"Please, please, save my father, I kowtow to you..." A child who was pushed out fell to the ground, climbed up, ran over and hugged his legs and cried.

Cao Xiangnan frowned, pulled the kneeling child up, and asked, "What's going on?"

An old man stood up in the crowd and told the situation of the child's family. It turned out that the child had no mother and lived with a father. The father was sick and lying in bed. The child followed everyone to their Caojia Village.

Are the village chiefs in their own village all shit eaters? A child came to another village to ask for help, they are really shameless! But if these people had any shame, they would not come to their house to make trouble today.

Cao Xiangnan recalled that when he was lying in bed, his father, mother and the whole family tried to drive the three of them out, not to mention that the village elders would not help him. These people, apart from making trouble in the village, really did not do any good for the villagers.

"Hold your tears!" Seeing the little kid looking up at him with a pair of tearful eyes, Cao Xiangnan shouted.

The child was frightened when he heard him, stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from his face, and dared not shed any more tears.

Turning back and whispering to Cao Gang, Cao Xiangnan said "hmm".

Looking down, he found that the child was still looking at him eagerly. Suppressing his bad mood, Cao Xiangnan tried to be more friendly and said, "I will arrange for someone to go back with you and bring your father over."

Because he knew that if he didn't help the child, maybe after this winter, the child would become an orphan without a father or mother. In comparison, Caojia Village was much better now. Even the two orphans in the village were in his home. Seeing the ragged children standing there, Cao Xiangnan's eyes were warm.

"Third, after the snow last night, your houses are really uninhabitable, and you can't find relatives or acquaintances to help. You should think carefully before you come forward. There are not so many houses in the academy, and it can't accommodate so many people."

After a round of screening, Sun Yanmiao led people down and quickly handed him the counted number of people. Most of them were still elderly and children, and a small number of people were families whose houses were uninhabitable. There were quite a few people, and they could still live underground if they squeezed in. As for the food

and firewood that these people needed to provide when they went to live in the academy, if they didn't have so much food and firewood, it would be up to the village chiefs and the elders of the Lizheng clan to arrange it, and it was none of their business. They were only renting a house. Cao Xiangnan made it clear to the village elders who brought people here that if they really didn't have any, they could also make up for it with money!

"Sun Yanmiao, Cao Gui, you take two teams over." Cao Gang's face didn't show that there was room for negotiation on this matter.

Some people were also unwilling to give up. They followed here just to live in a good house. After walking such a long way, they didn't get any benefits and had to blow the cold wind outside for so long. But even if they were unwilling to give up, they didn't dare to come to Caojia Village to make trouble.

The group of old guys who had an arrogant attitude just now were scolded, and now they politely said a few words of thanks to Li Zheng. The truth is that the new village of Caojia Village is too cold, and there is a sign that says "No strangers allowed", so these people don't dare to go in.

The weather outside is not good, and it might snow later, so they have to deal with these people quickly.

Originally, they could stay comfortably in the house with the fireplace burning and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea, but now they have to brave the cold wind to arrange these old people and children outside. Cao Xiangnan cursed in his heart, "Fuck!"

Those old guys who came took a lot of people out and prepared to return to their own villages. In addition to some people who stayed, there were also some people who had to go back to bring food. When they came, everyone only brought a package and a few clothes. They really thought they could eat and live for free. Now they know that they have to bring food, so they have to go back and pull the food over.

Caojia Village also sent people to push wheelbarrows to carry things. When the villagers saw their wheelbarrows, their eyes lit up.

These wheelbarrows were made when the road was being built. Now that the road is built, these tools belong to the village. But it must be said that these wheelbarrows are very convenient to carry things, and there is no problem of bad road conditions. They are very practical.

Cao Xiangnan asked Wang Dahu to drive the cart to his place and go with the child to pick up his father. Since he is sick, it is probably impossible for him to walk, so he still needs to use a carriage to pick him up.

"Several gentlemen, please come with us to the academy. I will arrange accommodation for you first." Cao Xiangnan asked Cao Wenxuan and Sun Sheng to work beside him. There were still a few old people and children left here, and they took these people to the academy first.

Several half-grown children had dirty faces and could not be recognized. They carried a package on their backs, bringing all their "important" things.

"Let's go, I will go with you." Li Zheng said.

There are still a few empty rooms in the academy. The rooms here are built according to the standards of classrooms, and the space inside is relatively large. When they arrived at the academy, Cao Xiangnan arranged these people to live in these empty rooms.

The people who originally lived here came out to ask what was going on when they saw so many people coming. They found out that people from the neighboring village had brought their people to live here. After hearing this, everyone came to help and arranged for these people to live here.

There were still some simple wooden beds left, but the number was still very limited. They could be arranged for these elderly people and children to sleep on first. It was already noon at this time. After walking such a long way here, everyone's stomachs were still growling. They were very hungry. Cao Xiangnan saw several elderly people and children here and waved his hand to let the people here share some food with these elderly people and children. After

walking so far in the snow and being outside in the cold wind for so long, they were cold and hungry. When they walked into the warm house, someone gave them food. Several hungry children squatted together, holding Wowotou made of coarse grains in their hands, eating with big mouthfuls, as if they were afraid that someone would snatch the food from their hands.

Several old people ate the food in their hands silently, drank a sip of hot water, and swallowed the food in their mouths. It can be seen that they are also hungry. "Let me introduce myself first. I am Cao Xiangnan. I arrange most of the things here in the academy. This is Cao Gang, the village chief of Caojia Village." Cao Xiangnan pointed at himself and then pointed at Cao Gang.

"I have a few requests for you little ones. First, no fighting. Second, those who can work should try to help with the work. We don't tolerate idle people here. Third, when classes start at the academy, you all have to go to class." These children had no parents and were savage. Cao Xiangnan was worried that they would fight for food, so he put forward these requirements first and said, "Those who fight, are lazy and refuse to study will be kicked out."

"If you are not full and feel hungry, go work to exchange for food!"

Several people with food in their mouths, dark faces, and eyes looking at him like wild wolf cubs. Cao Xiangnan took a deep breath. When he saw these children, his heart was choked.

He knew that these children were fatherless and motherless. They looked young, the oldest was probably eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest seemed only four or five years old.

"Do you want to study?" Cao Xiangnan glanced around and saw several children swallowing the food in their mouths quickly and nodding to him seriously. He said, "After March, the academy will start school and you can all study in the academy. Those aged four to seven can be exempted from tuition, those aged seven to ten can be given half of the tuition, and those over ten can be given the full tuition."

"I know you are all children without parents. If you want to continue studying in the academy after the winter, you must behave well. There will be an assessment after classes this winter. Those who pass the assessment can stay in the academy to study, and I will arrange accommodation for you then."

"As for the end of your studies and the daily expenses for food and lodging in the future, you can earn these expenses by working." Seeing the hope in the eyes of these children, Cao Xiangnan smiled slightly and said.

He had an inexplicable liking for these little wolf cubs, and he was not afraid to take in these old people and children. There is a saying that goes, an old person in the family is like a treasure. The old people have their life experience, and these experiences are precious. As for these children, they can be used in the future after being trained.

Cao Xiangnan asked if there were any craftsmen among these old people. There were indeed a few old people who had crafts. After learning about it, he said that if they were willing, they could stay in the academy as teachers and teach the children crafts.

"You can think about it first, and you don't have to give me an answer now. After the Lantern Festival, if you are interested in staying, we can talk about it again." Some crafts of this era are not passed on to outsiders, and some are passed down from ancestors and not passed on to outsiders.

Cao Xiangnan did not force these people to agree immediately, and gave them time to consider, because they also had to make arrangements by then.

These old people and children would stay here, in large part because they were abandoned by their original villages, so they sent all these "burdens" here and insisted that they take over.

"These children are not bad, are they?" Cao Xiangnan said as he walked out, looking at Cao Gang.

Cao Gang thought about it and nodded seriously.

"Please, please, save my father, I kowtow to you..." A child who was pushed out fell to the ground, climbed up, ran over and hugged his legs and cried.

Cao Xiangnan frowned, pulled the kneeling child up, and asked, "What's going on?"

An old man stood up in the crowd and told the situation of the child's family. It turned out that the child had no mother and lived with a father. The father was sick and lying in bed. The child followed everyone to their Caojia Village.

!

Are the village chiefs in their own village all shit eaters? A child came to another village to ask for help, they are really shameless! But if these people had any shame, they would not come to their house to make trouble today.

Cao Xiangnan recalled that when he was lying in bed, his father, mother and the whole family tried to drive the three of them out, not to mention that the village elders would not help him. These people, apart from making trouble in the village, really did not do any good for the villagers.

"Hold your tears!" Seeing the little kid looking up at him with a pair of tearful eyes, Cao Xiangnan shouted.

The child was frightened when he heard him, stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from his face, and dared not shed any more tears.

Turning back and whispering to Cao Gang, Cao Xiangnan said "hmm".

Looking down, he found that the child was still looking at him eagerly. Suppressing his bad mood, Cao Xiangnan tried to be more friendly and said, "I will arrange for someone to go back with you and bring your father over."

Because he knew that if he didn't help the child, maybe after this winter, the child would become an orphan without a father or mother. In comparison, Caojia Village was much better now. Even the two orphans in the village were in his home. Seeing the ragged children standing there, Cao Xiangnan's eyes were warm.

"Third, after the snow last night, your houses are really uninhabitable, and you can't find relatives or acquaintances to help. You should think carefully before you come forward. There are not so many houses in the academy, and it can't accommodate so many people."

After a round of screening, Sun Yanmiao led people down and quickly handed him the counted number of people. Most of them were still elderly and children, and a small number of people were families whose houses were uninhabitable. There were quite a few people, and they could still live underground if they squeezed in. As for the food

and firewood that these people needed to provide when they went to live in the academy, if they didn't have so much food and firewood, it would be up to the village chiefs and the elders of the Lizheng clan to arrange it, and it was none of their business. They were only renting a house. Cao Xiangnan made it clear to the village elders who brought people here that if they really didn't have any, they could also make up for it with money!

"Sun Yanmiao, Cao Gui, you take two teams over." Cao Gang's face didn't show that there was room for negotiation on this matter.

Some people were also unwilling to give up. They followed here just to live in a good house. After walking such a long way, they didn't get any benefits and had to blow the cold wind outside for so long. But even if they were unwilling to give up, they didn't dare to come to Caojia Village to make trouble.

The group of old guys who had an arrogant attitude just now were scolded, and now they politely said a few words of thanks to Li Zheng. The truth is that the new village of Caojia Village is too cold, and there is a sign that says "No strangers allowed", so these people don't dare to go in.

The weather outside is not good, and it might snow later, so they have to deal with these people quickly.

Originally, they could stay comfortably in the house with the fireplace burning and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea, but now they have to brave the cold wind to arrange these old people and children outside. Cao Xiangnan cursed in his heart, "Fuck!"

Those old guys who came took a lot of people out and prepared to return to their own villages. In addition to some people who stayed, there were also some people who had to go back to bring food. When they came, everyone only brought a package and a few clothes. They really thought they could eat and live for free. Now they know that they have to bring food, so they have to go back and pull the food over.

Caojia Village also sent people to push wheelbarrows to carry things. When the villagers saw their wheelbarrows, their eyes lit up.

These wheelbarrows were made when the road was being built. Now that the road is built, these tools belong to the village. But it must be said that these wheelbarrows are very convenient to carry things, and there is no problem of bad road conditions. They are very practical.

Cao Xiangnan asked Wang Dahu to drive the cart to his place and go with the child to pick up his father. Since he is sick, it is probably impossible for him to walk, so he still needs to use a carriage to pick him up.

"Several gentlemen, please come with us to the academy. I will arrange accommodation for you first." Cao Xiangnan asked Cao Wenxuan and Sun Sheng to work beside him. There were still a few old people and children left here, and they took these people to the academy first.

Several half-grown children had dirty faces and could not be recognized. They carried a package on their backs, bringing all their "important" things.

"Let's go, I will go with you." Li Zheng said.

There are still a few empty rooms in the academy. The rooms here are built according to the standards of classrooms, and the space inside is relatively large. When they arrived at the academy, Cao Xiangnan arranged these people to live in these empty rooms.

The people who originally lived here came out to ask what was going on when they saw so many people coming. They found out that people from the neighboring village had brought their people to live here. After hearing this, everyone came to help and arranged for these people to live here.

There were still some simple wooden beds left, but the number was still very limited. They could be arranged for these elderly people and children to sleep on first. It was already noon at this time. After walking such a long way here, everyone's stomachs were still growling. They were very hungry. Cao Xiangnan saw several elderly people and children here and waved his hand to let the people here share some food with these elderly people and children. After

walking so far in the snow and being outside in the cold wind for so long, they were cold and hungry. When they walked into the warm house, someone gave them food. Several hungry children squatted together, holding Wowotou made of coarse grains in their hands, eating with big mouthfuls, as if they were afraid that someone would snatch the food from their hands.

Several old people ate the food in their hands silently, drank a sip of hot water, and swallowed the food in their mouths. It can be seen that they are also hungry. "Let me introduce myself first. I am Cao Xiangnan. I arrange most of the things here in the academy. This is Cao Gang, the village chief of Caojia Village." Cao Xiangnan pointed at himself and then pointed at Cao Gang.

"I have a few requests for you little ones. First, no fighting. Second, those who can work should try to help with the work. We don't tolerate idle people here. Third, when classes start at the academy, you all have to go to class." These children had no parents and were savage. Cao Xiangnan was worried that they would fight for food, so he put forward these requirements first and said, "Those who fight, are lazy and refuse to study will be kicked out."

"If you are not full and feel hungry, go work to exchange for food!"

Several people with food in their mouths, dark faces, and eyes looking at him like wild wolf cubs. Cao Xiangnan took a deep breath. When he saw these children, his heart was choked.

He knew that these children were fatherless and motherless. They looked young, the oldest was probably eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest seemed only four or five years old.

"Do you want to study?" Cao Xiangnan glanced around and saw several children swallowing the food in their mouths quickly and nodding to him seriously. He said, "After March, the academy will start school and you can all study in the academy. Those aged four to seven can be exempted from tuition, those aged seven to ten can be given half of the tuition, and those over ten can be given the full tuition."

"I know you are all children without parents. If you want to continue studying in the academy after the winter, you must behave well. There will be an assessment after classes this winter. Those who pass the assessment can stay in the academy to study, and I will arrange accommodation for you then."

"As for the end of your studies and the daily expenses for food and lodging in the future, you can earn these expenses by working." Seeing the hope in the eyes of these children, Cao Xiangnan smiled slightly and said.

He had an inexplicable liking for these little wolf cubs, and he was not afraid to take in these old people and children. There is a saying that goes, an old person in the family is like a treasure. The old people have their life experience, and these experiences are precious. As for these children, they can be used in the future after being trained.

Cao Xiangnan asked if there were any craftsmen among these old people. There were indeed a few old people who had crafts. After learning about it, he said that if they were willing, they could stay in the academy as teachers and teach the children crafts.

"You can think about it first, and you don't have to give me an answer now. After the Lantern Festival, if you are interested in staying, we can talk about it again." Some crafts of this era are not passed on to outsiders, and some are passed down from ancestors and not passed on to outsiders.

Cao Xiangnan did not force these people to agree immediately, and gave them time to consider, because they also had to make arrangements by then.

These old people and children would stay here, in large part because they were abandoned by their original villages, so they sent all these "burdens" here and insisted that they take over.

"These children are not bad, are they?" Cao Xiangnan said as he walked out, looking at Cao Gang.

Cao Gang thought about it and nodded seriously.