Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Li Xiaohu pondered and said, "It's not impossible to go to the county town. The autumn harvest is over, and there's nothing to do in the fields."

Zhao Chunhua said, "I want to go to the county town. I'm tired of staying in the countryside."

Chen Lang nodded, "Then it's settled."

"Tomorrow you two should go back to Shanghe Village and talk to the elderly people at home. If they are willing, you can also move to the county town together."

"I can pay some money to ask people from the same village to help take care of the livestock and fields at home."

Li Xiaohu hurriedly said, "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about? I've made a lot of money during this time of following you to make tofu. If I ask you to pay me this little money, what will I become?"

Chen Lang then turned to Sun Yuwei and said, "Brother Sun, you and Chen Tao are going to perform corvee labor tomorrow, right?"

Sun Yuwei nodded. "Yes, but this time the village chief helped Chen Tao and me negotiate for a job, and we both got easier chores."

Chen Lang said: "This is good news, it's worth celebrating."

"Here's my plan. After you go to do your labor service, I'll take Cuicui to live with me at my teacher's house. My teacher is much more educated than I am, so he can educate Cuicui while I'm away."

"After you have completed your labor service, you can take her home. What do you think?"

Sun Yuwei nodded repeatedly. This was better than pie falling from the sky. How could he not agree?

As for Chen Tao...

Chen Lang patted his shoulder and said seriously, "Taozi, go and do the corvée labor. Listen to Brother Sun in everything and don't act on your own."

"If you're hungry, ask Brother Sun for money to buy food. Don't pick up food from the ground, and don't steal from others. Do you understand?"

Chen Tao grinned foolishly: "I understand, little prodigal."

Chen Lang automatically ignored the awkward nickname "Little Wanderer" and said, "That's how things will be arranged. As for the future development of the tofu shop, I'll make a detailed plan after I return from Guangling Prefecture."

"Chunhua, Xiuzhi, please cook a good meal for us and take care of everything that happens at home. After this meal, we'll have to wait a month or so before we can eat together again."

After dinner, Sun Yuwei, his daughter, and Chen Tao said goodbye one after another.

Zhao Chunhua insisted on going home.

It can be seen that she is very interested in going to the county town and really doesn't want to wait a moment longer.

But it was really unsafe to travel at night. Li Xiaohu tried his best to persuade his wife and finally calmed her restless heart.

The next day, just as the sky was getting light, Chen Lang heard the mooing of cows in the yard.

When I opened the window, I saw Li Xiaohu driving a ox cart and leaving with his wife and children.

Zhao Chunhua's pretty face flushed with excitement.

This is the situation Chen Lang wants to see.

What he was afraid of was that Zhao Chunhua and Li Xiaohu had a strong attachment to their hometown and were reluctant to leave their old house and fields.

Now it seems that it is difficult for Li Xiaohu to judge. Zhao Chunhua is definitely a woman who is unwilling to stay in the countryside.

If she has this idea, then she will have one more business assistant in the future.

Li Xiuzhi's character is relatively soft. She has no problem dealing with people, but she is not so good at doing business.

As a businessman, you must have a character like Zhao Chunhua, otherwise you will easily suffer losses.

Chen Lang crawled back into bed contentedly, hugged Li Xiuzhi and continued to dream sweetly.

At the hour of Si, Zhao Chunhua and Li Xiaohu returned, carrying their luggage on an ox cart.

But there were no elderly people at home.

Zhao Chunhua said, "My parents said they are old and don't want to move, and the house needs someone to look after it. They asked us to just take the kids back once in a while."

Chen Lang nodded: "No problem, we have an ox cart anyway, so the trip won't take long."

After a while, Sun Yuwei, carrying a bag, brought Cuicui to the gate of the courtyard and solemnly handed Cuicui to Chen Lang.

Cuicui couldn't bear to leave her father, so she held his legs tightly and cried bitterly.

How could Sun Yuwei be willing to leave his daughter, but as a farmer, he had no way to resist corvee labor.

In the end, he had no choice but to push Cuicui away, turned around and pulled Chen Tao out of the village.

At the critical moment, it was the two little girls, Guoguo and Lanlan, and Xiao Huihui who played a role.

The two men and the dog worked together and finally calmed Cuicui down.

Chen Lang asked Li Xiuzhi to pack up at home, and he went to the construction site.

To be honest, the new house has been under construction for almost a month, and Chen Lang has only been to the construction site a few times.

He first said hello to Grandpa Zhuzi, and then found the foreman Lin Heng.

Lin Heng apologized as soon as they met, "Brother Chen, I was just about to look for you. This house may take more than a month to be completed."

"There's nothing we can do. The corvée service came around, and the team suddenly lost five people. We couldn't make up for it right away, so the construction period was extended."

Chen Lang said, "It doesn't matter. We can just build the house slowly. I won't be home for the next while, and it will be a month or so before I come back."

Lin Heng was busy building the house every day and had no idea that Chen Lang was taking the exam. After hearing this, he was a little confused: "Brother Chen, are you going on a long journey?"

Chen Lang nodded: "I'm going to Guangling Prefecture to take the exam."

Lin Heng suddenly realized and said, "Oh, I forgot Brother Chen is a student. You are aiming for the scholar."

Chen Lang smiled and said, "Examination of the scholar exempts you from corvée labor."

"Engineer Lin, regarding the water system, I'll teach you how to install it after I return from Guangling Prefecture, okay?"

Lin Heng said: "No problem, these are all minor issues. The exam is the big deal."

"Brother Chen, don't worry. I will build this house for you perfectly without any mistakes."

Lin Heng's courtesy was not insincere. If Chen Lang passed the imperial examination and became a scholar in the future, it would be an addition to his resume.

The house of the scholar was once renovated, and the tap water system was also invented by the scholar.

Don't underestimate this resume. It's quite impressive in a place like the countryside.

Chen Lang bowed his hands in thanks: "I'll take care of everything."

After saying that, he walked up to Grandpa Zhuzi, took out a penny of silver and put it in his hand, saying, "Old man, I'm going to the provincial capital and won't be back for a month or so. Take this money. From now on, I'll leave everything on the construction site to you."

Grandpa Zhuzi said, "Erlang, go take the exam without any worries. Don't worry about the things at home."

"If anything goes wrong with this house, I'll give you my life as compensation."

Chen Lang said, "I dare not say that. A house is not as valuable as your life, old man."

Grandpa Zhuzi said cheerfully, "Erlang, do your best in the exam and strive to become a scholar."

Chen Lang nodded and said, "Grandpa, I will definitely do my best."

"Take care, I'll be leaving first."

After arranging all the affairs at home, Chen Lang took his family to the county town.

After arriving in the county town, he temporarily settled his family in Sheng Mansion, and went to Pingzhilin to find Xu Fei to ask him to help find a suitable house in the county town.

With the help of Xu Fei, Chen Lang quickly found a pretty nice house, a small courtyard house with three entrances and three exits, and the house was fully furnished.

The people at the brokerage firm said that the original owner of this house was also a scholar, and after he passed the imperial examination, his family moved to the provincial capital.

In the end, Chen Lang rented the house at a price of one tael and five cents a month and paid three months' rent in advance.

Chen Lang had a hunch that when he returned from the state capital, he would probably have to pay to buy this house.

At this point, everything was settled, and Chen Lang concentrated on preparing for the provincial examination.