Chapter XXXVI Meeting

After Li Zheng came out of Du Yue, he went to the patriarch's house, and now the villagers who went to the ground are about to come back, and they just happened to make an appointment with the patriarch to hold a meeting with the villagers. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info This matter was mentioned by the patriarch first, so the patriarch must also be present.

"Uncle, I've already asked for a solution." Li Zheng went to the patriarch's house and said.

"I know that the girl is not simple, what did she say?" The patriarch asked.

"She said that the people in the village are reluctant to buy books for the time being, and they are only recognizable at present. Li Zheng told the patriarch everything Du Yue said.

"Well, the villagers are indeed too poor, so just do what she said, and we will talk about the future later." The patriarch was also helpless, after all, the people in the village were so poor.

"At this point, the people in the village have come back from their busy fields, and you can see if you can call them for a meeting now." Li Zheng asked the patriarch, Li Zheng could have decided directly, but the patriarch was here, so he asked, after all, do you have to respect the elders.

"Well, okay, I'll go all the way to the ancestral hall with you." After saying that, the patriarch stood up and walked out the door, and Li Zheng followed behind the patriarch. The ancestral hall is not far from the patriarch's house, and the two of them walked for a few minutes to arrive, and when they opened the door of the ancestral hall, they took out the gong inside and rang it vigorously. When there is something in the village, they take a gong to strike, three times in a row, pause for a while, and then continue to knock, generally in this way, the villagers know that it is not urgent, if it is a very urgent matter, they will continue to knock. When the villagers heard the sound of the gong, they knew that something was wrong, and then they would gather in front of the ancestral hall.

The people who live nearby heard it and rushed over first, and the people who were a little farther also rushed to the ancestral hall on the way, nearly a quarter of an hour, the people in the village basically sent someone from every family, generally this kind of thing, the village people only need to send someone to listen to it, and some of the people who stay at home and are idle will also come. At the entrance of the ancestral hall, more and more people gathered, Liujiazhuang is not small, there are six or seven hundred people in the entire Zhuangzi, relatively many villages. It's already a big village, and there are almost a hundred people at the entrance of the ancestral hall. Du Yue also came over, because of time, Yuan Ping didn't come, this time it was Yuan Qing who accompanied Du Yue. As soon as there were many people, the voices became very noisy, and they were all asking each other why they were gathering everyone at this time, was something wrong? But at this time, no one knows, after all, the patriarch has only proposed it for a long time, and it has not yet reached the ears of the villagers.

Li Zheng saw that there were so many people, and estimated that there should be someone from every family in the village, so he instructed the young man standing on the side to gently tap the gong, and then pressed his hand down, and the villagers stopped talking, everyone wanted to know what it was like for Li Zheng to gather everyone at this time, after all, there was no New Year's Festival at this time, and there seemed to be no major events in the village recently, so there was no need to gather everyone.

"I gathered everyone here today because I have something to tell you." Li Zheng spoke first.

"What's the matter with us coming here?" The villagers asked, and the villagers he said wanted to know.

"Let's tell the patriarch what it is. Uncle, I'm sorry for you. After Li Zheng finished speaking to the villagers, he asked the patriarch to tell everyone first, after all, the patriarch brought up this matter first.

"It's good for everybody. Liu Tianming picked up a girl, and everyone in the village knew about it. The patriarch paused when he finished speaking.

"Patriarch, what's beneficial, what does this have to do with that girl?" Another villager asked. Everyone is so strange, how did this have to do with the girl baby rescued by Liu Tianming.

"Yesterday I heard her teach Liu Tianzhu's baby to learn words, and when I asked, I knew that she had been studying for many years, and I thought to myself, if she could teach the children in the village, it would be good if we were older, and it would be a good thing for us to let the young know some words and be able to read and write." The patriarch spoke his thoughts.

"Patriarch, what can a little girl teach?" At this time, many villagers at the bottom thought that the little girl could read how many books, and the patriarch didn't listen to what he said later, but some people thought it was good to be able to read a few words. The recognition is also a little worried, it is a good thing that there is a master in the village, but they don't have the money to pay for the bundle of repairs, and how to calculate this bundle of repairs, as well as books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, all of which require money, if they have money, they would have sent the baby to the school a long time ago, how can they wait.

"Don't underestimate a little girl, after all, no matter how people say that they have read books for several years, they must be knowledgeable in their stomachs." The patriarch is not like other villagers that year, most of them have never left the village much in their lives, and the farthest is only to Liancheng, when the patriarch travels abroad, he also knows that many big families have invited their daughters to teach their husbands, and the daughters in the big families don't think that being talentless is virtue, and most of them have to help their husbands' families and take care of many things in their husbands' families. Looking at Du Yue's style, the patriarch estimated that Du Yue must be the daughter of the fallen daughter, so he didn't think it was strange that Du Yue had read books for a few years.

"We all know that it's a good thing to let the baby study, but the patriarch, you also know that the people in our village are not rich, where is the money to pay for Shu Xiu, let alone Shu Xiu, even the books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone can't afford to buy, how can you study?" Some of the accredited villagers raised questions.

"I've already asked Du Yue about this, because at present, it's only in the stage of teaching literacy, and it's okay to have no books for the time being. As for pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, Du Yue also suggested that the others should not be able to afford it, and it would be good to buy at least one pen. The patriarch signaled to Li Zheng to say these questions, and Li Zheng asked them, and he said that after all, he would know better than himself, so Li Zheng said these words.

"In terms of Shu Xiu, Du Yue does not charge any money, but the villagers pay her rations per person, and she does not ask for fine grain, as long as it is food, she does not need much rations for herself, and each person only pays five catties of food per month, I believe everyone can afford it." Li Zheng continued, about the matter of Shu Xiu, the patriarch also made it clear to Du Yue, and Du Yue also agreed to use the rations as Shu Xiu. After all, it can't be free, and it doesn't feel good to give a villager such a complete charge.

"This is a great thing for us, as long as we give some rations, we can make the baby read and write, and it's too stupid to let the baby learn, and the school in the town is better than dozens of dollars a month." Some villagers said that at this time, many people felt that it was pie in the sky, and only a little ration was provided, which was much better than in the town.