Chapter 208 Tonight, I'll risk my life to make you feel good!
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Faced with Yan Jiuniang's question, Li Shiyue turned to look at her and said with a smile, "Hey, what else could it be?"
As a mother myself, I naturally want to support my daughter in going to school and learning new skills.
Yes, nowadays, women can't take the imperial examinations or become officials;
But once she learns the skill, this woman will at least be able to support herself with it, and she won't have to live at the mercy of others. In fact, others might have to be subservient to her.
Li Shiyue's answer was just a casual remark, but Yan Jiuniang clearly took it to heart, and even Li's mother, Zheng Meiniang, and Zhou Lanhua were all looking at her.
Li Shiyue put down the wild hemp in her hand, straightened her face, and looked around at everyone. Finally, she nodded to Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian beside her before continuing, "Just like my mother, she learned skills from the medicine woman when she was young. Back in Henan, if anyone in the village had a headache or fever, especially women or children, they would all come to my mother for treatment."
I've told you everything about my family;
Ninth Sister, since my second uncle isn't home today, I'll tell you the truth. Do you think my grandmother didn't agree to my mother and father getting a divorce?
It's all because my mother is capable, able to earn money on her own, and is an indispensable person in the village.
No matter whose woman she was, she always gave my mother some face.
After all, who can guarantee they won't get sick?
My mother possessed the ability to save lives; how could my grandmother bear to let my mother and father leave?
Li's mother was a little stunned. She never thought that Li Shiyue could see so clearly!
"And then there's my aunt, who has a knack for butchering and butchering pigs."
Ninth Sister, you didn't see that when we were in Henan Province, my aunt's family lived in the county town, and they had their own meat stall and butcher shop.
When did you tell me how your aunt scared away Wang Ergou and the others by pulling out a knife from her waist that day?
"To tell you the truth, we fled famine all the way from Henan Province; we risked our lives and even killed people."
Li Shiyue winked at Yan Jiuniang: "And you, Jiuniang, you are exceptionally intelligent. You are able to manage such a large business at such a young age. Isn't that a skill?"
Clearly, learning skills is the most useful thing, and it is what women should strive for most.
Even if a woman can't pass the imperial examinations, learning skills is still useful!
Go to school and learn to read and do accounting.
In the future, you'll be able to read documents and won't be deceived.
Being good at accounting will be beneficial when you start a business in the future, as it will help you manage accounts and affairs.
Li Shiyue raised her hand and gently touched Li Qiutian beside her: "Sister Qiutian and Sister Xiatian are capable, but the three of us sisters together will be even more amazing!"
There's a saying among men: "When brothers are of one mind, their strength can break metal."
Why can't we women go together?
Naturally, sisters working together can be incredibly powerful!
I wish all my daughters could come to school and become more and more capable.
Therefore, in matters that I can decide, such as the school being built with my own money, Mr. Jiang being invited by me through personal connections, and Mr. Jiang's tuition fees being paid by me;
Then, I will take in the women first, as for the men?
"I have to give them something in return, right?"
After Li Shiyue finished speaking, not only Yan Jiuniang, but everyone in the courtyard, even Shi Tou, were pondering what Li Shiyue had said.
Zhou Lanhua thought about it again and again. After returning home, she said to Li Wangshui, who had returned home a couple of days earlier, "Husband, let's have another baby."
Having just returned from the fields, Li Wangshui, sweating profusely, was washing himself in the yard with water that had been warmed by the sun when he suddenly looked up at Zhou Lanhua, pausing his conversation. "Are you crazy?" he demanded.
Zhou Lanhua gave Li Wangshui a reproachful look, her reproachful tone carrying a hint of flirtatiousness. She must have been thinking about how Li Wangshui had been so forceful on the kang (heated brick bed) the night before.
Li Wangshui washed his face twice, and seeing that there was no one in the neighboring yard or outside, he whispered and roared at Zhou Lanhua, "I think you want it!"
You wait, tonight, I'll risk my life to make you feel good!
Time flies, and when the roads in Liujiatun were almost finished, the second most important event of the year, the autumn harvest, finally arrived.
Before the autumn harvest, Li Shiyue called everyone in the village, including the original inhabitants Liu Laozhang, Liu Pozi, and Xiao Lizi's family, as well as several families from the original Wangjia Village, to the ancestral hall.
Oh, and Jiang Huai too. Li Shiyue called Jiang Huai over as well.
Jiang Huai couldn't believe it at first. He wondered what he, an outsider, was doing in the ancestral hall of Liujiatun.
“Mr. Jiang, the ancestral hall in our village is different from those of other clans outside.”
Our program not only allows women and girls from our own clan to come in, but also allows those who have married out or married into the clan to come in.
Moreover, this is not only our Li clan's ancestral hall, but also the ancestral halls of other minor clans in the village.
Not to mention, Mr. Jiang, you are a scholar invited from our village. You have official rank and honors; your presence in the ancestral hall brings honor and glory to our hall.
Li Shiyue's words were indeed very pleasing to the ear, or rather, Li Shiyue's flattery made Jiang Huai feel very comfortable.
So, at this moment, Jiang Huai was invited to take the seat of honor. Li Shiyue sat next to him, and Li Youfu, who looked much older, sat on his other side.
Although Li Youfu was also mentioned, the person in charge was actually Li Shiyue.
Li Shiyue coughed lightly twice. Seeing that everyone was looking at her and the main hall was gradually quieting down, she spoke directly: "There's nothing else today, just one thing to tell you all about the autumn harvest in a few days."
The autumn harvest is a major event, and the experience of going hungry is truly awful, something those who have fled famine all the way can never forget.
When everyone heard that it was about the autumn harvest, they immediately perked up their ears to listen.
Li Shiyue nodded to Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian, who were sitting below her. The two of them then got up and distributed the papers with drawings that they had prepared to the heads of each household in the village.
"The autumn harvest is a major event, an extremely important event."
The picture on the paper is of a windmill, which helps us sift grain quickly. I had a carpenter make it a long time ago.
It will be delivered in a couple of days, and then placed in the newly repaired drying ground. Each household will then take turns using it.
Yes, Li Shiyue spent 33 points to buy the blueprint for this windmill from the system.
Of course, she had already sent the windmill blueprints to Liu Tan. She still needed to maintain good relations with General Liu Tan, because being on good terms with the General would bring real benefits.
Among the Liu family members in the ancestral hall, some quick-witted ones understood the meaning after just a few glances at the diagram.
During the spring planting season, they all saw the seed drill and curved plow that Li Shiyue and his team had made.
Now that it was harvest time, they indeed "enjoyed" the same treatment as Li Wangshui and his group.
Among the Li clan members on Li Youfu's and Eighth Uncle's side, there were a few who were originally very dissatisfied with being suppressed by Li Shiyue, a young girl, but they had no choice but to submit, because they also knew in their hearts that Li Shiyue was really capable of killing people!
They were not elders compared to Eighth Uncle. Li Shiyue dared to attack Eighth Uncle, so there was no need for any reason if he were to attack them.
Therefore, at Li Shiyang's request, they had no choice but to reconcile with Li Shiyue.
But they were not convinced in their hearts, and whenever they had the chance, they would curse Li Shiyue.
But now, looking at the blueprints for the windmill, for the first time ever, they felt that following Li Shiyue was really good, at least they could use such good things!
Food is of utmost importance!
Humans need to eat food to survive!
You're saying that Li Shiyue came up with this so that they can speed up the process of sorting and drying the harvested grain as quickly as possible. Can you say that following Li Shiyue is a bad thing?
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