Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

  Chapter 236 School starts

July.

  Big disasters bring big harvests.

  Because of the impact of the heavy snowstorm last year, the entire state of Qin has had an unprecedentedly good year this year. The rice in the farmland has already headed, and the half-green and half-yellow rice is growing gratifyingly and full of vitality.

   Dazzling sunlight shone on the ground in Hanzhong, and unknown insects chirped from time to time in the shade.

   Today is a good day.

   It's not just the weather, but more importantly, today is the day when the academy starts.

In [Iron Stone Town], before dawn this morning, the civilians in [Iron Stone Town] had already woken up early, put on new clothes, and happily led their children towards the gates of the three academies built in [Iron Stone Town] rush to.

  By noon, the entire [Iron Stone Town] was even more overcrowded, filled with civilians from various villages within a radius of more than ten miles.

   Today's [Iron Stone Town] is extremely lively. After a long period of development, today's [Iron Stone Town] has already become the largest and most prosperous town within a radius of more than ten miles, or even thirty miles.

   As far as thirty miles away, it is the county seat of Heishi County. Today's [Iron Stone Town] has no background to compete with the Black Stone City that was built more than a hundred years ago, but the "Major Iron Town" is working hard towards this goal.

  [Tieshi Town] As an important town on the Hanzhong Commercial Road, it has great potential for future development. Therefore, when Mo Jun made his layout, he specially approved the construction of three academies here.

   There are two primary schools and one junior high school respectively.

  Most of the lower class people in Hanzhong are illiterate and have little education. But illiteracy and lack of culture do not mean that they are stupid. On the contrary, they have been able to survive in the harsh Hanzhong before Mo Jun's arrival. Each of these low-level people has more or less mastered some of their own ways of survival.

  Maybe they don't know much truth, but these truths are often very useful.

   These low-level people don’t know what is meant by ‘class barriers’, but they do understand that sending their children to the academy is another way that Mr. Shengping opened up for them.

  Going up this road, maybe their future generations will no longer have to be like themselves, a bitter farmer who planed food in the ground.

   "Hey! Old Turtle, you're here too?"

  Among the crowd gathered at the gate of the academy, an old farmer with dark and rough skin, but still neatly dressed, suddenly saw someone, grinned and laughed loudly.

  The one called "Old Turtle Duzi" is also an old farmer. His image is very similar to the other party, the only difference is probably that he has a bushy beard.

  'Old Turtle Duzi' was originally standing in the crowd, holding a young child in each of his right hands, looking at the lively crowd in front of him, smiling all over his face.

  Until hearing this shout, after turning around, an old face suddenly pulled down: "It's so unlucky, why are you an old bastard..."

   The words were just halfway through.

  The old farmer known as the "Old Turtle" paused, looked around, and felt that it seemed inappropriate to swear in this place, so he restrained a little, and then said.

"Today is a happy day. For the sake of Mr. Shengping, I won't break up with you, an old bastard, and you don't want to mess with me here. If you have any ideas, I will talk to you after I return to the village." Let's fight."

   "Hahaha... What are you thinking, you old brat? I just want to ask you, after finally coming to Tieshi Town, do you want to have a drink together later?"

   "You old **** buy me a drink? Are you so kind?"

  'Old Turtle Duzi' glanced suspiciously at the 'old bastard' in front of him, and said suspiciously.

   It’s no wonder that the old farmer known as the ‘Old Turtle’ has such a reaction, after all, he doesn’t have that good relationship with the old **** opposite.

   These two old farmers are not locals of [Tieshi Town]. They are from two neighboring villages more than a dozen miles away. Although these two villages are very close, their relationship with each other is not very good.

  The source of disputes is because of 'water'.

  For farmers, water is their lifeline. Without water, the crops cannot be irrigated. If the crops cannot be irrigated, there will be no harvest.

  So in the era of small-scale peasant economy, it is quite common for two adjacent villages to have disputes over water resources.

  The same is true for the village of these two old farmers.

  The village where the two old farmers live is located in a remote area, with almost no river tributaries passing through. The only local water source is a lake formed by the gushing of groundwater, which is located in the middle of the two villages.

   During the annual watering season, all the farmland in the two villages needs to be irrigated through this small lake, and both sides want to divert more water to irrigate the farmland in their own village.

   Over time.

   Contradictions gradually emerged.

The method used by rural people to rob water resources is simple and crude. After all, it is for survival. In the past few decades, the two villages have fought more than a dozen large-scale fights with only dead people, while the rest are not dead, but also saw blood. There were more than a hundred large and small fights.

   And the two old farmers who are called "Old Turtle" and "Old Bastard" by each other, because their living places are relatively close to each other, they have been grudges constantly. Whenever the two villages fought, these two people especially caught each other and hammered them.

  Until Mo Jun sent someone to build a reservoir near the two villages, the relationship between the two villages eased a bit, but the past grievances could not be eliminated so easily.

  So it's hard to say how bad the relationship between the two is, but it's certainly not good.

   At this time, the 'old bastard' on the opposite side actually invited himself to drink, maybe he wanted to poison him?

   "Bring you a drink? You're afraid you're thinking about farts. I mean to go drink together later, and the price of the drink will be shared equally. Are you going?"

  The old farmer known as the 'old bastard' unceremoniously exploded a foul language.

  This 'old turtle' is only thinking about good things. Although the people of Hanzhong have become a lot richer this year, wine is still a 'luxury' for most people, even if it is low-quality fruit wine.

  It is considered generous for him to let go of his past grievances and invite the other party for a drink, how could he take the initiative to treat guests.

  "Old Turtle Duzi" was not only not angry when he heard the other party's foul language, but also had a feeling of "this is normal".

   It's just that the other party's behavior still made him a little surprised, and he couldn't help asking: "You are not out of your mind, are you? You actually want to drink with me?"

"Old bastard" grinned and said, "It's just today. You were right in what you said just now. Today is a happy day. Even for the face of Mr. Shengping, I can't find him today." You trouble."

   "Just think that I am in a good mood today, and plan to find someone to celebrate! How about it, give me a sweet word, will you go or not?"

  'Old Turtle Duzi' licked his lips, the old bastard's words really touched his heart, when was the last time he drank? It seems that when he got married, more than ten years have passed in retrospect.

  Before the arrival of Mr. Shengping, their family had exhausted all their strength just to survive, so how could they still have extra wealth to drink and enjoy?

And since the arrival of Mr. Shengping, in just over a year, not only have they been fed and clothed, but also because of the wealth brought by the river fish raised in the [reservoir] built near their village, their family is now three days old. You can even have a meal of meat at both ends.

   Now even the two children in the family are eligible to go to school.

no doubt.

  Today is a better day to celebrate than Chinese New Year.

  Thinking of this, "Old Turtle" said decisively: "Go!"

"Hahaha... I'm happy, then it's a deal. Let me tell you, I've already found the place, and because the academy started today, all the tavern businesses in the entire [Iron Stone Town] have been discounted at half price. Today We must not go home drunk."

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  (end of this chapter)