After working in the fields for three or four days and harvesting more than ten acres of land, Cao Xiangnan felt that he had peeled off a layer of skin when he lay on the bed on the last day. He lay on the bed groaning and pretending to be dead, but in fact he felt that he was dying.
A pair of hands touched his shoulders and massaged him gently. Even without turning around, Cao Xiangnan knew who the owner of these hands was. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the service of his wife, and sighed, "It's so comfortable."
Qi Wanfeng couldn't help but smile when he heard her husband's words, and said, "Thank you for your hard work these days." After all
, he couldn't bear to let this person serve him, so after letting her massage for a while, Cao Xiangnan grabbed Qi Wanfeng's hand and turned over. Under the dim oil lamp, they looked at each other, and their eyes were filled with each other, and nothing else.
The person lying down looked at the gentle smile on Qi Wanfeng's lips and couldn't help but reach out to touch his lips.
When his lips were kissed, Qi Wanfeng whimpered and tenderly let his husband kiss him. After so much training from his husband, he also knew how to respond to his husband's kiss, shyly but firmly responding to his husband.
They were both exploring ways to make each other happy, and they enjoyed it.
This night was naturally full of red waves.
The person who woke up the next day was refreshed and didn't look tired at all. The person on the bed was still asleep, and the body under the quilt was full of bruises and ambiguity. Cao Xiangnan didn't want to wake him up, so he went out quietly.
When Qi Wanfeng woke up, her husband was no longer in bed. The faint light from outside shone through the covered curtains, and he knew it was daybreak outside. He felt a little tired, and didn't want to move even in bed. He reached out and touched his bulging belly. Thinking of her husband's hot kiss last night, his ears couldn't help but turn red again.
He got up from bed when he heard the children's voices outside and knew that the children at home had woken up.
Those who harvested crops a few days ago would be ready to harvest after a few days of this sun. Those who harvested later started to dry their crops, and their family was also the last to harvest. The people in front harvested, and Cao Xiangnan started to dry his millet. Fortunately, the sun was still very good in the last few days, and they put the millet into large vats after it was dried.
The weather changes quickly in this season. It was sunny a few days ago, but it changed today. A strong wind blew, and the sky in the west became completely dark. The sky was windy and cloudy. People in the village were running and shouting, "It's going to rain, it's going to rain, those who are still drying the millet at home should hurry up to harvest the millet..."
Those who were still drying the millet at home were busy harvesting it, otherwise the millet would become moldy after a heavy rain.
"Hurry up." Father Cao led the family members who were harvesting bones, big and small, and all went out.
Since his fourth son's words that day, he asked his wife and the second son's family to work in the fields the next day. If anyone was unwilling to go, he said, "If anyone doesn't want to go, move out of the house!" This was the toughest time he had ever been in his life. So because of his words, even his wife went to work in the fields, let alone other people.
This man began to vaguely understand why his fourth son didn't want to care about them anymore. Now without his fourth son and Qi Wanfeng, their family is almost no longer a family. If this continues, this family will sooner or later fall apart.
The strong wind blew the dust up, and Cao Xiangnan hurriedly called the few children who were still outside to come back to the house.
Dark clouds blocked the sun, and the sky suddenly became overcast, even the house was overcast. The wind blew in and made everything in the house rustle. Qi Wanfeng quickly closed all the windows in the house and shouted from inside, "Xiangnan, go and close the doors and windows of the kitchen."
"Okay, I'll go right away. You guys don't run out of the house, okay?" Cao Xiangnan told Xiangzi to watch the two little ones, and ran out.
The doors and windows of the kitchen must be closed, because this heavy rain looks like it will not be small.
As soon as he ran in from outside, the rain started to fall, and a heavy rain started.
"Fortunately, we harvested all the millet the day before." Cao Xiangnan said thankfully, but he thought of his father and elder brother who were still harvesting millet behind him, and wondered if they had harvested the millet over there.
Cao's father had just brought the family to harvest all the millet when the heavy rain began to fall. His heart, which had been gloomy for so long, suddenly became much brighter. Fortunately, he listened to his fourth son, otherwise all the food for the year would have been ruined.
But Cao Xiangnan, who was at home, didn't know all this.
It just so happened that no one came to work at home, and the children of several families had returned home, and their home was unusually quiet. The strong wind outside made the windows bang, and the heavy rain hitting the windows could still be heard making a thudding sound.
Cao Xiangnan thought it was a good thing that he built this big house for the children. Otherwise, if it was the old house, a strong wind would blow the roof off. They would have no place to stay in such a heavy rain. It was unimaginable. Fortunately, he built a place for Wanfeng and the children to shelter from the wind and rain. He
worked so hard just to hope that the family could live in a good house and have a full stomach every meal.
The house was too dark. The children were in the living room. Cao Xiangnan lit up the lanterns on both sides of the living room, sat on the sofa with Wanfeng, watched the children playing Gobang, listened to the rain outside, "This is good." He leaned over and kissed Wanfeng's hair, feeling that this moment was so happy.
"Yeah." Qi Wanfeng turned his head to look at her husband. Why not him?
Seeing that the little ones had nothing to play with on weekdays, Cao Xiangnan racked his brains to come up with games that they had played for many hours, such as Gobang and Flying Chess. There were also swings, balance bars, and other things that the children could play together in the yard, so now that a group of children were gathered in his home, he didn't have to worry about the children having nothing to play with.
The children in the family liked to play Gobang the most, and An'an and Xiangzi were the best at it. Xingxing watched most of the time, and ended up being defeated without a trace. Every time he cried and said he didn't want to play anymore.
"Brother is bad..." This time Xingxing was once again defeated by his brother.
An An helped out from the side, "An An is here to help you get revenge!"
Xiangzi pursed his lips. He had already given in several times. It was A-di who was stupid! Why did he say he was bad again? If he played against An An, he would definitely lose if he gave in, and even if he didn't give in, he might not win An An, so should he give in?
Before he could figure it out, the second round started again.
It was windy and rainy outside, and the children were noisy inside. Cao Xiangnan put his arm around Qi Wanfeng's shoulders and let her lean on him. Qi Wanfeng struggled a little in her heart, and then she followed her heart. She and her husband leaned together to look at the children, touching her belly. When this child was born, there would be another child in the family, and it would be more lively then.
The land for the school has been found. We just need to go to the government office to find someone to measure and sign the deed. Once the factory is built, we can start building the school. Chen Hong's family is also planning to build a house. Then we will arrange for people to go there to build a house for him. The school will also start construction at the same time. It will probably be completed before winter.
"...When the school is built, the children will be able to go to school next spring. However, we will have to find a teacher to teach the children how to read. We have to find a good teacher so that we can teach a few top students. I will start a math class to teach the children arithmetic, so that I can also be a teacher in the school." Cao Xiangnan told the person leaning on his shoulder about his plan.
In fact, he wanted to build a modern school in Caojia Village, where children would start from kindergarten, and when their parents were working, the children would be sent to the school for care. Then there would be elementary school and junior high school, where they would learn the most basic knowledge. However, Cao Xiangnan had already made an idea of how to arrange it according to the actual situation of this era.
"…The children will learn to read first. Those who like to study can continue to study. They can first take the imperial examinations and pass the examinations to become students. They can also try their best to pass the examinations to become scholars. After passing the examinations to become scholars, they will probably go out to study. If they have good grades and want to achieve something higher, they can continue to take the examinations to become the top scholar." Cao Xiangnan thought this was a good idea. "Then we can have a reward. If someone passes the examination to become a scholar, our family will be poor. Yes, we can provide him with a certain amount of tuition per year to study outside."
Qi Wanfeng listened to his husband's low voice, telling him these things in his ear. These things that he had never thought about before, now came out of his husband's mouth, but he knew that one day all his husband's words would come true, just like his husband said that they would live in a big house with green bricks and tiles, and let them live a good life, and now they have done it one by one.
And these things that his husband said about opening a school, letting everyone in the village go to school, relying on a few scholars, and even producing a top scholar, he also thought that it would come true.
"Dad, An An is going to take the top scholar exam." An An, who was playing chess over there, heard his father talking about the top scholar, and he looked at his father very seriously and said.
"Ah, yes, our little An An will be the top scholar in the future." Cao Xiangnan laughed out loud when he heard the child's words. He did not take it as childish talk. Maybe one day his child will really be the top scholar? !
And his child is so smart. As long as he has a dream, he will definitely succeed.
"If An An is going to be the top scholar, what about Xiangzi and Xingxing?" Cao Xiangnan asked the other two.
"Xingxing is going to be the top scholar." Xingxing followed An An.
"I want to make money." Xiangzi's little face was firm. He looked at his uncle Xiangnan and said, "I want to make money to send my brothers to school." Even Qi Wanfeng couldn't help but smile and bend his eyes. These are his little treasures.
Cao Xiangnan hugged the people who were bent with laughter and said, "Okay, you all remember what you said today."
The little ones nodded seriously and said they would remember it.