Master Hou also went back with them. This time he didn’t have to rush so much, and the carriage was much slower.

It took them about half a month to return to Xiaxi Village.

Master Hou and his servants did not return to their home in the county town but followed him directly to the village.

He found that even if he lived in a mansion in the capital, it was not as comfortable as living in Xiao Hanzheng’s house.

The carriage arrived at the door of the house before dinner in the afternoon.

Outside the new house, a shed was specially built to house horse-drawn carriages and bullock carts.

A few people got off the carriage first and walked home, while others got off to put the carriage away.

The door was not closed tightly and opened with a push.

*Cluck, Cluck, Cluck!*

When Shi Qingluo entered the door, a dark figure fluttered its wings and came over.

Then he kept barking and rubbing her arm.

Shi Qingluo touched Daidai’s head: “Good boy!”

“Clack-clack!” Then there were several more goose calls.

At this time, Shi Qingluo looked over and saw five more big white geese and two flower beauty geese in the yard.

She stared blankly in confusion: “Are these all your wives?”

The dull black eyes turned nimbly, and he raised his head, with a proud look on his face: “Quack-quack”

Of course.

Shi Qingluo’s eyes widened: “I didn’t realize that Daidai, you are a playboy. I just went out for a while, but you already have three wives and four concubines!”

Hearing what she said, Xiao Hanzheng and Master Hou were dumbfounded.

At this moment, Mrs. Kong and Xiao Baili also happened to come out of the kitchen.

Seeing Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo come back, they were both very happy.

Mrs. Kong has become a lot more cheerful and bold these days: “Lately, Daidai has been bringing a goose home every few days.”

She chuckled and continued: “The geese have laid a bunch of eggs, and protecting them closely. It seems they want to hatch them by themselves.”

“Daidai has also been guarding them every day. No one is allowed to come close except me and Baili.”

Shi Qingluo said with a smile: “It seems that we will have a group of children goose soon.”

She didn’t realize that Daidai was a philanderer who had a harem and hooked up with so many geese.

Looking at the appearance of those female geese, they were very obedient and protective of them.

Screaming stupidly and proudly.

Shi Qingluo coughed dryly, stretched out her hand, and rubbed Daidai’s head: “Since you have found so many wives, you have to be nice to them and stop wandering around.”

Don’t keep picking up women. Otherwise, their home will become a goose nest in the future.

Daidai was unhappy: “Quack!”

How can these few be enough?

Shi Qingluo: “……”

She could only use one word to describe her big goose a ‘scumbag’!

Daidai turned his head in displeasure, and several other female geese immediately came from all directions, nuzzling him to appease him.

Shi Qingluo: “……”

It’s hopeless.

Master Hou was full of smiles, and it was indeed interesting to live at the young disciple’s house.

Daidai seems to have become a spiritual animal, and the other geese look quite smart too.

He smiled and said: “I’ll go back to my room to rest first.”

His old bones were almost falling apart when he was on the road recently.

His younger disciples and his wife also have to talk to Mrs. Kong.

Xiao Hanzheng took the initiative to support Master Hou: “Teacher, I will send you there.”

Master Hou did not refuse the students’ filial piety: “Okay!”

The two of them entered the side courtyard. While Shi Qingluo asked Mrs. Kong: “Mom, has anything big happened recently?”

“Have you ever been bullied?” This was what she was more worried about.

Mrs. Kong held her hand and said with a smile: “There is nothing serious, we three are doing fine.”

She paused and then said: “The Wu Family wanted to harm our workshop before, but the patriarch and the villagers stopped him.”

“Your father is here to help too.”

“By the way, the villagers have helped till the land on the mountain where the old house is. Baili and I have planted all the seeds you left.”

“The villagers also helped plant all the fruit trees on the mountainside of the Taoist Temple.”

Shi Qinglou smiled and asked: “Did everyone help so much?”

Mrs. Kong nodded, “Well, it’s said that you brought the whole village to make money together. Everyone in the cement workshop can share the money every month. They kept it in mind and thanked you, so they insisted on coming to help.”

Shi Qingluo nodded: “Then let them help.”

These were the reasons why she took out the cement and let the villagers work together to build a workshop.

Although there was a saying that unruly people come out of poverty most of the people in the village were very simple, and they often helped each other.

She tied the interests of her family and the villagers together. When something happens to their family, the villagers will naturally step forward to help.

They were not at home, and the clan leader led the villagers to keep the Wu Family back and then came to help cultivate the land and plant fruit trees.

It means that she read it right, most of the villagers in the village remember feelings.

Shi Qingluo asked: “Mother, where is Erlang?”

Mother Xiao smiled and said: “He hasn’t come back from school.”

Xiaxi Village became more and more prosperous because of the Xiao Family’s workshop. Especially, the tofu and cement workshops. The clan leader and elders discussed building a clan school.

A Tongsheng was invited to enlighten the children of the clan and learn calligraphy.

Of course, it was not free, but it was much cheaper than sending the children to school, and they didn’t have to leave the village.

Xiao Hanzheng also supported it, so he told the clan leader that Xiao Hanyi would go to the clan to study.

She just didn’t expect the school will be established so quickly. It was only being built when they went out.

“That’s great.”

Shi Qingluo took out the gifts they bought and gave them to the two of them.

Mrs. Kong and Xiao Baili both liked it very much.

After Xiao Hanzheng came back from seeing Master Hou, he had another conversation with the two of them.

Xiao Hanyi heard that his brother and sister-in-law were back, so he ran home as soon as he finished school.

Now that the family was eating well, he had become much stronger and taller, and his temperament was becoming more and more cheerful.

He happily received the gift Shi Qingluo brought from the capital.

After dinner, he took it out to share with friends in the village.

The next day, Xiao Hanzheng and the two went to visit the patriarch’s home.

Then they went to the family’s workshop.

Shi Qingluo stayed in the workshop to check out the latest accounts, while Xiao Hanzheng was sitting not far away reading a book.

Just after watching it for a while, Bai Xu came.

He took Xiaosi into the door and sighed: “You are finally back!”

Shi Qingluo looked up and said: “You are very well-informed.”

Bai Xu poured himself a cup of tea without anyone noticing: “You and your wife are now celebrities in the county. So I knew you were back yesterday.”

He looked at Xiao Hanzheng and asked: “I heard that Enke will be opened?”

Xiao Hanzheng put down the book and said: “Well, it’s confirmed that it will be in March.”

He asked: “Do you want to take the exam?”

Bai Xu shook his head: “No, I can become a scholar only because the ancestral graves are smoking. The passing imperial examination is far too impossible for me.”

Shi Qingluo chuckled: “You are self-aware.”

“Since you’re not taking the exam, why do you care so much about Enke?”

Bai Xu said truthfully: “I’m not concerned about Enke, I’m concerned about how long you can stay in Nanxi County.”

“Enke, if Brother Xiao goes up all the way, I’m afraid you won’t be in Nanxi County next year.”

Shi Qingluo nodded: “That’s true.”

She asked: “What are your plans?”

Bai Xu smiled and said, “I’m going to hang out with you, husband and wife.”

“Nanxi County is too small, I want to go out and take a look.” This was his thought after careful consideration.

Shi Qingluo raised an eyebrow and said: “You do have a good vision.”

Bai Xu: “……”

This woman is still so confident and shameless.

 

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