In the book, I was fed by my sister

In the village, a busy day is gradually coming to an end. Smoke is rising from the kitchens of every household, and it is almost time for dinner.

The little beans in the hall gradually dispersed from the hall and returned to their own homes.

Song Li got on Su Xiaoxiao's donkey cart and went to the end of the village together.

Li Shijia and the others left, and Su Xiaoxiao's house has not been built yet. Now her only place to stay is Song Ran's house.

"Sister Xiaoxiao." Song Li called out. She found it more and more comfortable to call her "sister" now.

Su Xiaoxiao drove the donkey cart and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Do you know the meaning of the saying 'A foot-long jade is not a treasure, but an inch of time is precious'?"

Song Li also asked her elder sister, but apart from knowing the words on the recipes, she knew very little about other subjects.

Su Xiaoxiao was stunned. This question surprised her a little. She asked in confusion, "Did Dongmei teach you this?"

Song Li nodded and said, "Yes, she is teaching us the Thousand Character Classic. Sister Xiaoxiao, have you learned it?"

She remembered that the book mentioned that Su Xiaoxiao was a graduate student. Uh... Although she didn't know what a graduate student was, she thought it wasn't too bad that the author wrote this.

Su Xiaoxiao was stumped by the question. She really had never studied it before. Ancient enlightenment books were still a bit difficult...

She replied frankly: "I haven't really learned what you are talking about. Can Dongmei explain it clearly?"

"Of course! He taught us to read, taught us to write, and explained the meaning of every sentence."

"I remember Dongmei was only six years old?"

"She was seven last year."

"She's only seven years old. She's really smart."

Song Li nodded. She also agreed that "Dongmei is smart." "I heard Dongmei tell us that the teacher often praised her and even rewarded her with a brush not long ago."

Song Li only recently found out that items related to studying are all very expensive. It's not that they can't afford them, but for a farmer, after harvesting an acre of land and paying taxes, the money left from selling the grain may not be enough to buy paper and ink for a child for a year.

Su Xiaoxiao nodded: "This brush is not cheap, it seems that Dongmei is very popular with the teacher."

"Alas, it's a pity that she can only study for a few short years."

Song Li looked up at the sky. This world is really strange. There are too many injustices to women. Even the Thousand Character Classic mentioned that "women admire chastity, and men emulate talent."

In the enlightenment books, women are disciplined...

Although the end of the world is dangerous, it is a place where hard power speaks. As long as your "fist" is strong enough to win, what you say is the rule.

Su Xiaoxiao felt that it was a little strange for Song Li to say such sad words, but she did feel sorry for it.

She learned that the villagers sent their daughters to school more out of the hope that their daughters would have a better future.

From the perspective of these parents, she felt that it was correct, and it was even the best way out they could plan for their daughters.

But coming from the modern era, she felt inexplicably sad.

These daughters, having just come into contact with another world, took a brief taste of it, and then hurriedly got married.

In the evening, while it was still light, Su Xiaoxiao moved the small dining table to the yard. On the table was a plate of steamed sausages, a dish of eggs fried with some wild vegetables, and a plate of stew left over from lunch.

"Let's eat~~"

"coming!"

Song Ran wiped his hands on his apron as usual, took off his apron and hung it on the nail at the door, then walked out of the kitchen.

Song Li followed behind, carrying three coarse bowls.

Song Ran said as he ate, "The doors and windows will be painted by carpenters tomorrow to get rid of the smell, and then we can move in. You can ask the carpenters who are making the bed and cabinets if they are almost done."

Su Xiaoxiao swallowed a big mouthful of scrambled eggs with wild vegetables with satisfaction, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to the city tomorrow and ask on the way." She looked at Song Ran's bowl and found that her rice was almost gone, so she took her bowl.

"By the way, Ranran, do you know the first female student admitted to the school outside the village?"

Song Ran took back the bowl and answered with a frown, "I don't know her name, I just know that she later married to the next village, and now her children are probably grown up. Why are you asking this? What's the matter?"

"My shop is growing bigger and bigger, and I want to hire a female accountant."

Song Ran was a little surprised and asked in confusion: "Why did you suddenly think of finding a female accountant?" In her impression, women rarely participated in the job of accounting. Generally, if a woman was in charge of an accountant, it was mostly her family business.

"Do you think it's troublesome to communicate with men?" This was the only thing Song Ran could think of. There were so many industries, and if he had to check the accounts at the end of the year, he would have to stay up all night.

She had worked with her father in Xunzhenlou, and the account book was very thick after a year. The head manager had to check every item with the accountant, which took several days.

If there is a man and a woman, some rifts will arise between them.

This is how it is in this place. If the manager has bad personal ethics, the business will be affected to some extent.

"Then I'll ask around in the village for you tomorrow, but she can only read, and she's been married for several years, so she's worried about the account book..."

"I have considered this matter. I will teach her for a while and then slowly hand over the work to her. I won't let her learn it all at once."

"You just have a lot of ideas."

Su Xiaoxiao bit her chopsticks, looked at Song Ran, and said what she was thinking: "What do you think? If my shop only accepts educated women to work, will there be more women in the village who will study in the future? As long as I can provide them with a source of income, will everyone's attitude change in the long run? Studying is not just for getting married better. After studying, women will also have the ability to support their families and make a name for themselves in the future."

Song Ran was a little shocked. She didn't expect Su Xiaoxiao to think this way. She was too narrow-minded.

"I don't have any great ability, and I can't change the deep-rooted imperial examination system here, but I can encourage the girls in the nearby villages to study more, which is also..."

Su Xiaoxiao said slowly that her shop was doing well and many people in the village asked her, intentionally or unintentionally, if they could give them a job.

When she built the house, everyone was willing to help and did a solid job. Plus, after what they experienced together this winter, she gradually accepted this village.

So when the villagers mentioned this to her, she started thinking about it too.

But this side needs to be started well. She can't hire everyone to work in the store, but if she hires people from this store and doesn't hire others, there will be resentment in their hearts.

Then she might as well make the rules clear from the beginning: she wants to hire female workers! She wants educated female workers!

Song Ran was moved and responded, "Yes!"

She didn't know why, but what Su Xiaoxiao said hit her heart all of a sudden. Her heart was pounding, as if she was breaking something and welcoming something.

After she met Su Xiaoxiao, she was shocked countless times.

She knew that Su Xiaoxiao was originally the daughter of a mountain hunter. She really couldn't imagine that every step Su Xiaoxiao took was so difficult yet determined.

"Ouch, why are your eyes still red?"

"I was provoked by your words. I will definitely help you find out about the woman you asked me to ask tomorrow."

"By the way, how's your work in the field going? Do you need any help?"

"I invited Li Bingchang and his team to plant the rice, and we have already agreed on a time. I don't have any heavy work to do, but the weeds have been growing wildly recently, so I have to start digging the soil in the fields tomorrow."