Autumn went away quietly, and the winter of this year came.

Classes were held at the academy. Classes in winter were not closed. Anyone who wanted to come could come here to listen to the teacher's lectures, whether they were children or adults. The class was only held for one hour every day. As long as it was not snowing, the class would be held normally. If it snowed, the class would be suspended.

The winter study plan was proposed by Cao Xiangnan, and all his subordinates went. There was no work to do in the fields at this time, and there were many idle people in the village. Some of them followed to join in the fun. Even adults from neighboring villages sent their children here. At one time, many people came to open two classes, one for children and one for adults.

After discussion, it was decided that Zheng Shubo would not leave the academy in the short term and would stay here as a teacher. It was the best thing for him to teach the children's class, and he could continue to teach these children in the future. As for the adult class, Cao Wenxuan would teach it. It happened that he would leave Caojia Village after the spring, and there would be a lot of work after the spring, so the adults might not be able to come to class.

Fortunately, the two classrooms reserved in the front were large enough to accommodate so many people. There were tables and benches inside, and there was a blackboard nailed to the wall. This was a simple blackboard made of wood brushed with ink, used for writing.

Considering that not everyone would have books in their hands, Cao Xiangnan thought it would be better to adopt the simplest modern classroom model, paint the blackboard and write directly on it with chalk, so that people sitting below can understand what the teacher is saying even without books.

Then he spent some time and successfully made chalk with limestone to write on the blackboard.

Books and paper are still very expensive for many people in this era. For many people, it is more practical to spend money on two pounds of pork than to spend money on these things. That's what it means. This reminded him of his struggle with paper. After the beginning of next spring, he can put papermaking on the agenda. If he can produce paper himself, the problem of paper for the children in the academy to study will be half solved.

After eight months, Qi Wanfeng's belly was as big as a balloon, and he became even fatter. After winter, his belly was already eight or nine months. In the following days, he often woke up with cramps at night, couldn't sleep well at night, and was not energetic during the day. Cao Xiangnan didn't dare to leave home, so he could only stay at home to take care of Qi Wanfeng and watch over him.

In this world, men are also pregnant for ten months. In fact, it's almost the same as it is said to be a ten-month pregnancy.

At that time, there were not too many patients at Dr. Luo's place, so he went to pick up Dr. Luo to come to his house to see someone. Fortunately, he had taken good care of himself during the previous period, and the fetus was in the right position, so it would be easier to give birth when the time came. The symptoms that followed were all normal symptoms of pregnancy. Cao Xiangnan felt distressed and could only take better care of this person.

After the class started at the academy, Cao Xiangnan went to see it twice. Except for the chaos at the beginning, things gradually became orderly.

He originally planned to give the arithmetic class to Liu Baishu. Liu Baishu had learned arithmetic from him for a while during his stay, so he had no problem with basic arithmetic. Anyway, Liu Baishu was here, so he gave the prepared lesson to Liu Baishu and asked him to go to the academy to give a lecture to everyone.

"I'll take the children with me." Aning said.

"Okay." Cao Xiangnan told the children to be obedient and asked Xiangzi and Xuanxuan to take good care of their younger brother. Outside the door was Liu Baishu, who was going with him. Wang Dahu would also go with him. Sun Bailian would also go with him and bring two children.

Now that he knew about Liu Baishu and Wang Dahu's concern, Cao Xiangnan was not surprised at all and accepted it very naturally. Anyway, the world was like this, and he probably wouldn't think it was strange even if the two brothers were together.

Every day, Aning would take the children and Sun Bailian to the academy. It was cold and it hadn't snowed yet, so they just had to wear clothes. Cao Xiangnan didn't keep the children at home. There was nothing to worry about with adults accompanying him.

There was a carriage at home, but he didn't let them drive it. There was no reason for everyone to walk and only your family to go to the academy in a carriage. He didn't want to raise the children to be spoiled. Even though life is better now, and the family is better off than outsiders in terms of food and clothing, they still follow the standard of having enough food and warm clothes, not wearing gold and silver and eating delicacies every day.

Seeing the children leave with Liu Baishu and the others, Cao Xiangnan smiled and closed the door of the yard, and did not bolt it at the back, leaving the door open for people who would come back later to enter. He took the two dogs back home.

The weather was getting colder day by day, and the fireplace in the living room was lit, and the house was warm and did not feel cold. The sofa was covered with a layer of soft cushions, which made it more comfortable to sit on. After these days, Qi Wanfeng liked to half lean on the sofa with the cushions on his back. Sometimes Cao Xiangnan would teach him to read and recognize words, and sometimes he would sew small clothes by himself. At this time, Cao Xiangnan would chat with him here.

However, this man was not in a good mood now. He often fell asleep while talking to him, but would wake up again after a short while.

"Have the children and Aning gone?" Qi Wanfeng asked when he saw her husband come in.

"Well, yes, they all went. It's better to go to the academy than to stay at home and make a fuss." As soon as the children left, the house suddenly became much quieter.

There are many people in the academy, and it is lively there. Children like to go there, whether to study together or to play together. Cao Xiangnan doesn't care about them anyway.

Cao Xiangnan took off his coat and hung it on the back of a chair beside him. He put a few pieces of firewood into the fireplace and put his hands in front of the fireplace to warm them. He had just walked out of the door, and his hands were a little cold, and his body was also cold.

Fortunately, he knew that there would be a lot of firewood at home, so he prepared a shed of firewood early, and there might be some left after using it up this winter.

Qi Wanfeng smiled when he heard this. It was still more lively when the children were at home, and he was a little uncomfortable with the quietness this time. He yawned with his hands covering his mouth. He didn't sleep well at night and woke up early. He felt sleepy just after breakfast.

"Are you sleepy? Do you want to go back to the house and take a nap?" Cao Xiangnan asked when he saw someone yawning.

"I don't want to sleep yet. I'll sit here for a while. I can't fall asleep even if I lie down." Qi Wanfeng smiled and shook his head. He didn't really want to go back to the house. It was uncomfortable to lie on the bed and not fall asleep. Sitting on the cushion and looking at his husband, his eyes were full of happy smiles.

He was probably spoiled by his husband, so his body became more and more coquettish. He was not so coquettish when he was pregnant with An An. But it might be that not long after An An was born, he went to work in the fields when it was still cold, and he fell ill. At that time, his husband was not around, and he had a little one to take care of. His mother asked him to do all the work, so he got sick.

After warming his hands, he turned around and saw Qi Wanfeng in a trance. "What are you thinking about?" Cao Xiangnan asked, as his expression didn't seem like he was thinking of anything happy.

"Nothing." Qi Wanfeng shook his head. Seeing that his husband was still looking at him with disbelief, he smiled and said, "I thought of when An An was born. It was still cold in spring. He was born not long ago and loved to stick to me. He wanted me to carry him during the day and would cry if I put him down. He also wanted me to hold him when he went to sleep at night and would cry if I let him go."

"At that time, I thought, this little kid is so small and loves to cry. How should I raise him? I was worried again."

So he had to carry the child on his back during the day and sleep with the child in his arms at night. Everything was difficult for his mother and brother at home, and it was difficult to live in that family.

Cao Xiangnan heard the bitterness that he didn't know from these words. He knew that Qi Wanfeng had a hard time in that family, but he didn't know some details. An An seemed to be born in February, and it was still very cold at that time. It was cold in the house, and the child was naturally cold under a thin quilt. If he was cold on the bed, he would cry and refuse to sleep alone.

"I'm sorry, I made you and the child suffer so much in the past." Although he was not himself at that time, Cao Xiangnan still felt sorry for this man and wished he had come here at that time to prevent this man from suffering so much.

He walked over and sat on the sofa next to Qi Wanfeng. He reached out and took his hand, holding it in his palm, and said, "Never again." All the hardships you suffered before, never again.

The house is warm now with the fireplace on, and there are enough quilts. Even if the child is born in this cold month of winter, there is no need to worry about the child being cold. There are so many small clothes, hats and shoes prepared for the child.

"Yeah." Qi Wanfeng knew.

Cao Xiangnan talked with Qi Wanfeng for a while, fed him some snacks and warm water. Maybe he felt sleepy after eating food. Seeing that the man behind him was really sleepy, he helped him into the house, and then he lay down on the bed and fell asleep. The children were not at home at the moment, and there was nothing to do at home, so he also went to bed and slept with him for a while.

He would wake up as soon as the person in his arms moved, and he would skillfully touch the person's belly and coax the baby in the belly. This noisy little rascal made Cao Xiangnan even more determined to give him a beating when he got out.

Until the person in his arms relaxed his brows and knew that the baby in his belly was making noise, Cao Xiangnan did not retract his hand, but just put his lower hand to touch somewhere else. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the skin of the person in his arms was getting more and more delicate, and the touch was getting better and better.

He spit on himself in his heart, and did not retract the improper hand, but touched it from time to time. He was a little distracted, but he couldn't do anything.

The quilt was warm. Cao Xiangnan did not get up even when he woke up. He knew that if he slept with this person, he could sleep longer. He knew that if he got up and left, this person would wake up immediately.