Li Jiu returned along Zhenyang Avenue and soon arrived at the residential area, where he saw his two children waiting on the side of the road from a distance.

If the famine was the most fortunate thing for him, it was undoubtedly that the children survived. The eldest daughter is nine years old this year, and the son is six years old this year, and they all seem to be very energetic now.

"Zi said, learn and learn...... Practice? ”

When Li Jiu came closer, he found a crowd of children surrounding the neighbor's children, wearing Confucian shirts and reciting. It's just that he just started reciting, and it turned out that he was stuck there.

The son sat cross-legged on the ground, and despite the anxious look on the neighbor's child's face, the son's eyes were undoubtedly filled with admiration and envy.

"Daddy! Daddy! ”

The daughter was the first to spot him, and immediately screamed proudly, and then the son also raised his head, his face was filled with excitement, and he also shouted at him.

"Go home!"

Li Jiu is not a person who talks much, even for his children, he cherishes words like gold. Just looking at this elated child, he was also extremely satisfied.

The one-bedroom room assigned to the Yamen family is on the second floor, and the house number is Yuzi No. 8.

Although the yamen repeatedly insisted that it belonged to him, he always felt that the yamen had helped him enough, and he only borrowed the house and returned it to the yamen when he left.

"Mother, we're back!"

When the three of them reached the upper floor, his daughters ran into the house in high spirits.

Li Jiu followed behind and walked into the door, although the house was narrow, but it was very warm. Seeing that the food had been put on the table, I was also a little moved, my wife Huang not only did needlework all the time, but also made good dishes.

"You're back!" Huang greeted her husband with a smile as she watched her husband return.

Li Jiu nodded slightly, and then was about to sit down at the table, when he suddenly saw a sea crab on the table, and immediately asked with some dissatisfaction, "How much did this crab cost?" ”

"Thirteen cents for one, I bought a total of four!" Huang looked at him worriedly and replied in a low voice.

Li Jiu's brows furrowed even deeper, and after calculating in his heart, he immediately pointed at the flower crab with some anger and asked, "This cost more than seventy yuan?" ”

"Dad, there aren't so many! Thirteen times four, which is equal to fifty-two, so the mother spent fifty-two dollars! The big girl on the side pointed to the right way.

Hey? Fifty-two?

Li Jiu immediately felt a burst of surprise, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at his eldest daughter, and then looked up at his wife and said, "Is the eldest girl right?" ”

"Yes, it's fifty-two cents!" Huang nodded, looking at his daughter in surprise.

The girl named Da Ya seemed cheerful, and said a little proudly, "Our abacus teacher said that I am very talented in arithmetic!" Dad, when I grew up, I wanted to be a bookkeeper in Lianzhong Workshop! ”

Li Jiu glanced at his daughter in surprise again, and found that this place was really very different from his hometown.

Xiao Yamen founded a girls' school, which was a free school, but only admitted girls of appropriate age. Without his consent, his wife sent her daughter, who had been attending classes there for two months.

I thought that going to that girls' school was just a place for a few girls to play together, but I didn't expect that the school seemed to really teach my daughter some practical things.

The son suddenly raised his face and said seriously, "Dad, I also want to be like the big dog, I can go to the school to take classes!" In the future, I will be able to be like Brother Hu Niu, and be a good official who asks for the people's life! ”

"Eat!"

Li Jiu's brows furrowed and he said sternly.

For his son to study, this is something he never dared to think about. Even if a solid family, in order to provide for a child to study, it even has to sell the property, not to mention that his family only has a few thin fields, where can he afford to provide for his son to go to school.

Huang looked at Li Jiu like this, shook his head gently at his son, and then beckoned them to the table to eat.

"You can eat this crab separately!"

Li Jiu knew that if they returned to their hometown this time, they would not have the opportunity to eat this top-notch delicacy again, and even if they wanted to eat some oil and water in the future, they would probably have to celebrate the New Year's Festival.

Huang looked at her husband like this, but she sighed gloomily, and silently divided the four sea crabs to men and women.

Li Jiu saw this scene in his eyes, but he didn't feel it in his heart. Since his wife married him, the best day turned out to be this escape, and there is no oil at home on weekdays.

It was time to eat when there was a sudden commotion outside.

Li Jiu didn't want to pay attention to it at first, he had never been a person who liked to join in the fun, but suddenly his ears shrugged, because he heard a familiar voice, it seemed to be the clan uncle who had returned home.

When he walked out of the balcony, there was already a large group of people outside, and below was the clan uncle who seemed to have fled the famine, who was sitting on the ground and crying to everyone, "My ten acres of land are all occupied by the surname Qin, woo woo......"

"I told him not to go back!"

"He has ten acres of good land at home, how can he be easily persuaded to live!"

"The Qin family is a toast, this field will definitely not come back!"

……

When the onlookers saw this scene, they also regretted it.

Li Jiu naturally knew the Tusi Qin family, not to mention that the Qin family was in Bobai County, even in Yulin Prefecture, no one dared to provoke it. Once the land is occupied, how can it be recovered?

"What? He didn't come here to find a job, he wanted to come to the Leizhou Mansion to complain? ”

"This Bobai is under the management of Wuzhou Mansion, and Wuzhou Mansion is under the control of Guangxi, how do you let Leizhou Mansion interfere?"

"He's sick and rushed to the doctor! But what if I find the prefect of Wuzhou, I don't believe that the prefect of Wuzhou can help small people like us! ”

……

After learning of the bitter master's intentions, everyone shook their heads. Although they all know that the Lin Lei Guild is a good official who is the master of the people and is the master of the blue sky in the world, he has no right to meddle in Guangxi.

"Even if you want to come back, what can you do? If you offend the Qin family, can you still have a peaceful child? ”

Li Jiu sighed secretly in his heart, and suddenly felt uneasy about the way back. In particular, his few thin fields were not registered in the government at all, and once they were occupied, there was no reason to go at all.

When he turned to go back to the house, he followed his wife's gaze, and saw that her mouth was about to open, knowing that she wanted to say something, but he glared at her fiercely.

He knew that his wife wanted to stay here, and although there were not so many relatives here, and he seemed unfamiliar here, life here was much better than before.

Not only was the family able to eat enough, but they also lived comfortably. In addition, the law and discipline here are strict, and there is no need to worry about grievances like the clan uncle, and everyone here is in awe of the Ming law.

When it was time to go to bed for dinner, his wife Huang suddenly said, "In charge, I'm not afraid to live a hard life with you, but for the sake of the children, let's stay!" ”

Li Jiu was silent, and just when his wife lost hope, he silently hugged his wife and said the word "good".

But it's not that his determination is not firm enough, but that the world doesn't allow his persistence. Most importantly, it's a paradise compared to the village.

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