Chapter Forty-Eight: I'm Going to the Academy
Li Yao'er and her father and mother came out of Lizheng's house with a thousand thanks.
On the way home, all three of them felt that today's events were surprisingly smooth.
Rizheng had a reputation for justice in the village, but he had never heard of him paying money on behalf of others.
Li Zheng's family can be regarded as a wealthy family, and he is not rich enough to the extent that he doesn't care about two taels of silver, why today he first didn't give Zhang Cuiliu's family a chance to plead, and then took the initiative to pay the silver for Zhang Cuiliu.
With him in front, Zhang Cuiliu's family never dared to shorten the money they should lose.
Could it be because of Li Yao'er's reputation?
Even if he has such a reputation, Li Zheng's status doesn't need to please their family?
The three of them couldn't figure it out, so they stopped guessing and went home happily.
What Li Yao'er didn't know was that after their family left, Li Zheng's wife was also very puzzled to ask Li Zheng.
"What are you doing with the silver for no reason, our family only has seventy taels of cash in the account, you opened this example, whoever has a conflict in the future will ask you to pay for the silver, how can our family afford it." ”
Li Zheng sat upright in the chair of the main hall and listened to his wife's chatter, and took a sip of tea before slowly explaining.
"What do you know, I'm too lazy to do a lot of things with the people next to me, Li Lincai's family is different. ”
Lizheng's wife looked puzzled.
"What's different about his family, just because that little girl can understand ghosts and gods?"
Rizheng shook his head.
"She doesn't know what ghosts and gods have to do with me. ”
Then he said, "Do you remember that three and a half years ago, the servant of that noble man in Zhancheng came to look for me?"
At the mention of this, his wife instantly remembered what happened back then.
That night, it was dark, and the family of King Qian's Mansion in Zhancheng knocked on the door of his house with Xingyue and said that he had something to inquire about with Tonglizheng.
Li Zhengping retired from employing people, and talked with the family for a long time in the guest room.
After that, he sent his family away, and said nothing about that day, not even about her wife.
At this time, when I heard Li Zheng mention the events of the year again, Li Zheng's wife couldn't help but think of something, and she asked in surprise.
"Are you saying that the people from King Qian's Mansion came to visit late at night just to inquire about Li Lincai's family?"
Li Zheng looked at the back of Li Lincai's family and nodded.
Three and a half years ago, Qian Wangfu came to inquire so cautiously, and recently Li Lincai's family made a fuss about resurrection.
Li Zheng instinctively sensed that this family was not simple, and he always felt that befriending this family might bring him some opportunities in the future.
Two taels of silver for one possibility, this account is not a loss.
Leaving Li Zheng aside, Li Lincai's family returned home.
Li Yao'er cooked happily, and when she was eating, she looked at her father and mother happy, thinking about striking with the hot iron, and plucked up the courage to say what she didn't want to say so quickly.
"Dad, mother, I also want to go to the academy. ”
Her voice fell, and Li Zijin's bowl fell to the ground with a very cooperative thud.
There was a moment of pin drop in the yard.
Li asked again in disbelief.
"What did you say?!"
Li Yao'er looked at her family, and really said it again, and the voice was still very loud.
"I said I was going to school, and I wanted to be literate too!"
Li Shi was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a while, Li Lincai threw the bowl on the table, his eyes were the size of a copper bell.
"Nonsense! What kind of book does the girl study! You will get married in two years, don't you make some trouble for me at this time, do you still think your current reputation is not shameful enough?"
This is the first time Li Lincai has talked about rumors outside in front of Li Yao'er.
Li Lincai's incomprehension, coupled with the reproach in his words, made Li Yao'er's eyes red instantly.
She clenched her fists so hard that her nails pressed against the flesh in her palms, trying not to shed tears, and her voice was still crying when she spoke again.
"It's because of my reputation that I want to read and write, I want to make the people in the village dare not look down on me again, dare not bully our family, dare not bully my mother, I want to make this time happen again!"
Li Lincai was speechless at this time.
Li Yao'er's words made him feel that it was his incompetence that made Li and Li Xiao'er feel wronged, although this was indeed part of the truth, but being said by her girl in this way still made him feel uncomfortable.
Seeing that Li Lincai had fallen all of a sudden, Li was not happy, so she reprimanded Li Yao'er.
"Big girl, how can you talk to your father? You don't need to worry about the affairs outside the girl, whether the family is short of your food and clothing, or makes your life worse than others, you want to say such things?!"
"Our family now depends on your father working outside every day, what are you not satisfied with? How far do you have to make trouble before you are satisfied? Do you want to make your father and your mother angry to death before you stop?"
Li Zijin saw that the atmosphere was not right, and quickly interjected to ease the atmosphere.
"Sister, if you want to read and write, I'll teach you, you don't need to go to school, I have me at home, Mr. praised my article today, saying that in three or five years I will be able to take the Xiucai exam, and when I am admitted to Xiucai, no one in my village will dare to bully our family, and whoever dares to chew the root of your tongue will help you clean him up." ”
Relying on her father and brother, after all, she is not as reliable as her own self-improvement, not to mention that she is no longer satisfied with being a boudoir woman, and she is an honest husband and son to live her life.
Li Yao'er didn't agree with Jinhua's words before, she was only attracted by the future described by Jinhua and wanted to learn words.
Now when her family stood up against her with the same ideas she had also expressed with Jinhua, Li Yao'er suddenly understood Jinhua a little.
Jinhua is right, women are no worse than men, why should they become vassals of men, and why are they not worthy of having their own lives.
Obviously, as long as she can study, she will have a chance to become stronger than most men in the world! Just because she is a woman, she has to stay at home and not go out to show her face!
Just because she's a woman!
But she couldn't use Jinhua's words to reason with her family.
It's not that Jinhua doesn't have the confidence and strength to say this, and her family is not her, they have never seen Jinhua's demeanor, and they have never been as happy and sincere to Jinhua as she is.
She used Jinhua's words to refute her family, which would only make her family think that she was deviant and had become bad under Jinhua's influence.
Li Yao'er had no choice but to retreat, hide her true thoughts in her heart, and tell her father and mother the benefits that Jinhua promised her.
"Sister Fairy said that as long as I can read, she can teach me medicine that surpasses all the Lang in the world!"
I see!
Li Lincai and Li looked at each other!
If that's the case, the idea that the big girl wants to go to school is not all nonsense, and it can be regarded as a source of reason.
But after all, it is still impossible for girls to go to school! This is going to be passed out, Li Yao'er will not think about being able to get married in this life!
What do girls do when they learn so many skills, and marrying a good in-law is better than anything else!
What kind of immortal, how can she take her girl to learn badly!