A Happy Farmhouse: After becoming the group's favorite, the whole family rises

"What about food? How much can you give?"

The skinny mouse's eyes lit up and he looked at Tian Xiaoman with anticipation in his eyes.

Tian Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "This time, I'll offer five sweet potatoes, all big ones, is that okay?"

When the skinny mouse heard that Tian Xiaoman could produce five sweet potatoes, he immediately nodded in surprise.

"Okay! I promise to deliver your message. When our king comes back, he will definitely arrange for me to go to Majiagou to get information. When there is news, our king will naturally look for you."

Tian Xiaoman nodded. She didn't expect that this skinny mouse was so reliable. He could make decisions without consulting Fat Hui. It seemed that he had a very good relationship with Fat Hui.

Finally, Tian Xiaoman did not forget to ask what Fat Hui was doing. Skinny Mouse naturally received Fat Hui's instructions and did not hide anything from Tian Xiaoman.

"Ten miles away in Kaoshantun Village, a family is getting married today. It's very lucrative. The king brought a group of his brothers to enjoy the feast."

Tian Xiaoman: Holy crap! Want to get a free seat?

Uh - forgive my embarrassed smile!

Nowadays, even mice can join the feast?

After saying goodbye to Skinny Mouse, Tian Xiaoman walked towards the house, but she always felt like she had forgotten something.

As soon as she entered the house, she remembered that she had not gone to the toilet yet!

When Tian Xiaochun saw his younger sister coming back, he was about to ask her to get on the kang, but he saw his younger sister running out again like the wind.

"Eh? Little sister, what are you doing?"

Tian Xiaoman held her stomach and wondered what to do. It was a major life issue.

"Second sister, I still have to go to the toilet, don't worry about me."

Tian Xiaochun blinked his eyes. Do I have to go to the toilet?

"Didn't you just go there? Why are you going again?"

Chen Xiaoman: Uh, I was powerless to refute. My stomach couldn’t take it anymore, so I could only selectively ignore it.

Looking at his little sister running as if there was a dog chasing her, Tian Xiaochun was too tired to complain. He was afraid that his little sister might have diarrhea. She had to go twice in such a short time?

No, she has to talk to her mother tomorrow and ask her to get some medicine for her younger sister.

If things go this way, I'm afraid all the good people will be crippled!

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For several days in a row, the Zhao family next door to Tian Xiaoman's house was bustling with people.

The men were working enthusiastically. Even Tian Danian, who did not go to the county town to do odd jobs, brought some wood to help.

There is a saying that goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Now that we are neighbors by fate, I will help if I can.

Whenever Wang had time, she would go over to help out, and it was obvious that she really wanted to get along well with her new neighbor.

There is strength in numbers. More than ten days later, a freshly built "mud and thatched house" was built next to Tian Danian's house.

The Zhao family’s new house is similar in style to the Tian family’s house, but the yard is not as big as the Tian family’s. After all, there are a grandfather and a grandson, so there is no need to build so many houses. There are only three main rooms and two side rooms.

The three main rooms are used by the grandfather and grandson, one each, one wing room is used as a warehouse, and the other wing room is used as Zhao Xiaoshu's study.

The yard at the back of the Zhao family is not as big as the Tian family's. After all, there are only two of them, grandfather and grandson. Even if they want to grow vegetables, they don't need to grow so much. Just enough to eat will be enough. If they plant too much, they may not be able to take care of it. After all, there is a teenager who is studying and an old man over fifty years old, and the labor force in the family is limited.

After the house next door was built, the Zhao family's grandparents and grandchildren did not hold a grand celebration. They only invited the village chief's family and Tian Danian's family over for a meal, and just had some fun celebrating the move.

Of course, there were no women in the Zhao family, so Mr. Zhao could only cook to get by. So for this banquet, Mr. Zhao specially invited Wang and the old village chief's daughter-in-law Yang to help with the cooking.

Tian Xiaochun, along with Tian Xiaoman and the slightly younger Xi Que, also helped in the kitchen by washing vegetables, washing rice and making fire.

For a while, there were many young children in the Zhao family's new yard, and it seemed very lively.

The old village chief is a kind-looking man in his sixties who always has a pipe in his hand.

He and Tian Dahai, Tian Danian's father, are cousins, and the two families are real relatives within the fifth degree of mourning.

He and his wife, Mrs. Yao, had three children in their lifetime: two sons and one daughter.

The eldest son Tian Fuyuan and his family no longer live in the village, but run a small business in the neighboring county town. They opened a small grocery store and their business is pretty good.

The old village chief's daughter, Tian Taoxiang, got married a few years ago and married a butcher in Shilipo, not far away. Although her business is not very impressive, she can earn a living and never have to worry about food and drink. Not only does her family have enough oil and water, but she can also occasionally bring back meat to honor her parents.

Today, the old village chief lives in the village with his youngest son Tian Fusheng and his family, and they live a pretty smooth life.

A few days ago, Mr. Zhao came to us on his own and said that he wanted to settle down in the village. When the old village chief and Mr. Zhao met, they got along very well.

During those days, Mr. Zhao and his grandson had nowhere to go, and the old village chief even took them in and let them live in his home for a while, and the two old people got along better.

What the old village chief admired most throughout his life was scholars, but neither his own family nor the entire Tianjia Village had ever produced a serious scholar.

Now, he and Mr. Zhao, the scholar, hit it off immediately, and he was full of praise for Zhao Xiaoshu, a young man who had become a student at such a young age.

At the dinner table, the two old men were toasting each other with cups, one after another. If it weren't for the old village chief's youngest sons Tian Fusheng and Tian Danian persuading them, there was no telling when the two old men would have stopped drinking.

It was getting dark when the two families said goodbye and left Mr. Zhao's new home.

Tian Danian was lying on his kang, his face flushed, but he kept praising Zhao Xiaoshu.

"Wife, that kid is a good one. He is very reasonable and well-spoken at a young age. The village chief asked a lot of questions, and the kid answered them all very well."

"Bah!" Wang used a wet towel to wipe Tian Danian's face while pointing at her man's forehead with her index finger.

"As if you can understand what he says. You only went to school for two years. That kid is a student. Can you understand what he says?"

Tian Danian smiled awkwardly. No matter whether he understood it or not, he felt that the child was a man of real talent and knowledge.

He was not a good reader. He went to school for a few years when he was young, but he only recognized a few words and understood some principles.

Later, he no longer liked going to school, but instead liked to hunt in the mountains with his father.

It would be nice if life could continue like this, at least the father and son could live a good life.

However, Tian Dahai, the father of Tian Danian, disappeared when he went into the mountains to hunt. Only a bloody coat was found in the deep mountains. People in the village said that his father was taken away by a blind bear and even his body was eaten by wild beasts in the mountains.

At first, Tian Danian didn't believe it, but after all these years, there was no news from his father. Even if he was alive, his body would probably have rotted away after living in the mountains for so many years. So Tian Danian accepted the fact that his father had passed away long ago.

"Ugh--"

Tian Danian sighed. Thinking of Zhao Xiaoshu next door who was good-looking and well-educated, he couldn't help feeling a little jealous.

"Think about me, Tian Danian, who also has two sons—"

"Ugh--"

He sighed again, and it was obvious that he felt really bad.

"But these two sons, neither of them is good at studying. If our family can produce a serious scholar, I will sell everything I have to support him in his studies."

Shitou was better off. He studied for two or three years, but seeing that life was hard at home, he proposed not to go to school anymore. Instead, relying on the fact that he had studied in school for two years and knew a few words, he found a job as a clerk in a rice shop in the county town, and worked there for two years.

The third son, Mu Tou, was clever, but like his oldest brother, he did not like sitting in school to study. He even studied there for just over a year before he started to complain that he did not want to go anymore.

Even though Tian Danian forced him to go to school, he was unwilling to do so. He always felt that he could not sit still there, as if there were thorns on his butt.

Tian Danian had no choice. Since both his sons were unwilling to go, then they should not go. It seemed that there was no chance for scholars to be born in their family.

It's a lifetime anyway, as long as the children live healthy and happy, that's enough.