pastoral little wife

Chapter 396: The New Year’s End (5)
Yun Duo and Nie Dalang only went to Huashigou once, and then went to Nie Guizhi's house.So after walking Huashigou, I just eat, drink and play at home. After the fifth day and the sixth day, I will go to Nie Guizhi's house in Hewan Village.

Unexpectedly, Gu Dalang and Gu Erlang came over again, saying that they hadn't seen their relatives in the second year of junior high school, and they gathered together for a meal, talking, and directly brought Yunduo and Nie Dalang to Xiaoguzhai Village.

Yunying didn't go, the family couldn't be alone, relatives were visiting everywhere, from any village, so Yun Duo and Nie Dalang were sent out, the gate was locked, and Yun Xiao and Yun Xiao stayed at home to watch the door.

For several days in a row, the family's mule cart and donkey cart were not at home, and several households in the village used one after another.

Liu gritted her teeth angrily and cursed at home.

Before the fifteenth day, Fang Erlang came over again and asked everyone to go to the town to visit the Lantern Market.

Nie Dalang, Yun Duo, Yun Ying and Yun Xiao went to the county and spent fifteen days in Nanping County.

All kinds of lanterns were brightly lit, and Yun Duo felt that she was fighting with Pang Ren, so she wanted to hang all those lanterns at home.

After the Shangyuan Festival is over, the year is over.Back home, the workshop is about to open.

Seeing the good weather, Yun Duo dried out the bedding, washed her hair, and sat under a tree to teach Yun Xiao how to read.

Nie Shen ran over and took a few candy fires, "Sister Yunduo! My father sent someone to bring back some sugar fires!"

His parents left after the eighth day of the eighth day, and had no time to come back on the fifteenth day, so someone brought some things back.

Yun Duo smiled and patted his head, went into the house to get the small basket, and took it.

Nie Shen saw that Yunxiao was writing, so he moved a small bench and sat aside to watch, puffed out his small chest and said, "My handwriting is very neat now! It's horizontal and vertical!"

Seeing her crooked handwriting, Yun Xiao immediately blushed, "Auntie praised me for my good writing just now."

"You just started practicing, so you must not write well! Sister Yunduo is making you happy, and you learn faster when you are happy!" Nie Shen finished speaking, puzzled, "Xiaoxiao is a girl, why does she also write? Do you want to study? You can’t be a scholar!” His current goal is to be a scholar.

Yun Xiao didn't know either, anyway, my aunt said that she was good at reading and writing, and every time she endorsed, my aunt and mother were very happy.

Yun Duo washed his hands, took cashew nut crisps over, and said with a smile, "Whether it's a boy or a girl, you can gain knowledge by studying books, learn knowledge without being a scholar, and improve your own value! Look at the workshop. Every time wages are paid, they are illiterate and unable to write their names, so they can only print their fingerprints. If I deliberately make mistakes in the account book, they will not know, because they are illiterate!"

"But Sister Yunduo wouldn't make a typo on purpose!" Nie Shen was even more puzzled.

Nie Lizheng, who came over with his hands behind his back, smiled, "Your elder sister Yunduo can't make mistakes, but if you meet a cunning person, you can only admit to being cheated!"

Nie Shen nodded understandingly, he thought studying was only a test of merit.

Seeing the two little people eating cashew nut cakes, they both began to read. Nie Li was chewing a cashew nut cake and sighed, "If only the children in the village could read and write!"

Yun Duo looked at Nie Lizheng with bright eyes, "Grandpa Lizheng!?"

Nie Li was looking at her bright eyes, the two big pupils were like obsidian, and smiled at him, "Uh... girl! You look at me like this... What idea did you come up with?"

Yun Duo moved the small bench and sat closer, "Grandpa Lizheng! You are the Lizheng of the village, the head of the village! You are the only one who can read and learn. The children in the village can't go out, and they don't have the money to go to the town or the county seat. Studying in the village, you see, if you teach them how to read and write, no matter whether they are promising or not in the future, there are so many children in the village, there will always be three or five promising ones. When they go out to sail, don’t they miss Grandpa Li the most! ?”

Nie Lizheng was stunned for a while, "You are..."

"Grandpa Tuoli opened a school!" Yun Duo smiled and narrowed his eyes.

Just for a while, Nie Li pointed at Yun Duo, the creases on his face wrinkled into a smile, "You girl... this is not a trivial matter! Only a few people come to learn it after it started! There are not many people in the school in the town. !” He also thought before that even if he only has the fame of Tongsheng, he can still be regarded as a scholar, and he will set up a school in the village to teach children in several nearby villages how to read and write.But after visiting some people's homes, no one was willing.Food and clothing are still a problem, how can there be that money to supply the children to study.

"It didn't work before, but it should work now!" Nie Dalang came back from outside driving a mule cart.

Nie Li was pondering, "Although the life in the village is better now, it is not a small sum of money for the children in the family to study... even if I don't stop to study, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone will study for three to five years, and the family will be able to study." Those who have no family background can’t afford to supply.”

"Even if you study for two years, you can learn a few words. Now the villagers are making money. Two of them are working in the workshop. If they work hard a year, they will get 20 taels of silver. It is not a problem to provide for two children to study." Nie Dalang glanced at Yun Duo as he spoke.

Nie Lizheng's expression gradually became more serious, asking him to open a school is not a trivial matter, he has to think it over carefully.

When I got home, I sat and meditated. Grandma Nie called him several times but didn't hear him, "Old man! What's wrong with you?"

Nie Li was returning to his senses. Seeing her worried expression, he waved his hand, "It's okay! It's that girl Yun Duo who said she wanted me to open a school in the village."

Grandma Nie knew about opening a school. At that time, no one was willing to pay for their children to study. "I'm afraid it won't work!"

Nie Li was beckoning, so he discussed with her, "I am Lizheng in the village now. Yun Duo and Da Lang run workshops. They make less money for themselves and let the villagers earn more. These two children are People who are knowledgeable and literate. I can’t teach Dalang now. When I have questions about learning, I go to the county to ask my teacher to answer them. You say, both of them are just enlightenment. It’s so easy to learn. Yunduo’s child is only so smart after reading a few stacks of recipe books. There is a golden house in this book. If the children in the village learn it, even if they can’t compare, they will be better than they are now, right?”

Hearing what he said, my heart was moved. After thinking about it, I expressed my support for him, "I know you are a good person and want to do something good. You should first ask how many children in the village want to study!"

It can be regarded as something that Nie Lizheng wanted to do but failed when he was young. Nie Lizheng visited several houses, and Shu Xiu gave him whatever he wanted, and bought pens, ink, paper and inkstones and books by himself.

Yang Gou'er wants to go. Everyone in my brother-in-law's family is learning to read and write, and my eldest sister can also read now!

Yang Shitou is in charge, and his salary is fifty Wen a day, and one and a half taels of silver a month. The family still has firewood for Yun Duo and Nie Dalang. Although the income is small, there is still a little.

After a discussion, the family gritted their teeth and confessed to both Yang Gou'er brothers.

Yamane's sister-in-law's baby is only under three years old, and he has to wait another two years to study, but he also said that he wants to let the baby go to school, learn from Fan Juren, and test for merit.

Nie Lizheng went around in a circle, there are really a few willing, but there are still too few.He was a little disappointed and a little discouraged.

Nie Dalang came over with a book and asked him for knowledge, as well as his two new essays, "I wrote this before, and the one here was revised after Master Pang pointed out."

Nie Lizheng looked at it, and found that there was a big difference before and after the revision twice. He pointed to the revised one and asked Nie Dalang, "Have you written such a theory now?"

Nie Dalang smiled slightly, "Not too much."

Nie Lizheng looked a little excited, "This kind of article is better than what I wrote back then, and now you have master Pang giving advice, so this year..."

"This year, Master Pang asked me to give it a try, Master Zhou also thinks I can try it." Nie Dalang nodded.

"Good! Good!" Nie Lizheng said two good things in a row, and read the policy theory again. It was neat and not fancy, and it fit the people's needs and national policies without losing its originality.

Although the colorful articles written in the article are good, Nie Lizheng prefers such a neat and pragmatic one.Master Pang said that he could pass, and Master Zhou also said that he could try. That means Nie Dalang has the ability to try and may pass the exam.

The spring test is in late February.

After taking Nie Dalang's folk prescription, Master Pang's health gradually improved, so he inquired about the preferences of the invigilator Xuezheng, and helped Nie Dalang take the test.

But the family is growing bamboo. From the bamboo forest of the Gu family, they dug up several carts of moso bamboo shoots and some water bamboo shoots. They called the people in the village to start planting from the east side of the field towards the direction of the new house.

Nie Dalang and Yun Duo are very busy, and Yunying's toy store is also busy.

The bamboo shoots were planted and the land was prepared. The hillside next to Qinghu Lake was bought by Nie Dalang, so naturally it couldn't be left unused.

Mrs. Liu looked at the busy villagers every day, and her face was not good. Looking at Yun Duo and Nie Dalang who were busy going back and forth, her face was even more bad.

Nie Dalang and Yun Duo unknowingly made a trip to the county town to take part in the spring test.

(End of this chapter)