"Brother Ah Shi, I brought you back what you asked for. The shopkeeper said that it is still the original price. You will be given one penny for copying a book." The boy was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and his skin was dark and tan Red, baring a mouthful of big white teeth.

Gu Shi took the burden he handed over: "Thank you for your hard work."

"What's the matter?" Heizi scratched his head, and took out a dozen or so copper coins from his pocket.

Gu Shi didn't answer: "Didn't I ask you to buy some food?"

"I bought it, I bought two big steamed buns."

"You keep the rest."

"No, no need, Brother Ah Shi, you still have to save your money to study."

"There is no shortage of these copper coins for reading." Gu Shi carefully put away the burden, turned around and picked up the hoe to continue working.

Seeing this, Heizi hurriedly put away the copper plate and went up to help.

"When I came here just now, I saw a lot of people making trouble in front of your house... No, it's not your house anymore."

Speaking of this, Heizi was a little worried: "Brother Ah Shi, I heard that the Lin family is not easy to get along with. Will they be like your grandma and not let you go to school?"

Gu Shi was taken aback for a moment, he only thought of going to the academy and taking the scientific examination after saving enough money, he really hadn't thought about this problem, but...

"The Lin family is very nice."

"Brother Ah Shi said yes, then it must be good." Heizi giggled, smiling and feeling a little disappointed.

Gu Shi pursed his lips: "In the future, you can still help me with work like before."

He could finish copying a book in three days, and he would give Heizi ten cash a day, leaving seventy cash left over.

In fact, the money left by his father was not much after the funeral, and Mrs. Gu even took most of it away. Most of the money in his hand was saved in this way.

Heizi's eyes lit up, and he snatched the hoe from Gu Shi's hand: "Brother Ah Shi, go and copy the books, I'll help you with the work."

Gu Shi didn't fight him, found a stake and started copying the book.

I thought in my heart that when I finished planting the thorns today, I would tell Lin Xiaoliu that I would go to the land behind Xizipo to open up wasteland.

No one needs to get together with the Lin family, and no one will find out that he is secretly saving money.

Lin Baobao was not idle at home. She finally embroidered the purse in one day.

Ugly is a bit ugly, at least you can recognize what the word is, right?Lin Baobao is very satisfied.

The Chen family on the side was speechless.

At night, the same expression appeared on Gu Shi's face: "What do you mean by these two words?"

In fact, he heard what Lin Baobao said, but he was not sure.

Lin Baobao stretched out his hand and pointed to them one by one: "Baby, time."

Forget it, something is better than nothing, Gu Shi silently put away his purse: "How about I teach you how to read?"

"Literacy?" The characters of this era are actually the traditional characters of later generations. Whether Lin Baobao can recognize and write, he thought for a while: "It's okay."

A quarter of an hour later, the extra-large dining table of the Lin family was placed in the yard, with an oil lamp in the middle. Everyone in the Lin family sat together at the table, each with a bowl of water in their hands, and looked eagerly at Gu who was sitting at the head seat. hour.

Literacy, how fresh, people who can read in the village can count with a slap, if everyone in their family has learned it, how good is it to go out?
Lin Baobao is very satisfied with everyone's state: "Let's start."

Gu Shi: ...

This study lasted half an hour, and when he returned to his room, Gu Shi finally found a chance to talk about land reclamation.

"Why open that land?"

"There's a ditch not far from that field, and it doesn't take much effort to divert water through it." Gu Shi was guilty at the end, his eyes were on the ground and he didn't dare to meet her.

"You stretch out your hand."

Gu Shi didn't understand and did so, and in the next moment, he was held by a soft hand.

Gu Shi froze.

There is no picture, which means that no one will encounter bad things tomorrow.

"It's the same wherever you drive. You can drive the land you want." Baby Lin withdrew his hand, yawned, and lay down to sleep.

Gu Shi moved his fingers, feeling insomnia.

The next afternoon, as soon as Liao walked into the Lin family's yard, she saw Erniu and the children squatting on the ground with branches and scratching something. She was surprised for a moment and asked Lin Baobao: "Erniu and the others are writing?"

Lin Baobao followed her line of sight, it was true that she was writing, but with their ghostly talisman posture, people inside might not be able to see it.

Xu Shi could see her doubts, and Liao continued: "Your mother told everyone that her nephew and son-in-law are teaching you to read. Now it has spread in the village, saying that the Lin family has found a good son-in-law and led the whole family to become a teacher. student."

It is a matter of opinion how much irony there is in this statement.

Anyway, Feng didn't hear it, and complacently asked him to write a word for them to read.

Lin Baobao: ... If she remembers correctly, Gu Shi taught me a word yesterday, right?
The "man" of "the beginning of man".

The old lady is not afraid that the other party asks her to write two more characters, but she can't write it.

In fact, there are some people who can't see Feng's sarcasm.

But who is Feng, the sentence "Write what to write, can you understand what I wrote?"

Seeing that Er Niu was so serious that she didn't raise her head, Liao was a little envious.

"Auntie is here today?" Baobao Lin changed the topic.

It was only then that Liao remembered what he had come here to do: "The chickens that were hatched for you before have begun to break their shells, and some will come out tomorrow. Your leg is injured, but do you want me to raise it for you first?"

If in the past, Liao would never have said this, she was afraid that Lin Baobao would just throw it to her.

But because of the honeysuckle matter, she felt guilty in her heart, so she wanted to make up for it in other ways.

Lin Baobao didn't know what Liao Shi was thinking, and said happily, "No, just send it home, my three sister-in-laws can help."

The newly hatched chicks are too fragile, and they have to be raised at home for a few days before being released to the mountains.

"By the way, is the hall brother free recently? I want him to help me make a blackboard."

"What, what is a blackboard?"

Lin Baobao: "A black board."

Liao Shi: ...

Before dinner, Lin Shougen brought over a wooden board painted black with charcoal.

Lin Baobao asked Lin Wulang to fix it on the wall facing the courtyard gate in the main room, and asked Erniu to go outside to pick up some white stones.

Stones are used for writing, and after writing, charcoal is applied to form a new blackboard.

Seeing Lin Baobao's posture, Lin Erlang asked uncertainly: "Sister Yao, don't we have to learn every day?"

Lin Baobao: "Yes, I've made up my mind. From now on, I'll study for half an hour after dinner every day. If I can't eat enough, I can learn three characters a day."

Tool man Gu Shi: ...

Everyone in the Lin family: ...

Learning for one day is fresh, two days is enough, three days is barely, four days... Everyone is getting tired of learning, and if you have that time, you might as well go back to the house and lie down to sleep.

Especially Lin Baobao not only asked them to learn, but also had to spot-check the next day. If they couldn’t write it out, it’s okay. The adults should go to the field to open up a piece of wasteland to come out.

It’s okay if a child can’t write. Didn’t the chick deliver it? Go dig a box of earthworms and a basket of wild vegetables.

Do you think it's enough to finish the punishment?Naive, I have to write the wrong word ten times, and I can't write it next time to continue...

They don't want to learn anymore!

15 on the new book list, come on, come on, come on, come on

Blindly guess how much private money is in Gu Shi's small coffers?
To explain casually, some people may think that Gu Shi's doing this is wrong, and the Lin family is not the Gu family, so there is no need to hide.

But in ancient times, before the family was separated, all the money had to be handed over to the public office, or some enlightened people would leave some for you, but the bulk still had to be handed over to the public office.

Like Chen's, what Baobao thought at the time was that other people would feel uncomfortable, so he agreed with Chen's suggestion to pay [-]% to the public school.

This should be easy to understand. Think about it in another way. You are exhausted at home and have no extra income. Your sister-in-law or other members of the family don’t have so much time to do housework because they want to make money (the work that should have been done by him is also shared among others. You), the money you earn is still pocketed by yourself, won’t you feel uncomfortable?
Gu Shi also considered this point, and if his money is handed over to the public, it is the common property of the whole family. If he wants to use it to do his own business, he must first get everyone's consent.

This is too risky for him, he will not do it, not to mention he has only been with the Lin family for a month.

And the baby is in charge of the family now, she has to be fair, if Gu Shi let her know, it will make her feel embarrassed.

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