Chapter 290 Mother, Listen to Me Thank You
Li Xiulan looked at her father-in-law nervously.
Her children are still young and can't do anything, but which parent doesn't want their child to learn to read?
Reading and learning to write were things she had never dared to think about before, but her sister-in-law's words made it possible for her to...
Jiang Ying was thinking, "Dad, we just arrived this year and haven't dug many herbs yet. We can just remember them by heart and talk about them. But if the number of herbs increases in the future, it will be impossible to remember them all by heart without a ledger.
As for the sugar mill, even though we are all family members, we have account books that are clearly written. When we check the accounts, we can just look through them without any misunderstandings, right?"
Mr. Jiang looked at his daughter and daughter-in-law, shook his head and said, "That's not what I'm thinking about."
Shen Qing naturally thought that Master Jiang was worried about the selection of teachers and the paper, ink, and brush, so he said his thoughts: "Uncle, don't worry about the teacher. Let Xiang Zhong take the position. Although he doesn't have much talent, he can still teach simple literacy and arithmetic."
Jiang Xiangzhong, who was exhausted from taking care of the kids at home, said: ....Mom, listen to me and say thank you.
"Also, there are quite a few inferior paper, ink, brushes, and inkstones in the workshop. There are some leftover slates from laying the floor dragon. I'll put a broken bowl next to it that I don't use anymore at home and dip it in water to write. This way, I can save on paper, ink, and inkstones, and everything will be ready!"
Zhou Yan, Li Xiu Lan and Jiang Ying nodded continuously and looked at their father together.
The eldest sister-in-law is doing everything by herself. She wants to bring the bowl of rice to them and feed them. Why is Dad still hesitating?
"Dad~"
Mr. Jiang Er said, "I'm wondering what number is appropriate for Xiang Zhong?"
The four of them were stunned.
Before the villagers went up the mountain to dig medicinal herbs, clean and dry them, and collect acorns and chestnuts, they all had a unified division of labor and were divided into different levels and corresponding numbers according to the difficulty and degree of fatigue;
Assigning work, selling outside, keeping accounts and distributing money and grain...are not direct labor but are also indispensable, so there are corresponding numbers.
These numbers are silver and money. The more revenue the village generates, the more it gets. It can be said that it is closely related to income.
Shen Qing casually said, "It'll only take half a day. If it rains, snows, or the weather is bad, there's no need to teach. Xiang Zhong is idle at home anyway, so there's no need to be too formal."
Her original intention was to enable as many villagers as possible to learn to read and do arithmetic, so that they could go out and do accounting more smoothly in the future. Most of them were her own business, so wouldn't helping them also be helping herself?
Jiang Ying responded quickly, "No, no, Dad is right. We still need to appoint one. First, we need recognition from the other party. If he teaches for one, five, or ten days, it's fine. But if he keeps teaching for several months, every year, no one will want to teach him anymore, let alone him.
Secondly, it is also a constraint on the students. If he is allowed to teach for nothing, who can say anything about his dedication or how long he teaches? But if the number is set, it is equivalent to receiving wages. Doesn't it mean that he should be as dedicated as the teachers in the academy?
Zhou Yan and Li Xiulan nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, yes, my sister is right. As soon as she said it, I felt that it made sense!"
Shen Qing looked at Jiang Ying with admiration.
No wonder Jiang Ying was able to raise her two younger brothers to adulthood, and make her younger brothers and even her two sisters-in-law convinced of her. How many people can have such reaction ability and such a clear and long-term perspective?
Mr. Jiang nodded in agreement with his eldest daughter's words and added, "And the brushes, even if they are inferior, can't be taken for free;
If you get too much, not only will you not cherish it, you will also take it for granted.
But since it's a defective product, it can be priced much cheaper. Every household in the village has someone working in the brush workshop. Selling the defective products can bring in income, the workers can get a share of the money, and their children can use the brushes to write, so naturally they won't have any objections."
Nothing can be given away for free. Otherwise, people might be grateful at first, but it will become their due over time. Besides, the village today is not the poor Qili Village of the past, and everyone can afford to pay.
Shen Qing understood the mentality of 'a pinch of rice brings gratitude, a load of rice brings hatred'. She originally just wanted to train the villagers to serve her, but now that Mr. Jiang and the others had brought it up, there was no need for her to object.
"Okay, but Xiangzhong will only teach for half a day. It's not good to set a high target."
"Yes, indeed." Mr. Jiang pondered for a moment and then asked, "How about five?"
The lowest wage in the village is four yuan a day, but this is teaching reading and writing after all, so even if it is only half a day, it cannot be lower than the lowest, otherwise who will want to teach in the future?
Li Xiulan replied, "Of course. After all, you're a scholar, and what's a scholar's business like? Living in the city is expensive, not to mention the various festival gifts you have to give, and eating and living are even more expensive.
Xiang Zhong is a scholar, and he will definitely take the imperial examination and become an official in the future. How can he continue to teach literacy and arithmetic in the village? So let the children in the village study hard, and whoever studies well can earn this salary in the future!
There is no need to be jealous of this job, after all, every household may have a baby in the future!
Shen Qing: ....Originally there was no pressure to go to college, and the children in the village didn’t feel any pressure either, but now that the position of teacher is there, the pressure is immediately there.
Sure enough, no matter which dynasty or generation, studying is not an easy job.
Leave the subsequent matters to Mr. Jiang Erye. Shen Qing returned home and took the opportunity to quietly tell Pinggu about the school while she was resting.
She whispered her thoughts, "I'm thinking of letting the children who are learning embroidery go with me. Although girls don't go out much, if they can read and do arithmetic, they won't be easily fooled by their husbands, right?"
If you are capable, your partner will not dare to control you easily and may even respect you more.
The key to a couple's relationship is not to rely solely on the other person's conscience, but more on their own abilities. If you have the ability, even if you encounter a bad person, you can still control the other person and make him dare not plot or fail to plot...
Shen Qing thought about it and suddenly felt very tired. In this dynasty, all women had to get married. The few who didn't could drown them. Once married, it was basically for life, and if they died, they could only die in their husband's family.
Wasn't Xiaoyu originally the same? Luckily, she came here as a widow without a husband, so she could be the head of the household!
It is said that a woman whose husband has died and whose children have grown up has a comfortable life...
Shen Qing's words sounded like thunder in Pinggu's ears, and an idea emerged in her mind.
Her four daughters will all live in other people's homes in the future. It would be fine if they meet a good husband, but if they meet a bad one and they don't have any ability, won't they be eaten up without leaving anything behind?
She was a useless person and couldn't help much, but Shen Qing said that she could read and do arithmetic and wouldn't be easily fooled by her husband, so it must be a good thing.
But Old Madam Cao often said that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent, and that learning to read would change a girl's temperament, which was always bad.
She looked at Shen Qing and asked.
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