Otherworldly Days

The smoke from cooking in the small village is rising. Only those who go out to work come back at this time. Someone at home has cooked and waited for them.No one in the family cooks, so I will start cooking when I come back later.

In Caojia Village now, as long as they are not lazy, they all have a job to do. Both the man and brother in the family go out to work. After a month, the whole family can live a good life.The family's fields are usually managed by my father and mother, and the vegetables grown can be sold at a good price.If the children are older, they don’t need to worry about it. Some people’s children have picked up a lot of money when they went to pick fruit.

After the family has income, there is some money on hand, meat appears on the dining table, and the rice cooked in the pot can also fill the stomach. It is no longer like before, where there are not a few grains of rice in a pot of porridge. Calling hungry, let alone adults who have to work all day, only two bowls of porridge in one day, no oil and salt, adults and children are all hungry and emaciated.

But now, everyone can eat enough, and life is getting better.

Now everyone's life is getting better, and everyone in the village knows that they rely on Cao Silang, who grow vegetables, who raise chickens and ducks, who raise chickens and ducks, and who work hard.They heard that Cao Silang is planning to build an academy, and the children don't need to study in the academy. In the future, their children can also be sent to the academy to learn a few words, and they don't have to work as hard as their parents.

At sunset, the brother in the small kitchen was cooking, and the man who came back from home sat on the small bench to rest for a while, and a group of people came to their house.

"Village, village head, why are you here? Come in and sit down." The man sitting at the door saw a group of people entering their house, so he stood up quickly and pulled a small bench for everyone to sit.

The brother who was cooking inside heard the sound and came out to help move out the long bench for the guests to sit on.

"We are here today for some business." Chen Hong followed Cao Gang's team, and he explained the reason for his visit with a smile.

"...The academy will be built next year, and the children in your family can also be sent to the academy to study. In the future, children aged four to seven will be exempted from studying. I think the two children in your family are suitable. I don’t need to finish my studies when I send them to study next year, after a few years of study, I will be able to read and write in the future, and it will be easy for me to go to the town to find a job.” His eyes are also sharp, and the two children he saw playing in the yard are old enough for school .

"Yes, yes, this is a good thing, and we have to pay for it." The young brothers all wanted to send their children to study. They never dared to think that their children could go to school. Now their children If you spend a little money, you can send them to the academy to study.

Now the village head brings everyone to raise money to build the academy, and they are reluctant to give it. It is a good thing that the academy is built.

The two went back to the house and discussed it. When they came out, the brother of the family came out with some money in his hand, and said with some embarrassment on his face, "At home, the family doesn't have much money. , don’t be disgusted.”

"No, no, it's all meaning." Chen Hong took the money, counted it carefully, and wrote down the name and the amount, got up and said, "We still have to go to other people's houses in the village, so we will Stop bothering."

"Okay, everyone, go slowly."

Most of the people in the village would give them a little when they came and explained their purpose, but there were also some who went, saying that their families had no money, and some were reluctant to take out a copper coin, and they didn't force them.

A group of people walked from one house to the next until it was almost dark, so they stopped walking.

The team of Sun Yanmiao who went to the outer village did not return to the village until dark.

Every morning, everyone gathers at the management office of the village, counts the money raised the day before, deposits it, and hands it to the village head, Cao Gang, for safekeeping.The three teams started from the management office and went outside to raise money for the academy.

After walking for three days, they ended up raising money.

In the morning three days later, everyone arrived at the management office, and today they wanted to count the money raised.The money raised by each team was sealed in a money bag. The money bag was untied, and the copper plates that were poured out rattled, and there were also scraps of silver mixed in, filling half of the table.

"I've never seen so much money in my life." Someone said with a smile.

No, many people here have never seen so much money in their lives.

Among the three teams, Cao Xiangnan's team undoubtedly had the most money raised, and his money was basically silver, as well as bank notes.Cao Xiangnan took out a money bag containing banknotes, both in large and small denominations, because he remembered clearly who gave the banknotes, "This is from Wang County Magistrate, and this is from Yipinzhai. This is……"

The money given by the magistrate Wang?

The money from Yipinzhai in the town?

The mouths of many people sitting here are slightly open.

All the money was counted, and they were compared one by one with the amount they recorded. There was no problem with the amount, and they were all matched.

This result was much better than what Cao Xiangnan had imagined. Originally, he thought that if the money raised was not enough, he would make up for it.Now it seems that this academy can build a good land, and we can buy dozens of acres of land to count towards the academy. In the future, the teachers in the academy will not have to worry about their salaries.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but if you start well, then you will get twice the result with half the effort.

Cao Xiangnan also told everyone about the academy in detail. Although he didn't hold any position in the village, he was the one who initiated the building of the academy, and now most of the things in the academy still require him Responsible, everyone has no opinion on this.

He also didn't plan to take care of everything by himself, wouldn't that just exhaust himself to death?So Cao Xiangnan divided the tasks one by one and handed them over to everyone, and let everyone be responsible for one piece. He just needs to control the overall situation.

As for Cao Gang, Cao Xiangnan explained to Cao Gang all the things that need to be paid attention to.

After his garment workshop was built, Cao Dapeng's family had already been optimistic about the future and started to build a new house. Some of his people were transferred to Cao Dapeng's house to build a house, and the rest who wanted to go home were put away for a few days. Go home on leave to rest for two days, and come back the day before the foundation at the academy.

In the afternoon of this day, Master Feng came to him, Cao Gang also came, the two deputy village chiefs and the other ten representatives were also invited, and everyone came to discuss the matter of building the academy.

On the original drawing, Cao Xiangnan enlarged the drawing again.Originally, I thought about how much money I had to do, but now I don’t have to worry about money. Since this academy was prepared in a big way from the beginning, it must be built.

After discussing with Master Feng, a basic prototype of the academy was determined, and the rest will be discussed in detail step by step before arrangement.

"We will build the house on the east side before winter, and the house on the east side will be ready for use in March next year. When the academy starts in March next year, the children will have a place to study and lecture. .”

"As for the houses on these three sides, we will wait until the new year, when the first snow melts, and then start construction." So now it is enlarged, and it was originally planned to be built before winter, but now it is impossible, Cao Xiangnan This time had to be postponed.

Fortunately, they can build a part first and use it first, and then continue to build the latter, and the academy will be gradually improved.Now that the academy is built all at once, there may not be so many people coming next year, not to mention that it cannot be built in a short time now.

Think of those engineering teams in the last life, who can build a community in just three months, and each building has dozens of floors.However, in this era that still relies on manpower and animal power, building an academy is not a small matter, and it will be completed quickly next year.

Master Feng nodded, knowing that they could only complete one side of the work before winter this year, and said, "These three sides will not start until next year."

As for the personnel arrangement, all the people in Master Feng's place are managed by Master Feng, and Cao Xiangnan does not interfere with his affairs. As long as the house is built this year, everyone can come back to build it next year.However, everyone will not let good money go without making money. You don't have to worry about this construction period next year.

Everyone didn't stay with him for dinner, the academy was going to start tomorrow, and everyone had to rush back to arrange other things, so they all rushed away.

On the contrary, Master Feng and Cao Gang stayed with him for dinner before going back.

Everyone drank a little wine at the dinner table, and Master Feng fell in love with it after taking a sip of rice wine, so when Master Feng was about to go back, Cao Xiangnan gave him a small jar of wine to take away.

Now if the construction period of the academy is to be extended, his own plan will have to be changed.Originally, he wanted to build his food processing workshop next year after Master Feng finished building the academy. Besides, he wanted to add another yard to his house, so he could only make arrangements at that time.

After Master Feng left, the rest of their old acquaintances sat down and drank together.

"Bai Shu, are you temporarily staying with Brother Cao Gang now? I will arrange a new place for you next year." Originally, it was planned to arrange for Liu Baishu and the others to live in the dormitory over the garment workshop, but there was a lot of traffic going in and out there. It's my brother, it's not convenient for a few men to live there, Cao Xiangnan asked Liu Baishu, and wanted to hear what they thought.

"Otherwise, we can continue to build two more yards on our side, depending on your wishes."

After discussion, it was simply decided to build a yard here after the spring of next year.

After everyone left his house, Cao Xiangnan slumped on his seat and let out a big breath. He really felt that this day was too tiring and the focus was still endless.

A hand touched his back, he grabbed it, and when he turned around, he saw Qi Wanfeng standing behind him smiling.Seeing Fulang like this, Qi Wanfeng knew that he was tired, and felt a little distressed.

"It's okay, I'm not tired." Cao Xiangnan rubbed his hand on his face and said.