The skilled widow is busy farming

Chapter 52 Anger

There is another child from Lijiacun who is also on the list, No. 5, Li Shuisheng, Grandpa Six’s grandson, and his results are also quite good.

Xiu Niang found a job as a concubine, with a monthly income of [-] pence, which was more than enough to teach children in private schools in the provincial capital and educate children.

Li Shuisheng went to work in a private school. The money from the private school will be given to him for three months first and then later.

After the three of them had arranged their way, Li Rui went to the uncle's house to deliver the message.

"Grandpa."

"Brother Rui, why are you here? Stay for dinner."

"Okay, let's have a meal at your house, and I'll tell my second aunt that Brother Zheng will go to the county magistrate to do paperwork for five hundred coins a month."

Li Rui took a sip of water and said.

"Didn't they ask you to go?"

"My second aunt asked me to give Brother Zheng the opportunity, saying that Brother Zheng should go and learn the county magistrate's office, human relations, and officialdom. It is not appropriate for me to go. I am afraid that the county magistrate will think too much and misunderstand my involvement in the county magistrate's official affairs. My second aunt is in trouble if the county magistrate makes any request, so it would be appropriate for someone else to do it."

"Oh, I forgot about this level, boss, let Brother Zheng go."

"Okay, Brother Rui, thank your aunt for me."

"You're welcome, we're all a family. My aunt said, one stone has to be struck three times, so the hard work can't be in vain."

"Your aunt still thinks too far."

Li Chunkai also smiled and nodded.

"What about you?"

Of the three candidates, only Li Rui failed because he had no money to make.

"I returned to study teaching and studied hard, and my aunt wouldn't let me run around."

Li Rui could understand Xiu Niang's painstaking efforts. It was not easy to go to the capital to fight for her life. He was really unsure, and he happened to want to study hard.

"It's better for Xiu Niang to be more careful. The arrangements for the three of them are just right according to their personalities."

The uncle nodded appreciatively.

"The clan rules written by your aunt have also been changed, and it just so happens that it starts with you."

"Let me see."

Li Rui took the paper and read it with interest.

Xiuniang supplemented the clan rules based on the current situation in Lijia Village, and also standardized the clan rules to further restrict the clan members.

There will be more and more children in the clan taking exams in the future. Now there are eight candidates including Brother Heng, and ten scholars, not counting the children.

It is necessary to constrain and popularize the law among the tribesmen, especially the bottom line issue. For example, if you are named in the name of a juren, you can be exempted from tax. This temptation is very great. The taxes on farmers are indeed very high.

But doing so will undoubtedly give the opponent a handle. Once it is revealed in the future, it will completely cut off official channels. This must be blocked.

In addition, there must be strict restrictions and punishments on eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and the clan members must often learn about the laws to avoid cheating the students for no reason.

Ethnic studies should implement a reward and punishment system. Those who pass the examination will be given a way to make money, and will be rewarded with a set of the Four Treasures of the Study. In the future, when the village is rich, they can also be rewarded with a few acres of land so that their families can have food and clothing without worries.

The requirement is that talented people should take turns teaching in clan schools and contribute to the clan.

If you are a Jinshi, the reward will be even more generous. If the clan provides money to buy a house or fertile land for the child, you can further discuss it. You can also help with the future, such as where to be a county magistrate. If you have the ability and money to contribute, you will never let the child fail.

Finally, if a Jinshi is willing to return to the clan to teach for a year, he will be given a monetary reward and a credit will be given to him. If he buys a homestead or fertile land in the future, or other apprenticeship opportunities, priority will be given to your children.These rules are very detailed and allow a certain amount of room for negotiation.

In addition, Xiu Niang also said that the villagers should often educate themselves about the law, and they must restrain the behavior of people from other villages or relatives who come over to enjoy themselves, treat guests to drinks, eat, drink, and gamble, otherwise they may fall into the trap unknowingly.

The official voice and the system of sitting and waiting are clearly written.

It also made Grandpa pay more attention to it. People in the village were indeed treated to drinks a lot these days, and Lijia Village also attracted much attention.

"Grandpa, I think what Second Aunt has written is quite comprehensive. There have been many people who have invited me to drink in the past few days. Some of my relatives I don't know at all, and they are not from my family. I should kill someone if I see this trend. killed."

"You are right, you are teaching in the clan and you are not allowed to go anywhere."

"Yes."

After dinner, Li Rui went to the clan school and watched the children reading, trying to test their knowledge.

This is also a tradition. The brothers who are famous will take turns to take the school entrance exams, and the younger ones will also take the class for the wife. After all, it is a school in the Li family, and your own brothers should keep an eye on it and worry a little more than others, otherwise they will not be able to do it. He has gained so much fame.

Seriously speaking, the elders of the Li family have put the most effort and energy into the Li Family School. Second Uncle Li, including Uncle Li, tightened their belts and put their money and effort into the family school first.

Previously, when Li Heng and the others were at home, they would keep an eye on the children's studies and check their homework, and would not give them a chance to relax.

Now that Li Heng is gone, Li Rui and the others are watching. This is also a kind of inheritance.

Girls also have to line up one by one to be tortured about their knowledge, especially Shiji Zizhi Tongjian, which they must learn. This is Xiu Niang's repeated instructions.

Li Rui probably understands that the second aunt has higher expectations and requirements for the sisters in Lijiacun. If she hopes that they can marry well, they must have political acumen and acumen. Even if they cannot become official wives, there is no harm in learning.

"Who made this account? Come on, can you understand it if you see it for yourself?"

Li Rui asked with a frown on his face while holding up the family accounts.

"I did it."

A young boy stood up.

"You've been studying for several years, and you're still a child when you've made so many accounts. If I ask you to go to the Accounts Department to manage your finances, can others understand what you write? You look down on accounting, right? The Accounts Department doesn't know how to read the accounts?"

Li Rui never questioned his second aunt's decision. You need to learn how to settle accounts. It is necessary for general affairs and even more important for officialdom. Otherwise, what would the officials of the Ministry of Revenue do?

"I was wrong, I was too anxious and didn't sort it out clearly."

"Go back and do it again. Boys, don't look down on accounting. Farming. Accounting is also needed in officialdom. You can't tell the difference between grass and wheat seedlings. The emperor asks you about farming, how many rice crops are there in a year, how much is the harvest, and how much tax you pay. You can answer it." Well, please be serious, or I'll slap you."

"Yes."

Generally, girls are not reprimanded in person. It is the men who stand up and get punished. This is the rule of the Li family. The men of the Li family must stand upright and hide behind women and dare not come forward. Even if it is not your fault and it is a sister or sister who made a mistake, you also If you want to be beaten, the beating will be harder than that of a girl.

According to the second uncle's words, boys enjoy more resources than girls. The most difficult time is for your mother and sisters. They gave up the opportunity to study on their own and provide for you first. Who will get beaten if you don't get beaten? Resources and benefits cannot be enjoyed in vain.

Whenever the elders ask questions and hold accountable, it is the boy who must stand up and take responsibility. Which girl stands up first and answers. If the boy does not move, he will be beaten when he returns home, and he will be beaten twice in the clan school.

"I am very dissatisfied today. The girls are not doing well. Sisters, it is not easy for you to study. The elders of the clan tighten their belts and overcome all difficulties to let you study and learn skills, but you hide behind and refuse. Take responsibility, he was wrong and you are right, isn’t your surname Li?”

Li Rui was very angry today. He checked several people's accounts, purchases and other general affairs. They were all in a mess. It was obvious that they were not incompetent but perfunctory.

"Now I have given you things to learn, but you don't study seriously. These things have nothing to do with your family, don't worry about it, right? My aunt asked you to learn how to be a housekeeper, how to hold banquets, and how to learn real skills. No one paid attention to it. It was all in vain. My widowed aunt speaks from the bottom of her heart, you really deserve to be illiterate, and you don’t deserve others to treat you well."

Li Rui dropped something and left.

(End of this chapter)