Chapter 109： advise

When Ms. Li heard that she was going to pay wages to the villagers, she straightened up instantly and said, "Don't worry! I promise to do this for you beautifully."

Jiang Ning sipped his saliva and said: "If you can't take care of me, you can ask for a helper. I think the village chief's wife is very good. After all, she belongs to the village chief's family. Most people in the village dare not act under her nose." What do you think, little thought?”

Ms. Li frowned and thought for a while, then gritted her teeth and slapped the table: "Sure! It's settled!"

After getting down to business, Li realized that the Jiangning family was unusually quiet, "Where are the children? I've been here for so long and I haven't seen them show up yet!"

Jiang Ning thought for a while, then lowered his eyes and said, "Mom, there is something I am going to tell you and my dad. I plan to send him to Santie Sizhuang to study."

"What? What did you say?" Mrs. Li jumped up from her stool in shock, her eyes as big as bells.

Even Mrs. Zhou looked incredulous, "Sister-in-law, have you thought about it all? Studying is not cheap! Even if you can make money, one of them is already married, and one of them is about to get married. We can't let them support the family. It’s unreasonable for my younger brother to study!”

Ms. Li came back to her senses and nodded in agreement, "The third family member is right, things can't be done like this! We don't have to let a few children leave their hearts!"

Jiang Ning smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, I won't let Datou and Erdan pay for their two younger brothers to study. I earn the money for their studies myself, and I have already saved some money for them, enough for them to stay in the school for five years. Five years is enough time to see whether they have the talent to study.

If they have this talent, I will definitely continue to support them. If not, by then they will be able to read and write, and it will be easier than others to find a job, right? "

"Big-headed mother-in-law, have you really thought about it? Although I also want our old Yang family to emit smoke from their ancestral graves and produce a scholar, but I just think about this kind of thing. I really don't expect it to come true! After all, I want to provide a scholar Scholars are like bottomless pits. If you pay back the money, you may not even hear a sound when you spend the money!" Mrs. Li looked at Jiang Ning extremely seriously, even more worried than she was.

Jiang Ning had a firm look on his face, "Mom, you don't have to say anything. I have thought about all these things. During the Chinese New Year, I went to pay New Year greetings to Big Tou's boss. I asked carefully and signed up for my two children.

The school is in Mapo. It is newly built. It is enrolling students for the first time this year. There are three teachers, two of them are scholars, and they are the most powerful scholars here. Food and accommodation are there. You can come back once a month and study for a year. It’s two taels of silver, plus one tael for food and accommodation, and I’ll bring my own books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones. I did the math and found that these cost about two to four taels. Adding in the clothes for the four seasons, it’s almost seven or eight taels in a year. . "

Li and Zhou were stunned.

Zhou murmured: "My dear, seven or eight taels of silver are enough to buy several acres of paddy fields! No wonder ordinary people can't afford to support scholars!"

Li came back to her senses, looked at Jiang Ning with a complicated expression, and advised earnestly: "Why don't you send one of them first! If both of them go, it will cost them sixteen taels of silver a year, and support them for five years, that is ninety Two! You may not be able to save so much money just by selling money! Besides, what can we do with the money?”

While Mrs. Li was looking forward to the future success of her descendants, she was also distressed about such a large sum of money. In the end, reason prevailed over emotion and she kept urging Jiang Ning to think twice.

Jiang Ning had no choice but to move out of the Zhong family as an excuse, lying and claiming that the Zhong family provided money and effort, which was vague, and finally fooled the Li family.

Li and Zhou were walking back.

Mr. Zhou couldn’t help but ask, “A’niang, why didn’t you ask clearly just now?”

Mrs. Li sighed helplessly, "Now your sister-in-law is not the inexperienced sister-in-law before. If she dares to plan like this, she has already made preparations. I advised her just for my own peace of mind. Now it seems that I was in vain." Don’t worry about it, as long as she doesn’t cause trouble there, what about other things? If the Three Irons and Four Villages are really good at studying.”

A flash of determination flashed in Mrs. Li's eyes, and she gritted her teeth and said: "Your father and I can still work together for a few more years, but if it doesn't work, we can still help." As he spoke, Mrs. Li looked at Mr. Zhou, "Don't feel uncomfortable. If Sizhuang is really promising, you can all benefit from it. You don’t have to give us the money that the third brother earns now. You can save it yourself and wait for the future.”

Ms. Zhou nodded obediently. She never had any idea and she always listened to her parents-in-law and Yang Laosan.

Knowing that Jiang Ning was going to send his two children to school, Mrs. Li specially made a pair of thousand-layer cloth shoes for each of her two grandsons after she returned. The material used was the winter cloth Jiang Ning had given her before, and the outside was covered with a layer of strong and wear-resistant linen cloth.

When Li took the shoes to the workshop, Yang Santie and Yang Sizhuang were shocked.

Li said earnestly: "Grandma only found out after listening to your grandma's words that my two good grandchildren are going to study far away! This is a little thought from Grandma. You should keep it well and be sure to listen to it when you go to school. As for you, sir, study hard and don't let your mother-in-law down.

After all, with eight taels of silver a year, who in our village can afford so much money? But your mother-in-law is not only willing to give, but she also gives out double portions at once. You must cherish this opportunity, do you understand? "

The two of them nodded in unison. Yang Santie, who was still resisting studying at first, suddenly felt touched when he looked at the pair of thousand-layer-soled shoes in his hand.

After Li left, Yang Sizhuang raised his head and looked at Yang Santie, "Third brother, does grandma particularly hope that we can make a difference?"

“Maybe so.” Yang Santie stared at the shoes in trance.

Yang Sizhuang clenched his fists, "I will definitely study hard. I can't let my mother-in-law spend money and become a joke to the villagers!"

Yang Santie came back to his senses and suddenly realized, isn’t it! Providing students with education is a waste of money. If word gets out about their studies and they fail to study well, they will definitely be ridiculed by the whole village, remembering the past times when they were looked down upon in the village.

Yang Santie gritted his teeth, "It's just studying! I'll work hard!"

At the beginning of March, Yang Santie and Yang Sizhuang were almost leaving.

Jiang Ning went to town to buy things for them one day in advance, and also went to Wu's house.

Wu Changfeng had already set off for the capital. There were only women and children at home. Maybe Ma was annoying him, but Liu Cuihua was quite cautious when she heard the knock on the door.

He opened the door and let her in after confirming that it was Jiang Ning. He motioned for her to keep her voice down. He took her to the backyard and immediately complained: "The An family's big house is really noisy, it's really killing me!"

"What's going on? What's going on again?" Jiang Ning looked confused.

Liu Cuihua took out a breath and said angrily: "Ever since An Yongliang's family moved away during the Spring Festival, An Yongzhong and his brothers secretly separated their families behind An Gaolin's back. An Yongzhong even took his mother-in-law and children in silence. Xiang ran away, and when they came to their senses and went to Huai'an County to ask for someone from the Chen family, there was no one there at all. Instead, An Gaolin and his wife were scolded.

This big family will be having a hard time without An Yongzhong's monthly money! In addition, relatives came to collect debts from time to time, and Ma did not agree to let An Yongren leave the school. He made quarrels over money every day. I heard that Ma even told the neighbors that I deliberately let An Yongren and his family go.

It was so funny that what happened to their family was none of my business! If I hadn't seen them in dire straits now, I would have come to fight with them!

You didn't know that some of the relatives they borrowed money from were from Qian's village. I heard that Qian Wen of the Qian family was going to die and needed money. He came to collect debts every day. An Gaolin's hair turned white with worry, but Ma's I blamed the Qian family for being unkind and even had a quarrel. I heard the content of their quarrel."