Chapter 267 Is the teacher teaching well?

Lin Jie was reluctant to sell his old horse. He had grown attached to it over the years. Even if it could still fetch a few taels of silver, he still couldn't bear to part with it. "Okay."

Cream was sleeping in a basket. When Wen Zhen came back, he went to call it but it didn't wake up. He could only put it in a basket and took it out. He left it in the store and didn't know how it would cause trouble.

Grandpa Shen sat in the carriage with a smile, stroking his beard.

The news that Wen Zhenyi had returned to the village was known to the children in the village. As soon as she arrived at her doorstep, a group of children came running to the gate of the yard.

"Sister Wen, Sister Wen."

Wen Zhenyi saw Hu Zi, Ben Ben, Mantou and Gou Sheng running over.

Aunt You followed them with her big belly: "As soon as they heard you were back, they clamored to come."

Wen Zhenyi smiled and touched their heads: "I haven't seen you for a while, you have grown a lot taller."

Several children laughed so hard that their eyebrows and eyes curved.

"Sister." Wen Yongman ran out of the room.

Wen Yongnan saw that she and Axiang had taken a lot of things: "What are you doing?"

"I plan to come back and live here. They're going to build a house, so I have to come back and keep an eye on it."

Wen Yongman was a little dumbfounded when he heard this: "Sister, now that you're back, who will make us something delicious?"

Wen Zhenyi looked down at him and said, "I haven't seen you eat less during the time I've been away."

"It's different. You can make it more delicious and you can make it in different ways." Wen Yongman felt uncomfortable when he thought that he would not be able to eat the food she cooked for a while.

Wen Zhenyi ignored him and looked at Wen Yongnan: "Brother, where are mom and grandma?"

"We're at the pig farm. We haven't finished our homework yet. We'll go help out as soon as we're done."

Wen Zhenyi looked at the children in the yard and said, "Play in the yard for a while. I bought some gifts for you."

Hu Zi's eyes widened: "Are there any gifts?"

"Yes, I bought it for you when I went to the county town."

Axiang had helped her move the things into the room and placed them on the table.

Wen Zhenyi found gifts for them from a pile of gifts. In addition to gifts for the children, there were also gifts for several aunts.

She bought toys for the boy and beautiful silk flowers for the girl Benben.

Look at the children who are so happy to receive the gifts, they are shouting excitedly.

Aunt You looked at her helplessly: "Why did you buy these things for them? You're wasting money for no reason."

Wen Zhenyi handed her a box and said, "Children only have a few happy years. Can't we let them live happier?"

Aunt You looked at the box she handed over: "What is it."

"Just open it and take a look."

Aunt You opened the box with a puzzled look on her face and saw a beautiful silver hairpin inside: "What is this for?"

"A gift."

Aunt You immediately closed the box in her hand and put it back into her hand: "This is too valuable. I can't have it. Leave it to your mother."

Wen Zhenyi took her hand and placed the box in her hand: "My mother has my mother and will never forget her. This is what I bought for you. Aunt Ding and the others also have it."

"We didn't do anything, why did you buy us such expensive gifts?"

"Who said you didn't do anything? You took good care of my family's three meals a day and helped clean the house."

"Then I also took your wages."

"I have something else to ask of you."

Aunt You blinked: "What's the matter?"

"After the autumn harvest, I plan to build a house. I'd like to ask Uncle Dou to come and help me then."

"Even if you didn't tell me about this, I would still be asking to come. Why not come if I can make money?"

"So I'm telling you this in advance. This is a deposit."

Aunt You opened her mouth, feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn't seem to put it into words.

Wen Yongman saw that all his friends had gifts: "Sister, don't I have a gift?"

"Yes, I'll give it to you later."

"That's more like it. I thought you had forgotten me."

Wen Zhenyi pinched his nose: "I will never forget you no matter who I forget."

Wen Yongnan chatted with them for a while, then took Wen Yongman back to the room to do homework.

Wen Zhenyi looked at the children having fun in the yard and said, "Aunt You, don't you plan to send some of the children to private school?"

"We were still talking about this before you came back. I went to work in your shop thinking of earning money to send my children to learn to read."

"Send it to town?"

Aunt You shook her head: "The private school in town is too expensive. We don't have that much money. We are thinking of going to the next village."

“Is the next village far away?”

"It takes half an hour to go back and forth."

Wen Zhen frowned: "This is quite far."

"It's a bit far, but it's mainly cheap, and we figured every penny saved is a penny earned."

"Is the teacher teaching well?"

"Of course, the teaching is not as good as in the private school in town, but at least I can recognize a few words."

Wen Zhenyi lowered his head and thought for a moment. It actually doesn't cost much money to build a school, but after the school is built, the problem of finding a teacher becomes a problem.

Aunt You saw that she was distracted: "One by one."

Wen Zhenyi looked up at her and said, "This child must run to the next village several times a day."

"No need. Just go in the morning and come back in the afternoon. Just bring them some food at noon."

Wen Zhenyi said nothing more and said to his eldest brother: "Brother, I'm going to find Grandpa Xiachen."

"Go ahead."

Wen Zhenyi originally planned to come back and put his things in order, and then go to find Grandpa Shen to ask him to help hire someone to build a house.

"Grandpa, why don't you come back and accompany me?" Shen Hanxing's voice came from the yard.

Shen Xiucai looked at his grandson and said, "I came back to accompany you, waiting for you to starve?"

"I'm saving some money, it's enough for the two of us. Besides, I can also help copy books for others."

"You're going to take the imperial examination next spring, and you're still copying books for others? Keep all your money and buy Yi Yi some good books later."

Wen Zhen poked his head in and asked, "What good things can you buy for me?"

When Shen Xiucai saw her, he smiled and said, "Why are you here, girl?"

"I need you some help."

"Come in and sit down."

Wen Zhenyi walked over to him and sat down: “Grandpa Shen, I really have two things to ask you.”

Shen Xiucai stroked his beard and said, "I have something to ask you to help me find a craftsman to build your house."

"Yes, Brother Shen said you know someone."

"That's easy. I'll have them come find you tomorrow when I get back to town. What's the other thing?"

"There's one more thing I want to ask. Are you willing to go back to the village and build a school?"

Shen Xiucai was slightly stunned: "School?"

"Well, if the children in the village want to go to school now, they have to go to the next village, and it takes half an hour to go back and forth."