"Old Man Zhu is also too good." Jin Xiaoye sighed.

"Xiaoye, you can taste it." Li Qing insisted on urging Jin Xiaoye to eat.

But Jin Xiaoye didn't eat, she suddenly spoke: "Ah Qing, I want to rent a boat tomorrow." ”

Since he told Li Qingzhi that he wanted to rent a boat to do business, Jin Xiaoye took the time to inquire.

Now that the two children are led by Li Qing, she has a lot of freedom, and soon inquired about the price of renting a boat, which is basically fifty wen a day. In addition, she also learned that there was an old man in a nearby village who couldn't do it by himself and his son was gone, so he wanted to rent out the boat, and the rent was lower than that collected by the county town, only 40 wen a day.

She originally wanted to save more money to rent a boat in a few days, but now there was such an opportunity in front of her...... She wanted to rent the boat as soon as possible.

Li Qing insisted: "Okay! ”

"I have to move the family's money, and I don't think I can take care of the family's affairs in the future." Jin Xiaoye looked at Li Qingzhi seriously.

"It's okay," Li Qingzhi liked Jin Xiaoye's energetic appearance of making money very much, "Xiaoye, have you figured out what business you want to do?" ”

"I'll go to the county seat to support the boat first, and then think about something else when it's done." Jin Xiaoye Road.

When people in the county town go out or want to transport things, they will call a boat, just like calling a taxi in modern times.

In fact, Yao Chenggong mainly does this, making a lot of money, but generally speaking, it will not be impossible to earn, and the business will be very good during the New Year's holidays or something.

"Okay." Li Qingzhi laughed. A girl like Jin Xiaoye Zhen, even if she encounters the end of the world, she will try her best to survive, which is really good.

"Then I'll go and call Xiaoshu and talk to him," Jin Xiaoye said, "Give him some chicken to eat too." ”

Jin Xiaoye's mother's house is also from Miaoqian Village, but the two families are some distance away, and they both have their own work to do, Li Qingzhi did not meet Jin Xiaoshu during this time.

Now Jin Xiaoshu is coming over...... Li Qing cut the chicken with a knife, and poured out the chicken soup, planning to wait for Jin Xiaoshu to eat.

About half an hour later, Jin Xiaoye brought Jin Xiaoshu back.

There was no table in their house, so the two of them sat on the threshold, talking in the shade.

Jin Xiaoshu is only sixteen years old, and he is a high school student.

At this time, people ate far less well than modern times, Jin Xiaoshu was very thin, not tall, and his voice was like a duck's call, and he was still in the period of voice change.

"Sister, are we really going to hold the boat?" Jin Xiaoshu was a little eager to try, but also a little scared.

"Go!" Jin Xiaoye made a decision.

Jin Xiaoshu immediately said, "I listen to you." ”

"Then you come to me tomorrow morning." Jin Xiaoye Road.

Jin Xiaoshu agreed, and then drank the chicken soup and ate the chicken.

Although the chicken breasts and drumsticks are gone, there are still chicken wings and other meat! Jin Xiaoshu ate with an oily mouth, and fed Li Damao and Li Ermao some of it.

Li Damao Li Ermao is very familiar with Jin Xiaoshu, and after eating the meat that Jin Xiaoshu fed them, Li Ermao also said: "Uncle, Ermao can write his own name!" ”

"Ermao is so powerful?" Jin Xiaoshu was a little surprised.

Li Damao said: "I can also write my mother's name!" ”

"Me too!" Li Ermao followed closely as he spoke.

After the two children finished speaking, they took sticks and drew words on the ground.

It is indeed a painting, they are not written one stroke at a time, but according to the calligraphy written by Li Qingzhi, but the words drawn can also be recognized.

Li Qingzhi had long known that they could draw, and had praised them many times, but he was not in a hurry to let them learn to write.

Neither child is under the age of five, so there is no need to be in a hurry.

Jin Xiaoshu was illiterate at all, but when he saw Li Damao and Li Ermao writing there, he praised him again and again.

Li Damao and Li Ermao puffed up their small chests, very proud.

The Li family is happy here, the Zhu family, and Zhu Xunmiao, who returned home, read the 3,000 words written by Li Qingzhi today several times.

"Dad, Mr. Li's writing is really good."

"Naturally, the first time your father and I saw him, I felt that he was not an ordinary person." Zhu Qian was very complacent.

"Dad, rest tomorrow, I want to have a good chat with Mr. Li." Zhu Xunmiao said that their school is closed on the fifteenth day of the new year, and he can finally rest.

"It's time to talk about it, so that you can learn more." Zhu Qiandao.

Zhu Xunmiao nodded, then took out a piece of paper and copied down the words written by Li Qing that touched him deeply, intending to motivate himself.

Jin Xiaoye and Jin Xiaoshu chatted until it was dark, and then Jin Xiaoshu took a stick and went back in the dark.

He took a stick not for fear of danger, but to chase away snakes, which were often hidden in the grass in the summer.

Jin Xiaoye was very excited and a little apprehensive that night, so he said a lot to Li Qingzhi, and was very worried: "What if I can't make money?" ”

"It doesn't matter if you can't make money, even if you don't have one guest a day, that is, if you lose forty yuan, I can earn one dollar a day." Li Qingzhi comforted her.

Li Qingzhi's voice was very gentle, and when Jin Xiaoye heard his words, the uneasiness in his heart completely disappeared.

The next day, Li Qing got up early in the morning.

He now goes to Zhu's house for breakfast, and Jin Xiaoye is not in a hurry to cook. She brushed the clay pot that Li Qingzhi brought back yesterday with water, and poured the water from the clay pot into the pot, planning to use the water to cook rice later—there are oil flowers in this water!

The Yao family had to wait for a while before going out, so Li Qingzhi took a branch and wrote on the ground, teaching Jin Xiaoye by the way.

Before, Li Qingzhi asked Jin Xiaoye if he wanted to learn to read and write, Jin Xiaoye said that he wanted to learn, and Li Qingzhi kept this in mind.

On the first day of going to Zhu's house to write a book, Li Qingzhi wrote the names of his family on a piece of paper, and then took the paper home and used it to teach Jin Xiaoye to write.

Li Damao and Li Ermao can only draw their names, but Jin Xiaoye can already write, and Li Qingzhi also taught Jin Xiaoye a few words.

He didn't ask Jin Xiaoye what kind of writing he wanted, he hoped that Jin Xiaoye could know the words and not be blind.

The two taught one to learn, and after a while, Yao Gonggong came out of the house.

Seeing this, Li Qingzhi hurriedly followed.

As usual, they arrived on the ship first, and after a while, Yao Zhenfu was late.

The concierge of the Zhu family already knew Li Qingzhi, and when he saw Li Qingzhi, he smiled and let him in: "You go and have breakfast, we are all ready!" ”

Li Qingzhi was hungry for a long time, and after entering the Zhu family, he took Li Damao and Li Ermao straight to the kitchen.

Returning the clay pot that he had taken away yesterday to the cook, Li Qingzhi took the bowl and scooped the porridge.

The housekeeper and the subordinates of the Zhu family all drink porridge in the morning, and the dishes for the porridge are all kinds of pickles, one for each person, that is, the steward has a salted duck egg every day, but the subordinates do not.

Today's porridge is pickled kohlrabi.

The so-called kohlrabi is actually mustard gnocchi, and people in Chongcheng County basically pickle it and eat it.

When Li Qing was drinking porridge, the cook cut kohlrabi next to her, saying that she was going to make kohlrabi soup at noon today.

"When the time comes, I will put some oil residue in the soup for you and keep the incense." The cook came over with a small plate and put a small plate of oil residue in front of Li Damao and Li Ermao: "Da Mao Ermao, Uncle invites you to eat oil residue." ”

Da Mao Ermao's face was pleasantly surprised, and Li Qingzhi immediately said: "Da Mao Ermao, quickly say thank you, uncle." ”

"Thank you, Uncle!" The two children spoke together.

The cook was very happy: "Mr. Li, you taught these two children so well. ”

"It's they who are sensible." Li Qingzhi laughed.

Li Damao and Li Ermao listened to it, and puffed up their small chests again.

"Yes, Da Mao Ermao is sensible by himself, Mr. Li, you can eat, there is still a lot of porridge left!"

There is indeed quite a lot of porridge left.

This porridge is very thick, but it is much easier to swallow than rice, Li Qing drank a bowl in three or two times, and immediately added a bowl to himself, and drank it in three or two seconds......

Because there was a lot of porridge, he drank five bowls in one go.

Zhu Xunmiao, who learned that Li Qingzhi had come over, and because Li Qingzhi was drinking porridge, he didn't come forward to disturb Zhu Xunmiao: "......" Mr. Li is ...... Too edible?

Why is he so thin when he can eat so much?

It wasn't until Li Qingzhi finished eating that Zhu Xunmiao stepped forward: "Mr. Li! ”

"Young Master Zhu," Li Qingzhi laughed, "Young Master Zhu didn't go to the academy today?" ”

"Today's school is closed." Zhu Xunmiao said.

"Which school is Young Master Zhu studying in? How often should I take a bath? Li Qingzhi was very curious, if he wanted to take the imperial examination, maybe he would have to go to the academy.

Zhu Xunmiao told him about studying at Li Xiucai, and said that he would take a break once every half a month.

Li Qingzhi was a little surprised after hearing this.

He often waited for Yao Zhenfu with Yao Zhenfu, and when Yao Zhenfu was away, Yao Zhenfu still talked a lot, and he was willing to chat, so he knew that Yao Zhenfu was also studying with Li Xiucai.

It's just that since he is resting today, why did Yao Zhenfu still enter the city?

Of course, this is someone else's business, and he can't care about it...... Li Qingzhi chatted with Zhu Xunmiao, and asked about Li Xiucai School by the way.

Li Xiucai's school has a large number of students, with seventy or eighty students.

And studying at Li Xiucai's place, if you just want to recognize a word, it is not expensive, just two taels of silver a year.

Some people in the town will send their children to Li Xiucai to study there for two years, and when the children can read and write, they will not go.

However, if you plan to take the imperial examination and need Li Xiucai to explain the deeper knowledge of the scriptures and teachings, then two taels of silver a year will not be enough, and you will need to add another five taels of silver.

In fact, those students who simply recognize a word are not taught by Li Xiucai, but by his two children.

"Why did Li Xiucai accept so many students?" Li Qing was puzzled. At this time, people generally don't accept too many students, after all, everyone's progress is different, so many students ...... Li Xiucai is afraid that he will be unable to teach.

"Mr. Li, he's short of money." Zhu Xunmiao said.

Li Qingzhi became more and more puzzled, he had accepted so many students, and he was still short of money?

Zhu Xunmiao coughed lightly: "Mr. Li has a wife and two concubines, and the three of them gave birth to seven sons and six daughters...... Five of the seven sons are now married, and some have more than one child. ”

Li Qingzhi: "......" seven sons, Li Xiucai must be short of money!

In the era when there was no contraceptive means, people generally gave birth to many children, but the poor had poor family conditions, and women were prone to malnutrition, so it was not so easy to get pregnant, and they might not be able to support them when they were pregnant.

But the conditions are better, and the women are healthy...... It is not surprising that Li Xiucai's wife and two concubines have an average of four or five in their lives, and the original owner's mother gave birth to five children and supported them all.

But Li Xiucai has seven sons...... The expenses of this large family must be a lot.

"Mr. Li lives in a rented house in the county, and the rent alone costs a lot of money every month, and there are many people in his family, and not everyone of his sons has errands...... Zhu Xunmiao went to Li Xiucai's house and was shocked at the time.