Chapter Twenty-Three: The Journey

Cai Dacheng was lying lazily, Zhao Jiao shrunk in his arms, allowing him to check his pulse from time to time, and also touching his belly from time to time.

He really couldn't bear to break this kind of warmth, but it had reached the point where he had to say it.

"Jiao'er," she turned her face and kissed her, "I have to go out, maybe a few days, maybe a few months, but I will definitely come back when you give birth, and when you come back, I will surround you and never leave again." ”

Zhao Jiao thought that she had misheard, so she only said it to the side again.

Ercheng hit the nail on the head: "Brother, are you going to the battlefield again?" ”

Zhao Jiao sat up in fright when she heard Ercheng say this.

"Jiaojiao, don't worry!" Cai Dacheng was startled, and hurriedly pressed her again, "Because of the grace of saving my life, I promised General Chang for five years but didn't do it, and I was always wrong."

This time, Chang Gongzi just asked for help, although I don't know if he will go to the battlefield, but it is unlikely that he will come. You must know that most of the imperial court has been unified, and the battles in remote areas cannot be achieved in a day or two, I think nine times out of ten they will not let me go, rest assured! ”

No matter how unhappy Zhao Jiao and Ercheng were, three days later, Cai Dacheng still left early.

Zhao Jiao lay down and didn't want to move, in the past two months, he has also been out for a day or two, knowing that he will come back soon, he will not be too worried. But this time there was no deadline to come back, so she thought about it when she left, and it was a little uncomfortable.

Ercheng came in and saw that the lady was awake, and brought the clothes over for her to wear, and the brother said that she had to move more to give birth.

Zhao Jiao got dressed, she thought, it's better to find something to do, so that the days can have a rush, otherwise lying in bed every day, wouldn't she become a resentful woman?

Speaking of which, she hasn't looked closely at the school next door, so I'll go today to see if there is anything to add or subtract.

The size of the school is the same as Zhao Jiao's house, and the layout of the house is similar, after all, if you don't run a school in the future, you will have to live in it.

Open the door and go in, the area of the yard is not small, and a lot of flowers and trees have been planted at this time, because it is not difficult to find a few fruit trees by leaning on the mountain.

The first thing that catches your eye is a few osmanthus trees that are in full bloom, and the fragrance is overwhelming.

Look like a begonia flower on the left? Not so sure. On the right near the study is the gentleman's bamboo, there are a few plum blossoms in front of the school, and some low flowers and plants are planted under the tree, which has entered the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are only branches and shrubs at present.

There are three rooms in the main room, all of which are used as classrooms. Desks and stools are in place, and ten desks are temporarily placed in each classroom.

The left wing room is made of a pantry room by the main bedroom, the middle is the reserve room, the one by the door is the gatehouse, and the gatehouse digs a well from the gate.

In the right wing, the one near the door is the library, in which there are eight rows of bookshelves, which are currently empty, and will be filled later, and there are two bookshelves dedicated to the four treasures of the study, and two rows of tables and chairs are placed at the end for reading.

In the middle is the master's lounge, and the beds and washware are ready.

The last activity room, currently only chess and Go, has been arranged and covered with dust covers.

When I entered the second entrance, the first thing I saw was a pond, and the lotus root would be planted in the spring of the next year. The path by the pond, accompanied by low flowers and plants, is very winding. There is only one kind of fruit tree in this garden, the peach tree. This is when Cai Dacheng was about to fall asleep and asked her what fruit she wanted to eat, she didn't hear it clearly, she casually said grapes, and when she wanted to eat it, she thought of it, but the "Portugal" of grapes was too light, so he listened to a word, and the garden became "peach".

She asked her to arrange the second entry, after all, it was a girls' school.

Cai Dacheng and the two brothers have opened a small door to the west of the right wing room against the main courtyard according to her request, so that it is convenient for the woman to enter and exit and avoid going through the main entrance.

The first room in the right compartment is used as an activity room, and there are several shelves against the wall to put items. In the middle is a study room and a small number of libraries, separated by half a needlework and other handicraft workshops. The last one that opened the door was used as a classroom, and there were only twenty seats, and it was estimated that the recruitment was not satisfied.

The main house is not open, if there is a master at home, it must be provided, and the furniture is in place.

The left wing room is the kitchen, bathroom and storage room, and a well is also built between the wing room and the front yard.

Zhao Jiao felt that it was too inconvenient to have no wells, and she also built two deep wells in the same place.

Zhao Jiao looked inside and out, and felt that there was still a problem in the front yard, and when she turned around in front of her, she found that there was a lack of playground, but the flowers and trees had been planted.

Walking out of the school, I saw that Bao'er was returning from a distance.

"Ercheng, this won't work! In the past, Bao'er walked in the village when she went out, and others would see it if you didn't see it, but now you see, the closest thing to this is our previous home, and it has to be more than two miles away.

What if something happens to such a small person walking alone? In the nearby mountains and dense forests, if there is no one to answer anything, I don't worry. In addition to being close to our house, this road is full of rubble, which is not good if you accidentally knock it. ”

While speaking, Bao'er had already arrived at the door, and when she saw her mother running over, she stopped her feet in front of her, and looked happy.

"Mother!" He remembered what his father said, he couldn't pounce on his mother, and his younger brother would hurt when he was older.

Zhao Jiao squatted down her legs slightly, "My family's Bao'er is so cute!" He took his little hand and walked home, chatting as he went.

"Daddy left today, he asked Bao'er not to forget him, it will be a long, long time."

Zhao Jiao: "Really? Looks like your dad really loves you! They left without saying hello to me. ”

Bao'er was a little excited, but she still comforted her mother: "Daddy may have forgotten, mother, I told you!" ”

"Got it, good baby!"

After a busy day, when Bao'er slept at night, Zhao Jiao discussed with Ercheng.

"I think it's better to let other children come to us to play, first, Bao'er is too young to walk so far, and second, it's a bit remote here, so it's too lonely for children to come over to play and gather popularity."

Cai Ercheng: "Then how do they play?" We don't have much fun except for the house. ”

"I have a way!" Then he talked about the slides, swings, skipping ropes, shuttlecock kicking, etc. in his previous life, and he didn't waste them for the children in the school after they were built.

"If it's really like you say, if it's fun, it can attract a lot of children, why don't you make noise from morning to night? And when it's time to go to class, don't go to school and still play, those children who study are not distracted? Ercheng asked.

"That's a problem indeed! I can't say that I ran around and entered the garden to destroy the flowers and trees inside. After thinking about it for a while, "So, expand a large yard to the west, build a yard wall, level the ground, half of it will be used to build children's skateboards, etc., and build a playground!" ”

She talked about her own ideas, not only to study but also to have a good body, work and rest, and improve the fun of children. There is a way to be noisy, open the door on time and play with them, and close it when it is outdated. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, but now that the little baby is making trouble, he wants to play with me, I'll say hello to him first."

As he spoke, he covered her with a quilt and shrunk into the quilt by herself, and really followed the child's fetus to move...

The next day, according to the results of the discussion the night before, Ercheng found someone to move.

Because of the reason for building a house in front, the people in the village really made a lot of money, and I really thought that I don't know when I would be able to find such a good job at the door of the house, and the Cai family was recruiting people again.

I heard that this is an amusement park for children, anyway, you can still make money without paying for your own money, and you are very happy!

Hurriedly applied for the job, I was afraid that it would be too late to find all the people.

When the fifth aunt heard about it, she hurriedly came over to inquire.

This is not a big 20% number, and it is a waste to build so many houses!

The mess of flowers and plants still costs money to buy!

It's still planted in a cultivated yard, how good it is to grow some vegetables, what a waste!

What will this toss!

"Bao'er Niang, it's not easy for this Dacheng to make a few dollars, your house has also been built, and there are dozens of acres of land, live a good life, leave some for the children, don't toss it all!"

Zhao Jiao likes the fifth aunt very much, and she helps her a lot, and she can keep up with her mother many times.

She also wants to repay the elderly, but she still has children, what if she gives too much and doesn't give birth? Isn't it harmful? Therefore, you can only take the lead in finding their family when you have a job, give them a foreman, and the salary can be separated from others and get more, but not too much, otherwise the son will marry a daughter-in-law, what if the daughter-in-law is dishonest?

"There's no place to use a lot of money after this time," she slowly stuffed her thoughts into her, "Mainly for the children in the school, and the children in the village, the school has used all the money and saved this money?" ”

explained again, whether she understood it or not, she still said it once, especially said that her grandson would come to play in the future, so she could only sigh and be persuaded not to speak.

Besides, after all, it's not his own son, and if he doesn't listen to her, he can't do it, I'm afraid that the money will be used up. Fortunately, there are still fields, but it is really useless to build this, alas! These children don't listen to the old man!

In the end, Zhao Jiao stuffed a piece of meat and took it back, and by the way, he also took a piece of each for the third master and the uncle's family.

Time flies in the busyness, because the wall is wide, it has been built to the previous house, and the ground has been bought before, so there is no trouble.

The old house was also demolished, and the garden remained, but the garden was also enclosed within the wall, so from a distance or on the mountain, Zhao Jiao's family was too huge! Make a lot of money too! It's not the same as them!

In the envy and jealousy of the villagers, the courtyard was completed at the end of September, and the wall is connected to the previous courtyard, both of which are three zhang high.

And the road leading to the village, Cai Ercheng also arranged for someone to repave it, all stone roads, not caring about his family's leading to the village, after his family's boundary, although he no longer pays wages, but includes food! Please ask all the villagers, regardless of gender, to help and build the road when they are done with farm work!

This is for the villagers themselves, and everyone is enthusiastic, so after the farming is busy, all the main roads are turned into stone roads after mid-November, and they no longer have to step on the dirt roads on rainy days!

The sun was not bad on this day, Zhao Jiao stood in front of the west gate of the school, watching her son go to the slide to find someone to play, listening to the laughter in her ears, she couldn't help but think of Cai Dacheng, "Brother Dacheng, where are you?" ”

The only thing that replied to her was the icy mountain wind.