"Actually, it's a little cold when I take a bath in the yard at night."

Li Qiao remembered the situation when she took a shower in the last few nights, and her body trembled.

Before, he and Tao Zhu were bathing in the yard, but the temperature has dropped recently, and if there happens to be a small breeze blowing when washing, it will really be shivering and goosebumps.

"I'm going to buy a bathtub tomorrow, you have to read every day, and you can't catch the cold." Tao Zhu saw him trembling and hurriedly said.

"Don't you feel cold?" Li Qiao was a little surprised.

"I'm used to it, I don't feel cold." Tao Zhu shook his head, this is where to go.

“…… Row horn. However, if you use the bath bucket, you have to boil water, pour water, and clean the bath bucket, which is too troublesome, and I think we should hire a long-term worker. ”

"Huh?"

Tao Zhu was stunned, and even the movements in his hands stopped, hiring a long-term worker to brush the bath bucket?

Are you kidding!

But before he could speak, Li Qiao said again: "Moreover, once we move to the new house, someone must guard the old house, otherwise I am afraid that our ox cart will be stolen." ”

"Even now this iron pipe, I'm afraid that someone will steal it, seven or eight taels of silver."

Tao Zhu: "......"

His expression became serious, and he was right.

"Then from tomorrow, let's look for the right person."

"But it takes money. Don't you still want to raise some livestock? We don't raise much, but if we raise it casually, the little pigs and chicks will have to spend money. ”

"It doesn't cost much."

Tao Zhu said this, but as soon as he said this, he raised his eyebrows: "What do you want to say?" ”

"I want to say that if I really find a way out for sweet potatoes, not only will the villagers benefit, but we will also make a lot of money, just like corn."

"So I hope you don't get angry anymore, I'm not just thinking about it for the sake of the folks, I'm thinking about it for ourselves."

"I know you feel sorry for me, but I don't want you to waste your emotions on this. I'm anxious to see you angry, and I want you to be happy every day. ”

Li Qiao straightened his expression and said with a serious face.

Tao Zhu: "......"

He pursed his lower lip and lowered his eyes, a little uncomfortable: "And let you bother to coax me, I am no different from Uncle Dashan like this, I am causing you trouble." ”

“…… No! ”

Li Qian hurriedly shook his head, he threw down the shovel in his hand, walked to Tao Zhu in two steps, and hugged him: "Do we two still need to say such things?" It's too raw! ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand and pinch the soft flesh on Tao Zhu's cheek and pulled it out, a little helpless: "I found that since I started studying, you have treated me as a glass man, and I am always cautious." ”

For example, as long as he is studying, Tao Zhu will not go near the hall, nor will he let others get close to the hall, unless he takes the initiative to come out, otherwise Tao Zhu will never disturb him.

There is also daily work, except for making meat floss, he doesn't have to do any housework now.

In the past, he did everything, such as washing clothes, sweeping the floor, wiping the table, watering vegetables, etc., which were all small tasks that were handy.

But now Tao Zhu won't let him touch it at all.

Is this treating him like a giant baby?

"You study so hard, I don't want to affect you."

was poked in the heart, Tao Zhu nodded and admitted.

As he spoke, he threw away the shovel in his hand, and raised his hand to hold Li Qiao's big hand that was messing with his face: "It's so difficult to take the imperial examination, Brother Wen hasn't been admitted to Xiucai after studying for thirty years, of course, you must be smarter than Brother Wen, but I don't understand the imperial examination, so I can't do it, what I can do is to do other things well and not let you be distracted." ”

He looked serious, but there was a sense of loss in his tone.

He didn't know anything about the imperial examination, and he didn't have any topics with Li Qiao except to talk about how expensive books, pen, ink, paper, and inkstones were......

He can't participate in Li Qiao's career anymore.

He can't be like making dim sum, following behind Li Qiao and supporting the family's business with Li Qiao.

Imperial examination, he really can't do anything.

Tao Zhu's slightest loss, Li Qiao did not miss it.

After a moment of silence, he had self-reproach on his face: "I'm sorry, it's my fault." ”

"What's wrong with you?" Tao Zhu was surprised, and his eyes widened a little.

"My fault is that I didn't communicate with you, so that there is a gap between us, I should tell you more about the imperial examination."

“…… Even if you say it, then I don't understand. Tao Zhu pursed his lips.

"No, the imperial examination is not as sacred as you think, you must understand. It's like the two real policy questions that Brother Wen showed me before......"

Li Qiao began to talk about the hobby of writing small essays on the saints today, as well as the evil exam questions that tortured Zhuang Wen to the point of staying awake at night.

It was the first time Tao Zhu had heard these things, and he was surprised at first, but it soon turned into relish.

These things were a whole new world for him.

"There is no typhoon in our Pingcheng, but there is an exam question, I understand that the saint wants to be grounded, but this question is not grounded for our candidates in Pingcheng, it is to be connected to hell."

Li Qiao couldn't help but complain.

Tao Zhu: "......"

He was stunned for a moment, and then sneered, his eyes shining: "You can be quiet, don't be heard." ”

"Don't worry, I'm just complaining to you, and I don't dare to say it in front of others."

"Now you know what the imperial examination is, it's not holy at all. You get the idea, too. ”

"If you don't mention the big truth in the books, then I do understand this policy."

The smile on Tao Zhu's face did not fade.

Li Qiao's words were like a rope, pulling him far behind Li Qiao to Li Qiao's side.

"Then I will tell you more about this in the future, I went to the bookstore today to buy books, and specially bought the chronicles and travelogues that record the situation in various places......

Li Qiao talked about his coping ideas again.

Tao Zhu listened very seriously, and when Li Qiao finished speaking, he couldn't help but praise: "This idea is good, no matter what the next test is, let's make all preparations first." ”

"You see, you can give me advice, I was wrong before, I ignored you."

Li Qiao couldn't help but hug him tightly as she spoke.

When he didn't know it, Tao Zhu must have been extremely tormented these days.

Hearing this, Tao Zhu smiled: "You did a good job." ”

Which scholar in this world would take out the imperial examination questions and discuss them with his husband?

Anyway, there was no such thing as a reader he had ever met.

This man not only dragged him side by side in business, but now even the imperial examination, he was so happy that he didn't know what to say.

"Let's bury this iron pipe quickly, and then you go back to study, and I'll make snacks, and by the way, think about who to find as a long-term worker."

In the end, he chose to be pragmatic.

I'm happy, but I still have to work.

Li Qian listened to his brisk tone, and couldn't help but laugh too: "Okay." ”

Next, he's going to toss sweet potatoes too.

In fact, if you want to consume sweet potatoes in large quantities, the method is very simple:

Vermicelli.

Sweet potato vermicelli can be eaten in a variety of ways, each of which is delicious and can be stored for a long time, making it perfect for consuming sweet potatoes.

However, such a good method, he can't come up with it easily, he has to "experiment".

In the next few days, Li Qiao still concentrated on reading, but in the evening, when Li Dashan and Li Chuntao left, he would chat with Tao Zhu about the content of the books he read that day.

Not only talk about the content in the Fang Zhi and travelogue, but also talk about the content in the Four Books and Five Classics.

Of course, he won't say those big things, but make some interesting points.

Tao Zhu wanted to keep up with him, even if what he said was not interesting, Tao Zhu listened with relish.

The relationship between the two is better than before, Tao Zhu seems to have let go of all the knots in his heart, he is no longer cautious about Li Qiao, and there is a lot more smile on his own face.

However, at noon that day, Tao Zhu couldn't laugh.

Because Mrs. Tao is here.

In fact, Mrs. Tao also came over from time to time before, asking Tao Zhu for snacks, meat, money, and asked Tao Zhu to pull Tao Shu.

Tao Zhu rejected all of these.

Tao Zhu refused, and Mrs. Tao either cried and sold miserably, or cursed.

These Tao Zhuquan should not have heard it.

Mrs. Tao dared to pull him, so he hid.

If there happens to be a villager there, the villager will go and pull Mrs. Tao away.

In short, Tao Zhu didn't let Mrs. Tao take advantage of anything.

But this time, Mrs. Tao didn't come to be a demon, she came to announce a big event: from now on, Tao Zhu will provide her and Tao Laohan with three meals a day.

When her family's wheat ran out, Tao Shu and Lai Dongmei went to Lai Dongmei's mother's house to harvest sweet potatoes.

Tao Zhu was unhappy, but he didn't refuse.

After all, he said before that he could manage the two of them to eat.

Waiting for Mrs. Tao to leave, Li Qiao pulled Tao Zhu to the room: "Isn't it just vegetable nest and wild vegetable soup, it's not worth a few dollars, don't be unhappy." Here, give me a smile. ”

“…… I'm not unhappy because of those wombs. ”

Tao Zhu frowned.

"What's that for?" Li Qian asked.