Xiao Liulang hired the fastest carriage and arrived in Qingquan Town at the end of August.

When passing by Tianxiang Academy, Feng Lin first carried his luggage back to the dormitory, and when he came out, he met Dean Li.

Dean Li was surprised to see him: "Huh? How can it be so fast? Didn't you go to the countryside to try? You didn't catch up or what? What about Rokuro? ”

"Caught up, caught up! We'll be back after the exam! That one...... I'll go back and tell you more, Rokuro is waiting for me outside, goodbye Dean! Feng Lin finished laughing dryly, and ran away with a puff of smoke!

Who doesn't know that Xiao Liulang is Dean Li's baby bump, if he doesn't slip faster, Dean Li can pull him to ask him in the dark.

Feng Lin swooped into the carriage.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Liulang asked.

"Dean Li!" Feng Lin said, "Don't be caught by him, you won't be able to go home after a while!" ”

Xiao Liulang thought so deeply and urged the coachman to hurry up and drive the carriage back to the village.

The car money was settled as early as the provincial capital, but the coachman followed them all the way to be a coachman and a small servant, and it was really hard to work hard and complain, so Xiao Liulang gave him another tael of silver.

The coachman was flattered and hurried to the point of bowing down.

"Be careful on the road." Xiao Liulang said.

"Huh! Thank you Xiao Gongzi! The coachman happily got into the carriage.

Those who do their job are all hard-earned money, don't look at going out for more than a month, the silver that really falls into their hands is only two or three taels, plus this tael, the life at home next month will be much better!

Xiao Liulang and Feng Lin walked towards the village.

When they left the village at the end of June, the late rice in the village had just been planted, and it was just a sparse small rice seedling, but now it has grown into a green patch.

"Wow! The wheat in your village grows so well! ”

This year's weather is abnormal, with scarce rain and drought in the fields, resulting in many crops dying in the fields. They came all the way from the provincial capital, witnessed it with their own eyes, and their hearts were shocked.

However, the crops in Qingquan Village do not seem to be affected by the drought, and they grow strongly.

"It's rice." Xiao Liulang corrected him, but the same doubt flashed in his heart, why did the crops in his village grow so well?

"Oh." Feng Lin responded, and suddenly pointed ahead, "Look! Aqueduct! Yes, your village has dug a canal! It's different when you change it! ”

After the old man Gu stepped down, the village elected a new Lizheng, surnamed Luo Second Uncle is a family relative, it is said that he is about to come out of the five suits, but because they live closely, the two families move around a lot, so the relationship is quite close.

Rory doesn't care about the old man's education, but he is a practical person, and he will help any villager in the village if he is in difficulty.

But let's talk about digging ditches......

It's not that Xiao Liulang looks down on Luo Lizheng, but everyone in the neighborhood, after getting along for so long, Luo Li Zheng will not do anything Xiao Liulang still sees it in his eyes.

He is a relatively conservative Lizheng, and he will not easily build large, and the village has no money to build large.

"Hey! Rokuro! Feng Lin on the side croaked again, "Look! Waterwheel! Oh my! I'm not dazzled, am I? There are even waterwheels in your village! ”

Feng Lin is so big, he has seen a waterwheel only a handful of times.

Waterwheels are a good thing, they can divert water from the lower places to the higher places, and they are the best way to irrigate the fields.

It's just that waterwheels are not common in this kind of small county, and generally wealthy villages can arrange waterwheels, and they have seen waterwheels several times on the way back from the provincial capital, but because of drought, the pond in the village itself has no water, and waterwheels have become decorations.

Feng Lin was puzzled: "By the way, where did the water in your village come from?" ”

Xiao Liulang's gaze followed the canal all the way to the mountain behind Second Uncle Luo's house, he frowned and muttered, "Did you lead the waterfall on the mountain?" ”

It was not an ordinary canal, it spanned half of the mountain, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to dig it out. Not only that, but you also need to be very familiar with the terrain of the mountains.

"Oops! Rokuro is back! ”

It's Aunt Zhang.

Aunt Zhang had just come out of Second Uncle Luo's house, still carrying a basket of wild fruits in her hand, she felt that her family was going to be lucky, and the first thing she saw when Xiulang returned from the exam every time she returned was her!

"Aunt Zhang." Xiao Liulang said hello.

"Aunt Zhang!" Feng Lin also greeted with a grin.

Feng Lin always came to the village, Aunt Zhang already recognized him, Aunt Zhang smiled and said: "It's back, this time it's longer than the last time!" The provincial capital is far away! ”

The countrymen don't understand the days of the exam and the release of the list, and they don't know that Xiao Liulang is actually the first to go home among the foreign candidates in the township exam, but they only feel that he has been away for a month longer than the last time.

Xiao Liulang didn't explain anything, and said: "Yes, the provincial city is farther than the provincial city, and it took more than half a month to arrive." ”

"I said it!" Aunt Zhang looked like I was really smart, "Okay, I've been away from home for so many days, I'm worried about Jiao Niang, hurry back, she's here!" ”

Today, Tianxiang Academy is on holiday, the private school is not on holiday, Gu Xiaoshun went to the town to take care of the two babies, and Gu Jiao was doing things at home.

Xiao Liulang and Feng Lin entered the house, and the first thing they saw was not Gu Jiao, but a man dressed as a farmer.

Both of them were stunned.

When the man heard the movement at the door, he turned around, and his eyes lit up: "Rokuro? This is ...... Feng Xiucai, right? ”

Feng Lin was stunned: "Uh...... I am, you are ......"

"Rory is right." Xiao Liulang said hello.

Rory was scratching his head and grinning.

Feng Lin suddenly realized: "You are the newly appointed Lizheng?" You're so good, you're digging canals, you're making waterwheels, and you've revitalized the crops in the whole village! ”

Rory was stunned at first, and then smiled honestly: "Feng Xiucai praised the mistake, it was not me who dug the canal, and I was not the one who made the waterwheel!" ”

Feng Lin looked surprised: "Isn't it who you are?" ”

Xiao Liulang had a vague guess in his heart, he subconsciously looked towards the back door of the hall, and it happened that at this time, Gu Jiao entered the hall while wiping her hands.

When she saw Xiao Liulang, her steps were a shock.

She knew when the township test ended, and she also knew the approximate date when the list would be released, and she estimated that Xiao Liulang would come back after the list was released, but it was so soon.

Her stunned little appearance was a little natural.

Xiao Liulang felt his heart tremble uncontrollably.

He quietly looked away and greeted Rory.

Rory was confused, didn't he just say hello?

Gu Jiao looked at Xiao Liulang and unconsciously curved the corners of her lips: "Why did you come back so soon?" Don't spend a few more days in the provincial capital. ”

Xiao Liulang said lightly: "There is nothing interesting in the provincial capital. ”

Gu Jiao: "Oh. ”

Rory Zheng smiled: "Fang is talking about you, Feng Xiucai asked me if I dug the canal, whether I made the waterwheel, haha, where do I have such skills?" ”

He said and said to Feng Lin, "It's Jiao Niang!" ”

"Ah......" Feng Lin was dumbfounded.

Gu Jiao opened the mountain to plant a medicine field, and also dug a fish pond, and when the water from the waterfall was introduced into the fish pond, she also dug a canal to lead directly to the village.

The weather is dry and the waterfall on the mountain is much smaller, but there is enough to irrigate the farmland in the village.

Xiao Liulang glanced at Gu Jiao deeply.

"Isn't it? It's only been two months, and you've even dug up a fish pond? Feng Lin knew about Gu Jiao's purchase of the mountain, but he didn't expect Gu Jiao to be so resolute.

Rory was looking at Gu Jiao and said: "By the way, I went to the carpenter in the village to make the wooden cart you told us about threshing and raising millet last time, but it was not made so quickly, they asked me to ask you, what kind of wood is better?" ”

Gu Jiao thought for a while and said, "Korean pine, aspen, tsubaki, and basswood are all good, with high hardness and not easy to deform. ”

"Good! Then I'll go first! As Luo Li was talking, he turned his head and congratulated Xiao Liulang and Feng Lin in advance, wishing them to be on the list.

"What threshing and raising the car?" Feng Lin asked curiously.

Gu Jiao explained: "It is a car that can separate the grain from the rice ear, and a car that can screen out the grain that is not full enough, leaving only the normal grain. ”

"And this kind of thing?" Feng Lin was skeptical.

Although he couldn't tell the difference between a wheat field and a rice field, he still knew how to remove the grain.

It was all grabbing a bundle of rice and smashing it to the ground with brute force, not to mention the trouble, and it may not be possible to take it off, and the ears of rice that have not been taken off have to be carefully picked by hand.

When he was a child, he used to pick millet for people, and half a copper plate a day.

As for separating the grain from the good grain, the grain is usually dried first, and then the grain is raised on a windy day. Good grains are heavier and will fall to the ground; The grain is lighter and can be blown aside by the wind.

After the rice, the rice is also separated from the chaff by raising the grain.

The grain truck made by Gu Jiao is the same as the grain in principle, which can separate the grain and good grain, as well as the rice and the chaff, but the grain truck is more efficient, more labor-saving, and cleaner and thorough.

Originally, Rory didn't believe that there was such a useful thing, but it can be seen that after Gu Jiao dug a canal and made a waterwheel for the villagers, Rory was convinced of her ability and character.

In the evening, the three Gu Yan brothers arrived home.

Xiao Qingkong's eyelids began to jump suddenly from noon, and as soon as he entered the house and saw the bad brother-in-law, he finally understood why his eyelids had jumped all afternoon!

He walked into the house and looked at the bad brother-in-law with a serious face.

Well, not skinny.

Jiaojiao shouldn't have to worry.

He pulled Xiao Liulang to the backyard again and asked Xiao Liulang to pick the dates from the jujube tree for him.

Xiao Liulang looked up at the branches: "It's almost September, where are the dates?" ”

Xiao Jingkong's eyes were fixed on the top of Xiao Liulang's head, he had strictly recorded the height of his bad brother-in-law before, and he could barely reach the first branch, but now the bad brother-in-law has surpassed the branch!

Bad brother-in-law has grown taller!

In fact, in the past two months, according to his strict observation, not only the bad brother-in-law has grown taller, but also Brother Gu Yan and Brother Xiaoshun have grown taller, and even Jiaojiao has also grown taller.

The only thing that hasn't changed in the family is him and his aunt.

Jiaojiao said that it was because he was still young.

But the dog baby is smaller than him, and the dog baby has grown taller!

The little clear space has a sad face!

"What's wrong with you?" Xiao Liulang looked at him and asked.

"Well, it's nothing, don't talk about me." The little clear space sighed like a little adult, looked up at Xiao Liulang seriously, and said, "Tell me about you!" How did you do this exam? Is the topic difficult? Are you sure? If you can't win, your family will have to provide for you for another three years! ”

Xiao Liulang never expected to avoid Dean Li, but he didn't escape the little monk......

What kind of patriarchal tone is this?

"You know that it takes the exam every three years." Xiao Liulang angrily and amusefully slapped his small head, and handed him a red date he had picked up, "Here, take it and play with it." ”

Xiao Jingkong looked at the shriveled little jujube in his hand and pouted.

Who's going to play? Immature!

Xiao Liulang's family brought gifts, and the old lady's sesame candy and soybean crisp.

Happy old lady!

Gu Jiao confiscated the hemp candy, and the soybean crisp could only eat one piece a day.

The old lady is not happy!

What he brought to Gu Yan was an inkstone made of jade, which was round, and he liked round things, especially jade.

Gu Yan: "Thank you, brother-in-law." ”

What is given to the small clearance is a set of nine rings.

Xiao Jingkong took it with a proud face, and said "What, it's naïve and dead", turned his head and hid in the house, and secretly untied the nine links!

What Gu Xiaoshun was given was a few pieces of high-quality wood carving materials, and now that he was not short of tools in his hands, he lacked good wood that caused him trouble.

"Brother-in-law, what kind of wood is this? Haven't seen it! Gu Xiaoshun asked, holding a black wooden block in his hand.

"Ebony." Xiao Liulang said.

The ebony was not owned by Zhaoguo, but was transported from Qingguo, and they were lucky enough to meet a caravan halfway through.

Several people were happy with their gifts.

It was finally Gu Jiao's turn.

Gu Jiaoxin said that she couldn't send her a brush this time, but Xiao Liulang did not send a pen, but sent a pile of paper.

Gu Jiao: "......"

This is not the rough paper sold on the market, but a very valuable water-patterned paper, which will be displayed with curtain patterns, bamboo patterns or patterns in the light, so it is also called patterned paper.

The pattern paper process is complicated, the cost is expensive, and even the capital city has not to be sold, only when you go to the provincial capital.

In Zhaoguo, sending patterned paper is about the same as sending flowers.

Under the moon before the flower, the red sleeves add fragrance.

However, Gu Jiao's smile gradually froze on her little face.

The old lady who had been confiscated of the hemp candy leaned back with laughter.

There is a kind of romance that Rokuro thinks is romantic!

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Feng Lin also brought things, a few large pieces of smoked donkey meat, and a bottle of roasted knife wine, which was given by the store.

Gu Jiao had never drunk ancient wine, it didn't smell too strong, she tasted two bites, and she didn't react when she ate dinner, and when she washed the dishes, the wine came up.

Xiao Liulang sent Feng Lin to the entrance of the village first, and then came back to take a bath for Xiao Jingkong, and when he went to the stove house to find Gu Jiao, Gu Jiao had already thrown the half-washed bowl into the pot and sat on the threshold of the back door of the hall by himself.

She turned her back to Xiao Liulang and stared at the starry sky motionlessly.

Xiao Liulang walked over: "What are you looking at?" ”

Gu Jiao turned her head slowly, her expression was dull and wooden, her little face was red, and her big eyes were wet and shining with crystal water.

Her appearance is different from the usual cold and cold, but like a child in an instant, especially innocent.

"Look at the stars."

She said.

The voices are soft and glutinous, with a hint of confused little milk.

Xiao Liulang took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, "Go back to the house, it's getting dark." ”

"No return." She shook her head and muttered.

Yes, that's usually the case with small headroom.

Drink a drink and drink yourself as Gu is three years old.

Gu Jiao continued to look up at the stars.

"Rokuro." She spoke suddenly.

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