The era of all the princes

Chapter 147 March

"Tiger baby? Tiger baby?" In a wooden house, a woman patted a child on the bed who still cared about sleeping. The child was about seven or eight years old. He opened his sleepy eyes and looked at each other in a daze.

"Get up soon, if your father comes back later and sees you still asleep, he will beat you again!" The woman rubbed the child's head, got up and went back to the living room, and arranged the dishes on the dining table. Meat porridge and three large lumps of sweet potatoes.

The child smelled the fragrance and got up from the bed with a smirk.

"Wash your face first, don't go to the academy and be laughed at by other children!" The woman patted the child's hand stretched towards the dining table, and the child had no choice but to stick out his tongue and run to wash his face.

The woman sat quietly at the dining table, looking at the fairly spacious room, and at her husband who was working outside, with a smile on her face.

Who would have thought that three months ago, their family was still in danger among the refugees?
It was a day like a nightmare. The whole family was driven from the northern part of Bingzhou to the pass area like mice. They grabbed rations, caught voles, and ate grass seeds. After eating, her stomach was so bloated that she couldn't pull it out. That's how the youngest girl swelled to death.

After selling their children, the eldest girl, the third girl, and even Er Huzi were all sold to those landlords who took the opportunity to lower the price, especially the third girl, who exchanged only half a bag of rice. half a bag of rice
Human life, in the eyes of those rich and landed, is really not as good as an animal!

When they reached the gate, there were only three of them left in their family of seven. When they were so hungry that they went crazy, they even negotiated with the fellow villagers to change their children and cooked them on the spot.
It was also fortunate that the local magistrate had a bit of humanity, so he gave rice porridge, otherwise she would not have dared to think, if she ate people, how would she be able to sleep for the rest of her life?
Thinking of this, she cherishes the life in front of her even more!

It has been three months since I came to the island with that adult, and everything has changed. Here I have enough food to eat every day, everyone has clothes to wear, and I can still live in such a nice house. You can be a dog with a full mouth!

But now, she doesn't even dare to think about what she has.
Looking around, a family of three built a wooden house of more than 70 square meters, and divided [-] acres of good land. The husband said that it is no problem to plant rice with [-] shi per mu of this field, and [-] acres of good land , Excluding [-]% of the tax, the family will eat with open belly this year, and there will be a hundred stones of grain left over next year!

It was impossible for farmers like them to get such a good field before.

Not only that, but children here can read books for free!

There is a processing workshop in the village, which is responsible for producing snow-white rice paper every day, which is used to print books for children and write pictures on weekdays. Ever since she got married, she never thought that her children would one day be like those landlord children If you can afford pen, ink and paper, you can afford to go to school!
Every morning when I wake up, I can’t help but pat my face, for fear that such a beautiful dream will be awakened. When I wake up, I am still in the wilderness, next to my child and husband who starved to death
"Mother is in a daze again."

After the child washed his face, he picked up the yams and made a face at the woman. The sweaty man just came back and patted the child's head: "Have you packed the books? If Mr. Wen came to sue again today and said that you brought the wrong books, Seeing that labor and capital are not afraid of your ass being smashed!"

The child shrank his neck, but the woman came back to her senses and gave her man a blank look: "Scare the child again!"

"I didn't mean to scare him. Our Hu family has never had such an opportunity to study in generations. Huwa now enjoys this kind of treatment. If you don't cherish it, it will be a waste of the blessing that the big ya and the others have given to this silly boy!"

The woman was silent when she heard the words, and the husband believed that the reason why he can have such a good life now is because those children died young and distributed all the blessings to Huwa.
Those children, it would be great if they could stay for a while longer.
Seeing his wife's eye circles were red, the man wisely didn't continue to talk about it, so he looked at the child viciously: "How many more words have you learned in the past few days?"

"I'm very literate!" The child said proudly, "Master Wen said, in our class, Liu Xiaolong and I are the ones with the best aptitude and the most able to read!"

"Look at you!" The woman also recovered from her sad memories, and seeing her son's proud appearance, she finally felt better. She patted the child, then looked at her husband and said, "Tiger boy, he Dad, I made two pairs of cloth shoes, one big and one small, and you and I will send them over later in the evening."

"Okay, Master Wen has taught our baby well, so it's right to give something away. When the autumn harvest comes, let's get some grain and exchange it for some white sugar to pay New Year's greetings to Master." The man nodded.

The school system on the island randomly assigns masters. It is not up to you which master your children follow. This caused many people to complain at first, because most people still want to send their children to those few men with serious reputations to teach them. .

After all, such a thing as a woman teaching does not sound very reliable.

But they didn't think so after their children entered school for one month. In just one month, their tiger baby could not only read a lot of characters, but also write the whole family's names. Although they were crooked, they were at least literate. baby!

As a result, the couple began to respect Master Wen who taught their children more and more.

"It's good to study!" The man's eyes finally softened a little, and he stroked the baby's head: "It's best to be a teacher in the future."

"Yeah..." the child drank the porridge and shook his head: "Master Meng said that to teach, you have to take the exam at Bailu Academy. Even masters like them have to take the exam in a few days. If they fail, they will be removed from Bailu Academy, and they will not be able to teach in the future." gone."

"Ah?" The couple were taken aback when they heard the words, the man swallowed the porridge and asked quickly: "Then what will you students do if you don't pass the test?"

"Others will teach you." The child curled his lips and said, "Our master is very powerful, how could he pass the test?"

"That's right, Master Wen is indeed a capable master," the woman comforted while clutching her chest.

"Then what do you mean by that, brat? It means that I won't be able to take the exam in that White Deer Academy in the future?" The man stared!
"I don't want to be admitted to White Deer Academy, I want to be admitted to Tiance Academy!" the boy said, patting his chest.

"Tiance Academy?" The man's eyes widened immediately, while the woman's brows frowned: "Do you want to be a soldier?"

It's not that she doesn't understand anything. In the past few months, many clerks have come to give them common knowledge about science. Some women in several big academies have even organized visits. Naturally, she knows that most of the people who enter Tiance Academy are Those gun dancers are awesome!
"What's a soldier?" The child retorted, "Enter Tiance Academy and come out to be a general!"

"Fucking general, don't allow it!" The woman became anxious, the couple had only one child left, and this unlucky child wanted to be a soldier?
"Being a soldier is actually quite good." The man smiled without objection: "I don't think Hou Xiaonian and his gang are very good? They are well treated and prestigious."

"Prestige, you men know prestige!" The woman stared and said, "Don't you think it's too dangerous? I just heard yesterday that our lord is already preparing to organize people to go to the island. The island is full of raw people. I But I heard from the old people here that those raw people are cannibals! Who knows how many people will die? You only see Hou Xiaonian and his prestige and good treatment, but that is in exchange for their lives!"

The man was silent when he heard the words. To be honest, he was in good physical condition, and he was able to join the guards at the beginning, but his wife was not allowed to live or die, so he could only be a farmer. Now the child wants to take this path. I think my wife is right, just this one child.
"Why don't we have two more?"

"You are a big-headed ghost!" The woman blushed, and immediately glared at the other party, then looked at the pouty child, and said patiently: "You guys want to go there because you see the prestige of Tiance Academy? I'll follow you Said, it's hard there, training in the sun and rain all day, it's not like Bailu Academy, the courtyard is quiet and elegant, besides reading, you can also learn to play the piano and draw, which makes women like it, how can those rough men compare ?”

The father and son buried their heads in the porridge immediately, they didn't dare to refute, but they didn't agree with each other, only made the woman very angry.

After eating, she went out angrily and walked to the middle of the Southwest District. It was a wooden house slightly smaller than her own house. She approached and knocked on the door, but after a few breaths, a crisp The voice sounded inside: "Who is it?"

"Your auntie!" the woman said with a smile.

The door opened quickly, and there was a little girl about four or five years old inside, with a plump face, pink and cute, two twitches on her head, she looked like a lucky doll, women liked it, so she directly Picking up the child: "Xiao Shanshan has gained weight again?"

The little girl giggled, she was obviously very familiar with the woman, but there was a gentle accent coming from inside: "Miss Sun is here?"

The woman was Meng Jiao who was the first to ask to be a clerk
"Sister Meng Jiao, are you busy?" The woman asked curiously as she put down her child and looked at the pile of documents on the other's desk.

"Almost busy." The woman smiled gently. These two days are really busy. My lord wants to organize soldiers to go to the interior of the island to investigate. The military supplies, food and grass needed have to be accounted for. Because I can do arithmetic, I was called by Lord Wei temporarily. Being an assistant is indeed a bit busy.

And the most important thing is that before the adults leave, they will organize the first big exam. It is said that this exam will directly eliminate one-third of the people. For the homework at the Deer Academy, I don't get enough sleep every day.
"I made shoes for you and Shanshan." The woman smiled as she took out a pair of cloth shoes.

"How embarrassing this is!" Meng Jiao waved her hands again and again: "I have already troubled you too much."

Mrs. Sun's family is neighbors. When they moved, they would come to help and deliver things. I don't have time to take care of the children on weekdays. This Mrs. Sun helped take care of them. How can I accept things from others now?

"What's the matter? They were originally made for Mrs. Wen. Thanks to her for her teaching these days, I have done everything I want to do. Why don't you make a few more pairs? You don't have time to do these on weekdays. It's hot today, so you have to give it to me." Children make thin shoes, don’t they?”

Meng Jiao looked at her daughter's pair of thick shoes, and couldn't say no immediately, so she said: "I just issued a monthly payment here, and there is a lot of white sugar that I can't finish, I will make some for you later."

"Hey, why are you being polite to me?"

"I'm not being polite. Your son is studying now, and he's wasting his brains. Sugar is the most valuable thing to exchange in the village. You can use it to exchange some fish to make soup for your children, so as to replenish your brains."

"Hey." Mrs. Sun couldn't say no when she heard the words. After all, it was related to reading, and she couldn't wrong her child if she was wronged.

"By the way, speaking of studying, I heard from Huzi today. What kind of exam are you guys taking?"

(End of this chapter)