The road back to Suzhou from the capital is much easier, because it is May, the weather is a little hotter, but it is much more comfortable than the cold day.

Especially Bai Feng, they have prepared a lot of things, if they don't have to walk a lot every day, this trip is almost no different from a vacation.

The group only had nine days to rush back to Suzhou, Lin Qingwan didn't let anyone inform the Lin Mansion, and went straight back to the other courtyard, so he recruited Steward Lin to ask about the situation in Suzhou.

Steward Lin knew what she wanted to know from the moment she received Lin Qingwan's news and didn't let him tell the news that she was coming back from the Lin Mansion, so as soon as Lin Qingwan asked, he reported 1510: "Now the affairs of the Lin Mansion are still in the hands of the eldest lady, with Mrs. Yang watching from the side, the eldest lady is also relaxed, and after the uncle comes back, it is easier for the slave to look at the eldest lady, and now the whole person has gained weight." ”

The Shang family has declined, and most of the affairs of the Lin family are managed by the other courtyards, so there are not many things that fall into the hands of Lin Yubin at all.

So she wasn't tired at all.

Steward Lin would take the things he couldn't decide on his side to Lin Yubin every three days, but there weren't many such things at all.

So Lin Yubin was not only not busy, but also very idle, so she later ran a girls' school with the four girls of the Shang family.

Steward Lin mainly reported this matter, he glanced at Lin Qingwan cautiously, bowed and said: "The three girls of the Shang family have already married, because Gongzi Wei is going to enter Beijing to take the exam, so they got married in March." But the fourth girl didn't want to get married, but she still wanted to open a women's school in the Wenyuan, she found the eldest lady to talk about it, so the eldest lady followed her to open a women's school, but it was not built on the side of Qingfeng Mountain, but built on the other side of the Wenyuan, which was far away from the Seeking Knowledge Garden. ”

Lin Qingwan lifted her eyelids and glanced at Steward Lin, and said, "You don't have to cover her up like this, and directly requisitioned fifty acres of land in Wenyuan, this is not something Danju can do." ”

If you want to build a teaching house, you have to cut down trees, although the 50 acres of peach trees and pear trees will not be cut down, but nearly one-third of them will be cut down, and in addition to the teaching house, other places for students to carry out activities must also be built.

Lin Qingwan raised the design drawing in his hand, "And this women's school is built like this, it costs a lot of money, Danju, is she rich?" ”

She just has money, and with Mrs. Shang, she can't use it, not to mention that she doesn't have any money.

Steward Lin smiled embarrassedly, bent down and said, "It's good that Grandma doesn't blame the eldest lady." ”

"What do I blame her for, it's too late for me to be happy, so you can tell me the truth, right?"

The matter of building a girl's school was really mentioned by Lin Yubin.

As soon as Lin Qingwan left last winter, Mrs. Shang agreed to the Wei family's proposal and set a marriage for Shang Danzhu and Wei Yan.

Then Lin Yubin was diagnosed with pregnancy, and Mrs. Shang was very happy, so Lin Qingwan mentioned that she wanted to take Mrs. Yang over to be filial together, and she agreed without thinking about it.

He also said, "She is your aunt's mother-in-law, just like your grandmother, your aunt has no children and no daughters in her life, and she will point to you to be filial in the future, and you will naturally be filial to Mrs. Yang." ”

So Mrs. Yang lived in the Lin Mansion, and at first she still recited and copied the scriptures by herself, but because she was all for the elderly, she found a lot of topics with Mrs. Shang.

The two of them occasionally went to a temple or a Taoist temple to listen to the scriptures, and their spirits were better than before.

Shang Danzhu was busy preparing the dowry, and Lin Yubin also had to help buy the dowry, so it seemed that Shang Danju, who went to the Seeking Knowledge Garden every day to attend classes, was lonely.

So Mrs. Shang wanted to invite Mrs. Yang to be a matchmaker and marry the child as soon as possible.

Shang Danju heard the news from Lin Yubin, and immediately ran to Mrs. Shang to say that she was going to comb herself and would never marry in this life.

This time is not like last time, the last time she said this, there was actually a bit of frustration, but now she really thinks so.

When she went to the Seeking Knowledge Garden, she met many gentlemen and students.

There are all kinds of students, some of these students are full of poetry and books, and some are determined to serve the country, and some simply want to glorify their ancestors;

There are also people who read books for the sake of truth, for example, a student she has met, he has only read four books, except for one "Analects" that he read when he reads words, the others are agricultural books, and he just heard that a gentleman here specially opened a class on farming and breeding, so he came to listen.

There is also a nerd, he reads a lot of questions, and he reads books to better think and solve these questions.

Since arriving at the Seeking Knowledge Garden, Shang Danju has also liked to ask questions more, Zhong Ruying has not remarried, and Aunt Lin has not remarried, why does she have to marry?

In her opinion, getting married does not bring her a feeling of happiness, and she might as well continue to be her old girl.

Old Madam Shang was angry and said, "If you can live without relying on the Shang family and your brother and sister-in-law, I will promise not to force you to marry." ”

Marrying a Han and marrying a Han, dressing and eating, now the Shang family has fallen to this point, it is not to marry Shang Danju, and it does not ask for benefits, and Mrs. Shang's love for her is not so much that she has to be the master for her, and she is much more tolerant when she treats her.

When Shang Danju heard this, she went to the Lu family school the next day to find a job, wanting to teach at the women's school.

Shi Hui didn't want her, because when it comes to talent, most of the ladies in the Lu family are above Shang Danju, and there are not many female scholars now, and it is necessary for the clan to agree to recruit Mr. from outside.

Shi Hui didn't think that the clan would agree to recruit Shang Danju, and instead of giving her hope and then blowing, it was better to refuse at the beginning.

But there is only one female school in Suzhou, and the female school doesn't want her, and it is even more impossible for her to go to the male school to teach.

Even if the academy is willing to want it, Shang Danju will not go, she doesn't want to get married, but she still cherishes her reputation very much, and she doesn't want to be pointed out.

Since you can't teach, you're left with embroidery and copying.

So Shang Danju went to the library to pick up a book and came back to copy it, and found that the money he earned was enough to eat and drink, but it was impossible to live a rich life.

This is also because she now lives in Lin Mansion, and if one day she needs to buy or rent a house by herself, this money will not be enough.

Lin Yubin saw that she was headless like a fly, and couldn't help but say: "What are you afraid of, Mingjie and I can't never give you any private property, when you take those properties, if you don't want to run them, then rent them out, as long as you don't be extravagant, you can rely on rent every month." ”

"But the old lady said that it can't be relied on by you."

"Then you say that you will do anything other than copying books and embroidery?" Lin Yubin tilted his head and said: "I won't give you private property, but I can lend you money, if you know how to do business, you can take the money out now and earn some back, and then return the money to me when the time comes." ”

"It's also relying on ......"

"This is different," Lin Yubin said with a straight face: "Who doesn't have a relative?" Are you going to have no contact with us in the future? I'm just lending you the money for the time being, and how much you earn depends on your ability. This is a sign that the old lady can support herself. ”

Shang Danju thought about it and shook his head: "I don't think I can do it." ”

She was so thin-skinned that she was too embarrassed to bargain with someone to buy a piece of fabric, let alone do business.

Lin Yubin couldn't help but sigh.

"In addition to the crafts I learned in the house in my life, I will only learn those in the school, playing the piano, calligraphy and painting, and reading, but now these can't be exchanged for money, it's ironic to think about it, I have read so many books, but it's not as good as my eldest brother."

Lin Yubin couldn't help laughing: "If the eldest cousin hears you say this, he will definitely be angry." ”

She thought for a while and said: "Actually, I have always had an idea, the female students in the Lu family school almost only teach the girls of the old family, and they have a good foundation before entering the hall, but don't all the schools in this world start with literacy?" ”

"If the children of poor families want to read and write, they all go to the school to learn, so why is there no school in the world that teaches girls to read?" Lin Qingwan's departure from Suzhou made Lin Yubin a little flustered, but it also made her more independent and dared to do something she had never dared to do before.

is like the children who have always been under the wing of their parents, although they have many ideas, they are always afraid that they will disappoint their parents if they do not do well, and they are hesitant to move forward.

But once the parents left, although there was no support behind her, the sky above her was also brighter, and many things she once wanted to do but didn't dare to do came out.

Anyway, the family is in charge of their own affairs, and if they don't do it well, they will start all over again, and if they fail, they are not afraid, and they will lose some money, anyway, the parents are not there, no one scolds her, and there will be no disappointed eyes looking at her.

As a result, the children became bolder.

Just after the New Year, my aunt and Shang Mingjie are not there, her fetus is also stable, and she doesn't have to go to school anymore, and the industry is also managed by the stewards, she just occasionally asks a few words.

So that's a lot of time.

Thinking about it, she couldn't help it, so she pulled Shang Danju and said: "Let's build a women's school, whether rich or poor, as long as we can afford to pay the restraints, we will teach, starting from literacy." ”

Thinking of the gentlemen invited in the Seeking Knowledge Garden, she drew inferences: "We also invite some embroidery girls and female bookkeepers to go, and invite older girls to learn tailoring and embroidery and planning plates, so that they can also have a skill in the future." ”

Shang Danju is due to his identity, otherwise he can still be used as an account office.

Listening to Lin Yubin list her plans one by one, Shang Danju realized that she was not joking, and her eyes widened for a while and said, "Second sister-in-law, Cousin Lin, do you really want to run a girls' school?" ”

"Of course, aren't we planning?"

"But who would come to school like this?" Shang Danju frowned and said: "Rich people will naturally invite Mr. to teach girls to read and write at home, such as people like us, when they grow up, if they still want to study, they can go to the Lu family school to give it a try." How could they be living in the same house with a girl from a poor family? ”

"Besides, women from poor families, they can't even supply boys, so how can they supply women? The second sister-in-law thought too much. ”

"The interests in the world can be calculated, but the feelings cannot be calculated, how do you know that there are no poor parents who love their daughters in this world?" Lin Yubin said: "And who said that women's reading can't bring benefits, you yourself said, is it good or bad for women to study?" ”

Shang Danju was silent for a long time before saying, "Then what if I can't recruit students?" ”

Lin Yubin gritted his teeth and said, "Then send it to the Seeking Knowledge Garden as a teaching house." ”