Zhou Xue said aggrievedly: "Brother Congyu and sister Yue'an both have small private treasury, and sister Shen Xi also has one. Many brothers and sisters in the village have saved private money. Sometimes when salesmen come to the village, they can buy what they like. something.”
Zhou's mother was really shocked. These days, only rich families would let their children carry money. Who would dare to give money to their children? The children in the village can save their own money, which shows that the villagers are really wealthy.
She thought for a moment and said, "Then just keep it to yourselves and don't spend money randomly."
"Great! Thank you grandma!"
The two children hurriedly took the money bags and ran into the house.
Mrs. Ye disagreed and said: "Mom, they are still so young, how can you let them manage their own money? What if they lose it or spend it randomly?"
Mother Zhou shook her head and sighed softly, "The children in the village are all rich. If they don't have money, they will feel inferior when they go out. You should pay attention carefully for a while. As long as they don't mess around, just let them go."
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She only has two precious grandchildren, so she naturally has to pamper them.
Even her mother-in-law had spoken, and Mrs. Ye had no choice but to agree.
In the next half month, as soon as the children opened their eyes, they would run to the back hill without even bothering to eat breakfast. If adults didn't remind them, they could work hard in the strawberry field all day long.
Mrs. Ye thought that her two children could only survive for three minutes and would not be able to hold on for two or three days. Little did she know that they, along with the children in the village, persisted for half a month and saved up almost one or two and a half.
Seeing the two children working so hard, Zhou's mother felt extremely distressed, but she didn't tell them to stop doing it.
Mrs. Ye originally objected to the children saving their own money, but now she no longer mentions it.
It’s really hard for her to take away the children’s hard-earned money.
After half a month of busy farming, the children were driven back to school. All of them were dark and thin, but everyone was in good spirits and became closer to each other.
Zhou Ran saw this and was very pleased.
After the first batch of strawberry jam is processed, the caravan transporting woolen sweaters and strawberry jam sets off again.
This is the caravan's first business trip this year.
Hundreds of carriages pulling goods rolled out of the village.
Such a big battle really shocked the Zhou family. They finally understood why Shenjiazhuang was so rich.
The caravan had just left, and Xigua was about to lose.
Chu Heng and Shen Ying discussed it and asked the children to help for three more days.
The children took the opportunity to earn some more copper coins.
In the hot summer, there is something special about juicy and thirst-quenching watermelon.
Su Tai knew that the children were working hard, so she sent fifty watermelons to the school and asked her husband to share them with the children.
The children sat in rows in the yard, each holding a piece of melon, eating a bite, and saying a word. They competed with each other to see who could recognize more words. This aroused the children's competitive spirit. The winner would get extra money. Get an extra piece of watermelon.
In such an atmosphere, the learning effect is doubled.
Chu Heng and Zhou Ran discussed it and let students in different classes compete with each other. The first place would be rewarded, which instantly improved the children's learning motivation.
In this learning atmosphere, the autumn harvest came in a blink of an eye.
Zhou Ran only felt that it had not been long since the last busy farming season, so why was a new round of busy farming coming again!
This time it was grain harvesting, a major matter related to the villagers' rations.
Children will work hard even if they have no money to earn.
By the time everyone gathered the food, it was getting cold. Shen Yi took the government officials back to the village and was surrounded by villagers as they walked home.
Halfway down the road, he found his twin and called out.
The twins pulled Zhou Yi and Zhou Xue over and ran over, "Dad! Dad! You are back!"
Shen Yue'an let go of Zhou Xue's hand and pounced on Shen Yi.
Playing dirty.
Shen Yi didn't dislike it either. He held her with one hand and picked up Shen Congyu with the other. He looked at the Zhou brothers and sisters again and said, "It's a little unfamiliar. Whose family are they from?"
"It's brother Zhou Yi and sister Zhou Xue from Mr. Zhou's family." Shen Yue'an pointed to Zhou Ran not far away.
Zhou Ran hurried over to see the ceremony, "Greetings to the county magistrate."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, there is no need to be polite. I will bring people back to do things. You are busy."
Shen Yue'an was carried home by Shen Yi, and kept gesticulating and shouting at the Zhou brothers and sisters, "I'll play with you later!"
Shen Yi looked at the little guy in his arms amusedly, "Aren't you afraid that your mother will clean you up after you are so dirty?"
"My mother doesn't know that!" Shen Yue'an raised her chin proudly.
The father and son entered the house.
The first thing Su Tai said was disgust, "You're so dirty. Are you playing in the field again? Clean yourself up before you come out."
The twins struggled down to the ground and ran to the bathroom.
Shen Yi asked funnyly: "I thought you would hit them."
Su Tai scolded angrily: "It's just dirty. Compared with what they caused before, I should be happy."
"Hahaha" Shen Yi laughed and turned around to fill the water and wash his hands.
Seeing that he was in a good mood, Su Tai asked curiously, "How's the coal thing going?"
Shen Yi looked like I knew you were going to ask, and said: "Mr. Lu was cautious and asked someone to test it for half a month. After confirming that the thing was really coal, he immediately wrote a letter to inform the prefect, and the prefect personally took the people. I came here and studied it for ten more days before sending it to the imperial capital
The imperial envoy came quite quickly. Our house has been demolished and hollowed out. The good news is that the ground is full of coal. The bad news is that we will not get back the money we paid for the house. ”
"Ah? The government dug up our house and refused to compensate us? How can there be any truth in the world!" Su Tai groaned dissatisfied.
Although she is not short of that little money, whose money is blown by the strong wind, how can the people in the government be so shameless!
Shen Yi touched his nose nonchalantly, feeling a little helpless, "No matter who makes me the county magistrate, I must lead by example."
“Leading by example?”
Shen Yi's expression gradually became serious, "We suspect that the coal mine is very wide and has been dug for more than ten feet. It's like a bottomless pit. Mr. Lu means to dig outwards with our house as the center and take a look at this coal mine." How big is the scope, and do you think the people nearby can agree?”
Su Tai shook her head without thinking, "If the place where I found it wasn't a pond and it was so smelly, I wouldn't have agreed to dig it!"
Shen Yi helplessly spread his hands, "Even a person like you who understands justice thinks so, let alone others. The court wants to spend money to solve the problem, but our county has to advance the money first. There are so many families , it may also involve shops on the street, and the county seat may have to be moved. This kind of major event is beyond our ability, and we need the court to send people to support. I have been busy with these things these days, and I can’t come back until I catch up with the autumn harvest. One trip.”
When Su Tai heard this, she could only admit that she was unlucky, "I don't have to pursue the matter of the house, but if the county wants to compensate for the land, you can't let it go out stupidly."
"I understand." Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
I had a meal at home, packed my winter clothes and left again. (End of chapter)