Chapter 297 298 Playing in the Stream

Jixiang took the two children out of Zhuangzi and turned right, walking along the gravel road paved with sand, lime and yellow mud. The seedlings in the fields on both sides of the gravel road had already tillered. From where they stood, they looked over. A piece of green.

After walking for a while, the corn in the field also grew a foot long, and the green corn leaves swayed back and forth with the wind.

The afternoon sun shone brightly on the earth, and the cicadas in the forest in the distance screamed hot. Jixiang led two children with curious faces, looking around, and they walked for half an hour before they saw him. There are a group of children playing in the stream in front.

The width of the creek was about seven or eight feet wide, and the water was not deep enough to reach the children's calves. I saw them taking off their clothes and pants and placing them beside the desk, and playing naked in the creek one by one. From a distance I heard the children shouting: "Little stutter, edamame, catch the fish if it's about to run away, there's more here... hurry up..."

The third son stood by the boat and saw Jixiang leading the two children. He quickly shouted: "Brother, brother, get up quickly, the steward is here." He shouted and laughed happily around the fish in the stream. Sanzi's shouts could not be heard.

Yangyang and Qijin looked curiously at the naked boys in the stream. Some of them had fair skin, while others were already tanned and shiny.

Sanzi looked at the two white and tender little fat guys curiously, biting his fingers and not daring to go over.

Yang Yang went back and took Ji Xiang's hand and said, "Uncle Ji Xiang, play in the water."

A child named Little Loach was the first to notice Jixiang and the others. He shyly covered his front with his hands and ran to the shore. Jixiang smiled and said, "Little Loach didn't cover the little sparrow and flew out."

The little loach looked down and shouted, "Uncle Steward, you lied to me."

Only then did the children discover Jixiang, Yangyang, and Qijin. They shyly covered them with their hands and ran to the shore.

The brave man ran up to Ji Xiang with his buttocks bare and carrying the fish basket: "Uncle Steward, you see we caught half the basket of fish, including a mullet and several large crucian carps."

Ji Xiang buried his head and took a look. Sure enough, there was a mullet and several palm-sized crucian carps in the fish basket, as well as some small fish and shrimps. They were jumping out of the water in the fish basket.

Yangyang and Qijin were also squatting by the fish basket, curiously looking at the fish and shrimps, poking them with their fat hands from time to time.

Jixiang smiled and said: "Yeah! Not bad, have you taken care of the ducks and geese you put out?"

Shuisheng pointed to the place where he turned and said: "Uncle Steward, we went into the water to play after we cut the grass. Xiao Yezi, Erya, and Orange are watching below!"

"Okay, you are all good boys." Ji Xiang looked over and saw several girls sitting by the stream letting ducks and geese. He held Yangyang and Qijin in hand, "Young Master, you and Qijin are also going to see your brothers. Go catch the fish."

Little Loach had already put on his clothes, walked up to Jixiang, looked at Yangyang and Qijin and asked, "Uncle Steward, which family are they from?"

Jixiang pointed at the two of them and said: "This is the young master of the master's family. This is Qijin. Qijin is Ruyi's son. They live in Zhuangzi these days. My wife also invited her husband to teach us how to read. Come here, everyone. , I’m going to give you a gift to the young master, do you understand that everyone will protect the young master from now on?”

Little Loach, Shuisheng and a dozen other boys gathered around Yangyang and Qijin, and responded loudly: "I understand, Uncle Steward." Then they raised their hands to Yangyang and shouted with the etiquette he had just learned: " You guys have seen the young master weighing seven pounds."

Yangyang looked at them and smiled, leading Qijin to Sanzi and holding his hand, "Brother, go down and play in the water."

"Let's play in the water." Qijin also grabbed Sanzi, and the three of them walked towards the stream.

Jixiang quickly took off their shoes and said with a smile: "Go! Have fun for a while."

A group of children hugged the two of them and ran towards the stream with cheers.

Jixiang stood by the stream, smiling and looking at the two children playing happily in the water.

A child brought the fish basket in front of the two of them, pointed at the small fish inside and said: "Young master, catch the seven-pound fish quickly."

The two children reached out to touch the fish in the fish basket, and quickly retracted their hands. The third son walked up, grabbed a crucian carp, and put it into the fish basket hanging by the stream.

When Yangyang and Qijin saw it, they let go and grabbed it.

Liu Yi took Liu Hanmin to Zhuangzi and met Li Yu. Li Yu saw that Liu Hanmin had good features and a thin body. He walked with a limp leg.

Looking at the two people standing aside with restraint after saluting, he said gently to Liu Hanmin: "Mr. Liu, you mainly teach the children from Zhuangzi, and maybe the children from nearby villages. The number may be a bit large. You mainly teach Teach children how to read and arithmetic, and if there are talented children who want to learn well, we will focus on nurturing them. Your education will be twelve taels a year, including food, accommodation, and clothes for the four seasons."

Liu Hanmin bowed and said, "Student, please remember. Thank you, madam."

Li Yu smiled and said: "Sir, you're welcome. It may take a few days for the desks and chairs in the school to be ready. When they are ready, I will ask Ruyi to pick you up."

"Thank you, madam." Seeing Li Yu accept Liu Hanmin, Liu Yi gratefully bowed to express his thanks and then left with Liu Hanmin.

When Mr. Wen came back from seeing a doctor, he saw Yangyang coming back from the stream. He and Qijin happily followed a group of children back, followed by Jixiang carrying a fish basket.

"Master, we are here!" When the two saw Mr. Wen, they abandoned a group of friends and ran towards Mr. Wen.

Mr. Wen looked at the two children lovingly, "Run slowly, don't fall."

Yangyang's round eyes were full of novelty, and she happily shared with Mr. Wen, "Master, there is water over there. It's fun. We can play in the water and catch fish." As he said this, he held up his chubby hands and made fish-catching shapes. look.

"This is how to catch it," Qijin felt that Yangyang's learning was not accurate, so he spread his fingers to make a fish-catching gesture.

Mr. Wen laughed heartily when he saw the two children's happy faces, "Children should be out and connected to the ground to be healthy."

Jixiang nodded, raised the fish basket in his hand, and said with a smile: "Old man, the children caught some fish in the stream, and we will add vegetables tonight."

"Okay, let's have fish soup tonight." Mr. Wen nodded cheerfully, and Ah Wei smiled and said to Ji Xiang, "Has Madam come to Zhuangzi too?"

"Come, madam and young master will stay at Zhuangzi for a while."

Mr. Wen led the two children inside and said with a smile, "Okay, it's sweltering in the city and it's cool at the foot of the mountain. We'll stay here until the weather gets cool and then go back to the city."

Li Yu took Guyu and Xinghua to clean up the room. Mrs. Yun entered the courtyard, saluted Li Yu with a smile and said, "Madam, do you want the kitchen in the main courtyard to be turned on for cooking?"

Li Yu thought that Mrs. Yun and the others had to take care of the food of forty or fifty people, so he nodded and said: "If you want, you can send the ingredients to the kitchen in the second room, and Mr. Jixiang and the others can eat in the backyard!"

Mrs. Yun smiled and said: "Madam, we have some free time now. Sister-in-law Xue and several sisters-in-law in the outer courtyard are all competing for work. Sister-in-law Xu and I are also idle in the outer yard. It's better for us to come back to cook and clean!" "

Li Yu smiled and said, "Okay, you can just go back to the backyard!"