After Yao Zhenfu asked Li Qingzhi to get the book, he walked forward.
Li Qingzhi glanced back—Yao the boatman had just parked the boat and was still unloading things from the boat!
He moved a lot of things and even picked up a shoulder pole to carry them. Wouldn't Yao Zhenfu give him a hand
Well, he really didn’t help. The boxes where he kept his books were all at Yao Yugong’s place…
"Brother Li, why don't you leave?" Yao Zhenfu asked.
Li Qingzhi followed with a smile. Yao Chengong, the father, had no objection, so what else could he say? If he really said something, Yao Chengong might even blame him for meddling in other people's business.
He does like the people around him, but his experience in the end times also taught him one thing, which is to stay out of other people's business.
Although Li Qingzhi was feeling better, he still walked very slowly. Fortunately, Yao Zhenfu was short and didn't walk fast either, so the two of them were able to walk side by side.
Not long after, Yao Chengong, who was carrying a load on his back, also caught up.
The people enjoying the cool air waited until they left before continuing their conversation. The aunt who had just been chatting nicely with Li Qingzhi couldn't help but say, "Those two people... one is short and fat, and the other is a clothes-drying pole."
Li Qingzhi is the tallest person in the village. After losing weight, he looks like a bamboo pole.
As for Yao Zhenfu... before, they didn't think he was fat. They even thought he was plump, like a city man or a landlord. But when he walked next to Li Qingzhi, he was too short!
The villagers started chatting again, but Li Qingzhi had already followed Yao Zhenfu to the Yao family.
People of this era liked to build courtyards. According to the original owner's memory, some wealthy families living in the countryside would dig the foundation of the courtyard wall very deep, and the courtyard wall would be three meters high, all to prevent thieves.
However, Miaoqian Village is unusual in that there are no landlords, so there are no such houses. Most families just build a fence.
The Yao family made a fence with bamboo to enclose the vegetable garden in front of their house to prevent chickens from pecking at the vegetables.
After walking through the vegetable garden, you can see the Yao family’s house. The Yao family has four south-facing houses side by side. Behind these four houses, there is a toilet and a pigpen.
Li Qingzhi saw that the door of one of the rooms was wide open, with a square octagonal table in the middle and a lot of things placed next to it.
There are very few things in Li Qingzhi's house, not even an octagonal table. But looking at the Li family, it seems that they have basically everything a farmer would need in daily life.
Yao Zhenfu pushed open the door of the westernmost room, and Li Qingzhi saw a desk, a chair, and several cabinets inside.
Judging from the furnishings, this is a study.
The Yao family's house is considered big in the countryside, but there are not too many rooms. Yao Zhenfu has a south-facing room as a study, which means his status in this family is quite high.
In fact, the villagers don't spoil their children. Girls get married very early.
They would start learning how to do housework and raise silkworms, and boys would go to the fields when they were a little older.
Jin Xiaoye's grandparents favor Jin Xiaoye's uncle's family, but Jin Xiaoye's uncle's cousins also started working in the fields when they were in their teens.
Of course, if they are not diligent at work and are lazy or something like that, that is another matter.
Yao Zhenfu is the only one in the village who never goes to the fields.
However, in this era, scholars are indeed superior to others. If Yao Zhenfu can achieve something in the imperial examinations... then all the efforts made by Yao Chengong in him will be worth it.