Crossing the old lady of the farm gate

Chapter 126 Building a School Part 2
"Village chief, is the village chief at home?" After discussing a charter with Bai Lan at home, Chen Yu came here to ask the village chief for his opinion. After all, some things are not easy to let a village chief decide.

Chen Zhengming didn't expect that Chen Yu would come to his house suddenly, and he thought that because of the last incident, he and his family were at odds?

"Chen Yu, why did you suddenly come to my house to look for me when you are free? Is there something wrong?"

"Village chief, it's like this. I have something to do with you. I have calculated with my wife. We still have some money at home. We are in the same village, and there are many children in the family. We want to send them to the town. We go to the school, but after thinking that there are still many children in the village who do not have the opportunity to go to school, we decided to spend some money to build a school in the village."

"Building a school, this is a good thing. I don't know where and when you plan to build it."

"These must depend on the help of the village chief to choose the address. We just want to build a school. Let the children in the village know more words, but I have discussed with my wife for a long time about the matter of the master, and I can't help it. If we can’t agree on a regulation, we’re here to ask the village chief to come up with a solution?”

"Master, just find a few people with good knowledge and good reputation in the town to teach in the village. I remember that some masters in the school my grandson attended are about to retire. If there is no problem, you can invite them to come to the village to teach children. read."

"Village chief, but what about this master's Shu Xiu?"

"The school teacher in the town pays one tael of silver a month, and there are at least thirty or forty children in the village who can go to school, and at least two or three teachers have to be invited to come. Calculated in this way, it is three taels a month. For silver, three wives need 36 taels a year."

After Chen Zhengming saw that he had settled the accounts, Chen Yu remained silent, and he knew in his heart that such expenses would amount to a considerable sum.

"Chen Yu, otherwise. Let's hire a master and get 12 taels of silver for a year."

"Village head, my family has paid for the school, how will the repair money be distributed?"

Chen Zhengming actually wanted to say in his heart that his family could afford it together, but after he settled the account, even if it was 12 taels a year, then how many years would it be?The last two incidents have already caused Chen Yu's dissatisfaction. If he continues to do this, he will definitely be forced to not even build a school.Even if some things are for the sake of the village, there must be a limit. Regarding this point, he is still somewhat self-aware.

"How about this? Since you have promised to use the school, you should build the school first. If any children want to study in the school, let them do it themselves. If there are fewer children going to school, it will be shared equally."

Seeing that Chen Zhengming was no longer so selfish at last, Chen Yu felt a little relieved in his heart. If he asked his family to take on the school's Master Shu Xiu, then he would only complete the promise to build the school. He didn't care about his master's affairs, and he directly invited the two masters to teach them a few words at home.

Chen Zhengming hesitated for a while and said: "Although your family paid for the construction of the school, I don't know how many people in the village are willing to spend this money to go to the school. I have to ask them first."

"Village Chief, I know this. Anyway, the school hasn't been built yet, and it will take at least a while. You should make statistics first, and see how many people are willing to send their children to study in the school after the statistics are completed. Village Chief, Since this proposal was initiated by my family, our family will pay half of the master's repair money, and the rest will be shared among the people in the village, what do you think?"

Regarding this statement, he and Bai Lan had already discussed it when they were at home. If the village chief said that his family should bear all the expenses of his wife and let them only build the school, if the village chief still has fairness, then Just bear half of the teacher's expenses, and let those children who go to school in the school bear the rest equally.

Chen Zhengming thought about half of the master's Shuxiu shared by the Chen family, and there were only five hundred Wen left in that month, which was much more cost-effective than going to school in the town, and the master invited back from the town was not bad.If the people in the village didn't have this vision and seized the opportunity, then he would have nothing to do.

(End of this chapter)