After being away from home for a month, Li Laosi and the two boys were almost ready to return home. The carriage took a main road, which was safe and flat, so they only rested for two hours at night.
The rest of the time, they were on the road.
Jiayin slept when she was sleepy and ate when she was hungry, but she didn't feel too tired.
At three o'clock in the morning, the carriage turned onto the path of Broken Gold Beach.
Previously, the family received a message from Mr. Ye and knew that Li Laosi and the children were safe, but everyone still couldn't help but worry about them.
Tao Hongying figured that the time was almost up, so she simply divided her duties as a cook and squatted at the mouth of the valley.
Finally seeing the shadow of the carriage, she immediately ran over.
Li Laosi jumped down from the car and went up to him with a silly smile, "Um, Hongying, I'm back."
Tao Hongying was so angry that she wanted to pinch him, but when she saw her mother-in-law getting out of the car with her daughter in her arms, she could only give her a hard squeeze. She glared at him and said, "I'll settle the score with you in the evening."
After saying that, she went to hug her daughter and gave her mother-in-law a hand.
"Mom, Fu Niu missed you! Fu Niu brought you delicious food!"
Jiayin hugged her mother, kissing her left and right. She was so happy that she couldn't help but coaxed Tao Hongying to blame her daughter, "You are just a urinal holder." Jin Bian'er, you have a good mouth! She says she misses me every day and can't bear to leave me. When it's time to go out and play, she will never be left behind!"
"Hee hee!" Jiayin felt guilty, hugged her mother's neck, smiled and showed her little white teeth, Pretending to be stupid to the end made everyone laugh.
The old lady asked, "How are you at home? Is there nothing wrong?"
"No, Mom, everything is fine, but everyone is thinking about you." Tao Hongying responded, and Jiayi and Liu Yang had already ran in. Valley.
After being away for a month, the two boys were homesick.
Sister-in-law Liu pulled her son, her eyes were red, but she didn't blame him at all.
She was married to a bodyguard, and she earned a living from traveling around the world. She was used to being separated and returning safely, and she was a little more resilient and patient than others.
Bouncer Liu did the same. He patted his son and apprentice on the shoulders. After hearing them say they were not injured, he went to greet Mr. Li.
The villagers also surrounded the carriage at this time. Mrs. Li didn't say much, pointed to the more than 20 pieces of fine cloth in the carriage, and said with a smile: "Master Hou went on an expedition again. Before leaving, he was thinking about the village and bought so many Fabric, let us bring it back. It is said to be a summer shirt for the elderly and children in the village. I advised him to keep the money and marry a wife in the future, but the Marquis refused."
Everyone laughed, "The Marquis will marry a wife in the future . Son, let's help out with a share of the money."
The village chief happened to come over, and when he heard this, he laughed and cursed, "You guys think that you have made a lot of money by selling cold melons, so you have started to learn to brag."
The villagers were all laughing, they had indeed become a little swollen recently.
During this period, the cold melons and cantaloupes in the melon fields were taken away by carts and picked one by one and sent to the valley.
Although they couldn't calculate how much money they earned, they still clearly remembered three taels of silver for a cold melon.
Even if each of their families doesn't get much, they still have ten cold melons, which is thirty taels!
Money means confidence, so now everyone walks with the wind at their feet, heads up and chest out.
The village chief had no choice but to chase people away.
"The fourth son and the two boys are back safely. Don't worry about it. Just go and do whatever you need to do. Tonight, Mr. Second will calculate the general ledger and pay everyone again."
"Great, I want it again. " Money has been distributed!" The villagers were all happy and cheered loudly.
The village chief glared at them, "Shut your mouths, don't act around and make others jealous. The meat will rot in your own pot, do you understand?"
"Yes!" Everyone laughed, and then went their separate ways. busy.
The village chief called to the Li family, "Go back quickly. Mr. Wen came last night and has been waiting. Mrs. Cui has not gone back either. She is thinking about you."
The twenty soldiers took this opportunity to come up and say goodbye to everyone. , planning to rush to Kyoto.
Naturally, the crowd couldn't let them go like this, so they took them to sit under the shade of a tree, had a simple bite of rice, stuffed their stomachs, and opened a big cold melon.
The green skin, bright red flesh, and sweet taste made all the soldiers full of praise and excitement.
This is a cold melon. I heard it was a good thing bestowed by the emperor.
Even the nobles in Kyoto may not be able to eat it, but they can actually hold it in their hands and gnaw it!
The village chief greeted them with a smile, "Be sure not to swallow the melon seeds, spit them out and save the seeds. This year, this thing is too valuable, just try it fresh. Next year, the village will plant cold melons on all the riverbanks, and I will take you there then. You can eat whatever you want in the field."
"Okay, village chief, let's remember it. Next year I will eat one myself, hold it and chew it!"
A soldier who was not too old shouted with a smile, making everyone laugh.
The village chief waved his hand and made a bold promise, "Next year, I will find a time to free up the hot spring for a day, so that you can soak in the hot spring and eat cold melons at the same time!" When
everyone thought about that scene, they laughed even more happily. .
Twenty people share a cold melon, which is just one piece for each person.
After spitting out a bowl of seeds, everyone got up and continued on their way.
The Li family also returned to the village. Mrs. Cui and Mr. Wen were sitting under the shade of a tree in front of the Li family to enjoy the cool weather. When they saw the carriage, they both stood up.
Li Laosi jumped out of the car, strode forward to salute, and said, "Mr. Wen, all the books are in good order. I have brought them back."
"This is great!" Mr. Wen patted Li Laosi on the shoulder. He smiled and said, "Have you endured hardship? Are you injured?"
"No, we encountered a little trouble, but we solved it."
Li Laosi responded casually and began to move down the collection of books.
Soon, all the books and things Mr. Ye bought were moved into the house.
Jiayin hugged Mrs. Cui's neck and showed off her new goodies with her, making Mrs. Cui laugh non-stop.
Mr. Wen turned around and saw it, feeling mixed in his heart and a bit eager in his eyes.
Mrs. Li was thinking about her grandson and asked, "Sir, there are really a lot of these books. How long will it take for Jiaren to copy them by himself? Do you need help from someone?"
Mr. Wen smiled and said, "I wrote another book a few days ago. I went to Guo's house. Mr. Guo was very worried when he heard that Lao Si and his friends had not come out after a month in the mountains. I took the opportunity to mention it, and he agreed.
"I will send these books to the academy and share them with Peng ." The teacher said that he would ask more than 30 students in Jiaren's class to copy it together. These manuscripts will also be kept in the academies for a year for the students in those academies to read, which is a reward for the students' hard work! "
Everyone in the Li family didn't react for a while, they just felt like it was a bit of a hassle.
But Jiayin understood that Mr. Wen was trying to build momentum for Jiaren.
These days, the collection of books is more precious than gold.
What's more, the Guo family used to be The books that run an academy can be taken with the Guo family when they are fleeing for their lives, and they are extremely rare and precious.
Even if Jiaren and his classmates help copy, it is equivalent to reading them all once, and they will definitely benefit a lot.
And these handwritten manuscripts are left behind A year in the academy, even if they can only read but not copy, will open the students' horizons and increase their reading capacity.
If you meet a smart student who can write silently after reading a few times, you might be able to leave a lasting impression in the academy. Download dozens of books.
The most important thing is that after one year, these books will be returned to the Li family, and Jiaren will become the favorite of the academy.