Ten days later a village in the northern part of Great Qin.
At this time the sun, which had almost reached the middle of the sky, was emitting infinite light and heat.
The crops in the fields were all a little wilted, and even the insects were hiding.
Yet there were a few farmers who were panting and labouring in the fields.
No one spoke, everyone saved what strength they had left to do something.
At that moment a couple of teenage farmers came over the ridge, saw the farmers in the field, and shouted, “The
“Huo! Why don’t you go to school, that Mr Su, he’s so nice.”
“Yeah, and brought us snacks to eat.”
“It’s that sweet-smelling stuff.”
Hearing the shouts of the teenagers, a teenage farmer labouring in the field just gave them a breathless wave as a greeting.
Soon the teenagers left after talking for a while.
It was only then that the teenage farmer gasped for breath, and with some caution, said to the elderly farmer next to him that
“Father, I also want to go to school.”
The aged farmer, however, just didn’t answer the other’s words, wiped a handful of sweat, and then said.
“After we’ve done this, we’ll get two potatoes, and then we’ll be able to rest.”
“This land isn’t ours, so we have to take care of it carefully, or the other party won’t come to us next time.”
“You don’t want to go back to being a slave either.”
The field wasn’t their own, they were just helping with the farm work.
Hearing this, the peasant boy couldn’t help but shiver, he certainly didn’t want to go back to being treated like an animal.
It was just that the exhaustion of physical exhaustion, and the feeling of almost being roasted by the sun, made him unable to resist complaining.
“Father, I don’t want to.”
After saying that, the farmer boy stopped saying anything more and started to continue doing farm work.
Looking at the way the teenager continued to labour, a trace of guilt flashed in the eyes of the aged farmer, he was too old, when the northern conscription took place, he was not selected.
Although he knew that the 150,000 slave-born recruits died with only 5,000 left in the end, the families of those recruits who died in battle were given land.
And although they were restored to freedom by the government, they didn’t have any fields.
They could only get some pay by doing work for farmers who had fields but lacked labour, with the help of the farmers.
They supported each other and barely survived.
Now it is true that there are gentlemen in all villages who teach for free, but they have no land, and even if schooling is free, he has no way of getting his children to go to school without doing anything.
Sighing slightly in his heart, the old aged farmer quickly continued to lower his head and prepare for work.
With a little sigh in his heart, the old farmer quickly continued to lower his head and get ready to work.
Just then a shout rang out again in the distance.
“Old Huo, Old Huo! There’s something good!”
The aging farmer looked up to see that it was the farmer who usually helped him, holding something in his hand, walking towards him, and he also hurriedly walked towards the other party.
He was still extremely respectful towards the farmer.
When he got closer, he saw that the other party was holding some cloths and grain in his hands, and only when they met, the farmer shoved the cloths and grain into his hands.
“This is all yours.”
Touching the grain and cloth in his hand, Old Huo directly froze and
“This is…”
The farmer said with a smile at this time, the
“Don’t worry, this is a gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Great Qin and the Nong Clan’s Holy Maiden, they’re going to organise a wedding ceremony, this is their original supplies, so it’s all for us now.”
“I can tell you these are all good things.”
“You’ll have a good winter.”
Saying this, a trace of envy flashed in the eyes of the farming family, he didn’t have any of these things.
Of course, it wasn’t like he didn’t have some bad thoughts in his heart, people, who doesn’t want good things?
It’s just that the monitoring of the farming family is very strict now, once it is discovered, it will be expelled from the farming family and handed over to the government.
Old Huo heard, touching the cloth and food in his hand, for a moment did not know what to say, only repeated the nerd said.
“Many thanks to Your Highness the Crown Prince, many thanks to the Holy Maiden.”
The Nong family also lamented at this time that
“Hey, this is your good fortune, alright, I still have to go deliver to others, so I’ll leave first.”
After saying that, the farmer left the place.
And Old Huo looked at the cloths in his hand, his complexion changed for a while, these cloths he definitely won’t use by himself, taking them to the market can exchange them for quite a few things.
There was no problem in getting through this winter, after all, it wasn’t like their requirements were high.
But he looked at his son who was still standing in the field, his eyes full of numbness, like a dried up calf, and made a decision in his heart.
Licking his dry lips, Old Huo said.
“You don’t have to do the work tomorrow.”
Hearing this, the peasant boy’s eyes flashed with confusion and he asked, the
“Father I don’t have to do work, so what am I going to do?”
Old Huo touched the cloth in his hand and said.
“You go to school too.”
The peasant boy stared, then said.
The peasant boy stared, then said.
“But Father then the work in the field…”
Not waiting for the other party to finish, the old farmer interrupted the other party and said.
“Doing this little bit of work, I don’t have any problem with it, it’s just to save a little bit, but you have to remember that this is your only chance, if it doesn’t work out, then you’ll come back and honestly follow me to work, this three acres of land is enough for you to live for the rest of your life.”
The farmer boy nodded, in his mind but he was already fuming, he absolutely could not let go of this opportunity!
Early the next morning, after drinking a few mouthfuls of cool water and carrying a steamed potato in his arms, the peasant boy followed those peasant boys from yesterday and left the village.
Along the way, listening to the words of the teenagers from the same village, Xiao Huo’s heart was nervous and apprehensive.
He did not know what kind of situation he would face.
“Huo, don’t worry, Mr Su is fine.”
The companion next to him comforted him.
Soon the group arrived at a few wooden huts nestled in the wilderness, where many teenagers just like them could be seen.
A simple wooden sign hung on the gate of the huts reading four big words.
Crane School House.
Of course he couldn’t read it.
After following his companion all the way into a classroom, he saw a slightly handsome young man occupying the very top.
The teenagers saw each other and shouted.
“Hello Mr Su.”
The slightly handsome young man smiled and nodded, looked down below and said with a few moments of surprise that
“It seems like there are more people today, which is a good thing.”
Before he could ask why, a teenager below said, with a hint of pride, that
“Mr Su, my father said that it was the Crown Prince and the Nong Clan’s Holy Maiden who sent us the things for them to hold their wedding ceremony, and that we won’t have to worry about it this winter, so my father asked me to come and try it out.”
“Me too!”
Huo, one of the teenagers, also nodded.
Seeing this scene, Su’s complexion, however, became slightly complicated as he softly whispered to himself.
“He really arrived here, just how did the marriage ceremony take place here?”
“I should go and take a look as well.”
Soon, Mr Su came back to his senses, revealed a smile and said to the teenagers that
“We’ll start class now.”