Chapter 393： Village learning

Chapter 393 Village Learning

However, the village chief knew a little better and explained to everyone, "It is said that this year the imperial examination has been restructured and additional examinations have been added. Erdan has been taking the examination since the beginning of this year. He will pass the exam until he is elected, and he will also participate in the Spring Festival next year! Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk. I didn’t realize how good he was! If all the children in our village went to school, would there be many more talented people?”

They were in the village and had little information. Only a few of Yang Jiang’s grandsons were admitted to school. Except for the youngest Yang Laigui, all of them were promising. This was a signal to the villagers! A sign they can do it too!

When the village chief said this, some people immediately agreed.

"Village chief, I think we should pay for a gentleman to come to the village to educate the baby. After the baby can learn how to read and write, he can then send it to Mapo Academy for a try. What if he gets in? If he can't get in, he can still go to the county town. It’s okay for scholars to study in private schools!” Zhang took the opportunity to say.

Now every household in Rongshu Village is living a good life. Each family can save twenty or thirty taels of silver every year through the workshop. There is not enough food to eat after the autumn harvest. The houses are all new. There is no need to think about housing in the past ten or twenty years. In this case, they can naturally do things that they could not even imagine before.

When Zhang opened his mouth, many people followed him.

The village chief himself was also thinking about it. He looked around at the villagers with excitement and gritted his teeth and said: "Then let's calculate how many families agree and which ones are not willing. Let's ask clearly. What should we do with this village school?" Okay, how much money should I give?”

Listen, he clearly has an idea.

Old Man Yang looked around and said thoughtfully: "No one will object to this kind of thing. I know some people don't have suitable children at home and don't want to make such an effort, but we have to see that in the future, grandchildren at home can also enroll in school. Yes, it would be inappropriate if we start arguing again at that time.”

Several women who wanted to object immediately fell silent.

Their children are already in their teens, and they will be able to marry and have children in three to five years. It is indeed not an advantage now, but it is hard to say whether they will have grandchildren. If they have grandchildren in the future, they will not study with the children in the village!

Seeing that Old Man Yang had solved a big problem for him with just one sentence, the village chief smiled gratefully at him and said, "If no one objects, then let's do this. We will encircle a piece of land next to the village ancestral hall and build a school. Let Yang You and Yang Jun be responsible for building the house, and let others help. We can do it ourselves without hiring anyone and not spending much money.

As for asking sir.”

Old Man Yang said: "Lai Gui is studying at Mapo Academy, and now the annual tuition fee is 20 taels. I asked shopkeeper He that the master of Mapo Academy is paid 5 taels of silver per month, but this is the price for a scholar. If you ask someone to take classes, it will cost you eight taels of silver a month, and you will also be given various gifts during holidays.”

“His! It’s so expensive!” The villagers were shocked, and some even backed down.

Li said: "That's the price of Mr. Mapu Xuetang. In a small village like ours, we don't need to compare with others. In my opinion, we can't afford to hire a master of public education. Just hire a scholar. And this scholar is the master." Maybe I won’t be able to invite you!”

There are only a few scholars in Ping'an County, and there have been a few more in the past two years. However, they are all the treasures of the family and are fully supported, so they may not be willing to come to them.

"Then it's okay to hire a boy! Give the child some enlightenment and teach him something, otherwise the school may not accept him! And the county is so far away." Ms. Zhang settled for the next best thing. In her opinion, a scholar must be the most suitable. But the actual situation is there, and there is really no way to do it.

The village chief thought carefully for a long time, then stood up and clapped his thighs, "Let's build the village school first! We don't even have a house to talk about! By the way, Yang Jiang, everyone will go to your house tomorrow to eat wedding cakes!"

Old man Yang’s face was red and he nodded vigorously.

The family returned to the old house.

Mr. Zhou still looked like she was distracted and kept mumbling, "Do you think we can let Lai Gui learn something else?"

Yang Laosan directly interrupted her whims, "Lai Gui is very good now, don't think blindly!" As he said that, he looked at Old Man Yang, "Dad, how big is the village school going to be?"

Old Man Yang thought of the majestic appearance of Mapo Academy and was fascinated. However, for just a moment, he was immediately brought back to reality. He lowered his eyes and said: "Build a second courtyard. The front courtyard should be made wider. The four rooms in the middle row are all used for living. The children were in class, and four rooms were built in a row on each side, which might be used later. A small yard was built on the left side, where a fire was built for cooking, washing, and laundry.

There is also a small yard on the right side to give the children a clean body, and they have to think about it.

The second entrance to the courtyard has the same specifications as the first entrance. If the gentleman you invite lives far away, he can stay overnight without being disturbed. In short, you must consider the problem in advance. You can discuss it with the village chief later, and it may be useful. Not much money. "

Such a courtyard costs five or sixty taels per day, and each household is evenly divided with one or two taels of silver. It was really a lot in the past, but now I guess no one cares about it too much.

Yang Laosan nodded repeatedly and said hesitantly: "Should I tell my sister-in-law about this matter? After all, she has the highest status in our village."

Without Jiangning, there would be no Rongshu Village today.

Old man Yang nodded slightly, "Of course I want it. The village chief has probably already taken care of this matter, so we don't need to talk about it."

When he came back in the evening, he saw the village chief coming down from the house of the old man in the east of the village. Most likely, he was looking for the housekeeper to deliver a message.

Things were exactly as Old Man Yang said. The village chief had already sent someone to send news to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning was on her way to the capital when her servants caught up with her and gave her the letter.

After reading it, Jiang Ning raised the corners of his mouth slightly and told his two sons about the matter.

Yang Santie raised his hands in agreement, "One person is not strong if he is strong. Only when the entire clan is strong will outsiders not bully us. Aniang, we cannot protect the clansmen in the village for a lifetime. The village chief's idea is excellent. If there are more than ten or twenty In the next year, our village will have several talented people and even Jinshi, and Rongshu Village will really become the number one village in Ping'an County."

Yang Erdan nodded, "I think so too, Auntie, since the village chief has written a letter, we must support it. The village school belongs to the village. We have workshops in our village. It doesn't cost much money to build a village school. I would like to ask Mr. It’s a little money, I’ll give you a hundred taels to show my appreciation.”

"Since the second brother has contributed one hundred taels, I will also contribute one hundred taels." Yang Santie said immediately.

He wanted to give more, but he couldn't get ahead of his brother.

Seeing that they all supported it, Jiang Ning said, "I will pay one thousand taels, Datou will pay 400 taels, you three brothers will each pay 200 taels, and Xiaoya will also pay one hundred taels. This money will be taken from the public." , you don’t have to pay.”

As she said that, she asked Huazhi to get the banknotes and give them to the servant who delivered the letter, and then wrote a reply letter for him to take back.

The head of Rongshu Village knew that Jiang Ning would support and provide money, but he never thought that she would give him 2,100 taels in one go, of which 100 taels were contributed by Yang Xiaoya.

This amount of money was so huge that he immediately summoned the villagers together and talked about it.