Well, my second uncle has already conceded. We still need to borrow it later, so we can't let things get too tense.

Don't underestimate this ox! It does more work in a day than five people combined. Even if you replaced it with five workers, it would still be worthwhile. Three workers would barely be considered a profit.

Thinking of this, Fan Sanzhu asked his second uncle, "Second Uncle, we've only managed to cultivate five mu of land, and we still need to borrow the ox for a while longer. What do you think?"

Li Wu: What are you looking at! I told you to pay it back! You still want to borrow it? Dream on!

Other men: What a shameless person! You went back on your word after agreeing to something, and now you want to borrow it again? You might as well fly to the moon.

Fan Jin smiled gently and said, "The ox is tired too. I'll take it back with me later. Sanzhu, you're all grown up now. I've often heard you say that boys are stronger than girls. From now on, we'll rely on you for the fields and farm work. Your second uncle believes you can do a great job, no less than the ox."

Fan Sanzhu's face turned a mixture of pale and green.

He used to say these things to his three daughters, Daya, Erya, and Zhaodi, and his second uncle never objected. He never expected that his second uncle would remember it and say it out loud in front of so many people!

And was his second uncle praising him? Comparing him to a cow, is that a compliment? But it doesn't sound like it to him.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Hahahaha.

Laughter echoed throughout the courtyard.

Some of the men laughed so hard their bodies shook, completely disregarding whether it would embarrass Fan Qian's family.

Fan Dazhu glared at them fiercely, inwardly blaming his second uncle.

Just make things difficult for Sanzhu, why not lend them an ox? It's equivalent to three days' work, so Uncle Er won't lose out.

Seriously.

The old village chief looked at Fan Qian's family and said in a deep voice, "Tomorrow we're going to build a house at the boy's house. Everyone should go. If you don't go, you'll be too tired to do farm work later."

Upon hearing this, Fan Qian immediately said, "Let's go, let's all go tomorrow!"

The three Li brothers listened and thought their father was really amazing; his words were so effective!

It sounds nice, like it's for Fan Qian and the others' benefit.

After the old village chief finished getting everyone to work, he turned his attention away from Fan Qian and the others and looked at Fan Jin, asking with concern, "You have trouble getting water there, have you thought about how to solve it?"

Fan Jin's smile this time was genuine: "Thank you for your concern, Village Chief. We need to bring water from the mountain, so we'll need to send a few more people to dig ditches and bring in water tomorrow."

The old village chief, relieved to hear that he had already thought of it, said, "The matter is settled, so go back now and get some rest so you can work well tomorrow."

He also needs to think carefully about where to go for the school.

The place where children learn to read and write should be in a good location, preferably in the very center of the village, so that it is convenient for any family's children to get there.

It's also convenient for villagers to gather together.

But the central area of ​​the village is already inhabited, and quite densely populated, so there's really no open space.

There also needs to be a large open space in front, capable of accommodating hundreds of people.

...The open space where Fan Damu's house used to be is fine.

Their family was sold into slavery under a death contract, making it impossible to redeem them. They sold all their fields and forests, and used the house to build a school, so that the Fan family wouldn't keep eyeing that land.

It has a good location. Although it's not in the center of the village, it's slightly to the right of the village entrance, with a large open space in front. If we need to meet up at the village entrance in the future, we can do so from that spot.

From then on, the village was filled with the sound of children reading aloud.

From now on, things will be great.

It doesn't matter if he can't see it.