A few days later, He Lin came back, his hands were full of wine, and he brought gifts to his family.

He brought a small stove for roasting the fire in winter, a handful of incense for Hemai, and a pair of rabbit skin gloves for Liulang.

He Mai drank all the hot tea in one go, and breathed a sigh of relief, "In the past few months before the Chinese New Year, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back." ”

He looked at He Mai and Qin's puzzled gazes, and explained with a smile: "There are more chores in the academy. On weekdays, there are a lot of people who come to write letters, copy calligraphy, paintings, and paintings, but I only stay in the academy with a few students who don't go home, and I can't finish my work. ”

He Mai said: "There are so many chores in the academy? But I haven't listened to you on weekdays. ”

"Isn't it almost the end of the year? It's all family members who call on their relatives who are away to come back quickly. Most of the letters written by ghostwriters are like this. In a few days, people will come to the academy to find us to write pairs and door couplets. ”

"With so much work to do, why don't you recruit some people from outside?" He Mai asked.

That's exactly what the Master thought. There are not many children from poor families studying in the academy, and when I came back this time, I just wanted to ask, would Shanmu be happy to go with me? I don't know if he has time. ”

"Brother Yamaki? Brother Yamaki must be happy to go! He Mai said with a smile, "His school in Qinglu Village has long been suspended, and now it is a farming slack, and he is bored at home. ”

"Isn't that flattering? After a while, I went to Yamaki's house and asked him if he would go to the academy to pick up some chores? Qin also said with a smile.

After a while, He Lin and He Mai went to Shanmu's house together and told Shanmu about it.

Shan Mu was naturally willing in every way, and hurriedly asked He Lin about the specific time and work of going to the academy.

At this time, Shancao pulled Hemai to the side to talk, and asked Hemai what he had been doing recently, and what had Liulang been doing?

He Mai answered one by one, and looked at her with a smile, "What are you asking for?" We see each other almost every day, what am Rokuro and I doing, don't you know? ”

Shancao laughed, "I'm just asking!" I see that Brother Liulang has been staying with Xu Langzhong recently, Hemai, is Brother Liulang going to do something with his friends again? ”

"No, no." He Mai thought for a while, "He has always been with Xu Jiang for a while, and I don't know what they are discussing." Mountain grass, what's wrong with you, weird. ”

"It's nothing, just ask." The little face of the mountain grass is smiling, so that people can't notice the slightest strange look.

He Lin went back the next day, which was still the rest day of the academy, so he went back with Shanmu.

Yamaki had to rush back that night, and although he was on the road for an hour or two a day, he was still very happy to be able to earn some money for his family to subsidize the family.

Write a letter to your family to earn two copper plates, copy a book to earn fifteen copper plates, and paint a picture to earn eight copper plates.

At the end of the day, Shan Mu earned more than 20 copper plates just by writing letters to his family, and went back to bring a string of sugar gourds to Shancao, and cut a pound of meat, and the whole person was tired and happy.

In this way, Yamaki simply said to the master of the academy, requesting that the books that had not been copied in the academy during the day be brought back at night, and then brought back the next morning.

He has nothing to do now, so he can supplement his family and practice calligraphy.

The master heard He Lin say that he knew that Shanmu was a student who would enter the academy next year, and seeing that Shanmu was good-looking and gentle, he made an exception to allow him.

In this way, Yamaki was even more happy, got up early every day, rode a donkey to the town before dawn, and came back in the dark, although the whole person was tired, but the spirit was extremely excited.

After a few days, the mountain grass came to the market the day before and asked her if she would go to the market the next day.

"If we go, let's go with my brother tomorrow morning!" Shan Cao innocently bent his eyes, "A pair of shoes under my brother's feet have been rotten in the past few days, I have to buy some needlework and thread, and give my brother a new pair of soles in time for the year." ”

She blinked her eyes, "Okay Hemai, let's go together, my mother won't go, if you don't go, I can only go by myself." ”

He Mai nodded at her head, "I'll just go with you." I'll go back and ask Rokuro if he's going tomorrow. ”

When I returned home, there was still no one at home, so I thought that Liulang should still go to Xu Jiang.

Recently, the two of them have been talking about things more and more in private, Xu Jiang has often invited Liulang to his place in addition to going out for consultation, and when it is time to eat, he will come back after eating.

Xu Jiang was quiet, and there was no one else but himself. And Rokuro is here, after all, there is still her.

He Mai treated all this as if she couldn't see it, and every day when the two of them came back together, she didn't ask much, just cook the food and wash the clothes.

At this time, it was noon, and Xu Jiang and Liulang came back again. He Mai finished cooking, and Xu Jiang sniffed all the way from outside the hospital into the courtyard, "What did you do delicious again?" ”

"Braised eggplant in sauce, spicy eggs, and half a bamboo rat." He Mai smiled and presented the recipe for the afternoon.

Xu Jiang swallowed his saliva, "When will you start eating?" ”

"Look at your gluttony, haven't you eaten enough every day?" Rokuro said as he went into the stove room to help Hemai.

Bringing out the dishes and chopsticks and sitting down on the dining table, He Mai asked him: "Ming'er I want to go to the market with Shancao and accompany her to buy some things, Liulang, can you go?" ”

Rokuro groaned, "I'm not going." Xu Jiang and I still have some things to discuss. You go with the mountain grass, buy more if you want to buy something, and come with your temperament. ”

Xu Jiang interjected with a grin: "He Mai, I really envy you for marrying a good man!" The men of other people's houses don't let their own women buy this and that, and scold their own women for being losers, but when they come to you, it's the other way around! ”

He Mai smiled and said softly, "I know, then you and Brother Xu are busy at home." I'm going to my grandmother's for lunch, and I've already told my grandmother about it. ”

"Got it, don't worry." Rokuro said softly.

The next morning, He Mai and Shancao took a donkey, and Shanmu himself took a donkey, and the three of them went to the town together in the early morning.

Shan Mu invited the two girls to breakfast, but the mountain grass had not opened meat for a long time, he ate a drawer of steamed buns, drank a bowl of tofu brain, and his stomach was round and he was holding a fried cake and refused to let go.

"You girl eats like this, who will want you in the future?" Shan Mu shook his head helplessly, "Do you look at other people's wheat and eat Xiangdoswen?" ”