Chapter 559: Old Things
So for so many years, the only thing that the gentleman in the private school in the village has praised is the eldest son of the second son of the Gong family, the descendant called Gong Jian.
To this day, people in the village will occasionally mention it, after all, how many years have passed, and there is such a seedling of reading in the village. Of course, the youngest son of the eldest of the Gong family is said to be a reading seed. In the private school in the town, it is also very good, and in the future, I will definitely take the imperial examination and become a big official.
But this kind of talk, everyone just listens to it casually, after all, hearing is false, and seeing is believing. The country men have their own simple concepts, and those who hear it and don't see it in front of them are even more convinced. Gong Jian was praised by his husband in a private school in his later life, and that was something that happened right under their noses.
Although it has been a few years, many people feel that they are still unsatisfied when they mention it. After all, there is such a child in the village who can read, and in their opinion, this is also a great thing.
At that time, the gentleman of the private school almost every day, when he met the second family of the Gong family, he had to praise Gong Jian Datong with enthusiasm. There are really not a few people in the village who hear those words.
So in the past few years, when the second family of the Gong family was really dilapidated, and there was no way to let Gong Jian's descendants continue to study, the people in the village still sighed for a while. After all, it is difficult to find such a seed of reading, but it is a pity to drop out of school so early because of family reasons, which makes everyone feel pity when they think about it. But no one said that it was reasonable to use their own things to supplement outsiders, so even if many people feel sorry in their hearts, this is also a helpless thing.
Mr. Private School in the village may also have suffered a huge blow because of this incident, so within two years, he simply closed the private school in the village and left this remote mountain village. After that, the children in the village had no more books to read.
The old village chief and a few enlightened people also felt that it was a pity, but there was nothing they could do. After all, Mr. Private School in the village was originally a foreigner, and he came to settle here, but it was only a matter of the past few years, and the original gentleman did not think that he would leave here again, and Mr. Private School originally wanted to retire here.
But he didn't expect that Gong Jian's incident made him feel a great pity, and under the influence of this mood, he actually made the decision to leave this small mountain village. When the old village chief thought of this, he couldn't wait to find out the eldest family of the Gong family and let the villagers criticize his family fiercely.
In the eyes of the old village chief, the eldest family of the Gong family is a troublemaker in the village. He had never seen a family between brothers who could do such a thing. I don't know how their parents educated the two brothers, and raised the palace boss into such a selfish and extremely greedy character, and he didn't know how to show mercy to his brothers, and he intensified it, and he was even more fierce to his own hands and siblings. Otherwise, how could the diligent couple of the second eldest of the palace family live so miserably that they can't provide for their children to go to school. In this way, it not only delayed a good reading seed, but also delayed the way for the children of the whole village to study in the future.
Every time he thinks of this, the village chief can't wait to slap the boss of the palace family a few times to make him sober and sober
Every time he looked at Boss Gong, Uncle Gong Jian often felt cold and afraid.
The topic is far away, let's come back, the reason why Widow Liu calls Uncle Gong Jian the eldest sister is because of her age, and the second is because Uncle Gong Jian's family is living a good life. In this village, Uncle Gong Jian's family lives a comfortable life, and the people next to him are envious, but it is inevitable that they will be a little flattering.
Others may look down on the actions of Uncle Gong Jian and his wife, but they don't feel anything about Widow Liu, who has a similar way of thinking to them. Therefore, in the past, Widow Liu called Uncle Gong Jian the eldest sister, and she was willing to call it. Every time the two meet, she always behaves very happily, and she can't wait to respect Gong Jian's aunt as her own sister.
However, in recent years, the life of Uncle Gong Jian's family has gone back and forth, and the family situation has become worse and worse, and with this situation, the meaning of Widow Liu's eldest sister is not so pure.
So now, although Widow Liu calls her eldest sister and her words are full of affection, in fact, it can be seen from her eyes that her feelings are not fluctuating so much, and her eyes do not reveal any real joy.
In Widow Liu's opinion, Uncle Gong Jian's life now is not as good as her own life. Although the two families are now the kind of people who don't have to work in the field and have food to eat, but the days with Uncle Gong Jian's family are getting more and more tense, and now they even start to sell land, Widow Liu's current situation is much better.
Although Widow Liu's family does not have much land, it is rented to other people's families, and the grain handed over every year is enough for her to chew alone. Originally, Widow Liu was not a thrifty person, but when Widow Liu's father-in-law and mother-in-law were alive, they controlled her very tightly.
The financial power of the family has always been in the hands of his father-in-law, at that time, not to mention that she would give her some private money, even if Widow Liu secretly did some embroidery work by herself, the money she earned would also be taken away by her mother-in-law.
So gradually, although Widow Liu no longer does any embroidery work and earns some private money, the concept of living a tight life has also been instilled in her mind by her parents-in-law. So even though her in-laws have passed away, Widow Liu still lives the way they did before they died. This can be regarded as subtle.
Widow Liu didn't dare to sell a single acre of her family's land. The grain collected in the field was enough for her to eat and drink, and the extra money was exchanged for silver, which was enough for her usual expenses. She is older now, and she is not like when she was younger, she likes to wear flowers and rub powder, so this daily expenses are greatly reduced.
She can still save a few taels of silver every year. This is her coffin book, and Widow Liu is naturally satisfied every time she watches the silver in her pocket slowly increase. So she looked down on her more and more, and she was getting poorer and poorer in her pocket, and she also had a bitter gourd-like look on her face.
Of course, to say how much Uncle Gong Jian looks up to Widow Liu, that is also a lie. Uncle Gong Jian laughed at her back more than once in her heart, Widow Liu is a widow and lonely, without any children, seeing that she dies in the future, who will send her to the end.
Reading is exciting, reading is wonderful!
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