Chapter 118 117. Sixteen or seventeen-year-old Lei Li is fair and attractive
Sanlihe Village.
Seeing Lei Li and Zhou Yi return, the villagers were very happy and came out to express their warm welcome and gratitude to Lei Li and Zhou Yi.
If they had not received the news in advance, Lei Li and his companion would have been welcomed by people lining the streets with long red firecrackers as soon as they arrived in the village.
"Xiaocao told us a long time ago that Brother Li wants to build a school in the village. This is a great thing for the descendants of Fumian. I thank you on behalf of the village."
The village chief held Lei Li's hand tightly, tears streaming down his face, feeling both excited and relieved.
The village chief is two years older than Lei Dashan. Although the two brothers are not blood brothers, they are better than blood brothers. They are closer than Lei Dashan and his brother Lei Dahu. Naturally, he also knows the good things that Lei Dahu and Lei Laodi have done.
Old Man Lei was not originally that partial, and the gap between Lei Dahu and Lei Dashan was not that big. No one would believe that it was not his nephew who instigated and sowed discord between them.
That nephew is not a good person.
If anything happens in the future, I'm sure he will abandon his wife and children without caring about his relatives. Lei Dahu and Lei Laodi will definitely not have a good ending.
The village chief hummed in his heart.
Dashan is lucky. His brother Li is so capable and has a good vision. Any man he picks up from the mountain is a gold mine. In just two years, he has earned so much money that he can buy a big house in the county town.
Still filial!
When she was very young, she often helped her parents with work and ran to the fields to bring them food. When she was a teenager, she worked hard to learn the skills of herbal medicine and pig slaughtering. For the sake of her parents, she refused to get married.
Lei Li, who is sixteen or seventeen years old, is actually quite attractive.
She is capable, tall, has fair skin, and never gets tanned no matter how much she is exposed to the sun. She has a pair of bright black eyes that are always smiling, and she is not shy at all in her words or actions, and is very open and frank.
He is straightforward and has a bad temper. If anyone provokes him, he will curse all his relatives and chase and beat them with a machete.
The young people of the same generation were too embarrassed to face the situation, so they began to slander and spread rumors about Lei Li. Even the relatives and neighbors of those young men started to find fault with Lei Li, and they were not only blaming him but also criticizing him.
The village chief was so angry that he couldn't eat.
While beating up those who talked too much, he asked his wife to find a good man for Li Ge'er, preferably one who was a good person, lived nearby, and had few family members, so that he would not have to watch Li Ge'er's lame father and weak mother bully him.
I did find two.
The family lives in Silihe Village. Although they are a bit poor, they are honest and decent people and are not cunning or deceitful. Besides, Lei Li's grandfather's house is there, so no one can bully them.
The other one was in the town market, a small peddler doing some reselling business. He was a little older, only 25 years old, and had not been home for several months, but he liked Lei Li very much and was willing to give a betrothal gift of 20 taels.
It is a little harder for boys to give birth than girls, and most of them are not as pretty and pretty as girls. Twenty taels of silver is enough to marry the most beautiful girl in the village.
I don't want any Lei Li.
"I won't marry, I want to marry a son-in-law!"
As soon as Lei Li made his ambitious statement, those in the village who disliked him seemed to have found an opportunity to attack him, and they laughed at him all day long for his high aspirations and lack of substance.
The village chief, his aunt, and Lei Dashan and his wife were all worried sick.
Where can he find a man who is willing to marry into the family, has a good heart, is not cunning, has a decent appearance, is not too old, and Lei Li is satisfied with?
"I'm afraid it's not to find a celestial being!"
The lady laughed so hard that she was shocked.
But who would have thought that Lei Li is blessed, has a good life, is hardworking, and is the most hardworking one, with a happy family, a successful career, no illness, no pain, and no worries!
"Our brother Li has really grown up."
The village chief was filled with relief. He patted Lei Li's hand, then took Zhou Yi's hand and placed it on Lei Li's hand, saying with a smile, "When you first picked up Zhou Yi, I didn't quite agree. Now it seems... how do you say it? It's fate..."
"If we are destined to meet, we will meet even if we are thousands of miles apart."
Lei Li took it, turned his hand, and held Zhou Yi's big hand. His palm was broad and warm, and he also held Lei Li's hand tightly.
The two of them smiled knowingly.
The village chief also smiled and said "yes" three times before returning to the original topic. "As for that school, the village has already chosen a site. It's at the east end of the village. There's a large open space there. It used to dry grain."
In the past, there were few people in the village and a lot of land, so a piece of vacant land was set aside for the villagers to dry millet. Later, as the population increased, the land was also divided out.
Although the houses built by the villagers are made of earthen bricks and tiles, they have large spaces and even larger yards, which are enough for drying their own millet, and there is no need for a special threshing ground.
Later, every household planted chili peppers, and the amount of dried chili peppers used was small. They could just dry them in their own yards. It was also convenient to collect them at any time after it rained. After they were dried and not spoiled, they could be sold to the Meng family's processing plant in the village.
Only families with more fields, like the village chief's, use threshing grounds, which are cleaned twice a year to prevent vegetation from growing excessively and creating snake and rat nests.
But there are weeds.
However, before Lei Li and Zhou Yi came, the villagers had already cleared the weeds and turned the area into a suitable residential plot.
"We'll build a school on this land, and a house next to it for the teachers to live in. We can also have a small yard for the teachers to use, where we can grow some vegetables, or whatever flowers or plants the scholars like."
The village chief pointed and said.
Lei Li nodded. "That's good. Let's build a bigger school so that boys and girls can be separated. We can also hire some aunts and uncles who are good at embroidery and sewing to teach the girls, and hire some craftsmen to teach the boys."
When the village chief heard that Lei Li wanted to send the girl and the boy to school together, he was a little surprised, but also expected it. He nodded and said,
"It's easy to find a good red worker. There are many young wives and husbands in the village. It's hard to find one who knows a craft. As the saying goes, if you teach an apprentice, you will starve to death. Some of the skills are passed down from ancestors, and I'm afraid they won't teach outsiders."
“It doesn’t matter if it’s an orthodox craft.”
Lei Li didn't take it seriously and said, "Those in the village who are good at growing vegetables, millet, and peppers can also teach the children how to weave bamboo baskets, bamboo stools, and other bamboo crafts, as well as how to dig young bamboo shoots."
"There's also information about what medicine to take when bitten by certain insects, and what leaf juice to apply. These are all knowledge and skills that can be taught to children."
When the village chief heard this, he also thought it was a good idea.
These are not important matters and basically will not affect other people's livelihoods. For example, there are at least 80 people in the village who can weave bamboo baskets. The only difference is who can weave faster and better.
Things like being bitten by insects were also passed down orally and taught by the elders in the village. The children in the village should have heard about it when playing in the mountains and outdoors, but no one taught them seriously as courses.
"These are easy. There are people willing to go to school to teach their children."
"No."
Lei Li shook his head. "We don't ask them to teach for free. We pay them based on a lesson lasting three-quarters of an hour. Each lesson counts as one lesson, and we pay them the same day the lesson is finished."
"But you can't teach children bad things, you can't use false things to deceive people, you must have evidence to support your words, and you can't deliberately delay the class, you can't be vague, and you can't deliberately take three classes to cover something that can be covered in one."
"If anyone is found to have deliberately cheated people out of money, they must return the money they stole, be strictly prohibited from teaching again, and be forbidden from approaching the school. The whole village will be informed."
Zhou Yi followed up Lei Li's words and said seriously, "If the situation is serious and they are deliberately causing trouble, the Meng family and I will not do any business with their family, and their children will not be able to attend school."
"This concerns the child's future. No matter how unreasonable and unreasonable the parents are, they still have to consider it carefully."
"Of course, if the child hasn't committed any serious offenses, is motivated, and more than half of the classmates and teachers believe that the child can continue studying in the school, then we can be more relaxed."
"The parents' mistakes cannot be entirely blamed on the children."
Lei Li and You have already discussed a general plan for these matters.
Once the school is built and a suitable teacher is found, we will discuss the specific matters of the school rules and regulations with the teacher and the village chief, and then revise them according to the actual situation.
"That's fine."
The village chief felt relieved when he heard that Lei Li knew what was going on. Although he was the village chief, it was difficult for a judge to judge family affairs, and sometimes he could not take care of everything.
Lei Li is known for his aggressive temper.
He paid for the school, hired the teachers, and the villagers' livelihoods almost entirely depended on him. He could even stomp his feet and the Sanlihe Village would tremble. The regulations he set were much more effective than what the village chief said.
"Oh, right. Lei Li and I thought about it. Although the village is a little richer than before, it's still a bit difficult for families with many children to afford the tuition for several children at the same time."
Zhou Yi said, "Lei Li and I will pay half of the teacher's monthly salary, and the other half will be shared equally by the villagers who are studying there. If there are people in the village who are willing to teach at the school, we will also pay for that part of the money."
"this……"
The village chief's eyes suddenly filled with tears. He didn't even bother to wipe them away. He patted Lei Li's hands and praised Lei Li and Zhou Yi for being good children.
"And the most important thing."
Lei Li's eyes flashed with a hint of mischief as he smiled. "Anyone working in the chili pepper business, especially those working in the chili pepper processing factory, who has school-age girls or boys at home, should be taken to school."
"If any family dares not deliver, we and the Meng family will stop doing business with them, will not accept their peppers or any other agricultural products, and will not be allowed to work in the processing plant."
"this……"
The village chief was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and laughed a little, "You, you are still so petty and vindictive."
"Who told them to always say bad things about girls and boys? Now I wonder who dares to say that."
Lei Li wants to stir up trouble openly. He has given the big pie and posed the big stick. Whoever refuses to take the pie will be beaten to death with the stick.
really.
When the villagers heard that they had to send their school-age girls and boys to school, they were all shocked and talked about it. Some of them were so upset that they became furious.
But he didn't dare to make trouble in front of Lei Li.
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