The seventh month of the lunar calendar.

In the middle of summer in July, there is not a single cloud in the blue sky, the fiery sun scorches the earth, the water in the river is hot, and the soil in the field is smoking.

At about half past five in the morning, the sky was still dark, and Xu Fugui and Lai Shun wore long sleeves and wide-brimmed straw hats, shuttling through the cornfield.

"This year's corn is really tall." Lai Shun said with a smile.

Xu Fugui nodded, these corns are generally two meters high, and the two of them are inconspicuous when they stand in it.

While talking, the movements of his hands did not stop, peeling off the yellowed corn from the corn stalk one by one, and without hurrying to remove the corn leaves wrapped in the corn, he put them directly into the back basket behind him.

The two of them acted quickly, and after a while, they filled the back basket, quickly went home and poured into the yard, and then hurried to the field to continue breaking corn.

They got up before dawn for two days, in order to take advantage of the low temperature in the morning and bring back the buds from the field as soon as possible.

When the sun rises and the sun hurts, you can remove the buds at home, throw them in the yard to dry, and then take them off after drying.

Although the two of them moved quickly, when the sun rose, they still only broke half an acre of land, and Rao also piled a lot of corn in the yard.

"Brother Fugui, come to Shun, rest, eat first." Liu Cuiping said with a smile on her face.

Xu Fugui answered, walked into the thatched house with Laishun, wiped the hot sweat from his forehead, and washed his face with cold water.

Then he took off the clothes on his upper body and wiped it with a cold water linen.

Working in the cornfield was very uncomfortable, and their bodies were itchy all the time, and with sweat dripping, the two of them had long wanted to come back.

Liu Cuiping brought the dishes and chopsticks to the table, and Xu Fugui and Lai Shun immediately ate them.

Liu Cuiping has been married to Laishun for almost half a month, and she was relatively restrained in the first two days, but then gradually got used to the rhythm of life of the Xu family and quickly integrated into it.

This girl not only moves quickly, but also likes to laugh and is very happy to get along with.

After breakfast, the two sat under the eaves, lit dry tobacco, and smoked without a mouthful.

"Uncle Gui, Uncle Shun." A crisp voice sounded, and Chen Yunsheng's daughter, Chen Daniu, jumped into the yard.

Xu Fugui smiled, "The big girl is here, have you eaten it?" ”

"I've eaten it."

"Let's go in and play with Fengxia."

Chen Daniu walked into the thatched house, and after a while, there were two crisp and loud reading sounds inside, echoing the birdsong outside.

Liu Cuiping glanced at the room and lowered her voice: "Sister Jiazhen is really amazing, I don't think those gentlemen teach her as well." ”

Lai Shun shook his head proudly, "That's not it, Miss used to go to night school, and she almost went to study in the provincial capital." ”

After smoking dry tobacco, Xu Fugui got up and prepared to break some corn again, and when the sun was shining three poles, he sat and slowly peeled corn leaves.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got up, a large group of villagers poured into the courtyard, shouting Fugui one by one.

Xu Fugui looked at them and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with the big guy?" ”

The leading few people said embarrassedly: "Fugui, I heard that Jiazhen teaches Fengxia and Chen Daniu to read at home?" ”

Xu Fugui nodded and pointed to the room, "Na, I'm reading it now, what's the matter, do you want to study?" ”

These farmer men hurriedly waved their hands, "How can we have the life to read and write?" ”

"That's it, it's not that we want to read, it's the children in the family, and they want to come to read when they are making a fuss, this is not to ask if Jiazhen can teach together."

Xu Fugui nodded suddenly, a little embarrassed: "I'll ask Jiazhen." ”

Teaching two children is not a big problem, but teaching a group of children is different, and it takes up a lot of time and energy.

And their house is so big, where can there be so many people, and he doesn't want Jiazhen to be so tired.

walked into the back room and told Jiazhen about it, but Jiazhen was very happy to agree, "If the big guy dares to hand over the child to me, I will dare to teach." ”

Xu Fugui opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say much, and agreed with a smile.

Jiazhen looked at him with a smile and said softly: "Fugui, when I used to go to night school in the city, I always wanted to be a gentleman. ”

Xu Fugui blinked, he didn't know that Jiazhen had always had this idea.

So he turned around and walked out of the thatched hut, "Jiazhen said, whoever wants to study, even if he comes, he will study every morning." ”

The farmer immediately went back in high spirits, and in a short time he brought the children with his family.

Not only that, but these croppers also carry the so-called apprenticeship!

Some are half a piece of bacon, some are ten eggs, some are two handfuls of vermicelli, and some are ten catties of grain, all kinds of things.

"Fugui, Jiazhen, don't dislike it, we can't come up with anything better." The farmer said with some shame.

Reading is not an easy task in their eyes, and they also want to send their children to the school in the city, but the tuition fee of the school is not at all what they can imagine.

But the children want to study, and they can't stop them, and when they learn that Jiazhen is willing to teach their children, they naturally want to express their hearts.

Jiazhen generously accepted these apprenticeship gifts, "There are already a lot of these things, and I am not a serious gentleman, so it would be good to let the dolls recognize a word." ”

These farmer grinned with big yellow teeth, "It's amazing to be able to read." ”

Then, they carried their children's clothes and said viciously: "In the future, follow Jiazhen to study hard, if you dare to be disobedient, Lao Tzu will break your dog's legs." ”

After speaking, he said to Jiazhen: "If the dolls are disobedient and fight hard, these little rabbits are very skinny, and they can't fight if they don't fight." ”

Jiazhen nodded with a smile, walked over to help one of the female dolls tidy up her clothes, and said softly: "The dolls are very well-behaved." ”

The farmer did not stay long, this time was the time of busy farming, leaving the children here, and hurried home to work.

When Jiazhen looked at these dark-skinned, yellow-haired, skinny, skinny, and shabby coarse cloth clothes, she beckoned them into the house distressedly.

After a while, the sound of Lang Lang's reading came from inside, Xu Fugui shook his head funny, he didn't expect Jiazhen to have the talent to be a teacher.

But what he didn't expect was that after the other people in the village heard that Jiazhen was teaching, they sent their children over one after another, followed by a large number of apprenticeship gifts.

Not to mention the rest, there are ten catties of bacon alone!

Due to the large number of people, the thatched hut could not be crowded, so Jiazhen simply moved the podium in the courtyard and taught the children to read and write every morning.

The teaching aids are also very simple, black charcoal, wooden boards, straight bamboo sticks, and the ink in Jiazhen's stomach are enough to teach these children.

(End of chapter)