On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

(Thanks to Lord Mu Yan for supporting 100 Qidian coins.)
When Erdan's mother saw Zhou Lanhua, she felt really embarrassed as if she had been caught "snitching" on someone.

Li's mother was a good person. She carried Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang to the kang first, and then she asked Erdan, who was already on the kang, to share the snack box with them.

If the children play together, the adults will be easier to talk to, right?

As soon as she sat on the kang, Zhou Lanhua quickly told the story of how she had gotten into trouble.

".She said she was embroidering a pattern of clothes for her little kid at home, hoping to send him to the city to study in the spring. How could I imagine that?
I just didn't have enough time to think about it. She asked me if we were going to buy land that day?
I just said it directly. I could see something was wrong on her face at that time, but I didn’t think much about it, right?
As a result, in October, you all know what happened next.

This is all my fault. I can't keep my mouth shut and tell people everything. I can't realize that they are trying to trick me.

Ouch, I'm so angry!

From now on, I won’t talk to her if I meet her again!
She's treating me like a fool!"

Li Shiyue directly grabbed a handful of five-spice beans and gave them to Zhou Lanhua, "Aunt, why are you angry? What's the big deal?

Come, eat some beans, bought in the city, they are delicious!"

When Zhou Lanhua saw Li Shiyue's attitude, she felt a lot more relaxed.

"October, you're not angry?"

"Hey, Aunt Lanhua, what's the matter?
Even if you don't tell her, can't she find out from other people?
No matter how much you defend yourself, there will always be a time when you can't defend yourself, right?
When spring comes and we hire someone to build a house, won’t they still need to know about it?”

After hearing what Li Shiyue said, Zhou Lanhua sighed deeply: "Shiyue, I know you are very tolerant. I was wrong this time. Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut from now on. If anyone asks me again, I won't say a word!"

"But, Auntie, what you said gave me an idea."

Li Shiyue looked up at Zhou Lanhua and asked, "Aunt, do you want Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang to study too?"

"Ah? Send it to the county town?
Your Uncle Wangshui made some money thanks to you, but doesn't he still have to build a house in the spring?
We have to open up new land in the second half of the month. Is this money enough?

This study must cost a lot of money, right?

Besides, Da Zhuang is old enough, but we are just farm kids, what’s the point of learning that?”

The more Li Shiyue thought about it, the more she felt that it was the right thing to do, so she simply asked her mother to find the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. With a burst of inspiration, she started writing line by line.

Zhou Lanhua watched Li Shiyue writing quickly and soon filled up a page of paper.

After writing for three full pages, Li Shiyue asked Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian to go and invite all the "own people".

Seeing this, Li Wangshui and Zhou Lanhua simply left Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang at Li Shiyue's house, and they went home with empty baskets to get food.

Gou Lao San, his aunt, Yang Zi's cousin's family, Wang Shisan and his grandmother, Ma Zi and Mole also came with their families this time;
Adding Erdan's mother and Erdan who were already there, as well as Li Wangshui and Zhou Lanhua's family of four, Li Shiyue's house was really packed with people, either sitting or standing on the kang, in the yard, and in the kitchen.

After everyone sat together and happily had a meal, it was almost dark.

There was a large group of people, the women and children were lying on the kang, and the men were sitting or standing on the ground.

There were three lamps lit in the room, and an extra candle was lit in front of Li Shiyue.

I bought this candle at a grocery store when I went to the provincial capital. It was not cheap.

Li Shiyue stood by the kang and started talking right away: "I plan to build a school!" "Build a school?"

"Where can we build a school? We need to buy land."

"What's the point of building a school? To let kids go to school?"

A large group of people started discussing enthusiastically, and Li Shiyue was not in a hurry to continue talking. Instead, he left enough time for everyone.

After everyone had finished speaking, Li Shiyue coughed twice and continued to say to everyone: "I have thought about this idea before.

However, what I had thought before was that after our village developed, we would build a school for our own children.

But after listening to Aunt Lanhua talking about my eighth great-uncle's daughter-in-law, I thought, why not build the school at the same time as the house and the paper mill!

Reading is the most useful!
There is no doubt about this!
Brother Shiyang and my second uncle are real examples!

Of course, I'm not saying that all the kids in our village should take the exam to become a scholar. I just want to build a school and hire a teacher to teach them how to read and do accounting. In the future, when the children grow up and go out into the world, they will be able to read documents and do accounting, and they won't be cheated by others.

If you have good handwriting, maybe you can find a job as an accountant in a shop, right?

Moreover," Li Shiyue said, pointing to the plan he had written on the table, "In the future, how do we know if we can open a shop in the county town or the prefectural capital?"

With a loud "boo", everyone was choked by the pie that Li Shiyue had drawn.

"Now, from now on, can we still open a shop in the capital city?"

"Ah? Is this possible?"

"October, are you serious?"

Li Shiyue nodded and said, "Not only that, if there are good talents among the kids in the future who can stay at home and go to school, and your family can't afford it, we will support them to study together!
Take the exams for Tongsheng, Juren, and higher. Don't worry about money!"

Zhou Lanhua stared at Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang, who were lying on the kang with their buttocks sticking up and playing with Erdan, and suddenly she felt angry, or should it be called "hope", in her heart.

"What if, what if Da Zhuang and Xiao Zhuang are good at studying?"

On this basis, Li Shiyue said: "The place for building the school can be squeezed out from the riverbank I bought and the place where the paper mill is to be built.

If there are more children coming to study in the future, we will buy more land.

As for the money for building the house, I will pay for it!
I'll take care of inviting the gentleman. I'll go to the county town and invite one back!
Once this school is opened, all the children working in our paper mill will be able to study for free!

If someone from outside wants to come, they have to pay a gift!"

After hearing what Li Shiyue said, those who were quick-witted already understood what Li Shiyue meant.

At least when Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang heard what Li Shiyue said, they knew that Li Shiyue did it on purpose and wanted to take the initiative!
Who will strike first?

Of course, it is Li Youfu and his eighth uncle who represent the power of the old Li clan!

Aren’t they going to build a clan temple, the kind that doesn’t allow women to enter?
Then, Li Shiyue will build a school!
She wanted to see whether the ancestral temple was bigger than the school, or the school was bigger than the ancestral temple! (End of this chapter)