Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 1342 Replenish Your Energy (One More)
Luo Fengtang was sent away, and the twelfth lunar month soon ushered in.

From the beginning to the end of the year, the farmers are working hard for their livelihood.

After finally entering the twelfth lunar month, the crops in the fields are still in the dormant period, and they will have to wait until next year's spring breeze to wake them up.

So this twelfth lunar month is a month of slack for farming.

Every household is preparing for the upcoming Chinese New Year.

This is also called a busy year.

However, the men of Lao Yang's family are all busy with another matter.

That is to build a school!

Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang contributed funds to enclose a piece of land on a hillside with a wide view, beside the forest behind the village, along the small river and up.

It is planned to build a courtyard with two entrances to be used as a school.

"Father, these are the blueprints from the school. I drew them all on paper. Take them to the craftsmen for calculation."

In the main room, Yang Ruoqing handed a piece of paper to Yang Huazhong.

"The two entrance yards, I plan to use the front yard as a classroom for teaching."

She explained from the side, "The wing rooms at the back are the living room for the teacher, the room where the students sleep, the kitchen room for cooking and the dining room for eating, and the toilet at the end."

Yang Huazhong squinted his eyes, looked carefully, and asked, "Why are there so many sleeping rooms in the back? And this stove, don't the students all come from the nearby village? The road is so close!"

Yang Ruoqing said: "There are two main considerations in making a sleeping room and a stove."

"One, the school recruits students from these eight villages, and the villages are both far and close."

"It's close, like our Changping Village and the nearby Zhengjia Village, Lijia Village, and Yujia Village. You can go back and forth between home and school with a pack of cigarettes."

"But if it is farther away, such as Jinjia Village and Liujia Village a few miles away, it will be difficult for students to go back and forth."

"Catching up with bad weather, wind and rain, it will be very inconvenient for them to go to school."

"With this stove, they don't have to go home to eat at noon, and they don't have to bring cold dishes and meals to school to satisfy their hunger."

"At noon, you can take a short nap in the dormitory to recharge your batteries for the afternoon's study."

"Even if the road is far away, you can stay in the school at night."

After listening to Yang Ruoqing's analysis, before Yang Huazhong could express his opinion, Mrs. Sun fell to the side and applauded.

"I agree with Qing'er's approach, it really provides convenience to the students!"

Sun continued: "Let's take Da'an and Dajie as examples. They used to go to the school in Lijia Village to study, and there was no food there at noon, so they brought them from home."

"I always make dry food cakes for them, and the children don't grow long after eating them."

"Sometimes when it's windy and rainy, you'll have wet clothes when you come back from school."

"Now I go to the school in the town to study. There is food in the school, and there is a carriage to pick me up at home. It's much better."

"If the school in our village can do the same, then Da'an and Dajie don't have to go to the town." Sun said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded with a smile.

Then he looked at Yang Huazhong: "Father, what do you think of this idea?"

Yang Huazhong said: "Hearing what you said, it's really not bad."

"It's just that, in this case, the school has to invite another cook, who will let it go..."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Originally, the school had to hire someone to sweep the floor and wipe the tables and chairs. When the time comes, it's enough to hire a woman who works quickly and has clean hands and feet to do things in the school."

"Our wages are high. Many people want to do this job."

"Qing'er, can I go? This way we can save a lot of money!" Sun said.

Hearing this, Yang Ruoqing and Yang Huazhong looked at each other, and both father and daughter laughed.

Yang Huazhong said: "There is enough work at home, and there are crops and vegetable gardens in the fields. My child, these are enough for you to take care of. Let Qing'er hire others for the school!"

Yang Ruoqing turned around and took Sun Shi's hand and said: "Mother, how about this, find someone to do odd jobs in the school, and leave this job to Mother."

"Mother is looking for candidates in the village, tell me when you're done, okay?"

When Mrs. Sun heard this, she nodded happily: "Okay, okay, I'll go and ask Osmanthus Dayun and the others later to see if anyone wants to go."

Yang Ruoqing explained to Mrs. Sun about the salary and benefits of this job in the school, so that Mrs. Sun would have a better idea when she went to talk to them.

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The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Yang Ruoqing got up early in the morning, put the dried fruit and glutinous rice soaked last night into a large pot and boiled.

Today is the Laba Festival, and it is fashionable to drink Laba porridge in Changping Village.

Relatives and friends have to give each other gifts.

This year's Laba porridge, Yang Ruoqing put a lot of thought into it.

Because there was a flood in the previous summer, the rice grains were not harvested, and other agricultural and sideline products were not harvested well.

So many ingredients in this Laba porridge, such as glutinous rice, yellow rice, barley, etc., she went to Wanghai County to buy them.

Carefully cook a pot of Laba porridge, drink it with your family, nourish your body and warm your spleen and stomach in this cold winter.

Also send some to relatives and friends to deepen the relationship.

"Mother, the Laba porridge is ready, you can try it."

Yang Ruoqing came to Tuobaxian's room with breakfast, and Tuobaxian was sitting cross-legged on the heated kang.

There is a small Kang table on the warm kang, which was made for Tuoba Xian when Luo Fengtang came back to his house last time.

There is a needlework dustpan on the anti-table, and there are circles of colorful thread balls in it.

Tuobaxian was picking up a pair of small tiger-toed shoes.

Hearing Yang Ruoqing's voice, Tuobaxian put the little tiger-toed shoes in the dustpan and put the dustpan aside.

"It's delicious, is this the Laba porridge here?"

Tuobaxian asked with a smile.

Yang Ruoqing nodded lightly: "Mother, try it, see if you still like it."

She put the tray on the small kang table, a bowl of colorful Laba porridge, a fluffy white flour steamed bun, a poached egg fried until golden on both sides, and a pile of minced pork potherb mustard.

Seeing this nutritious yet elegant breakfast set, Tuobaxian's eyes flashed with admiration.

Especially when Tuobaxian saw the last small dish of green vegetables with her eyes, a strange expression was evident on her face.

"Qing'er, is this... emerald and jasper?"

She pointed to the small dish of green vegetables, her voice trembling.

Yang Ruoqing smiled softly: "The name Emerald Jasper is really elegant, but I'm still used to calling it Laba Suan."

Tuobaxian raised her eyes and looked at Yang Ruoqing: "You also made this Laba garlic?"

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Yes, the first time I made it, I don't know if I put too much vinegar, mother, you can make do with it."

Tuoba Xian quickly raised her chopsticks, added a piece of green garlic, and began to chew lightly in her mouth.

Then, her eye sockets became a little moist.

"Mother, what's the matter?"

"Is it not the right taste?"

Yang Ruoqing was a little flustered, so she hurriedly asked.

(End of this chapter)