Chapter 44, New Year Gift
The refugee issue was successfully resolved, and the students and teachers in the county school received countless thanks.
Because of this experience, some changes have occurred in the county school.
For example, some students who usually don’t like reading actually took the initiative to pick up their books for the first time.
When asked why, some said they wanted to study hard and become good officials who would benefit the people and prevent refugees from appearing in their jurisdiction.
Some people say that refugees live a miserable life and they need to study more, otherwise their family property will be wasted and they will have to become refugees.
No matter what the reason is, Zhu Chengyu is happy to see such a change.
Because the donation was initiated by Yan Wenxiu, Zhu Chengyu was particularly friendly every time he met him in the days that followed.
One day, Zhu Chengyu strolled into the county government office and praised Yan Wenxiu to everyone he met.
Everyone in the county government office also knew about this and started praising it as well.
Everyone who can work here is a smart person, and they will naturally not miss such a good opportunity to flatter the county magistrate.
When County Magistrate Yan heard these words, he really felt very proud.
Master Xiao glanced at County Magistrate Yan, who had a constant smile on his face, and shook his head.
Because he has Yan Wenxiu as his assistant, he knows more than others.
For example, it was the eldest daughter of the Yan family who proposed asking students to make donations.
In his opinion, the person who should be praised the most for this donation should be the eldest daughter of the Yan family.
You know, before this, even he hadn't figured out a way to get the wealthy gentry in the county to donate money to help the refugees.
Although the eldest daughter of the Yan family only made suggestions and did not participate, if we were to reward her according to her merits, she would be the first one.
Did Yan Zhigao forget the rice flowers?
Of course not!
Because of this incident, he discovered that his eldest daughter was really as smart and insightful as Old Lady Yan said. In their subsequent interactions, he became more tolerant of his eldest daughter.
At the same time, the Yan family discovered that after the donation experience, Yan Wenxiu had also changed. He was more steady and confident in doing things than before.
Songheyuan.
Old Mrs. Yan was chatting with her three daughters-in-law.
Old Lady Yan said, "This donation was the right thing to do. Look at Wenxiu. He's been out for a few days and he's a lot more cheerful now. I used to feel so bad for him when I saw him stuck in his room reading all day long."
Teenage boys are at the age when they are lively and active. Every time she sees her eldest grandson sitting in the house with a book in his hand, she feels distressed.
Madam Li sighed, "Wenxiu is putting too much pressure on himself."
Sun smiled and said, "Wen Xiu is the eldest grandson of the Yan family. He shoulders the burden of the Yan family. Big brother also values him more. Isn't the pressure huge? Unlike my Wen Jie, who is either crazy or making trouble all day long."
Old Lady Yan: "It's good to read more, but you can't just study blindly. What did Daohua say?"
Mrs. Wu smiled and continued, "We need to balance work and rest."
Old Lady Yan: "Yes, yes, that's right. You need to combine work and rest. Read for a while, then play for a while. That way you can get twice the result with half the effort."
Madam Li smiled and said, "Could it be that Daohua said this on purpose just to have fun?"
Old Madam Yan looked at Madam Li with disapproval: "Nonsense, Daohua has never made me worry about studying. She said that studying is the key to understanding reason and reason. With more knowledge in your head, you won't be afraid of anything wherever you go."
"When she was little, before I even thought about this, she already knew how to arrange her own education. She even found the teacher herself."
"You all know Third Uncle, such a conservative old man, but he loves Daohua very much. There is only one bad thing about him, he always complains that Daohua is not a boy."
Wu smiled and said, "That's because Third Uncle values Rice Flower."
Old Lady Yan: "It's true that I value it, but I'm a little too biased towards boys. What's wrong with my daughter Daohua being a girl? Can't girls be powerful?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Li paused and sighed in her heart.
People in the world have too many restrictions on women. Compared with girls, boys are much freer.
"Grandma, I'm back!"
Just then, the sound of rice flowers came into the house.
Old Mrs. Yan immediately smiled: "This girl is still so crazy!" Although her tone was blaming, her face could not hide her doting.
"Hey, everyone's here!"
When Daohua entered the house and saw the room full of people, she looked a little surprised.
Madam Li stepped forward and took Daohua's cloak. "Why are you dismissed so early today?"
Daohua took Madam Li's arm and said, "Master Qin said that since it's the end of the year, we should just review the previous lessons. There's no need to stay in the classroom all the time."
Old Lady Yan nodded and said, "That's good. The weather is getting colder and colder. It's freezing in the classroom. I'm afraid you'll get cold. It's the same if you read in the house."
That night, after dinner, Daohua helped Mrs. Li back to the main courtyard.
As soon as she returned, Pingtong handed a letter to Mrs. Li.
Rice Flower: "Whose letter is it?"
Madam Li smiled and said, "I'm sure it's from your eldest uncle. The New Year is almost here, and if you calculate the date, the New Year gifts from your maternal grandparents should be here by now."
Daohua's eyes flashed: "Uncle? The uncle who sends me hair flowers every year?"
When she was still in Yanjia Village, she would receive a box of hair flowers every year, which made the girls in the tribe very envious.
Mrs. Li smiled and nodded: "Isn't it?"
Daohua became interested: "Look quickly, what did uncle write in the letter?"
Mrs. Li: "It's just some casual words of greeting and reassurance."
Having said that, Mrs. Li still began to quickly open the envelope, and the mother and daughter began to read the letter head to head.
"Mom, your uncle cares about you very much."
"Nonsense, he's my mother's brother, how can I not care?"
"Mom, my uncle brought me something again!"
"Most of the brocade in the capital comes from the Jiangnan area. The quality is very good and it is almost impossible to buy it in our county. When the New Year gifts arrive, I will use the material your uncle gave you to make you some nice clothes."
"Okay, Mom wants to do it too, and so does Grandma."
"Why, have you forgotten your father?"
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The uncle didn't say anything else in the letter, just some very ordinary family talk, but from between the lines, Daohua could feel the brother's concern for his sister.
On the third day after receiving the letter, the Li family’s New Year gifts arrived as expected, filling two carts.
Unfortunately, that day, Mrs. Li took Daohua out to buy New Year's items and was not at home.
Madam Li was not at home, but Yan Zhigao happened to be on leave.
Looking at the generous New Year gifts sent by the Li family, Yan Zhigao was satisfied.
Although the lady's family is a merchant family, they have helped them financially over the years. Of course, they are also protected by him, the county magistrate, to a certain extent.
The two companies can be said to have each gotten what they needed.
Among the New Year gifts, cloth took up a relatively large space and was placed at the top. Yan Zhigao thought that it was the New Year and each family had to make clothes. Anyway, the clothes would be distributed to each family when the lady came back, so he decided to divide most of the materials.
Among them, two of the best pieces of brocade were given to the second wife, one to the third wife, and the rest were sent to Shuangxinyuan.
When Mrs. Li came back, she found that the brocade her brother had given to her eldest daughter and the old lady to make clothes was gone, and her face immediately turned dark.
(End of this chapter)
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