Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 173 Proposals
When Jiang Xia married a new wife and the Luo family had nothing else to do, Luo Tiandu discussed with the Fang family, packed up his things and went back to Shangjing.It's mid-September now, and the weather is not too cold, so it's just right to go on the road. When it's later, the snow will fall, and the road will be difficult.

When they came, they brought a cart full of dowry, and now the dowry has all entered Qi's house along with Luo Ming, it is much easier, just bring some local products back here.

Knowing that Mrs. Fang was going back to Shangjing, many acquaintances in the village came to say goodbye to Mrs. Fang. The threshold of Luo's family was almost broken these days.On this day, Mrs. Lizheng happened to be looking at the grocery store. Because there was no business in the shop, Mrs. Lizheng told the people on the left and right to come to Luo's house.

Luo Tiandu originally thought it was noisy and was going to avoid it, but when he saw Mrs. Lizheng coming over, he happened to have something on his mind, so he stayed.

In fact, there is nothing else, these days Luo Tian wandered up and down the Luojia Village, the place he visited the most was the simple school next to the clan hall, it was just a thatched hut made of random wood, It was extremely cold in winter, and extremely hot in summer, not to mention rainy days. After all these years, no one in that thatched cottage mentioned to renovate it.

The day Luo Tiandu went, happened to be cloudy, and Luo Baihan was giving a lecture.Because there were no windows when the thatched shed was built, the light in the shed was very poor. When Luo Baihan was studying, he had to stand by the door to see clearly.Under such harsh conditions, she counted that there were still about a dozen children in the hut. There was no table, so they just sat on small benches and listened to the class. Two children didn’t even have a bench, so they sat directly on the ground.

The weather in Huaxi in September has already turned cold, the child is so young, just sitting on the ground without a futon, Luo Tian saw it at the time, and he came up with the idea of ​​renovating the school in his heart, it doesn't have to be too good, just build it A mud house, build it stronger, open two more windows, and add some tables, chairs and benches, so that the children can have a place to shelter from the wind and rain when they go to school.She did the math, it didn't cost much to build a mud house like this, the house they built by themselves a few years ago cost only a dozen taels of money, and fifty taels of money was enough to build this school.

She is not the Holy Mother, nor does she have good intentions, but she just feels a little bit offended watching such a small child suffer.She told Fang Shi about this idea, and Fang Shi quite agreed.Taking advantage of Mrs. Lizheng's visit today, Mrs. Fang brought this up.

Lizheng lady sighed when she heard this, and said: "To tell you the truth, because Dalang passed the exam and became an official, everyone in the village has hope, and they put more and more emphasis on reading and writing. Over the past few years, more and more children are learning characters in the school, and we have also thought about renovating the school, but you also know that we are all farmers, and it is good to be able to feed our stomachs all year round. Where is the spare money, your brother I raised it twice in the village, but in the end I had to give up because I couldn’t get enough money, and I could only watch those children suffer.”

Luo Tian listened to Mrs. Lizheng's complaints, and knew she was telling the truth. She lived in Luojia Village for those years, and knew that what Mrs. Lizheng said was true. It would be a great thing for the villagers to have enough food and clothing all year round. Otherwise, there would not be so many people selling land and children every year.

When she originally mentioned the matter of building a school, she planned to pay for it herself, and she didn't mean to count on the villagers, so she said, "My aunt said that it is not easy for us farmers to earn two dollars a year, but I just thought about it, no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor." Education, no matter how hard it is, can’t be hard for children. We are only able to be today because of the favor of the village. Building a school is a big deal, and we can’t just watch it, we have to do our part.”

Lizheng's wife was overjoyed when she heard this. With the prestige of Luo Baisu's family in the village, as long as their family is willing to take the lead in contributing money and efforts to build the school, the people in the village will not be as indifferent as before. It seems that Most likely it will work.She has been a Lizheng lady for many years, so she is naturally quite knowledgeable. Before Fang Shi and Luo Tian both opened their mouths, she hurriedly said: "The matter of building a school is a big deal. I don't even understand it as a woman, how about this?" , I’ll call your brother over, and you can tell him.”

Luo Tiandu also felt that after all, Xiu Xuetang would involve the use of land in the village. Since it was related to the land, it would be more appropriate to discuss it directly with Li Zheng.

Mrs. Lizheng immediately went out to look for her man. At that time, Lizheng was busy gathering crops in the field. Hearing what his wife said, she stuck the shovel into the ground and came directly from the field to Luo's house.As soon as he entered the door, he asked beamingly: "Daughter-in-law, is this true? Are you really going to take the lead in building this school?"

Fang glanced at Luo Tiandu, and said with a smile: "That's what I mean, that's why I want to discuss it with my elder brother."

Li Zheng was so excited that he rubbed his hands together, and shouted again and again: "Oh, this is really great. I used to want to clean up this school, but everyone has no money, so this matter is delayed." down."

When his great-grandfather, the old patriarch, was alive, he always wanted to build a school. At that time, everyone was poor, and there was no serious gentleman, so the school was put on hold. .He works in Lizheng, so he has more knowledge than other villagers, and he naturally knows the benefits of reading and writing. Not to mention anything else, he is just doing small jobs outside the same place, and those who can read and write can get it. There is a big difference in wages. Those who can write and count will be put outside for two or three years. It is not a problem to be a small manager. If you can't read, you can only work hard.

The Luo family proposed to build a school, which is a great thing.

Luo Tian could see that he was really happy because of the school, so he also smiled and said, "Uncle, let me figure it out, there are only a dozen or twenty school-age children in our village, so I think about this school." It doesn’t matter how big the building is, it’s enough for our own children to read and write. I don’t think it will cost much. Our family has been taken care of by the villagers. For the sake of Grandpa Taizu, this school is also for us. Uncle don’t have to worry about the money if it’s going to be built, it’s just that the school needs land to be built, and uncle will arrange where the land is allocated.”

When Lizheng heard it, Luo Tiandu meant that the Luo family paid for the construction of the school entirely out of their own pockets. He couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then got up, bowed solemnly to Fang, and said, "So, I will do it for everyone in the village. The village is grateful to the Dalang family."

Luo Tian couldn't bear this the most, so he hurriedly moved away, refusing to accept this gift, this was her elder.

Fang was also a little embarrassed, but Lizheng thanked her so solemnly, which made her happy again, so she could only say: "Brother, don't be like this, we are all one family, besides, this is what we should do."

If it weren't for Yao's suing Luo Baisu that day, the old patriarch would not have passed away so soon, and the children in this village would have one more person to rely on.

After Lizheng was happy, he began to seriously consider building a school. He thought about it and said: "There is an open space in the west of the village. It is quiet and far away from the mountains. It was originally reserved for some children to build new houses in the future. Marrying a daughter-in-law is just suitable for children to study, if you think it is suitable, I will report it to the clan and circle the land, so that they don't have to worry about it, and keep it in the school."

The poor land on the west side is far away from the water source, so it is really only suitable for residential land, and I'm afraid it won't work for growing things.Luo Tiandu laughed and said, "Uncle is in charge of this matter."

Next, several people had a brief discussion on how to build this school and how big it should be.What Luo Tiandu means is to build a small courtyard with two entrances. The front is used as a school for the monkey children in the village to read and practice calligraphy. A few wing rooms are built on the left and right sides to serve as the master's lounge. The students are tired from studying in winter. , can also have a place to rest for a while.The small yard at the back was set aside for the girls in the village to read and write, and a playground similar to the playground of later generations was built outside the school for children to exercise their legs and feet after school.

Lizheng heard her such a good deal, he was stunned for a moment, and said: "Reading and calligraphy has always been a matter for boys, the girl's family just wants to read, and my brothers will teach them later, there is no need to build a small courtyard. "Lizheng is doing this for the benefit of the Luo family, if he enters the yard more, it will cost a lot of money.

Luo Tiandu said casually: "Uncle, although the scientific examination is for boys, for girls, it is good to know more characters, not only to recognize characters, but also to learn other things together. That female red is doing a good job, They can be used to teach, there are so many things to learn in the world, one more craft, one more means of earning a living in the future, after all, there is no harm, even if there is no husband for a while, let's build the yard there first In the future, I will just slowly look for candidates, but the courtyard will be repaired, so uncle will have to work hard to take care of it."

Li Zheng thought about it, and it was the same reason. The best example was Jiang Xia, who knew that he had nothing to worry about raising the bees, but he actually made a lot of money, and many people in the village were envious.

"It's just that in this way, the money to be spent will be much more."

Luo Tian interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Uncle, since we want to repair it, at least we have to make a name for it. Although it is only for our own children to read and practice calligraphy, boys and girls are our children. , you have to learn from yourself and learn together, you can’t favor one over another, don’t you think so?”

Although Li Zheng felt that it was a waste of money to build a courtyard for the girls, after all, the Luo family said they would pay for it, so they no longer objected. At worst, the whole land on the west side was allocated to build a school. Anyway, this is a big deal good thing.

The group of people finished discussing, and Li Zheng went to the clan to find someone to discuss the matter of enclosing the land. Mrs. Li Zheng listened for a long time, and when Li Zheng was gone, she sighed and said: "You guys have done a big job. Good deed, from now on, the children in the village will also have something to look forward to, and we will have more hope in the future. If this school is really built, these children, who are willing to study, study hard for two years, and forget it if they can write. Going to the city to find an errand in the future, isn’t it better than us digging food in the fields? Like us, if the age is not good, we won’t even be able to eat enough.” She is sincerely grateful to Fang’s family, her family has two boys It's time to get married. Although she missed the good time to study, her grandson will be able to read in the future, which is better than relying on the family's few acres of land before.

(End of this chapter)