The news that Zhengxiu wanted to stay in the village and open a private school spread all over Baili Village overnight. In the past, there were many poor people in the village, and reading was something they couldn't think of, but now, the living standard has been greatly improved, and the villagers have begun to plan for their next generation.

The reason why Li Zheng was able to be re-elected is that in addition to the large population of the Zhang family in Baili Village, Zhang Lizheng himself is also a scholar, especially his family also produced the youngest talent in Linjiang Town, which has been recognized and respected by the whole village.

Zhengxiu had just revealed his thoughts, and the villagers couldn't wait to lead the children to the door.

"Lizheng, is it true that Zhengxiu wants to run a school in the village? Is there a requirement for accepting students? What do you think of our little fat?" The chubby father and mother led the snot flower Chubby and squeezed out of the crowd.

"My iron bull is also good, you see how strong it looks. Tie Niu, hurry up and show Zhang Xiucai your muscles!"

"Reading relies on the brain, not on the muscles, and the kind of iron bull with developed limbs and a simple mind should not come out and be embarrassed. ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

"How do you talk! How can my iron bull be simple-minded. When Tie Niu's parents heard this, their faces were red and their necks were thick, for fear that Zhengxiu would dislike them, so they hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Zhengxiu, do you have any requirements for accepting students?"

"It's true that you will be talented in reading, but if you have the heart to learn, diligence can also make up for your shortcomings. Jeongsu said. He touched the head of the iron ox and said, "Even if you are diligent and difficult to make up for your shortcomings, you will be able to learn carefully, know the words, and understand the gifts of the saints, and you will be able to benefit immensely in the future." ”

"Yes, yes, Xiucai is just nice to say. The villagers all nodded when they heard this, and they were full of praise for Zhengxiu in their hearts.

"Then can we sign up?"

"And what about our little fat?"

"Our dog is also very smart"

"Okay, let's be quiet, the village school will definitely be done, but Zhengxiu has to go down, and the village has to invite another gentleman. Therefore, everything has to be considered in the long run, and everyone should not be in a hurry. ”

Seeing the enthusiastic people gossiping, Li Zheng was helpless, so he had to interrupt them.

"Father, please take your time, anyway, it's still early before the end of the game, why don't I teach it first, and wait until I invite Mr."

"Father, it's rare that Zhengxiu has this heart, it's better to follow his wishes, I promise that after taking office, I will find a good gentleman for the village as soon as possible. Zhengmin also stood up at this time to persuade Li Zheng, and he took office after the Lantern Festival, and the livelihood of the entire Linjiang County in the future will be closely related to him. It is a good thing to run a clan school in the village, and the reason why Li Zheng did not let go was because he was worried that it would affect Zhengxiu's end.

"Ahem, that's it. If you want to enroll, you can register here, and the school will be held in the Zhangjia Ancestral Hall. ”

Seeing that the eldest son and the youngest son spared no effort to promote the village school, he touched his beard, and he still felt very comforted in his heart.

Li Zheng spoke, this matter is ironclad, thinking that there will be literate people in the future, the villagers are excited and happy.

Immediately, he took the children of the family and went to Zhengxiu to register, there are more than 70 or 80 families in the village, and there are more than 50 children who can go to school.

In the afternoon of the same day, the villagers spontaneously cleaned up the ancestral hall, and the extra tables and stools at home were spontaneously moved to the ancestral hall.

"Jeong-so, I'm here to help the kids register. By the time Shumin heard about this, it was already late that day, and she hurriedly led Feng'an and Yang'er to Lizheng's house together, and saw Zhengxiu sorting out the children's files.

"Does Yang'er want to study too?" Feng'an's grade is just right to go to school, but Yang'er is only five years old after the New Year, and it seems that she is a little younger, after all, the school is not a kindergarten.

"Uncle Zhengxiu, Yang Er can read. When Yang Er heard that Zhengxiu thought he was small, she quickly defended herself. "Yang Er can now read more than 100 words. ”

When Yang Er spoke, he took Shumin's hand, hoping that she would prove to him that he was telling the truth.

"That's right, I usually teach him some, he learns quickly, and he won't hold everyone back. Looking at Yang Er, who was eager to express himself, Shumin naturally wanted to fully support him.

"Okay, but when you enter the school, you have to abide by the order of the school, if you are naughty, your uncle will also treat everyone equally, and when the time comes, you won't be able to endure hardships and cry your nose. Zhengxiu pinched his nose and said.

"Uh-huh. Yang Er's head nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"There are so many children in the village, what about the children's textbooks? Textbooks are not cheap. Shumin asked.

In this era, a book costs about one or two pieces of silver, and it is no wonder that people are afraid and admired reading.

"Since it is a village school, this money has to come out of the village, although everyone's conditions are much better than before, but when it comes to the cultivation of study, most people still can't afford it. Rizheng shook his head. "But now the village's money is also very tight, although the tofu workshop has been doing well, but the initial investment is also quite large, and the soap workshop is about to be built, I am afraid that the village's money is really difficult to support the cost of textbooks. ”

Only then did Zhengxiu realize that he was really a little inconsiderate.

He has been studying since he was a child, and he also has a collection of books at home, and when he went to Fucheng, his family did not spend less money, but it never worried him, so he forgot that reading is a luxury for the people.

"The books of enlightenment are nothing more than the surnames of a hundred families, the three-character scripture, the thousand-character text, and so on. If these three books are concerned, it will cost more than one hundred and fifty taels of silver. It is indeed a bit expensive to give each child a book. Jeongmin frowned when he heard this. Although he is a county magistrate, he can't use the money from the government to subsidize the village, right?

"Children go to school just to understand literacy and etiquette, how many are really talented to embark on a career in office? Why don't we ask someone to copy a few points at the beginning, so that the children can share it, so that they can know that learning is not easy. Zhengshun listened to it for a long time, and then he broke out.

He is the least of the three brothers who likes to read, and he doesn't think that all the children in the village can become talents like Zhengxiu, but the villagers don't understand the difficulties of reading, and they hope that their children will become dragons, and they have high expectations for their children.

It turns out that Zhengshun's idea is right, the village school has only been running for more than a month, and half of the children have already skipped school for various reasons.

The children in the village are used to being wild, so they are locked in the ancestral hall and study every day, and they only feel dizzy.

The parents of those skipping school hated that iron could not be made of steel at first, and they drove them into the school with sticks every day, but when they turned around, they slipped out like loaches.

In the end, they had no choice but to accept their fate, feeling that their ancestors were missing green smoke, and they were all mud-legged people for generations.

Zhengshun's statement made everyone fall into contemplation, but it made sense when he thought about it, so Zhengmin found a few classmates to help him, and copied dozens of books such as Baijia surnames and three-character scriptures, and spent only more than 20 taels of silver.

"If there are good seedlings, our village still has to spare no effort to cultivate. Half-ringing, Li Zheng said.

"That's natural, if there are a few more talents like Zhengxiu in the village, the prestige of our Baili Village will be even higher. Jeongmin nodded hurriedly. He knew that his father was a little reluctant to save money on books, but because there was not so much money in the village, he had to settle for it.

In this way, the village school was set up, and the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and textbooks were provided by the village, but the repair had to be charged separately, and the monthly repair was fifty lines per child, and the villagers could accept this price.

Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are also ridiculously expensive in this era, so the children practice on the sand with sticks at first, and when they are familiar with the strokes, they will practice writing on straw paper with a brush stained with water, and the student who writes the best will be rewarded with a piece of rice paper, so that he can write with ink on the door.

Perhaps it is because they know that learning is not easy, and the children learn to work very well, except for those children who really have no talent, the rest have almost grown a lot after a year.

Seeing the children studying in such a difficult environment, Shumin would donate a sum of money every month to buy pen, ink, paper, inkstone and textbooks. She also suggested that Jeong-su set up a scholarship, and the top three who study well every month can not only be exempted from the next month's repair, but also have certain material rewards, which are generally related to learning.

The children are more diligent in their studies.

Except for a few children in the Li Zheng family who have been literate since childhood, Feng An and Yang Er are the best learners in this group of children, especially Feng An, who has the same dedication to learning.

Not long after, Zhengxiu sent a letter to his enlightenment teacher, recommending Feng'an and Yang'er to go to the county school.

The county school is in Linjiang Town, founded by a person surnamed Bai, which has a history of more than 100 years, and the person surnamed Bai is said to be one of the first generation of students of the Shangguan family. Now this college is called Qianlong College, which is a private enlightenment institution.

The current dean is called Bai Sheng, a direct descendant of the founder of the academy back then, and he is also a man.

This academy is located halfway up the Tiandu Peak called the Qianlong Mountain Range, and only enrolls thirty students every year.

Back then, the talented Zhengxiu inadvertently fell into Bai Shengde's eyes, so he accepted him exceptionally, and a few years later, Zhengxiu became the youngest talent in Linjiang Town.

This time, he received a letter from Zhengxiu and knew that he had set up a village school in the village, so he planned to come over to take a look, and by the way, to see if the child mentioned by Zhengxiu was really as talented as he said.

So he replied to Zhengxiu, and Yan Ming stayed until the spring of March when the flowers bloomed, and then he came to Baili Village to talk about the relationship between master and apprentice.

The village school is in full swing here, and Jeongmin also found a down-and-out talent to stay in the village as a village school teacher.

Over there, Minwon is also very busy.

On the seventh day of the new year, Liu Zikai's carriage slowly drove to the village, and everyone was already familiar with his carriage, and someone immediately notified Li Zheng and Shumin.

"Is this Baili Village?" a man got out of the car, his black hair was randomly held with a turquoise hosta, and his delicate face was indistinguishable from male and female. Especially his exaggerated red skirt embroidered with pink peony flowers, which makes people can't take their eyes off it in an instant.

As soon as he was about to get out of the carriage, the coachman took a valuable red carpet from the back of the carriage and spread it on the ground, lest the dirt stain his shoes and socks.

"Young master, this is Baili Village. Liu Zikai was like one of his servants at this time, standing behind him respectfully. Said.

"But Erl. He looked at Qianmo at the head of the village, and the corners of his mouth curled up with disdain. I really don't know what the clan thinks, and they actually sent him a young master of the lineage to this poor country.

"When a distinguished guest arrives, he is not welcomed. Hahaha" As soon as Li Zheng heard that someone from the Liu family was coming, he thought of the news he received two days ago, and hurriedly greeted him, but he didn't expect to see such a beautiful man.

"You're Lizheng?" he frowned, looked at the old man fifty miles away, and pouted in disgust when he saw that he was dressed in coarse cloth.

Rizheng was stunned by his expression, but his beautiful appearance was really disgusting.

"Exactly, since the distinguished guest is here, why don't you move to the humble house first and rest for a while?" his beauty can not be desecrated from a distance, Li Zheng unconsciously stood in the distance, bowing to him.

"No need, where is the Qin woman, it's better to go directly to her. "There is not a decent house in this countryside at a glance, he doesn't want to waste time here, he just wants to finish the conversation quickly and go back to the capital as soon as possible.

Li Zheng was swallowed by him, and when he saw Liu Zikai giving him a look, he hurriedly led the way in front.

"Brother, I'm sorry, this young master of my family has this temper. In private, Liu Zikai smiled bitterly, and hurriedly made amends. He knew that the clan valued this cooperation very much, but he didn't want to send this arrogant and casual guy over.

Li Zheng and Liu Zikai led the way in front, and the entourage behind was too busy, so they hurriedly took out more red carpets and spread them all the way, not daring to stop.

Liu Lingxiao took graceful steps with one hand in front and the other behind, moving his eyes slightly, looking around, and showing some similar mocking smiles from time to time.

"Ah, he's so pretty, even better than a woman. The villagers were already impressed by his beauty, and did not care at all about his lofty and proud swan-like nature.

A man like him was born to be like this, and even at the sight of his mocking smile, the villagers felt flattered and felt that it was an honor to be taunted by him.

is like the empress in One Piece: the slave family is so beautiful that any crime can be forgiven.

Shumin was waiting with Zhengxing's daughter-in-law early in the morning, and when she saw them coming, she hurriedly greeted them and greeted Liu Zikai with a smile. It's a pity that Liu Zikai showed a bitter smile, and following his eyes, she saw the beautiful peacock behind him. Instantly, the mouth turned into a European word.

When I turned around, I found that Zhengxing's daughter-in-law's eyes were also narrowed, looking at a beautiful person with a demented expression.

"It's over, Zhengxing's daughter-in-law may not be able to count on it. Shu Min wailed in his heart, how could there be such a wicked man in this world!(To be continued.) )