Yesterday it was still sunny, but the next day it was raining in autumn, and the next day was non-stop.

When he got up early in the morning, Zhou Zhi first went to the stable to check, and the spirit of the black horse was very good. Zhou Zhi mixed the ingredients for the horse to see that it was full, and only came out of the stable after drinking water.

After breakfast, today's weather is destined to be unworkable. Zhou Zhi walked around the room, pondered for a while, and then walked out of the house.

Reading on a rainy day, but there is no book in my hand. He traveled to the Ming Dynasty, and he already had a plan to study and take a scientific examination. It's just that the conditions for going to the school are not available now. If you can't go to the school to study, you can't let this day go to waste, so Zhou Zhi thought of borrowing books to read.

There are not many families who study in Baiyue Village, and they are all concentrated in the south of the main street of Baiyue Village. The south side is full of wealthy families, and the rich families are those who look down on the poor. Zhou Zhi will naturally be closed when he goes to borrow books, and maybe he will be laughed at by them.

Zhou Zhi thought of Wang Ding, the old master of Baiyue Village.

Speaking of which, Zhou Zhi and Wang Fuzi have not had much communication, but Wang Fuzi's impression of Zhou Zhi is not bad. Whether it is a rich or a poor person, Wang Fuzi can treat them equally. And Zhou Zhi also remembered that when he made a bet with Chen Wenju in the field that day, Master Wang seemed to have taken a few more glances at Zhou Zhi, and his impression should be very good.

I went to his house to borrow books, thinking that even if I ate the closed door, I would not be ridiculed. Besides, Mr. Wang is a sociologist in the village, and he naturally has a lot of books at home, so it is much easier to borrow them.

borrowed books from others, and Zhou Zhi originally planned to bring some gifts. But when I think about it, I really can't get anything at home. You can take a few eggs at home, but thinking that my father and mother will definitely be displeased when they find out, Zhou Zhi finally decided to leave empty-handed.

Because those eggs were to be exchanged for silver money to buy some oil and salt supplies. Besides, my father and mother didn't support reading by themselves.

Wearing a pair of open, worn-out shoes, Zhou Zhi walked in the rain, and when he arrived at the door of Old Master Wang's house, his shoes and patched coarse cloth pants were already covered with mud.

The wealthy families of Baiyue Village live in Lunan, and the poor live in Lubei. Old Master Wang lived in an exclusive courtyard outside the village. Speaking of housing alone, it shows the attitude of the old master Wang, not on the side of the rich or on the side of the poor.

Three green brick houses with two outlets of water, washed by rainwater all year round, the green tiles have turned gray and white, and vegetables such as cabbage, radishes, and green onions are planted in the fence wall surrounded by sparse wooden sticks. From time to time, the chirping of chickens and ducks came out of the courtyard, blending into the sound of the ticking rain, which was very rhythmic.

Baiyue Village's social studies have to have a day off every three days, and Zhou Zhi has already learned that today is the social school holiday, and Mr. Wang should be at home.

Speaking of which, although the social school in Baiyue Village is a school run by the prefecture, the classes are not standardized. The students come from Shiratake Village and the surrounding villages, and they are all children of peasant families. In fact, the old master Wang did not collect many bundles, but after all, he was a child of a peasant family, and there were still not many people who could afford to pay for them.

The children of peasant families only come to study when the farm is not working, and once the farm is busy, social studies will be empty. Anyway, the peasant family does not have any hope for their children to go to school, but only hopes that their children can know some words and arithmetic.

Mr. Wang has only one son, and now he has already married and lives in Qingdu County. I don't know why Mr. Wang didn't let his son study, but helped a car and horse shop in the county, and his life was not good. Old Master Wang didn't have many bundles to collect, and he had to supplement his son's family, so Old Master Wang's family didn't have a good life.

Of course, it's not good, but compared to the rich families in Baiyue Village, the life of Old Master Wang's family is still much better than those poor families.

Zhou Zhi shook the water droplets on his body outside the hospital, tried his best to tidy up his body, and strode into the courtyard.

As soon as I entered the hospital, I saw the door of the house open, and an old woman walked out of it.

The old woman had gray hair, a wrinkled face, a cloth skirt, and a wooden barrel in her hand. Because of the rain, the courtyard was very slippery, and the old woman walked slowly and carefully. She carried the bucket to the well in the courtyard.

In the Ming Dynasty, the groundwater level in the north was still very high, and in recent years, it has caught up with the rain, and it is only a few zhang from the ground to dig down to get sweet water. Therefore, almost every household in Shiragaku Village has a well. Some are in the front yard, while others are in the backyard. For example, Zhou Zhi's well was dug in the backyard.

This old woman must be the old wife of the old master Wang, and there is no doubt about Zhang. Speaking of which, in Daming, Xiucai's status is very high, and the family background of Xiucai is really good, and it is very normal for Xiucai to marry three wives and four concubines. However, this old master Wang only married one wife for life, which is very consistent with the current Hongzhi Emperor.

On a rainy day, I have to let my old wife come out to fetch water, I really don't know what this old master Wang Ding thinks, and he doesn't feel sorry for his old wife at all.

Seeing that the old woman was having a hard time walking, Zhou Zhi hurriedly took two steps, stepped forward and said, "Auntie, the courtyard is too slippery, let me come." ”

Without waiting for the old woman Zhang's permission, Zhou Zhi had already snatched the barrel from her hand and walked to the well platform.

The old woman Zhang looked at Zhou Zhi with a slight stunned look, and remembered that this was the eldest son of the Zhou family, so she said, "Thank you, young man, you slow down." ”

"Got it, auntie." Zhou Zhicrisp replied.

Zhou Zhi fetched a bucket of water with a wheel, and then walked towards the house.

The old woman Zhang followed behind Zhou Zhi and nagged, "I found that there was no water in the tank early this morning, and I wanted to wait for the rain to stop before going to fetch water, but I never thought that the rain would not end, and I couldn't wash the vegetables, so I went to fetch water at this time." ”

Although people in the north have wells, they also have a water tank at home. Let the well water settle before use, and the well water will be much cleaner.

Zhou Zhi smiled slightly and poured the water into the tank.

The water tank of Mr. Wang's house is not small, and when a bucket of water goes down, the water tank is just one-seventh of it. Zhou Zhi returned to the well platform with the barrel.

It took eight pokes of water in a row to fill the water tank.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhi is very powerful, and this little work is not a life at all.

Putting down the wooden bucket full of water, Zhou Zhi said to the old woman, "Auntie, do you have any physical work?" I'll do it for you. ”

"No, no, thank you so much, Zhou family boy." The old woman waved her hand happily and said.

"Huh! The eldest lady is polite, they are all folks, what is this? Zhou Zhi said generously with a smile.

Before Zhou Zhi's words fell, he heard someone in the back room cough lightly, followed by the indifferent voice of Wang Ding, the old master of the Wang, "Zhou family boy, your kid has nothing to do, he is either a traitor or a thief, come into the house and say, what is the matter with the old man?" ”