How talented is Xiao Zhongran? Not really.

At least it is far worse than Tang Zangyue of the same age, but it is better than ordinary children.

Because there is no medical foundation, as long as Tang Zangyue mentions a certain medicinal material or case, Xiao Zhongran will ask for a long time.

Listen to it with relish during class, and digest and consolidate it after class, so that Tang Zangyue's eyes frequently fall on this twin brother.

After a few days, seeing that the child was still with strong interest, he talked to Xiao Zhongran alone.

"But you're interested in medicine?"

Xiao Zhongran paused and nodded cautiously, "Yes, grandmother." ”

"Want to study medicine?"

“…… Yes, grandmother. ”

Tang Zangyue glanced at the child's face, but his face was cautious.

It's really against the peace.

Tang Zangyue narrowed her gaze and said, "You have to think clearly, studying medicine is a lifelong thing. Not to mention the difficulties on this road, you have to be strong-willed, and have the heart of a doctor's parents. ”

“…… Grandmother, what is the heart of a healer's parents? ”

Tang Zangyue thought for a while, gave an example, and said: "For example, when today's son asks for help due to illness, do you save it or not." ”

Xiao Zhongran's little face was rarely wrinkled into a bun, obviously trapped by this problem.

Tang Zangyue touched the tips of Xiao Zhongran's hair and said, "Don't worry, think slowly, and reply to grandmother after thinking about it." ”

Xiao Zhongran breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, grandmother." ”

The most basic thing to learn medicine is, you have to be literate, right? Even if Xiao Zhongran knows the pathology and the measures and medications to deal with it, illiteracy is also a big problem.

Therefore, after deciding to train Xiao Zhong, Tang Zangyue began to buy manuscripts in the town's bookstore. The price of the original books is more than one and a half stars, and the ordinary and extensive books are about one or two taels of silver, and those that are unique are more than ten taels of silver, and the manuscripts greatly reduce the purchase cost.

In order to make each child have a book, not favoring one over the other, Tang Zang personally copied it in the night, and even annotated the sporadic typos in it.

Now that the family is too busy, and there are not enough people, she will be under the jurisdiction of everywhere, otherwise she would work out a printing plate with the gold carpenter, which will greatly reduce the cost of manuscripts in this era. However, it will detract from the benefits of poor scholars who make a living by copying books.

Some poor scholars come from poor families, and they need to accumulate money to go to Beijing to take the exam, so their families can only maintain daily food and private school constraints, and copying books is one of the few ways to accumulate money. If she used printing extensively, she was afraid that she would get in the way of poor scholars.

Moreover, for the sake of convenience, printing can make money in the early stage, and it is widely known in the future, saving labor costs, but for a country, it also loses the conditions for talent transfer.

Tang Zangyue frowned, the frequency of silence of ancient talents was high, more or less equal to education, if it was like later generations, the cost of education was subsidized by the state, then the delivery of talents would rise, which would be beneficial to the prosperity of the whole country.

However, these are not the questions she should be thinking about now.

The manuscript was not purchased at once, but was purchased once every few days, but it was also quite eye-catching for the bookstore.

Facing the sight of the bookstore shopkeeper, Tang Zangyue said frankly: "My brothers like books at home, and knowing a few more words is only good for them." ”

Only then did the bookstore shopkeeper cater to him: "Yes, yes, yes, know a few more words, and you can find a job to do in the future." ”

……

Before Xiao Zhongran gave an answer, Sister Zhang of the village chief's family came to the door.

At the beginning, Sister Zhang was still cramped, wandering outside the courtyard gate, rehearsing how to talk to Tang Zangyue, and after being broken by the latter, her old face turned red.

stayed at her brother-in-law's house for a few days, Sister Zhang was trying to cover up what happened to Yuan Lan'er, originally thinking that when she returned home, things should go smoothly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I inquired, the Xiao family and the Bai Dongjia family in the town had a bad business, and even the brother-in-law who had always loved his wife was clamoring to take a concubine.

Zhang Xiaomei came to the door and cried a few times, but the village chief was silent and did not respond.

What is the village chief's way to deal with this?

has a belly that is not angry, and only gave birth to a girl, Yuan Lan'er. The brother-in-law didn't suspect it all these years, and he still wanted to recruit a son-in-law for Lan'er, but who knew that this ugly thing happened and ruined his body.

In other words, the village chief himself drove the mother and daughter out of the house who affected the lintel and reputation. Now Yuan Yulang still keeps the mother and daughter, and giving Zhang Xiaomei the position of the main house is already benevolent and righteous.

Is it difficult, really forcing the Yuan family to have no future?

annoyed, shake things out, and their Zhang family also suffered.

Therefore, the village chief couldn't protect Zhang Xiaomei, and Sister Zhang could only persuade her sister-in-law to compromise.

But if you want to say that you are not annoyed, it is impossible for the village chief not to be annoyed, after all, it is his own sister who is wronged, and it is his niece who is an abandoned son. He just doesn't have the right to stand up and denounce his brother-in-law.

The village chief didn't want the relationship to be too stiff, so he lost the help of his brother-in-law, so he went to Yuan's house with a basket of eggs.

Yuan Yulang's eyes looking at him were full of deep meaning, "Uncle, let me tell you the truth, that old lady Tang offended someone who shouldn't be offended, and I almost took the line of Bai Dongjia for her...... Now that her business with the Bai Dong family is yellow, I don't even dare to open the door, because I am afraid of harming the fish pond. I know that you have close ties with her family, and if you want to maintain your old status, you must cut off business dealings with the old lady, or I will not be able to guarantee it. ”

Not only that, but even his newly married concubine was stuffed. Although there is also Lan'er who can't be born, the Yuan family doesn't have a inheritance factor in it, after all, it's not that he is sorry for the Zhang family.

The village chief's face changed unpredictably, and finally turned to silence and made a choice.

On the same day, he stuffed Zhang Xiaomei with all the broken silver on her body, and advised: "In the future, if the Yuan family really can't survive, you go back to your parents' house, as long as I am alive for a day, there will be no shortage of food for you and Lan'er." Younger sister...... I'm your brother and the head of Jiuli Village, and I can't help myself. ”

Village Chief Zhang can distinguish the pros and cons, even if he cuts off the interests and ties with the Xiao family, his brother-in-law Yuan Yulang can't give the same benefits to other villagers.

What's more, Wang Xiao of the Wang family has been talked about for a long time in Jiuli Village, and many villagers regret not asking the strong man in the family to go to the Xiao family to help. In fact, these people also thought about it later, and went to the Xiao family to find Tang Zangyue, but they were all rejected by the latter on the grounds that they didn't want people.

What Village Chief Zhang sees is that the future development of the Xiao family will drive the entire Jiuli Village. If he chooses the younger sister who has been married for many years and the brother-in-law who takes a concubine, even if he is worthy of the family affection of the younger sister and niece, then he will be sorry for the ancestors and ancestors, and even more sorry for the support of the villagers for many years for his village head.

Therefore, he gave up Zhang Xiaomei.

Zhang Xiaomei also seemed to know her eldest brother's decision, and she cried vigorously.

When sending it to the village chief, Zhang Xiaomei was full of the last trace of expectation and said, "Big brother, if you ...... Something really happened to our mother and daughter, big brother, will you accept us? ”

"What nonsense." The village chief frowned and said, "What can happen to you and Lan'er?" Although Yuan Yulang accepted a concubine, no one can shake your position as a wife. If you're really worried, take Lan'er to take a look. It's just that Lan'er is not in good health and can't have children, you can also work hard to give her a younger brother, so that she can have a dependency when she is old in the future. ”

(End of chapter)