Chapter 171 Village School
Village Chief Li followed Li Youshan's family back.
He did not ask Li Youshan, but Li Wanyue: "Yueyue, what do you think about the children in the village wanting to study with your family?"
Li Wanyue said: "Reading and studying is a good thing. I also hope that there can be a village school in the village so that all the children in the village can learn to read and write. The books I bought can also be given out for free to everyone.
But the children in my family have already learned a lot. Some of them learned a little from Xiaolan, while some did not learn anything.
If the village chief asked me for advice, I think first of all the children should be over six or seven years old. Secondly, for those who have no basic knowledge, let Xiaolan teach them first. Xiaolan learns very well and she has mastered everything I taught her. Then let Xiaotao help with tutoring.
If you have some basic knowledge, I can teach you. Of course, it would be best if you can find a teacher. As for the study time, one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon every day. This way, it will be easier for the children to accept it. If the time is too long, the children will not be able to digest what they have learned.
As for where to study, the village chief would find a place, clean it up, and temporarily use it as the village school. If there was any tuition, it could be paid with vegetables, firewood, or labor.
What do you think? "
The village chief was excited. He thought that if their village had a village school, everyone would be able to read and write, which would be beneficial for the future.
He nodded repeatedly: "This idea you mentioned is good, OK, I will go back and tell everyone, if everyone agrees, we will clean up the place and then tell you.
Yueyue, you are so kind-hearted and have made great contributions to the village. I thank you on behalf of all the villagers in our village."
"You're welcome, village chief. If the village is doing well, our family will also be well."
The village chief thought of the village school, and walked away with a smile on his face, his steps brisk, to call everyone to attend the meeting.
When everyone was present, the village chief repeated Li Wanyue's words: "The Li family is willing to teach us and give us the books they bought at great expense for free. We should be grateful. If the children in our family can learn a few words, they will not be completely in the dark when they go out in the future.
As for the location of the village school, there is an old house near the old locust tree. It used to belong to the Zhao family. They moved away and it has been empty for many years. Let's renovate it and use it as a village school temporarily so that the children can study there. What do you think?"
Some villagers agreed, while others disagreed.
"Village Chief, how old is Xiaolan? She's a girl, how can she teach her?"
Village Chief Li glanced at the man and said, "What's wrong? What's wrong with the girl? Isn't Yue a girl also a girl? She knows so many things and knows how to do business. Xiaolan and Xiaotao were all taught by her.
My grandson Wenxuan always says that Xiaoan and Xiaokang are making rapid progress in their studies at the academy. That's because they both studied with Yue Yatou before, and after school, whenever they didn't understand something, Yue Yatou would help them explain it.
If you don't like what others say, why don't you just stop following their lead?"
After hearing this, those who had objections stopped talking.
Seeing that they were silent, the village chief continued, "You don't have any other opinions, right? If you want to learn, come and sign up with me, and I'll go and renovate the village school tomorrow. If you don't want your children to learn, you don't have to go and repair it."
Who would refuse such a good thing? You know, it costs ten taels of silver a year to go to school in the town. Now you only need to pay some vegetables or firewood to send your children to study, and there is no limit on the quantity. This is a huge bargain.
Even being able to write the names of your family members is a big deal.
They had just heard the children who were learning from Xiaolan reciting the Three Character Classic from beginning to end. They had memorized such a long passage. The envy and longing in the eyes of the children who had not learned it were overflowing.
Now they can learn along, and they are very excited.
Zhou Family
It was getting late and the aroma of food was wafting in from other houses, but their stove was still empty.
Mrs. Zhou stood in the yard and shouted, "Second wife, why don't you hurry up and cook? You just want to be lazy and want to starve your family to death."
Zhou Erquan, who was in the room, saw that his wife acted as if she didn't hear anything. She just held Xiao Miao and looked at the wooden ox.
He sighed and walked out the door: "Mom, please stop shouting. Cuihua and Muniu are both injured. Please let them rest."
"I didn't do anything cruel. I just wanted to scare them. Your wife is just pretending to be nice to you. She is a troublemaker. She wants to make our family restless so that you can split up. I tell you, as long as I am here, you can forget about splitting up."
Zhou Erquan frowned. He was really tired and didn't want to say more. He went straight to the kitchen to cook.
"Stop right there! How could I have given birth to a loser like you? You have a wife at home, but you don't let her cook. You do it yourself. Chen Cuihua, get out here."
Zhou Erquan said impatiently, "Mom, do you really have to make a scene? My eldest sister-in-law is also resting in the room, why don't you let her do it? This matter was originally caused by Jinniu and Yinniu, but you and Dad didn't teach them a lesson, but instead you took your anger out on us. Is that possible?"
Just as Mrs. Zhou was about to speak, she shrank back in fear at the roar of Old Man Zhou.
"That's enough."
Old Man Zhou walked out of the house and glared at Mrs. Zhou. He used to think that she was a little stupid, but he didn't expect that she still couldn't see the situation clearly at this time.
The eldest brother's family has been spoiled by the old woman and can't do anything.
Not to mention that the future work of the Li family will still depend on the second son's family. If the village school is built, if the girl of the Li family teaches, she will definitely not want to teach the golden ox and the silver ox. Then the wooden ox will have to teach them. Otherwise, all the children in the village will be able to read, but the two children of the eldest son will not be able to. Isn't that embarrassing?
If we want to send them to academy, who can afford ten taels of silver a year?
At this time, he still wanted to harass the second son's family. Did he really want to make them separate? The second son's wife was so tough today that he believed she really wanted to divorce.
At this time, we have to stabilize the second brother's family and let them give up these ideas, otherwise the family will rely on the eldest brother and his wife, and he will have nothing to worry about in the future.
Thinking of this, he said coldly: "Don't you think today is not embarrassing enough? I was beaten and compensated 300 coins, and you still think it is not enough. Do you have to make the family break up before you are happy?
Mu Niu and the second son's wife are both injured, and instead of cooking them something delicious to help them recover, you dare to ask them to work. Aren't you afraid that others will call us evil-hearted?"
As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Erquan and softened his tone: "You go back to the room and take care of them. Your mother will cook dinner."
"Old man..."
"Shut up. I'm going to steam two bowls of egg custard for the second brother's family to nourish their bodies in the evening." After saying that, he went back to the house.
Zhou Erquan pinched the corner of his clothes. He was embarrassed to ask his mother to cook, but this was his father's decision and he dared not disobey.
Mrs. Zhou glared at him and went to the kitchen.
Zhou Erquan sighed and went back to the house.
Li Wanyue and her family also returned home. The children had calmed down. After letting them wash and change their clothes, Zhao Suying called them under a big tree.
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