Eating big melon is so refreshing

Donkey Egg was a coward. After being beaten and kicked by Zhao Erlang and Zhao Wulang, he thought the secret of his life had been exposed and had no choice but to admit it.

Zhao Fugui was so angry that he was shaking. His wife gave birth to a child in a hurry in the county town, and died three days after giving birth due to complications.

He never imagined that the son he had raised with great effort for twenty years was not his biological son, and that this fake son already knew his background and had been cheating him for the past few years in order to anger him to death so that he could take over the family property!

Send him to the authorities! This scourge must be sent to the authorities. If he survives this wave of the epidemic, he will either be in jail or work in a coal mine.

After dealing with the donkey eggs, Zhao Bei and his son returned home happily. They kept their voices as low as possible while walking in the yard. The children were all sleeping in the main room.

"Father, this is two taels of silver." Zhao Erlang took out a few pieces of silver and said, "To buy a quota for our military service this year..."

"Second brother, you are such a loser." Zhao Bei was angry. "We have money to leave for our children to study. Which household in our village needs to spend money to buy a place? Haven't we just gritted our teeth and got through it all these years?"

"Father, you are old..."

"I'm only 45 years old this year, and I can still work for a few more years. Now that I have an ox, the work in the field is half as easy. Why should I be afraid of military service? Even if your father can't do it, there are still the eldest, the third, the fourth, and the fifth. It's no big deal to do half a month's hard labor!"

"Father is right. Xiaochun and Xiaoqiu are born smart. They need to study and take the imperial examinations. The Zhao family's hope rests on Xiaoqiu."

Zhao Dalang said, "Whose four-year-old child can think of playing chess at the gate of the county school, and who can sell a box of chess pieces for thirty coins?"

Zhao Sanlang's toys were sold for more than three taels of silver in just ten days, which shocked his family. They worked hard to grow wheat and soybeans, and after deducting various taxes and necessary expenses, they only had ten taels of silver left at the end of the year.

What does it mean to earn three taels of silver in ten days? That's getting rich overnight, that's smoke rising from the ancestral graves!

The adults in the family all agreed that Xiao Qiulin had a naturally smart brain and was definitely a good student.

"Brother, now that I have a mule-drawn carriage, I can go to distant places to do business. I plan to take my fifth brother with me. First, I will have a helper on the road, and second, my fifth brother has learned martial arts for several years."

"It's a waste for Lao Wu to have such skills in the village. You can take him to do business." Zhao Bei said, "Earn more money and use it for Xiao Qiu'er's tuition. I heard that studying is very expensive."

"Brother, I heard from my uncle Ku that the laws of Daye have been amended this year. If one person in the family passes the imperial examination, not only can the tax on the 20 mu of land under his name be exempted, but he can also be exempted from military service." Zhao Sanlang said, "With my nephew's clever brain, maybe he can pass the imperial examination in less than ten years and soar to the sky."

Ever since the toys made by Zhao Sanlang sold for a good price, the adults in the family have become mysteriously confident in the two twins. Now that they know that the mule-drawn carriage was obtained because of the twins, they are even more convinced that they are born smart and unmatched.

In order to let the children have a rich childhood, Zhao Erlang insisted that they should wait until they were six years old before letting them go to school. Yes, not just one child, but both children were sent to school together.

Xiao Qiuer probably wouldn't object, but Xiao Chuner would definitely cry and not want to go to school. Zhao Erlang felt that he should find a teacher with a gentle temper, who would not hit students on the palms with a ruler at every turn. Having a teacher with a bad temper would be a student's nightmare.

Back at the house, everyone spoke in low voices. In the main room, the children were taking a nap.

After checking the weather, Zhao Sanlang and Zhao Silang returned to their house and rested for half an hour before going to the wheat field.

Zhao Sanlang and Zhao Silang shared a yard with the same layout, two large blue brick and tiled houses, an ear room, and a shed built as a kitchen.

Mrs. Du was doing needlework in the house. She and Zhao Sanlang had two sons. Daqing was three years old this year, and Xiaoqing was only one year old. Children didn't care about the color of their clothes. There were only a few families in the village whose children wore colored clothes.

Zhao Sanlang came back and looked at the small skirt that Mrs. Du had placed on the table. He said, "Why does it look familiar to me? Is this Xiaochun'er's dress?"

"My second sister-in-law said that Xiaochun has gained weight again and her dress can no longer fit her. This dress is still 70% new and it would be a shame to throw it away. I'll take it and make some alterations to make two sets of clothes for Xiaoqing."

Mrs. Du said, "Xiaochun is fatter than Xiaoqiu. Xiaoqiu only ate one small rice dumpling, but Xiaochun could eat two."

Zhao Sanlang curled the corner of his mouth. After living in the Jiang family for two days, he figured out some things. Xiao Qiuer deliberately made her sister fat because she was afraid that she would be kidnapped.

That Young Master Mingyue also deliberately fattened up Xiaochun'er, but his intention was exactly the opposite. He didn't want Xiaochun'er to be abducted by others.

Xiaochun'er is heartless and prefers playing with Luo Xiaomei. Xiaoqiu'er is a little jealous and always tries to sabotage things without making a sound.

"Boss, take a rest for a while. I will call you when the time comes."

Regardless of whether wheat scraps are as magical as Xiao Chunya said, it is certain that they are more useful than sickles. Second brother and his wife will definitely not leave tomorrow when they come back, so Mrs. Du will be able to free up her hands to work in the fields, and the 30 acres of wheat at home will definitely be harvested faster than in previous years.

Xiao Chunya woke up and saw the sun was setting in the west. She looked at the timer funnel in the main room and it was already 4:30 in the afternoon. Wow, she only slept for two hours in her nap.

"Xiaochun'er is awake?" Zhao Yang gently carried her fat granddaughter off the kang. Her little face was as red as a big apple, and she looked so cute.

"Grandma, why didn't grandpa and the others wake me up when they went to the wheat field?" Little Chunya woke up after her grandma wiped the sweat off her face with a wet towel. She put on her shoes and went to look for her grandpa.

"The wheat chopsticks made by Xiaochun are very useful. Your grandfather said there is no need to improve them." Zhao Yang took out a bowl of cooled mung bean water and said, "Drink a bowl of mung bean water first to prevent heat stroke."

Mung bean water without sugar was a bit unpalatable, but Xiao Chunya wasn't picky. She didn't want to get heatstroke so she just drank it as medicine.

Seven-year-old Zhao Daniu had already followed his father Zhao Dalang to the wheat field. Five-year-old Zhao Erniu also wanted to go but was stopped.

The harvest was not started today, so the family only prepared ordinary meals, including wild vegetables, millet rice, and steamed taro. However, Zhao Erlang's family came back, and Zhao Wulang shot a pheasant, butchered it, and cooked the two pounds of noodles that Zhao Erlang brought home. Together with the green melon seedlings, it was very appetizing.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

"Come on, I'm assembling the thresher."

Apart from being tall, Zhao Erniu is not even half as strong as his sister. Xiao Qiulin has a hard time doing it alone and asks for support.