It was not until the end of the month that it finally rained. For most of the country people who were worried about drought, this was undoubtedly a timely rain.
The price of grain in the county has returned to 21 wen per pound. Many villagers are very proud of themselves and secretly laugh at those who bought grain from Zhou Lizheng.
Zhou Lizheng ignored what these people said and just told them to do what they were supposed to do.
Ji Ming bought 2,000 kilograms at that time, and later when the price was 21 cents per kilogram, he bought another 2,000 kilograms, all of which were stored in the warehouse.
That day, Zhu Wenyan came to Song Yuehua to ask her to drop out of school, and she remembered the matter of the pigherd.
"How is your uncle?" Song Yuehua asked.
Zhu Wenyan said, "My aunt and cousin have returned home safely. My uncle was spared death due to the defense of Brother Rushan, but he will not be able to avoid five years in prison."
Song Yuehua nodded. It was good enough to be alive. This was the best result. Zhang Rushan was really a capable guy.
Zhu Wenyan clasped his hands and said, "I came here this time to quit school. My cousin is still young, and my aunt is the only one left at home to take care of him. It's not easy..."
"You are not very old." Song Yuehua said.
Zhu Wenyan smiled and said, "I am only two years younger than Miss Song."
Song Yuehua, "..."
After the person left, Song Yuehua sighed softly. Xiaoyu said that Zhu Wenyan was quite motivated and had a good attitude towards learning. If he continued to study, he might have a chance of being promoted to Class A.
What a pity.
After the school’s year-end assessment, Ma Hu couldn’t wait until next year, so he went to ask Xie Yu the next day if he could be promoted to Class C next year.
Xie Yu shook his head regretfully.
Especially when she learned that Ren Xiaomei, Hua Xiyu, and even Chen Lin were promoted to the next class, leaving her alone, she became even more devastated and ran to find Zhang Dandan.
Zhang Dandan, “…”
"Zhang Dandan, I don't care. You have to think of a solution for me. If I can't be promoted to Class C next year, I will become a laughing stock in the village!" Ma Hu was almost crying when he said this.
Zhang Dandan thought, there’s no need to wait until next year, you’ve already become a joke in the village.
It's not easy to just ignore such a big brother, so Zhang Dandan had to teach him himself. After taking out the courseware written by Bai Shuai and asking him some questions, he found that Ma Hu quite understood the meaning, but his memory was really bad.
If you simply can't memorize the textbooks, Zhang Dandan still has a way.
From that day on, after school every day, Ma Hu sat in the front yard of the school to recite his lessons. Zhang Dandan held a book in his left hand and a bullwhip borrowed from Ma Ye's house in his right hand. If he recited wrong, he would be whipped on the back with the whip.
When Xie Yu passed by, he was shocked.
After a few days, Ma Hu looked haggard and his eyes were swollen as big as walnuts.
Xie Yu, "..."
It’s really hard to say what to say. The main thing is that these two people, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten, and Zhang Dandan’s trick is quite effective.
Song Yuehua went to the county town for a follow-up visit, but the old doctor still did not agree to remove the board, so she simply went to Grandma Mu's house to take a look.
Looking from the outside, the front of the house was clean and tidy. Song Yuehua knocked on the door and shouted inside, but no one answered.
"Stop shouting," the woman next door burped and leaned against the wall, "The old woman and her grandson went out to set up a stall. Will they be back in time for dinner?"
Setting up a stall?
Song Yuehua was a little curious and thought about coming back later. She had just walked a short distance when she saw Grandma Mu holding a basket in her arms and Tangyuan pushing her from behind.
The two were talking when they saw Song Yuehua. Grandma Mu said happily, "Miss Song, you are here?"
Tang Yuan also smiled and said, "Sister Song, are you here to see us?"
"Yeah, are you guys going to set up a stall?"
The three of them returned home, and Tang Yuan poured a bowl of cold water for Song Yuehua. Grandma Mu then said, "This is all thanks to Gou Wazi."
Grandma Mu's shoe-making skill is indeed good. Ever since Gouwazi tasted the sweetness of satin shoes, he spent a lot of money to buy a lot of silk scraps, and then asked Guan Xiaodie to sew some patterns on them. He then took them to wealthy families in the state capital, and they sold very well.
After a few interactions, the few people became familiar with each other. Gouwazi would sell the small goods brought back from other places to Grandma Mu at the original price, allowing her to set up a stall and earn some money for rice and grain every month.
After that, Grandma Mu took out three taels of silver and gave it to Song Yuehua, saying, "Miss, it's time to pay you back the money I borrowed from you for the medicine."
Song Yuehua waved her hand and said, "I didn't bring the IOU with me. I'll do it next time."
"It's okay, I believe you." Grandma Mu still wanted to return the silver to her.
Song Yuehua pushed the silver back and said, "Grandma, if you have extra money, you can buy more food."
Tang Yuan said, "Corn is 22 cents a pound these days, it's expensive."
"Buy some no matter how expensive it is." Song Yuehua reminded.
Although it rained at the end of last month, the overall precipitation was not enough. Now that the New Year is approaching, the well water level has not dropped much. Most people don't take it seriously, but Song Yuehua feels that only when there is food at home can she not panic.
After returning from the county town, Song Yuehua met Zhou Baozhu who came to visit again.
Zhou Baozhu came with 3-year-old Chen Jiali, carrying a big basket.
Song Yuehua felt it was strange, why was someone carrying things during such a festival? She took the basket and saw a large piece of bacon, as well as a lot of pastries, brown sugar, and eggs.
"What are you carrying out of no reason?" Song Yuehua said.
After Zhou Baozhu sat down with Chen Jiali in her arms, she smiled and said, "It's not worth much, it's not worth much."
Song Yuehua first made a cup of tea for everyone and then poured a bowl of sweet water for the child.
"Yuehua, I heard that Dabao and Xiaobao are both going to school," Zhou Baozhu said a little shyly.
Song Yuehua nodded and said, "Since the two little ones have nothing to do, it would be better to send them to school so that they can at least learn something from their parents."
“That’s right.”
Zhou Baozhu said repeatedly, smiling gently.
Song Yuehua asked directly, "Aunt Zhou, what's the matter?"
Zhou Baozhu smoothed her hair and smiled, "Jia Li will be almost 4 years old next year. Can she also attend classes in the school with Da Bao and Xiao Bao?"
Jiali is a girl and the school doesn't charge tuition. Now she wants to enter school early. Zhou Baozhu is a little embarrassed, but for the sake of her daughter, she shamelessly goes to the door to ask for admission.
"The New Year is coming soon, why not send it next year?" Song Yuehua said.
Zhou Baozhu explained, "If we really want to wait until he's four years old to be sent here next year, it will be half of the year. I thought we should discuss it first and let him go to school to give it a try."
After hearing this, Song Yuehua did not agree immediately. She set the age requirement of 4 years old at the beginning because she was worried that the child was too young to be disciplined. Dabao and Xiaobao are her own children, and she can beat and scold them, but if it were Chen Jiali.
Thinking of this, Song Yuehua glanced at Chen Jiali. The child was not well behaved in Zhou Baozhu's arms and kept twisting and turning. After Zhou Baozhu put her on the ground, she disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Song Yuehua said, "Please leave the child in school for two days, and you can look after him for two days. If the problem is not serious, you can let him come over."
After hearing what Song Yuehua said, Zhou Baozhu left contentedly.
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