There are women in the farm family who are good at farming

Chapter 498

An auspicious day was picked, and the school in the village started.

The person invited was a scholar named Xu in the county who was limped due to an accident and missed the imperial examination to be a teacher. This person was recommended by Sun Ming. Please come back.

Zhang Lizheng and the village elders were a little bit reluctant at first, and they always felt that at least they had to hire a normal and thoughtful gentleman to be decent, and hiring a lame one would damage the image and it would not sound good to say it.

Lian Fangzhou persuaded him patiently for a while, saying that this Xu Xiucai is very talented and good-natured, if it wasn't for his lame leg, he was elected six or seven years ago, how could he be hired?

And there is a reason for his lameness. He was hit and broke his leg to save a child who was almost run over by a speeding carriage. This shows that this person must be a caring person, let him educate the children More reassuring.

Lian Fangzhou insisted, and Sun Ming also said good things, and all the expenses were paid by Lian Fangzhou. Zhang Lizheng and the village elders couldn't resist, so he reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Later, after Xu Xiucai came, Zhang Lizheng and the village elders went to see him on purpose. After some conversation, their attitude towards him changed drastically, and they looked differently at him.It didn't take long for them to become more familiar with each other, and they also developed a good impression and admiration for Xu Xiucai.

Lian Fangzhou breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and asked Zhang Lizheng to let go, anyone whose children want to go to school can come to sign up, and the children from the village should be kept tight first, and those from other villages will be accepted after the children from the village are still available.

Those in this village are free of repairs, and you need to bring your own books, brushes, etc., but those in other villages are naturally unavoidable.

Lian Fangzhou asked Sun Ming to take Lian Ze to pick up Xu Xiucai.Three taels of silver per month, fifty catties of rice, two sets of inner and outer clothes for each season, and a thick woolen coat in winter.

Xu Xiucai has handicapped legs and needs someone to take care of him. In addition to his wife Mi Shi and his seven-year-old son named Douer, he also has a mother in her 50s.

The house behind the school is spacious enough, and even Fangzhou invited him to live with his whole family. Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Xu help clean the school, tidy up the flowers and trees on weekdays, and pay another salary, one tael a month .

The reason why Lian Fangzhou offered another salary to Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Xu was also to take care of her. What she didn't expect was that someone from the village came to her door and talked about it for a long time. After winning this job, he wanted to take it from Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Xu.

Lian Fangzhou couldn't laugh or cry after being stunned, and finally dispelled the idea of ​​coming.

Because it is free, the school is overcrowded. On the first day of school, the tall ones and the short ones are uneven. The older ones are thirteen or fourteen years old, and the younger ones are only seven years old. There is a full half of the age difference!
Lian Fangzhou felt very awkward looking at it, but everyone was used to it.

Lian Fangzhou shook his head, since he said it's free, they can come if they want!
Seeing that there were too many people, she discussed with Mr. Xu whether to buy more tables and chairs.

Mr. Xu smiled, shook his head very calmly, and said with a smile to her: "Reading is hard work, and it is not a free thing that can be taken advantage of. You see, many people lack pens, inks and books. How can anyone really miss books?" ? Within three days, the number of people will be reduced by half! Just let them squeeze and make do with it, let’s talk about it after three days!”

Lian Fangzhou couldn't help laughing.

Facts have proved that Mr. Xu overestimated these brats.Especially the older ones, who have already decided on their sex, how can they read in the book?I came here to sleep for a day, and I didn't come the next day!

There are also quite a few nine-year-old and ten-year-old children who used to help the family with work during the busy farming season. On weekdays, they go up trees to dig out bird nests, go down rivers to fish, go up mountains to pick wild fruits or play hide-and-seek, and play wars. They are used to being wild. Yes, sitting down this day, even if you move too much, you will be reprimanded by your husband, let alone talking and chatting, let alone a day, some will quietly run away after half a day!
On the second day, there was a third less, and on the third day, there were only twelve children between the ages of seven and ten.

Recalling Mr. Xu's words, Lian Fangzhou couldn't help but smile.

Everything in the school was back to normal, and Lian Fangzhou allocated another ten acres of land under the name of the school, asking Zhang Lizheng to help manage it, under the supervision of the village elders, and the income was specially used for the repair of the school building, the purchase and repair of tables, chairs, doors and windows, etc. For the rest, Zhang Lizheng will discuss with the village elders to subsidize the poor family's children who want to study.

This is a great deed for the descendants of Fuze. Zhang Lizheng and the village elders expressed their gratitude to Lian Fangzhou's house for this.

The Zhuangzi in Hekou Village was the one that Lian Fangzhou had just taken over. She, Ajian and Lian Ze picked a day to go there to have a look, and make arrangements for everything by the way.

After all, this was just taken over from the Zhao family, and many things had to be re-declared, but for the time being, she didn't want to worry about it too much, as long as there were no major mistakes and did not conflict with her rules, it would save trouble if she kept the old way. A lot of trouble.

On the way back from Zhuangzi in Hekou Village, Lian Fangzhou, Lian Ze, and A Jian discussed that it was time to start construction on the land in the outskirts of the county town, and planned to build a cotton spinning factory—this was called a workshop in this era.

Qin Guanshi, Wang Da, and Li Da are in charge of the field affairs, and Ruan and Song are also capable people. Lian Fangzhou can rest assured, so he plans to start Lianji Mianfang with Lian Ze.

After several months of practice and familiarity, the quality of the cotton cloth woven by Su Jin and the Weaver Girls has no flaws.

After the Lianji Cotton Workshop is built, some workers who print, dye, rinse, and weave flowers will be hired to design some new patterns, and the cotton cloth produced will not be inferior to silk.

And cotton clothes are much more comfortable to wear than silk ones, especially in midsummer.If all goes well, it will be available in the summer.

Lian Fangzhou has already calculated that since she has seized the opportunity in cotton cloth, she will continue to be at the forefront and maintain her leading level and leading position.

So what if countless cotton textile workshops pop up in the future?As long as she seizes the opportunity and builds the brand, no one can easily surpass her.

Of course, the premise is that she has to lay out the scene very big from the beginning, big enough to seize a certain market share.

The three discussed how to divide the work to carry out this aspect of the work, and entered the village without knowing it.

On the road, I met Zhang Liu's wife who was about to go to the field. Seeing them, Zhang Liu's wife hurriedly waved to stop, and kindly reminded Lian Fangzhou: "Fangzhou, you are finally back, do you remember that little flower? I just went out and saw her go to you. I went home, it seems to be going to make trouble!"

Lian Fangzhou was taken aback.

Lian Ze was already very annoyed and said: "Sister, the Yang family is not finished yet? I have to make a fuss every once in a while, I'm afraid my sister won't remember their family!"

(End of this chapter)