"Oh——" a rooster crowed, and another day began.

The well was dug, and Cao Xiangnan deliberately asked someone to build the guardrail at the well mouth a little higher. It would be safer for the family with children. The water in the newly dug well is not drinkable yet, but the water can be pumped and used, so there is no need to go so far to fetch water, which saves a lot of trouble. The foundation of the house has been built, and the wall has been built. There are many people working, and if nothing unexpected happens, it will not take long to build the house. With Master Feng, Cao Xiangnan knew that there would be no problem in building the house. If there was anything, he could handle it when he came back from the town in the afternoon, so he was relieved.

After finding time, Cao Xiangnan went to ask about Li Zheng's children being sent to school. The school in the village is the clan school of the Cao family. The Cao family in Caojia Village is the original surname, and the other surnames are people who came later. It is not difficult to send children to school. Just take the children to see the teacher and pay tuition.

Cao Dapeng went back that day and told his wife about sending the children to school. When Chen Hong heard that Qi Wanfeng's little brother and Sun Bailian's two boys were going to school, and that the family was not short of money, the husband and wife discussed and decided to send their two boys there together.

Chen Hong told Li Mei and Wu Yue, who were close to her, about this matter. Li Mei discussed it with her husband at home and decided to send her children there as well.

But Wu Yue only had a little boy now. When he heard that Qi Wanfeng was going to send his little boy to school, he also wanted to send his child to school. However, when he told his mother about this at home, she did not agree. He could only cry secretly. His husband was also a soft-hearted person, so there was nothing he could do about it.

So on this day, Cao Xiangnan was ready to take his An An to see the teacher. Sun Bailian came with two boys, followed by Chen Hong, and even Li Mei came with her boy. A group of people went to the village school in a mighty manner.

A group of children gathered together. Except for the little boy of Cao Xiangnan's family, the others were half-grown boys, making a lot of noise all the way.

The school is next to the ancestral hall of the Cao family in the village. There is a small courtyard connected to the ancestral hall. There are two rooms inside, which are used as a place for children to study. Not many people in the village send their children to the school to study. Only those from better-off families send their children here, so there are only a few students in the school.

The teacher in the school is an old man in the village who has studied and can read. He has become a teacher here.

"Don't talk." Before entering the door, Cao Xiangnan made a gesture to silence.

The group of boys behind him quickly covered their mouths. On the way here, their mother had told them again and again that they must listen to the teacher in the future.

The sound of reading aloud came from inside. The children sitting inside were reading. Cao Xiangnan took the children to walk over and saw the teacher sitting on the stage. He respectfully called out, "Teacher."

"What's the matter?" The teacher on the stage made a gesture, and the children below the stage stopped reading and looked at the people outside the door.

"You continue reading." The teacher asked the children to continue reading, and he walked out. As

soon as the teacher left, the children who were studying inside became restless, looking around everywhere, and one or two of them leaned against the window and door to look outside.

Cao Xiangnan explained his purpose to the teacher, and Sun Bailian and Chen Hong, who were behind him, also came over with their children. The old man has been teaching in Caojia Village for more than 20 years, but this is the first time he has seen so many people bringing their children here. He was a little slow to react for a while, but when he finally reacted, he stroked his long beard and felt relieved, "There are talented people in Caojia Village. There is hope for our Caojia Village."

There is a small hall in the school. Students must first pay respect to their teacher before entering the school, and every child who enters the school must offer tea to the teacher.

Cao Xiangnan is not a person of this era, but he knows the shortcomings of education in this era. But since he has come here, his children and people of this era should keep pace with the times here and learn something from here.

The purpose of sending the children here was not to let them read a lot of books, but just to let them get in touch with such an environment, go out of the house, and see what is outside. Now it is just the first step.

"Sir, please have some tea." An An was the first to bring tea to the teacher. His hands were shaking a little as he held the teacup. I think he was nervous. He also held the tea in his hands and brought it to the teacher.

"Well." The old gentleman took the tea, took a sip, and took a look. He found that this was a boy. It was the first time that a boy came to study here.

The boys behind him offered tea to the teacher one by one. After paying respect to the teacher, they got the teacher's consent and handed over the tuition. The next day, the children could officially enter the school.

It was the first time in all the years in Caojia Village that so many people sent their children to school together. This matter spread in the village. Some were envious, some were jealous. What the villagers could not understand the most was that Cao Xiangnan sent his little brother to school. Most people said bad things about this matter behind his back.

In the Caojia compound, Wang Yanyi from the second family heard outside that Cao Xiangnan sent his little brother to school, and complained to his mother at home, "Fourth uncle sent a little brother to school, what kind of books does a little brother need to study? He has money but nowhere to spend it! Now they have money and don't care about our life or death."

"Mom, our Tianbao and Xiaobao are also your grandchildren. Instead of sending a little brother to school, your fourth uncle might as well send our Tianbao and Xiaobao to school! What's the point of a little brother studying? He will get married and have children and serve his husband all his life. What's the point of studying? Mom, we have so many kids in our family. My Xiaobao is not even as old as An'an. It's better to send our Xiaobao to school than to An'an." Wang Yan meant that he hoped his mother would come forward and let his fourth uncle send his little fourth son to school instead of sending a useless little brother to school.

Cao's mother Chen Zhu yelled when she heard what her daughter-in-law said, "This unfilial son, why did he send his little boy to school?" Then she started to scold them, saying that they couldn't even eat, and that her poor fifth son couldn't even buy pens, ink and paper for school, and then she started to cry.

The eldest brother Chen Li was sewing the soles of shoes, and when he heard what the second brother Wang Yan said to his mother, he paused and continued to sew the soles.

Who doesn't want to send their own children to school? But now that they can't even fill their stomachs, who dares to think about sending their children to school. In the past, Chen Li had thought about sending his two boys to school, but when he thought about it, he realized that they couldn't do anything because they had no money. In his heart, he envied his fourth uncle's family. Now they were building a house and one of their boys was sent to school, while his boys didn't even have a house to marry.

When Father Cao came back later in the evening, Chen Zhu talked about Silang's family with the head of the family, "Why send a little boy from his family to study? Isn't this a waste of money? We have so many kids here, wouldn't it be better to send any of them to study than sending a little boy alone? We are all family, if anyone has a bright future, won't they help their family members?"

"Well, whoever has money will send their children to school. The eldest family will send their children if they have money, the second family will send their children if they have money, and the fourth child will do his thing if he has money. It's none of our business." Father Cao said with a sullen face and a puff of his pipe in a bad tone.

In his heart, he had resentment towards his fourth son. If he felt guilty and owed the child before, now he resented that son for not caring about their father and mother, their elder and second brothers, and not caring about them when he had a good life.

He now had money to send his younger brother to school, to build a house, and to do whatever he wanted. It had nothing to do with him as a father. His fourth son no longer regarded him as a father, and he would not shamelessly stick to him.

Cao Xiangnan did not care how outsiders viewed his child going to school. He had now taken care of sending the child, and was only waiting to send the child to school tomorrow. In the future, the children of several families will be sent together, so that the children will have a companion when they go to school. Even if they don’t have time to pick up their children in the future, they can ask other families to help pick up a child.

The sun went down, and the workers finished their work. After eating at their homes, they went to the small house to rest. After the people in the house left, it was finally empty. Once the door of the yard was closed, it was the three of them at home.

An An was very happy all day after coming back from the school to see the teacher. He said to his mother, "The teacher's beard is so long, so long." He gestured at his chin, exaggerating that the teacher's beard was about to reach the bottom.

"So long?" Qi Wanfeng also cooperated with his little An An and asked in surprise.

"Well, yes, the teacher's beard will grow." An An felt a little embarrassed again and told his mother.

"Yes, the beard will grow again, and it will grow longer and longer until it is this long." Qi Wanfeng teased his child. He was happy to know that the child was going to school. He was also happy that the child could go to school.

An An has not stopped talking since he came back. He chattered non-stop.

When preparing to give the child a bath and getting clothes, Qi Wanfeng remembered that the child's clothes were all patched. They were all small clothes made from his husband's torn clothes. Few of them could be worn to school. He turned around and told his husband about it.

"Okay, I'll bring you some cloth when I go to town tomorrow." When Cao Xiangnan heard what Qi Wanfeng said, he also remembered that the child had few clothes. Thinking about it, he also realized that his son Wanfeng didn't have many clothes to wear. After thinking about it, he decided to buy more cloth when he went to town tomorrow.

"Where can I find so much? Just buy one piece of cloth to make two sets of clothes for An'an. The rest..." Qi Wanfeng looked at his belly and said, "The rest will be used to make two new sets of clothes for the baby in the belly. He is much happier than his brother. He has new clothes to wear as soon as he is born. An'an's clothes were modified from old clothes."

He remembered that when he gave birth to a little brother, his mother didn't like him, so she didn't like him or An'an. Since he gave birth to An'an, Qi Wanfeng has never seen his mother hold the child. When he grew up, he either beat or scolded him.

That child had been beaten by the other two children in that yard since he was young. Am was also partial and always sided with the other two children just because he gave birth to a little boy.

"That's all in the past." Cao Xiangnan knew that Qi Wanfeng was thinking about those unhappy things. He reached out and pulled him into his arms, comforting him, "We will be better in the future. An An will have a lot of new clothes, and you and the children will have everything you want."

"Yeah, okay." Qi Wanfeng sniffed and smiled. She was a little embarrassed to get out of her husband's arms.

Cao Xiangnan reached out and rubbed Qi Wanfeng's nose with the tip of his thumb, and saw that he blushed. The two people's eyes met, and they just looked at each other straight. His throat rolled unconsciously, and suddenly, he wanted to kiss this person.

They were very close, so close that if he just moved a little closer, he could kiss this person.

The smile on his face gradually disappeared, leaving only the concentration in his eyes. As if he was bewitched, Cao Xiangnan stared at Qi Wanfeng's lips. Qi Wanfeng's lips were pink. He moved closer, wanting to kiss this person.

Qi Wanfeng felt the heat of his husband's gaze. He stood there without moving. The smile on his face disappeared. Looking at his husband, his heart was a little nervous.

The two people's faces were close, and their lips touched each other...

"Mom, Mom..." An An, who was playing outside, ran back and was looking for his mother. Suddenly, he realized that his father and mother had gone somewhere. He went to the cabin to look for them, shouting as he searched.

The call of "Mom" interrupted the two people in the room. Cao Xiangnan stood up straight, gritting his teeth at the little light bulb that interrupted his good time. Qi Wanfeng looked at his husband gritting his teeth, but couldn't help laughing.

"Mom is here." Hearing the child calling outside, Qi Wanfeng responded, took the child's clothes, and walked over. The two of them lay in bed at night, and the child next to them fell asleep. As if to make up for the kiss that was interrupted earlier, the two of them hugged each other and kissed. At the last moment of the passion that was about to explode, Cao Xiangnan stopped and pulled away.

Both of them were panting, and Cao Xiangnan could feel the fire colliding in their bodies.

"Husband, I, I can do it." Qi Wanfeng didn't understand why his husband didn't touch him. He was a little panicked. He reached out and grabbed his husband's hand, eager to express his thoughts.

"I know, I know." Cao Xiangnan turned his head and hugged Qi Wanfeng, patting his back gently to soothe his emotions. He knew he shouldn't do this. It would bring trouble to himself and make Qi Wanfeng have wild thoughts. He kept kissing the person in his arms to soothe his emotions.

When the person fell asleep, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The next morning, Cao Xiangnan asked Qi Wanfeng to send the children to school, and he went to Fenshui Town with Cao Gang's carriage. Qi Wanfeng looked at her husband who had left, bit her lip, and thought of what happened last night, and she blushed again.