After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields Chapter 771

Chapter 771 Fan Long

On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed in the capital.

Snowflakes like fluttering catkins fell from the sky one after another, and soon covered the vermilion glazed tiles of Ziwei Palace with a layer of white gauze.

The snow fell in the evening, and the people were surprised and happy.

I haven't seen such large tracts of snowflakes for many years.

The children no longer felt cold, so they came out of the greenhouse one after another and ran to the street, raising their hands high. Soon, there was a handful of cold and fluffy snowflakes in their palms.

"So white!"

The children in Yongtongfang exclaimed again and again. Their little hands holding the snowflakes were all red from the cold, and they were reluctant to put down the snowflakes.

The evening sky was originally dark.

As soon as the snow falls, it seems as if the heaven and earth are covered with a layer of light, bright and clear.

But the light was false, and was soon suppressed by the darkness of the night.

But the child still refused to go home. It wasn't until the parents and grandparents started shouting and yelling that they dropped the snow water that had already melted in their hands and ran home laughing.

The alley suddenly became deserted. Sanlang and Siniang, who were not afraid of their father's control at all, squatted on the roadside and played for a while before turning back to the porridge shed.

The scholar in gray clothes walked into Yongtongfang carrying a heavy book box. He looked around all the way and saw two children not far away. He shouted in surprise:

"That kid! That kid!"

The twins stopped when they heard the sound, turned around and looked over.

The night was mixed with the white snow curtain, making it difficult to see clearly from the front, only a gray shadow could be seen.

Sanlang subconsciously hid behind his sister, pulled the corner of Si Niang's clothes and whispered, "Is it a ghost?"

Si Niang was too lazy to roll her eyes at her little brother, and responded loudly: "Who is that person in the distance? What are you calling us for?"

She seemed to be fearless, even daring to raise her voice in the lonely alley, fearing that she would be scared away if there was a real ghost.

Sanlang admired the back of his sister's head with her beautifully styled bun, and kept thinking: What would I do without my sister?

After receiving the response, the scholar quickened his pace and broke through the hazy snow curtain to reach the brother and sister.

Sanlang breathed a sigh of relief, and a dry and thin uncle came.

"May I ask, young lady, if you know where the Qin Mansion is going?" The old scholar bowed and asked kindly.

Siniang raised her eyebrows and scanned him up and down with her big, smart eyes. She already understood.

"Uncle, are you going to stay at Qin's house?" she asked.

The old scholar was overjoyed, "Yes, yes, exactly!"

There were so many people entering the city recently that he queued up outside the city for a whole day. Fortunately, the city gate closed in the evening and entered Kyoto City. Otherwise, he would have slept in the wilderness outside the city again tonight.

It's cold in the twelfth lunar month, and it's so cold that people's hands and feet are numb, which is not pleasant.

He wanted to go to the small town of Nanlou Pass and stay in an inn, but he was short of money and couldn't afford the high room rate.

As soon as he entered the city, he asked the street vendors where to find cheap accommodation in the city.

Not wanting the vendor to see how poor he was, he raised his hand and pointed toward the southeast of the city and said:

"Qin Dadong's house in Yongtongfang has opened a free porridge shack. You can go there and try your luck. I heard that there is also free accommodation specially prepared for you scholars who are rushing to take exams."

As the vendor spoke, he also praised Qin Dadong's great kindness and other compliments.

The old scholar had never seen such a lucky thing before, so he didn't really believe it. But it was getting late and it started to snow again, so he had to try his luck.

However, most of the places in the capital city looked the same. He asked all the way, and it took a lot of effort before he walked into Yongtongfang.

This place was different from what he thought.

I heard from the vendors that Qin Dadong's family is a big merchant in the northwest. Why does he get more and more remote the more he travels?

The surrounding houses were all low and dilapidated, and the old scholar suspected that he might have been deceived.

But he couldn't think of anything else he could deceive, so he doubted his belief and went deeper. Hard work paid off, and I finally met two children.

Sanlang and Siniang led the way, and the old scholar followed the two of them to the deepest part of Yongtongfang, and finally saw a long banner with the Qin family's free porridge shed written on it.

The porridge shed distributes porridge twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening.

The stall has been closed now.

Dalang was leading Ma Yang and Shitou to wash the stove and was about to close the stall and go home.

The lights were on in the courtyard, and all the desks in the original hall were covered with lamps and candles. Dozens of people had their backs to the door, reading at night.

There were several pots of prosperous charcoal burning in the house, and it wasn't cold even if it snowed.

The houses on the left and right sides of the courtyard have all been turned into Datong shops. Candidates who come to Beijing to take the scientific examination only need to confirm their identity with local identity documents. No matter what your status is, whether you are poor or rich, you can stay for free.

Just a little, don't waste a grain of food, a mouthful of water, a piece of charcoal, or a piece of quilt.

Within three days, all the candidates living in the alleys in Xicheng moved over.

Everyone follows the rules set by Qin Dadong's family and consciously takes turns on duty.

When not on duty, he would review his lessons in the 'self-study room' prepared by the host.

In gratitude for the Qin family's kind deeds and to live up to their host's kindness, the candidates studied harder and harder.

Because of the good atmosphere, many candidates with reasonable financial conditions have moved here.

I consciously paid the room fee just to find a quiet place to study.

The old scholar stood outside the door, looking at the sound of reading coming from the courtyard, and his eyes widened in disbelief.

Siniang stared at this person, and Sanlang ran to the shed and pointed to his elder brother.

Dalang put down the rag in his hand, walked over to him like a master, and asked skillfully: "Have you eaten?"

The old scholar hurriedly turned around and shook his head in embarrassment at the heroic young man who asked, "Not yet."

Siniang introduced: "Qin Dadong's family is my uncle, and this is my eldest brother. My parents have gone home beforehand, and we have to leave after cleaning up the stove."

Only then did the old scholar realize that the twins were from the Qin family.

There was only one bowl of porridge left, so Dalang picked it up and motioned to the old scholar to follow him into the hospital. At the same time, he went to find a brazier and put the pottery bowl aside to heat it.

"But you haven't found a place to live yet?" Dalang asked.

The old scholar's name is Fan Long.

He nodded honestly, he came here because he heard there was free accommodation here.

Dalang asked him to take out his identity document and read it.

After confirming that this person was a candidate, Dalang took him to the west wing and chose an empty berth for him.

Grandma locked the backyard, leaving only the room leading into the courtyard as a common bunk.

One room sleeps twelve people, the other rooms are all occupied, and only the west wing room has a few vacancies.

Dalang told Fan Long the rules here. When Fan Long expressed his knowledge and promised to follow them, he pointed to the multi-grain porridge that was already hot by the brazier and said, "Remember to eat."

"If there's anything you don't know how to do, just ask Uncle Ma Yang. He's on duty here tonight."

After explaining, Dalang greeted his younger brothers and sisters, and drove home with Shitou.

Little did he know that as soon as the brothers and sisters left, Fan Long took the hot thick multigrain porridge and drank it while asking about their family with Ma Yang who had already locked the door and entered the hospital.

Chapter end

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