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Chapter 64 Three Conditions
The next morning, Yunjing got up as usual to herd the cattle. He was full of energy and didn't feel sleepy because he thought about things for half the night last night.

The morning light is twilight, and it is the time when the Wanjia is silent.

Walking to the door, he suddenly noticed that the house was much quieter than usual this morning, and he saw that there were fewer things in the utility room. Then he turned around and came to the kitchen door, looking at Jiang Susu who was busy around the stove Ask: "Mom, where are grandpa and dad?"

Although the life of Yunjing's family is much better than in the past, there is still no talk of having breakfast. At this moment, Jiang Susu is actually cooking pig food.

His family still feeds pigs this year, but after several years of feeding pigs, they have never been willing to kill a pig for their own food. They always rush to the town to sell for money before winter comes.

I have been raising pigs for several years, but I have not eaten pork raised by myself. This is a kind of sadness.

Jiang Susu, who was adding firewood and lighting the fire, turned to look at Yun Jing at the door and said in a slightly complicated tone: "Your grandfather and your father went to town early in the morning."

"They didn't say they were going to go to the market soon," Yun Jing said in amazement, he felt that Jiang Susu's tone was a bit different from usual, but he didn't think about it deeply, after all, his mother didn't have the kind of sad face when he encountered difficulties.

Jiang Susu is just a scheming peasant woman who is not good at hiding her feelings, and there is no need to pretend in front of her son. In fact, she is struggling with the decision that the family discussed last night.

Yun Jing wanted to study, but Yun Lin, the head of the family, didn't say anything clearly after thinking about it for a long time. He only said that he would go to the town today to ask about the situation.

This is exactly what Jiang Susu was struggling with. In the end, could Yunjing really be able to read?How do you support Yunjing to study at home?She didn't know, and was at a loss.

"It's a temporary decision, anyway, I'm more relaxed recently," Jiang Susu replied.

Yun Jingjing nodded, turned around and went out to herd cattle. He vaguely felt that something was being hidden from him at home, but he didn't get to the bottom of it. He would naturally know when the time came.

Originally, he wanted to insinuate and ask his family when they would go to the town, and he would go with him when the time came, trying to find a way to get in touch with Li Qiu, Wang Shi, and Zhang Changgui, so as to implement his plan of starting a study. Restrictions, now it seems that we can only wait for the next time.

It's not easy to go to the town once, God knows when the next time will be?
Yunjing went to herd cattle, but on the other side, Yunlin Yunshan came to Niujiao Town with a group of villagers on the morning sun.

Arriving in the town, after separating from the villagers, Yunlin Yunshan brought a pile of bamboo weaving products to the section of the bamboo weaving street.

"Uncle Lin, Brother Shan, you are here." Zhang Changgui, who was setting up a street stall with sharp eyes, greeted Yunlin Yunshan when he saw Yunlin Yunshan from a few people away.

The two sides have cooperated many times over the years, and both sides are already very familiar with each other.

This time Zhang Changgui didn't sell toilet chips, but some gadgets like bamboo flutes and chicken feather sweepers.

"Morning Brother Changgui." After approaching, Yunlin greeted with a smile. Zhang Changgui's home is in the town, and Yunlin was not surprised to see him.

Zhang Changgui laughed and said: "Uncle Lin, you are still so strong, and you didn't say when you will come to town. There is no place beside me."

"Hehe, I'm not old, I'm fine. We'll set up a stall over there. I've already had some regular customers over the years. If there's any business, I'll suggest them to come and see you." Yun Shan nodded and smiled.

"Hehe, okay, Uncle Lin, you are busy"

Yun Shan was not good at words, so when they were talking, he smiled and nodded, as a greeting to Zhang Changgui.

Walking to an open space, Yunlin Yunshan placed the things he brought.

However, Yunshan's mood was obviously not in the business. After making preparations, he told Yunshan to take care of the stall, and after thinking about it, he walked towards Zhang Changgui.

"Uncle Lin, what's the matter?" Zhang Changgui was a little surprised when he saw Yunlin's arrival.

Yunlin hesitated for a moment, looked at the people around him, and said in a low voice, "Brother Changgui, I want to ask you something."

"Hey, Uncle Lin, what did you say? You don't know me all these years? By the way, my son likes the bamboo dragonfly you gave me last time, Uncle Lin," Zhang Changgui waved his hands.

He had a child, and a boy was born, and the little thoughts at the beginning disappeared with the birth of the son, but his wife's stomach didn't move after giving birth to the son, so he was a little depressed, and wanted a daughter.

When he finished speaking, he saw Yunlin muttering silently, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Isn't it convenient to say in public what Uncle Lin wants to inquire about?"

"Ah, um", Yunlin replied with an embarrassed smile.

Zhang Changgui understood, and said hello to the person next to him who also set up a stall, asking him to take a look, then looked at Yunlin and said, "Uncle Lin, come with me, let's go to a place where there are few people."

When the two came to a place where there were few people, Zhang Changgui asked curiously, "Uncle Lin, what's the matter? Have you encountered any difficulties? Well, if I can help, tell me, I will try my best to help."

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the so-called helping is just polite words. Is their relationship good enough to that extent.

Yunlin didn't care about this, seeing that there were few people around, he rubbed his hands together in embarrassment and said in a low voice, "Um, that, I'll tell you, Brother Changgui, don't laugh at me."

"Hey, what is Uncle Lin talking about, you continue, I'll listen," Zhang Changgui shook his head and smiled.

After thinking about it, Yunlin said in a nervous and awkward tone, "That's right, my grandson, Xiaojing, is the little chubby guy who came to town with us back then, and now he's not fat anymore, do you remember?"

"Of course I remember", Zhang Changgui nodded, can you not remember, he and Yunlin father and son are so familiar, it was Yunjing who was the bond at the beginning.

Regardless of how many years have passed, the memory Yunjing gave him is still extremely deep. At this time, Zhang Changgui guessed that what Yunlin will say next may have something to do with Yunjing.

Sure enough, Yun Lin continued to hesitate and said: "Then what, my grandson said he wanted to study, Brother Changgui, you live in the town and know more than me, so I just want to ask you how much it costs to study, how much does it cost?" No request?"

"Ah?" Hearing Yun Lin's words, Zhang Changgui was taken aback for a moment, also a little surprised.

Recalling the scene of communicating with Yunjing at the beginning, Zhang Changgui felt that it was reasonable for Yunjing to study, even if he was just a farm boy, there was no reason, anyway, Zhang Changgui subconsciously took it for granted.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Yunlin's face turned red with embarrassment, and he asked embarrassingly, "Brother, do you think it's too far-fetched?"

Isn't it so, what's the difference between a mud leg trying to study in vain and a beggar wanting to be an official?
"No, Uncle Lin, don't get me wrong, I don't mean that," Zhang Changgui hurriedly said, then frowned slightly and said, "Let me think about this matter."

Yunlin nodded, not disturbing him.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Changgui looked at Yunlin seriously and said, "Uncle Lin, I know a little about reading, so don't worry about it, I don't like it, it's really... um, this matter too difficult"

"How to say?" Yun Lin raised his heart.

Frowning again, Zhang Changgui said, "My family is in the town. As far as I know, everyone in the town with a fortune wants their children to study, but there are very few who can actually enter the school!"

"Why?" Yunlin was puzzled. To study, isn't money enough?Although his family doesn't have much money now, Yunlin still has the confidence to make valuable maltose. Although it is risky to make huge profits, he can take risks for his grandson's study!
Zhang Changgui put away his smile, and said with a slightly serious expression: "Uncle Lin, don't worry, let me tell you slowly."

After a pause, he continued: "First of all, I want to tell you that studying is not an easy task. The cost alone is a frightening sum, which ordinary people dare not even think about!"

"Can you tell me more specifically?" Yun Lin swallowed, he really didn't know how much it would cost to study, but looking at Zhang Changgui's expression, it was probably beyond his imagination.

Zhang Changgui continued: "There is only one government-run school in the town, and I had plans to let my son study in the future, so I specifically inquired about it, and after learning some information, I dismissed this idea. The tuition fee is only five taels of silver per month. , after one year, that’s 50 taels, oh, there’s no charge for two months’ vacation in the middle.”

Hearing this, Yunlin thought, this is not too expensive, a pot of maltose can make Yunjing study for a year.

Seeing his calm expression, Zhang Changgui sighed and said, "Uncle Lin, don't you think it's unacceptable? People with a little wealth can barely afford it by tightening their belts, but what I want to tell you is that the tuition fee is not at all. What is it? The main thing is the book fee, which has to be paid separately. A book costs at least ten taels of silver. Paper inkstone, which one doesn’t cost a lot of money? You also need to spend money on board and lodging, and you have to give it to your husband as a gift, right? You’re all studying, so you shouldn’t wear too badly? Especially in winter, you have to pay for the charcoal fire, right? ? These are all from my inquiries. Although I don’t know how much it will cost except for the tuition fee, you can figure out how much it will cost if you think about it for yourself, so studying is not something people like us dare to think about at all.”

Yun Lin was directly fooled by the fees he paid for this and that. How could he spend so much money to read a book?

But as soon as he gritted his teeth, he thought to himself that it is not unaffordable to make more maltose, so he said cautiously: "Is there anything else?"

"Uncle Lin, what I want to say is that this is only the initial stage, um, what is the cost of the Mongolian children's class? If you just want to learn how to read, it's almost enough to study the Mongolian children's class for one or two years, but if you want Reading is one step closer, and the cost will increase by at least ten times, can you imagine what a huge sum that is?"

Naturally, Yun Lin couldn't imagine it, and said with trembling lips, "This... this..."

When his mood calmed down a little, Zhang Changgui said again: "Uncle Lin, I didn't hit you, the cost of studying is not affordable for ordinary people, even if you don't even dare to think about it, then don't grit your teeth and spend money on reading." The idea of ​​dropping out of school after two years of literacy in the Mongolian children's class, I just said that reading is difficult, it is not about money!"

"Huh?" Yunlin was really stunned, why can't he spend a lot of money to study?
With a wry smile, Zhang Changgui said: "The reason why it is difficult is that there is a limit to the school's enrollment of students. This limit is the key to cutting off more than [-]% of the world's people from studying!"

"How to say?" Yunlin asked blankly.

Stretching out three fingers, Zhang Changgui said: "Generally speaking, if you want to study, there are three conditions. If you meet any one of them, you can enter the school. Famous scholars still need to be within the fifth generation, and if they meet this condition, only the rich can let the younger generation go to school."

Yunlin was at a loss for words. His family had been farmers for generations, and there were no scholars there. Don’t even think about this condition. Unwilling to give up, he asked again: “What else?”

"Secondly, if someone in the family has been an official, they have to be high-ranking officials. With this condition, within five generations, the children of the younger generation can go to school. Of course, it still costs money," Zhang Changgui said in a deep voice.

Yun Lin was silent, let alone this, looked at Zhang Changgui, and waited for him to say the third condition.

Finally, Zhang Changgui gave a wry smile, not afraid of hurting Yunlin, and said in a deep voice: "The third condition is to be rich, to be very rich, to use the money to do good deeds, to accumulate word of mouth, and to be awarded the title of good family by the government. You can run a private school and invite scholars to teach your younger generations to study, and you can also go to school. If you don’t have the reputation of a good family, no matter how rich you are, scholars will not teach your younger generations. This is why those merchants and wealthy families build bridges and pave the way from time to time. , The reason why they actively donate money and food during the disaster year is that they really have so much money that they have no place to put it? They just want to pave the way for the younger generation to study.”

Hearing Zhang Changgui's last condition, Yunlin's heart went cold.

How much does it cost to build a reputation as a good home?

He couldn't imagine.

None of the three conditions could be met by his family. In other words, it was almost impossible for a farmer with mud legs to study!
Why is reading so difficult?

In fact, no matter whether it is Zhang Changgui or Yunlin, they only see the surface of these three conditions, and the inner doorway is deep.

To put it bluntly, the first two conditions are that there have been famous scholars and officials in the family. They themselves belong to the system. His poor family still belongs to the circle of scholars.

And the third condition is to use money to build a good reputation, which is to contribute to the country, and the country can't be chilled by these people, isn't it? Otherwise, who will be willing to do good things and make contributions in the future?Therefore, after making so many contributions that the government is embarrassed, it is natural to allow their younger generations to study, which can be regarded as a way to rise. Otherwise, the so-called rich merchants are just fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of the powerful. A pig wants to be equal to himself , why don't you bleed a lot?
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(End of this chapter)