In the past few days, Qiao Mingjin has been focusing on the four acres of land in front of and behind the house, while the work of chopping firewood has fallen entirely on Mingjue and Mingheng.
Even when the two of them went to the city to deliver firewood, they would go into the mountains to cut firewood. If there was a lot of firewood at home, they would help shovel and fill the soil.
During this period, several young wives who had made good friends with Qiao Mingjin also came to help. Ms. Lu and her daughter-in-law Su also came to help for a long time.
Qiao Mingjin was grateful.
After filling the soil, many people in the village sent vegetables and melons to plant. Some people planted pomegranates, peach and apricot branches at home and sent them to her to plant.
Mingjue and Mingheng also found two wild grapevines in the mountains. However, Mingqi said that the fruit would be stolen in the future, so he dragged Mingheng and Liu Qi around. The three of them fought for it, and the wild grapevines were stunned.
Planted in the yard.
Mingjue helped cut a lot of bamboo from the mountains and planted it around it, and formed a circle of wattle. With such a circle around, the front and back of the house immediately became different.
It adds a bit of wild fun and leisurely elegance. Even Xiao Wan'er gets in there every day.
The green vegetables in the yard have been picked for the first time in the past few days. The day they were fried and eaten, everyone said they were delicious.
Qiao Mingjin smiled, maybe it was really delicious.
After all, it was grown in their own yard. On the day Qiao Mingjin said it could be picked, Mingqi and Xiaowaner refused to let anyone interfere. The aunt and nephew happily carried the basket to pick it, and then washed it carefully.
Picked.
A wave of excitement.
While everyone was eating, the two of them looked at it eagerly, hoping to hear everyone say that the dish was delicious. When everyone praised it, they both laughed so hard that they couldn't even see their eyes.
The vegetables in the yard are really grown by these two aunts and nephews. From watering to pulling weeds and catching insects, these two little people take care of it. Qiao Mingjin rarely has time to take care of it.
Qiao Mingjin felt a little sad when she saw how happy the two of them were.
What was I doing when I was this old in my previous life? I was sitting carefree in the bright classroom reading books. When I was as old as Wan'er, I might have been making noises about eating all kinds of food and asking for all kinds of toys...
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In order to avoid being noticed, Qiao Ming has not used the money he got from selling the abacus. The house is still the same. There is not even a table. If Sister Xiu and her family are allowed to eat at home, they will still have to eat from Sister Xiu.
The family brought the tabletop.
The children were still wearing old clothes, and Qiao Mingjin didn't pull out a few pieces of cloth to make new clothes for the children...
There are just a few changes in the kitchen.
The broken rice has been replaced by ordinary white rice. The children can also eat polished rice occasionally. Meat may not be available every day, but scrambled eggs are available every day.
Nowadays, there are many people in the family, so they have hired people to do the work at home, so the food cannot be too bad. Moreover, the children are not eating well, and Qiao Mingjin feels uncomfortable. She didn't have this ability before, but now she lets the children eat
It has to be a little better. It can still be done.
As for Mingjue, Qiao Mingjin also asked him to make an agreement with Liu Yuanwai. After the family's abacus was completed and the goods were delivered, he would let him live in Green Willow Villa and teach Liu Qi his homework.
Now Liu Qi and Mingheng have become like brothers, and they no longer reject Mingjue. Occasionally, Mingjue tells him some truth, and he can listen to it.
This child came to Xiahe Village. He roared around in the village every day and made friends. But when Mingheng wanted to deliver firewood to the city, he had to follow him.
He squinted his eyes and slept all the way. When he arrived at the city gate, he felt energetic. He led Mingheng around the city with great enthusiasm, as if it was his territory. Then he received the things from the boys waiting at the city gate.
, and then waved the bullwhip all the way to drive the cow back.
Yuan Liu did not send any servants to follow him, nor did he come out to see him. But the next day when the brothers went in to sell firewood, they would send someone to wait at the city gate and bring a bunch of meat dishes and the like.
No one was looking after him, he was eating and drinking, and there were people playing wildly with him. Liu Qi wished she could grow up in Qiao Mingjin's house. She even asked Mingjue if she could teach him his homework at home.
Ming Jue cannot accept this.
At home, he saw that his sister had a job, so how could she concentrate on teaching? Qiao Mingjin also pointed out that while teaching, he could pick up the books again and take the exam next year. They definitely couldn't be allowed to study at home.
There are a lot of noisy people at home, and there is no environment for studying.
Liu Qi fought for it twice, but couldn't stand it, so she took the time to have fun in Xiahe Village.
On this day, Mingheng and the others came back from the city, followed by a carriage.
When Qiao Mingjin was called back from the mountains, she saw Liu Yuanwai sitting in the yard holding a coarse porcelain cup, watching He Xiaochun and the others doing abacus with great interest.
In order to prevent the villagers from coming to make noise, Qiao Mingjin asked them to do the abacus in the backyard. If anyone came to the door, they would do it in the front yard. Until now, except Sister Xiu, no one in the village knew that Qiao Mingjin hired someone to do the abacus at home. She only thought she could sell firewood.
With the money, I am hiring someone to make furniture at home.
People in the village knew that the courtyard where Qiao Mingjin lived had no furniture except for the house.
"Why are Yuanwai Liu here?" Qiao Mingjin asked with a smile.
"Why, I can't come yet?" Liu Yuanwai also said to Qiao Mingjin with a smile.
Qiao Mingjin then said with a smile: "I don't even have a decent chair in this humble house, let alone accept the tea. If Mr. Liu doesn't mind it, I'll welcome it."
Liu Yuanwai also smiled and said: "The village is quiet, not as noisy and noisy as the city. Sometimes when you are upset, going for a walk in the countryside can make people forget their worries."
Qiao Mingjin smiled after hearing this and said, "If Mr. Liu doesn't mind it, I welcome you to come here often. But you have to bring your own tea to eat. My humble house is simple."
Liu Yuanwai laughed loudly after hearing this.
Qiao Mingjin has been spinning her wheels these past few days. When she heard his hearty laughter, she also laughed knowingly.
After sitting with him for a while, Mr. Liu explained his intention.
"Do you want my Mingheng to study with Liu Qi?"
Qiao Mingjin was a little surprised.
Liu Yuanwai nodded.
Said: "Your parents are very good at raising children, and their children are well-educated. Especially Mingheng, who is about the same age as my Qi'er, but he can help the family a lot inside and out. He is also sensible and can read well.
Okay, my Qi'er is also willing to listen to him. I think it may be because my Qi'er has never had a chaperone, and the teacher's teachings are old-fashioned, and Qi'er can't learn it, so she is even more unwilling to learn. So I talk to my teacher every day
Do the right thing and drive Mr. away. I am so worried that my hair has turned a lot of gray."
"Now he is willing to play and study with Mingheng, and he is also willing to follow Mingjue's teachings. I think it might be better if they can study together. After they study with Mingjue for a year, if
If Qi'er can calm down, I will find an academy for them in the city, and they will study together. This way they can supervise each other and support each other in the future. I also want your Jia Mingheng to help
Take care of him. My son is rarely submissive, but your Mingheng has made him submissive."
Mr. Liu laughed loudly after he finished speaking.
Qiao Mingjin thought that he would be a little bit concerned about his son being conquered by a country boy, but he never thought that this man was quite open-minded.
Then he also smiled.
Remember his proposal to let Mingheng go to Green Willow Villa to study with you?
When Liu Yuanwai saw Qiao Mingjin bowing her head in deep thought, she said, "Don't worry, Madam Jin. I will tell my servants to treat Mingheng the same as my Qi'er. If they study well in the future, they can pass the academy's assessment and enter the academy together." I also paid for your Mingheng's education. I don't want my son to take any imperial examinations. I just hope that he can go to school and learn more, so that he will not be ruined in the future and can support the family business. When I get up, I will be satisfied."
Qiao Mingjin looked at the sincerity on Liu Yuanwai's face, thought for a while, and then said: "Mingheng's Shu Xiu doesn't need Liu Yuanwai to worry about. If he is really capable and is accepted by the academy in the city, what will happen to Shu Xiu's family? I also have to make it up for him. It’s just that I have to go back to my parents’ home to discuss this matter with my parents before I can reply to you. When they come to the city again in the future, I will ask them to reply to you.”
Although Yuan Liu didn't get the right answer, he was satisfied with Qiao Mingjin's agreement. He pulled Liu Qi over and gave some instructions, then got into the carriage and left.
Liu Qi then followed the carriage for a long distance before turning around.
When Liu Yuanwai saw him in the carriage, his eyes suddenly became hot.
This son finally understands something. He had been out for a year and a half without any other expression on his face.
Liu Yuanwai felt that his decision was the right one.
I'm still upset that the order of abacus I just ordered was too small. I only ordered fifty. I should have replaced all the abacus in Zhuangzi's accountants in other cities and counties.
Qiao Mingjin took the small box containing fifty taels of silver ingots given by member Liu, and thought for a while before telling Mingjue and others that she would go back to Yunjia Village tomorrow morning.
After Mingqi and Mingheng heard this, they immediately jumped up and shouted with joy, and then hurriedly went into the house to pack their things.
They have also saved a lot of things these days, and they all want to take them home to the third sister, their parents, grandmother and their friends from Yunjiacun who used to play well.
Qiao Mingjin told Father He and others to place an additional order of fifty fistfuls. After hearing this, they started working even harder.
In the evening, after Yue Dalei returned from work and the family had a meal and washed up, Qiao Mingjin added fifty taels of silver to the fifty taels of silver given by Liu Yuanwai and went to find Father He.
Father He was surprised when he saw Qiao Mingjin handing him one hundred taels of silver without saying a word.
"Mother Jin, what are you doing?" Father He looked at Qiao Mingjin in surprise.
Qiao Mingjin looked at him and said: "When I invited Xiaochun to come to my house to do the abacus, I originally told him that we would cooperate. He would be responsible for doing the work and I would be responsible for selling, and the money would be divided between the two families. But he didn't agree with this. I just wanted to get paid. I thought that besides abacus, I might have other things to ask him to do in the future, so I proposed this division, but he didn't agree..." (To be continued. If you like this Works, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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