Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 87
Luo Tian was worried, so he lay on the kang and opened the book, waiting for Luo Mingdu, while listening to them calmly.

Luo Baisu turned his head to see her lying so quietly, and asked her, "Are you sleepy?"

Luo Tian shook his head and said, "Eldest sister hasn't studied today, and she hasn't reviewed the book she read yesterday." She set the learning content for Luo Mingdu every day, no matter how tired she is, the learning tasks must be completed.

Luo Baisu now has the potential of a 24-year-old father, and said: "If you are sleepy, it will be the same if you study again tomorrow." His own child loves to study, so he naturally supports it, but Luo Tiandu and his sister are daughters after all. Well, he doesn't expect the two of them to pass the Jinshi examination, as long as they grow up peacefully, that's enough.

But Luo Tiandu is very persistent on this point: "Learning is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and you can't stop."

Luo Baisu laughed, and said: "Then you sleep for a while, and I'll call you when your eldest sister enters the room."

Luo Tiandu snorted twice, and glanced at the two mustaches, which meant that it was getting so late, why didn't you bother to leave quickly.

The two mustaches have been sitting in the room like a bodhisattva, listening to their father and daughter talking, nodding frequently, even though Luo Tian has been giving them a look, they don't think it's disobedient, and said: "Young lady can still read? At a very young age, I understood the truth that reading is like sailing against the current, and Luo Xiucai taught it well."

Hearing this, Luo Baisu touched Luo Tiandu's little head, and said with a smile, "No, it's just to teach her to recognize a few words while studying."

Just as he was talking, Luo Mingdu helped with the work in the kitchen and came in.

Xiao Huzi looked at Luo Mingdu for a while, finally got up, and said: "It's getting late, we won't bother you."

Luo Tian wished that they would leave quickly, he jumped off the kang and followed Luo Baisu to see off the guests.

After being sent to the gate of the courtyard, Xiao Huzi suddenly turned around and asked, "Luo Xiucai, where is Lingtang now?"

Luo Baisu was startled, and it took him a long time before he said: "Jia Ci is resting in the main room, Mr. Ji saw it just now."

The mustache had a half-smile on his face, and said, "With all due respect, Luo Xiucai was not born of the Yao family, right?"

Luo Tiandu's heart suddenly rang an alarm bell, and the eyes he stared at mustache seemed to burn his face through.

What does it mean to ask Luo Baisu's biological mother politely?She would not think that the mustache was just a whim, and that the appearance of the old man Yi Luo and the Yao family would not be able to give birth to a handsome son like Luo Baisu. You must know that evil bamboos can also produce good bamboo shoots, and parents with ordinary looks gave birth to a handsome son. It's not uncommon to come here. Mustache asked this question, and he clearly had some purpose.

Even Luo Baisu looked at the mustache vigilantly at this moment, and said, "What does Mr. Ji say?"

The man with the surname Yu who seldom spoke around Mustache kept pretending to be deaf and dumb, and said, "Luo Xiucai, don't be nervous. We brothers don't have any plans, just curious."

It was about his own mother, Luo Baisu actually didn't know much about what happened back then, Mrs. Luo just told him that his mother left after giving birth to him, and he was just a newborn baby at that time. Not impressed at all.But this is a past that the Luo family members don't want to mention, and Luo Baisu naturally doesn't want to talk about it in front of a stranger he just met, so he said something else: "It's getting late, I'll send two Let's go to Fifth Uncle's house to rest."

Mustache seemed to ask a question just out of curiosity, instead of asking, he smiled and said, "Thank you."

Luo Tiandu held Luo Baisu by the corner of his clothes, raised his head and said, "Father, I'll go with you." These two people were so suspicious that she couldn't be at ease.

On weekdays, Luo Tian behaved too maturely, not like a child at all, and acting like a spoiled child once in a while would greatly benefit Luo Baisu.Immediately, he bent down and squatted on the ground, let her lie on his back, carried her on his back, and then led the two with mustaches to the fifth uncle's house in the village.

Fang hurriedly touched a night lamp from home and lit it, handed it to Luo Baisu, and said, "It's getting dark, take this with you."

Luo Baisu carried Luo Tiandu on his back, both hands were empty, Luo Tiandu took it and held it high.

The base of the night running lamp is made of bronze, it is a bit heavy to hold in the hand, even Luo Tian struggled to hold it up, Fang looked a little terrified at the side, asked Luo Mingdu to take care of the house, and connected the lamp himself Come here, just send them there, they are not far away anyway, and it doesn't take long to come and go.

There was some silence along the way, no one spoke.

Luo Tiandu obediently lay on Luo Baisu's back, listening to the croaking of frogs in the grass, feeling drowsy, his little head bit by bit like a kitten fishing.

When he was about to reach Fifth Uncle's house, Mustache stopped, turned around and looked at Luo Baisu, and said, "Luo Xiucai, Lingtang's surname is Gu?"

With a sound of "beep", the wind lantern in Fang's hand fell to the ground and rolled twice. The already very weak light was instantly extinguished, and the surrounding area was completely silent.

Luo Baisu froze.

Luo Tiandu also woke up suddenly at this time, raised his head, and looked at the two figures in front of him.

"The cousin Mr. Ji is looking for is also surnamed Gu?" She asked slowly.

Mustache's voice in the darkness was also very clear: "Exactly."

The mustache left the next day. Although Luo Tiandu had some doubts about it, he quickly forgot about it.

This year, every household is busy planting cloud sprouts, and the matter of harvesting autumn has been put on hold. When the cloud sprouts are all planted, it has entered October, and the fruits in the mountains are fully ripe, and many of them have begun to rot on the branches.

Seeing that every household was busy, Lizheng finally rang the big bell, and gathered the villagers under the big banyan tree to organize the picking of autumn.

Picking up autumn this year is slightly different from previous years.First, the black tallow seeds in the surrounding forests were picked up, but the most popular wild fruits and other mountain products in previous years were rarely picked by people, and they were heavily pressed on the branches.

There was still a lot of oil left in Luo Tiandu's family from last year, so he was not in a hurry to compete with others for black tallow seeds. He just carried a basket and went to the mountains to pick up all kinds of ripe, sour and sweet fruits. Baskets after baskets of mountain products such as wild pepper, hazelnuts, mushrooms, etc. were picked up, and there was no room for them to pile up in the house.

The hunters in the village also made some small gains. They shot a lot of prey such as hares, pheasants, and weasels. Some of them were good at it, and they even shot a few wild geese and other birds and game.Luo Tiandu pestered Luo Baisu to speak kind words to people, and pulled back the outermost feathers of those birds' wings, storing them to make quill pens later.

Luo Baisu was a spoiled child, so naturally he would not refuse such a small request from her.Not only did he get the feather back, but he also made quill pens with her during Xiu Mu's time. What made Luo Tian most happy was that the hardening problem of bird feathers, which she had always had a headache, was also obtained from Luo Baisu. solved.

The father and daughter worked hard for three days and finally made 35 quill pens.In order to hold Luo Tiandu's precious quills, Luo Baisu even made a wooden box.

Luo Tiandu touched the quill pens that were neatly stacked in the box, and showed a happy smile.

These more than 30 pens are enough for her to use for a long time.

Originally, Luo Baisu urged the villagers to finish planting the cloud sprouts, and nothing happened.For a time, the family members had a serious discussion about whether he should continue to work as a clerk in the county government office with a lot of work and no salary, or whether he should come back to study.

What Fang meant was that the family had a good harvest this year and was not short of money, so it was better for Luo Baisu to go home and study hard.

She was bullied terribly by the Yao family and her natal family, and all she wanted was to make Luo Baisu stand out.

Regarding this, Luo Tiandu had a somewhat different opinion.

She has always thought that although Luo Baisu is very motivated, but living in the small countryside of Luojia Village, he has limited contact with people and things, and his knowledge is too narrow. It is better to learn some current affairs and understand some things for the county magistrate Tang. The way of an official is not much worse than being bored at home and studying.To apply what you have learned, after reading so many sage books, you always have to find some opportunities and apply them in practice to understand more thoroughly.

Luo Baisu thought it made sense, so he continued to stay in the yamen as an unpaid clerk.Fortunately, although the little official in the sixth house had no salary, the yamen took care of board and lodging, and Luo Baisu was frugal by nature. After a month, he could earn a dime for copying books, which was considered a subsidy for the family.What's more, in the yamen, there is a ready-made Mr. Tang County Magistrate. When I was studying, I asked Tang County Magistrate for advice on some things that I didn't understand.

But in this way, Luo Baisu spends even less time at home. Although every five days he can have a day off for a bath, it is not as good as spending time at home day and night.Because the county seat is tens of kilometers away from Luojia Village, and it takes a lot of effort to go back and forth, Luo Baisu accumulated his holidays together, and at the end of the month, he just went home to stay for a few days.

It was the first time he took a rest, he didn't do anything, he just accompanied Luo Tiandu to make quill pens.

After the quill pen was finished, Luo Baisu's rest was also over, so Fang packed up his change of clothes and prepared to send him to the county.

Luo Baisu was still holding Luo Tiandu and Luo Mingdu sisters in the room, feeling a bit reluctant to bear the children, the three of them were talking in the room, when they heard the neighing of horses outside the yard, and then someone shouted loudly: "Is Luo Baisu and Luo Xiucai at home?"

Luo Tian's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, and he followed Luo Bai out of the yard, and saw a carriage standing outside the yard, two tall horses standing in front of the carriage, with their heads held high, breathing straight into the sky.

There were already many villagers around, pointing around the carriage, and exclaiming enviously from time to time.

That is a real horse. In Qiushui Town, having a cart pulled by a mule or a donkey is a status symbol. Have you ever seen such a tall and mighty horse? Look at the red mane, look at the powerful four hooves , You can tell at a glance that it is a good horse for thousands of miles.

(End of this chapter)