Chapter 105: Women and Children Enter the City
"Recite another book. Dadan will be deducted two points first." Qin Fangci said.
Dadan'er's happiness came to an abrupt end, "Grandma, grandma..."
"Your last name is Li, and Sanya's is also Li. You are the older brother and she is the younger sister. Think about it carefully. If you can't write well and Sanya claps her hands happily beside you, what will you think?"
In the past, Dadan would have just hit people.
Dadaner gradually lowered his head under Qin Fangci's gaze, "I know I was wrong, grandma."
"It's good that you know you were wrong. Don't make the same mistake again next time." Qin Fangci did not take back what she had just said.
Tears don't go away, they just move away.
When San Ya had almost memorized the entire Thousand Character Classic, Dadan'er's tears started to flow.
San Ya is the best at memorizing among all the children. Overall, Da Daner is ranked last with a gap of four points.
Even if these two points were not deducted, Dadan would still be last.
Dadan was sad and had nothing to say.
Daya ranked second in recitation and first in writing, and was far ahead in the two tests combined.
Mrs. Du cried and then laughed, and then laughed and then cried again.
Daya was so excited that her whole body was hot. Her efforts were not in vain, especially when Qin Fangci said that Daya and Li Baisong would practice calligraphy together with paper and ink in the future. Her excitement reached its peak and the air rushed left and right in her chest.
In this home, the girl is no longer a weed or muddy creature invisible to others.
In addition to Mrs. Du, another excited person was Mrs. Wang, who also had a daughter.
Whatever her older sisters have, she will have even more when Si Ya grows up.
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Another day of getting up early.
The men watched the women and children go out, their eyes full of envy.
Erdan was the first to run happily in front, turning and swerving like a bullet, as excited as a silly dog that had been locked up for too long and was now let out.
Mrs. Du specially found a set of clothes with only a few patches, and the original color of the fabric could still be seen. Qin Fangci found out from her original memory that this was the dress that Mrs. Du had kept in the bottom of the box when she got married.
Her hair was combed neatly and pinned with a smooth wooden hairpin.
The same clothes were worn by Da Ya, Er Ya and San Ya. The three girls had their hair tied into two buns with three strips of cloth of the same color. When the breeze blew, the hairbands swayed with the breeze. Er Ya had a small basket on her arm, and in the basket was a new bamboo dragonfly made last night.
On Daya's back was the yawning little Si Ya, her soft hair flying in the air. Her little fist was stretched out, and in her palm was a small round stone. Si Ya had picked it up specially last night and was planning to take it to the city to sell together with the bamboo helicopter.
Wang and Yuan were among the hardest working people today. Wang was carrying two baskets of fresh vegetables.
Yuan was carrying a heavy load of tofu on her back.
Li Yulan and Li Baisong were the other two main forces, each carrying a basket filled with braised meat. The pig's head and offal were delivered by the butcher from Hedong Town yesterday. They were washed yesterday afternoon and started braising when they got up in the middle of the night to grind the beans.
The aroma spread wildly in the night, causing the dogs in the village to bark wildly. Several families were forced to get up in the middle of the night to train their dogs, and then they also smelled the fragrance...
The dog is a real dog, and the Li family is really not human!
Everyone laughed and talked, creating a vivid ink painting against the backdrop of the morning sun.
The one-hour journey seemed to arrive in the blink of an eye because of the large number of people and the excitement.
The girls had bright wild flowers in their hands at some point, and Erdan had a wooden stick in his hand, which he used to wave and gesture all the way.
"Grandma, grandma," Erdan rushed back with a stick in his hand. "Grandma, I saw a house. Is that the county town?"
Erdan asked this question many times along the way. He ran fast and didn't feel tired. When he saw the house, he ran back happily and said that he had gone to the county town.
“Yes, this time we went to the county town.”
After getting a positive answer, Erdan cheered and rushed forward.
"Erdan, wait a minute." Erdan came running back, "What's wrong with grandma?"
"Throw the stick in your hand into the woods over there and don't take it in." He was pointing at everything.
Erdan thought that wooden sticks were not allowed in the county town, so he said "oh" and threw away the stick obediently.
The group entered the city smoothly. This was the first time that Daya's children had entered the city since they were born, and their eyes were full of curiosity.
“Wow, there are so many blue brick houses in the county town!”
No one in Liantang Village could afford to build a blue brick house. He had seen it in Dongshi Village. Only the headman's house had been built entirely of blue bricks, and there were two other families who used a combination of blue bricks and earth bricks, which also looked quite good.
It is the scholar's house, a yellow mud and thatched house.
"Wow, the houses in the county town have two floors." Erdan craned his neck and exclaimed sincerely, "They are so tall!"
"That wooden door is so beautiful, with patterns on it. Uncle, look, that door in front is..."
"Stone lions," Li Yulan continued, slapping her nephew on the head. "Alright, stop yelling. Can't you see everyone on the street is looking at you?"
"Really?" Erdan puffed out his chest and raised his head, showing his big teeth. "They really have good taste. I'm the most handsome guy in our village besides my uncle."
Li Yulan laughed and moved away from the two of them. Erdan had the nerve to say that she was embarrassed to listen.
Mrs. Du had been to the county town once, before she got married. The distant memories in her mind were pulled up and slowly overlapped with the scene in front of her. Mrs. Du couldn't help but become nervous again.
Erya and Sanya also nervously held their mother's hands, and the three of them snuggled up to each other for a sense of security.
"Mom, let's go to the market to set up a stall first." Yuan wiped the sweat off her forehead.
But she was exhausted.
"Let's go. I'll take you to the market, and then we'll go shopping separately."
"Mom, you want to let the children go by themselves?" Yuan was surprised.
"Let Xiaowu and Yulan take him to deliver the meat later. Don't worry, they won't be left alone."
Wait until they come a few more times before telling them to run around freely.
Yuan grabbed her son, who was restless, and pulled his ear, admonishing him, "Stay with your aunt and uncle and don't run around. Do you understand? There are beggars in the county town. If they take you away, it will be a disaster."
Arriving at the market, Yuan took Wang to get a number plate and said with a flattering smile, "Ah, sir, we came together, so we'll just set up one stall. You see, we don't have much stuff, really, so it won't take up much space."
Yuan was not nervous at all this time. It was ridiculous. She had even gone to the fields with the county magistrate, so how could she be afraid of a city magistrate she wanted?
Wang listened and watched, taking it all in mind.
After getting the license plate, Yuan led his men to the previous location as if they were familiar with the route.
"Hey, are the Thirteenth Brothers here to sell firewood again?"
Lu Shisan smiled and looked up, then saw the group of people from Old Li's family. He was stunned for a moment, "Are you all going out as a family?"
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