On February , the dragon looked up.

It is a very grand festival for the people of Rongcheng.

In Yaowang Valley to the east of Qingquan Town, there is a very old Yaowang Temple. Originally, it was only dedicated to the Medicine King, but as people's demand for worshiping gods and praying for incense continued to increase, a simple Yaowang Temple was completely unable to meet the demand.

Thus, based on the Yaowang Temple, more than one hundred different gods and ghosts gradually emerged.

From the Sanqing Taoist Temple on top to the Ten Kings of Hell on the bottom, there are also some land gods and the White Bone Goddess in between, and a whole mess.

Gradually, this Medicine King Temple became the most popular temple within a radius of dozens of miles, and the Medicine King Valley was gradually upgraded and turned into the Medicine King Fairy Mountain.

Among all the gods and ghosts, the most popular one is not the early Medicine King, but the later-coming Guanyin and Confucius.

One is reading to the children;

The incense is most popular every year.

Especially this Guanyin statue, also known as the Goddess of Childbirth, is two meters tall, and the lotus support below is four or five square meters in size, and the lotus support is filled with various small figures densely stacked on it.

If a new bride in the neighborhood wanted to have a child, she would run to the lotus throne of the Goddess of Fertility and steal a baby to take home.

According to everyone, it is very effective.

If you steal a chubby boy, you will give birth to a fat son.

If you steal a girl with braids, you will give birth to a daughter.

On the second day of the second lunar month every year, a temple fair is held at Yaowang Fairy Mountain.

The temple fair will last for seven days, and troupes of Long Opera or Qinqiang will be invited to perform.

People here love to listen to operas. Every time there is a festival, there are crowds of people here and it is packed with people.

As long as there are people, there will naturally be needs.

So the villagers nearby would take the opportunity to set up various stalls here to make some quick money.

Various fruits, snacks, basic household items, textiles, etc. are not valuable things anyway, and people can afford them with very little money.

Among the best-selling items, besides various snacks, are incense and burning paper.

Yu Qiutang had no awareness of making money in his previous life, so every time he visited a temple fair, he would not pay much attention when he saw others doing small businesses.

But times have changed, his ideas have changed.

On the 1st, there was a market in Qingquan Town. Yu Qiutang bought a lot of yellow paper and burning paper, incense, seals and ink at the market. He came back in the afternoon and started preparing with the children.

There are three types of paper burning here.

Folding yellow paper into three layers is called mounting. It is the cheapest "money" and basically every god can burn it.

Burning paper is second-rate money.

However, before burning the paper, you need to press a 10-yuan RMB note on it, which is equivalent to turning all the paper into 10-yuan notes.

After the denomination of 100 yuan was introduced in later generations, the face value of the money became 100 yuan.

There is also one called "printing money".

In fact, it is the paper money that looks like real money in later generations.

However, at that time there was no ready-made printed money to buy and sell, so people had to print it themselves.

How to print it then?

Just use a printing plate, apply blue or purple ink, and print money one by one on yellow paper.

This kind of printed money is easier to sell and is also the most profitable.

Yu Qiutang's purpose in doing this is not to make money for himself, but to train the children.

Yu Xiaowei is an average student anyway, and it is absolutely impossible for him to change his fate by relying on his academic performance in the future. It is particularly important for him to develop other abilities in advance.

To change your destiny, you must either have more wealth or power.

Despite having all the power, Yu Xiaowei still has no hope.

Then count on taking the path to wealth.

Yu Qiutang always adheres to his own philosophy of life: one must rely on oneself in life.

It’s okay to ask for help from others, but when you become independent, give back to others.

But you can't expect others to stay alive.

Otherwise it’s not your life.

He can provide his nephews and nieces with food and clothing, but that is actually his own value, not the value of his children.

He didn't want his children to look back on the past and find that they had lived a mediocre life under the shadow of other people's trees. That would be too boring.

Yu Xiaoyun had very good academic performance. She scored 100 points in both exams and was the only one in the class who got full marks. I heard that the second-place student didn't even get 90 points.

The teacher also told Yu Qiutang at the parent-teacher meeting that Yu Xiaoyun could prepare for the second-grade courses at home in advance and see how things go next year. If conditions are met, he could skip to the third grade.

It just makes up for her older age.

Of course Yu Qiutang was willing.

When asked about Yu Xiaoyun's opinion, the child was willing, but just a little lacking in confidence. Yu Qiutang even consulted the teacher and went to the Xinhua Bookstore in the city to buy Xiaoyun a set of second-grade books.

Yu Xiaoyun had no confidence before, but after getting the information, he quickly got into the state.

She understood Yu Qiutang's expectations of her.

To get out of this small place, a girl like her can only study and learn more knowledge.

In addition to these two, the eldest sister's son Dadong also started to attend preschool class.

Children from poor families grow up early.

Dadong is a child who is so sensible that it makes people feel sorry for him.

Since there was not much knowledge to learn in the preschool class as a whole, he started reading Yu Xiaoyun's books, and whenever he had free time, he would ask Yu Xiaoyun to teach him how to read, write and count.

Since I didn’t have a notebook, I just wrote with tree branches in the yard.

Yu Qiutang didn't know what he was doing at first and thought he was playing with a branch. But when he found out he was practicing writing, he was very happy and bought him some cheap white paper, cut it into the size of a paper, and nailed it together so that he could practice writing.

This gave Dadong even more confidence and encouragement.

The most frightening thing is to be serious about it.

Don't look at his young age, but when he gets excited, he is very powerful.

At the beginning, his handwriting was crooked, like small branches put together one by one, but under everyone's guidance, it gradually improved. In less than two months, his handwriting was already decent, not as difficult as Yu Xiaowei's, but much more beautiful. This doubled the pressure on Yu Xiaowei.

How could a teenager be outdone by a five-year-old?

This indirectly encouraged others to learn to write, and they no longer wrote as casually as before, like scribbles.

Xiaodong is the most carefree person in the yard. He is only three years old. There is no kindergarten in this era, and he doesn’t need to participate in any studies or interest classes. All that is left for him is playing.

He plays with the cats and dogs at home, and from time to time he runs to the musk deer's door to play with them.

All the animals initially disliked it and treated it with hostility.

But they could not resist his coaxing and the temptation of food and gradually became familiar with him. The musk deer, which had always been very averse to people, would even stick out its tongue from the fence and gently lick his hand.

Wherever he went every day, the three dogs followed closely behind him, like his guards.

Now that the three dogs have grown a lot, and are gradually showing their majestic side, Yu Qiutang began to wonder whether he should lock them up. But then he thought better of it, as outsiders generally don't come to his house.

Moreover, dogs like the Wolfhound are very smart and good at observing people's words and expressions. As long as the person has come once and has a good relationship with his owner, they will not bite him directly but will just observe quietly.

The only problem is that guests generally cannot joke too much with the host, such as patting the host on the shoulder. If the wolves see this, they will grimace and look very angry, thinking that the host is being attacked.

Yu Qiutang originally kept them for the convenience of hunting in the mountains, but recently he has been busy with construction projects and has not been going to the mountains anymore. The dogs have been starving and thirsty, and the wildness in their bones has not been released.

Yu Qiutang saw this and thought that after a while of busy work, when the chicken coop was in good working order and the alfalfa field was sown, he would take some time to go into the mountains.

In fact, he never regarded hunting as his main means of livelihood. After experiencing the development of later generations, he knew that this path could not go far or far.

Since 86, various protected areas have been established here, and then many animals have begun to be included in the protection scope, even many plants.

If you are not careful, you might harm protected animals and be imprisoned for more than ten years.

Therefore, this road will definitely become narrower and narrower and lack the significance of long-term development.

Everyone sat in a circle on the large floor.

Everyone was folding yellow cards.

Although this thing may look simple, it still needs to be folded to look nice.

Otherwise, with so many people selling, why would others come to buy yours?

“Can you sell so many of them?”

Xiaodong squatted beside Yu Qiutang and watched him cut paper skillfully.

"That depends on the ability of the brothers and sisters."

Yu Qiutang said with a smile.

Yu Xiaowei and Yu Xiaoyun were both a little nervous. They were both honest kids. They were very capable of doing physical work and believed they could do it well.

But this is my first time selling something.

Yu Qiutang saw this and said with a smile: "This is also a kind of training. Everything you learn now is to prepare for it to be useful when you grow up, which is actually dealing with people.

Just now, I want to tell you a simple but important truth: if you want to live comfortably and make some contributions in your life, it does not entirely depend on your ability to do things. On a larger level, it depends on your ability to integrate into the society.

Don’t you understand? It’s okay, we’ll talk slowly…”

When Yu Qiutang was speaking, the others were listening, especially Mi Yali, who did not stop weaving the net in her hands but kept her eyes on her husband.

She really enjoyed listening to Yu Qiutang say these words, just like reading a book, and she sometimes wondered where Yu Qiutang got so many ideas from.

"Look, according to our common sense, isn't it said that people should work hard and do things well, then they will be recognized, and then our lives will be better?"

Yu Chunmei said, "Tangtang, what are you telling the children? You have to be down-to-earth in your work. If you can't do your work well, who will pay attention to you?"

Yu Qiutang smiled and said, "Third sister, this is what I want to say. I didn't say that people shouldn't do things properly, nor did I say that they should take shortcuts.

This is actually the case.

Let's think about it, in our society, aren't there always some people who work quietly, and some people who don't really do much? "

Yu Chunmei thought about it and nodded, "It's all fate. Some people are born with good luck, but for people like us who have a hard life, what else can we do if we don't do anything?"

Mi Yali smiled and said, "Third sister, you are wrong to say that. There is no such thing as fate. Everything is in our hands. If people's fate is predetermined, then why are we still alive? It's not easy to just lie on the kang and wait for death."

"How could I die?" The eldest sister sighed, "Lili, if I died, why did my eldest sister do this? Why didn't I get any good things, but got all the bad things?"

Miyali chuckled, "Who said that? Don't you still have us? Do you still feel miserable living in our house now?"

"No, no, I'm talking about the mess at home. I'm living with you now, which is okay for the time being, but it's not a long-term solution."

"What's the big deal? Dadong's schooling has been solved, so you can just live here peacefully. We are not afraid that you will bankrupt us. Besides, you help us with work every day, which is enough to offset the food expenses of you and your mother."

Yu Chunxing said gratefully: "Lili, I know you and Tangtang are good to us mother and son, but I have always been uneasy in my heart because I still don't know the baby's father..."

Yu Qiutang interrupted, "Sister, don't worry about Wang Youcai. If he wants to waste time, then we will continue to waste time. It's no big deal.

Just stay with us and we won't do anything unless the enemy does anything. Even if we want a divorce, we won't initiate the conversation. We can afford it anyway."

Hearing about divorce, Yu Chunxing sighed, "Divorce is easy, but the children..."

"Mom, we are not afraid."

Dadong suddenly said from the side.

He was carefully folding the yellow labels but he didn't realize he was still listening to the adults talking.

"Silly boy, do you know what we are talking about?"

"How could I not know? It's just that I don't live with my father. It's not like I haven't seen other people like this. We don't want to be like him. He always beats you and us."

Xiaodong, who was playing with folding paper nearby, also said, "Yeah, they're going to beat us."

The two children's childish words made Yu Chunxing feel mixed emotions. She sighed, "Actually, I also know these truths, but there is someone who is still there. If he is gone, I will be alone with two children. I always feel..."

Mi Yali put down the work in her hands and put her arm around Yu Chunxing's shoulders, "Sister, you just think too much. In fact, the current situation is very clear. Qiutang brought you here from home and you have lived here for such a long time. You can't go back.

Just like you said, he has been bullying you and the child before. If you go back now, will he let you go? He will have to do twice as much.

So, the only way for us now is to find a way to separate from him, that is, divorce and live our own lives. "

Yu Qiutang looked at his wife admiringly. She was indeed his wife. Look at what she said. She made the point so clearly.

However, the eldest sister's worry is understandable. After all, she is the person involved. She is annoyed by that bastard Wang Youcai, but she is quite calm.

He originally wanted to let his eldest sister live there. If Wang Youcai couldn't bear it anymore, he would come again. At that time, he would think of a way to cut the Gordian knot.

The sooner you die, the sooner you will be reborn. (End of this chapter)