Early in the morning, the gate of the Li family's compound was very lively.

Many parents of students came to pick up their children and go home, and the children were sent to study for ten years, and they didn't see each other once for so many days, and they didn't know how they ate or slept at Li's house, let alone whether they had gained weight or thin.

In fact, most of the landlords who think about this kind of thing, after all, people with a little money should be more pampered to their children. Like Xiao Hei's father, he usually has to take care of his sick wife, and he has to pull a few little babies in the family, and the Li family is digging a fish pond these days, he gets up early every day to earn the two liters of corn, how can he have too much thought to remember the big baby.

In the words of the little black father, this kid has a good life, he enters the compound school to study, he doesn't have to work, he still eats and drinks every day, and he can eat and drink. It's better to have this kid in the family, so worry about what he does.

After breakfast, Li Xiao and Yang Dayan asked the students to gather for a brief meeting, that is, to explain the matters of the holiday, let them remember the date of returning to school, etc., and finally, Li Xiao also specially evaluated a few outstanding students of the year, and each of them gave rewards.

The first place winner was rewarded with a bucket of corn, the second and third places were awarded five and three liters of corn respectively, and he even awarded each of the three students a small pennant embroidered with the words "first place among the outstanding students of the year".

The students who received the prizes and pennants were red with excitement, and the other students in the audience were extremely envious.

The first place is Xiao Hei, although this kid is ten years old, but he works very hard, although he has no foundation, but he gets up early every day to feel the dark, practices words on the sand table every day, and his efforts are obvious to all, and he is also very successful, so he was rated as the first.

The second is Liu Huizu, this kid has studied in several schools before, the foundation is there, but he hasn't read it very seriously, and now the environment here is better, and no one dares to bully him, he is willing to calm down and study, and his grades are also good, and he performed very well among the children of the landlord, and was rated second.

The third place Li Xiao commented on his sister Li Zhen, this sister has also read books, and she is also serious about reading, if you really want to say that only about grades, Li Zhen will definitely be able to rank first, but Li Xiao finally gave her a third rating, and dozens of other male classmates were free of face.

"Remember the time to return to school, if you are late, you will be punished for cleaning the thatched house!"

The courtyard door opened, and a group of children went out smiling.

Xiao Hei looked happy, holding a bag of corn that had just been rewarded in his left hand, and he was full of a bucket. In his right hand is the steamed bun and eggs that are usually saved during the reward. He saved nine steamed buns and six eggs, all of which were rewarded, and he was not willing to eat any of them.

Now all of them are frozen hard, looking at these white steamed buns, he has a smile on his face. My father and mother and my younger siblings have never eaten white-flour steamed buns, and the eggs laid by the two old hens raised at home have never been reluctant to eat, so they have to save them and take them to Lanxi Street to exchange money for salt to eat.

Liu Huizu also carried a bag of corn, five liters.

The old Liu family's thousands of acres of fertile land, as well as mules and horses, five liters of corn are not worth mentioning, but today Liu Huizu feels very precious when he carries this bag of rice, which is the reward he has obtained for his efforts.

"Dalang."

Liu Huizu was talking and laughing with Xiao Hei, and as soon as he walked out of the courtyard gate, someone outside called him.

The servant of the Liu family ran forward with a smile, "Da Lang, the master asked me to pick you up." ”

Liu Huizu nodded, "Actually, it's not far, I'll just go back by myself." ”

"More than 20 miles away, how can I let Da Lang walk back, I drove the carriage here, and the stove was burned on the car, and it was warm in the car."

"It's okay, I'm not cold." Liu Huizu stood at the gate of the courtyard and did not rush to leave with the servants, "I'll say a few words to my classmates." ”

The old servant looked at Xiao Langjun, who had not seen him for ten years, and always felt that something was a little different.

Xiao Hei saw his three younger siblings standing timidly waiting for him in the crowd, the three little ones were dirty and thinly dressed, especially the youngest brother was still wearing snot bubbles, they searched for him in the crowd.

"Huizu, my younger brothers and sisters are waiting for me there, I'll go first, see you the day after tomorrow."

"See you the day after tomorrow." Liu Huizu waved at him.

The old servant looked at Xiao Hei and saw at a glance that he was a tenant cub with patches on his clothes. "Da Lang, how do you associate with these mud legs."

Liu Huizu said indifferently, "His name is Xiao Hei, our husband named him Guoliang, he is a very hard-working person, although he is old and strong, he will never bully others." ”

The old servant disagreed, "A tenant's cub can't become a pillar of the country no matter how named Guoliang." The dragon gives birth to the dragon and the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, the son born to the mouse will only make a hole in the ground, the Li family Saburo is benevolent and charitable, and is willing to accept his own tenant cubs to study, but it does not mean that these people will be able to do anything in the future, the son of the tenant will always be a tenant, read a few words, at most you can be a guy in the future, and you will never be a level of person with Lang Jun. ”

Liu Huizu only felt that this was harsh, "My grandfather was also the son of a poor tenant back then, and later worked hard to become an apprentice, and finally became a shopkeeper, and now he has also become a landlord?" Today's Liu Guoliang is indeed from an average family background and his conditions are not good, but who knows what will happen to him in the future? San Lang once said to us, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty. ”

"Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty." The old servant felt that this was very interesting, "Li Sanlang is indeed a person who surprises people everywhere. Based on his circumstances, he can indeed say this. But in this world, how many people are like the old man and Li Sanlang? ”

Liu Huizu shook his head, didn't want to say more to him, turned around and got into the carriage.

Many students find their parents or brothers who pick them up and are eager to show them what they have learned, and some simply pick up a branch and write their name on the ground.

One stroke at a time, although it is quite crooked, their parents and brothers don't even recognize these words, but looking at their children and brothers, who have been in school for a few days, they are all very excited.

Especially for those tenants who come to pick up their children, the tenants who have been blind for generations, and now they see that their children have opened their eyes, and this joy is beyond words.

"It's really lively here!"

Cheng Wu and Xue Wu from Chang'an rode to the gate of the Li family's compound and happened to see this lively scene.

"Why are there so many people?" Cheng Wu was puzzled.

"Li Sanlang set up a home school in his own yard, and accepted the children of his tenants to study for free, and many nearby landlords also sent their children to the school, and now there are no less than 40 children studying here.

"Li Sanlang also ran a family school?" Cheng Wuda was surprised that a small rural landlord actually started a school and accepted more than 50 students, which is not the courage that ordinary rural landlords can have.

It seems that he really underestimated this Li Xiao before, and he will have to talk about it for a while, and he Cheng Wulang likes to make friends with such a person.