After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Obviously, the concubines had no intention of admitting girls to the school, otherwise Jinhua and another girl who performed better than Jinbao would not have been selected.

As for why Siniang was selected, it was either because she performed very well and her husband cherished her talent, or she wanted to put together a pair of twins to put in the academy so that they looked neat.

But somehow, Dalang always felt that it was the latter - just like A Niang said, politically correct.

Forget it, never mind them, as long as you get this opportunity, the reason doesn't matter anymore.

After hundreds or thousands of years, girls finally entered the school. This was a good start.

The three younger ones didn't think as much as the older man. They just felt happy and encouraged Jinhua, who was unsuccessful, saying that they would give her extra lessons when the time came and if she came back next year, she would definitely be selected.

Under the comfort of everyone, Jinhua's mood improved significantly. Later, Liu Zhong took her to the street and bought a bag of peanuts for snacks while the store was open. She soon forgot about the unhappiness of losing the election.

The Ding family members have said that classes will start at midnight on February 1st. Students are asked to enroll on time and bring their own pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Books will be distributed uniformly by the academy, and parents should be prepared to pay the book fees and bring them with the students.

On the way back, Liu Bai kept settling accounts. The book fee was 800 yuan, and the most common set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone would cost three yuan.

Fortunately, inkstones and ink sticks can be used for a long time, so there is no need to think about them next year.

Calculated in this way, the average cost per year is one tael, and two years is 2 taels.

He and Mr. He received a lot of wages last year, and they still had more than four taels in their pockets, so they could afford it.

But there are still fares, so we can't leave the work in the fields and just take the children to and from school. Then the whole family will suffer from the northwest wind.

"Brother and sister, I want to discuss something with you." Liu Bai thought for a while and then spoke to Qin Yao with some embarrassment.

Qin Yao knew what he wanted to say and said first: "Brother, I have to settle the accounts. I originally wanted to give away my four children, so it doesn't matter if I have one more gold treasure. I will accept less. Just give me twenty-eight coins a month." .”

Compared with the coachman who charges 750 fen per person per year, she is only over 300 fen per year, which is already a breaking price.

Moreover, the distance from Liujia Village to Xiahe Village is longer than the distance from Xiahe Village to Jinshi Town.

What Liu Bai said was blocked by Qin Yao.

But he originally wanted to pay her the fare, but now that Qin Yao had given her a clear price, he felt relieved.

It would be better if he didn't have to owe any favors. He was also worried that Qin Yao didn't want any money and offered to help with free transportation.

"Okay, then I'll trouble my brothers and sisters." Liu Bai said gratefully.

Qin Yao waved her hand, "Little things."

Jinbao was the happiest, hugging Erlang and others excitedly, they could go to school together!

But he didn't dare to go too far, and immediately went to comfort Jinhua, saying that he would learn the calligraphy later and teach her when he got home.

Jinhua listened to the adults' discussion and set off for school at around 5:00 in the morning. At this moment, she didn't envy her brothers and sisters at all for being able to go to school.

On the contrary, I sympathized with Sanlang and Siniang.

"When you get home from school, it will be dark, go to bed, go to school, and have no time to go to the mountains. Isn't it going to be very hard?" Jinhua asked Siniang.

Siniang shook her head and said, "I don't think it's hard. A-niang said, 'Young men who don't work hard will be sad for their elders.' Now is the time when we have to work hard, how can we always think about having fun."

Moreover, she had long been tired of playing in this mountain since she was a child, and just wanted to go outside and see different scenery.

Just thinking about it makes me look forward to it and it’s interesting.

Liu Zhong sighed secretly on the carriage shaft, this girl from the third family will not be easy in the future.

When Qin Yao and his party returned to the village, it was already dark.

When the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, it met Liu Fei and Old Man Liu who were waiting here. Finally, when they returned, they hurriedly lit torches to greet them.

The villagers who set off together in the morning returned one after another before evening. Qin Yao and the others were so late. Old Man Liu boldly guessed that they might have been selected.

He took everyone to the old house and immediately asked: "How is it? Have the children been chosen?"

Liu Zhong was put off until Old Man Liu raised his hand, and then he quickly confessed, "Jinbao, Sanlang and Si Niang have all been chosen."

Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. He and Mrs. Qiu came out of the house and listened. Some were happy and some were sad.

He's laughter was so penetrating that the families living nearby could hear her pride.

Qin Yao, mother and son, stopped at the old house for a while, briefly talked about the situation, and then went home.

Dalang Erlang made a fire to boil water for cooking. Qin Yao unloaded the carriage, settled the horses, and went to bring back the cows that were placed on the yellow grass in the backyard and tie them up.

This small stable can accommodate one horse and one cow, which is a bit crowded. Qin Yao plans to build an additional house as soon as the spring plowing is over.

After settling the cattle and horses, Qin Yao lit a torch and knocked on Carpenter Liu's door at night.

Carpenter Liu was just about to go to bed, but he went to see Duke Zhou a minute later. He was suddenly called up, and he felt somewhat tempered.

But when Qin Yao said that twins were also selected to enter the school, her anger dissipated instantly, as if her own child was selected, she was overjoyed.

Qin Yao asked him to quickly make two more magical book boxes, one smaller than Da Lang Erlang, so that they could use them more conveniently.

Carpenter Liu patted his chest: "Put it on me. I will make it for them when they get up early tomorrow morning. Keeping it will not affect the children's going to school the day after tomorrow."

After hearing his words, Qin Yao returned home with peace of mind.

After dinner, the mother and son took a shower and went to bed.

When I woke up the next day, we went to the water mill together and squatted with Carpenter Liu to open book boxes.

Qin Yao left her four children behind and set out to quarry in the mountains carrying a pickaxe and other quarrying tools.

The list is small, and she can handle the stone materials alone.

After she brought in the stones and laid half a millstone, the magical book box of dragon and phoenix was built.

Sanlang and Si Niang couldn't wait to put their things in, and the yard was filled with the sound of wheels turning.

In the evening, Liu Bai and Jin Baolai returned the ox cart.

The father and son borrowed her ox cart early in the morning to go to town to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but they were reluctant to buy a book box.

Liu Bai directly wove a bamboo basket for his son and used rattan as shoulder straps. He also wrapped a circle with rag strips without tightening them and could fit all the items inside.

But there is no harm without comparison. Jinbao almost cried with envy when he saw the magical book box being dragged all over the yard by San Lang and Si Niang.

On the way back after returning the bullock cart, I begged Liu Baiji to ask his father to get him a bookcase like this.

Liu Bai agreed quickly, and it seemed that it was not difficult at all. When they got home, the father and son started tossing it out on their own.

He never expected that Liu Bai would be stumped just by installing the wooden wheel.

Not to mention the freely pullable lever on the back of the box. This mechanism was not something that an ordinary farmer like him could do.

But it’s too late to buy one, school starts tomorrow.

There was no other way, so Jinbao had no choice but to put on his bamboo basket, pay his third aunt twenty-eight yuan for the fare, and with some trepidation, started school with the four brothers and sisters Dalang.