Every word Wu Fengxian and Wu Fengfu said resonated with the eldest brother Ding Youwang. He also recognized Wu Fengfu as the man who had scolded them when Ding Pingshun took him to the county government office to inquire about the fifth brother.
The person who used to be so high and mighty in front of him and Ding Pingshun now came to him and wanted to be his son-in-law. He felt a sense of inexplicable satisfaction in his heart.
What else could he think? Ever since he was little, his father had always been a god in his mind. As long as his father praised him, he would be in high spirits even if he didn't eat for a whole day.
At this moment, looking at Old Ding's hopeful eyes, he pursed his lips and said, "I'll listen to Dad."
"Her father!" Liu slapped her legs with both hands and just as she howled, Meng rushed up like a tigress and punched her twice.
"Are you howling? Howl to death!"
The eldest and the old Dingtou nodded, and the marriage was settled. Meng finally realized that if she wanted to control Liu and Gao, she had to win over the eldest and the old Dingtou. The eldest listened to the old Dingtou, and the old Dingtou was about to be able to speak again. If he could stand up again, she and the old Dingtou would still be the masters of the family.
So, after Wu Fengxian and her niece happily left, Meng immediately wiped her tears and began to criticize herself to Old Ding. She spoke with tears in her eyes and slapped herself several times, her face red. She cried and said that she was also anxious because the family money was wasted, and she was blinded by greed, so she took her anger out on Old Ding.
Old Mrs. Meng was so angry that she finally knelt down in front of Old Ding and cried, saying that she had no merits but had worked hard over the years, and in the end, it was because of Old Ding that she fell ill, and she still had to endure the anger of her daughter-in-law at her old age.
The tears had successfully softened Old Ding's heart. Most importantly, he felt that Meng was a man of his heart, capable of seeing the bigger picture and caring about the whole family. Unlike that clueless Liu, if she hadn't kept Wu Fengxian and her niece, this whole thing might have fallen through.
Looking at Mrs. Meng with white hair on her temples, Old Ding thought that he had not treated her well during the days when she was paralyzed. He might as well consider it as retaliation. After all, they had gone through ups and downs for most of their lives. He asked Mrs. Meng to call the eldest brother and his wife and other people in the family. He had something to say.
Except for the second and third brothers who went out to work to earn money, Ding Quan also went to school, and soon everyone else arrived.
Ding Zhu's eyes were red with tears. She was dragged into this by Liu.
Old Ding announced that he was still alive and just called out "Boss". Boss Ding Youwang immediately yelled at Liu to hand over the keys.
The key returned to Meng's hands, and the house was still run by her and Old Ding. She started shaking again.
The news that Ding Zhu's in-laws had broken off the engagement and that she was going to marry Wu Fengfu as a concubine quickly spread throughout Dingjia Village. Ding Youtian and Jian Ning also learned about it the next day.
"I'm afraid we're in trouble." Ding Youtian said with a frown.
"Don't worry. If an enemy comes, we will fight him. If a flood comes, we will block it with earth. We will not interfere with them. If they dare to cause trouble, who knows who will be the one to suffer in the end."
"I'm not worried about anything else..." Ding Youtian hesitated to speak. He had watched Ding Zhu grow up. The girl was lazy and had no opinions of her own just like her father. He was worried that Ding Zhu would be bewitched by Meng and Old Ding and instigate Wu Fengfu to go against them.
Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials.
Wu Fengfu was a government official after all, so it was easy for him to find fault with them and make things difficult for them. Although he couldn't do anything to them, it was still quite annoying.
A few days later, a small sedan chair in blue quietly carried Ding Zhu to Wu Fengfu's house. Meng Shi also knew that being a concubine was not a respectable thing. But that didn't matter. What mattered was that their family had a backer. As long as their family members didn't take it seriously, others wouldn't have anything to say.
Even if she did, she believed no one would dare to say it to her face. She walked around the village with her back straight again. Whenever she saw someone going to Huimin Medical Clinic, or mentioned Jian Ning's superb medical skills in front of her, she would spit and curse.
Since its opening, Huimin Clinic has been flooded with patients from all over the country seeking treatment. Most of them are elderly people with eye problems. Elderly women, who work under oil lamps for years, often suffer from glaucoma, cataracts, and floaters.
There is also varicose veins, but there is almost no hypertension, which is a common disease among modern elderly people.
Jane Ning found that some elderly people had particularly severe cataracts and recommended that they undergo surgery to remove them, but most of them were afraid of having their eyes tampered with and would rather accept conservative treatment.
It seems that power generation was indeed necessary in ancient times. Unfortunately, Jian Ning knew nothing about electricity and couldn't help Ma Fuquan. Fortunately, skilled craftsmen from all over the country continued to arrive in Dingjia Village. Jian Ning heard from Ma Fuquan that many of these people were knowledgeable in astronomy and geography. The wisdom of the ancients sometimes amazed even a modern man like him.
The village clan school was established a few days after Ding Zhu got married. What made the clan leader and the village head extremely excited was that the tutor actually took the initiative to take on the role of teacher. This was a teacher from the capital. The clan leader and the village head each gave a speech before the first day of class, warning the disciples in the clan to cherish the opportunity to enroll in school and listen carefully to the lectures of the teacher from the capital.
During the first few days of classes, the village head and clan leader sat in the classroom like elementary school students, listening to the tutor's lectures. Da Niu, Daya from the Chang family, and Qiuying from the village head's family also attended the clan school, sitting in the same classroom with the other boys in the clan, receiving their initial education.
Since the founding of the Great Yan Dynasty, the Dingjia Village clan school was the first in the country to offer coeducational education. Because no other teachers were available, Ding Youtian temporarily filled in as the tutor, in addition to the Grand Tutor. The day after he entered the schoolhouse, the children in the clan burst into laughter.
However, after the class, the children applauded one after another. He mainly taught them to recognize words. He wrote big characters on bamboo slips and started with the simplest characters. He either made up a rhyme or told a short story to strengthen the children's memory.
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