"It is said that five hundred years ago, the seven kings of the previous dynasty rebelled. In a certain place in Pianzhou, there lived a couple named Liu who lived in seclusion. In order to escape the war, they had to disobey their ancestors' will and opened the family secret treasure, the Glazed Mirror. They led the whole family into the enchantment in the mirror and sought a place to live in the world."

Qin Yao lowered her head and asked the children: "Is this the story your father made up?"

Si Niang scratched the back of her hand. What could she say? "It's not all made up. Some of it was told by Grandpa."

Her father just added a little of his own understanding.

Qin Yao nodded and understood. It was a magical adaptation based on real events.

Everyone in the village, young and old, loved to listen to such stories, and half an hour passed by unknowingly.

The story tells that Liu Lijing and his wife led their people to find their ancestral land, Liujia Village, but there were monsters guarding the village. In order to regain their ancestral land, the Liu family was preparing to fight a big battle with the monsters.

The villagers held their breath, waiting for the most exciting moment to arrive.

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Liu Ji knocked the fire stick, making two bangs. "It's time. Now let's recall the words we learned today: Liu, Wu, Qi, Zu, Qian, and Ju."

After reading all the words, "That's all for today's class. get out of class dismissed."

After saying that, he packed up the wooden boards and fire sticks and left in style.

Everyone then realized that today's class had ended so quickly.

What's more, when the story was at its most exciting part, it was suddenly interrupted, which was really frustrating.

"Mother, I want to come here to attend class! I also want to listen to the teacher tell the story of our ancestors and the glass mirror!"

I don’t know which child started talking first, but that evening, every household in the village became bustling with activity.

Some were rolling on the ground crying, some were climbing up the roof and tearing off the tiles, and some were running away from home and squatting at the gate of Qin Yao's house. There were all kinds of scenes, and they were very exciting.

Liu Ji closed the door of his house, sat in the yard calmly, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan, listening to the voices of those who were about to come to the literacy class, and had already made up his mind.

One student is five coins, ten is fifty coins, and one hundred is five hundred coins.

In the main room, Dalang and his two siblings were lying in front of the table, discussing something with Qin Yao.

Erlang: "Mother, why don't we go to the city and open a storytelling teahouse? Let Dad tell stories and we sell tea. We will definitely make money!"

The remaining three also nodded frantically. It was obvious that Erlang had already fooled these three in advance, and each of them was obsessed with money.

Qin Yao blew the ten rules of the team that she had just written in her hand. When she looked up after hearing the words, she met the excitedly flushed faces of the four siblings.

He frowned, "You don't want to study anymore? You don't want to learn martial arts? You don't want to take the exam for the imperial examination?"

Why hasn’t this school started yet?

If school doesn’t start soon, everyone in the family, young and old, will be worried!

The four brothers and sisters finally gave up the idea of ​​opening a teahouse and focused on studying.

After all, their current task is to study, not to think about how to make money.

In the literacy class, after the suspense of the story left by Liu Ji in the first class, the number of students in the class increased sharply from 20 to 50 the next day.

With the two hundred and fifty coins in his pocket, Liu Ji seemed to have found the code to wealth. He prepared to write a few more magical and bizarre stories, promote the teaching concept of combining education with entertainment, and enroll all the villagers from several nearby villages in literacy classes.

At the same time, when Liu Ji was staying up late to make up stories until his hair fell out, Qin Yao had already led the transport team to complete a five-day training session.

Now everything is ready, the timber merchants have been contacted, and the convoy is about to set off for the provincial capital.

Because it was the first time and most people in the transport team had never left the county, Qin Yao would definitely lead the first trip personally.

As soon as Qin Yao returned home, Si Niang rushed over and hugged her, "Mother, Si Niang will accompany you to the capital, okay?"

Qin Yao rubbed the little girl's head, took her off her waist, and took her hand to the backyard to collect the dried clothes. "What are you going to do in the capital city?"

Si Niang stretched out her hand, "Mother, give me the clothes, I'll help you carry them, I can carry a lot!"

Qin Yao chose two short coats for her as she wished. Si Niang smiled with her white teeth, "Mother, I don't want to do anything, I just want to be with you."

The mother and daughter took the clothes back to the children's room. The clothes were for the four brothers and sisters. They didn't have to go to school during this period, and their parents were busy with their own things, so they asked Awang to take them to play all over the mountains. If they accidentally fell, they could change their clothes twice a day.

Fortunately, we have Awang to help with the laundry, otherwise Liu Ji would have grabbed the four kids and slapped them all on the butt.

Qin Yao taught Si Niang how to fold clothes. Knowing that the little girl was reluctant to leave, she coaxed her, "I'll only be gone for a few days. I'll be back soon and bring you something fun."

Si Niang shook her head. She didn't want any fun. She leaned her little head over and said, "Mother, can I sleep with you tonight?"

Everyone in the family sleeps separately. When they went to the provincial capital before, they all slept in one room to save money. Si Niang always slept in the same bed with Qin Yao. The little girl couldn't describe the feeling, but she felt very safe and satisfied.

Unfortunately, when we returned home, we separated again.

Si Niang counted on her fingers seriously and said, "Mother, you haven't slept with me for half a month." She sounded quite aggrieved.

Qin Yao thought it was a big deal and nodded happily, "Of course."

"Really?" Si Niang asked in surprise, looking at her with a pair of big grape-like eyes sparkling.

Qin Yao's heart melted at her sight. She put down the folded clothes in her hands and picked up the little girl. "Come on, the weather is getting hot. Let's spread out the cool mat so that we won't feel hot when we sleep together at night."

"Okay!" Si Niang quickly hugged her neck. When the mother and daughter passed through the yard, Si Niang proudly made a weird face at her three brothers who were thinking of story ideas for their father.

Dalang smiled gently, and Erlang snorted and looked down on him. He was not envious at all!

Only Sanlang was about to follow, but Liu Ji pulled him back and sneered, "You are a boy and you are sleeping with your mother. How dare you."

He didn't even dare to think about it!

He pressed Sanlang in front of him, not letting go of any inspiration, and urged him, "Tell Dad what you dreamed about the other day?"

Sanlang pursed his lips and said nothing, so Liu Ji urged him to do it. The father and son argued with each other until Awang finished setting the table and shouted, "It's time for dinner!"

The father and son ended their childish behavior, washed their hands, went to the table, and started eating like starving ghosts.

Si Niang frowned and whispered to Qin Yao's ear, "Mother, they are all rude, but I won't. I will eat well."

Receiving an encouraging look from her mother, the little girl instantly smiled and picked up the chopsticks to eat.

After the meal, Qin Yao said, "I will lead the team out tomorrow morning. If everything goes well, we will be back in about ten days."

Looking at Awang, he instructed: "The tribe school will start in two days. You will be responsible for picking up and dropping off the four of them in the morning and evening. Dalang will have to put his daily morning exercises aside and consolidate them on the day off."

"Oh, and there's my melon field. Carry the manure from the barn over there and water it twice with a small amount."

This is the critical moment when watermelon goes from flowering to maturity. Only with sufficient fertilizer can it grow big.

Then he looked at Liu Ji and said, "The refugees outside the city have received the food they need to return home from the imperial court. They will gradually disperse, and entry and exit of the city should be restored soon. Before you return to the academy, remember to improve the basic literacy of those people in the literacy class."

There was nothing else to explain. She had already made arrangements at the factory and all she had to do was ensure stable production.