Qin Yao looked at the two strings of copper coins that were forced into her hands, lowered her head and smiled, then put them away temporarily to save the young boy's face.
After dinner, when the children had washed up and gone to bed, he put the two strings of copper coins back into the money box hidden under the bed by Erlang without anyone noticing.
As she tiptoed out of the room, a pair of eyes opened in the darkness. Qin Yao stopped and looked over sharply, and saw Si Niang sitting on the bed, looking at her in surprise.
Qin Yao quickly made a hushing gesture, and Si Niang nodded blankly, not knowing why her mother appeared in the room.
But it didn't matter, the little girl soon fell back asleep.
When I woke up the next day, I thought it was a dream and told my brothers about it. Then I saw my eldest and second brothers crawling under the bed and pulling out the cash box.
Dalang hurriedly opened it and saw that the familiar two hundred dollars was back.
Erlang was pleasantly surprised. "It must have been sent back by my mother. Brother, I told you yesterday that you were too reserved."
"Did you say that?" Dalang asked doubtfully. He didn't remember hearing this sentence before.
Erlang scratched his head, chuckled, and asked his elder brother if he wanted to continue sending the money back.
Dalang shook his head, a little helpless, "I am too polite."
If he is sent back, he will definitely receive the first beating from his stepmother.
"Okay, then I'll continue to help you collect it." Erlang immediately closed the lid of the cash box. He was really greedy for money. After all, he felt the pain in his heart for a long time last night.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to understand things like his elder brother, on the contrary, he sees things more clearly than his elder brother.
A'niang doesn't care about these things. If you really want to make her happy, you should study hard and pass the imperial examination to win an imperial decree for her!
Erlang didn't dare to count on his father for this, so he had to make things difficult for himself and study harder in the future.
The Master said that a day's plan begins in the morning, so he went to bed early from then on and got up after sleeping for three and a half hours.
In the past, getting up half an hour early was not enough, so let’s add it to one hour.
Dalang didn't know what Erlang was thinking. If he knew what he was thinking, he would definitely want to tie up his hands and feet and make him learn less!
Not everyone likes to study to death like him!
Qin Yao ignored the children's muttering in the room and didn't listen carefully. After hastily preparing breakfast, she came to the door of the children's room and shouted with full energy:
"I'll be out in a quarter of an hour, hurry up!"
Soon, the door opened wide and the four brothers and sisters ran out. They brushed their teeth and washed their faces in one go, then picked up the hastily steamed dry buns on the dining table.
Dalang and Erlang knew how to do their own hair, while Sanlang and Si Niang ate steamed buns and sipped warm water while standing in front of Qin Yao and letting her tie their hair.
After everything was packed, I locked the door, got in the car and set off with about a quarter of an hour left.
When they arrived at the old house to pick up Jinbao, Dalang felt that time was running out and started to panic. Qin Yao then slowed down the car, lifted Jinbao into the car, and then kicked the cow's butt, and drove towards Jinshi Town at lightning speed.
It was a bit cold in the early autumn morning. By the time we arrived at the gate of the Ding Clan School, the five children in the car had their noses red from the wind from the speeding car.
But there was no way out. The punishment for being late was severe, and even Qin Yao, who killed without blinking an eye, did not dare to challenge the teacher's authority easily.
Fortunately, the children at home are already used to it. Their noses were red from the wind today because they were not well prepared and forgot to wear more clothes when the temperature dropped.
After today, it won't happen again next time. Jin Bao dragged the magic bookcase with one hand and wiped his nose with the other, secretly reminding himself to remember to wear more clothes tomorrow!
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to bear the speed of Aunt San’s car!
"Goodbye, mother." Sanlang and Si Niang waved at Qin Yao while sniffing their noses, and ran into the school.
As soon as I ran, my body became warm and my nose stopped running.
Qin Yao looked at the five little brats with an apologetic look in her eyes. She turned around and drove to the town street to buy a bag of osmanthus cake, two pounds of wild grapes, and three pounds of spare ribs. She planned to take them home to reward herself. It was really hard for her to get up early to send the kids to school, so she had to make up for it.
When they returned to the village, the villagers were paying grain taxes. Qin Yao drove the car back home without unloading it, and also brought the grain that her family needed to pay.
Liu Gong was helping with the weighing and calculation. When it was Qin Yao's turn, he saw that she only brought the tax for eight acres of land, so he reminded her:
"Sister-in-law, your family's ten acres of land tax is the median value of this year's harvest, and an additional fifty-nine kilograms of grain will be added."
Qin Yao had indeed forgotten about this. The two acres of melon fields also had to pay taxes, so she hurried home to bring back the grain to make up for the loss.
After finishing this, I went to the factory as usual to check on the situation and deal with the things that needed to be dealt with, and the day was over.
In the evening, I drove to pick up the children. When I entered the village, I saw smoke coming out of the houses.
Si Niang was delighted, "It must be Awang who has returned!"
The remaining three Dalang and Jinbao looked at each other and were very happy. They no longer had to ride in a speeding car!
How could Qin Yao not see what those little brats were thinking?
With a smirk, he asked, "Why, aren't you happy that I'm here to pick you up from school?"
The five children shook their heads in unison and answered reluctantly: "Happy."
Qin Yao smiled with satisfaction. The car stopped at the gate of the old house. Jin Bao quickly jumped out of the car and ran into the yard as if escaping, as if he would be eaten by Qin Yao if he walked too slowly. This made Dalang and his two siblings burst into laughter.
When she arrived at the door of her house and saw Old Huang eating grass at the foot of the mountain, Qin Yao was sure that Awang had really returned.
"When did you get back? Why didn't we meet when I went to town just now?" Qin Yao asked towards the house while signaling the children to get out of the car and go back to finish their homework and have dinner.
"Madam." Awang came out and took the ox cart. He arrived half an hour ago, and maybe the two of them had missed each other at Jinshi Town.
Noticing Qin Yao's gaze, he whispered, "The letter has been delivered."
Qin Yao was relieved immediately and patted Awang's arm, "Thank you for your hard work. Let Dalang and the others wash the dishes tonight. Go back to your room and rest early after dinner."
It only took one day to go from Lin County to Liujia Village and back, and Qin Yao also had the task of delivering the letter. She suspected that Awang didn't sleep at all.
Awang did not sleep at all. All his time was spent on traveling and completing tasks.
But he was not sleepy. In the past, he had not slept for several days in a row. This was only one day, so it was nothing.
Awang shook his head and rejected Qin Yao's arrangement. He put the cows and the cart in place and came back to continue working.
After dinner, Qin Yao checked the children's homework and finally had some free time. That gave Awang the opportunity to come over and report the details of delivering the letter.
"Gong Liangliao read the letter immediately after receiving it, but he had no reaction after reading it. He was neither happy nor angry nor sad."
Having said that, he glanced at Qin Yao again.
Qin Yao saw that he had something to say, so she asked tentatively, "Do you know this person?"
Awang replied: "I know, but I don't know him."
"Madam, do you want to make friends with this person?" Awang also asked tentatively.
Seeing Qin Yao nod, his expression obviously darkened.
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