The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 367 Gufeng Village

Rongjiang County is a prosperous county, with a population and prosperity that is no less than Luoshui County.

It also borders Jinzhou, and there are many caravans coming and going.

Shi Liu and his party entered the city before sunset, but even the several inns they visited were fully booked.

There were a herbal medicine restaurant and a candy shop, but they were not suitable for living in, so Shi Liu simply asked Zuo Cheng to rent a small courtyard temporarily.

After all the trouble, it was already late when we finished eating the dinner we packed from the restaurant.

After dinner, we washed up and went to rest.

The next morning, they got up early, had breakfast, and left the city.

Zuo Cheng, who had gone to explore the way ahead, came back quickly to lead the way. In just three quarters of an hour, they arrived at a village.

"Girl, this is Gufeng Village."

Shi Liu lifted the car curtain and stuck his head out, and saw a small village in front of him. It was the spring planting season, and farmers were busy cultivating the fields in front of the village.

The road leading into the village was too narrow for the carriage to pass through, so Shi Liu simply got off the carriage and took Hu Zhen and a few others to the village.

When passing by the ridges of the fields, a farmer looked up and saw it, and couldn't help but look at it with curiosity.

Zuo Chengji stepped forward and said, "Uncle, may I ask which family Zhou Xu and Zhou Xiucai belong to?"

Seeing that this group of people were looking for someone, and they were looking for someone they knew, the old man hurriedly said, "Are you looking for a kid? I'm busy here. Wait, I'll find someone to take you there!"

As he said this, he looked around and saw a familiar-looking kid among a group of kids playing at the entrance of the village. He waved and shouted, "Heizi! Come here! These guests are here to see your uncle. Lead them home!"

The boy named Heizi looked up when he heard the sound, reluctantly dropped the stones he was playing with, and ran over here.

The old man said to Zuo Cheng and the others, "This kid is Genwazi's nephew. His two families live next door to each other. You can follow him and you won't go wrong."

Zuo Cheng immediately thanked the old man.

The man, Heizi, was not afraid of strangers as his name suggested. He grinned at Zuo Cheng in front of him and said, "Let's go!"

He glanced at the extremely beautifully dressed girls in the group, wondering who they were and what they wanted from Uncle Genzi.

Heizi led his group into the village. When they passed by some houses, the people who stayed at home were very curious when they saw Shi Liu and his group. They couldn't help but ask about Heizi whom they knew.

"Hey, Heizi, why don't you help your family with sowing seeds and run out to play?"

"Heizi, is this your relative?"

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Heizi always waved his hand and replied, "Looking for my uncle!"

When the villagers heard that they were looking for the only scholar in the village, they became even more curious.

It was a rare opportunity for their village to have a scholar, but unfortunately only 30 acres of land under the scholar's name were exempt from tax. The land of his own family, his father-in-law's family, and his uncle's family combined was just enough to be exempt, but the people in the village could not get it.

Therefore, their village was hoping that Zhou Xiucai would pass the imperial examination and become a juren soon, as a juren could be exempted from 200 acres of land.

By then, the villagers will be able to come to us and ask us to help them register a few acres of land in their names to avoid tax, right?

But Mr. Zhou took the exam the year before last, but failed.

It costs a lot to go to the provincial capital, not to mention going to the capital, so I heard that Mr. Zhou does not plan to take the exam again for the time being. He said that he wants to find a school to be a teacher, earn some tuition while continuing to review his studies, and then he will have the opportunity to take the provincial examination later.

It's obvious that this group of people are from a wealthy family. Maybe they came specifically to invite Mr. Zhou to be their tutor?

I heard that some families in the city invited teachers to teach their children at home. Actually, it would be more convenient for Mr. Zhou to run a school by himself. I heard that many scholars opened their own schools to recruit students. If they taught well, they could earn a lot of tuition. Unfortunately, Mr. Zhou had no house in the city and could not run a school in the city. There was no shortage of schools in the city, and the villages around them were all poor, so few families were willing to send their children to school.

All the villagers hoped that a wealthy family would invite Zhou Xiucai to be a teacher. In this way, if the monthly salary was appropriate and he only had to teach one child, Zhou Xiucai would have more time to review his lessons and be able to take the provincial examination at an early date.

Therefore, those who didn't have much work to do just followed suit and joined in the fun.

Heizi was not afraid of strangers. Seeing that Zuo Cheng seemed easy to talk to, he chattered non-stop all the way, like a little guide.

Shi Liu listened at the side and got a better understanding of Gufeng Village.

Gufeng Village is not as big as Xiahe Village. It is about the same size as Tianbao Village, with only about fifty households, all of which are mixed with various surnames. The village chief is the family with the most fields in the village.

The Zhou family lives at the end of the village. There are two Zhou families next to each other. Heizi’s grandfather and Zhou Xudou’s father are brothers.

The family opposite the Zhou family is Zhou Xudou's father-in-law's family.

Their land is also at the end of the village. It is the busy spring sowing season. The families, which already have small populations, are all busy working in the fields.

Heizi led the group to his home first, asked his sister to greet them first, and then went to the field to call people.

Heizi ran away after saying that, while Shiliu and his group stared at the little girl, who was about four or five years old.

The girl timidly glanced at Shi Liu and Fu Dong, not knowing how to greet these guests, so she quickly went into the house to move stools out for them to sit on.

Shi Liu saw her running back and forth to carry out several stools, making a lot of noise. After she was done, she stood aside and secretly looked at them, and she couldn't help laughing.

She took out a bag of candy from her purse and waved at her, "Come here, what's your name? Tell me and I'll give you some candy."

When the girl heard that there was candy, she immediately swallowed her saliva and looked at Shi Liu's hand. Perhaps because these guests were brought back by her brother, she was not so afraid. "My name is Xinghua."

"Xinghua, that's a nice name. Come, let me give you some candy." Shi Liu opened the oil paper bag, took out a few fructose candies and handed them to her.

Seeing that the candy was so beautiful, Xinghua couldn't resist the temptation. She took small steps forward and looked at Shiliu timidly, as if confirming whether she really wanted to give it to her.

Shi Liu reached out his hand and simply grabbed her hand and put it in hers.

Xinghua had small hands, so when the candies came into her hands, she quickly held them with both hands for fear that they would fall.

"Would you like to try it?" Pomegranate asked gently.

Xinghua nodded and carefully took a piece of fructose and put it into her mouth.

Soon, Xinghua's eyes widened, "It's delicious!"

"Sugar, sugar."

At this moment, a voice interrupted.

Hearing the sound, Shi Liu looked towards the door, only to see a young woman standing there, staring at the candy in Xing Hua's hand.

Xinghua glanced at the pomegranate and said, "Sister, can I give one to my aunt?"

It turned out that this was Xinghua's aunt. Shi Liu smiled and said, "Okay, if I give it to you, it's yours. It's okay for you to give it to anyone you want."

With Pomegranate's consent, Xinghua ran over and stood on tiptoe to feed the little woman candy.

The young woman, who looked about the same age as her sister-in-law, bent over, opened her mouth, took the candy and ate it, then clapped her hands and jumped up: "Delicious, delicious!"

Shi Liu couldn't help but feel a little surprised. This woman seemed a little abnormal?

He looks like an adult, but his every move seems a bit childish.