I am engaged in construction in Datang

"Wang Erya, you and Li Xiaohua have no martial ethics. You two beat me alone!" Zhao Chengyi complained, feeling so painful all over.

"Who told you to say I wasn't quiet and pleasant first?"

"But you can't fight two against one!"

"We are just using our numbers to bully the few, what's wrong with that?"

……

Soon, the 16 children quieted down. Including Li Yin, there were 16 people in the village under the age of 20.

Three of them were too young to come. For example, the youngest one had already gone home to cry to his mother.

There are more boys than girls.

There was no way around it. Before Li Yin came, two girls aged thirteen or fourteen had already gotten married in the village.

It is impossible to snatch her back from her husband's family now.

Moreover, the Nuzhuang was becoming more and more powerful, and other families did not dare to offend the young ladies who married into the Nuzhuang. They were not allowed to do heavy or tiring work, and the sisters-in-law also had to give them some face.

Even so, Li Yin still asked Uncle Sanxi to visit the young ladies' husband's homes and brought back a lot of good things.

The main thing is to prevent the ladies from getting pregnant before the age of 18. Li Yin provided a method of contraception, so taking a concubine is not allowed unless the lady agrees.

But which young lady would let her husband take a concubine without any hesitation?

Even if you agree on the surface, you still feel aggrieved deep down.

Li Yin said that if the young lady was wronged and didn't want to live anymore, Nuzhuang would go and pick her up.

The husband's family is not stupid, so why would they give the woman an excuse to take her away?

The 16 children in front of them were scared like quails when they saw Li Yin.

"Why did you fight this time?" Li Yin said calmly. It's normal for children to fight and quarrel.

When she was a child, she recognized a big sister as her boss. If any boy in her class dared to pull her braids, the big sister would vent her anger for her.

Arya is more powerful than her, and Erya herself is the boss.

But it is not the case in the eyes of children.

Although he is the same age as them, the owner of the manor is very fierce!

In the past, when my mother and father did something wrong and got scolded, they would go home and cry secretly!

The seven girls were sensitive and young, so their eyes immediately turned red.

The timid girl started dropping gold beans.

"Sister Li Yin..." Wang Erya's eyes were just red at first, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she started crying loudly like a deflated ball.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Li Yin held the person back and wiped the child's tears. She was obviously the one who hit the child the hardest, but she also cried the loudest.

She was like this when she was a child. She wouldn't cry when she fell, and it was fine if no one asked about it. But if someone asked, she would feel very aggrieved.

As soon as Wang Erya started crying, everyone started crying, and the two older boys nearby were so scared that they were stunned.

Li Xiaochun and Feng Sanxi, who was copying books, were also frightened and quickly went to get candies to appease others.

"Zhao Shitou said that I am not gentle, quiet, or pleasant, and I cannot be called 'Jingyi'." Wang Erya calmed down, but still sobbed: "Besides, everyone calls me Erya, not Jingyi."

This is a small matter, and children also have self-respect. You can just tell the adults in the village about it when the time comes.

Li Yin breathed a sigh of relief. What seemed like a big deal to children were actually easy to solve in the eyes of adults. It’s just that many adults didn’t listen to children.

Li Yin touched Erya's head and said, "Jing in Jingyi means female Qingjing, which means Jingyi is pretty and talented. There is a Han Dynasty fu poem that says, 'Slim waist of Miaojing, and beautiful and miscellaneous embroidery. Yi is the character of yan with yi added to it. It means that Jingyi is a gentleman with excellent moral character."

"Isn't it quiet and pleasant?" Wang Erya tilted her head back.

"Of course not." Li Yin said: "Everyone has different personalities, so girls can also... um..."

Li Yin glanced at Wang Erya: "It's so powerful."

Wang Erya's eyes lit up, she looked at Zhao Chengyi with her chin raised, and then said awkwardly: "Well, it's not that I can't call you Erya in the future, but I can only call you that in the manor. When I go out, I have to call you Wang Jingyi!"

"Okay! Let's high-five as an oath." Li Yin raised her right hand, and Wang Erya slapped it.

"I want one too, I want one too." Li Xiaohua stopped crying and stepped forward to join in the fun: "From now on, when we leave the village, you can't call me Xiaohua. You have to call me Li Qin."

"Of course." Li Yin nodded.

Everyone high-fived each other as an oath. The two older boys didn't really care. They didn't participate in the team fight, but were pushed over to high-five.

"Now there is a chance to let people outside the village know your names." Li Yin said seriously: "This is a very important task, even adults can't do it!"

The sixteen children suddenly became serious and inexplicably excited.

"Zhuangzi now has a printing house, so he could print a large number of books to sell, but..."

Li Yin said, sighing: "Zhuangzi is facing some difficulties now."

"What difficulties?" The children were curious. What could they do to help?

"Everyone in the village has learned Pinyin, so everyone can read. But the people outside the village are illiterate, so how can they buy books to read?" Li Yin pretended to be sad.

Zhao Chengyi and his companions thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case.

Before the owner of the manor took office, how could they have thought of studying?

Only Manager Feng and a few servants were taught by the old owner.

"What should we do then?" The children also began to worry that if the books could not be sold, Zhuangzi would not be able to make any money!

If Zhuangzi becomes poor, they won’t be able to afford to go to school!

"So, the manor needs you now!" Li Yin said solemnly, "Master Zheng and his men are so busy now that they are dizzy. I heard that they are called up by students in the middle of the night to give lectures. The adults in the manor have to go to the factory to work before dawn. Others work six days a week and rest one day, but the adults in the manor cannot rest. You all know that."

The children nodded seriously.

They really don't see their father and mother every day.

In the morning, everyone said hello and went to study and work. In the evening, they went home and my father and mother went to night school again.

They have weekend holidays on Saturdays and Sundays, so we rarely see anyone.

The only thing I can do is to clean the house and wait for my father and mother to come back.

"In this case, there will be no adults in the village who know Chinese Pinyin and have time to go to other villages to teach Pinyin." Li Yin sighed, "You are the only ones who have time."

The children opened their mouths wide, very anxious.

Come on, Master, why don't you continue talking? Do you want us to teach others pinyin?

"I believe in you very much. In my eyes, you are all good children with perseverance, patience and responsibility..."

"Master! How can the children do that?" Feng Sanxi said, "Children have no patience. If you ask them to teach, they might get tired after a while and then abandon the adults..."

"Besides, what if they can't teach well and all they want to do is cry?"

"We won't!" Wang Erya was angry. How could she be such an irresponsible person?

"Yes, we won't give up halfway!"

"Sister Li Yin, we are going to teach pinyin and make sure everyone who attends the class can learn it."

Li Yin calmly drank her tea: "What if they can't learn it, or don't want to learn it?"