Pastoral fierce wife busy farming

Chapter 688 0690 is too short-sighted
Su Li went to the living room, where the village head was sitting alone. Seeing Su Li, he hurriedly stood up and said with a smile, "Ah Li, I found someone to count the days, and they are all auspicious days. Help me choose one." Good day for school to start."

As the village chief spoke, he handed Su Li a piece of red paper with several selected dates on it.

Country people have always been very superstitious about things like breaking ground and opening a business, and they have to pick a good date, and the village chief asked Su Li to finalize the final date, obviously because he respected Su Li's performance very much.

Su Li took the paper and looked at it. These days were all within a month, and they were far away, so he discussed with the village chief and picked a date that would be seven days later.

The day was fixed, and the village head smiled and said, "The tables and chairs in the school are all packed, and the two gentlemen you helped hire have also agreed with me. They will come to the village on the day of school and live in a house specially prepared for the gentlemen. in the wing."

Su Li nodded and asked, "Village Chief, how many children in our village have signed up now?"

The village chief let out a sigh, his expression was a little pale, and he shook his head, "There are more than 120 families in our village, and there are only [-] children who have signed up now. But there are quite a few people from the surrounding villages who have signed up, maybe around [-]."

"What? Only twenty?" Su Li's eyes widened. "What's the matter? There are quite a few school-age children in the village. Why did only twenty sign up? At that time, it was said that the school was built, but not all the villagers supported it. Well, why don't they send their kids to school?"

The village head sighed heavily, and said: "Well, I asked from door to door. Many people heard about the construction of the school, and when they got excited, they said that they wanted to send their children. But then they went home and calculated carefully. The money for pens, ink, paper and inkstone, food, etc. The money is not a small expense. Moreover, the half-grown boy can help the family with work. If he is sent to school, he will lose half his labor. Therefore, many villagers think that it is not worthwhile to go to school. Look at Su Shimao who has been studying for many years, spent so much money, and has no farts, so many people don't want their children to study."

"How can this work? Our school exempts the children from tuition fees, and the money for pen, ink, paper and inkstone for a year is not much to save. Studying now is for a better life in the future. Giving up future profits?" Su Li frowned, these villagers are too short-sighted!
"Oh, yes, that's what I told them. But many people asked me, if I study for several years and become like Su Shimao, I can't read anything, I can't grow land, how can I make a living in the future? , I don’t know what to say.” The village chief shook his head helplessly, “A Li, not everyone has your vision. In the final analysis, the people in the village are too poor. If the family has some wealth, they don’t care about spending so much The money is for the children to study."

Su Li rubbed his brows, sighed and said, "The current poverty is temporary, but if you don't change the concept in your bones, you will really be poor for generations..."

But the current poverty is a reality. Even if the villagers earn some money by selling vegetables with Su Li in winter, the money is not much at all for the meager family background of the era. Many villagers would rather save it than give it to their children. For reading.

Su Li understood the villagers' approach, but did not agree with it.

Money should not be spent indiscriminately, but it must be spent wisely.

How easy is it to change everyone's deep-rooted ideas?
Su Li felt a little frustrated for a moment. She managed to build the school, and finally hired a well-learned teacher, but the villagers didn't buy it.

(End of this chapter)