pastoral fragrance

Chapter 216
After Zhang Cheng came back this time, he no longer thought about obtaining fame.After returning to his home from Luoshui Village, he started to open a school to recruit students.Originally, there was also a teacher in this Haitang village, but he was too old, not to mention his white hair, his eyes were dim, and his ears were getting deaf. It was very difficult for such a teacher to teach the students.

This teacher is also an old boy, he failed every time the provincial examination, and finally became discouraged, so he opened a school in his hometown and became a teacher.This teaching, but several decades have passed.He didn't want to teach a long time ago. If he continues to teach like this, I'm afraid it will mislead his children.But there was really no other teacher in the village, so he had to bite the bullet and continue to be this teacher for dozens of years.

Now someone is finally taking his place. This person is quite well known. He has already achieved fame at a young age, and his future is really limitless.When the old master heard about this, he clapped his hands and applauded. Now he can finally retire.

After Zhang Cheng took over, the school was enlarged and a larger dam was built in the school for the students to play after class.You can't just study hard, it's better to combine work and rest.The original two classrooms in the school were made of adobe bricks. After all these years of ups and downs, they have long been dilapidated.Zhang Cheng simply tore down the two classrooms and rebuilt the classroom made of blue bricks.The classrooms have been enlarged, and tall windows have been built on both sides for better ventilation.

The students who were originally studying in the school saw the earth-shaking changes in the school. They saw that the newly built classrooms are spacious and bright, which are completely different from the adobe houses in the past.There is also the spacious dam, which is paved with bluestone slabs, and everyone can play games on it in the future.Looking at the renovated school, the students were all happy.

Knowing that this new master was selected by Juren at a young age, he was overjoyed and secretly thought that he would be as promising as him in the future!
Zhang Cheng's statement is out, he won Juren at a young age, and this is a rare character in a remote village where there are not many Juren.Everyone was also willing to send their children to the school for the young Juren to teach. Even the run-down household who didn't plan to send their children to the school gritted their teeth at the end and sent their children to the school as well.

Zhang Cheng just knew that the suffering of this farmer depends on the sky for food, and he can't earn much money after working so hard all his life, so he just said that if the family is richer, he will give some money or something. Well, if the family is a little poor, it is also possible to get some rice noodles or something.As a result, more and more people go to school to study.

In the past, it was not easy for children to go to school. How could ordinary poor families have so much spare money for their children to study.I had no choice but to give up.Now this master is easy to talk to, if he can't afford money, he can make rice noodles, and everyone will naturally be willing to send their children to study.I still look forward to the day when my own child can be like this master, and if he wins the Juren at a young age, that is really a shame to his parents!
The Zhang family is running a school in a hurry, and Qiulin's family has also entered a busy season.The honeysuckle in this field seems to be negotiated, and the stamens grow in groups!This honeysuckle is not comparable to other flowers. The best flowers are picked before they are fully bloomed.So you have to pick them quickly these days, otherwise, when they bloom, the efficacy of the medicine will not be as good as before.

The picked honeysuckle does not need to be washed, it is directly placed in the dustpan and exposed to the sun.It was midsummer at this time, the sun was high, and within a day or two, the fresh honeysuckle that had just been picked had already dried up.

At this time, the whole yard is filled with the faint fragrance of honeysuckle, which is quite pleasant.This crop of honeysuckle only weighed [-] catties after drying.The Qiulin family kept a catty for themselves, and Mei Xiang, He Yi, Huai Hua, Xu Liu'er, and Shen Qing's family each had a catty, and gave some to the uncles in the town, and Xia Yan bought the rest.

Originally, Qiulin's family was ashamed of spending money, but their family had already enjoyed a lot of Xia Yan's glory.But Xia Yan is not willing to agree, saying that this is the same thing, this honeysuckle is originally to be sold for money, how can it not be charged!
In the end, these honeysuckle flowers were sold to Xia Yan at a price of [-] Wen per catty, which was also the market price, and they didn't take advantage of Xia Yan, asking him to pay more.

In this way, ten catties can be sold for two taels of silver!
Holding the money obtained from Xia Yan, Qiu Lin felt extremely happy.I secretly thought that planting herbal medicine is really worth it, and it will make money faster than raising fish, lotus root and silkworms.The honeysuckle has only started to bloom now, but this year I have to choose two or three crops of flowers, and I will definitely pay a lot of money by then.When these honeysuckle branches grow stronger next year, there will definitely be more flowers.Thinking of this, Qiulin laughed from ear to ear.

After picking the first crop of honeysuckle, everyone fertilized the honeysuckle and pulled weeds.The honeysuckle and pinellia need fertilizer to grow well.It's just that there were no chemical fertilizers commonly used in modern rural areas in ancient times.Now the only fertilizers are pig manure, chicken and duck manure, and human manure.Of course, the most is plant ash, because this is more than the manure that can be used as fertilizer.

Everyone is raising the honeysuckle meticulously, and is preparing to produce the second batch of honeysuckle.Sure enough, under the careful cultivation of the family, the second crop of honeysuckle bloomed very quickly, and this time it bloomed significantly more than the last time.There are about fifty catties in total.This time, all of them were sold to Xia Yan, for around ten taels of silver.

Everyone was overjoyed that this honeysuckle produced so much money.This thing is much more cost-effective than growing crops. How can there be so much money growing crops?

On this day, Han Shi happily caught a hen that could not lay eggs, and said to everyone who had just finished the second round of picking and drying honeysuckle: "Everyone has worked hard these days, let's kill a chicken today to feed a few babies." Replenish the body." Now that the family is not as poor as before, the Han family is no longer stingy, and will kill a fat chicken if it catches it.

Qiulin looked at her mother with a smile and said: "The body is the capital of the revolution. Of course, we must take good care of our body. I have been busy picking and drying honeysuckle these days, and I am really tired." Her small arms and legs were sore and sore, and her face Also tanned.

Qiuyue also echoed and said: "Little sister is right, this chicken just eats and doesn't lay eggs. I've been watching for it to be slaughtered!" Of course, this kind of hen that only knows about food and doesn't lay eggs can't be raised for nothing. It is better to kill it and eat it.

Xu Nanshan saw that Han's mother and daughter had left early and returned late these days, but they were so exhausted that their faces were peeled off by the sun.At this time, he felt sorry for the whole family. He was supposed to be the pillar of the family, but he was unlucky at birth, and the children would also suffer.Xu Nanshan's expression darkened, and the movement of weaving the dustpan in his hand became faster.

Seeing this, Qiulin also knew what his father was thinking, and hurriedly comforted him: "Father, you should also take a break, since you can't bear your eyes and hands if you make weapons all day long? Besides, it's getting dark soon." It's over!"

Xu Nanshan was relieved to see his youngest daughter caring about him so much, and hurriedly said: "Hey, go to rest after finishing this. Go and wash your face, the sweat on your face is almost like a river. "After just these few days, the youngest daughter was tanned and hesitant, which made him feel very distressed.

Sweat was all over the face and body, and it was sticky and uncomfortable. Qiulin hurried to the stove at this moment, scooped a ladle of water into the basin, and just washed his face like this. After washing his face, he felt much refreshed.Smiling, he said to Mrs. Han: "Mother, I will kill chickens to eat today. I'll call Brother Xia Yan too. Selling the honeysuckle to Brother Xia Yan will save a lot of effort." Otherwise, I have to go to the town to find a drugstore How can it be so smooth to sell these?
Mrs. Han nodded happily, "Hey, you can call after a while, you just came back, go drink some chrysanthemum tea to quench your thirst!"

After Mrs. Han said so, Qiulin really felt a little thirsty, so she hurried to the main room, found a spoon to scoop up a bowl of chrysanthemum tea, and started drinking it.In midsummer, everyone drinks more water than usual. When Han's brews chrysanthemum tea, he simply boils pots of chrysanthemum tea, so that it is enough to drink!
After finishing the chrysanthemum tea, Qiulin thoughtfully brought a bowl of tea to the elder sister who was still packing the baskets. "Sister, drink some water to quench your thirst first. I'll call brother Xia Yan to come over for dinner."

Qiuyue also felt thirsty, so she didn't shirk it.After taking the tea bowl, he drank it in big gulps, and when he looked up again, he saw that the little girl who was standing in front of him just now had already gone to the yard.She couldn't help laughing, this Qiulin is really clingy to Dr. Xia, but this Dr. Xia is indeed a very kind person, and he is well-known in the whole Luoshui Village.So Qiuyue didn't say anything, and continued to do the work in hand.

When Xia Yan came over, he brought another pack of supplements to Qiulin's family, such as sand ginseng, codonopsis, wolfberry, red dates and barley, red and white, but there is a big pack.Everyone took turns to thank Xia Yan again, and they were grateful to him again from the bottom of their hearts.

Everyone eats deliciously at dinner, and it is also because of the busy work these days that I feel very hungry, and I can eat several bowls for dinner.This is put on weekdays, but it is a day's food intake.Qiulin was so full that she finally put down the bowl and chopsticks, sat aside and fanned herself with a cattail fan.

Eating in the summer is also quite depressing, I just talk about it, but there seems to be a fire in my heart that is about to break out, which is unbearable.The crystal sweat flowed profusely, and it was sweating after a while.

Qiulin fanned herself a few times, and finally felt better.I saw the parents who were still eating at the table, but they were sweating profusely.She simply stood up and stood behind Xu Nanshan, fanning the palm leaf fan vigorously from side to side.With her fanning, everyone can feel the wind.

Xu Nanshan looked at the little daughter who was fanning everyone behind his back, and felt very relieved. It was all girls who were parents' caring little padded jackets. This is really true!
Xia Yan looked at the girl who was doing her best to fan everyone with a smile in her eyes, feeling very happy.This girl really thinks of others.Looking at her tanned face, Xia Yan felt distressed again.It seems that Qiulin has been exhausted these past few days, and his face is tanned.No, it seems that tomorrow I have to send some pearl powder over, this is a good product for beauty and beauty!
(End of this chapter)