The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

After Mr. Cheng found out the price of the land at the foot of Qingshan Mountain, he had a plan in mind and discussed it with Mrs. Cheng before going to bed at night.

When Old Lady Cheng found out about the land price, she was very surprised. The price was too low. If it was not difficult to take out the money now, the three hundred taels given by Cheng Yu plus the more than sixty taels they had saved would be enough to buy land and build a house.

Finally, after much discussion, the two old couple decided to buy all the land at the foot of Daqing Mountain. They really didn't want to see another Cheng Pandi appear.

But now is definitely not a good time, knowing that they have the two old guys from the Cheng family coming over to make trouble.

Therefore, before the marriage between the Qian family and the Cheng family is settled, they cannot buy land, otherwise things will only get worse!

The two old people were chatting excitedly, and suddenly they sighed that since the birth of their little girl, their life has been getting better and better. This girl is really their little lucky star!

Although they lived a good life in the past, the harvest was barely enough for them to have enough food and clothing. If the harvest was bad that year, they had to live frugally.

But now?

The eldest grandson who was seriously injured and on the verge of death has recovered thanks to the ginseng sent by Nannan. Now he just needs to take good care of himself and he will soon recover.

Not only do they no longer have to worry about their livelihood, their daughter also gave them money to buy land and build a big house!

How could they have imagined that they would have such a life after living for most of their lives? The two old people sighed and fell asleep happily...

At the same time, in the county private school:

After Cheng Jin and Cheng Shang sent Master Zhou, Cheng Xiaoer and the other two brothers to the private school, they left.

The two of them got a room at the inn and planned to go home early tomorrow morning because it was already past curfew.

After returning to his residence, Master Zhou carefully took out the three brothers' essays, opened them and read them again and again.

The more Master Zhou read the policy papers of the three Cheng brothers, the more he couldn't let them go, and the joy in his heart was hard to suppress.

He couldn't wait to pick up the three essays and hurried to Dean Shen's room.

"Dean, please take a look. What a good candidate! It's written so well!" Mr. Zhou's face turned red with excitement, and his voice unconsciously rose a few decibels.

"Zhou Qing, you are a teacher after all, so pay attention to your image!" Dean Shen took the booklet from Teacher Zhou and read it carefully. An article that was praised by an old friend must be good.

He opened one of them casually, and the more he read it, the more he felt that Master Zhou's words were not exaggerating. Even he found it unbelievable.

He opened the other two with great anticipation. Although the three people wanted to solve the same problem, they started from three different aspects. Moreover, it was not just talk on paper, but started from the people, benefiting the country and the people.

It turned out that the topic that Master Zhou gave to the three brothers was: Flood disasters occur frequently in the south of the Yangtze River. What is the best solution?

Cheng Yiyu (secondary school student) believes that it is better to dredge than to open. We should choose suitable crops according to local conditions, bring water to the fields, and vigorously develop aquatic food...

Cheng Zhiwen's point of view is that floods are common, and dikes must be repaired. After the autumn harvest and before the spring plowing, the people are idle at home, so they can be called upon to spontaneously strengthen the dikes and provide them with food. Finally, after the dikes are built, the people can exchange them for food and go home...

Cheng Liyao's idea is to pay attention to the residents upstream and downstream. The upstream should be dredged and the river garbage should be cleaned up. The middle reaches should be diverted to the canal to ensure that the water is flowing into the lakes with lower water levels. Although it takes manpower, once the canal is dug, it can be used sustainably for generations. The downstream should be unblocked, and the residents living below the flood level should be moved to higher places. The downstream should be as unblocked as possible so that the water level will not rise once the discharge volume is large...

Dean Shen looked at the three strategies excitedly. If they were combined together, it would be the best way to control floods!

In particular, Cheng Yiyu's essay also mentioned several types of aquatic foods, which can all be tried.

"Old Zhou, I have to go out for a while. Find me an envelope. I have to give these three copies to my brother. I will buy them a reward!"

Dean Shen's brother is a minister in the Ministry of Works and is currently worried about the upcoming rainy season. Too much rain will cause floods. Of course, the Shen family will not take the credit of the three brothers of the Cheng family for granted.

"Alas, alas... What do you want to see after you hand it over!" Master Zhou looked at himself with empty hands. Although it was a bit regretful, he was happy that his three disciples were recognized.

Qingshan Village:

A horse-drawn carriage swayed into Qingshan Village. There was a big word "Sun" written on the carriage. This was Sun Xiaoxiao's carriage, which was bought for her by her uncles who didn't want her and her father to be exposed to the wind and sun.

Everyone's eyes followed the carriage, and then they unconsciously followed the carriage to the Cheng family.

The carriage curtain was gently opened, and a young girl came out holding a whip, and immediately called out: "Cheng Xiaoba, Xiaojiu, your young lady is here, come and pick me up!"

The door of Cheng's house was gently opened, and then a chubby head popped out, saying, "Sister, let me take a look first. What if it's a bad guy? Sister..."

Sun Xiaoxiao: ...

Sun Xiaoxiao saw that after Cheng Xiaoba called her "sister", a little head with three pigtails popped out from under him, and the little face was full of excitement when it looked at her.

"Sister..." Cheng Yu opened the door all the way. She originally wanted to open the door to welcome Sun Xiaoxiao, but Cheng Xiaoba fell down with a "bang".

The groom didn't dare to laugh and could only hold back his laughter along with his young lady.

"Xiaojiu, did you do this on purpose?" Cheng Xiaoba said gritting his teeth as he looked at Cheng Yu who was standing steadily in front of him.

"Really... not..." Cheng Yu felt very wronged. It was Cheng Xiaoba's fault for being fat and leaning his body against the door of the Cheng family.

"Hey, Xiaoba, did you fall anywhere?" Sun Xiaoxiao said immediately when she saw the brother and sister were about to have a quarrel.

"No, no!" Cheng Xiaoba also wants to save face, and he has to save face even more in front of such a beautiful sister!

"If you don't have any...just...get up!" Cheng Yu looked at Cheng Xiaoba with amusement as he posed on the ground, but he seemed to be blocking the way!

"Okay, sister, you're really here again, we're so happy!" Cheng Xiaoba immediately smiled and stepped forward to flatter her.

"Brother...most...uuu" Cheng Yu wanted to say what made eldest brother happiest, but Miss Sun covered his mouth with a blushing face.

Sun Xiaoxiao just covered Cheng Yu's mouth gently, and Cheng Yu just struggled symbolically and then gave up.

Sun Xiaoxiao had been practicing martial arts since she was young and was naturally very strong, so although she didn't use much force when covering Cheng Yu's mouth, the little girl was unable to break free.

Just when Cheng Yu felt helpless, Sun Xiaoxiao let go of her hand. Sun Xiaoxiao held her in her arms, pinching her here and touching her there. The child's skin was so nice, so smooth and nice to touch.

Finally, seeing Cheng Yu's resentful eyes, Sun Xiaoxiao let go of her hand. It was not her fault. It was mainly because Cheng Yu was too cute. Her rosy little face made people want to bite her.

"Uncle Liu, please deliver the wheelchair I brought to the Cheng family yard.

"Oh, Xiaoba and Xiaojiu, is your big brother awake yet?" Sun Xiaoxiao asked the two little ones. Her father said that she had to perform the whole play, so he got her a wheelchair to bring with her.

"I'm awake and reading a book in the room." Cheng Xiaoba pouted to show his unhappiness when he saw that his beautiful sister only hugged Cheng Yu.

"You...are fat, sister...can't...hold...you." Sun Xiaoxiao naturally didn't know why Cheng Xiaoba was angry, and then she heard Cheng Yu's voice, and her heart was filled with joy.

She also heard from Cheng Lixiao that when Cheng Xiaobay started crying, the sound was so loud that it could shake the heavens and the earth, so now she didn't dare to laugh at him, for fear that he would cry.

She reached out and touched Cheng Xiaoba's pigtailed head, then put Cheng Yu on the ground, climbed onto the carriage, and took out two chickens and a bag of candy.

Sugar was a rare commodity in that era, and as soon as Sun Xiaoxiao took out the sugar, it attracted everyone's attention, especially Cheng Pandi, who had other thoughts.

Since Sun Xiaoxiao likes country people and Cheng Lixiao is paralyzed, he might as well recommend his grandson to her. The Sun family has only one daughter, so they will definitely have more money than they can spend.

"Xiao Ba, Xiao Jiu, this is for you," Sun Xiaoxiao gave them a handful of candy each, and then said, "Grandma will keep the rest for you. You can take it when you want to eat."

At this time, Old Mrs. Cheng also came out. Old Mr. Cheng had gone to work in the fields with his three sons and daughters-in-law. Now it was Old Mrs. Cheng who was at home with her little grandson and granddaughter.

"Xiaoxiao, you're here, come in, come in!" Old Mrs. Cheng was washing dishes in the kitchen, but she heard the voices of Sun Xiaoxiao and her own children Xiaoba and Xiaojiu.

She wiped her wet hands on her apron, then took the chicken from Sun Xiaoxiao's hand, planning to make something delicious for Sun Xiaoxiao to eat at noon.

"Xiao Ba, Xiao Jiu, where did you get the candies?" Only then did Old Mrs. Cheng see the candies in her grandchildren's hands.

"My beautiful sister gave it to me!" Cheng Xiaoba held the candy tightly. He wanted to keep it for himself and his fifth, sixth and seventh brothers to eat together.

"Grandma, keep this for them. Share it with them when they're done eating!" Sun Xiaoxiao handed the remaining candy to the old lady.

This was brought to her by her uncle from the capital, and she packed half of it and brought it to the Cheng family.

"This... this is too expensive, we can't accept it!" Old Mrs. Cheng declined.

"Grandma, I'm giving this to my younger brothers and sisters!" Sun Xiaoxiao's words forced Grandma Cheng to accept it.

"Oh, what a great girl! Why do you want to stay with that useless Cheng Lixiao? Grandma will introduce you to someone better!" A harsh and piercing voice came from next door.