Before the cold winter came, Li Zheng, the village chief, the deputy village chief and the village representatives were checking the situation in the village. It was not without reason that Caojia Village was the poorest place in the area. Many houses looked old. At least 30% of the houses were uninhabitable in winter. Some were repaired and could still be lived in.

Several lonely elderly people living alone in the village should be notified to prepare their things and send them to the newly built academy to live in, and come back after the winter. After Goudan and Ermao were adopted by Cao Silang's family, there were no more children living alone in the village without their parents.

Maybe God had mercy on the two children and did not let them freeze or die last winter, and they are still alive today. Now, whoever mentions Goudan and Ermao in the village, everyone will say that they were lucky to be taken in by Cao Silang's family and live the life of a young master.

If some houses in the village seem to need repairs, they should be notified to repair the houses in the next few days. If there are any difficulties, the two deputy village heads will register them and arrange for people to come and help them repair the houses together.

If the house at home is really not available for the winter, and the whole family wants to live in the academy this winter, the young men and boys in the family should promise to share the work there after they go there. There are families like this. Their houses are too broken to live in. They have proposed to Li Zheng, the village chief, that they move there when the time comes, and promised to help take care of other elderly people there.

"I have lived here for so many years. I don't know if I will be crushed to death by heavy snow in the winter. Death is fate. Where can I hide?" Third Uncle is a stubborn person. Li Zheng brought people to inform him that he would live in the academy after winter. Some families in the village would also live there. He asked him to move with them, but he said he didn't agree.

"...No need to say more. If I say I won't go, I won't go. I like living here. You don't need to waste your breath here. Just go. I live well here and don't like to move around."

After returning from the town, Cao Xiangnan couldn't help laughing when he heard Chen Hong say that they had asked his third uncle to move to the academy after winter. That was exactly what the stubborn old man would do. "Then what?" he asked.

At first, he also felt that the old man was difficult to get along with. After getting along with him for a few times and gaining the old man's recognition, he found that he was actually a very interesting old man. Children's hearts are the purest. An old man who is liked by children must not be a bad person. The children in his family like the stubborn old man very much. He is really kind to the children.

"In the end, the village chief came over in person and tried to persuade him, but Third Uncle still refused to move. He had a fierce face, just like this..." Chen Hong put on a long face, imitating Third Uncle's face to 70%.

"Puff..."

"That sounds like something Third Uncle would say."

Everyone laughed when they heard Chen Hong's joke.

"In the end, it must be our village chief who was so awesome that Third Uncle agreed to move over." Chen Hong's heart was full of admiration for their village chief. He was simply too awesome.

The garment factory stopped working today, so it also meant that everyone didn't have to go to work later and had some free time.

Li Mei and Wu Yue came over and handed him the key to the garment workshop. Cao Xiangnan took the key and heard them say that they had cleaned the garment workshop and locked the door after checking. He was relieved about this, "Okay."

They would pick up the child after work every day, and today was no exception.

"Well, the child has been with you for so long. I am really sorry to have troubled you for so long. Didn't they say that the academy will be completed by the end of this month? Will there be a teacher there to teach the children after next month? We will take the child home, and when the academy starts teaching, we will send the child there." After finishing the business, Li Mei hesitated for a moment and brought up the matter.

"Yes, I will also take my son Doudou home and let him study hard at home. Then we can send him to the academy with everyone else's children." On the way here, Li Mei mentioned this to him. Wu Yue also felt that it was a bother for others to take care of his child for so long, and it would be a shame to bother them any more.

They have sent the child to Cao Silang's house for so long. There are teachers here every day to teach the children. Even Cao Silang teaches the children arithmetic in person. The learning is no worse than studying in school.

Since Li Mei and Wu Yue said so, Chen Hong also thought it made sense.

At this time, even if the schools in the village were on vacation, they would be leaving the child with Cao Silang. They had troubled others for so long, and it would be a shame to continue leaving the child with someone else. The academy will continue to offer classes next month, and they can send their children to the academy as long as it is not snowing.

Now that he is the village representative, he has to help manage village affairs. There are not many vegetables in the fields, at most radishes and eggs will soon be ready, and when the time comes, he can ask someone to send them here, and he will not be unable to take care of his two children.

Now that the weather is getting colder, the wind is too cold, and it is not suitable for the children to stay in the small shed built outside to study and write, so the children are now studying and writing inside the house. More than a dozen children are confined in one room, and the space is too small. Since others have proposed to take the children back and not keep them with him any longer, Cao Xiangnan thinks it is okay, "That's good, it's time to give the children a holiday to rest. But you can't be lazy when you go back, you have to study and write every day."

In the past, everyone sent their children to him to study. In addition to partly because of the school, another part of the reason was that everyone went to work for him and there was no one to take care of the children at home, so several families sent their children to him.

Now that they have proposed to take the children home, it is also because the garment factory is on holiday and everyone is free to take care of the children. In addition, the schools are on holiday, and the "private school" run by his family can also be on holiday, so both adults and children can take a break.

Several children responded to him in unison, and promised to study and write well when they go back, so that he can rest assured. After playing with the children for a few words, Cao Xiangnan said to the adults of several families, "If the children want to come to my house to play, just bring them to play. The children will get familiar with each other and like to play together."

"Okay, okay." Chen Hong said repeatedly.

So this also means that the children are on holiday, and they don't have to be sent to him in the next few days, so they can be much more relaxed.

After picking up the children, Chen Hong, Li Mei, Wu Yue and others took the children back to the village.

It was cold today, so it was just right to have hot pot. There was no cooking in the evening, so I cooked a pot of rice and a big pot of mutton soup, which would be used as the soup base for the hot pot. The mushrooms and vegetables in the greenhouse were growing well, so I picked some of them up and prepared them for the hot pot tonight. I made some meatballs by hand and pulled some noodles to make noodles later. The

washed meatballs, bean curd sticks, tofu, tofu skin, potato chips, mushrooms, and various green vegetables were still fresh and tender. Cao Xiangnan wanted to eat this freshness. The vegetables were washed one by one and served on the table. There was really a lot.

The cooked soup was put into the iron stove, and charcoal fire was placed underneath. The boiling soup in the pot began to bubble, and the room was filled with the smell of mutton. "How is it, is it delicious?" Cao Xiangnan was very confident in the food he cooked. He had never seen the mutton hotpot from Yipinzhai sell so well?

But he remembered that when he came back, the mutton hotpot at the night snack stalls in Nanyang was the best seller.

"Well, it smells so good, so good. Oh, how did you cook it? This must be mutton!" Wang Dahu didn't know that mutton could be cooked so deliciously. He used to dislike eating mutton the most, and he disliked drinking mutton soup even more. But when he smelled this smell, he began to swallow his saliva.

"There are a lot of things in it." Cao Xiangnan smiled mysteriously, with a proud look of "only I understand", but later he still briefly explained the base of the soup to Wang Dahu, and taught him how to make mutton delicious in the future.

Wang Dahu listened carefully and nodded from time to time, "Well, I see, I will try it myself in the future."

Liu Baishu, who came in from the back with things, smiled when he saw the two people talking and listening.

Since the bacon was made, no one came to talk about it, and he felt much better in an instant. Even though he knew that this was his man and no one would snatch it away, he had to admit in his heart that he didn't like this person to look at other guys, even for a glance!

"Everyone, come and eat."

"Hey, I'm coming."

The children of the other families were taken back home. There were still many children in their families, but not as many as before. Several children sat on the chairs, waiting for the meal to start. Seeing that everything on the table was raw, they lowered their heads and chattered, covering their mouths and laughing.

"Little fools, I won't let you eat raw food. These will be cooked later." Hearing the chattering of several children, Cao Xiangnan couldn't help but laugh, holding a spoon in his hand and scooping mutton soup into the bowl.

"This soup is still very hot, everyone drink slowly." Cao Xiangnan reminded.

"Hot..." Some of the children began to protest.

"Let's eat something else first." Qi Wanfeng put the cooked noodles mixed with sauce over and asked, "The noodles are ready, who wants some?"

"I, I want some."

"Amu, An'an want some."

"Okay, okay, wait, we have them all." Qi Wanfeng replied.

"Let me do it." An Ning stood up and helped Qi Wanfeng, filling the bowls of the children with noodles.