Help your cousin more

After Zhao Wenhao finished speaking, Zhao Youcai gave him a knock on the head.

"Hey, Dad, why did you hit me on the head?" Zhao Wenhao rubbed his head and looked at his father with a bit of grievance.

Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes irritably. "Your cousin is a scholar. Why do you instigate him to argue with others for no reason?"

"How is that me instigating him?" Zhao Wenhao said with a grievance. "I just wanted to help him out."

Zhao Ce smiled and patted Zhao Wenhao's shoulder. "Thanks, brother Wenhao." Zhao Wenhao lifted his chin proudly at his father.

Watching the onlookers, they murmured about how Zhao Ce had left Uncle Liu's family speechless.

Zhao Wenhao said to his father with satisfaction, "Dad, I've changed my mind."

Zhao Youcai glanced at him. "What have you changed your mind about?"

Zhao Wenhao said, "I used to think that Zhao Ce had been studying for so many years and hadn't accomplished anything." "But today I realized that he's not completely useless." "At least he can argue better than others!"

Zhao Ce: "....." It didn't feel like a compliment that was above board.

His mouth twitched, and he said to Zhao Youcai, "Uncle, my wife is waiting for me in the field. I'll go first."

Zhao Youcai nodded and let Zhao Ce go.

The remaining people looked at Zhao Ce with some awe. Zhao Youcai coldly snorted at them.

"Hurry back to work." "Is watching people arguing more important than the crops in the fields?" The village chief gave the order.

As they proceeded to go back to the fields, they muttered to themselves, "This Zhao Ce seems to have some talent after all." "The Liu family couldn't even argue back against him." "A scholar is still a scholar..."

Zhao Youcai sighed lightly. He had been blinded by anger by Zhao Ce before.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had a scholar personally come to take care of the fields. And get tricked by his fellow villagers.

He said to Zhao Wenhao, "Go visit your brother's house more often." "See if there's any heavy or tiring work to help with." "Help him more."

Zhao Wenhao wasn't as aggrieved this time. He said straightforwardly, "Okay!" "When the work in the fields is done, I'll go to his house and see if there's anything I can help with."

...

On the other side, Zhao Ce walked towards the place where he had just asked the little girl to dig for yellow clay.

Although he had been on a moral high ground when he was venting at Sixth Uncle earlier, after venting, Zhao Ce remembered something.

The previous matters in the fields were all taken care of by Zhao Youcai and the others. Later, because of the incident where the courtesan wanted to entertain an important guest, the original owner hurriedly sold the last two acres of good land at home.

Thinking that he couldn't let the goddess be defiled by someone else, he had to go and have a taste.

But how could a farmer afford to be jealous and compete in the brothel? He went there for several days and indulged in pleasure. In the end, he only got a lonely experience.

Because of this, the original owner was depressed for a long time and couldn't even take care of the two acres of poor fields at home.

Zhao Ce couldn't help but think to himself, "Women can be trouble..." The expected small benefit of having some food from the beginning of the game was gone.

The grain grown on the two acres of land was not enough for people to eat, and could only be used to feed pigs. However, they didn't even have any pigs at home...

Zhao Ce walked back to the place where he had just pointed to the little girl to dig the soil. The little girl was waving her hoe and digging the soil underneath. The topsoil with stones had been pulled aside. The new soil underneath was exposed.

After digging for a while, Su Caier stopped and wiped the small beads of sweat on her forehead, then saw Zhao Ce walking back.

"Husband, you're back," Su Caier said nervously as she put down her hoe and walked over. "Did you find out about the matter in the field?"

Zhao Ce then told her about the matter. After listening, Su Caier said regretfully, "The seeds and time were wasted." Zhao Ce said, "Indeed." "But at that time, I didn't take care of my own land well, so there was nothing I could do."

Su Caier looked carefully at her husband's expression and saw that he didn't seem to be angry, so she felt relieved. She comforted him, "Husband, you used to be alone at home, and there were many things you couldn't take care of. Fortunately, you've earned a lot of silver recently, and there's still enough money at home to support us until next year." The little girl's words were filled with tenderness.

Before Su Caier came to their home, her husband had been studying alone at home, which was already difficult. There were also many things to take care of at home, so he couldn't possibly handle everything. Her husband had to study and work to earn money.

In this situation, she couldn't help her husband. She squeezed her small fist and promised seriously, "I will take care of the housework from now on and won't let my husband worry about these things anymore."

Zhao Ce listened to her words, lowered his head, and looked at her. The little girl had a reddish face from the heat. Her shining eyes revealed her seriousness.

Zhao Ce smiled and rubbed her little head. "Okay, if I forget anything about the house, I will rely on you." Su Caier bent her eyebrows and said, "If I forget, my husband should remind me."

When there are two people, everything can be discussed. Su Caier thought that although she didn't have much ability, she could still remember the things at home.

Zhao Ce smiled and pinched her rosy cheeks. "Okay, we can remind each other." Su Caier also smiled happily.

She remembered the mud she had dug and asked, "Husband, can we use this dirt?" Zhao Ce withdrew his hand, squatted down, and looked at the soil Su Caier had dug.

He grabbed a small piece and twisted it. The soil was quite fine, so it should be usable. Su Caier also squatted down, imitated her husband's posture, and took a pinch of the soil. Zhao Ce nodded and said, "This soil should work."

"Let's dig some and try it out." Su Caier didn't know what her husband was going to do with the yellow mud, but since her husband said it was okay, she was immediately motivated to start digging.

While digging, she continued to comfort herself, "Husband, we won't have a good harvest this year, but it's okay. The village is harvesting crops these days, and I can help them." "I don't need money, just food." "Although they are not grown on our land, it's still the same land." "This way, we can save quite a bit of food." The more Su Caier talked, the more reasonable it seemed to her. She could finish all the housework in the morning, have lunch, and then start working. If she didn't ask for money and only asked for food, many households should be willing to let her help. Then at night, she could do some needlework by the light of the stove. This schedule was really full.

After listening to her, Zhao Ce smiled and knocked on the little girl's head. "It's not necessary to work so hard." "I can afford to support you, my little one." "Come on, let's go back and I'll teach you how to make white sugar with yellow mud."