Chapter 45
Fang Qing remembered what Fu Lang said, and she even forgot about going to patrol the mountains that day, "Give me ninety-two or two hundred Wen tomorrow, and we will pay the villagers' wages."

When Zhang Zelin heard that the wages were ninety-two or two hundred Wen, his heart was bleeding instantly.

"Why do you have to send so much money?"

"Hehe, women get one hundred pennies a day, men eighty pennies a day, and two days are nine taels or two hundred pennies."

"If the watermelon can't be sold, wouldn't it be a loss for us?" Zhang Zelin felt wrong immediately after saying this; "Bah, bah, bah! There is nothing that can't be sold."

Fang Qing looked at the person talking to himself. "Why can't it be sold? When the time comes, your wife will take you there, and I guarantee that it will be sold."

When Fang Qing finished dinner in the evening, he told a few aunts that there was not much work left, and they would not come to help tomorrow and let everyone busy with their own affairs, so only two old people and Xia Ye came the next day.

Xia Ye was afraid that his son and daughter-in-law would be watching because they didn't know how to mess around. Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhang, was completely worried about the villagers' work, so they came to see the work together.

Zhang Zelin didn't have to cook so much in the morning. He got up and cleaned up the house slowly after his wife went to the field, and then went to the kitchen to make lunch.

"Uncle Lin, my mother came to let me drive the cattle to herd."

Hearing the voice of the little girl from the Zhou family, Zhang Zelin said inwardly that it was too bad, he and his wife and head were usually the only two people in their house, but now he even forgot that someone came to the house today to drive cattle to graze and needed food.

"Girl Yuan! Uncle Lin hasn't cooked breakfast yet, why don't you sit in the yard and wait."

Zhou Yuan was the same age as Zhang Jingfan, and when Zhang Zelin saw this little girl, it was like seeing his own sister, and he spoke to Zhou Yuan gently.

Zhou Yuan was only eight years old, so she didn't know how to be modest. She heard Zhang Zelin's words, and went into the kitchen to help him cook.

"Sanyuan, don't do these things, you can help Uncle Lin light the fire at the stove."

Just after Zhang Zelin finished speaking, he heard his sister's voice; "Brother, brother, is Sanyuan here?"

"Third sister, why are you here?"

Zhang Jingfan met Sanyuan on the road just now, and she said that she would come to help her brother’s house herd cattle. She didn’t intend to come, but then she thought that she had nothing to do at home alone, so she might as well go herding cattle with Zhou Yuan, so now come to Big Brother Home.

When Zhang Jingfan was talking, he walked into the kitchen and saw Sanyuan at the stove and shouted. "Sanyuan, I'll go herding cattle with you later."

Zhou Yuan heard that Zhang Jingfan said that she would go to herd cattle with her, and he opened his mouth just as he was about to say something, thinking that Zhang Jingfan is Brother Lin's younger sister, so it should be fine for Zhang Jingfan to go to herd cattle with her.

Zhang Zelin looked at the two little ones amusedly, and he reached out and tapped his sister's forehead. "You little girl, your sister-in-law gave you time to learn to read at night, so you won't come after one night."

Zhang Jingfan thought of the time when her sister-in-law and her eldest brother were chopping firewood. During those two days, she wanted to learn how to read. When she came to her sister-in-law's house, she taught her three characters. I dare not come because my sister-in-law scolded me.

Thinking of this, she said embarrassingly: "Is it because I can't remember, so I dare not come?"

Zhang Zelin recalled what the wife-leader said at the time. The wife-leader said at the time that if the younger sister is good at martial arts, if she can read and write, it would be a bit choking.

At noon, when Fang Qing took Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhang, and Xia Ye home, she found the two little guys at home.

When Zhang Jingfan saw grandma, grandpa, father, and brother-in-law come back, she quickly stood up and called for someone.

Fang Qing looked at her amusedly, Zhang Jingfan was terrified by his sister-in-law, and called out "sister-in-law" aggrievedly.

Mrs. Zhang changed her granddaughter's name when she was a child. She knew that her granddaughter-in-law was an educated person. She thought her granddaughter would learn how to read well from her granddaughter-in-law, but she didn't expect that the girl would not come back after one night.

"Girl Qing, do you think this girl can't read and write?" Mrs. Zhang asked persistently.

"Jing Fan doesn't care about writing. It's much better for her to practice martial arts than to teach her to read."

Mrs. Zhang sighed after listening to Fang Qing's words. It is difficult for their peasant family to provide for a scholar, and some families can't cultivate a scholar even if they try their best. If you want to say why they can't afford their children to go to school, it's not because private schools are expensive. It costs four to five taels of silver to go to a private school just to learn from a teacher. This is not counting the books, ink, pens, paper, and silver money for gifts to the husband every year. Get a child to go to school.

There are very few people in their village who can read and write. She began to know that Fang Qing is an educated person, and she heard her son-in-law said that she would teach her granddaughter to read.This girl didn't want to come after studying for a day.

She heard from her granddaughter-in-law that her little granddaughter could practice martial arts. Except for Fang Qing, Xia Xuyang and Ma Xiucai in the city, they didn't know any educated people.

"Grandma, after a while I'll be so busy that I'll teach her."

Mrs. Zhang asked with wide-eyed eyes when she heard what granddaughter-in-law said. "Young girl, do you know martial arts?"

"It doesn't count, it's just some boxing skills." Fang Qing knew that Xia Ye wanted Zhang Jingfan to live a safe life, so she only planned to teach Zhang Jingfan some self-defense skills.

"Sister-in-law...can you teach me now?"

Xia Ye heard her father-in-law chatting with her daughter-in-law, and heard her daughter-in-law saying that she would teach her daughter martial arts. Before he could speak, he heard her daughter's voice.

"What are you thinking now, little girl? Your sister-in-law said that she will wait two days before teaching you?"

Fang Qing glanced at Zhang Jingfan. "It won't take a while, let her come and run with me tomorrow morning."

Zhang Zelin looked that it was getting late, and the little girl was still waiting for dinner to herd cattle?

"Grandma, grandpa, daddy, let's eat quickly! After eating three yuan, we have to go to herd cattle."

"Here we come, here we come." Hearing Fu Lang's voice, Fang Qing stood up and patted the soil on his body to bring them to dinner.

After the two children had finished eating and drove the cows and horses out, Fang Qing asked the others to rest at home, and she went to the field by herself. Why would Mrs. Zhang and the others be willing to rest at home? It would be faster for them to do a job .

Seeing that Fang Qing couldn't talk to them, he agreed with them to go to the field together. Because Zhang Zelin had nothing to do at home, the cattle and horses were driven out by Zhou Yuan, and he also went to the field to help.

When leaving, Zhang Zelin asked: "My wife, is there not much work in the field?"

"It's not much, and it will be finished in two or three hours."

Zhang Zelin felt that it would take only two or three hours to complete the work, and he planned to move the money to the fields.

"Let's take the money to the field! If you save money, you will come back later to get it."

Fang Qing originally wanted these people to come to the house to collect wages, but when she heard Fu Lang say to take the money to the field, she thought about it and thought it would be good to go to the field to collect the money, but it would be troublesome for so many people to come to the house to collect the money.

Fang Qing turned around and went to the room, and carried the money box prepared by Fu Lang to the field.

When the people working in the field saw Fang Qing coming over carrying the boxes, they all became more enthusiastic about their work, and they were all thinking in their hearts what to buy for their children after receiving their wages.

Everyone wanted to get paid earlier, speed up the work at hand, and finish all the work in the field in an hour.

Two men came out to ask Fang Qing.

"Girl Qing, we've already done the work in the fields. Would you like to pick some water for your melon seedlings?"

(End of this chapter)

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