Wen Qingcheng, who was reminded, only felt a pain in her back now. She was too anxious just now and jumped directly off the bed, leaving an afterimage in the air.

Fortunately, Wen Liang was stopped, otherwise he would have been exposed if he had always told others that he learned medical skills from the medical books left by his father.

Wen Liang and Ye Xiuying's conversation was interrupted, and they did not continue the topic. Chuyi heard the noise, put down the bucket in his hand and walked into the house, and saw Wen Qingcheng standing there with a pale face.

When Chu Yi saw this, he was angry and felt sorry for her, so he quickly stepped forward and said, "My wife is not obedient."

As he spoke, he stretched out his arms, picked up Wen Qingcheng and carried her sideways, then carefully carried her into the room.

Looking at the young couple, Wen Liang and Ye Xiuying looked at each other tacitly and smiled at each other.

......

Wen Liang packed up the dishes and went to his third uncle's house to discuss sponsoring the children in Yueya Village to go to school.

When Uncle San opened the door and saw Wen Liang wearing a coarse cloth and behaving modestly, he took a liking to him and, knowing that he was not a man who forgot his roots, he warmly invited him in.

"Aliang is here." Third Uncle smiled and gave Wen Liang a seat.

Wen Zhuo's family of three were all at home. His third uncle had two daughters and a son. The daughters were all married. Wen Zhuo had also been married for a long time and had a son who was two years older than Zicheng, nearly half a head taller than Zicheng, and had a fair and clean complexion.

Song Jiao pulled her son Tingyu over and said, "This is your second uncle, call him second uncle."

Wen Tingyu was very polite. Facing Wen Liang, whom he had almost no impression of, he called out openly, "Hello, second uncle." After saying that, he showed a pair of little fangs, which was very cute.

Wen Liang smiled and touched Wen Tingyu's little face, and couldn't help but sigh: "Tingyu has grown up so much, time flies so fast, we were all children originally, but in the blink of an eye, our children have grown up so much."

Wen Zhuo also lamented that youth is fleeting, and said to his son: "Tingyu, you should learn from your uncle in the future, and pass the exam to become a scholar, and bring honor to the family."

Wen Liang smiled and said, "Tingyu is obviously a smart man. It won't be difficult for him to pass the examination for a scholar. As the saying goes, each generation is stronger than the previous one. He will be the top scholar in the future."

After hearing this, Song Jiao was so happy that she smiled so much that her eyebrows were not visible. However, her uncle was a little worried: "Hey, Tingyu is a studious boy, but the school in our village can't recruit students. There are too few children in the village who want to study. Tingyu is already eight years old and still hasn't started school."

Wen Zhuo also said: "Yes, I originally wanted to send him to school in the county, but the journey is long and the child is too young, so I don't feel comfortable letting him run back and forth every day."

Song Jiao took over and said, "He is quite willing to learn to read, and we don't want to delay the child's development, so we thought about renting a house in the county town, but there are a lot of things going on at home, so this plan has been put on hold."

After hearing this, Wen Liang couldn't help but think of his childhood. There was no school in the village, and he had to walk to the town to go to school before dawn. At that time, most people in the village were preaching that studying was useless, and scholars were belittled as worthless.

But no matter what, he still had a school to go to at that time. In this era, the school in the town can no longer recruit students, and the remaining students have been merged into schools in other towns, which are far away from Yueya Village. In addition, ordinary farmers basically have men farming and women weaving, and they are self-sufficient and have little income, so most of them will not send their children to school.

"Uncle San, Azhuo, I'm here this time just for my child's schooling."

Third Uncle and Wen Zhuo looked at Wen Liang with bright eyes, expecting him to continue speaking.

Wen Zhuo then talked about his plan. Yesterday, he went to the county town to meet his mentor, Mr. Sun, and talked about the current educational situation in Yueya Village. Wen Zhuo now has the ability to donate money to education, hoping that more people in the next generation of Yueya Village can leave the village and change their destiny.

Master Sun was very happy after hearing this and planned to fully support Wen Liang. Now that he is retired, he can find a few scholars to teach in Yueya Village.

After hearing what Wen Liang said, the Third Uncle said happily, "Ah Liang, you said you wanted to donate money to the village school! It costs a lot of money every year. You just passed the exam for the scholar and you have to take the exam for the juren and jinshi. You have to think about yourself first."

Third Uncle also meant well. He knew that even if Wen Liang was a scholar, he wouldn't become so rich all of a sudden. But when he saw Wen Liang coming back in a luxurious carriage a few days ago, dressed in gorgeous clothes, he knew that he must have had some adventure outside. He wanted to ask him the day before yesterday but didn't have the courage to do so.

Wen Liang seemed to have guessed what Third Uncle was wondering: "I met a noble man outside, and now I have the ability to do all this. I thought of asking Third Uncle to go and discuss the details with Xu Lizheng."

Seeing that Wen Liang was not acting rashly, Third Uncle knew that he really wanted to do something for the children in the village, so he readily agreed to go to Xu Lizheng's house with him.

Xu Lizheng had heard about Wen Liang's glorious return a long time ago, but he was still surprised when he saw Wen Liang in person. Not only was he surprised that he had passed the imperial examination and appeared alive in front of everyone, but also that although Wen Liang was wearing a white cloth gown, he exuded a kind of noble aura.

When the two men explained their purpose, Li Zheng Xu was naturally overjoyed. In their town and even in the county, there were not many people who could study well. In addition, the harvests in recent years were poor and every household had no food to eat, let alone send their children to school. The village school could not afford to recruit students and the teacher had left. Now the school was empty.

Xu Lizheng asked: "Do you mean to support every child in the village, regardless of gender?"

Wen Liang smiled and said, "That's natural. Boys and girls alike have to go to school. Even if they can't achieve anything through studying, at least they can understand the world."

Xu Lizheng nodded, "How many children do you plan to sponsor, and for how many years?"

Wen Liang knew that Xu Lizheng and his uncle had the same concerns, and promised to continue donating to the school. "The funding I mentioned does not mean that everyone will be free. Individuals still have to pay a small part, and only a fixed number of free places will be reserved every year."

Xu Lizheng frowned and said, "It's not the lack of education that is worrying, but the inequality. You are doing a good deed by encouraging children in the village to go to school. Those who go to school for free will definitely have no objection, but those who have to pay for part of their education will naturally have objections."

"I've considered this situation. Let's first take care of the poor families in the village, the families who have lost both parents or have only one parent. These are all free of charge, and I don't think anyone will be dissatisfied. Xu Lizheng, Third Uncle, what do you think?"

Wen Liang planned to strictly control the investigation of poor families. When he was studying as a child, the school also gave preferential treatment to poor students, but those places were taken by those who had a say, while those students who really needed help could not enjoy any treatment.

Most of the people in the village know the students well, so Uncle San and the head of the village will investigate and screen them out at the same time and report the places to the school, so that those poor students can get substantial help.

The third uncle asked, "What are you going to do with the other children in the village?"

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