Chapter 90 Chapter 90 Renting is expensive
The Hu people are good at raising livestock, but it would be too much to ask so many people to raise livestock.
Liang Nian divided the people into different groups and allocated them accommodation, although it was very simple.
Now that they had a place to live and food to eat, the Hu people were grateful and devoted themselves to their work very seriously.
Because the Northwest Ranch was occupied by Xiping, Dachen's horse breeding scale has always been in a state of deceiving itself.
Even if they were Hu people, Lin Si did not require them to raise very strong horses, as long as they could be ridden and run.
Horses are expensive nowadays, and Liang Nian spent a lot of money to get a few foals.
The members of the Buqu team knew that Lin Si had opened a horse farm. Ever since the foal was bought, they were so excited as if they had become fathers themselves.
Everyone had the same expression.
"We can ride horses!"
"I wonder if the foal is eating grass and sleeping well."
"Why don't we go take a look?"
"Isn't this... not good?"
"I didn't say you can't go."
Just like that, after finishing their training, more than a dozen people sneaked to the horse farm.
Perhaps out of guilt, or perhaps because they were afraid of disturbing the foal, this group of people acted more like thieves than thieves. They were soon discovered by the Hu people in charge of the horses.
The Hu people were horrified, panicked and confused. After a chattering conversation, they arranged for someone to run out to report the news while picking up horse manure to fight the horse thieves.
The two sides couldn't communicate with each other, and the soldiers shouted that they were not thieves, but it was of no use.
Louder voices will only make them look more ferocious.
Xu Chuo and Yin Sheng didn't know that this group of people had secretly gone to the horse farm to check it out. When they received the panicked report from the Hu people and rushed to the scene, this group of people had already been mistaken for thieves by the Hu people in charge of raising horses and had been covered in horse manure.
Seeing that it was their own people, Xu Chuo and Yin Sheng: ...
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao were speechless. They pointed at their foreheads and cursed, "You scared the horse-breeding barbarians so much they thought thieves were coming to steal their horses! Many of them were crying and throwing horse manure at you. They haven't recovered yet!"
Xu Chuo could understand why his fellow villagers were crying. They had houses to live in and food to eat, which was much better than their previous life on the grassland. The Hu people naturally wanted to raise their horses to be tall and big in exchange for this stability.
Who would have thought that these people, with nothing to do, would run over to see it, their expressions revealing a desire for horses.
He's obviously a horse thief!
How could they not cry? They didn't dare to think about what would happen to them if these horses were lost.
After scolding the soldiers, Nan Qiao and Nan Shuang first punished them by making them do squats and plank exercises, and then asked Xu Chuo to take people to apologize.
The eavesdropping soldiers shouted to the Hu people in front of Xu Chuo: "We are wrong!"
Xu Chuo translated it into the grassland language and gave it to the barbarians who were throwing horse dung.
That's how the matter was settled.
But this still couldn't resist the troops' desire to ride horses.
As a result, a rule was formed among the troops that every two weeks they would send someone, led by Xu Chuo, to see the foal.
These people then come back and describe the foal's current situation to others.
As for the selection, it’s a matter of drawing lots and relying on luck.
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In addition to Lin Si's clever way of turning decay into magic and arranging tasks for this group of unwelcome Hu people, there was another major event this month.
That was the graduation exam for night school.
There are basically two types of people who attend night school in Lingzhou: scholars who want to enter official careers, and workers who want to get a graduation certificate to meet the recruitment requirements.
The latter are under much less pressure, and they only need to get the lowest score.
But the former are different. They don’t know the passing score for middle schools this year. Even if they know, they will definitely get the higher the better.
During the past six months of night school life, there was not a single student who was not secretly competing with others.
Ding Shui became closer to Li Wenxue and Yan Xuanqing, so he often invited them to his home for tutoring.
Of course, the reason why Li Wenxue, a poor student, was willing to come here was naturally because he could have a meal and some cold drinks.
As the exam approached, Ding Shui had learned so much that he didn't know what the world was. After the exam, his Ding family would move here, and he had already reported it to the county government.
He is the eldest son in the family, so naturally he has to set a good example for his younger brothers and sisters.
Ding Shui finished a bowl of iced drink, a frown on his face. "I've looked through the essay topics from previous years at Li County Elementary School. They're different every year. I really don't know what this year's topic will be."
Li Wenxue said calmly, "As long as you have a solid foundation in writing, you can write about any topic."
Yan Xuanqing blinked. "There's a lot to learn in middle school. I heard there's even physics and chemistry. If you're struggling to learn now, you might as well give up."
Yan Xuanqing knew how to provoke someone, and Ding Shui immediately became angry when he said this.
"Who said I won't learn? I'll learn now!"
Li Wenxue always ate Ding Shui's food for free, and he felt a little guilty about it. After getting along with him for such a long time, he felt that although Ding Shui was a little stupid, he was not a bad person.
Therefore, he took the initiative to teach his writing skills to Ding Shui.
Ding Shui and Yan Xuanqing both looked at him expectantly.
Li Wenxue cleared his throat and said, "As long as you incorporate family affection into this composition, you'll definitely get a lot of points."
Ding Shui was puzzled: "How do I integrate?"
Li Wenxue sighed helplessly, "You haven't seen the essays for the first Li County School graduation exam, have you? Senior Brother Shitou's essay was just like that. He cleverly incorporated the story of his mother carrying him to the clinic on a rainy day."
Ding Shui suddenly realized, "I understand. The unforgettable thing is that my mother carried me to the clinic. If I cherish the people in front of me, my mother carried me to the clinic. My relatives, heavy rain, my mother, and the clinic!"
Li Wenxue quickly stopped talking, "Stop, stop, stop. Has your mother ever carried you to the clinic? I meant that you can integrate appropriately, not copy other people's essays."
Ding Shui nodded thoughtfully. He thought for a moment. Then he said with great emotion, "Although my mother didn't carry me to the clinic, she did cover me with a quilt when I was a child. No, it was too ordinary. It wasn't an ordinary quilt. The quilt my mother covered me with was like the quilt that the county lady covered me with the people of Xihe Road!"
Dingshui/Yan Xuanqing: "This child is teachable."
They worked on the questions for a while, and then chatted about the current situation during the break.
Yan Xuanqing: "This time the prince originally wanted to annoy the county lady by sending the barbarians, but he didn't expect the county lady to save the day."
Li Wenxue nodded. "I originally thought the Hu people were barbaric and unteachable, but seeing how they looked and how diligently they worked, I still feel a little sympathy for them."
Ding Shui yawned. "When I went out the other day, there was a Hu man assigned to sweep the streets. He swept it so clean."
After talking about the Hu people, the topic turned to exams.
Since I have passed the admission score, I have to go to Li County to study, which involves the issue of accommodation.
Li Wenxue has been saving money and frequently interacts with Ding Shui just to get more meals.
The rent in Li County is half the price of Lingzhou!
But his age does not allow him to live in the school dormitory. It is said that if over-age students and students of appropriate age live together for a long time, it will affect the children's physical and mental development.
Li Wenxue wanted to lie and say that he was just a child. Although living in the school dormitory was not cheap, it was still more cost-effective than paying a monthly rent.
Ding Shui fanned himself with his fan, looking quite the dandy gentleman. He said nonchalantly, "I've already found a room. It's only a dozen steps' walk from the middle school, so I can sleep in a little longer during the winter school hours. It's just a small room. Including the main room, there are two rooms in total. My servant and I can each take one, and that's enough space."
Yan Xuanqing smiled and said, "I just live in a room with my younger brother. It's close to the primary school, but not too far from the middle school."
Ding Shui heard this and complained in his heart: You bunch of hateful rich people, I’m going to fight you!
Ding Shui was also anxious, but there was nothing he could do. He had no budget and could only rent a house far away. The person in Li County who helped him find a house didn't even want to do business with him when he heard his budget.
Li County is not a big place and there are no public ox carts. Even if he rents one, he will have to walk to school every day.
Ding Shui sighed. This is just renting, let alone buying.
Because of the study and the influx of this group of businessmen, the housing prices in Li County have skyrocketed!
How could a poor student like him afford the housing prices in Li County?
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