Chapter 175 Moving to a New House
When the village chief heard this, he clapped his hands happily and said, "That's great. The Zhao family's old house has three main rooms, as well as side rooms and a kitchen, which is enough for them to live in.
"Yue girl, there are currently 113 children registered in our village who want to study, and there are also children from other villages who are related to us. Can Chen Tongsheng teach them all by himself?"
Li Wanyue thought for a while and said, "Then let's divide them into five groups, with more than 20 people in each group. Xiaolan and I will help teach some of the students who have no basics, and let Chen Tongsheng teach the others. Each group of students will have one hour every day, so we can stagger the classes and teach for five days and rest for two days."
The village chief nodded quickly, saying this was a good idea.
He then asked, "As for Shu Xiu, should we wait until Chen Tongsheng comes to discuss it, or should we just make a decision?"
Li Wanyue reminded: "Village Chief should discuss it with everyone. If you only provide some vegetables and firewood, everyone may not think it's a big deal, but if you provide money, I guess some people will not be willing to do so."
The village chief nodded and said, “I know, but our village is different this year. We have made a lot of money through your family.
Just take the example of helping your family harvest sweet potatoes these two days and picking mushrooms and wood ears for half a month. Every family has earned at least one or two taels of silver, not to mention the previous earnings from bamboo shoots and building houses.
Asking them to pay a few dozen cents is not a big deal. Compared with going to school in town, this amount of money is not worth mentioning at all. I think most people would agree with this.
Even if there are a few families who disagree, let them send vegetables, firewood or grain to Chen Tongsheng's house at the market price as compensation. If they still don't agree, then don't learn it."
Li Wanyue nodded: "What you said is fine, you can think of a suitable number first, and then wait for Chen Tongsheng to arrive and let him see if he is satisfied. If he is not satisfied, then adjust it."
The village chief nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Yue girl, this is what I think. Our village wants to learn, and each child will be paid 50 coins. What do you think? In this way, there will be 113 children, and there will be more than 5 taels of silver per month. When the time comes, I will give a small part to you and Xiaolan. I won't let you work in vain. What do you think?"
Li Wanyue said: "In theory, this price is not high, but I don't know if the villagers can accept it.
Among the current number of people registered, each household may have two or three children. If this price is set, I am afraid that the number of children going to the village school will be reduced by half.
Each family only sends one child to school, and then lets him teach other children, or several families will unite and let one child learn, and the children of other families will follow this child to learn, and give some vegetables and firewood, which is much cheaper than fifty coins. "
The village chief thought so too, but it couldn't be too little as the price was already not high.
Li Wanyue added, "Village Chief, Xiaolan and I don't need to pay. After all, we only teach for an hour, so we can pay with firewood. We only need to pay Chen Tongsheng a fee. If you set the price a little lower, the villagers will be more willing to accept it."
"Okay, I understand. I'll think about it."
Li Wanyue said nothing more and asked the village chief to discuss it with the villagers.
It is impossible to let your children learn knowledge without paying anything.
In the evening, the village chief called everyone together and after discussion, they finally decided to hire Chen Tongsheng to teach in the village.
Eighty percent of the people were willing to pay tuition fees, and the remaining 20 percent were responsible for providing food, firewood and grain.
The next day, Li Sandong drove a ox cart to pick up Chen Tongsheng and his family of four to the village.
Chen Tongsheng saw that although the small courtyard was shabby, it was clean and tidy, and he received a salary of more than three taels of silver a month. The villagers were also very enthusiastic and he was very satisfied.
At least it's much better here than living in a resettlement camp.
The villagers gave them some of their own vegetables, firewood, backpacks, bamboo baskets, brooms and other things. Chen Tongsheng's wife was flattered and thanked them repeatedly.
Soon, the crowd dispersed and the lively courtyard became quiet.
Chen Tongsheng held his wife's hand and said, "Mother Qian, you have worked hard these days. I will make a lot of money in the future. When I have saved enough money, I will continue to study hard and will not let you and the children suffer anymore."
"Well, if my parents knew about this, they would be relieved." Sun Qian showed a long-lost smile.
My husband finally cheered up and they had hope.
Then, the two of them cleaned up the house they lived in, ate and drank their fill, and rested for two days before school started.
During this period, the interior of the Li family's new house was gradually decorated, and Li Wanyue's room was decorated according to her ideas.
All the furniture is in place, and it has been left in the shop to dry for a while, so there is almost no smell.
In the following time, everyone in the Li family decorated their own rooms.
Li Wanyue's room has large windows and bright light.
The walls were smoothed with lime mud, the floor was covered with brown wooden floors, the inner and outer rooms were separated by a round light cover, there was a light brown bunk bed against the wall of the inner room, a light blue gauze curtain was hung on the bed, there was a footstool underneath, and a set of wardrobes were placed against the wall to the right of the bed.
There is a dressing table against the wall on the right side, with a dressing box and a bronze mirror on top and a drum stool underneath.
There is an antique clothes hanger in the corner.
There is a chaise longue on the left side by the window, where you can lean on it and look at the scenery outside the window in your spare time.
There was a flower table in the corner, and a white porcelain vase on top of it.
You can pick some flowers and put them in a vase later.
The circular light shield was also hung with a light blue curtain.
In the outside part, there is a Luohan bed against the wall, a small square table in the middle, and a white porcelain vase with flowers on one side of the Luohan bed.
In the middle was a round table covered with a light green tablecloth and four drum stools.
On the other side of the wall of the outer room, there is a desk with writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone on it, and a guzheng stand next to it.
After wiping it inside and out three times, Li Wanyue was finally satisfied.
At that time, you can put down a new quilt, put cushions on both sides of the bed, put a set of tea sets on the round table, hang a few paintings on the wall, and put a small incense burner there to burn some nice-smelling incense. It will be perfect.
The other rooms are all covered with wooden floors, which are beautiful and tidy.
Xiaotao and Xiaolan's rooms were designed with the help of Li Wanyue.
There are round light shields on both sides, and a bunk bed, a wardrobe, a dressing table and a small couch are placed in each place.
In this way, the two sisters each have their own space, with a bed and a round table placed in the middle. The gauze curtains were chosen by them selves, Xiaolan chose purple and Xiaotao chose pink.
After cleaning up their respective rooms, they cleaned the courtyard and backyard.
After a few days of hard work, I finally finished cleaning it up.
The whole family had happy smiles on their faces.
We decided to move three days later.
Zhao Suying was packing things at home, but Li Wanyue felt that there was nothing to pack as everything had been bought. The things in the old house were old and there was no need to take them to the new house.
But these things have been with them for many years, so naturally they are reluctant to part with them. Even if they don't need them, they are unwilling to give them up.
Three days later, several families who had good relations with the Li family came to help move things.
The Li family's ox cart was almost full, so they helped move the scattered bags, chickens and rabbits over.
They haven't been inside the new house since the gate was installed.
Looking at the heavy brown gate and the high courtyard wall in front of him, there were some broken porcelain pieces pasted with mud on the wall. This was Li Wanyue's idea to prevent someone from climbing over the wall.
They once again felt that the Li family was different from them.
But people are still as kind as before.
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