The splendid youth of the farm gate

Chapter 50
Qingguo nodded, "Then why didn't my grandma say anything when my aunt asked my sister to be a maid? Why did my grandma want my aunt to give two taels of silver to my aunt instead of letting sister Huifang become a maid?"

Luo Xingzu was speechless right now.

"Guo'er's father, let's follow Guo'er's will." Lin persuaded from the side: "We should be filial enough, but we can't wrong the child."

Luo Xingzu thought for a while, and finally nodded heavily.

This is considered a promise.

Early the next morning, Luo Xingzu pocketed five liang of silver, a hundred loose change, and a few roasted seeds and nuts to the elder's family in Yanfeng Village to talk about buying land.

"Li Zhang, you see, I only have five taels of silver, and I really can't get it together."

Mao Asi glanced at the few packets of roasted seeds and nuts on the table, and then at Luo Xingzu, who had a simple and honest face. Anyway, the land was not his own, and it was useless to be barren there.
"Brother Xingzu, I have to tell you what I said before, the land is dead or something, once this contract is made, you can't go back if you want to go back!"

Luo Xingzu quickly waved his hand, repenting?It's too late for him to be happy, how can he regret it!

"No, no, chief, don't worry, I will never regret it."

Mao Asi made his words clear, and then he took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and signed a contract with Luo Xingzu. After Luo Xingzu pressed his fingerprints and handed over the money, Mao Asi collected the money and prepared to hand it over to the county government on the day. Then I asked again.

"Who bought this land?"

"Yes, I... my father-in-law's house." Luo Xingzu changed his words halfway, and took out a hundred copper plates strung together with a rope from his sleeve and handed them to the head of the village, "Brother Ah, take these small coins." Buy a jug of wine and drink."

Mao Ahsi did not refuse, put the money into his pocket, smiled and said: "Then thank you father-in-law for me."

"You are polite, as it should be."

After accepting the contract and resigning Mao Asi, Luo Xingzu returned from Yanfeng Village to Sankeng Village in a fit of anger.

Qingguo's three siblings didn't go out today, they just waited at home. When Luo Xingzu returned home, and the contract was circulated in everyone's hands in turn, Qingguo discovered that no one in the big family could read except her!

"This is our family's land?" Mrs. Lin said as she took the contract with shaking hands.

"Yes, this is our home!"

Qingping and the young general surrounded Lin's side, staring at the paper with bright eyes, Qingguo looked up at Luo Xingzu who couldn't close his mouth and asked, "Father, what is written on it?"

Luo Xingzu scratched his head, "Father can't read!"

Qingguo looked at Lin Shi again, Lin Shi quickly waved her hands and said, "Guoer, don't look at your mother, she can't read."

Qingguo turned to look at Qingping and Luo Xiaojiang again, the three stared at each other.

"Father, we need someone who can read!" Qing Guo said.

Luo Xingzu scratched his head, he also wants the children to learn how to read, but the problem is that the cost of going to school is not low, and they can't even eat enough!
"Father, next spring, let me go to the academy!" Qing Guo raised her head and said to Luo Xingzu.

"Ah!" Luo Xiaojiang lost his voice: "Let me go to study?"

Qingguo nodded, "Brother, go to study, and teach my sister and me later, we can't be ignorant of a lot of characters, otherwise people will sell us in the future without knowing."

"But...but going to the school hall costs a lot of taels of silver!" Luo Xiaojiang actually wanted to go to the school hall, but he knew the situation of his family, so he said hesitantly: "Where did our family get so much money!"

"Didn't we buy the land?" Qingguo said not only to Luo Xiaojiang, but also to Luo Xingzu and Lin: "Let's take care of those bone trees, and then plant some other things that can be exchanged for money on that land, and sell them next year." Definitely more money."

Parents always want their children to be successful. After hearing what Qing Guo said, Luo Xingzu thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Guo'er is right, I don't expect young generals to be promoted to be high-ranking officials in the future, and they can read without opening their eyes." Blind, as long as you don't get fooled by others!"

When Xiaojiang Luo heard that there was a book to read, he was happier than anyone else, nodded quickly and said: "Father, mother, don't worry, I will definitely work hard." Then he said to Qingping and Qingguo: "I don't care about the work at home. Will drop it, I don't want to read like a nerd and know nothing!"

Qingguo didn't expect that Luo Xiaojiang would still be so enlightened, which really saved her a lot of drool.

Buying land is a big event, and it's something worth celebrating, so Qing Guo proposed to eat something good in the evening.

"Mother, let's make dumplings tonight."

Qingguo knew that this place would definitely be able to buy it. When she came back from the town yesterday, she bought meat and flour, just to celebrate today.

"Okay, let's have dumplings tonight."

Mrs. Lin said happily, "The piece of suet you bought yesterday has a pot of oil residue after it has been burned. Go to the field and pick a wax gourd and come back, use it to wrap it!"

"Sister, go and cut some leeks, don't we have eggs? Let's make some scallion pancakes!" Qing Guo said.

"Okay, whatever you want to eat, mother will do."

The whole family is hardworking, making noodles, washing pots, and picking winter melons. After half an hour, the first pot of dumplings was boiled.

"Qingping, take two bowls, take one bowl to your grandma's house, and another bowl to your Aunt Zhou."

"Hey." Qingping responded, and brought out two large bowls.

"Mother, I'll take it to the nanny's house." General Luo said to Lin.

Mrs. Lin nodded, and said: "Come back as soon as you deliver the dumplings. Just listen to what your grandma has to say, and don't talk back."

"Hey, I see."

Luo Xiaojiang took the bowl of dumplings in the basket and walked to the old house.

On this side, the second pot of dumplings was about to come out of the pot, but she never saw Luo Xiaojiang come back, Lin could not help but feel a little worried.

"Qingping, go and see, why hasn't your brother come back yet?"

As soon as the words fell, Luo Xiaojiang ran back, once he entered the house, he closed the door of the kitchen, put the bolt on the door, turned back and said to Mrs. Lin: "Mother, hurry up, hide the dumplings quickly, my aunt will bring them to you!" Come to our house with wealth and honor."

Mrs. Lin paused her hands, and said puzzledly: "Why is your uncle bringing wealth to our house at this time?"

"What are you doing here? Of course you are here to eat dumplings." After Qing Guo finished speaking, she said to Qing Ping, "Sister, divide the dumplings in the pot into five bowls."

"Hey!"

Qingping took five bowls, and deftly packed the dumplings in the pot into five bowls respectively.

"Mom, don't fry the scallion pancakes yet, you put them away and save them for tomorrow morning." Qing Guo said again.

Lin took the dough and put it in a bowl, put it together with the reconciled stuffing and hid it in the house.

"Father, eat dumplings." Qingguo handed a bowl of dumplings to Luo Xingzu's hand, and called Lin who came out of the house, "Mother, eat quickly too."

(End of this chapter)