”Yes, then we won’t have to work so hard on growing crops. Just sitting there and fiddling with abacus beads can earn us more than twenty taels of silver a year.” Liu Huaxiang continued.

　　Xing’er asked why his bedding roll was gone when he came back, and he guessed it was left in the prefecture or county just like Guangzong’s.

　　Li Zhouzhou knew that his second aunt and second uncle were happy, so of course he showed his support, “That’s great, it’s free time and you can earn a lot.”

　　”That’s right. Guangzong has been smart since he was young. He was brave enough to climb trees when he was four or five years old…”

　　After that, Liu Huaxiang talked all the way and entered the village, and she told everyone she met that her family member Guangzong stayed in the prefecture and county and would not come back, as he would learn accounting from her younger brother-in-law and would be a resident of the prefecture and county in the future. The villagers envied her and shouted that Liu Huaxiang was blessed, and that when Guangzong became rich in the future, he would take his parents to the prefecture and county to enjoy a good life.

　　Compared to Li Zhouzhou’s one or two words, the words of the uncles and aunts in the village tickled Liu Huaxiang more. She laughed so hard that her teeth came out. She didn’t cook that day. Listening to the villagers’ praises was better than eating anything else.

　　Xing’er was also happy. If Guangzong got better, his parents’ family would be established, and he would be more comfortable and speak louder in his husband’s family.

　　Before the night had passed, the news that Li Guangzong of the Li Er family stayed in the prefecture to learn accounting had spread to almost every household in the village.

　　Everyone said, no wonder Li Er had sent food to the prefecture and county for so many years, it turned out that the food was not sent in vain by waiting here. Naturally, they mentioned the old things and bad things of the Li family in the past, but they all felt sorry for Li Da and felt that no matter how strong Li Da was, he could not catch up with the little brother in the prefecture and county, let alone Li Lao Er.

　　Reiji also bought a cow.

　　But things are different now. Although people still have the same sympathy for the weak as they did in the past, the Li people are living a good life. Just look at how much they sold their ten acres of paddy fields this year, not to mention the dry land. They also bought mules, and their annual income is no less than that of the people in the prefecture and county.

　　Li Da can also slaughter pigs.

　　The Li family’s courtyard wall is made of blue bricks and has a large tiled house, which is also spacious and airy, how nice.

　　It is so easy to count the abacus beads in the prefectures and counties, but look at the shops in the town. All those who hire shop assistants dare not even breathe a word in front of the boss. It is better to live a happy life in the fields of one’s own.

　　Now that we have fertilizers and the harvest is good, why bother about prefectures and counties?

　　Then the topic turned to the harvest from his own fields next year. When he thought about how much the Li family had harvested this year, he would be able to wake up with a smile in his sleep. Why would he envy Li Zhengren from the prefecture and county?

　　Li Zhouzhou didn’t feel any envy towards Guangzong’s staying in the prefecture. After eating and washing up, he was in bed asking his husband to write a Chinese character for blessing for him tomorrow morning. “I’ll make a short jacket for grandma, and I’ll make a double-breasted one. When the left and right sides are put together, it will form a Chinese character for blessing. What do you think, husband?”

　　”Okay.” Gu Zhaoneng thought about it and praised, “Zhou Zhou, you are so smart, but is it too late? Don’t be too rushed. It would be ok to embroider some auspicious cloud patterns on the cuffs and collar.” This is simple.

　　Li Zhouzhou said with a smile, “There are still ten days left. There is not much farm work to do at home now, so I will make a short jacket with a blessing character embroidered on it. That’s fine. But my husband is right. It would look better if the collar and cuffs were decorated with auspicious clouds.”

　　Gu Zhao: …

　　He originally wanted to cheat his wife.

　　”Then I’ll feed the chickens and pigs at home.” Gu Zhao held his wife’s hand and acted coquettishly, “Okay, okay, okay, Zhao’er really wants to feed the pigs and chickens~”

　　Li Zhouzhou was so amused by his husband’s look that his eyes curved like crescent moons while he smiled and said, “Okay, I’ll leave it all to you, husband.” he thought to himself that he would cut the grass for the pigs and cleaned the chicken coop and pigpen in the morning, so it would be fine for his husband to just feed them.

　　Early the next morning, Li Zhouzhou got up, boiled water, and cooked rice porridge in the pot.

　　This year, there is a lot of rice left at home. The newly harvested rice is very fragrant, and my husband likes to eat it. When Li Zhouzhou cooks, he uses more white rice and less yellow rice, but it is enough to eat anyway.

　　In the past, the Li family consisted of Li Zhouzhou and Li Da. Before the big brick and tile house was built, the father and son never had white rice in their pot all year round. They only ate yellow rice, and they sold all the rice. Later, when the yard was built, they could only keep two dan of rice from the ten mu of paddy field for the father and son to eat, and they ate rice made from mixed grains.

　　This year is the best.

　　Rice oil can be boiled from white rice porridge, and it tastes delicious when mixed with wild vegetables.