The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

Chapter 232 Muzi School
After returning from the Zhou Mansion, Li Mingren has been waiting in the capital to select officials, and April is coming to an end in a blink of an eye.

Li Mingli and the others also returned to Lijia Village. Now that the school has been completed, the children in the village have been studying in the school for some time.

"Muzi School!" Li Mingli looked at the four large characters hanging in front of the school gate, feeling a sense of pride in his heart.At the beginning Li Mingren set up this school because he wanted to run his own ethnology well like other aristocratic families, but Zhao Yunlan felt that it was too limited to run his own aristocratic studies well. After all, he was a person who had received nine years of compulsory education. It is unrealistic for a modern school to run a school, so the husband and wife decided to name the school 'Muzi' after discussing it.

Muzi represents Li, which means Li's family studies, but children with other surnames will not feel alienated when they come to the school to study.And "wood" also means trees, thinking that children can put their roots in the soil and absorb nutrients to grow upwards.

After all, this environment is like this. Even if Zhao Yunlan has good ideas on education, leaving this era will eventually bring disaster to herself. The longer she lives here, the more Zhao Yunlan will take care of it, because more and more people care about it. up.

A few days before Li Mingli came back, officials came to the village to announce the good news. These days, the village is still full of festive and proud atmosphere. Talking about Li Mingren is full of pride. The nearby villages know that there is an official in Lijiacun. master.The gentry and wealthy households in Qingshui Town rushed over to give gifts, and the village greeted and sent one carriage after another.

The Li family was extremely busy, and Li Mingmei accompanied the Wang family to receive the female relatives every day with demeanor.Old man Li, with a smile on his face every day, entertained those gentlemen who gave gifts.The family received a whole room of gifts, and the things that were also sent out were not young or old.

Li Mingyi in Jinzhou City also had no free time, and Wu Yi was invited by several officials' wives to enjoy flowers and have tea.Fortunately, Wu Yi is not stage frightened when dealing with these ladies and ladies, but she is still a little tired from attending banquets every day.

"Miss, you have worked hard these few days!" Li Mingyi was pinching Wu Yi's shoulders, and said distressedly.

Wu Yi: "It's not hard, we've got big brother's money, and now our restaurant's business is getting better and better. My father's cloth shop business is also doing well, and before the Wei family invited him to come to the house time to eat."

The young people don't think about it for the time being, after all, Mr. He can't handle it alone, and the children are not old enough, but why can't those girl dolls come?All the girls in the Li family, no matter if they are the eldest sister-in-law or the younger sister, are learning to read and write, and the maids and maids in the Li family also need to learn to read.

Li Mingli decided to go to the villagers to find out the situation. Of course, the villagers in Lijia Village were somewhat enlightened, and they sent everything they could. Those who didn't come to study were only the overage youths, young children and girls.

Li Mingli smiled: "Uncle Village Chief, I'm not fooling you. Just say that any sister-in-law who comes to work in my house must not learn how to read a few characters, but Sister-in-law Ding of Brother Li Bao's family has already read the thousand-character text. In my house There is a requirement to read and write when going to work.”

Mr. Qiu said: "You are still young, so there is no need to rush, knowledge needs to be done little by little to gain a foothold."

Village head Li didn't speak, and remained silent. Li Mingli continued: "I know the village head uncle thought that my elder brother was admitted to Jinshi, but what happened before my elder brother was admitted to Jinshi? I'm not afraid of the village head's jokes. Maybe without my sister-in-law, I Big brother can't even pass the exam as a scholar."

Li Mingzhi nodded honestly.

"Uncle village chief, just say that our village is thanks to my sister-in-law." Li Mingyi was straightforward.

Li Mingli slapped his thigh, yes!Now people in the village don't want girls to study because they think it's useless for girls to study, but the reality is here, so I can use my own situation as a breakthrough to urge everyone to send girls to school.

Mr. Qiu: "Smart, recently I see that you study harder than before, but you seem a little anxious. Are you a little influenced by your elder brother!"

Li Mingli did what he said, and first went to the village head to discuss it, but he hit a wall with the village head. Li village head also felt that the girl was not studying properly. The two talked for a long time and couldn't make sense. After tea break for a while, I got ready again and began to present the facts and reason.

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Li Mingzhi and Rui Wen's nephew and uncle also paid a lot of attention in Zhishan Academy. Rui Wen was still young and didn't need to socialize, so he still played and had fun with Qiu Yuheng all day long.The fourth child was different. Because he had taken the county examination this year, everyone had high hopes for Li Mingzhi. Coupled with the news that Li Mingren had passed the Jinshi examination, the pressure immediately increased.

Li Mingli chuckled: "After all, you are the head of a village, and you should not always discuss matters in this village with you."

In fact, Li Mingzhi should be able to pass the exam this year when he participates in Qiu Wei. At that time, there will be two scholars in one school, one Jinshi and one scholar, and the Li family can be regarded as a glorious lintel.But this is too urgent for Li Zhizhi, who can be admitted as a scholar but not a good ranking, and premature fame may also make Li Zhizhi forget his original intention of studying and make mistakes step by step.

Li Mingzhi remained silent.

Li Mingli followed Mr. He to listen to two lectures, and Mr. He taught without any problems.It's just that the number of students is still a little less.Li Mingli reviewed it carefully. The school's Shuxiu is not expensive. It only costs [-] Wen a year, including the cost of a meal at noon. Now half of the students in the school are from Lijia Village, and the other half are from Dawangcun and Zhao. However, because Dawang Village and Zhaojia Village are still far away from Lijia Village, the children of the two villages choose to live in the school, which is another cost.In this way, it seems that we don't care about the children in other villages, and we can only look at the situation in Lijia Village first.

After all, the Wu family still has some contact with the Wei family, but since the Wu family's grandmother left, the relationship between the two parties has been maintained by the Wu family's gifts for several years. It is rare this time that the Wei family took the initiative to invite Wu Jiacheng brothers to the house for dinner. .

This is Zhao Yunlan's hidden mission for Li Mingli. Zhao Yunlan expected the situation of the school, but she didn't tell Li Mingli clearly. In fact, Zhao Yunlan was still a little worried that the school would not be able to continue if she took too many steps. It's just that Li Mingli followed Zhao Yunlan to do things. , Some thoughts naturally went deep into my heart.

Li Mingli continued: "I think if the village head uncle didn't let Miss Yuqing read a few words, maybe her fate with the Shi family will be shallow."

Ever since the youngest son went to the capital, Li Mingyi also wanted to visit the capital, and his elder brother passed the Jinshi examination, Li Mingyi's mentality of wanting to go out and have a look became even stronger.

Mr. Qiu: "You adjust your mentality and don't be impatient. With your ability, it is still a little bit reluctant to catch up with Qiu Wei this year. I think you should slow down first and wait for the next Qiu Wei."

Li Mingli handed over the registration to Butler Li, and took charge of the school himself. Besides the land, the school is also the root of the Li family.This is what Zhao Yunlan emphasized before.

Village head Li's face softened, and he finally said: "You talk a lot, I can listen to it, but the villagers will not be fooled by you."

"Yes!" Li Mingyi sighed, the Li family is different now, and he is now the second master of the Li family.

Li Chunsheng's eyes widened and he raised his head. In fact, he has always understood Zhao Yunlan's position in Li Ping'an's house, but whenever it comes to situations that are inconsistent with the ancient ritual system, he will subconsciously ignore everything Zhao Yunlan does. Say it bluntly.

What's more, Li Mingren didn't know what was going on in the capital. It seemed that he had won the fame of being a Jinshi, but ordinary people didn't know how many dangers and tribulations came after stepping into this official door.

Li Chunsheng's eyes flickered, and he was a little moved.

The village head raised his head: "You kid already had an idea and came to ask me."

"Uncle village head, my sister-in-law learned to read from us at the beginning, but later she worked harder than us and always advised us to read more. Although not everyone can be a high-ranking official, reading makes people sensible, and they can learn how to read. Less things. Take that pepper as an example, if my sister-in-law hadn’t learned to read, she wouldn’t have thought about going to the bookstore to read books, so she wouldn’t be able to know that pepper, and she would have missed an opportunity.”

Hearing Li Mingli talking about his daughter, the village chief's expression sank, but Li Mingli ignored the village chief's discomfort and continued: "Uncle village chief, that's what I said, in fact, uncle village chief also knows that women's literacy is useful. , the village head uncle has always been a person who understands righteousness."

In fact, Muzi Academy is not too small, but according to Zhao Yunlan's arrangement, the number of 20 people is far from enough.When the school building was built, several extra rooms were built, and the school was purposely made larger.

Li Mingzhi pondered for a moment, then bowed his hands and saluted the students: "Yes, sir, the students thank you for your teaching."

In Lijia Village, Li Mingli has been busy with the field and school since he came back. The peppers in the mountains have been doing well this year. Li Mingren must first appoint someone to pick peppers. will surge.

Li Chunsheng was very pleased with the compliments, and he felt a little flustered, and said, "But the girl's family can't go to class with a bunch of boys. Besides, Mr. He is also unmarried. There are quite a lot of girls in their teens in our village."

Li Mingli: "I think the girl's family has a separate class, and I will find a female teacher to teach the girls."

Li Chunsheng thought for a while and nodded. "Go back first, I'll think about it later."

Li Mingli didn't want to stay any longer. Judging by the expression on the village chief's expression, it is very likely that he is willing to help make connections.

(End of this chapter)