"You kid, why don't you say thank you quickly?" said Old Man Wang.
Wang Erya, who was happily given the new name Wang Miaomiao, was overwhelmed with emotion, but she remained obedient and smiled as she said, "Thank you, Mr. Lin."
Mr. Lin smiled, raised his hand enthusiastically, wrote the two names on a piece of white paper, and handed it to them for identification.
Wang Miaomiao took the note, looked at the vigorous and elegant handwriting on it, and silently put it away and put it on her body.
"Mr. Lin, I'm sorry to bother you this time." Old Man Wang stepped forward to thank him.
Lin Xiucai smiled gently and said, "You are too polite, Village Chief Wang. You have been taking good care of the Lin family in the village over the years. This little favor is nothing."
Father Wang nodded, but seemed hesitant and didn't say anything. Instead, he turned around and said, "Yier, take your sister out to the yard to play for a while."
Zhuzi, who also had a daimyō, was still a little unaccustomed to his new name. After a moment's reaction, he nodded excitedly and agreed, "I understand, Dad."
He turned to Wang Miaomiao next to him and said, "Erya, let's go, let's go out."
Wang Miaomiao glanced at him helplessly, then turned around and left the room.
The Lin family’s yard is not big.
After the two came out, the door of the room was closed from the inside, looking mysterious. Madam Lin asked them to sit at the wooden table in the yard and brought them a plate of dates to eat.
Wang Yi looked at the dates and obviously remembered what he had done last year. He looked a little awkward and shy for a moment and said nothing.
"Thank you, Aunt Lin."
Wang Miaomiao did not have the same change of mind as her brother. Facing the dates brought by Madam Lin, she opened her mouth and thanked her softly. After that, she picked up one from the plate and started eating it, savoring the sweetness of the date.
It turns out that she hasn't eaten these fruits for a long time.
Nowadays, every household in the village is relying on surplus grain to survive, tightening their belts and waiting for this year's autumn harvest. As for other things, they are luxury goods and no one buys them.
Wang Miaomiao was not a child who didn't understand anything, so naturally she wouldn't bring this up with her parents. However, after eating simple meals at home every day, she still wanted to eat something else occasionally.
Eating these dates now can barely satisfy my craving.
Wang Yi, who was standing by, thanked them quietly after a moment of embarrassment, and started eating a date. Mrs. Lin looked at the two of them, smiled, and took some clothes to mend in the yard.
Sitting in the yard, she could hear the sound of reading coming from the house next door. Wang Miaomiao knew that the person reading inside must be Lin Yu.
She hadn't listened carefully the previous times, but now she was bored and listened to what was being read. It should be a policy article, which should be of medium difficulty. Thinking about Lin Yu's age, she felt a little surprised.
In modern times, this age would be considered a child prodigy!
Wang Miaomiao sighed.
The plate of dates wasn't left out for long before the two of them finished eating it all.
She clapped her hands and stood up, walking around the yard a few times, intending to get closer to the room to listen to what Old Man Wang and Scholar Lin were talking about inside, when she saw the closed door open.
Old Man Wang came out with a smile on his face and called out to the courtyard, "Yier, Miaoer, let's go home."
Then he politely said to Madam Lin, "Sorry for the trouble!"
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Noon.
The family had dinner in the courtyard as usual. When Wang Miaomiao was drinking the soup in her bowl, Father Wang suddenly said, "Yier, in two days you will start studying with Mr. Lin."
"What?" Wang Yi was a little confused.
On the other hand, Mrs. Li, who was standing next to him, heard the news and asked with a look of joy on her face, "Boss, what's going on?"
Old Man Wang laughed twice and explained, "It's quite a coincidence. Mr. Lin mentioned a while ago that he wanted to set up an enlightenment village school in the village. I thought it was a good idea, so when I went to the Lin family today, I chatted about some details and finalized the matter."
"In a couple of days, I'll get a few people to tidy up the area next to the village shrine, so that all the children in the village who want to study can go there and learn."
"This is indeed a good thing, but did Mr. Lin mention the tuition?" asked Li.
"I heard that Mr. Lin intended to teach some simple principles, and he didn't mention anything about tuition. I'll just have to wait and see about sending some rice and grain when the time comes." Old Man Wang pondered.
The matter was settled in just a few words. A few days later, Old Man Wang renovated the village ancestral hall, and Wang Yi officially began to study in the village school run by Mr. Lin. Wang Miaomiao also went to see the situation.
There were not many people attending the village school. Most families in the village were still struggling to make ends meet. Even though they knew that studying was a good thing, and Mr. Lin rarely paid tuition, only a few children came.
It looks a bit sad.
I don’t know if it was for this reason, but when a girl like Wang Miaomiao walked over, Lin Xiucai glanced at her and said nothing, letting her sit in the back row and attend the class.
There wasn't much covered in class every day, most of the content was just repeated after it was explained. Wang Miaomiao went a few times and then stopped going. She was planning other things now.
In the original owner's memory, Old Man Wang took the villagers to the mountains to hunt and encountered a wild boar, which caused him to be seriously injured and die.
This is an opportunity for her now. There is not much food stored at home, so she dare not eat too much on weekdays. She only eats until she is 50% full and is often in a state of half hunger and half full.
A few days ago, she had a breakthrough in the Green Water Technique, and catching a wild boar was no problem for her, so her mind became active.
Wang Miaomiao thought of getting rid of the wild boar in advance so that her family could have some meat to supplement their health and could also be exchanged for some money, which would also reduce a hidden danger for the villagers.
There are only benefits and no harm.
In the past few days, she went to the mountains every day, but found that there was some difference between reality and imagination, and the matter was stuck at the first step.
Wang Miaomiao had no hunting experience and could not find the wild boar's trace at all, let alone take its life.
Fortunately, she is not a rigid person. When she sees that things are impossible, she adjusts the plan according to the situation.
Wang Miaomiao knew that Old Man Wang could make slingshots, and he had made one specifically for Wang Yi. Now that he went to the village to study every day and had no time to use a slingshot to shoot birds, she went home and took out the slingshot.
Although she hadn't found any traces of wild boars in the mountains, she had seen some rabbits and pheasants a few times. With the slingshot in hand, she could use her internal force to try to shoot some small animals.
At the beginning, Wang Miaomiao didn't gain much.
But after a few days, she became more proficient in using the slingshot, gained more experience, and figured out some hunting tricks, and finally began to reap rewards.
This was the first prey she had ever shot with her slingshot.
Wang Miaomiao looked at the fainted rabbit, took out a dagger from the storage compartment, processed it by the stream, and roasted it directly over a fire.
This dagger was extremely sharp, and was very convenient for killing fish or processing rabbits. After she ate the rabbit with it, she put it back into the storage compartment.
When she came back the next day, Wang Miaomiao had caught more prey, a pheasant and a rabbit.
After thinking about it, she decided not to eat them, but instead carried both prey back home. She took a remote path along the way and moved quickly, so she didn't meet anyone.
When I entered the house, Mrs. Li was cleaning the yard. She looked up and said in shock:
"Miao Miao, what are you carrying?!"
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