Koi baby helps his mother farm and becomes the richest man

The Zhao family's mushroom production was very large this year, but they did not sell them. Instead, they were all dried and properly stored, ready to be used to make goods when the shop opens next year.

They peeled the various dried fruits they picked from the mountains, dried some of them and ground them into flour, and made some of them into roasted snacks of various flavors.

With money in hand, every household was very happy during this year's Chinese New Year. The dumplings everyone ate were all made with meat, and most families even used pure white flour wrappers.

The Zhao family is naturally no exception.

Zhou Yu explained that because his two younger sisters were at home, he had to spend the New Year at the Zhao family. The villagers of Tongshutun wanted to send him food as they did in previous years, but he refused.

Everyone knew that the Zhao family had no shortage of food, but no one would feel good if they didn't express their gratitude to Lord Zhou, so a cabbage from the east family, two radishes from the west family, a few heads of garlic from the south family, two pieces of ginger from the north family, or rice and flour were sent to the Zhao family.

Whenever something is delivered to her, Aunt Zhao will never let anyone go back empty-handed.

The New Year’s Eve dinner was eaten in the main hall in the front yard. When the house was built, it was deliberately built bigger, otherwise it would not have been able to accommodate so many people.

Two tables were set up for the feast. Aunt Zhao and other female family members sat at the kang table in the west room. Since one kang table was not enough, they put two kang tables together.

Two tables were put together in the main hall, and Uncle Chen Jiu was specially invited as well. They sat around together with Zhou Yu, Zhang Jinzhi, Xu Xia, Zhao Hu, and the two leaders who had gradually emerged in Tongshu Village.

There are ten dishes on the table, which symbolizes perfection.

Uncle Chen Jiu brought the wine he brewed himself. Although it was turbid, everyone tasted like fine wine.

But in order to stay sober, there was only one pot of wine, and each person had one glass.

Everyone ate and chatted until the time of Tianjiaozi, when they had eaten dumplings and set off firecrackers before leaving.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Zhou's men arrived again, but this time they were not there to pick up the Zhou sisters. Instead, they came to give the three siblings holiday gifts. However, they were late because the road was difficult to travel on and they were delayed for some time.

The team leader is still Feng Gang.

This time, there were a few more people than last time. Feng Gang said respectfully, "The old man said that he wanted his subordinates to help the eldest master."

Zhou Yu nodded slightly. "Since you're here, why not take a look around and see if there are any changes compared to last time?"

Feng Gang grinned and said, "My Lord, I have seen that the local people have undergone a great transformation, both in terms of their spirit and housing conditions!

"I'm not well-educated, so I don't know how to describe it. I just think this place is a bit like the Peach Blossom Spring."

Zhou Yu shook his head. "It's far from enough. But, when you personally participate in something, it's like planting a seed in the ground. Now it's sprouting and about to bloom. Isn't that a special sense of accomplishment?"

Feng Gang scratched the back of his head and chuckled, then his expression became serious, his posture straight, and he said, "My lord, in the past, my subordinates only focused on the tasks at hand and ignored other matters, as if everything was insignificant.

"But that's not the case. Last year, I helped with farming and harvesting here. I truly understood the difficulties farmers face, and I also understood the determination and difficulties the eldest son faces in improving the livelihood of the people here.

“Nothing in the world can exist independently. In addition to doing your job well, if you do more within your ability, you will reap unexpected rewards.”

Zhou Yu showed approval: "Very good."

Feng Gang and others also brought their own rations, but if Qin Ying was also responsible for their meals, in order to avoid being too tired, Zhou Yu asked them to find villagers to share meals with, provide their own rations, and pay the villagers for food and accommodation.

Feng Gang agreed without hesitation.

There is no needlework in the first month of the year, but classes cannot be delayed.

The class was still held in the side room of Zhao Hu's west house. This room was slightly smaller than the main house, but the windows were larger. A square white area was painted on the north wall, and Qin Ying demonstrated on it with charcoal.

In addition, simple tables and benches were provided for teachers and students to use.

Zhou Yu provided the writing materials.

But everyone cherished this hard-earned learning opportunity, so everyone first practiced with charcoal on a small wooden board, and only put it into practice with pen and ink after mastering it.

Everyone's progress during this period is obvious and everyone is very satisfied.

Gradually, some adults also wanted to come and listen. It didn’t matter how much knowledge they had, at least being able to recognize a few words was good.

But Qin Ying was a young girl, and there were many inconveniences after all, so after discussion, it was decided that disciples such as Zhao Hu, Dashuan, and Erya would choose the location and continue teaching the students.

During the winter, having things like this to do makes everyone feel that life is more enjoyable.

This peaceful and harmonious atmosphere was broken on the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

A group of people dragged their heavy feet into Tongshu Village, letting out a wailing cry.

The villagers were all shocked and rushed out of their homes. When they saw these familiar yet unfamiliar faces, they didn't know what expression to make.

The leader was Feng Youde, the former head of Tongshu Village. Behind him were his wife Chen, his eldest son Feng Degui and his family of four, and his second son Feng Decai and his family of three.

Behind them were several families from Tongshutun who were related to theirs. There were nearly thirty people in total, all carrying bags on their backs and leaning on sticks in their hands.

Feng Youde opened his eyes wide, looking at the clean, tidy and wide streets in front of him and the new and spacious houses on both sides of the streets, and he thought he was dreaming.

Rubbing my eyes, I found that there were some discordant aspects, for example, there were always one or two dilapidated courtyards near the new house.

One of the households looked very familiar; it was their own home.

Soon, Uncle Chen Jiu appeared on the street with a cane. He looked at Feng Youde with a complicated expression and said in a calm voice, "Are you back?"

"Uncle Jiu," Feng Youde didn't expect the old man to still be alive. He quickly suppressed his excitement and asked, "What good thing happened to our village?"

Uncle Chen Jiu's expression became even colder, and he said, "If you didn't know something, would you be willing to come back?"

Feng Youde looked a little embarrassed. He coughed twice and quickly recovered his composure. He said, "As the saying goes, fallen leaves return to their roots! No matter how you fare outside, you'll always have to come back!"

"Uncle Jiu, I heard that our village has had good luck, so we won't leave this time!

"Alas, if we had any hope of survival, we would never have left our hometown! Look at my old daughter... well, even if we left our hometown, we couldn't keep her, and there are still my little grandson and granddaughter..."

He wiped his eyes, his eyes were red, "Finally, God has opened his eyes, and the suffering is over!"

Uncle Chen Jiu's expression softened a bit, and he sighed. If it weren't for the food they dug out from the Feng family, they wouldn't have had a good life. So he said, "Your house is uninhabitable now. My house is too small to accommodate so many people. You can find someone else to stay with for a few days until the house is repaired and then move in."