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After the sky cleared, Jiaoniang did not delay any further. Ji Dahe and his group felt that they were incomparable, so they brought their rations and came to repair the road.

This time, there was also a little girl who came along with him. She was only eight or nine years old, she was lively and quick-witted, called out once she arrived at the Jiaoniang's family, and when she saw that there was someone who wanted to do their work, she rushed to the side to do it.

Jiaoniang asked her why she followed his brother out. Yu Zhu giggled: "This time, when brother goes back mother said he grew a lot taller, I heard brother say that Uncle Ji and the rest ate well while repairing the road, my mother was worried that I didn't have enough food at home, so I decided to make a move. Don't look at my age, I cook and wash everything! His strength was also great! When my brother wasn't home, I was the one who did the family business. "

In order to show off, Yu Gu individually contracted with the road crew to eat three meals a day. As long as Jiaoniang delivered some ingredients to the construction site, Xiao Budian would make his own food.

In order to save his mother and children, they had come out to earn money at a young age. Before he went out to do the construction with Ji Dahe, Yu Gu had even learned to identify herbs from the village doctor with bare feet, but unfortunately, it was dangerous in the mountains. Once, when he accidentally fell down a cliff and injured his leg, his mother wouldn't allow him to go up the mountain. If he did not go up the mountain, he would have to find other ways to earn money. Afraid that he might encounter some danger when he went out, his mother gave him a piece of cloth.

No matter whether it was Jiaoniang or Wang Meihua, they liked this strong and optimistic little girl. Normally, they would send the bamboo fish to bring the cow to cook, and when they were cooking, the cow would graze on the side of the road.

Yu Zhu raised his small head and said, "It's also good for me to set up cattle in the village. I didn't even lose an ox when I was helping Grandpa Li." She patted the cows, "Don't worry, I'll definitely feed the cows!"

Tieh Dan had gotten familiar with her during these few days and knew that her words were not wrong. He reminded her like a little adult, "Big Yellow loves to eat Sweet Elephant Grass the most. When you cook, tie Big Yellow up on a tree beside you and throw the Sweet Elephant Grass away.

"Then when I come back, I'll cut some grass to feed the little rabbit!" The bamboo fish placed the cooking ingredients on the cow's back and mounted it himself. She was obviously a girl, but she was still able to do this kind of thing so she was envious of the orchids.

The road was already built to the latter half of the cultivation, and Jiaoniang no longer planned to send more food in a few days. She needed to cultivate all the way to the eighteen Li Bridge outside Qingyuan County City, at that time, she would send them food from the county's Qiao Family Restaurant.

This afternoon, Ye Xuan was making up a bamboo basket for fishing when Lin Rui came to him with a head full of sweat: "Boss Chen from the county used an oxcart to bring over a tablet, and on it were the names of the big families who donated money to build the road. They said that they wanted to choose a good day to set up the tablet, I came to ask you, what do you plan to do?"

Jiaoniang and Ye Xuan followed Lin Rui to his house to take a look at the monument. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw a two metre tall monument.

"Qing, didn't your son study in the private school for two years? "What's written on it?"

The man called Ah Qing pushed the tanned young man in front of him. "What's all this about?"

The boy's face was slightly red. He had never studied before, but he had spent two years outside the private school listening to the rich. How could it be counted? However, he couldn't not give face to his father in front of everyone. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the dancing cursive script on the white monument. He vaguely recognized a few words, but he wasn't sure.

Everyone laughed and said, "You only know the word 'Chen' after two years of studying?"

"It's better to know the word Chen than the two of you to not know the word Chen." Ah Qing pulled his son over and touched his head. "Once this road is repaired, Father will go to the county and find a job making money. In two years, you will be able to study and read in the county."

Since ancient times, people had yearned to become a scholar, even if they couldn't get a good name. If they could read and write, they could go to the county and be a storekeeper, earning more than others.

The villagers all felt warm inside as they listened to his words. Who would want their own family to have such a glorious scholar? It was a pity that a large sum of money was spent on paper and brushes, not to mention on books. Jiaoniang had just come here to buy a farmer's book, yet she already knew that reading was hard!

Jiaoniang looked at the silent crowd in the village, and started thinking. The main reason for the expensive paper was because their techniques were complicated, and the complex techniques were something that no one could defend against, let alone monopolize. In Jiaoniang's opinion, this was not a difficult matter.

However, after the road was repaired, the villages along the road must have benefited greatly. Once the Lin Village's resources could be exported, there would definitely be a teacher willing to come to the village to teach students.

Thinking about this, Jiaoniang walked to Lin Rui's side and asked: "Patriarch, do you have any ideas?"

Lin Rui hesitated for a moment, he never had any ideas about these things and the woman in the house kept giving him rotten ideas to give him a spotlight, so no matter how he thought about it, it had nothing to do with him at all.

After thinking about it, he still could only ask Jiaoniang. Then, he threw the question to Jiaoniang, "It was your idea to erect the monument, how about you make a decision?"

Those rich people who put down the monument and left, also wanted to make things difficult for Jiaoniang. Once the money was given and the road was repaired, everyone would scold Jiaoniang to the end. However, when the time came for them to be praised, everyone became reserved again. Just based on the names on the monolith, anyone would have to give up for a long time.

Chinese people have always had this habit. When doing something, not to mention doing it, no matter how urgent their hearts were when it came to rewards, they were still calm on the surface.

Jiaoniang also knew that if she did not bang the gongs and drums to erect this tablet, it was unknown how those people would scold her behind her back.

"Leave this matter to me. Have you decided on a good day?" "When?"

"It's tentatively scheduled for five days. Little Charmer, do you need anything from the village on this day?"

Jiaoniang muttered to herself for a bit, "I remember that there was a stage team in the county?"

"Yes, they do, but they all sing at the Eighteen Li Bridge every year …"

"Come here, let them sing in our village. If you give them more money, they should come here too. When the time comes, let's spread it out in the county and let the people from other villages come to watch. We can cut the flowers when there are more people. As long as you come to the theatre, it will all be free! "