Seeing that everyone had almost finished discussing, Cao Xiangnan raised his hand and asked everyone to be quiet. After everyone was quiet, he said, "There is another question, what is the use of boys studying? I heard many people say that boys studying is useless."

"Then I will talk to you about this problem here." Cao Xiangnan's face was very serious. This world also has a serious idea of ​​valuing boys over boys. Even when he sent An An to school, people from the compound came to make trouble for him.

When he sent his children to school, in addition to his two brothers, there was also a boy from Wu Yue's family. When Wu Yue sent his little brother to school, his mother did not allow it and they even quarreled over it.

Then this problem is not an individual problem, but a very common phenomenon.

If he wants to change this phenomenon, he must start with these young people. Now most of the people who come to his house are young boys, and they all have children at home. The least he should do is to let these people around him send their little boys to the academy to study, and let them persuade other people to send their little boys to study here. Then this matter will be twice as effective with half the effort, and he will not have to lobby personally.

"First, if boys can read and write, their personal qualities will be improved. Do you think that if all boys in Caojia Village can read and write, then people from other villages who want to marry boys will first think of marrying a boy from Caojia Village who is educated and literate, so that it will sound good when they say it to others?" He grasped the mentality of some people who think that having boys is useless.

"Maybe the betrothal gift can be asked for a little more, right?" Cao Xiangnan said half jokingly, but he did not rule out this possibility. "Second, if boys can read and write, they can help their husbands manage the family better. When a man works outside to earn money, the family is managed by the boys at home. If this boy is a good manager, then the man will feel more at ease when he earns money outside?"

"Third, if boys can read and write, they can educate their future children well. Before the children go to school, they should be taught to read some words. In this way, when the children go to school, will they know more words than other children? If the children read well, will they have a greater chance of passing the imperial examinations?"

Cao Xiangnan listed several key points later. In short, he hoped to brainwash the families in the village first and send their boys to school, instead of thinking that having boys is useless and that they will be married to other families to give birth to children and continue the family line.

In fact, boys can also pass the imperial examinations, but these families don't even allow their boys to go to school, so how can boys have the opportunity to pass the imperial examinations?

Cao Xiangnan's words opened a new door in the minds of the brothers.

Yes! If the brothers in their family can study, it will be much easier for them to find a good family in the future. Then, won't people from outside come to marry the brothers in Caojia Village? Will his own brothers still worry about not finding a good family? All the brothers felt that Cao Silang was right.

The brothers immediately started to discuss, and they all agreed with Cao Silang's words.

Cao Xiangnan heard the voices of everyone's discussion and felt that this matter made sense.

Wang Dahu sat there and listened and nodded, thinking that what Cao Xiangnan said made a lot of sense. His wife was a literate person, and his wife was amazing. Should he also go to school to be worthy of his wife? I heard that men like them can also go to school.

Fortunately, Liu Baishu didn't know what the people around him were thinking. He was thinking about Cao Xiangnan's words. Since ancient times, few families would send their sons to school. He was now planning to let all the sons in the village go to school. Would this work? He had doubts in his heart, but gradually he got the answer. He just knew that it would work.

Gan Weiqi really found that Cao Xiangnan was a talent. This ability to charm people was not something that ordinary people would have.

"Okay, let's go back to the problem we talked about at the beginning, which is the problem of money." Cao Xiangnan knew that these people had taken his words to heart, so he shifted the topic to the money.

"I have already bought the land for the academy. I have the deed. In time, the deed will belong to the academy and will no longer belong to me, Cao Xiangnan. I must emphasize that this academy does not belong to me, Cao Xiangnan, but to everyone. In the future, all families with children can send their children to study here."

"Then this academy belongs to everyone. As for the money for building the academy, I thought we would raise money in the village when the time comes. Each family can give as much as they can. It doesn't matter how much, it's just a gesture of kindness. Besides, people from several villages near this academy can send their children to study here. We will go to the nearby villages and see how much money other villages can raise."

Now, as far as Caojia Village is concerned, every family has made a lot of money from him, so he doesn't believe that anyone will not have some money. As for other villages, he only knows that Caojia Village was the poorest in the past.

As long as they want to send their children to the academy, they will give a little, it's just a matter of how much they give. As for how much everyone gives, it depends on his ability. Besides, Fenshui Town is not just Caojia Village where Cao Xiangnan made a little money. There are many landlords and wealthy people nearby. He wants to get more money from these people.

"When the time comes, we will carve words on one wall of the academy, who gave how much money to build the academy, we will carve them one by one, the name, how much money was given when the academy was built. People who come to the academy to study in the future will know these people, and their names will be passed down from generation to generation and remembered by the world." In this way, is he still afraid that the rich will not donate money? Cao Xiangnan felt that there was a villain in his heart laughing up to the sky.

What these landlords want is nothing more than a good reputation, who wouldn't compete to give more when the time comes.

"See how much money we can raise, if it's not enough, I'll give more here." Cao Xiangnan thought that if he raised money, he would give the money to buy the land, and he might not need to give more money later. He said, "If there is more money raised, it will also be used for the future expenses of the academy."

He can take the full responsibility of building the academy by himself, but this school is not for him, Cao Xiangnan, but for the whole Caojia Village, and even the people of the nearby villages can send their children to study, so Cao Xiangnan does not intend to take all the responsibility on himself.

"How about this, I'll give you 100 taels." Cao Gang, who had been sitting there and listening for a long time, said.

"Okay." Good brother! Since Cao Gang had spoken, he was naturally counting the biggest share, and Cao Xiangnan smiled widely.

"Silang, I'll also give you a share, I don't have much extra money, but I can still give you a few dozen taels of silver." Seeing her husband glance at him, Chen Hong understood and said immediately.

He was in charge of the family's money, so Chen Hong naturally knew how much money the family had now. Building a college was a big deal, so he was naturally willing to give a sum of money. Their family now had a lot of monthly income, and he believed that they would only have more in the future, not less.

Wu Yue and Li Mei also said that they would take part in the work, as they were now receiving wages from Cao Silang. They heard that Cao Silang had built a large yard to make clothes, and they would move there, so they would not have to worry about losing their jobs in the future.

Since he took back the power of the family from Am, the family's money has been in his hands. With money in his pocket, Wu Yue has the confidence to speak.

Li Zheng saw that everyone here said they would contribute money to build the academy, and his family also had some money, so he would naturally contribute when the time comes. After hearing this, Li Zheng knew that the money was not a problem.

Even now, the total amount of money is over one hundred taels, plus the money raised by other families, it will probably be a considerable amount. As for the future expenses of the academy, Cao Xiangnan has also thought about this problem. His idea is to first purchase ten acres of land in the name of the academy to subsidize the expenses of the academy, "and then see if we should continue to purchase more land. After the academy is built, I will think of a way to add more income to the academy, all of which will be counted as part of the academy, and then used for the expenses of the academy."

In this way, they don't have to worry about the expenses of the academy in the future. These fields will be managed by the people in the village, and the harvest will be counted as part of the academy. In that time, there will be money to hire a teacher to teach the children.

Liu Baishu, Wang Dahu and others were also sitting there listening. Liu Baishu and Gan Weiqi looked at each other and saw the same thing in their eyes. The more he got along with this person, the more surprises Liu Baishu could get from him.

It was getting dark outside, and the topic was discussed here. The details would be discussed later.

Cao Xiangnan did not intend to let the village chief take care of this matter. Even if the village was repairing the road, the village chief could still cause trouble for him. Now it was in Li Zheng's hands. Because Li Zheng had driven those people away, he also heard that the village chief had fallen out with Li Zheng.

These people are really shameless! But Cao Xiangnan had already seen this, so he didn't find it strange.

It just so happened that the land where the academy was planned to be built was outside of Caojia Village, just in a triangular area, and the village chief and those old guys in Caojia Village really had no control over it. He remembered that Manager Liu had a good relationship with the county magistrate, so when the time came, he would invite the county magistrate to come and take charge. If the county magistrate was invited, there would be no need for those old guys in the village.

When Cao Dapeng returned, he also sent Li Zheng home.

"Be careful on the road."

"Okay."

"See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

A group of brothers were discussing the academy on their way back. They were all looking forward to the academy being built, so that their children could go to school, and those under the age of seven would not have to pay tuition. Then they would send their own brothers to school.

Thinking about the fact that their own brothers would be sought after by people from nearby families in the future, and with generous betrothal gifts, they felt happy!

After the people in the family left one by one, the yard suddenly became much quieter.

Sun Bailian also took the child home to take a bath, and Cao Xiangnan also asked Wanfeng to take the child to take a bath first, "You should go to bed early after taking a bath, I still have to be busy here for a while." They had not yet finished processing the grapes they picked this afternoon.

"Okay." Qi Wanfeng wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

The two of them had been together for so long, but Cao Xiangnan still didn't know what his Wanfeng was thinking. He smiled and said, "You go to bed first, don't wait for me, I will go back to the room as soon as possible." He knew that this person was worried that he would be busy too late and had no time to rest every day, so he was worried about him.

Qi Wanfeng was a little embarrassed when his thoughts were seen through, and he uttered a low "hmm".

Several children were playing outside, and he went to call the children back to take a bath.