Early the next morning, Jiang Anyi found his mother and told him about his worries. Jiang Huang patted his thigh and said: "Yi'er, what you said is so right, An Yong is becoming more and more disobedient, and his mother can't move him, and even Yan'er has become a little disobedient." Your father died early, you are not at home, your mother is a woman, and there is nothing you can do in a hurry. ”

"Your uncle's brothers and sisters turned out to be fine, but after they got rich, they all seemed to be different people, especially Dongquan, hooking An Yong all day long to know that they were in trouble, your eldest uncle and second uncle are mud bodhisattvas, and they only know how to do their work. Alas, it's not always a good thing to have money. ”

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Jiang Huang's babbling and complaining, Jiang Anyi waited for his mother's complaints to finish, and said: "Mother, you don't have to be too anxious, while there is no accident yet, I want to set a family rule, what should be done and what should not be done, so that everyone can understand that whoever wants to commit a crime will be dealt with according to the family rules." ”

"Okay, my mother also thinks that when the family business is big, there should be some Taoism, and I can't live in a daze like before. Yi'er, you say, how should it be decided? Mother listens to you. ”

Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "I can't have the final say in this matter, I have to invite all my uncles to come, and everyone will discuss and decide, otherwise the family will make trouble." ”

Jiang Huang covered his mouth and smiled, and said: "You don't know your uncle yet, except for the third uncle who knows a few words, your eldest uncle and second uncle are the same as your mother, you can't read big characters, what family rules can you make?" ”

"Mother, you can't say that." Jiang Anyi looked at his mother with a smile, the family situation has improved in the past two years, and her mother's face has become white and red, full of charm. Jiang Anyi sighed secretly, his father died too early, and his mother suffered. "The family rules don't need the words of the saints, don't they say, 'If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you', our family rules will pick some 'old man's words' and write them, everyone can understand them, everyone knows them, and there will be no difficulty in doing them."

"That's a good idea, I'll let someone call your three uncles. Tell An Yong and they to come and listen to it, don't say they don't know. Jiang Huang stood up in a hurry and called someone to call the three uncles and nephews.

After a pillar of incense, the Jiang family's main house was crowded with people, Jiang Anyong and a few cousins muttered together, and burst into cheerful laughter from time to time. Yan'er took a few cousins to look around at the side door, Jiang Anyi saw her sister and raised her hand to wave, Yan'er jumped up happily, ran to her brother's side, and proudly showed off to her cousins outside the door.

Jiang Anyi thought for a while and said loudly: "Everyone come in and listen, it is not only a man's business to obey the family rules, but also for women." ”

Jiang Huang whispered to the three brothers about the meaning of inviting them, and the eldest uncle Huang Kaishan said with a smile: "How can we talk about such a thing, let Yi'er get it done and tell everyone, which rabbit cub dares not to listen to me and not smoke him, I also feel that something is wrong these days, and the family has done too much." ”

The third uncle glared at his little daughter who was fighting with Yan'er, turned his face and said, "This is a big deal, Yi'er is right, a big family has to have some rules." Hong'er, don't grab toys with Yan'er, come next to Dad. ”

Jiang Anyi saw the chaotic scene in the house, raised his voice and said: "Let me say it first, as the old saying goes, 'If you don't listen to the elderly, you will suffer in front of you', and the elders and juniors must obey it." ”

This sentence was immediately nodded in agreement by the three uncles and mother. Second uncle Huang Kailu said: "I remember that when my father was alive, he often said, 'You can't forget your roots', Anyi, do you think this sentence works?" ”

"Of course, grandpa said it very well." Jiang Anyi took a pen and wrote down this sentence on paper. Jiang Huang interjected: "I also remember Dad's words, and now the third child has forgotten his roots a little and raised his mother-in-law." ”

Huang Kailin said embarrassedly: "Sister, let's get down to business, why are you mentioning this?" ”

The third aunt snorted angrily: "Why is this not the right thing, today in front of everyone, you make it clear, what are you going to do with that girl?" ”

Huang Kaishan lowered his face and said: "Third child, what you are doing is not authentic, Xiulan has suffered a lot with you to pull these children, you can't forget Ben, I don't know what my surname is when I have two money, otherwise my brother won't be able to spare you." ”

"Okay, okay, don't talk about the eldest brother and third sister, I'll send her away when I go back." Huang Kailin was perfunctory and diverted the topic: "I also think of one, 'people are afraid of having no face, and trees are afraid of having no skin'." ”

Everyone was very interested, and they rushed to say, and they collected dozens of them at once, Jiang Anyi picked out twenty of them and memorized them, cleared his throat, and read them to everyone one by one: "'If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you'......' People go to high places, and birds fly to bright places; The poor are not discouraged, and the rich are not crazy; Harmony produces wealth, disobedience produces disaster; The more frolicking people become, the lazier they become, and the more they eat, the more greedy they become; Win with reason, lose without reason; The sky depends on the sun and the moon, and the man depends on his conscience'. ”

After reading it, Jiang Anyi asked, "Do you all understand what it means?" ”

Uncle smiled: "What's not understandable about this, it's all ordinary words, even Yan'er can understand it." Yan'er heard her uncle say that she could understand, and if she didn't understand, she had to pretend to understand, and nodded again and again to indicate that she understood.

Jiang Anyi patted Yan'er's little head and said with a smile: "Then I'll test you, what does it mean that 'people go to high places, and birds fly to bright places'?" ”

Yan'er tilted her head and thought about it, then suddenly fanned her big eyes and said, "Brother, does it mean that people have to walk to the mountains and birds have to fly towards the sun." ”

Everyone laughed, and Jiang Anyi explained: "This means that you have to work hard to be a human being, just like a bird naturally flies to the light." Yan'er nodded as if she didn't understand.

"I will engrave these family rules on the bamboo slips, and everyone will act according to the family rules in the future, if anyone violates them, please punish the three uncles and my mother, and everyone agrees or not?"

Hearing that he was going to be punished, the room was silent, and everyone looked at each other without making a sound. Jiang Anyong stood up with a snort and said, "Brother, I can't read, I can't remember so many family rules, otherwise, I'll forget it." ”

"An Yong, you still want to forget it, first of all, you have to do it, or I will whip you with a big bamboo strip." Jiang Huang's willow eyebrows were upside down, and he scolded loudly. Jiang Anyong shrank his neck and sat back in his position, not daring to say anything more, and the cousins next to him who were about to move did not dare to say anything.

Jiang Anyi said: "What An Yong said also makes sense, it is really not easy to memorize these family rules if you are illiterate, and even if you memorize them, you don't necessarily know what they mean." Everyone had a smile on their faces, Jiang Anyong was happy, his brother was biased towards himself, knowing that he was unwilling to be restrained, and he said good things for himself.

Seeing the smiles of An Yong and the others in his eyes, Jiang Anyi smiled secretly in his heart, and continued: "During the Chinese New Year, the third uncle and I talked about running a family school, and just two things were done together, I plan to invite a gentleman to come to the house to teach everyone to read, there is a family rule that 'three generations do not study, it is better to have a litter of pigs', you don't want to become pigs." These family rules seem simple, but in fact, they contain a lot of principles for being a person and doing things, and I want Mr. to teach you to read and write, and gradually tell you the truth, so that you will really understand the meaning of the family rules, and naturally you will write it down. ”

Everyone has a bitter face, what I just said is real, now I hear that I want to read and write, I can no longer spread joy all day long, I have to sit in the family school every day and be managed by Mr., I heard that if you can't memorize the book, you have to play the board. They all turned their attention to their parents, hoping to see the expression of opposition on their father's face.

Huang Kaishan slapped the table and shouted, "Who do the Jianghuang family rely on today?" If you don't have a righteous child, you are still shaving in the fields, not to mention studying, you pass by the door of the private school, and people think you are dirty. Now that I have the opportunity to let you study, one by one it is like a big punishment, why, not happy, not willing to go down to the field with me from tomorrow. ”

The uncle roared, and everyone was frightened like quails in the rain, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

The third uncle smiled: "Reading is always farming, you have also seen Donghe and Dongshui, I used to be the same as you when I was at home, and now I look decent when I go out, others have to call them Mr. Huang and Huang Steward outside, as for the third uncle, I am," Huang Kaishan touched his beard complacently and said, "They call me Huang Yuanwai." ”

Seeing that everyone showed envious eyes, Huang Kaishan hit the railway while it was hot: "The world of flowers outside is beautiful, you don't want to stay in the countryside for the rest of your life, you see that Anyi has read a lot, and you have gone to Renzhou, and in the future, you will go to the capital and serve as officials in various places." Your third uncle doesn't know many words, but he has also been to Wenping Mansion, there is no place on the ground in Texas that I haven't been to, and they have been to a lot of places in Donghe, why? It's because they know a few words. ”

Jiang Anyi secretly admired that Jiang was still old and spicy, and everyone was tempted by what the third uncle said.

The location of the family school is placed in the Jiang family, and there is a small courtyard in the second courtyard, which was originally used to entertain guests, and it was vacated and packed up for Mr. to live. Mr. Jiang Anyi is also a candidate, a former classmate in the county school, Zhou Changhua and Zhou Xiucai are nearly fifty years old. Zhou Xiucai is honest and honest, and has a deep foundation in reading poetry and books, but his luck is insufficient, and he failed to win six times. After the birth of his grandchildren, Zhou Xiucai rested and opened a private school to teach at home.

Jiang Anyi personally went to Zhou Xiucai's home to invite someone and invited him to his home for 22 years. Zhou Xiucai's annual income from opening a private school is only seven or eight taels of silver, which has more than doubled, and Pingshan Town is not far from the county seat.

There was a little situation when she was in the hall, and Yan'er had to go to school too. Because he hadn't talked about it beforehand, Jiang Anyi was a little embarrassed, but Zhou Xiucai said with a smile after learning about it: "Sister Ling is only eight years old, it's okay, my granddaughter also follows me to know some words, and it is also very good for women to teach their husbands and children to be able to understand and read in the future, if you think that men and women are harmful, just use a bamboo curtain to surround it." ”

It was agreed in advance that everyone under the age of 16 should attend the school. Jiang Anyong grinded in front of his brother with a bitter face: "Brother, I still have to practice martial arts, how can I have time to study, or I will forget it, anyway, with my brother here, I will follow you wherever you go in the future." ”

Jiang Anyi ignored him and said with a straight face: "No, it only takes half a day to study, and the rest of the time is enough to practice martial arts." An Yong, you are not too young, you can't mess around all day long, I have already told my mother, if you are disobedient again, you will really be whipped with a big bamboo slice. ”

Zhou Xiucai sat in the middle of the school, received the children's apprenticeship, Yan'er and Hong'er fluttered blessings to Mr. in the bamboo curtain, and took the ring ruler handed over by Jiang Anyi, and the family school officially began.