In the silence, it was Chenchen's crisp children's voice again, "Big brother, big brother, how do you know so many things, and the story you told earlier, it's good." ”

"That's why I want the whole family to go to Liangzhou, you and your sister can read and write in Liangzhou, as long as you are literate, you can learn a lot of things from books."

"To put it bluntly, if you and your sister have been in Nanzhuang Village in this city all your lives, you will think that this valley between the two mountains you see is so big in this world, and you must also think that the most prosperous place in the world must be Didao County. But when you go to Liangzhou, when you two are literate and can read, the more books you read, the more you will understand the truth, and at that time, the world in your heart will become wider and wider. ”

After Liu Fan's words were finished, the faces of the two younger sisters were full of yearning. I only heard Dong Zi also chirp and say, "Brother...... I want to learn too. ”

Liu Fan smiled: "Of course it's no problem, as long as you want to learn, you can read the books borrowed by the head brother in the family casually, and ask me if you don't understand anything." ”

At this time, the uncle said slowly: "After you and your two sisters went out just now, Dong Zi told me that the two of you are already big officials in the imperial court, and I don't know how big this official is. ”

"Our old Liu family, don't say that you are an official, I heard that our ancestors have never even been a showman, this is the green smoke on the ancestral grave, just now your mother and I were a little hesitant to move to Liangzhou, since the two of you have made such a big future, and can let your two sisters have a good home in the future, then what are we hesitating about, right, the child?"

The aunt responded: "Yes, Fanzi said at the beginning that he wanted to leave our village, I was really a little reluctant, after all, your father and I have never left here in our lives, but I can't be a stumbling block for the four children!" ”

After listening to his aunt's words, Liu Fan hurriedly responded: "Mother, what about that, besides, going to Liangzhou is not only for the two younger sisters, but also for the family to reunite, so that my father and mother can enjoy more happiness in the future." You two are only in your forties, and the days of happiness will be long in the future! ”

"Okay, okay, my mother can't say you, I haven't seen you for four years, this mouth can still say more than the mouth of the lawyer in the yamen, everything depends on you."

Liu Fan smiled: "Okay, mother, I still have something to tell you." ”

"Say it, say it."

"That's the case, I thought about it for a long time, our more than 20 families in Chengnanzhuang Village only live so poorly, not only because there is little arable land, but more importantly, most of the cultivated land is dry land that cannot be watered, and the harvest of one acre of land is less than half of the watered land on the side of the Tao River. Since my family is about to move away, I also want to leave some thoughts for our village, and I want to open a canal near Lijiazhuang upstream, so that most of our dry land will be turned into irrigated land. ”

"Oh, this thing you mentioned has become a good thing to accumulate yin virtue, but someone put forward such an idea more than ten years ago, and the gentleman invited from the city measured it and realized that it costs a lot of money and grain to open a canal from Lijiazhuang to our village, and the most important thing is to dig up the mountain beam that separates us from Lijiazhuang. It is estimated that the entire canal will be repaired at least 100 times, and it will be distributed to more than 20 households in the whole Zhuangzi, and each household will have to take out nearly five taels of silver. ”

After listening to his uncle's words, Liu Fan glanced at the unopened package under the hall and said: "Dad, mother, it's like this, Dong Zi and I came back this time, in addition to buying things and using them on the road, we also got back nearly two hundred and eighty taels of silver, I want to take out one hundred and thirty taels to do this, and the remaining one hundred and fifty taels are reserved for moving and expenses for a period of time after arriving in Liangzhou, can you two see it?" ”

As soon as they heard that Liu Fan took back two hundred and eighty taels of silver, the faces of the uncle and aunt changed color in shock, you must know that the two have not seen much silver since they were children, and the most they have seen is the five taels of silver that Geng Dawei has been a soldier for five years and has been promoted to the post commander in the camp two years ago, and when he returned to his hometown on leave, the two sons asked Geng Dawei to help bring back the five taels of silver, and the old Liu family suddenly became one of the richest families in the village, and took out three taels of silver to buy an acre of paddy field by the river......

I saw that the uncle and aunt didn't say a word for a long time.

Even Dong Zi, who was in the audience next to him, waited a little impatiently, and said in a muffled voice: "Father, mother, what about my brother asking you, do you agree or not?" ”

Uncle held back for a long time, and finally held back a sentence, "Your mother and I are old, you two are in charge of this matter...... You two call the shots. ”

The aunt also nodded.

Liu Fan saw that both his uncle and aunt agreed with his opinion, so he spoke again: "Dad, mother, since you all agree, then this matter is decided, I will tell Uncle Su, Ma Qiang, and Xiaohai tomorrow, let them also get together together, Uncle Su took out five taels of silver, and let Ma Qiang and Xiaohai also take out one or two silver, so that they can do this thing together, and let them leave a good reputation in Zhuangzi." ”

"In addition, it is impossible for our family, Uncle Su's family, Ma Qiang, and Xiaohai to stay on Zhuangzi for a long time, and my father has to come forward to find a few reliable people to be responsible for the opening of the canal, and repair the canal well and firmly, so as not to end up with money to be spent, but the matter is not done."

"I know this, I'll go to you tomorrow and tell a few old men with virtue in your Zhuangzi that a few of them will come forward, and there will be no big problems in the matter, and the canal will definitely be repaired."

I haven't seen each other for four years, and the family seems to have endless words and things to discuss, even Chenchen rarely dozed off, and the family chatted until almost midnight before they went back to their rooms to sleep under the urging of their aunts.

Since the beginning of autumn, there has never been a single rain in the Ganliang area, and the rare light rain in fifty or sixty days has just wet the ground and has been blown away by the wind without a trace.

Today is a good weather, although the autumn equinox has passed eight or nine days, but as the saying goes, "August is warm, September is warm, and there is a small spring in October", just entered the folk commonly known as the small spring, the temperature not only does not drop but feels warmer like spring, since the three poles on the sun, the sun of the white flowers is sprinkled with heat on the ground, especially the people who are still in a hurry at noon, and they are roasted out of a hot sweat by the scorching sun above their heads for a while.

On the post road with no end in sight, only three people were still riding horses in the dust, and a tired voice came from behind them, "Brother Fanzi, you have to take a break, and if you continue to run like this, the three horses will be wasted." ”

The person running in front gently pulled the reins to slow down the horse, and said casually: "I can see it, it is estimated that it is only an hour away from Liangzhou, but if you don't rest, I don't think the horse will be wasted, you will also be wasted." ”

As soon as these words came out, the other person who followed laughed, causing the two people who spoke to laugh together.

I only heard another one say, "Brother Fanzi, you don't know Ma Qiang, he is just a foodie, he is not afraid that he will run away, but he has seen the flagpole of the inn in front of him." ”

The visitors must have guessed that these three people were none other than Liu Fan, Ma Qiang and Xiaohai, who returned to Liangzhou from Didao after visiting relatives.

Because when he left from Liangzhou, Manager Guo sent a message to Liu Fan, asking him to rush back to Liangzhou before the fifth day of October anyway, so Liu Fan and Ma Qiang only stayed in the village for three days, because they had privately agreed with Uncle Su about Dong Zi and Hui'er, Liu Fan directly left Dong Zi and Uncle Su together.

Although Liu Fan's family and Uncle Su's family are like a family, Liu Fan also told Uncle Su that after arriving in Liangzhou, the two families will first squeeze into a house to live, but some things cannot be sloppy, especially when it comes to girls getting married, this is not only a major event for a girl's life, but also a major event for two families, so Liu Fan said to his uncle and aunt when he left, the three media and six employment gifts must be gone, and the relatives of the aunt's uncle's family and more than 20 village households must also be invited.

After speaking, the three of them had walked to the front of the inn, and Liu Fan saw that due to the hot weather, the innkeeper moved all the tables and chairs in the store to the open space in front of him, and more than a dozen round tables were full of people.