and apples." ”

Zhang was a little embarrassed: "I don't seem to have heard of saplings sold anywhere." ”

Xiao Tuanzi said with a smile: "I saw in the book some time ago that pear trees are grafted with beans and pears, and apples are grafted with begonias. ”

Zhang's general was suspicious, "We have a lot of beans and pears here, and it is estimated that it will take a lot of effort to dig one out, but the begonia didn't pay attention, and only saw the fruit sold." ”

Xiao Tuanzi said: "The book says that the seeds of bean pears and begonias can germinate and grow. These two kinds of trees can also be planted on our barren hillsides. ”

Zhang was very moved.

At this time, just after August and a half, it is the season when beans and begonias are ripe, so I sent someone to the mountains to pick a small half basket of bean pears, and bought a basket of begonias on the street and came back.

"If they all survive, I'm afraid they will have to plant hundreds of acres." She said.

"That's not easy, if someone buys saplings, we'll sell them too." Xiao Tuanzi's head was already crackling with a small abacus.

"You're beautiful! I don't know if it's going to work. Zhang was still a little hesitant.

"Isn't there a bean pear tree on the ridge of our vegetable garden, don't you know if you graft it."

Zhang's thinks this is good.

"It's better to dig a few trees and plant them first, graft them for ourselves to eat, and plant our own saplings in a large area. Even if the grafting is not fruited until the third year. "If you grow your own saplings, you won't start bearing fruit until the fifth year. It's been too long.

Fortunately, the Liu family now has a lot of subordinates, and when the leaves are about to fall in late autumn, they pruned the tree first, and it took half a month to transplant thirty or forty bean pears.

In March of the following year, Zhang picked a driver named Erhu to follow her to learn grafting.

Xiao Bao'er was already two years old, and it was time to learn to speak, Wang Jing pointed to the bean pear and told him: "Pear, the year after tomorrow, I will have a big pear for Bao'er to eat." ”

Xiao Bao'er followed and learned: "Eat, pear." ”

He speaks very clearly, his eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Liu Yongan, every time Wang Jing kisses him, he will wipe and wipe the place she kissed with disgust, and said: "Sister bites me again!" ”

"This pear tree has grown for more than ten years, and it will take three years to bear fruit?" Zhang said.

"That's what the book says." Wang Jing said.

"Bao'er eats now." Xiao Xiaotuanzi said.

What he meant was that he was going to eat pears now.

In March, the pear tree does not even bloom, where do the pears come from?

"Why don't you get a peach blossom cake for you?" This is Xiao Bao'er's favorite snack.

By the time he was able to eat pears, Liu Yongan had already finished the college exam.

I take Xiao Bao'er at home all day long, and live the days of going up the trees to dig birds and go down to the river to catch fish.

In the autumn of this year, there is a lot of game at home, hares, pheasants, turtle doves, quails, sparrows, eagles, wild pigeons, etc., everything, steaming, boiling, cooking, frying every day, not to mention Xiao Bao'er, even the big white at home is also fattened.

Many people also asked Liu Yongan, "How did you do in the exam?" ”

Whoever asked, he said "so-so." ”

After two days, when someone asked Zhang's again, she frowned and said, "It's like a wild horse that has been on the looses all day long, and I can't hold it back!" It's strange if you can do well in the exam. ”

Everyone was busy saying: "The county test and the government test are both the first of the case, and the hospital test must be no exception." ”

Zhang said: "How can it be so coincidental, unless there is green smoke on our ancestral grave." ”

Liu Yongan quietly told Wang Jing, "Don't listen to your mother's nonsense, my brother will definitely earn you another case." ”

On the day of the case, Shuangxi came back and reported, "Uncle has been hit!" Hit! ”

The whole family hurriedly greeted them, but Liu Yongan was the only one who sat there to enlighten Bao'er, looking like an old god was there.

"Hit the top spot! Our family has a little three yuan! ”

Everyone congratulated Zhang.

"The examiner must have felt that he was hit in the front, and he didn't look good in the back to get the first, what is there to be happy about." She said.

However, when the person who reported the good news came, she still gave a thick red envelope.

Although Zhang's appearance is light, in fact, everyone knows that she has been very happy recently, and the family now adds vegetables to every meal, and even eats meat and bones at the big white meal.

It is estimated that she thinks that Liu Yongan can be a small and medium-sized Sanyuan, because she was inspired by Qiao Chaoyang.

Since then, the Liu family has become a crowded city, and there is an endless stream of people who come to congratulate him. Zhang, who originally planned to keep a low profile, had to set up a banquet for several days.

That's not all, because he studied in Tongzi Academy before, and now even the academy has become famous.

Those who had good deeds dug up the academy and found out that this academy was originally funded by his family, and said many words of praise to Liu Chengfang.

There are many students from hundreds of miles away who come here and want to study at Tongzi Academy.

At the beginning of the academy, it was only intended to accommodate 100 people, so it was a bit crowded.

Liu Chengfang immediately made a decision: "Take the test, we will also test!" Those who take the exam outside the 50 will be responsible for their own expenses. Those outside the 100 will be rejected. ”

This was actually said to those in the Liu family who occupied the quota, ate and drank in it, and secretly brought the food from the academy to their homes.

The college provides three meals a day, and Zhou often comes to tell her that the baby of the family brings the rice and steamed buns home to feed the chickens.

Tongzi Academy did not collect any money from the students, and even the food expenses were paid out of the 2,950 taels of silver donated by the Li family. Liu Chengfang specially instructed Xu Qing to build an account book for the academy, and from it he paid 2,000 taels of silver, bought fertile land, rented it to people, and the harvest belonged to the academy. As for the good field, Liu Chengfang also handed it over to Xu Qing.

He and Hongxia have become married, and their title has been changed from cousin to fourth uncle, "I have been practicing martial arts with my master all these years, and I almost don't know how to do general affairs. ”

"You can't get through, what about Hongxia? Even if she doesn't understand, she can ask someone who does. Liu Chengfang said.

There are so many clansmen in the Liu family, how could they not find someone who manages the grange, but they just think that this niece and son-in-law are good, and they want to promote him deliberately.

Xu Qing naturally knew the twists and turns in this, and went back to tell Sù Hongxia: "The fourth uncle asked us to manage the fields in the school, it is better for you to take it next, if there is something you don't understand, ask the elders more." ”

Although Hongxia was a little jerky when she first got started, she had a capable mother behind her to support her moves, and she managed it decently.

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows with Hongxia again, and hated the third aunt Zhou in his back.

After Liu Yongan went to Li's house to make trouble, although Hongyun stood in Li's house, he hurt his body in the end, and only recently gave birth to a daughter, and Peony's son was more than two years old.

Liu Yongan had already gone to Luming Academy to study at this time, he thought that he could compete with Qiao Chaoyang here, but he didn't want to understand Yuan in this year, Qiao Chaoyang also explained to his classmates, "This is my cousin, please take care of me." ”

Liu Yongan said secretly: Who is rare for you to be a good person here!

Qiao Chaoyang discussed with Liu Yongan in private, "When it comes to my sister's birthday, let's go back to see her together?" ”