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Chapter 145: Education 3/4
Yesterday’s incident had indeed embarrassed and annoyed him a lot, but since Magistrate Zhang didn’t blame him, he naturally wouldn’t hold it against his wife.
His wife cried again.
County Magistrate Gou didn’t know why she was crying, feeling a little annoyed. “Has that Mother Yang been sent away yet?”
His wife sobbed, “I don’t know…”
“I’ll go send her away!” County Magistrate Gou said, then went out to have someone send Mother Yang away immediately.
Mother Yang cried and didn’t want to leave, but County Magistrate Gou had given the order… She could only pack up and leave. Before leaving, she didn’t even get to see County Magistrate Gou’s wife.
County Magistrate Gou felt relieved after sending Mother Yang away.
Mother Yang would occasionally nag at him, and sometimes because of her, he didn’t want to see his wife. Who wants to talk to his wife when someone is constantly nagging beside her, making him do this and that!
But now that Mother Yang was gone, he didn’t want to see his wife either.
At least he would wait until she stopped crying before going.
As for what to do next… He couldn’t disappoint Magistrate Zhang’s high regard; he had to continue to work for the people of Chongcheng County!
County Magistrate Gou was very excited, but after wandering around for a while, he didn’t know what he could do.
After thinking about it, he went to find Li Qingzhi.
After seeing Magistrate Zhang off, Li Qingzhi didn’t go to the school to study but planned to write a few essays well and send them to Magistrate Zhang.
He valued the “Anjiang Collection” a lot and hoped his articles could be published in it.
The timing of his participation in the imperial examinations was quite good; the provincial examinations were held twice every three years, with the district examinations next year and the metropolitan examinations the year after…
He wasn’t young anymore, and Li Qingzhi hoped he could become a Jinshi in the year after next.
After becoming a Jinshi, he would be much more convenient in what he wanted to do in the future.
Li Qingzhi wrote until noon before going downstairs to eat, and then he saw Li Damao, Li Ermao, and Zhao Xiaodou had already returned, each holding a bowl and showing something to Chang Cui.
Li Qingzhi leaned over to take a look and found three small fish in the bowl, especially small, only about three centimeters long.
These kinds of small fish were quite common in the rivers of Chongcheng County, occasionally splashing water might catch them, but if one deliberately tried to catch them, they might not be able to.
“Where did these fish come from?” Li Qingzhi asked.
Li Ermao replied, “Dad, someone gave them to us!”
Zhao Xiaodou explained, “Cousin, a classmate caught some small fish and gave us three.”
“These fish are quite fun,” Li Qingzhi smiled and asked, “Do you want to keep them?”
“Yes!” the four children said in unison.
“Then it won’t work to keep them in the bowl, you’ll need to keep them in a basin or a bucket…” Li Qingzhi found a wooden basin for the three children to keep the fish and suggested they also put some water plants in the basin.
When Jin Xiaoye, along with her parents, Jin Father, Jin Mother, and her sister Jin Xiaoshu, entered through the back door, they saw Li Qingzhi and the three children staring at a basin.
“Are you playing with water again?” Jin Xiaoye asked.
“No, we’re planning to raise three small fish,” Li Qingzhi invited Jin Xiaoye to see the fish they were raising.
The fish were too small, and Jin Xiaoye took a while to find them, somewhat puzzled. “What are you raising these fish for? If you use this basin to raise fish, then there will be one less basin at home.”
“We’re raising them for fun, we can buy another basin,” Li Qingzhi said.
In the past, Jin Xiaoye would have thought this was too wasteful, but now that she had money, she didn’t care about one less basin.
Jin Xiaoshu added, “Damao, Ermao, do you like small fish? Uncle will bring some fish for you when he catches them in the future.”
“Thank you, Uncle!” Li Damao and Li Ermao immediately said.
Li Qingzhi got up and asked Jin Xiaoye, “Is the shop ready?”
“Everything is ready, we can open tomorrow,” Jin Xiaoye said.
After the Juewei Restaurant opened, Li Qingzhi suggested that Jin Father and Jin Mother rent a small house in the county to specialize in selling braised meats.
Although there were braised meats sold at the Juewei Restaurant on this side of the New Wharf, it was not so convenient for people in the county to buy braised meats, and Jin Father and Jin Mother opening a shop in the county would not have bad business.
Of course, even if the business wasn’t good, Li Qingzhi hoped they would open the shop.
Jin Father and Jin Mother looked quite old, but they were not very old, and they were diligent. It was completely unrealistic to expect them to not work.
But doing farm work in the countryside is too tiring; it’s better to open a shop in the county.
Some time ago, Jin Xiaoshu was busy with this matter. Now that the shop is ready, it can open tomorrow.
At that time, Jin Father and Jin Mother will come to the county with Jin Xiaoshu in the morning, then open the shop to sell braised meats, and after a day, they can return home… How good!
“Sigh, we’re both so old, and we’re still opening a shop…” Jin Mother muttered softly, feeling anxious.
She usually doesn’t talk to people in the countryside, so opening a shop… can she manage it?
“Dad, Mom, if you don’t open it, someone else will open the shop first, and the money will be earned by someone else…” Li Qingzhi sighed.
Jin Mother immediately said, “We will open it, we will definitely open it.”
“Sorry for the trouble, Mom and Dad,” Li Qingzhi said.
“No trouble, no trouble at all,” Jin Mother immediately replied.
Jin Xiaoye smiled as she watched Li Qingzhi coaxing her parents.
Actually, it didn’t matter if someone else opened the shop. After all, all the braised meats were bought from Juewei Restaurant.
But her parents had to say so, so they would obediently go and open the shop.
At noon, Chang Zhan didn’t come back to cook, so they had a simple meal.
But for ordinary people, it was already quite abundant; there were not only braised meats on the table but also several kinds of vegetables.
If it were in modern times, Li Qingzhi would definitely not let the children eat braised meats every day, after all, there were too many additives.
But the braised meats from Juewei Restaurant didn’t have any additives, and the chickens and ducks they used were all raised on grains and vegetables, absolutely pollution-free. It didn’t matter to eat a little every day.
They talked as they ate, and Sister Fang Jinniang expressed that she would continue to work in the embroidery workshop in the future.
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