Chapter 3: Entering the University
After buying the land, they went to the county government on the same day to change the title deed, which was the official deed, although it cost a little more, but they were not afraid of trouble in the future. This is also what she thought of when she used to read novels and when there were indeed these things in the countryside at that time. Now she is a real landowner, and she can be regarded as truly rooted in this era.
Her name is written on the title deed, and he has no idea about this Li Bokang, and he also thinks that this is the way it should be. The day after returning from the county seat, they carried two pieces of bacon down the mountain, and went to buy two catties of dim sum. They first went to the chief's house and sent a piece of four or five catties of bacon and a pound of dim sum saying that it was Xie Lichang's help, and the rest was sent to Ah Fu's house.
They also have a feeling that part of the reason why Uncle Li gave them less money was because of Brother Afu's family, and the day they went to pay the money, they also knew that Brother Afu and his wife were pregnant, and they went to thank them and visit. Of course, there are other reasons why they are going today, mainly because of the land they bought. I also said before that they want to buy land and rent it out to collect rent, but now there is land but there is no one to rent it. So now they are coming to Afu's house, mainly thinking that their family is in Lijiaao, and they still know the people in the village well, so it is better for him to help see who the land rent is for. Of course, they don't say that whoever he says is who, they still need to understand and inquire, in case it is someone who will not cherish the land, they will not lose, so the most is to recommend and then they choose themselves.
When they came to Ah Fu's house, they knocked on the door for a while, and a pregnant woman came to open the door, and when they saw that they didn't know her, they asked, "Who are you looking for?" "Hello sister, let's start with Li Afu." She stepped forward and replied. "Who are you, and what are you looking for me?" "It turned out to be my sister-in-law, my name is Yang Xue, and this is my brother's name is Li Bokang, we were here when you and Brother Afu got married. That's the case, we don't know if you are pregnant, let's come and take a look, and we just want Brother Afu to find us two people to rent land. "But Xianggong is not at home, why don't you go to the town to find him, he is now working." "Okay, we know, this little caution is still under my sister-in-law's subordinates." "Isn't that okay?" "It's okay, sister-in-law, you can take it, then we'll go first, sister-in-law will see you back." They handed the woman the things and the two left.
The two went to the grain store in the town again, and after talking to Ah Fu again, they went home. In fact, they also knew that Ah Fu was working in the town, but she thought that in addition to going to see his wife by the way, she would spread some rumors that they were going to rent land, so that the more people who knew about it, the more people who wanted to rent, and the more people who wanted to rent, it would be easier for them to choose people. Besides, their land is indeed good land, and there must be many people who rent it if the rent is not high, and not everyone has land in this era, and even if some people have land, they may not be able to support their families, so there are more people renting land.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for their land to be rented out, the person was introduced by Ah Fu, it was from their village, there were two families, one rented five acres of high-quality fields, and the other rented the remaining eight acres of land. People are also people they have inquired about, and they are indeed people who work hard and love the land. As for the harvest, it is fifty-five cents, and they only need to pay the rent for their own seeds, tools, etc., and as for the taxes, she pays them herself, and the current tax ratio is twenty taxes and one. The two families who rented her land were related to the Afu family, but she still did some measures, and when she rented the land, she wrote a contract and signed it by the three parties. One of the three parties is that they are renting land, and there is the village chief of their village, they did not ask the chief for help this time, and they found the village chief of Li Jiaao when it was not a big deal.
The gist of the land lease deed is: XX rented XX on February 25, the seventh year of Wanli, for a period of five years, and the rent was half of the harvest. Remarks later: If XX spoils XX's land, XX has the right to claim compensation to XX. Finally, there is the name of the tenant, the name of the tenant, the name of the witness, each of which is stamped with each other's thumbprints. In this way, they rented out the land.
Now there are more than 30 taels of silver left at home, and the money to send Li Bokang to study is enough, so she wants to send Li Bokang to study. However, Li Bokang didn't know how much money the family had, and when she told him that she was going to send him to the school, he also told her: "Sister, we just spent so much money, or I should go again next year, and I can't make the family poor because of me." "It's okay, as long as you study hard in the school, don't worry about home, now that we have land, we don't have to buy food to eat in the fall." It's only half a year, and the rest doesn't cost much, so it's okay to send you to study, do you have to work hard to know? "I know Sister Xue, I will definitely study hard and live up to your expectations and dedication." In this way, it was decided to send Li Bokang to study this year.
The decision is a decision, but where to go to school still have to think carefully, you can't just find a private school and go, you still have to find a gentleman who can teach and has good knowledge. However, they really didn't know about this, and then they decided to go to the town and inquire carefully.
On this day, the two came to the town, and the two still chose a tea shop, which was the one where Li Bokang came to inquire about the news last time. This time, the two asked Xiao Er directly, and later Xiao Er told them that there are two private schools in White Tiger Town, both of which were opened by Xiucai, but one was opened by Lao Xiucai, and the other was just opened this year. The one that opened this year was opened by Wu Xiucai, speaking of Wu Xiucai who is only twenty years old this year, and originally planned to take the exam last year, but the year before last, Wu Xiucai's mother died, and Wu Xiucai had to keep filial piety for three years. However, listening to Xiao Er's meaning, Wu Xiucai's literary style is really good, and because it is newly opened, the tuition fee is also cheaper. Although they didn't know how Wu Xiucai taught, they were going to go to the private school he opened to have a look, and if they could, they would read there. Of course, they will also inquire about the other private school, and after thanking Xiao Er, she gave Xiao Er two or three copper coins, and the two drank some tea and paid and left.
They were going to go to the street to inquire again, and they couldn't just believe the words of the little two. After inquiring on the street for more than half an hour, I felt that the old Xiucai taught was okay, but it may be stricter and the price was higher, and as for Wu Xiucai's new one, there was no evaluation for the time being. However, there are a lot of evaluations of Wu Xiucai, saying that Wu Xiucai is very good, and he will definitely be admitted to the examination in the future, and Wu Xiucai's reputation is also good.
Later, the two went to Aunt Zhang's to eat two steamed buns, and Aunt Zhang was still a little stunned when she saw her, but she quickly reacted. When they were eating, they asked her about Wu Xiucai's situation by the way, and she thought that Aunt Zhang had been in this town for so many years, and she knew something about the early shop. It just so happened that Aunt Zhang really knew and asked her, "What, do you want to send your brother to study?" "That's right, my younger brother used to go to school when she was in her hometown, and I heard that she studied well, so I wanted to say that I would send him to study for a few years, not to mention that I could at least find an easy job in the future." She said to Aunt Zhang. "Yes, then I'll tell you about it, I really know that you said this Wu Xiucai, his name is Wu Ruixuan, and he is from our street. Twenty years old this year, she was originally raised by a widowed mother, and it was not easy for him to be admitted to Xiucai, and he was giving his daughter-in-law who knew that a cold did not stand up to it, and now he is still alone, but it seems that he has found an old woman to help at home during the day. I opened a private school last year, but I also accepted a lot of students this year, you can send your brother to try it, the tuition fee is not high, and Wu Xiucai is still very good. Aunt Zhang said to them for a while, "Thank you, Aunt Zhang, we'll go and have a look in a while, then we'll go first." After thanking Aunt Zhang, the two left.