In the evening, everyone had a good meal and tasted the sunflower seeds brought back by Qi Xiangun. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Gong Liangliao and Qi Xianguan thought that the matter between the couple was over.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, when I was drowsy, I suddenly heard voices coming from the backyard.

"Liu Ji, did I give you face?"

"Have I given you respect?"

"Did I give you the money?"

Liu Ji shook his head first, then nodded vigorously, "Yes, everything, madam, calm down."

The firewood made a "crackling" sound and Liu Ji shuddered all over. He silently backed away from the dangerous woman who was still chopping firewood in the woodshed late at night.

Qin Yao kept moving her hands, selecting a piece of firewood and chopping it while saying, "Since all this is given to you, please don't be ungrateful."

It was not easy to become a disciple of a great scholar. Not to mention anything else, just having this title can make your life smoother than others.

"If we hadn't happened to be there when something dangerous happened today, what do you think would have happened?"

Qin Yao dropped the axe. She was tired from chopping wood and her anger had almost subsided. She turned around with her hands on her hips and looked at Liu Ji with displeasure.

Liu Ji thought to himself, if you guys hadn’t suddenly appeared today, I wouldn’t have been scared and tripped and fell.

He admitted his mistakes one by one, "Madam, I swear to God, next time I take my husband out, I will never get close to danger!"

Qin Yao snorted. Who can't talk?

"Okay, then you swear a solemn oath to heaven. If you break this promise, you will never achieve fame and fortune in this life, you will be a beggar all your life and die in vain on the streets." Qin Yao made a friendly suggestion towards the sky with a crescent moon hanging above her head.

Liu Ji swallowed hard. What a vicious oath, every word of it hit him sore!

Taking a look at the sharp axe, he immediately raised his hand and swore to repeat her words.

"Go back and copy your books." Qin Yao left with satisfaction.

As soon as she left, Liu Ji immediately swore again, "God, I am willing to take back my vow with five years, no! Ten years of my life as collateral. I wish I have a bright future, a name on the list as soon as possible, and a life of wealth and glory, and endless enjoyment."

Blah blah, he talked about additional conditions for a full quarter of an hour. I don’t know if his ten years of life are worth so much.

The candlelight in the main room never went out that night. Liu Ji copied all night until dawn, when everyone got up, and he finally finished copying the fifty times that Gong Liangliao had been punished with.

He was smart. The teacher didn't tell him which book to copy, so he chose a single poetry book with only more than 200 words.

I wrote fifty pages of writing and my pen became blistered.

Qin Yao yawned as she passed by the main hall. She took a look inside and saw someone finishing his last stroke and immediately fell asleep on the table, snoring loudly.

The chaotic noise in the yard did not alarm him at all.

"Tsk tsk~" Qin Yao picked up the paper that flew out of the door, feeling pain in her heart.

Turning around, Qin Yao saw Shitou and the book boy pushing Gong Liangliao out of the house. She nodded slightly and greeted "Hello, sir" and couldn't help but suggest:

"The punishment of copying books is quite a waste of paper. Sir, why don't you try a different punishment next time?"

Gong Liangliao glanced at the dozens of papers covered with words on the floor of the main hall. The handwriting was really ugly. He frowned with a little disgust, and then asked Qin Yao if she had any good suggestions for punishment.

"I think endorsement is also good." Qin Yao said with a smile. Considering the frequency of Liu Ji being punished, it can save a lot of money.

Gong Liangliao raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything. He let Shitou push him into the main room, and roared playfully, startling the sleeping Liu Ji so much that he stood up suddenly.

"The weather is bad today, so stay inside and practice calligraphy."

Hearing Gong Liangliao's words, Liu Ji subconsciously agreed, then sat down and lay down again, his eyelids soon drooping.

Qin Yao curled her lips and smiled, not knowing whether Gong Liangliao could see through Liu Ji's realistic acting of falling asleep.

Facts have proved that the older you are, the wiser you are. Gong Liangliao grabbed his third son's ear, and Liu Ji instantly became as sober as could be.

He ordered his servant to fetch his writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, as today he had to do what a teacher should do.

Qi Xianguan was no exception. He washed up and took his seat immediately.

Although Qin Yao's house was simple, the tables were all very large. The one moved from the children's room was large enough for the three masters and apprentices to share.

Breakfast was made by the maid of the Qi family. Awang came back late after sending the children to school and was too busy to prepare meals for so many people.

The guards cooked their own meals at the old house, and only the maids and servants stayed at Qin Yao's house to eat together.

After eating, they cleaned up the dishes and the kitchen, and took the host's clothes to the river to wash.

Qin Yao was secretly envious. It felt so good to be able to bring a whole housekeeping team with you wherever you went.

The Qi family guards took turns on duty, and the rest supervised the work at the old house.

The road in the village was repaired, and Hua'er and other refugees could not sit still. As the construction of the old house had just started, Qin Yao took them there.

Although the mute foreman could not speak, he was very obedient. He tried his best to help realize the ideas proposed by Qi Xiangguan and never said anything like "it can't be done".

At present, the Qi family guards are very satisfied with this construction team composed of refugees.

Speaking of which, Qin Yao's own house needs to be expanded.

Unfortunately, I have been busy and have no time to prepare.

There is also Carpenter Liu's family. He has been planning to build a blue brick and tile house since the beginning of the year.

Unfortunately, any movement would require major changes, and the family still has to live at home, so it would be very troublesome to intertwine the construction with daily life, so this plan has remained in the planning stage.

Now seeing the old house beginning to be renovated, Carpenter Liu suddenly got an inspiration. Since it was troublesome to start construction in the original old house, why not just find a new piece of land and build a new one.

However, the cost of new construction will definitely increase. Although Carpenter Liu is tempted, he still plans to see how the old house at Qi Xiangan's place can be renovated first.

He is a nobleman, and his vision is far beyond the reach of farmers like them who have rarely even been to the county town.

In addition, Carpenter Liu himself has a certain pursuit of architectural aesthetics, and he hopes that his new home will be completely different from the old house he used to live in.

This time, he wanted to build a house of his own according to his own ideas and preferences.

When they were having lunch in the cafeteria and chatting casually, Qin Yao felt her eyes brighten.

"Carpenter Liu, your idea is great." Qin Yao encouraged, "The village chief and I originally wanted to renovate those old houses, but renovation does require capital, and most people can't afford it. But if the villagers in our village want to build new houses themselves, that would be perfect."

Qin Yao has seen those old houses. Although they are dilapidated and a bit far from the village center, because of this, the foundation is very large and the view in front of and behind the house is very broad. If the spring water from the mountain can be brought down, it will be convenient to get water.

But this is a huge project, and few people in Liujia Village have the economic strength to do so.

But Carpenter Liu is different, he is very rich!