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Chapter 1241 The Village Chief’s Proposal

Lu Baichuan raised his hand and said, "Please speak."

The village chief then said: "I think that because a workshop has been built in the village, many people in other villages must be jealous. Your protection is only temporary. We, the people in the village, have to be vigilant and guard the workshop. Our good The days will last forever.”

Everyone felt that what the village chief said made sense, and no one said anything, waiting for the village chief's next words.

Seeing no one refuted, the village chief felt more confident and continued: "I would like to arrange for the young adults in the village to form several teams to patrol in turn to protect the safety of our village. Even if your family does not live in the village in the future, we will It also has the ability to protect itself.”

With that, the village chief turned to other villagers and said: "Everyone, the interests of the workshop are the interests of all of us. If we want to live a good life, we must make a certain contribution. This is not only to protect the workshop, but also to protect us." What do you think about your own family?”

There was an immediate response from the crowd: "The village chief is right, it is not easy for us to have such a good opportunity, and no one can destroy it!"

"Yes! I am willing to join the patrol!"

"Add me one!"

The attitude of the villagers was very enthusiastic, and their starting point was for the good of the collective interests. Naturally, Lu Baichuan would not refuse, and took advantage of the situation and said: "The village chief's suggestion is very good. If you are willing, I can arrange for someone to teach you some boxing and kicking skills. During normal patrols, You can also protect yourself to the greatest extent.”

When everyone heard that there was such a good thing, no one was reluctant, and everyone rushed to sign up.

The village chief was very pleased to see that everyone was giving him face like this. He stood up and said, "The village belongs to all of us, and every household has someone working in the workshop, so I propose that everyone who has a male in the family should contribute." A man joins the patrol.

My old man will not take advantage of you. To be honest with you, the village’s accounts have gained a lot of money from land sales during this period. I decided to use a sum of money to build a school and hire a teacher for the children in our village. For teaching, the teacher's tutors are sent from the village, and young boys and girls can be sent to school.

The remaining money will be used to pay wages to the patrol team. My old man is not too generous and will not give too much. Each person patrolling that night can get ten cents, and ten people will be arranged to patrol every night.I will disclose the money in the village's public account every once in a while to prove that my old man did not take advantage of everyone!

While Mr. Lu and his family are here, please bear witness to me. "

With that said, the village chief bowed deeply to Old Man Lu, his eyes firm and sincere.

The villagers were stunned for a moment. They didn't expect that the village chief was so thoughtful and even considered the education of the children in the village.

"Village chief, can this girl study?"

Some people are puzzled that they have never heard of any school where girls can go to school. Even if they are willing, their husbands are not willing to teach them!
Nowadays, many gentlemen believe that it is virtue for a woman to have no talent. Such remarks were spread by those people from the beginning. They have certain prejudices against women, but I am afraid no one will be willing to do so.

The village chief glared: "How could you not want to? Mrs. Lu San is right. No matter whether they are boys or girls, they are our own children and can bring hope to the family. We did not have such conditions at that time, let alone girls. Not many children, even boys, can afford to study. Now that we have this condition in our village, we naturally need to hire a good gentleman to teach our children."

Among them, apart from the villagers, the happiest person was probably Jiang Jiuniang. She really didn't expect that the old village chief was so far-sighted, and she felt a sincere awe for the old village chief in her heart. "The village chief is right, nothing is impossible. We can find teachers with enlightened ideas who will treat boys and girls equally. They are all children. We can put a screen in the middle to separate them. It will not delay the teacher's teaching. It will also Don’t delay children’s learning.”

Jiang Jiuniang agreed very much, there is no better way than this.

Old Man Lu also said: "You're right, nothing is as important as the future of your children. Don't always think that the girls at home are not as good as the boys. The little girls in my family are more powerful than each other. Now they can take the lead in the country. , and those young ladies from wealthy families also need to learn poetry, poetry, and songs, and there are no truly illiterate ones. If that were the case, I don’t know how they would be ridiculed by others."

The most prestigious and capable people in the village said so. The villagers were a little suspicious and didn't speak much. They themselves had no education and no ability, so they would just follow what the capable people did. That’s it.

Someone even suggested: "Village chief, our patrols are always for ourselves and our families. We don't ask for money. We leave the money to the children in the village to hire our husband. This is the most important thing."

Recently, the enthusiasm for reading in the village has been high. Everyone knows that reading is a good thing. Children can now enjoy the benefits that they did not have before. They are very happy and do not care about the cost of patrolling.

After all, isn’t it because you work hard to make money to support your family so that your children can have a good future?

Now that children can study without having to spend any money, it is already a pie-in-the-sky good thing, so they don’t care about the money anymore.

After all, it takes many years to hire a teacher, and it costs a lot of money to build a school. It is better to spend money wisely.

When other people heard this, they felt that what he said was quite right. The money came directly from the village public account. If it had not been in their hands, they would feel that the money was not paid by themselves and that they had taken a big advantage.

But if this money comes into their hands, and the village public account will run out of money in the future, they will definitely not be happy if they are asked to pay the money to their husband as a repairman. Instead of doing this, it is better to never take the money.

Seeing that everyone agreed, the village chief decided to allocate all the money for the children to go to school. The Lu family did not say anything. Although they were also from the village, their family was not involved in the village. After giving suggestions, they decided whether to adopt them or not. It’s the villagers’ problem.

Therefore, before the workshop started normal work, the young adults in the village began to learn boxing and kicking skills from people arranged by Lu Baichuan.

At this age, it is difficult for them to learn things, but none of them complained that they were tired. They kept gritting their teeth and persisted in learning over and over again until they mastered it.

With everyone's efforts, the workshop was quickly built. Under the guidance of the group of people from the capital, everyone got started quickly and made a lot of inventory within a few days. The shop the Lu family bought in Changzhou finally opened.

On the opening day, people from all over the city gathered to watch. Rich people came to spend money, while ordinary people just watched the excitement and saw if they had the chance to become a member of this group.

After all, these shops pioneered the recruitment of female workers in Changzhou, giving many women hope.

(End of this chapter)