Chapter 288 Excited Qiao Sihai

In fact, she also thought about bringing a few books to her fourth uncle to read on the way, but she was afraid that her fourth uncle would feel guilty because he wanted to buy books and almost got herself arrested.

But now, Qiao Ran found an excuse to give these books to her fourth uncle.

Qiao Ran turned around and looked around. In the tent, only grandma, Xiaobei, Xiaoxing, Xiaoyue and a few other little guys were playing with Xiaoba. Everyone else had gone out to do other things outside the tent.

She pretended to be searching for her package in the corner of the tent, then quietly took out a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" and a copy of "Spring and Autumn" from the space, held them in her hands, and left the tent.

Qiao Sihai was taking advantage of today's rare free time to carefully read a torn-up copy of "The University" when two brand-new books suddenly appeared in front of him.

The top one was the "The Analects of Confucius" that he had always wanted to buy.

He looked up and saw his eldest niece looking at him with a smile.

"Ran Ran, is this...?"

Qiao Sihai was very excited and stared at his eldest niece in disbelief.

Qiao Ran smiled slightly and put the two books into his fourth uncle's hands.

"Fourth Uncle, I bought these two books in the capital. The bookstore there has a whole set of books. When I come to the city next time, I will buy all the others for you. You can read these two books first. !”

"This... Ran Ran... this..."

Qiao Sihai was so excited that he became incoherent and didn't know what to say.

You know, when he was in his hometown, the whole family lived frugally for a year. He himself also lived frugally and took on a lot of copying work, so that he had money to buy a copy of "The Great Learning" and a copy of "Mencius". I can no longer afford several copies.

For more than a year, he read those two books every day, turning the pages to pieces.

Later, when he was escaping from famine, his family used the last remaining money to buy food, salt and other supplies. He was almost desperate, wondering whether he could successfully escape from famine and settle down in a place. Even if he could survive safely, his family The son's livelihood is in question, and he has to find some work as a copywriter or a private school teacher to supplement the family income!

In this life, I don’t know if I will still be able to buy books, go to college, continue studying and take the imperial examinations.

But no matter whether there was hope or not, he was unwilling to give up the habit of reading. Whenever he found some free time along the way, he would take a book and read in the woods or next to a fire.

I thought that even if I no longer have the chance to continue studying and take scientific examinations, I will continue to read more books. I can be a private tutor in the future to earn some money to supplement the family, or teach the children at home to read. It will not be in vain that I have spent so much money on my family. Spend more money studying.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he settled down today, Ran Ran would help him buy new books from the city. How could this not make him excited?

Qiao Sihai was excited and guilty at the same time. He was an uncle, but he asked his niece to pay for books for him.

Seeing how excited her fourth uncle was, Qiao Ran smiled and patted him on the shoulder:

"Fourth uncle, you are the most literate in our family, and your future is limitless. Since you have already passed the Tongsheng test, and are only one step away from being a scholar and receiving royal food, our family will naturally support you to continue your studies. Don't worry. , another day I will go to the city to find shopkeeper Chen and housekeeper Zhou to find out which academies in the city still accept students, and I will send you to the academies after the New Year."

"Ran Ran..."

Qiao Sihai had not yet recovered from the surprise of seeing the new book he had dreamed of, and when he heard that he would continue to go to college to study and take the imperial examination, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

He didn't expect that his eldest niece was thinking about him early in the morning. This was really...

"Okay, Fourth Uncle, please read this book slowly! But be careful to protect your eyes! Don't read anymore when it gets dark. Don't damage your eyes."

Qiao Ran turned around and returned to the tent without waiting for her fourth uncle to say anything.

She also had to draw her vision and let everyone build the village according to this plan.

Qiao Ran was not used to writing and drawing with a brush, so she had to put a pencil in a thin bamboo tube and call it a homemade charcoal pencil.

Qiao Ran took out two pieces of white paper from the space and spread them on the "table" for eating. Qiao Ran lowered her head and began to draw a plan.

She already had a rough outline in her mind, so she drew it very easily.

The village needs to be built closest to the mountain springs, streams and hot spring pools. That place is in the innermost part of Devil's Valley, so a road must be built to get there.

Houses, roads, farmland, dry land, orchards, canals, drying grounds, etc. must be planned properly.

When it gets dark, people who go out to hunt, pick wild vegetables and fruits, or go to the stream to sharpen hoes and machetes all come back one after another.

When Chen Huiniang came back from washing vegetables by the stream, she saw that her daughter was still writing and drawing in the dark tent. She quickly put down the bamboo basket and lit a fire, and placed the brazier next to her daughter.

Then he turned around and went out of the tent to cook meals for the two families with Lin Guizhen and Madam Qin.

Madam Qin and her two children slept in the Qiao family's tent at first, but they were outsiders after all, and no matter how big the Qiao family's tent was, she, a widow with a half-grown son and a baby, could not live with the Qiao family. inconvenient.

So Widow Zhao took the initiative to invite her to live in her tent. Zhao Tieniu, the grandson of the old village chief, also pulled Qin Gengwen to sleep with her, so Madam Qin took little An'er to live in Widow Zhao's house.

But the Qiao family had long said that they would bear the food and accommodation issues for the three of them, mother and son, so even though they no longer lived with the Qiao family, they still insisted that the three of them, mother and son, eat with the Qiao family.

Mrs. Qin took the initiative to take on most of the cooking work, while Lin Guizhen and Chen Huiniang helped her wash vegetables, cut meat and so on.

Qin Gengwen went to collect a lot of firewood whenever he had free time. While his mother was cooking, he took on the task of lighting the fire beside the earthen stove.

Today is the day they arrived at the place where they will settle down and will soon become their new hometown. Tomorrow, people from the government will come to deliver relief food. They can also hunt and pick wild vegetables in the mountains. Everyone feels that their life is heading forward. I was so happy that I decided to have a full meal today.

The dry rice is cooked, the wild animals killed are cooked for meat, the fried oil is used to stir-fry a plate of green shepherd's purse, and a pot of meat and bone soup is cooked. Oh, this little day is really more delicious than the previous Chinese New Year!

Farmers like to visit each other with bowls in hand when eating. Especially during the escape, everyone has a deep feeling of being like a family, and they are not restrained. They hold bowls and visit each other from door to door. From this tent When I get into the tent, if I see whose food is delicious, I pick up a pair of chopsticks and happily praise it.