Yang Xiaoyang was very happy that the children of the common people would have books to read in the future, because after Chu Sleeve's death, he always wanted to find a teacher for Xiao Di, but there was no way, and he regretted it for a long time.

And just when Yang Xiaoyang was immersed in fantasy, Lao Chen poured a basin of cold water, "Young Master Yang, do you know why the various factions in the rivers and lakes are gradually declining now?"

Yang Xiaoyang didn't know what Lao Chen meant by asking, and shook his head.

Lao Chen sighed, "At the beginning of the establishment of all factions in the rivers and lakes, they all aimed at supporting justice and studying martial arts, and there were countless top masters of each faction, and teaching disciples could also teach them according to their aptitude.

It's just that after that, the status of each faction became higher and higher, and more and more disciples were accepted, and the more things the head and elders had to consider, so they gradually deviated from their original goals.

Today, there are masters of various factions in the rivers and lakes, but there are no top ones. That's because the various sects have formed a routine for teaching their disciples, which makes it easy for each faction to teach hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people into one person. ”

Lao Chen looked a little lonely when he said this, and he didn't continue.

Yang Xiaoyang understood what Lao Chen meant, and smiled, "Are you afraid that the academy will also become what the various factions are now?" Actually, if you want me to see it, as long as the academy can have great benefits now, it will be fine, I am too lazy to think about the future, and we don't have to think about it." Even if the academy teaches thousands of scholars as one person in the future, it shouldn't be my concern, and besides, it's useless for me to care about him. ”

Lao Chen was stunned for a moment, took off the wine gourd and poured it into his mouth, "Yang Gongzi's words are not rough, but the old man is in good shape." ”

At this time, there was a knock on the door, Yang Xiaoyang glanced at Xiao Di, who was still chewing carefully, gave the chopsticks to Ju Yeqi, walked to the door and opened a small slit.

Fang San's mean face appeared in front of him, and Yang Xiaoyang flashed outside the house and closed the door.

"You wait and go in, and tell me if you have anything. Yang Xiaoyang was not polite to the other party, and spoke a little rudely.

However, today Fang San didn't care at all, and he didn't have a thorn in his words, he just said softly with a gloomy face: "Just now I saw that Qian Youqian donated 100,000 yuan to the government, which is the money for the construction of the academy. ”

Yang Xiaoyang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a little confused.

Fang San didn't say anything more, and went back to his room with his back on his back.

Yang Xiaoyang went back to the house, and after telling everyone what happened, he went out without saying a word.

Ju Yeyan looked at Yang Xiaoyang's back and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Li Congwen, "You just let him go, he should be thinking about what is good and what is evil now."

It stands to reason that he should be too lazy to think about this kind of question, but now that he wants to find the answer by himself, you can only let him find it by himself, and isn't this a kind of comfort?"

As soon as Yang Xiaoyang walked outside the inn, it rained lightly in the sky.

At this moment, the spring rain is still a little cool, and it makes people uncomfortable on the face, far from reaching the realm of moisturizing things silently.

Yang Xiaoyang looked at the pedestrians hurrying home on the street, and walked into the rain curtain with his feet raised.

He took out a candy from his arms and put it in his mouth, this was originally for Xiao Di, but Yang Xiaoyang was going to give it to her next time, because he didn't want her to eat too many sweets at one time.

The candy isn't very sweet, but the sweetness is just enough to flow down the throat and quietly change a person's taste.

Yang Xiaoyang came to a street corner, and he saw an old man not far away cleaning up his stall, on which there were several pairs of straw sandals.

Oh, there is even a summer mat, maybe this is also a person as "far-sighted" as Li Congwen.

Yang Xiaoyang thought about it and stepped forward to help.

"Thank you, little brother, these straw sandals won't sell well when they're wet. If I hadn't seen that you weren't in a good mood, I would have called you for help. The old man rolled up the straw sandals and carried them on his back, "Little brother, come and sit at my house, and I'll go back and make you a cup of hot tea." It's cold in this rain, but don't catch a cold. ”

Yang Xiaoyang smiled, adjusted his mood, and pulled a smile on his face.

He followed behind the old man and felt that this old man was more similar to Li Congwen.

"Little brother, what's your name?" the old man's clothes were still new, but they were worn on the old man's body like the old ones.

"The junior's name is Yang Xiaoyang. Yang Xiaoyang swallowed the candy in his mouth and said softly.

"It's from somewhere else, right? Old man, my name is Qian Youcai. ”

Yang Xiaoyang was stunned for a moment, this Chengzhou people were all born to a father?

"Oh, little brother, don't think about it, I have nothing to do with the rich man, it's just a name. It didn't seem to be the first time that the old man had been misunderstood, and quickly explained with a smile.

It didn't take long for the old man to lead Yang Xiaoyang to his residence, which looked like a small courtyard, but the door was much larger than that of the rich family.

There was also a little girl at the door holding a big umbrella and looking at the street with her eyes open.

She saw the figure of the old man appear, and ran to him laughing.

Yang Xiaoyang saw that this little girl who didn't know whether she was running with an umbrella or an umbrella was walking with someone, and she struggled to raise her hand high and cover the top of the old man's head with an umbrella.

Yang Xiaoyang smiled, held the handle of the umbrella and used the umbrella to block the rain for the old man, but he didn't expect that the little girl refused to let go, and was lifted up with the umbrella.

"Who are you, why did you snatch my umbrella?" the little girl looked angry.

"Oh, Lan Lan, let go quickly, don't fall. This big brother is not a bad person, and he helps your grandfather and me clean up the stall. The old man put his hand on his granddaughter and explained with a smile.

Yang Xiaoyang naturally smiled at Lan Lan, and grabbed a handful of candy from his arms with his other hand, "Reach out." ”

Lan Lan looked at the handful of candy in her hand stupidly, swallowed her saliva, and looked at her grandfather.

"Be polite when you receive something from someone. The old man pulled the package that was about to fall off his shoulder, touched Lan Lan's head and said.

Lan Lan lowered her head and thought for a while, "Thank you, uncle, you are not a bad person." ”

Yang Xiaoyang's face darkened and he pretended not to hear.

When the three of them entered the house, the old man put down the package and brought a few clean cloths for wiping down.

"Little brother, sit down for a while, and I'll go to the kettle of tea to warm you up. ”

As soon as Yang Xiaoyang wanted to sit down, he saw Lan Lan looking up at him with her head up, her eyes wide.

"Uncle, do you have a lot of strength?"

Yang Xiaoyang didn't know what she wanted to do, so he nodded, "It's okay." ”

Lan Lan's head was raised higher, "Then can you still lift me high?"

Yang Xiaoyang smiled, feeling that he was prone to thinking about complicated problems recently.

He walked up to Lan Lan, supported her with both hands, and lifted her above his head in one fell swoop.

The old man looked up when he heard Lan Lan's laughter, and saw the two people in front of the table, one big and one small, both smiling like children.

Yang Xiaoyang looked at the little girl who was smiling happily, and couldn't help but add a little force, and the little girl broke away from Yang Xiaoyang's hand.

Lan Lan was startled, and a little scared, and couldn't help but kick up under her feet.

Yang Xiaoyang was smiling happily, but he didn't expect a foot to fall from the sky and kick his face, but fortunately he didn't delay catching Lan Lan.

The old man came over with tea, and when he saw this, he slapped Lan Lan on the head, but was stopped by Yang Xiaoyang.

"What are you doing here, old man, such a trivial matter is not enough to beat a child, right?"

"If you do something wrong, you will be punished, no matter how big or small. "In fact, why does the old man want to beat the child.

Yang Xiaoyang was stunned.

"Big brother, I'm sorry. Lan Lan looked like she was about to cry, which made Yang Xiaoyang feel distressed when she looked good.

Yang Xiaoyang was comforted again and again, but he suddenly felt that the place where his nose was kicked seemed to be a little strange, and when he inhaled it gently, it was the smell of blood.

Yang Xiaoyang was shocked, I was born with perfection, and I was a Taoist priest who was immortal in a few days, and I was kicked by a little girl and had a nosebleed?

He hurriedly activated his aura to stop the bleeding and pretended that nothing had happened.

The old man poured a cup of hot tea for Yang Xiaoyang, Yang Xiaoyang took a sip, he didn't taste anything, but it did warm up a lot.

"Old man, are you and your granddaughter the only ones in your family?" Yang Xiaoyang asked.

"My son and daughter-in-law are still working in the fields, and I don't think they will be back until the sun sets. I saw that they were working hard, so I helped the family sell some straw sandals. ”

"Is the harvest good in the field, but is there enough to eat?"

"It's very good. Last year, there was so much rice that the family couldn't eat it all, so they sold a lot of it so that it wouldn't rot. The old man couldn't help but laugh when he said this.

"Is it true that money is forced to buy food?" Yang Xiaoyang asked eagerly.

The old man sighed, "It's true." This bastard who lost money received a lot of rations from his own family, and some of them would have starved to death if they didn't have the government's help. ”

Yang Xiaoyang's fists clenched suddenly, and then let go, "The government doesn't care about you and doesn't complain?"

The old man hurriedly waved his hand, "Oh, little brother, what you said is not right, when has this government done something sorry for our people."

When the vassal kings ruled the various places, the life of the common people was not easy.

Now that the government has not only lowered the agricultural tax, but also let people buy the extra grain, our life is much better than before.

If the government doesn't take care of it, it means that he can't manage it now, but he never dares to complain. I heard that I will have to open a college in the future, which is a great thing. ”

Yang Xiaoyang didn't expect the government to be so reliable in the eyes of the people, "Do you know that the imperial court wants to build a academy?"

"Of course I know, that's a great thing, but I don't know if our family Lanlan can go. ”

Yang Xiaoyang Qi said: "Isn't the academy built for the people? Why are you still worried?"

"Oh, little brother, that's the way it is, but the academy can't accommodate all the children, right? ”

Yang Xiaoyang couldn't answer this, so he changed the subject and said: "I heard that Qian Youqian donated 100,000 yuan to the government to build an academy, do you know, old man?"

The old man nodded, "Everyone in the city already knows about this."

This money has money to spoil his son very much, but he has no way to find a teacher.

Now that the opportunity has come, he naturally wants to make a big effort, probably because he wants to send his son to the academy to study.

But no matter what, after all, he did a good deed, although he is a lot of evil on weekdays, but he still has to thank him. ”

Yang Xiaoyang was silent for a while, drinking tea while thinking, and when he came back to his senses, he found that there was no tea in the cup.