The village chief said, "Since everyone has agreed, from now on, the elder brother's family will take the lead. We must unite and not quarrel among ourselves. The Xu family will provide the funds, and we will provide the labor. Fellow villagers, it's time to fight for our descendants!"
"right!"
"The village chief is right!"
The old man said, "Tomorrow I will give the money for buying the land to the village chief. Everyone just needs to bring the land deeds and we will buy your land at five taels of silver per mu."
"This fertile land is only worth five taels. Uncle Dashan, aren't you losing money?"
The old man waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter if I suffer a loss, but I can't let everyone else suffer a loss. In the future, everyone will have no land to harvest grain, and they will definitely feel uneasy. Use the extra money to buy more grain and keep it at home."
"Okay, thank you Uncle Dashan."
The villagers were happily discussing it below.
Qibao pulled the old man over and whispered a few words in his ear.
The old man looked at Qibao in surprise and said, "Qibao, are you sure?"
Seeing Qibao nod, the old man coughed lightly and said, "I wonder if everyone would like to let their children go to school?"
The crowd quieted down instantly.
A man shouted, "I want it, I dream about it. Although we can afford it now, the inkstone and paper are really too expensive."
The old man said, "So I plan to build an academy in the village so that the children can learn to read and study right at their doorstep. I won't charge any tuition fees, and I'll also provide the children with writing brushes, inkstones, and inkstones. If they can excel in this field, that would be great. If not, our Xu family will find them jobs in the future. What do you all think?"
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