Escape from the desert

Chapter 51 Everything is inferior, only reading is high!
A few people were chatting here, and the fire not far away was making a sound of thunder. The sparks flew into the air and turned into soot, unable to float down. The mosquitoes seemed to have endless energy, and they circled around the villagers back and forth. The buzzing and slaps came from time to time.

"Ouch! Xiaojiang, you're here, why didn't you come to me? I was talking to Lizheng about you just now, and it happened that you were here." The smiling village chief pulled Lizheng, who was about the same age as him, and walked away. Come on, there is Yu Xuan behind him.

Like the village chief, the li chief is regarded as a small local steward. The two manage the village and check and balance each other at the same time. Generally, the village chief is elected by the village, while the lizheng is elected by the county government.

Li Zheng's eyes were as small as beans, and he would laugh so hard that he could not see his brows, and looked at Jiang Yan with relief: "Xiao Jiang, you have done a great job this time! When the implementation is carried out and the water source is solved, our village will definitely become more and more it is good!"

Jiang Yan nodded and raised her professional smile: "The village chief and Lizheng don't need to be so polite. I just discovered the water source by accident. To lead the water down the mountain, I still have to rely on everyone."

Before the original husband died, the people in the village called her Lin Jiang's, with her husband's surname, and later she became the child's mother. When the original husband died, everyone called her Aunt Jiang, but now, every mouthful of Xiaojiang is called Aunt Jiang. Jiang Yan had goosebumps all over her body, but anyway, it sounds younger!
"The younger generation has seen Aunt Jiang, and when I came to Uncle Lin today, I heard the story of Aunt's search for water and admired it very much."

Yu Xuan, who was beside him, suddenly made a noise and gave Jiang Yan a slight bow. He was gentle and gentle. In the mud legs among the mountains, his face was white and his body was slender and his smile was hilarious, which seemed out of place.

Jiang Yan subconsciously glanced at a few of her own children. There was no comparison and no harm. Her own children were all sunburnt.

Especially Lin Nan, the inferiority in his heart almost overflowed his body, the subconsciously clenched fists and the awkward embarrassment, Jiang Yan couldn't help but feel sad, at the same age, other people's success is admired by thousands of people, and they are ragged and withered faces. , simple and hardworking.

"It's just a fluke. I heard that Yu Xiucai is teaching in the town, but is it true?"

Yu Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly: "This is true, my family is poor, and I can't bear the hard work of my parents, so I taught some children to read and write at Liufangtang in the town."

Jiang Yan nodded. There are a few schools in the town. Liufangtang is an enlightenment school. one test.

She wants the children in her family to go to school, and education should start from the children. In this era, she can earn money to support her family, but the merchants are at the bottom. In this era, everything is inferior. First, no matter what, people who can read and write are one level higher than ordinary people, so it is very necessary to read and write!
"I don't know how much the school's beam repair cost? I want to save some money in the future, and send the children at home to recognize a few characters, and I can't write the name of the province."

Yu Xuan looked at Jiang Yan up and down, and always felt that this aunt Jiang was very different from the peasant women in the village. Some people didn't know how high the sky was, and how could reading be read by everyone. It's a good thing, it's natural to send enlightenment to Liufangtang, and it's only five hundred dollars a month for repair."

The Lin family gasped when they heard it, and even Jiang Yan was a little shocked. It was just a simple enlightenment. It was five hundred dollars a month, not including the cost of writing, ink, ink, ink, and books. Children, one from three generations, just for this high cost, without the accumulation of several generations, who can read it!
"It's so expensive! Two months is a tael of silver, who can pay for it." Lin Xi's mouth opened wide in shock, and since then he has given up the idea of ​​wanting to study.

With this money, he can use it to buy food, he can eat enough!

If you can't read, you can't read, anyway, he can farm!
"Compared with other schools, Liufangtang is already considered a favor, but it does cost a lot to study, and not everyone can get ahead. There are many students in the classroom, how many people can pass the test? The juniors are also studying hard. After more than ten years, I just passed the exam as a scholar."

Yu Xuan still has a gentle smile on his face, but his heart is very distorted. He has been studying for so many years, and he has finally been admitted to the Xiucai.It is a problem to have enough food and clothing, and even delusional reading!Laugh to death!
Jiang Yan didn't speak, just watched the village chief and Li Zheng praised and praised Yu Xuan, and only hated why Yu Xuan was not a scholar in their village.

After the construction of bamboo in the village was finalized, Jiang Yan brought a few children home. There were many Lin family members, and there was only one person in the village who built bamboo. Jiang Yan let several children take turns to work.

As soon as she got home, Jiang Yan was busy cooking. When she was busy, she didn't feel it. When she stopped, she felt a little hungry and growling. She was just going up and down the mountain. Lin Nan and Lin Xi worked on the mountain for several hours. Coolie, must be hungry too.

"I'm going to have dinner. Tomorrow, the boss will go to the village to help, and you and I will go to the town to sell rice rolls."

It was still brown rice today, but the eldest daughter-in-law was considerate and cooked a little brown rice porridge for the two injured children. Jiang Yan asked Lin Bei to feed Erbi, while Lin Feng herself was fed.

Lin Feng's condition has improved a bit, and the bruises on his body have also faded a lot, but he talks less than before, and is easy to be distracted. The only thing that makes Jiang Yan feel relieved is that the little guy has a lot of dependence on her.

After returning from the threshing farm in the village, Lin Nan felt a little depressed. Jiang Yan could probably guess why. As a man, he was somewhat comparing himself. Yes, but these Jiang Yan have no choice but to cultivate more confidence in the second son in the future.

The next morning, Jiang Yan woke up early because the water in the village stopped yesterday. She didn't even wash her feet last night. Su hadn't slept well, so it's fine to smell her own, she still has to smell Liu Xiaomeng's!She wants to take a shower again... Even if she wipes herself.

"Mother, are you up? The second brother has already gone to fetch water, it will be available in a while." Wang Jinhua said while cutting her clothes.

"Go to the mountains to fetch water?"

"Well, if you go to other villages to borrow water, you will need food! There is no money for water, who would go to other places!"

While the two were talking, Lin Xi had come back with a bucket of water, with a big smile on his honest face: "Mother, there are many people who go to the mountains to fetch water in the morning! Everyone is complimenting Mother!"

Lin Xi was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. All the people in the village who accompanied him along the way were praising his mother, especially when they saw the pool, everyone wanted to take off their clothes and go for a swim.

"This water is so sweet and cold, I drank two scoops before I came back!"

Jiang Yan pursed her lips and smiled, and was infected by Lin Xi's joy: "Come back to the house, let's cook noodles today, and then go to town to buy a big water tank, otherwise this load of water will not be enough."

"Great, we finally have a water tank in our house! Be sure to buy a bigger one!"

At that time, he will pick up several load of water a day and fill the tank!

(End of this chapter)