Chapter 338 Endless Work
Jiang Ying took the opportunity to express the idea that her father had mentioned several times: "My father said that there are many people in the village now, and many adults also want to learn to read and do arithmetic. The school only has three rooms, which is not enough.
The school is shared by the whole village, and he thought that every household could chip in to build three or five more rooms. This time, they would build brick and tile houses with floor heating, so that even during the long winter, they wouldn't be too cold to hold a pen.
The existing school relies on fire walls for heating, but the heat of the fire walls is limited. Those near the front are warm, but those at the back are almost warm.
The winter here is exceptionally long. Unlike spring, summer and autumn when there is work for children to do and they can help out, there is no work for children to do during the five-month winter. They are left at home to do mischief. To be honest, eleven out of ten women in the village want to send their children to school!
Save yourself the headache of noisy home.
When Li Xiulan heard about the plan to build a new school, she was extremely excited and asked, "Sister, is Dad really planning this? I totally agree!"
I fully agree.
Children can learn skills in school, even if it is only for half a day, but it is also good to have half a day of peace and quiet.
Shen Qing knew that this was a good opportunity to invite craftsmen to expand the school. She had no objection to adding to the school and suggested: "Why not build a few more rooms? Then the students can be divided into age groups and batches.
For example, the group of people who are older, more determined, and quick to learn can be taught by Xiangzhong;
The talented ones among them can be assigned to teach the younger or older ones. If there are many houses, small classes can be taught. Those who do not understand can ask directly. During the slack season and when they do not have to go out, men and women who want to learn can form a small class to teach temporarily.
It would be best to build a few more stoves. In the future, when our village rushes to harvest medicinal herbs, we might arrange for collective cooking. The school is the most suitable place."
Zhao Mingyue's eyes sparkled as she listened.
Why didn't she think of it!
"Shen Qing, how many rooms do you think we should build? How much silver will it cost?"
Shen Qing estimated: "At least five rooms are needed. The current school faces south, so we can build three rooms on each side of it. They will support each other but also separate each other, so that the students won't affect each other's voices when studying.
And it forms an encircling trend, and the open space in the middle can be used as a place for children to play and relax;
When harvesting, people gather together to eat, and if it is too hot inside, they can put the table outside.
Six rooms of bricks, tiles, slate, and labor costs... at least fifty taels of silver. There are thirteen families in the Gare family, so each family will cost about three taels and eight and a half qian.
However, my family is too large, so I will pay ten taels, and the remaining forty taels will be shared equally between the twelve of you, which is about three taels and three cents."
Zhao Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Shen Qing quote three taels, and she smiled widely. In the past, hearing that she had to pay more than three taels of silver at once, that would have been an unaffordable amount of money!
But now when I heard it was more than three taels of silver, I felt it was acceptable, and it was even a little less than expected!
It turns out that as long as each family contributes more than three taels of silver, not only can the literacy problem be solved, but also the problem of a venue for the whole village to have a dinner together can be solved.
Suddenly I felt that this money was worth spending and I had to spend it!
"Well, the money isn't calculated by the number of people. If it's calculated by family, of course it's shared equally."
Shen Qing insisted: "I still have quite a few servants here, and I didn't really pay more. It's just a little bit more. Third Aunt, you are family, so don't help me save this money."
Zhao Mingyue originally wanted to say that the villagers didn't care about these things, but after hearing Shen Qing classify them as family, she immediately changed her tone and said happily, "Okay!"
Jiang Yingze quickly went out to talk to her father about building a new school.
Mr. Jiang was discussing with the Zhao family who would be transporting the goods and how many donkeys to allocate to each family when he saw the eldest daughter coming over with a smile on her face.
What good news is this?
Jiang Ying told Shen Qing all about his proposal and said, "Dad, you guys should discuss whether it's feasible and come up with a plan. If it's feasible, we can select people to go out with my eldest sister-in-law's family to buy bricks and tiles."
Boss Zhao didn't wait for him to finish and said, "Sure, why not? It's only three taels of silver! If you ask me, don't let Shen Qing pay more. Who can't come up with that little money?"
Zhao Lao Er followed up and said, "That's right, the most important thing to do now is to bring back all the bricks and tiles before the 18th day of the first lunar month, as many as we can!
As soon as the thaw comes on February 1st, we'll invite the craftsmen back to start work!"
By then, we can build the house and clear the land at the same time without delaying either end.
As they were talking, they stood up and urged Mr. Jiang Erye, "We've been sitting here for so long, let's go and visit other people's houses in the village."
Jiang Ying looked at her father who was being urged to get up, and her eyes curved even more when she smiled.
On the second day, all the vehicles in the village were dispatched, and the men worked in shifts - there were too many men who wanted to go out, so for the sake of fairness, they took turns in circles.
Xu Lin and others were stunned after hearing this.
Is there anyone else rushing to do the work?
Later I realized that they were not rushing to work, but rushing to go out!
Moreover, going out can also contribute to the village, of course, you have to do it by robbing.
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On the 16th day of the first lunar month, the brush workshop started work for the new year.
The production process was not hidden from the new employees. They were all able to go and see, learn and observe. Once they learned, they could also earn wages together. They watched nervously and excitedly from the side.
Within a few days, many women tried it and passed the test.
Shen Qing did not stop him. Brushes do not take up space and are not heavy. A double-carriage carriage can carry thousands or tens of thousands of brushes. The goods before the New Year can be shipped out in batches, so it would be better to have more people to replenish the stock now.
The men were busy pulling back bricks and tiles.
The 18th day of the first lunar month is the day for delivery as agreed with the mule and horse market in the city.
Early in the morning, Shen Qing packed up with Guan Li and drove a double donkey cart from the river to Jincheng, followed by a group of vehicles packed with people.
Don’t send too many donkey carts, otherwise there won’t be enough drivers when we come back!
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the New Year and the festival are over, and all walks of life have returned to normal. All the shops and small stalls in Jincheng are open for business, and people are coming and going, and the sounds of buying and selling are heard, creating a bustling and prosperous scene.
Shen Qing and his group were just like country bumpkins. They looked here and there, finding everything new to them and wanting to eat and buy everything they saw.
Finally, before his remaining sanity disappeared, he hurried to the mule and horse market - business was the most important thing, there was no way he could not buy all the food and fun he wanted to eat and play with later!
After I reported my name, the shopkeeper personally received me because it was a big deal.
Hulu Village ordered a total of thirty-four heads, almost taking over the entire batch of goods. The shopkeeper was grinning from ear to ear, and the original selling price was reduced by three taels of silver!
After buying the donkeys, there were too many of them, so they did not rush to take them away. Instead, they pulled the double carriage that had been reserved in advance from the next street and hitched it up. Then they divided themselves into several small teams to do the work assigned to them early on.
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