Chapter 19 Multiplication

The rice that Jin Xiaoye has scooped out by hand is definitely not as white as the rice that is milled by modern machines, but it is much softer than the previous brown rice!

The white rice that night, when Li Qing held it in his mouth, felt the incomparable sweetness.

There is no need for vegetables, he can already eat a pot of rice alone, and there is salted fish on the table......

Li Qingzhi felt that he could eat two pots.

At the beginning of the last days, he was only eighteen years old, and although the conditions of his family were not rich, they were not bad.

At that time, he had no meat and no joy, he had to eat meat dishes at every meal, and he never thought that white rice was so delicious.

But this time...... He thought the white rice was really delicious!

He is not the only person who feels this way, Li Laogen and the two children also eat with relish, Li Laogen also said: "The first time I went to the county seat when I was a child, I happened to see a child about the same age as me holding a bowl of white rice at the door of the house, and the rice was even whiter than what we ate today...... I thought to myself, if only I could eat white rice every day. ”

Li Ermao immediately said: "I also want to eat white rice every day!" ”

Even Li Damao said: "White rice is really delicious." ”

Li Qing insisted: "In the future, we will definitely be able to eat white rice every day." "How can his children not even eat white rice?

And himself...... Sooner or later, he'll have to live a life where he has enough white rice!

When the time comes, he will eat three bowls at a time!

"Dad, really?" Li Ermao looked at Li Qingzhi curiously, and Li Damao's eyes were also full of expectation.

"Of course it's true, Dad won't lie to you." Li Qingzhi is very sure.

This time is new to him, but he will try to make a good life for his family!

It's just that as soon as Li Qingzhi finished speaking, Li Laogen said: "Your father coaxed you!" It's not easy to eat enough every day, and I still eat white rice every day......"

Jin Xiaoye also felt that Li Qingzhi was coaxing the child, but the child was still young, so it didn't hurt to coax it.

She glared at Li Laogen and said to the two children: "Da Mao Ermao, when we save up money to buy two more acres of land, we can eat white rice every day." ”

Jin Xiaoye's goal has always been to buy another two acres of land, and then save some money for Da Mao Ermao to marry his daughter-in-law.

Their family only has two acres of land, which is too little, and if they buy two more acres, they will be able to support their families in the future.

Of course, it would be even better if the two children could find a livelihood outside of farming.

Li Laogen was afraid of Jin Xiaoye, and immediately said when he heard this: "Yes, yes, if we buy two more acres of land, we can eat white rice every day, hehe." ”

Li Damao and Li Ermao immediately cheered.

In the next half month, Jin Xiaoye did not go to the county seat again, and kept working in the field.

It is important to go to the county seat to make money, but food is the foundation of their life.

Half a month later, Jin Xiaoye bought some things from the villagers and prepared to go to the county seat the next day.

The things she buys are mainly eggs, duck eggs, and some vegetables – they grow too few of them themselves.

Of course, she didn't forget the that Sister Wang wanted.

But it's hot now, and it's better for her to kill this before she leaves tomorrow.

"Tomorrow when you kill a rooster, there will be chicken blood, and when the time comes, it will be cooked for you to eat to replenish your body." Jin Xiaoye said to Li Qing.

It's been a month since Li Qingzhi came back, but she is still very thin and thin, and she always has the feeling that a strong wind will blow Li Qingzhi away.

It's just that although she is thin, Li Qingzhi's body is much better, and tomorrow she will go to the county seat, and Li Qingzhi plans to follow.

She doesn't have anything to do tomorrow, so it's okay to go slower...... Jin Xiaoye agreed to Li Qingzhi's request, planning to stop and go tomorrow and spend an hour walking for half an hour.

Li Qingzhi is going to the county seat, Li Damao and Li Ermao naturally have to follow, these two children are actually more energetic than Li Qingzhi, Li Qingzhi may not be able to walk, but they will not be used to trotting.

When Li Damao and Li Ermao were very young, Jin Xiaoye would sometimes carry them or carry them to the county seat, but they had no memory of that time for a long time, and Jin Xiaoye had not taken them to the county seat in the past two years......

The two children are very excited about going to the county seat tomorrow.

Li Qingzhi is also in a good mood, his body is finally better, and he can go to the county seat to find a job.

Five years ago, Uncle Jin once introduced a job to the original owner, but at that time, Uncle Jin only knew that the shop was going to recruit people, and there was no guarantee that the original owner would definitely get that job if he went.

Uncle Jin is just a guy, he may be well-informed, but he doesn't have that much face.

Li Qingzhi knows very well that he is now so sick, and it is difficult to find another job by relying on Uncle Jin, so he still has to work hard.

"Mother, isn't the county seat very big?"

"Mother, what does the big ship look like?"

"Mother......

Li Damao and Li Ermao pestered Jin Xiaoye to talk, and Jin Xiaoye replied while sorting out the chicken feathers.

In ancient times, people would make the most of everything, and these things would naturally not be wasted.

Even if it's modern...... In the seventies and eighties when materials were scarce, chicken feathers and duck feathers could also be sold for money, and there were even hawkers who walked over one village after another with burdens, shouting "chicken feathers for sugar", and eventually grew into famous entrepreneurs.

Jin Xiaoye used kelp to exchange some chicken feathers with the people in the village before, and he will tidy it up now

Okay, I'm going to take it to town and sell it.

Among all the feathers, the most valuable is the beautiful feathers on the rooster, the feather fan used by the literati and scholars of the "lupine scarf", it may be made of chicken feathers, and the chicken feathers can also be used to make chicken feather dusters, shuttlecocks and other supplies, even those unsightly hairs can also be used to fill clothes.

Rich families put silk in their winter cotton clothes, but ordinary people put everything, maybe even hay.

Li Qing helped Jin Xiaoye sort out the chicken feathers, and at the same time spoke: "Xiaoye, I'll teach you to memorize the multiplication table." ”

"Multiplication table?" Jin Xiaoye was a little curious.

In the past half a month, Li Qingzhi has been teaching two children to memorize ancient Chinese and arithmetic, and has also taught Jin Xiaoye some things.

He found that Jin Xiaoye's arithmetic was quite good, and he might be one of the best in the village.

Basically, buy something or sell something, Jin Xiaoye can quickly calculate how much it is.

Jin Xiaoye has never learned multiplication and doesn't understand this.

Li Qingzhi explained the multiplication to Jin Xiaoye.

After hearing this, Jin Xiaoye's eyes lit up: "This multiplication table...... How do you carry it? "She has liked to count things since she was a child, and when she counts more, she will count things faster, but multiplication ...... She really didn't know that before.

Li Qing recited it.

This is something he memorized countless times when he was a child, and he remembers it deeply, and the only problem is that he is a little unaccustomed to reciting it in dialects.

The more Jin Xiaoye listened, the more interested she became, and Li Qingzhi taught her to recite little by little: "One by one gets one, one by two gets two......"

There is no pen and paper, and Jin Xiaoye is illiterate, so she can only memorize Li Qingzhi over and over again, and she follows it over and over again.

But Li Qingzhi is not impatient at all, this is communicating with people, and he will never get bored!

Not to mention the two children and Jin Xiaoye, they all looked at him with admiration!

It was dark this day, and after lying on the bed, Jin Xiaoye was still talking about memorizing the multiplication table, and the two children followed the back, and they even memorized a rough idea.

Li Qingzhi is very happy - his daughter-in-law and his children are really hard working and smart!

Li Damao and Li Ermao felt that their father was really powerful and knew a lot of things!

It's just that Li Damao and Li Ermao's admiration for Li Qingzhi didn't last long.

The next day, Jin Xiaoye killed the chicken, and after shedding the feathers of the chicken, he took the whole family to the county seat, but Li Qingzhi didn't walk for long, and he couldn't walk, and his speed became slower and slower.

Li Damao and Li Ermao looked at their father with a tangled face, their father's walking speed is not as fast as theirs!

"Would you like to take a break?" Jin Xiaoye asked Li Qingzhi.

"No, I'm just going to walk slower and keep walking." Li Qing said with a smile.

The original owner is dying, and he can still insist on walking home for several days, he is still in good health, and there is no problem at all when he walks to the county seat.

At most, it's going to go slower.

As he walked, Li Qing pointed not far away and said, "I was arrested there five years ago. ”

There was a small patch of reeds in which the robbers' boats were hidden.

The original owner went to the county seat that time, and if he took Yao Gonggong's boat, it would be fine.

But the original owner was a wanted criminal, and he was worried that the county town had his wanted portrait, and that a relatively well-informed person like Yao Gonggong would find out that something was wrong with him, so he chose to go to the county seat alone.

I was unlucky enough to meet a bad guy.

Jin Xiaoye was startled, looked in that direction, and finally said, "Don't go out of the village alone in the future." ”

Li Qingzhi laughed: "Okay." ”

He wants to live, and he wants to live for a long, long time, so he will definitely pay attention to his own safety.

And Jin Xiaoye, you have to pay more attention than him!

Chapter 20: Finding a job

The environment in ancient times was really good, the air was incomparably fresh, and the river water was crystal clear.

There are people working in the fields, and many of these people who know Jin Xiaoye will greet Jin Xiaoye.

"The county seat is big, when you get to the county seat, grandpa will take you to see the big ship!" Along the way, Li Laogen kept talking to the two children excitedly.

Jin Xiaoye had more things on her back than Li Laogen, and in addition, the weather was hot, so she tried not to speak, just glanced at Li Qingzhi from time to time, afraid that Li Qingzhi would faint.

Li Qingzhi did not faint.

Although he was very uncomfortable and felt that his heart rate was amazingly fast, he persevered by relying on the golden finger to keep running in his body.

The group walked slowly, and after an hour, they finally saw the gate of the county seat.

The original owner had been to the county seat, and Li Qing had the memory of the original owner, but after really seeing the county seat, he also had completely different feelings from the original owner.

The original owner felt that the county seat of Chongcheng County was very large and very beautiful, but Li Qingzhi looked at it...... This Chongcheng County is really not big at all.