I am engaged in construction in Datang

The first batch of students who obtained the second-class certificate have already returned home. These students have already started to build biogas digesters.

Nuzhuang just spread the news that it would help the people build biogas digesters for free, but the main construction force was students with second-class certificates, and three neighboring households could partner to get one quota.

So in just one morning, all 200 construction quotas were divided up by villagers around the capital.

We all believe that Zhuangzi will not build an inferior product for us.

Those who didn’t get a spot can only ask their neighbors who got one if they are willing to give up a spot and spend money to buy it!

But unfortunately, no one is willing to sell their spot.

After all, we missed this opportunity. Next time we build it, we will not only have to pay a technical fee of 500 coins, but also pay the workers daily wages. By then, it will not be something that can be solved with just one or two coins.

Those who didn't get a spot beat their chests and stamped their feet, secretly making up their minds to wait for the next batch of certificates and be at the front of the line.

Xiaoqiu Village.

At the beginning, Village Chief Qiu sent the most diligent and intelligent boy in the village to take the second-class certificate exam despite everyone's opposition. Today is the day for him to come back.

Their village is not very close to Chang'an. It takes four or five days to travel there, and it is more than 500 miles away!

It was by chance that Village Chief Qiu learned about the news that Nuzhuang was going to teach others how to build biogas digesters. Many other people did not believe it, but the village chief borrowed money everywhere and even asked a driver to deliver it.

At the entrance of the village, many people came to pick up Qiu Shan.

At first, everyone was against sending Qiu Shan abroad to study, mainly because they felt he was unreliable.

Besides, one string of money is not a small amount for a poor and remote place like theirs. Their entire family property is only three or four strings of money!

Add to that the travel expenses, as well as the food in Chang'an, it would take at least five or six strings of coins.

But when the village head asked for money, everyone gave it to him.

"Here it comes, I saw a bullock cart coming this way! Brother Qiu Shan is sitting on it!"

The children had good eyesight and could see Qiu Shan from a long distance.

"Why didn't I see it?" A man covered his eyes and looked, but didn't see anything.

"What can you see with those old eyes of yours!" The man's wife retorted, and also looked into the distance: "Oh my! He's really back, it's been almost four months!"

"Come on, go on, go pick him up. I want to see what skills he can learn!" This is a sign of unwillingness.

Someone supported the head of the village and walked forward.

As the ox cart approached, Qiu Shan could not wait any longer, so he gave the fare to the old man driving the cart, jumped off the cart and ran away.

"Chief! I'm back!"

"Okay, okay, just come back." The headman was old and his legs and feet were not very flexible. He reached out and patted Qiu Shan on the shoulder.

Qiu Shan was so excited that he didn't know how to express his gratitude or what he had learned in the past few months.

"Village head!" Qiu Shan shouted, then knelt down in front of Village Head Qiu and kowtowed.

"Head of the village, I, Qiu Shan, swear that I will treat you as my own grandfather for the rest of my life." Qiu Shan stood up and bowed to the uncles who had lent him money: "Uncle Ying, Aunt, Old Fifth Uncle..."

"I can read now!" Qiu Shan said, and then he started crying: "I really can read now."

He carefully took out a book as thick as a pinky finger from the package: "This is a simplified Pinyin dictionary published by Nuzhuang. It only has 2000 words, but it is enough for our daily use."

"I can teach the kids to read!"

The head of the village carefully picked up the book, as if it were a treasure: "This book is not cheap, right?"

"It's free." Qiu Shan shook his head: "Nüzhuang has prepared books for everyone who goes to learn about biogas digesters!"

As he spoke, Qiu Shan took out his manual on biogas digester construction, as well as simple biology, etc., all with pinyin.

Seeing that he was about to go out to get something, the head of the village quickly stopped him.

"Don't take it outside!" The head of the village was afraid that the bad guys would think of it, so he said, "Let's go back to the house and talk!"

Nowadays, a piece of high-quality rice paper costs hundreds of coins, and books with words on them are worth as much as gold. Just these few books by Qiu Shan could be sold for ten or twenty coins.

Everyone returned to the house, crowded together, and no one was willing to leave.

Young people with little experience can't get in at all.

"Shan Zi, tell us everything!" Everyone couldn't wait, they wanted to know what Qiu Shan had experienced in the capital.

Qiu Shan sat in the middle with a bowl of water next to him.

"Uncle, aunt, do you all know about Nuzhuang?" Qiu Shan asked everyone as he came up, and then looked at the head of the village: "Head, have you heard of it?"

Village Chief Qiu nodded. He knew someone who worked in the county government office and had heard from him about the power of Nuzhuang.

"In the capital, everyone is very tolerant of the matter of Nuzhuang." Qiu Shan took a sip of water and continued, "Because in the eyes of ordinary people, Nuzhuang represents the emperor!"

These are the rumors that Qiu Shan heard, but he felt that they were not groundless.

Otherwise, why would the other party transfer it immediately when Nuzhuang said she wanted to buy the shop?

"Damn it, so awesome!" a man shouted.

"Then the woman must walk sideways, right?"

"Walk sideways?" Qiu Shan laughed: "Everyone can walk sideways and bully us, except for Nuzhuang! The people in Nuzhuang have good tempers!"

Qiu Shan took out a few more things from the cloth bag, including sugar, salt, soap and other necessities.

"This is a farewell gift from the woman who made me come back."

"There are some things that His Majesty is not convenient to do personally, so he asks the women to do it. For example, if His Majesty does business, others will definitely say that His Majesty is competing with the people for profits."

"But when the women's village does business, no one will say anything. The women's village has set up many factories, and the people around Chang'an all go to work there. You can get 40 coins for four hours a day, and you can get 30 more coins for working two more hours, and you can also have time to eat."

"This is just an ordinary job. If you do manual labor, you can earn at least 60 coins a day. If you work for two more hours, you can earn 100 coins!"

"Good boy..." The man's eyes widened when he heard this. If he was asked to work for a month, it would be equivalent to working at home for half a year.

"There's more!" Qiu Shan began to talk about what he saw and heard in the capital. Every single thing he saw and heard was related to the word Nuzhuang.

Everyone listened from noon until dark, and only went home when the candles collected by the headman were burned out.

After everyone left, Qiu Shan boiled some water for the head of the village to wash.

"Xiaoshan." The headman's eyes were a little cloudy. He looked at Qiu Shan's busy figure and felt very pleased.

"Village head." Qiu Shan turned his head.

“Can a biogas digester be used for lighting?”

"Sure!" Qiu Shan said, "I heard that women's farms all use biogas lamps. Even if they don't use it for lighting, the biogas can be used for heating, cooking, and warming water."

"Okay, okay..." Village Chief Qiu was silent for a moment and said, "Xiaoshan, do you think we can run a night school in our village?"

"Village head?" Qiu Shan looked up in surprise. If you want to run a night school, it's not enough to just know pinyin, you need books!

"Didn't you say that books in Nuzhuang are cheap?" Village Chief Qiu's expression gradually became firm: "Let's go to Chang'an to buy them! We can also do like Nuzhuang, boys, girls, and adults, all read books."