The skilled widow is busy farming

In order to take care of Brother Rui's wife, the sister-in-law followed her to the official residence in the provincial capital. She was accompanied by Yu Lan and others, which was basically enough. If anything happened, she could come back at any time, and it was not far away by carriage.

Xiuniang still teaches at home. She really likes teaching and is happy to be with the children. Now she has started to guide Jin Ge to enlightenment. She doesn’t teach much every day, but she takes him to play every day, teaching and entertaining. Let the children first Having aroused unlimited interest in learning, let’s talk about teaching.

By the way, he will also bring a group of children together for enlightenment. Only by comparison can he be competitive. At this age, brother Jin is the time to compete for favor. Whenever Xiu Niang praises other children, he will compete, and a group of children will also compete for rewards. Compete for praise, and the children's enlightenment will be carried out smoothly, creating a virtuous circle.

After teaching for these years, both the older children and the younger children, despite their different ages, have become obedient, sensible, and strive to make progress in the hands of Xiu Niang.

After class, Xiuniang led Brother Jin to find her second uncle and the clan elder.

"Xiu Niang is here, Brother Jin is here, Grandpa will give you some snacks."

Grandpa asked Brother Jin to sit in his arms and broke the soft snack into pieces for him to eat.

Brother Jin is not afraid of life either. He cuddles up in Grandpa's arms and eats happily. The way he shakes his head and shakes his head is very rare.

"Grandpa gave you some sweets. I specially saved them for you."

Brother Jin has a sweet mouth. He is not afraid of strangers in the village. He can chat with everyone. He has a cheerful and lively personality and is polite. The elders in the village like to tease him and give him delicious food.

I didn't care about him during the day. Sometimes I would be full when I came back, and I didn't know whose house I was going to eat.

"Grandpa, second uncle, I think the location of Xiaguan Village is quite suitable. Their village chief has been here twice and wants to raise silkworms and make silk together. Do you think it can be done?"

"Their village is okay. I went to see it in person. The varieties of mulberry trees are okay, but the number is a bit small. Let's let the women raise silkworms first. Those who can make silk will spin the silk first and do it first. At least you will have money in your hands. Earn, we have a lot of villagers, but we are also very short of manpower, so we just go over to work."

"Sure, Brother Rui is back this time. We can have a big fight. What I mean is that our old Li family must make a name for itself in the provincial capital."

"Okay, it's up to you. What about the academy? Someone's asking you to teach."

"I haven't thought about it. I don't really want to leave the school. What will happen to the school if I leave? Those few are still young. I'm afraid that I won't be able to stabilize myself. I'm afraid it won't be worth the loss if I lose my family. But people say that as long as I go, I agree that girls can also go in to study and study. They already have girls’ classes, and I think this is a good opportunity. Grandpa, can you help me make a decision?"

"Go, child, don't stay in the village all the time. Go out for a walk and come back if you don't like it. In addition, I also want to teach the children to behave well. It's not that no one wants you, but you have sacrificed a lot for our village. , there are many people out there who are robbing you, and if they don’t learn to cherish you, they will lose the best wife.”

Grandpa is now more objective, upright and fair, and he is also very ruthless. He treats everyone equally, shows no mercy, and only looks at merit and right and wrong.

"Will the children be delayed?"

"That's what they deserve. They don't know how to cherish people when they are alive. They fool around all day long. Even if you have to check them one by one, they will make mistakes. How could such a thing happen to Brother Rui and Brother Qun back then? Have any of their children this generation studied like this? , who is not working hard to study and cherish the opportunity? Now, you have to beg your grandpa and grandma to beg them to study. Do you think my village, Li Village, can't live without these little cats?"

The uncle was very dissatisfied with some older children in school who were slacking off in their studies and had already punished them several times.

"Go ahead, teaching in the academy is a great honor to our village. You can choose a few good children to send to the academy to compete with the big guys. You can't just sit in the village and don't know how high the sky is outside or how much you weigh." A few taels.”

"Okay, listen to you."

Xiu Niang pursed her lips and smiled. "Brother Rui told me before that he had written to the capital to invite a good wife back, but he couldn't guarantee it, so he didn't tell you. He also supported you to go out of the village and have a look. You are depressed at home, so you can't surround yourself with everyone. If you follow these naughty kids around, you won’t be grateful as time goes by.”

The grandpa is getting better and better at teaching the children. There are so many methods and methods that the children can slide around in his hands.

"Okay, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Having you in my heart makes me feel more at ease."

Every time Xiuniang was hesitant about something, she would come and chat with the elders and other clan elders. After talking about it, things would naturally become smoother and a decision would be made.

"Let the children in the middle class go to academies to study, select the outstanding ones, go out and see them, and come into contact with more and more powerful geniuses, so that they also have a sense of crisis."

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

Xiu Niang nodded seriously.

A few days later, Lushan Academy formally signed a contract with Xiu Niang. She would pay her a certain amount of money every year for her hair. Her money was not high, but the condition was that the children of the Li family were allowed to study in the academy. How many places were there for boys? There are several quotas for girls. According to the rules of the academy, they agree to enter the academy after passing the assessment.

Xiu Niang came to teach the children today and informed them of the news.

"I'm going to Lushan Academy to teach tomorrow. I negotiated terms with them and allowed our children to go to the academy. Both men and women will be allowed to go to the academy. They have to take an assessment. If they pass, they can enter the academy. I will select a few places after class. , everyone will take the assessment, and whoever passes will go to the academy to study. From now on, my classes will be handed over to other teachers."

"Ah, sir, don't you care about us?"

The children were shocked, not expecting that even Xiu Niang would leave one day.

"My classes will be handed over to other teachers, and other teachers may be invited later. Children, you must study hard. If you miss the best years, you will never have such an opportunity again, and no one will give you such earnest advice again. I teach you that one day I will grow old, die, and leave."

"Master, please don't leave. We won't be naughty anymore and will definitely study hard. Don't leave."

"Sir, we were wrong. We were ignorant and didn't know how to cherish you. Don't leave."

For the children in Lijiacun, Xiuniang is not only a wife, but also an elder. She is their biggest support and support.

As long as the elders are around, the children will never grow up. I have the most powerful elders to rely on, so it doesn’t matter if I grow up slowly.

"Children, you see, my gray hair is getting more and more. I can't wait any longer. I'm going to the academy to study and give you the last path. We can't rest on our laurels. We must bravely walk out of the mountains, out of the villages, and go to a new place. Look at the changes in the world from a distance and meet more challenges, instead of just lying around and not making progress while guarding a few brothers and uncles who are officials. We are not qualified to lie down yet."

Her sonorous and powerful speech hoped to awaken the children's peaceful mind.

Although Lijiacun has made certain achievements over the years, the gap with the Lu family and the younger daughter-in-law Wang's family is too big. They are not qualified to be comfortable and still have to do their best to move forward.

All the children stood up and bowed to her solemnly, saying, "We will obey Master's instructions."

Xiu Niang looked at the children she taught with gentle and kind eyes. This was the hope for the future that she had taught by herself.