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Qi Biaojia was exiled here for rural reform because he opposed Zhu Youxiao's regard of science as the last class and promoted the status of miscellaneous studies and craftsmen.

As a child who grew up in a famous family in Shaoxing, Jiangnan, he didn't adapt to the wind and sand in the northwest at first, but now he is like a local Qin person, and he can even roar a few words of Qin accent.

These once famous Jiangnan geniuses did not come here to enjoy life, so according to Zhu Youxiao's will, the imperial court did not give them any generous treatment, except for the special subsidy equivalent to the birth of the family, there were only ten acres of official land for them to cultivate, in order to experience the hardships of the farmer.

Therefore, the current Qi Biaojia is a Ming version of a rural teacher, unlike the current rural volunteer teachers, they did not come voluntarily, but were forced.

However, over time, with the simple character of the local people and their desire and respect for knowledge and culture, they also began to fall in love with this place, because they could easily obtain spiritual satisfaction here.

At a time when more and more scholars in Jiangnan began to gradually distance themselves from science and began to pursue all kinds of strange theories because of the guidance of the imperial court, the people here could at least accept their own scriptures and enable themselves to pass on their knowledge.

As the sun set, Qi Biaojia, who was rolling his trouser legs, worked hard with his hoe to turn over the soil that was only three inches thick, and he planned to plant potatoes, which had recently become very popular, in this half-sandy and half-soil sandy soil.

Otherwise, his whole family would have to do the same as at the beginning of the year this year, and when there were no grains to harvest in the spring, they would have to eat porridge with the whole family.

With a snort, the hoe that was missing a corner was slammed into the ground under Qi Biaojia's wielding, and the tired Qi Biaojia couldn't help but exhale, and his forehead was already slightly sweaty, but if he compared it with two years ago, he would find that this Jiangnan Xiaosheng, who was weak in the past, already had a little tendon meat, and even the calves with rolled trouser legs were a lot stronger, and he stepped on the ground barefoot and did not move at all, steadily.

And his wife, Shang Jinglan, a famous poetess in the late Ming Dynasty, is a jingchai cloth skirt, holding a small moon hoe in her hand and lighting a small pit on the sand that Qi Biaojia has turned.

These small pits are used to grow potatoes, which are tubers asexual reproduction, so their fecundity is very strong and easy to plant, which is especially suitable for the family cultivation of Qi Biaojia, a half-farmer and half-scholar.

Qi Biaojia and Shang Jinglan's daughter Qi Deqiong was six years old at this time, and she was just a little girl in the general corner, but she looked well-behaved and lovely.

Qi Deqiong followed behind her mother, carrying a vegetable basket with potato tubers just enough to cover the basket.

The vegetable basket was compiled by Qi Biaojia himself with the advice of the local old farmer, and the weaving was a little sparse and ugly, but it was barely enough to hold potatoes.

Qi Deqiong carefully threw two or three potato tubers into the small pit dug by her mother Shang Jinglan, and then waited for her mother to re-cultivate the soil and cover it.

And because these potato tubers were finally asked for from the county, Shang Jinglan didn't dare to waste them, so she instructed her eldest daughter not to lose too much, and only two big or three small ones could be put in a pit.

Qi Deqiong is very sensible, but she already feels a little sour in her heart, a few years ago in her hometown of Shaoxing, she could still lie in the arms of the nurse and be coquettish, but now she has to work with her parents.

And because her father was not familiar with farming, she had to take on the main farm work, such as wheat sowing.

Qi Lisun is Qi Biaojia's second son, and now he is only two years old, because the only nurse who came to the northwest with her eldest son is doing farm work a few miles away, so she can take care of him, so she simply put him on the edge of the ridge to do a good job.

Qi Lisun is very sensible, his fat little hands clasp the soil on the ground, and he doesn't cry or make trouble, but he can't help but pick the unripe melons planted next to the ridges on the side, but he accidentally rolls directly on the ground.

Qi Lisun was slightly stunned, then got up by himself, and when he saw that his parents didn't realize that he had just fallen, he couldn't help but giggle.

Here, Shang Jinglan really didn't notice that her youngest son was so naughty, she was now digging a pit and said to Qi Biaojia: "Brother Huzi, after planting potatoes in this place, I have to take Deqiong to Liangguang, you have to take the two children in the house well, in addition, take time to find a Lang Zhong to see her mother (nurse), a few days ago, she always shouted that her legs are weak, and she can't leave her in the house." ”

Shang Jinglan is basically a peasant woman now, so she and Qi Biaojia are no longer commensurate with the old slave family, not to mention that the two of them are childhood sweethearts, golden boys and jade girls, and they don't have these respects and humilities in private.

And the father Shang Jinglan mentioned is Shang Zhouzuo, the current governor of Liangguang.

Shang Zhouzuo is different from his son-in-law Qi Biaojia, who has experienced a lot of hardships at a young age due to the early death of his father, so he has a more pragmatic personality, so that he can be regarded as a pragmatic official after being admitted to the Jinshi.

Zhu Youxiao did not get angry with his son-in-law Qi Biaojia because of his disrespect, and Shang Zhouzuo did not dare to complain about his son-in-law being sent to Longnan, and he didn't even dare to use his power to greet the local officials and let them take care of Qi Biaojia.

But because it was Shang Zhouzuo's birthday in the near future, Shang Jinglan had to go back to her parents' home to save her relatives.

And Qi Biaojia is still a guilty person, and according to the will, he can't leave this Qin'an County, unless there is a special decree of the emperor, let alone his father-in-law's birthday, even if his parents leave, he has to report to the cabinet, and then the cabinet will submit it to Zhu Youxiao for approval.

Therefore, Shang Jinglan had to take her older daughter back to her parents' house by herself.

Qi Biaojia's eyes were a little reluctant, remembering the scene of chatting with his father-in-law by the fireside in the Orchid Garden in Shanyin County, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and finally covered up and said: "My student Xiao Zenghui won the sixth place in the Shaanxi Township Examination, and he can be regarded as a rush to the gold list of the current science and technology examination, I asked him to take my name card to Suiding first to find Wang Siren and then ask for advice and advice, and then go to the capital, you go with him, and there is a response along the way, and then you will take a boat from Xuqing, Sichuan to Liangguang, and be careful all the way." ”

"Rest assured, if you are stable today, no thieves swarm than in previous years, as long as you cross this Qinling Mountains, it will be much smoother when you arrive in Sichuan, but it is very difficult to get out of Sichuan, fortunately, you can take a boat, and it can be regarded as a trip back to your hometown, after all, you have not been back to Jiangnan for many years, and you have not taken a boat."

As soon as Shang Jinglan said this, Qi Biaojia couldn't help laughing: "Yes, it can be regarded as a piece of water, you don't have to rush back after the birthday of your father-in-law, go back to Shaoxing first, it is estimated that it will be Qingming next year, sweep the tomb for me, I am not filial in this life." ”

Shang Jinglan nodded and answered.

And Qi Biaojia still couldn't help but instruct: "Recently, I heard from the county lord that the south is not very peaceful, and the Zheng pirates are still not honest, although Liangguang is not a place where pirates are concentrated, but you also have to be careful, let your father-in-law be careful." ”

But Qi Biaojia