Dressed As a Farm Boy, He Cheated on His Way Out of the Desert.

Chapter 227 Lucky Jiaren

 After being away from home for a month, Li Laosi and the two boys were eager to return home. The carriage took a main road, which was safe and flat, so they only rested for two hours at night.

 The rest of the time, they were on their way.

Jiayin slept when he was sleepy and ate when he was hungry. He didn’t feel too tired at all.

At three o'clock in the morning, the carriage turned onto the path of Broken Gold Beach.

　　Previously, the family received a message from Mr. Ye and knew that Li Laosi and the children were safe, but everyone still couldn't help but worry about them.

Tao Hongying figured that the time was almost up, so she simply divided the errands of the kitchen and squatted at the mouth of the valley.

 Finally seeing the shadow of the carriage, she ran over immediately.

Li Laosi jumped down from the carriage and went up to him with a silly smile, "Well, Hongying, I'm back."

Tao Hongying was so angry that she wanted to pinch him, but when she saw her mother-in-law getting out of the car with her daughter in her arms, she could only give him a fierce look and said, "I'll settle the score with you later in the evening."

 After saying that, she went to hug her daughter and supported her mother-in-law.

“Mom, Fu Niu misses you! Fu Niu brought you delicious food!”

Jiayin hugged her mother, kissing her left and right, and she was so happy that she made Tao Hongying blame her daughter, "You are just a urinal with a gold rim, and you have a good mouth! You say you miss me every day, but you can't bear to leave me. When it's time to go out to play, It will never fall behind!”

"Hee hee!" Jiayin felt guilty, hugged her mother's neck, smiled and showed her small white teeth, pretending to be stupid to the end, making everyone laugh.

The old lady asked, "How are you at home? Is everything okay?"

“No, Mom, everything is fine, except that everyone is thinking about you.” Tao Hongying responded, and at this moment Jiayi and Liu Yang had already run into the valley.

 After being away for a month, the two boys were also homesick.

 Sister-in-law Liu had red circles in her eyes when she pulled her son, but she didn't blame her at all.

She was married to a bodyguard and earned a living from traveling around the world. She was used to being separated and returning safely, and she was a little more resilient and patient than others.

Liu Biaotou did the same. He patted his son and apprentice on the shoulders. When they heard that they were not injured, he went to greet Li Laosi.

The villagers also surrounded the carriage at this time. Mrs. Li didn't say much, pointed to the more than 20 pieces of fine cloth in the carriage, and said with a smile: "Master Hou went on an expedition again. Before leaving, he was thinking about the village and bought so many Let's bring back the fabric. It's said to be a summer shirt for the elderly and children in the village. I advised him to keep the money and marry his wife in the future, but the Marquis refused. "

Everyone laughed and said, "When the Marquis marries a wife from now on, let's help pay a share of the money."

The village chief happened to come over. When he heard this, he laughed and cursed, "You guys think you have made a lot of money by selling cold melons, so you have started to learn to brag."

The villagers are all laughing. They have indeed become a little swollen recently.

During this period, the cold melons and cantaloupes in the melon fields were taken away by carts and picked one by one and sent to the valley.

Although they couldn't calculate how much money they earned, they still remembered clearly that a cold melon cost three taels of silver.

Even if each of their families doesn't get much, they still have ten cold melons, which is thirty taels!

 Silver means confidence, so now everyone walks with the wind at their feet, heads held high and chest held high.

The village chief had no choice but to chase people away.

"The fourth son and the two boys are back safely. Don't worry about it, everyone. Just do whatever you need to do. Tonight, wait for the second gentleman to calculate the general account and pay everyone again."

 “Great, money is going to be distributed again!” The villagers were all happy and cheered loudly.

The village chief glared at them, "Shut your mouths, don't act around and make others jealous. The meat will rot in your own pot, do you understand?"

 “Understood!” Everyone laughed, and then went about their business.

The village chief called to the Li family, "Go back quickly. Mr. Wen came last night and has been waiting. Mrs. Cui hasn't gone back either. She is thinking about you."

The twenty soldiers took this opportunity to come up and say goodbye to everyone, planning to rush to the capital. Naturally, the crowd couldn't let them go like this, so they took them to sit under the shade of a tree, had a simple bite of rice to fill their stomachs, and opened a big cold melon.

The green skin, the bright red flesh, and the sweet taste made all the soldiers full of praise and excitement.

This is a cold melon. I heard it was a good thing bestowed by the emperor.

Even the nobles in Kyoto may not be able to eat it, but they can actually hold it in their hands and gnaw it!

The village chief greeted them with a smile, "Be sure not to swallow the melon seeds, spit them out and save the seeds. This year, this thing is too valuable, just try it fresh. Next year, the village will plant cold melons on all the riverbanks, and I will take you there then. Eat whatever you want in the fields.”

“Okay, village chief, let’s remember it. Next year I want to eat one myself, hold it and chew it!”

 A soldier who was not too old shouted with a smile, making everyone laugh.

The village chief waved his hand and made a generous promise, "Next year, I will find a time to free up the hot spring for a day, so that you can soak in the hot spring and eat cold melons while holding it!"

Everyone laughed even more happily when they thought about that scene.

　　Twenty people share a cold melon, which is just one piece for each person.

After they had spit out a bowl of seeds, everyone got up and continued on their way.

The Li family also returned to the village. Mrs. Cui and Mr. Wen were sitting under the shade of a tree in front of the Li family to enjoy the cool weather. When they saw the carriage, they both stood up.

Li Laosi jumped off the carriage, strode forward and saluted, and said, "Mr. Wen, all the books are intact and I have brought them back."

"This is great!" Mr. Wen patted Li Laosi on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Have you endured hardship? Are you injured?"

 “No, I encountered a little trouble, but it was solved.”

Li Laosi responded casually and began to move down the collection of books.

 Soon, all the books and things Mr. Ye bought were moved into the house.

Jiayin hugged Mrs. Cui's neck and showed her her new goodies, which made Mrs. Cui laugh non-stop.

Mr. Wen turned around and saw it, feeling mixed in his heart and a bit eager in his eyes.

Mrs. Li was worried about her grandson and asked, "Sir, there are really a lot of these books. How long will Jiaren have to copy them by himself? Do I need help from someone?"

Mr. Wen smiled and said, "I went to the Guo family again a few days ago. Mr. Guo heard that the fourth child and his friends had not come out after a month in the mountains, and he was very concerned about it. I took the opportunity to mention it, and he agreed.

"I will send these books to the academy. Mr. Tong Peng said that I would ask more than 30 students from Jiaren's class to copy them. These manuscripts will also be kept in the academy for a year for the students of those academies to read, which is a way of giving back to the students. Our hard work!”

Everyone in the Li family didn't react for a moment, they just felt that it was a bit troublesome.

 But Jiayin understood that Mr. Wen was trying to build momentum for Jiaren.

 These days, a collection of books is more precious than gold.

What’s more, the Guo family used to run an academy, so books that the Guo family could take with them when they fled for their lives were extremely rare and precious.

Even if Jiaren and his classmates help with copying, it is equivalent to reading it in full, and they will definitely benefit a lot.

 These manuscripts, if left in the academy for a year, even if they can only be read but not copied, will open the students' horizons and increase their reading capacity.

If you meet a smart student who can memorize it after reading it a few times, you might even be able to leave dozens of copies for the academy.

 The most important thing is that one year later, when these books are returned to the Li family, Jiaren will become the favorite of the academy.

 (End of this chapter)