mtl008 Chapter 211: Opening, delayed firecrackers
Chapter 211: Opening, delayed firecrackers
Luo Xiaoran owns 15 acres of land, and it is impossible for her family to finish the work in a short period of time. What's more, she is injured, Qiu Niang has never done farm work, and Luo Xingchen and Niu Dan are still two half-grown children.
Fortunately, the hired farmers who had signed contracts with Luo Xiaoran came one after another after finishing their own farm work.
Soon after, Li Xinghua, who was going to work for the Luo family for five years to atone for her crime, also came with a sickle.
Everyone felt strange when they saw her coming.
Some people speculated that she might have become Luo Xiaoran's hired farmhand. Regarding this rumor, Luo Xiaoran, Li Xinghua and Du Kongqing, who knew the inside story, chose to let it go without any explanation.
All at once, the wheat was stored in the warehouse and the corn was planted.
As the old saying goes, "If you have food at home, you won't be worried."
The cellar of Luo Xiaoran's family, which had been empty because of providing food for people doing corvée labor, was immediately filled with bags of wheat, giving Luo Xiaoran a great sense of security.
At the beginning of May of that year, Luo Xiaoran finally had time to open her private school and clinic at the same time.
Bright red silk was hung on the plaque, and long pieces of silk hung down from both ends of the plaque, one piece read "Chaoyang Private School" and the other read "Yikan Medical Clinic".
Chaoyang Private School is located on the south side of Luo’s house, while Yikan Medical Clinic is built on the north side of Luo’s house, next to which is the five-acre medicinal field owned by Luo Xiaoran.
The sound of firecrackers popped in front of the private school and the clinic, and the Luo residence sandwiched in between was also caught up in the excitement.
Many children in the village, boys and girls, those attending private schools and those not, those with clean faces and those with plastered faces, all smiled their brightest amid the lively sound of firecrackers.
Luo Xiaoran, whose injuries had mostly recovered, stood at the door of Luo's house. She glanced at many people, including Niu Dan, Qiu Niang, Kong Qing, Chen Er, Uncle Xiang, Aunt Ji, Ruyi...
The haze has passed, the smell of blood has dissipated, and the firecrackers that we didn't have time to prepare on New Year's Eve can finally be set off today.
In order to find out the person who destroyed the wooden bridge in the dark, Luo Xiaoran specially opened the private school that had been completed but still had some furniture left to be placed, and let the villagers of Hexi Village visit.
At that time, Luo Xiaoran and Du Kongqing not only found out Li Xinghua who destroyed the wooden bridge, but also made most of the children studying in the county want to transfer here to study.
After all, what kid this age can resist the temptation of wooden swings, slides and seesaws?
Speaking of these three things, Liu Yishui had played on the swing before, but as for the slide and the see-saw, he had never heard of them.
After understanding the blueprint drawn by Luo Xiaoran, Liu Yishui raised his head covered with sawdust, his eyes shining:
"Once this thing is made, it will be enough to fool those monkeys in the village!"
The swing seats, the seesaw boards and the slide tracks have all been polished repeatedly, then oiled and waxed to ensure that not a single splinter appears.
When everyone in Hexi Village returned after completing their labor service, some villagers who had originally planned to send their children to school in the county town also decided to leave their children in Luo Xiaoran's private school.
During a corvée, Luo Xiaoran outsmarted the magistrate of An County and obtained the opportunity to burn lime. He also subsidized the food and improved the quarrying method. He subtly led the two villages of Hexi and Hedong to complete this impossible corvée.
They were completely impressed by Luo Xiaoran's ability. Luo Xiaoran was capable, so her private school must be good! What's more, the tuition fee of her private school was low!
Therefore, Mr. Gao from Fuyuan County was surprised to find that most of his students - the children from Hexi Village - did not continue to study with him this year.
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The private school and the clinic have been open for some time, but the scenes inside are polarized: one is bustling and the other is deserted.
The busiest place was naturally the Chaoyang Private School. More than thirty children followed Master Zhao Tangming and recited "Three Hundred Thousand" at the same time. The sound could be faintly heard even in the cellar of the Luo residence next door.
Especially during recess, when children scramble to play on the swings, seesaws and slides in the yard, the noise reaches its peak.
Since the main purpose of students coming to Chaoyang private school was to learn to read and write, Zhao Tangming, who had studied for more than 30 years, was fully qualified for the position of private school teacher.
Different from the principle of "strict teachers produce excellent students" that most teachers uphold, Zhao Tangming's cheerful temper also extends to his daily lectures, and he seldom uses a ruler to punish students.
Compared with Zhao Tangming, who was beaming with joy and looked as if he had found the great cause he had devoted his life to, Du Kongqing, who worked at Yikan Medical Clinic, was very depressed.
Since the clinic opened, she has not treated a single patient.
Although Du Kongqing had been mentally prepared before, he still couldn't help feeling frustrated when he really found himself in this situation.
"Bang bang bang-"
There was a knock on the door.
Luo Xiaoran leaned against the door of the clinic with her arms folded, and Qiu Niang stood beside her.
The layout of Yikang Medical Clinic is similar to Huichuntang in Fuyuan County. The front door faces the counter, behind the counter is a Chinese medicine cabinet, and there are two beds in the corner, separated by a curtain.
"Doctor Du," Luo Xiaoran raised her hand that had grown pink new flesh, "My hand is almost healed, but my ankle still hurts a little. I came to you for a checkup."
Du Kongqing, who was sitting behind the counter, suddenly had a bright light in her eyes. She put down the medical book she was turning pages of, quickly came out of the counter, and then she and Qiu Niang helped Luo Xiaoran to sit on a bed.
Luo Xiaoran took off her shoes, laid her legs flat on the bed, and asked Du Kongqing to help her check her ankles.
The original purple swelling on Luo Xiaoran's ankle had disappeared, and it had almost returned to its previous state, but it still hurt when she walked.
Du Kongqing took out a silver needle from the acupuncture bag and skillfully inserted the needle around her ankle.
On the night when Luo Xiaoran was pushed off a cliff and narrowly escaped death, Du Kongqing used acupuncture in this way to invigorate her blood circulation, unblock her meridians, relieve numbness and relieve pain.
Later, with the help of Qiu Niang and Du Kongqing, Luo Xiaoran captured Ma Chao who was alone and forced him to tell the truth.
Ma Chao contemptuously admitted that it was he who pushed Luo Xiaoran and Zhang Erhe off the cliff, so Luo Xiaoran did not have any psychological burden when she dealt with him.
At that time, Luo Xiaoran's physical condition was not enough to support her to walk independently without crutches, but in order not to leave any traces of crutches at the scene, Luo Xiaoran endured the pain and held the crutches in her hands, not letting them fall to the ground.
After knocking Ma Chao unconscious with the crutch, Luo Xiaoran placed the crutch at a turning point away from the woods.
Then, Luo Xiaoran endured the severe pain in her feet and dragged Ma Chao into the depths of the woods, just like the night she fell off the cliff, she endured the unspeakable pain and walked out of the cliff to return to Qiu Niang and Du Kongqing.
When Luo Xiaoran returned after dealing with Ma Chao, her feet were unsurprisingly even more swollen.
Luo Xiaoran asked Du Kongqing to help her reduce the swelling with acupuncture in order to promote blood circulation, but Qiu Niang and Du Kongqing both smelled blood on her body.