After Daniu finished packing and came out, everyone dispersed.
In order to buy the tiger, Peng Zhang fought with Boss Yu to the death. No matter how much Boss Yu offered, he would increase the price. After all, he was just a fool with a lot of money and just wanted to have fun.
After all, Boss Yu was old, so he couldn't join him in his mischief, lest people in the industry accuse him of bullying the weak. Unable to deny Peng's debt, and seeing no hope for the grapes, he had no choice but to take his men back to sell watermelons.
Peng Zhang left 680 taels of silver and left with his tiger without even eating.
He had to catch the tiger meat while it was still fresh, skin it as soon as possible, eat the meat, and sell it for money.
Tian An had earlier asked Mangzhong to go to the village and buy a rooster as a treat for everyone. Mangzhong had just gone to the canteen to pay and returned with a chicken.
"Miss, forty-one roosters weigh a total of 216 pounds, and at 18 wen per pound, it cost 3,888 wen."
He handed the remaining money back to Tian An and said, "This is the remaining five taels and one hundred and twelve coins."
Tian An thought for a moment and said, "You can keep this money for now! If there's any emergency in the village and I'm not here, you can make the decision! Just keep track of the accounts."
Mangzhong knew that Tian An trusted them, so she didn't refuse and did whatever the girl said.
Tian An thought again and again and said, "Mangzhong, can you and Chunxi read?"
Mangzhong shook his head in embarrassment and said, "I don't know."
Tian An was surprised: "Then how do you usually keep accounts in the workshop?"
Mangzhong said, "Wait a minute, young lady. I'll go get the account book."
Tian An looked at the various square, round, and oval marks on the so-called account book that Mangzhong brought, feeling a little confused.
Mangzhong explained: "Girl, this little flower represents the hair flower, this triangle represents the rice dumpling, which is the colorful bracelet I made last time, this dot represents the rogue rabbit, and this flat circle (oval) is the dolphin..."
Tian An: What a talent! Who would understand this account book if it were shown to anyone? If those spies wrote secret letters like this, would they still be worried about information leaks?
"Then how do you reconcile the accounts with Manager Liu of Huibao Pavilion?"
Mangzhong lowered his head in shame and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, please tell us after you have counted. It will be fine as long as we make sure it matches what we remember."
Tian An felt that she needed to open a literacy class. Her goal was to eat, drink and have fun! The money she earned now was not enough for her to spend. Without money, she couldn't move forward!
But if you want to make a lot of money, you have to have the hardware to keep up. Xiaokang has to take the imperial examination, so I can't help her. I'm afraid that the people around her are illiterate. If you can't read and do business, you will suffer a great loss!
Tian An waved her hand and let Mangzhong go and take care of her own business.
She turned around and went to find Da Niu in his study. She had to discuss this matter with Da Niu, as she couldn't do it on her own.
"So, you want to set up a school in the village." After listening to Tian An's idea, Da Niu said.
Tian An nodded: "Yes! We can't always monitor all the business ourselves in the future! Let them learn to read, at least so that they can understand the contract documents! And learn some arithmetic and other things, just like the accountant in Peng Zhang's shop.
And those children living on the homestead cannot be illiterate all their lives and not even be able to write their own names!
If by chance I discover a few talented scholars, I will pay for them to go to school. If they become successful in the future, they will definitely not forget me..."
Da Niu watched Tian An talking slowly, occasionally throwing in a few words he had never heard of before, and making serious plans for the future of the children in the homestead. He was so confident and assertive that he seemed to have a halo around him.
Tian An talked for a long time but didn't hear Da Niu say anything. He turned around and found that Da Niu was staring at him in a daze!
Tian An's eyes turned, and he approached him and said, "Ahem! Ahem! What are you looking at, Brother Daniu? Is it good?"
Hearing this, Daniu took another serious look and said, "It looks good."
Tsk, it's getting harder and harder to tease Da Niu. He's not like before, when he would blush and get his fur standing on end, which was so funny.
Tian An got back to the point. "Do you think it's feasible?"
Da Niu lowered his hand from supporting his chin and said, "Money isn't a problem. There's still quite a bit of vacant land left from the homestead we bought earlier. We can just pick a quiet spot to build a school. It's just that it's hard to find a teacher to teach."
Tian An also nodded and said, "So this matter still has to be handled by Brother Daniu!"
Daniu said with a smile, "What are you going to let me do? You can't let me teach them!"
Tian An shook his head: "No, you still have to teach me! What I mean is, you should ask Mr. Zheng if there is anyone suitable to recommend to us!"
Daniu also thought it was feasible and planned to ask Master Zheng about it when he went to school in a few days.
Tian An thought that if there was really no suitable person, he would ask Daniu to ask if there were any students in their county school who were willing to teach.
It's like the part-time college students in my past life. Although those who can read are from well-off families, there are also some from poor families! Just asking them to teach people how to read, with a good reputation and money to earn, there will definitely be people willing to do it.
Anyway, there are always more solutions than problems!
After the two of them discussed it, Tian An immediately began to prepare. Daniu insisted on going to the mountains the next day, so she had to explain everything and go with him.
She wanted to see what medicinal herbs there were in the mountains. If possible, she would transplant them back and plant them in her own space first. Then, next year, she could let the farmhands plant medicinal herbs on a large scale. Medicinal herbs are much more valuable than food.
Since it was still early, Tian An thought of asking Mangzhong to find Master An, who was responsible for building the house, to finalize the matter of building the school.
But then I thought about the many things involved in building a school, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to explain them clearly at home, so I decided to go directly to Master An and decide on the location of the school to avoid the hassle again and again.
Tian An took Daniu to the homestead to see Master An. Master An thought they were asking him about building a breeding farm, so he took the initiative to explain everything.
"The farm will be finished in four or five days. You can start buying chicks or piglets now."
Tian An nodded to show that he understood, and then took Master An to the empty space on the homestead. As they walked, he said, "Can you let someone else finish the work on the farm? I have more important things to entrust to you."
Master An looked at Tian An and said, "My two sons can handle the finishing work. I wonder what the young lady wants me to do?"
Upon learning that Tian An wanted to choose a quieter spot to build a school, Master An suggested, "Young lady, if you want to build a school, you should build it in the middle of the village! That way, it will be convenient for children from other villages to come to school!"
Tian An shook his head and told Master An his plan.
Master An felt mixed emotions when he learned that Tian An wanted to build a school because of the children on the homestead.
Who doesn't want children to have a good future? But they are refugees from famine, so they are lucky to have something to eat and not starve to death.
Later they met Tian An, who not only provided them with food but also paid for building a house for them. They felt that life on the homestead was like a paradise on earth!
But they didn't expect that Tian An would build a school for their children. How could they be so worthy of such a reward?
Master An had no way to repay them, so he bent his knees and knelt in front of Da Niu and Tian An.
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