Chapter 115
Zhang Li exactly how he told the old patriarch and several elders of the clan in the village, Lin Baozhu and they didn't know. [No pop-ups. However, before noon the next day, Li Zheng had people ring a gong on the street to inform all families to go to the wheat field to talk about things.
Usually the gong almost never rings, even if Liu Jincai of Mrs. Lu's family took the Xiucai exam, Li Zheng just let people go door-to-door to notify him, and then set up two tables of banquets to congratulate. After being full of wine and food, everyone who is close to Mrs. Lu's family, or who can talk, will take eggs or vegetables and melons in the family to go to the door to talk, and those who have children will also bring their children to want to be happy.
And the situation of shouting while banging on the gong will only appear before when taxes are levied or forced labor. So when they heard the sound of the gong, the big guys were very worried in their hearts, where could they care about doing other work, and they didn't dare to delay and hurried to the wheat field.
By the time Lin Baozhu and Zhang Manchu were invited to the wheat field by Zhang Lizheng's daughter-in-law, there were already people everywhere. Because they were worried about paying taxes or forced labor, in addition to the men from every family, there were also many women with children.
After all, they are all things closely related to the lives of ordinary people, who dares to be careless. Especially if there is a son in the family who has not served in the conscription, he is even more frightened, and he does not dare to speak loudly.
Speaking of which, no one in the village had ever thought of putting the land in Liu Jincai's name before, so that he could pay less taxes in the future. Even if each family sends some benefits to Liu Jincai, it will be made.
But that hasn't been said yet, at least they've only discussed it in private. Now I'm just asking if there is such a thing in other villages, after all, Ptract Tree Bay has been a few generations, but there hasn't been a talented man. Now that they have one, they really don't know what to do with their talents and rules.
No, before I could inquire clearly, I was called by the sound of the gong of Lizheng.
Zhang Lizheng didn't say much, but only said something about the words that he had discussed with a few elders in the clan yesterday. Then he pulled Zhang Man to the high place, so that the big guy remembered that the people who did not have a conscience in Peachtree Bay, Zhang Ji paid the laborers in the village, and now let the children read and write, that is, the benefactor of the whole village. If anyone dares to be a white-eyed wolf in the future, Plocawan Village will not be able to stay.
Although he was severely admonished, he couldn't stand the excitement of hearing that Zhang Ji wanted to build a private school and let the children read for free. It can be said that as soon as Zhang Lizheng's words fell, people were boiling. All of them are happy on their faces, and the children in the family are just the right age to be enlightened, and they are even more smiling and unable to see their teeth.
"Uncle Li Zheng, don't worry, we all remember the good of the Manchu brothers and the Baozhu sisters in our hearts."
"Yes, we are not without conscience, we are all obvious to all about how the two of them are in the village. In the past, we thought about it badly, and we just went to the good in the future, if the stinky boy in my family dared to disrespect them, I Zhang Dashan broke one of his legs first. The man who spoke was a man who was working on Zhangji Tea Mountain, with a square face, thick black eyebrows, and a dark complexion that the peasant family was accustomed to, and he looked honest. At this time, because I knew that my son could enter Zhang Kee's private school to study, my face was red with joy, and I couldn't wait to say a few more words to express my gratitude to the Zhang family.
followed one after another, and remembered the endless stream of approvals, and some patted the back of their son's head and hurriedly called uncle and aunt. Anyway, whether it's short-sighted or babbling, they're all laughing at this moment.
Not to mention that most of the people in the village are simple and honest, even if there are some people with many hearts, they can't find any thorns at this time. After all, Zhang Ji made such a big effort to let the whole village follow suit, if they really spoke sourly, maybe they would not be able to send their children to private schools in the future.
People really didn't expect Zhang Ji to be able to do this for the village, and it was not easy to have a literate child in the farmhouse these days. Not to mention that they are expected to get ahead and be famous, just because they can write and draw, it is already very remarkable. The boys will also be able to follow this easy-to-say daughter-in-law in the future, and the girls will have to follow the literacy to be looked down upon.
So who wouldn't be grateful? Even for the sake of the children, those who are not used to seeing it or who are red-eyed have to say good things.
After the incident in the wheat field, Zhang Manchu and Lin Baozhu's prestige in the village has risen to a higher level. In the past, it was just a few people who took some food for Lin Baozhu, but now it's good, as long as the two of them arrive in the village, there will be people waiting for them to prepare dried vegetables or eggs. Even Zhang Manho's fierce face can't stop the enthusiasm of the big guy.
Because it was a private school for the village, the laborers who came to work did not need to be paid, and they did not even have to take care of the food. Seeing that the big guys were really open-minded, Lin Baozhu simply didn't persuade him, just boiled a pot of eagle tea in a big pot at the place where he started work every day, so that everyone could take it at will.
Even so, many people praised her for her kindness.
The place where the private school was built over there is in full swing, and the Zhangji Tea Garden and workshop here have not stopped. Although a few people have left because of the previous incident, it does not hinder the normal operation, but the output is lower.
For Lin Baozhu, this is not in the way. At the very least, these are not the things she is most concerned about now, what she is most concerned about is Zhang Manho, who has become more and more depressed in recent days.
Instinctively, she always felt that her man was hiding something from herself. But several times when he opened his mouth to ask, the man skimmed it out with a haha, and he didn't answer the question positively any time. But the more this happened, the more anxious she became, for fear that something difficult would happen to the man.
As Shi Dayong went to deliver the goods several times, he pulled the goods back as they were, and Zhang Manho did not show it on his face, but the irritability in his eyes became more and more serious. Lin Baozhu finally realized that maybe the previous twists and turns were not as simple as she thought.
Now because of the lawsuit with Zhou Ji and the rumors that are still aborted in the market outside, it still affects Zhang Ji. is like a shadow, even if he can't suffocate Zhang Ji with a rod, he is quietly dragging Zhang Ji downhill.
If it continues like this, within half a year, everything they worked so hard before will be in vain. Zhang Ji will also close his doors because he can't afford to spend it.
But for a while, Lin Baozhu really couldn't think of any useful methods. However, Zhang Manchu saw that she was anxious, comforted her several times, and said that it would be fine in a few days, and everything would have him.
In the next few days, Zhang Manchu went out early and returned late every day. Although he would say hello to Lin Baozhu, he didn't have any time to say a few words. Basically, he got up early in the morning and coaxed Lin Baozhu to continue to sleep, and he left in a hurry. It wasn't until after dinner, when the sun was about to set, that he came back.
However, compared to the last time he borrowed five hundred taels of silver, this time he was not so relaxed, and it seemed that he would be tired and half dead every time he came back. But even then, he would still eat a lot of food, as if he hadn't eaten a drop of water all day.
Until one day, when Lin Baozhu was washing clothes, he found that there was a hole on his coat that he had just made, and there were still inconspicuous blood stains around the wound. Thinking of these days, the man always sleeps honestly at night, and he doesn't know how much more peaceful he has than before. Not only did he not touch her anymore, but he didn't even hug her as tightly as before. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, isn't Mo not the man in her own house, because she had a grudge against Zhou Ji, and went to find someone desperately?
According to her understanding of her own man, that person is not reckless. Even if there is a feud, it will be slowly liquidated, so how can you be reckless and desperate? Of course he will do the battle of open fire, but the premise is that he can protect himself.
But after thinking about it, she really couldn't think of anything else. And it was precisely because she couldn't figure it out that she was absent-minded about what she did all day, for fear that something bad would come.
This state lasted until Zhang Manchu came back, she looked at the tired man on his face, her heart was anxious and angry, and finally she stomped her feet and dragged the person directly into the house. Viciously pressed the person on the kang, and just wanted to interrogate, he heard the man under him suddenly take a breath of cold air.
This time, where did she still want to ask, she hurriedly flipped it down, and went up to pull the man's clothes.
After all, it can be regarded as an old husband and wife, and as long as the man frowned, she could roughly guess what was going on. What's more, he was pumping cold air, and he must have been injured.
When he took off his coat, Lin Baozhu turned red, and he didn't say anything, just glared at his man, and then resigned himself to find gold sore medicine to apply to him.
Seeing his daughter-in-law hurriedly rummaging through the medicinal powder, Zhang Manchu breathed a sigh of relief. When he just came back, he felt a little bad, although his daughter-in-law didn't directly confront him, but that look, being alive was a precursor to anger. He was crazy to make his daughter-in-law angry and ignore her for several days, thinking of the idea of the bitter meat plan given by the sixth son, he couldn't think of a better way anyway, so he just used it.
Sure enough, the daughter-in-law was distressed, and she didn't have the heart to interrogate him. But when he saw Lin Baozhu coming back with red eyes, the sweetness he had just raised slowly brought some distress and bitterness, and it was not his fault to make his daughter-in-law sad.
But thinking of His Royal Highness King Rui's words, and then thinking of his daughter-in-law's hard work, he really had no choice. As long as he can protect his daughter-in-law for a lifetime, he can endure any hardship.
"Daughter-in-law, don't cry." Zhang Manchu hoarsely said dryly, "You shed tears, I feel uncomfortable." ”
Not only is it uncomfortable, but it even feels dull and painful, as if you are holding a knife and pulling it little by little. No bleeding, just dry pain. He was reluctant and unbearable.