The little girl jumped around happily after receiving the candy, exclaiming, "Candy!"
She looked at her older sister sweetly with her smiling eyes and said, "Thank you, older sister."
Pei Yao looked around the courtyard but didn't see Pei Yichen. He was usually the most boisterous one, so why was he nowhere to be seen today?
Pei Yao asked Pei Xuan, "Little Xuan, have you seen your cousin?"
Pei Yao raised her chubby little finger and pointed to the room not far away. Following the direction of Xiao Xuan'er's finger, Pei Yichen's room had a large wooden window, which was now propped open by a stick.
Pei Yichen was sitting by the window, intently reading a book, but his head kept drooping, showing he really didn't want to study...
Xiao Xuan'er clutched the candy in her hand and looked at her cousin with sympathy: "Uncle said that my cousin has neglected his studies these days, so he let him go inside to study."
Pei Yao remembered that her uncle had indeed gone to the bookstore a couple of days ago, presumably to buy books.
Some time ago, when the family was struggling financially, everyone was only thinking about how to survive and forgot that Pei Yichen was actually still young and of school age.
So Pei Yao hadn't expected this. Pei Dalang and Pei Erlang were both scholars, and now that they had returned, they naturally grabbed Pei Yichen and started reading.
Chen Fang just came over to call Pei Yao and the others to eat: "Yao'er, Xuan'er, it's time to eat."
"Hey, I'm here."
Chen Fang then called out to Pei Yichen inside the room, "Xiao Chen, let's stop watching for now, it's time to eat."
Pei Yichen seemed relieved and immediately put down his book and ran out, just in time to see Pei Yao and the others. He then looked miserable and said, "Cousin, why are you only four years older than me, but you don't have to study while I do?"
Pei Yao was also someone who didn't like studying, so seeing Pei Yichen's expression, she couldn't help but laugh: "Naturally, it's because I'm naturally intelligent and don't need to study."
Pei Yichen: "..."
Pei Yichen looked at Pei Yao with a black line on his forehead and didn't say anything more.
However, Pei Yao's gloating didn't last long before it was interrupted by Pei Dalang and Pei Erlang.
After dinner, the two Pei brothers came to talk to Pei Yao about studying.
Pei Dalang felt that Pei Yao and Pei Yichen were still young and at the right age to study at school.
Moreover, the social atmosphere of the time was relatively open, and young masters and ladies from slightly wealthy families would go to schools to learn knowledge.
When Pei Yao was found, Pei Erlang had already planned to send him to school, but before that time could come, a change had already occurred in the family.
Pei Yao: "......"
Pei Yao was extremely resistant, after all, she was already a college student in her previous life and had studied for so many years. Heaven knows how much she didn't want to go to school again.
She doesn't want that; she just wants to make money and become a rich woman.
But seeing Pei Dalang's serious expression, Pei Yao didn't dare to say anything more.
However, finding a suitable school and completing the subsequent enrollment procedures will take time, so Pei Yao and Pei Yichen are still free for the time being.
We ate dinner quite early tonight. After dinner, the whole family was busy preparing things for tomorrow's stall. Right now, the Deyun Restaurant business hasn't been completely handed over to the Shen family. So for the time being, they still have to do many things themselves.
Pei Yao carried a small basket on her back and a small hoe, planning to go to the field to pull out the weeds that had recently grown and fertilize the seedlings.
These three plots of land were obtained by Uncle Niu Er from Pei Yao a few days ago, who said he had applied for some land for three exiled families.
We can grow some fruits and vegetables for our own consumption on a regular basis, which saves us the trouble of digging for wild vegetables everywhere.
Uncle Niu Er also had Niu Qingshan take them over to take a look. Although the allocated land was not particularly large, just three small plots, it was enough for the three families to eat vegetables every day.
Pei Yao didn't have much time to farm, and Yun Niang and Chen Fang didn't know how to farm either. The vegetables Yun Niang planted in their yard a few months ago were not growing very well.
But it was still Uncle Niu's good intention, so the three families were very happy, since this was the first time they had their own land here.
Liangshui Village is small, and even the smallest thing can spread throughout the village in less than two minutes, so the news that they had land quickly became known to everyone in the village.
As Qiaohui and Shen Jing walked through the village, Aunt Fang spotted them and enthusiastically pulled Qiaohui aside to chat. She talked about what to plant this season, what vegetables would yield a lot and last a long time.
On my way out, I also gave her a few vegetable seedlings that she had been growing herself.
Qiaohui, holding the seedlings, thanked Aunt Fang profusely: "Thank you, Madam Fang. I'll plant them in the ground later."
The villagers didn't call her Aunt Fang, but rather Fang Niangzi. They just called her Li Jia's wife. She didn't like that title; it made her almost forget that her surname was Fang. She preferred to be called Fang Niangzi by Qiaohui, Yunniang, and the others. It sounded nicer, like the wife of a wealthy family.
"You're too kind, Miss Qiao. I just had a few extra after I finished planting them." Aunt Fang was a little embarrassed, but a smile appeared on her honest face as she addressed her, mimicking Qiao Hui's mannerisms.
Not only Qiaohui received seeds from Aunt Fang, but the Liu and Pei families also received vegetable seedlings from some villagers.
They only gave us seedlings, which only needed to be planted in the soil to survive. The villagers also knew that these three families used to be wealthy households and probably couldn't even distinguish between the five grains.
I'm worried they won't know how to plant the seeds; seedlings are more likely to survive than seeds.
Soon, the three previously barren plots of land were filled with various vegetables. The villagers also taught them how to fertilize, preferably with farmyard manure produced at home.
So what Pei Yao was carrying on her back today was the chicken and rabbit droppings that Pei Yichen had collected from the chicken coop some time ago.
Collected animal manure, after being sealed and fermented for a month or two, becomes excellent farm fertilizer.
The chili seedlings that Pei Yao planted on the barren slope in front of the courtyard were grown using this kind of farmyard manure, and they grew very well.
So Pei Yao planned to fertilize the seedlings in the field today so that they could grow strong and healthy, and so that he could eat the fresh vegetables he grew as soon as possible.
Pei Yao's land was located by the river at the edge of the village, so she quickly arrived at her own land.
The Liu family's land was next to his house. At this time, Chunlin and Liu Yan had also finished dinner. They thought they would take advantage of the less hot sun to pull the weeds and water the fields.
Upon seeing Pei Yao arrive, Liu Yan greeted her warmly.
"Xiao Yao, have you eaten?"
Pei Yao put down the basket on her back: "Have you eaten, Auntie, Sister Yan?"
Chunlin wiped the sweat from her brow and replied, "I ate it."
Liu Yan nodded, continuing to pull weeds, and asked, "Are you here to pull weeds too?"
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