Chapter 174 2/3

Their friends would definitely stay if they knew they could eat so well by staying!

Mr. Li is too kind!

Most of them feel this way, except for one boy who said, “He feeds us well so that we’ll work for him.”

This boy is the brother of one of the five girls, named Liu Daniu.

Two years ago, after his father passed away, his uncle seized their family’s land, drove him, his sister, and his mother out.

His mother took him and his sister to live with a tenant farmer. The farmer treated his mother fairly well, but he always looked at him and his sister unfavorably. They would be scolded for taking an extra bite of food.

This time when Li Qingzhi recruited students for the school, the tenant farmer even kicked them out of the house, telling them to come here to study.

“Study”… actually meant they would have to work.

With nowhere else to go, he could only stay, but he felt somewhat unwilling in his heart.

Another boy said, “Isn’t it normal to work in exchange for food?”

This boy is named Zhang Zao, who was driven out by his stepmother. When he heard that Li Qingzhi’s school was recruiting students, he came over early.

He was particularly satisfied with this school.

Before, when he had no food to eat, he even dug up earthworms to fill his stomach… Now, he could eat his fill with a little work, which was great for him.

Liu Daniu glanced at Zhang Zao and said, “I’m just telling the truth.”

Liu Daniu’s sister, Liu Erya, felt a bit uncomfortable. She thought living here was quite good. Why wasn’t her brother satisfied?

Here, they could eat their fill without being scolded by Uncle Wang. After she and her brother left, their mother’s life would be a little better.

Why wasn’t her brother satisfied?

Although Liu Daniu complained a bit, everyone still happily ate their dinner.

On the other side, Li Qingzhi was also having dinner, and then he learned from Jin Xiaoye’s mouth that Wu Baichuan had returned from the capital.

But Jin Xiaoye hadn’t met Wu Baichuan yet, so he didn’t know the specific situation on Wu Baichuan’s side.

Li Qingzhi said, “I’ll visit Shopkeeper Wu this afternoon.”

Chang Duan must have brought some things and news from the capital, and he also wanted to inquire.

After dinner, Li Qingzhi went to the school to check on the students who lived there.

These students had already threshed a lot of rice and split firewood.

“You’re doing great. Take your bowls and go eat,” Li Qingzhi smiled.

He really liked children.

They were the future of humanity!

God knows how much he hoped to see a few children during the apocalypse.

Their meals were cooked by Li Laogen and Zhao Xiaodou, and the vegetables were arranged by Chang Zhan. Li Qingzhi asked Chang Zhan to cook for these children according to the standards of the female workers at Jin Ye Embroidery Workshop.

It’s New Year’s Eve, and everyone else has gone home, leaving them alone at the school… they should at least have some good food.

In the evening, these children had minced meat with garlic leaves and tofu for dinner.

Chang Zhan took a piece of pork, fried the fat part in a pot to render the fat, chopped the lean meat and added it to the pot to stir-fry, then added tofu and soy sauce to stew, and finally sprinkled with garlic leaves…

Each child’s bowl was filled to the brim, mixed with rice, and it smelled delicious!

These children all looked like they wanted to bury their faces in their bowls… Li Qingzhi asked them to go back to eat and sleep early.

After these people left, Li Qingzhi had dinner and then went to see the things Chang Duan had sent back.