Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

"Build a clan school?" Liu Dahai was surprised.

Liu Xu nodded affirmatively. This matter was decided after discussion between her and Xu Ruolan.

She was deeply moved by what happened to Tiedan and his friends. There were few people in Liujia Village who could read, let alone those who could take the imperial examinations.

Over the years, there was only one student in the village, Liu Chengming. It was not because they were stupid, but because they were poor and could not afford the tuition.

Now that they can pay tuition fees, many children are past the age of enlightenment, and the academies in town may not accept them.

But in Liu Xu's eyes, studying is not necessarily for the purpose of taking the imperial examination. Being able to read and write and do math will allow one to have a bright future in any field.

Since it is difficult to enter the academy in the town, why don't they build a clan school by themselves? Anyway, now the villagers have money in their hands, so each family can contribute a little and build it first.

As for Mr., she went back to Chang Yifei to think of a solution. Although grandpa and uncle could help, sometimes a powerful dragon is not as useful as a local snake.

"Great, great, great, with the clan school, all the children in our village will have the opportunity to study." Liu Dahai felt a little uneasy. The Liu family has been in Liujia Village for many years. Although each generation is not poorer than the previous one, it is not much better either.

Now, he is about to make a comeback as the clan leader, and he will have great honor when he meets his ancestors in the future.

"But Grandpa, we can't wait until the workshop is built before we build the clan school. What I mean is that each family should contribute a little money and we can build the place first." She had never thought of her family paying for it. This was the business of everyone in Liujia Village, and there was no reason for her family to bear it all. Otherwise, these people would get used to it and become more demanding. But...

"But sir, I will find a way to invite him. The first year's tuition for you will be paid by our family, but starting next year, the clan will bear the responsibility."

Liu Dahai stroked his gray beard, thought for a moment, and nodded. This was as it should be. He thought the same as Liu Xu, and he couldn't let the tribe members develop the habit of taking advantage of others.

"I will discuss this matter with the elders later and notify everyone then. As for the road repair, I will ask your uncle and his men to notify each household later."

Liu Xu chuckled and nodded: "Yes, as soon as possible anyway. Brother Shuisheng and his friends will go to town to take the entrance exam in a few days. It would be best if we can confirm it before then. I will also go find the teacher as soon as possible."

After Liu Xu finished her talk, she went home to write a letter to Chang Yifei.

Liu Dahai moved faster than she thought. As soon as Liu Xu left, he went to the second grandfather's house and invited two other elders.

Like Liu Dahai, the elders of the clan were also very happy about this matter.

Clan schools! Only some wealthy families have them! With clan schools, not only do they look good, but most importantly, when their children go abroad in the future, they will no longer be afraid of being cheated without knowing it.

As a result, on the second day, before the road was even started to be repaired, the village chief rang the gong and notified everyone to gather at the sunbath.

Everyone is much more optimistic than Liu Dahai. In addition, someone saw Liu Xu going to the clan leader's house yesterday, and many people have been wondering if there is any good news to be announced.

After listening to the clan leader (village chief)'s speech with excitement, the audience was stunned at first, and then cheered, especially the children who were about to go to school.

Who would be willing to walk more than ten miles a day to town when you can study right at your doorstep?

All the members of the Liu family voted unanimously, expressing their willingness to contribute money and effort to build the school. As for building the road... they also agreed, but asked to build the school first and then build the road.

It doesn’t matter about the catkins, they won’t be a few days late anyway.

At this time, someone from another family asked anxiously, "Village head, then, then those of us who are not surnamed Liu, can we study in the school?"

The others lowered their voices upon hearing this and looked towards Liu Dahai.

"Of course you can. You have lived in Liujia Village for many years now, and every family is related to our Liu family by marriage. As long as you promise not to do anything to let down our Liujia Village, your descendants can still enter the Liu family school."

Except for Doctor Meng who came a few years ago, the others have lived in Liujia Village for more than ten or twenty years, and their families are more or less related to the Liu family.

This is also the reason why Liu Xu taught the whole village about mushrooms.

Of course, forget about those who have married out, after all, their hearts may not be in Liujia Village anymore.

The person who asked the question was very grateful and thanked Liu Dahai repeatedly.

"Thank you, thank you, village chief. We are all from Liujia Village and will never do anything to let Liujia Village down."

Several other households also responded.

Liu Xu donated ten taels of silver and told the village chief that if he was going to build it, he should build it better. Liu Changshun, Liu Dazhu and the village chief's family each donated five taels, while the others donated two taels or one tael, and none of them donated more than a few hundred wen.

This shows how sacred it is for them to build a school. This is the annual cost for a family of four in previous years.

That afternoon, Liu Dahai took people to the east of the village to mark out land, because Liu Xu said he would teach everyone martial arts later.

In addition, the girls also have to study, and she also plans to hire an embroiderer to teach them needlework.

In fact, she had another idea in her mind, but she needed to get others' consent, so she didn't mention it for the time being.

In addition, everyone voluntarily did not want any wages and had plenty of money, so Liu Dahai gave out five acres of land.

Many hands make light work, and in just half a month, the people of Liujia Village had completed the construction of the school. The large brick and tiled house had spacious windows, and Liu Xu also donated a few glazed tiles, making the classrooms exceptionally bright.

Chang Yifei was also very helpful, as he actually invited a down-and-out scholar.

The candidate’s surname was Tang and his given name was Zhiqiu. His home was in Mohe Town, Qinghe County.

I heard that his family was originally well off. Although he was born in a farming family, his father made some money in business in his early years and left behind dozens of acres of fertile land.

Unfortunately, he met the wrong person and married an unvirtuous wife. While he was taking the imperial examination, she sold all the family property and ran away with someone, leaving behind a five-year-old child.

Tang's mother, who was already weak, fell ill out of anger. When he returned after passing the imperial examination, he saw his sick mother and her hungry child, who were placed in a shabby hut by the villagers.

Mr. Tang was almost made sick by this.

There was no money left at home, and his sick mother and young son all needed his care. In addition, his score in the imperial examination was also the last one, so he gave up the idea of ​​taking the imperial examination.

The monthly salary from the court was not enough to buy medicine for his mother. Besides, he could not leave his mother and children alone, so he could only earn a little money by selling calligraphy and paintings and renting his land to others to support his family.

The compensation for the willow catkins was not low, three taels of silver a month plus two sets of clothes per season. The tribe would also provide twenty kilograms of fine grains and twenty kilograms of coarse grains every month.

So when Chang Yifei found him, he thought about it for a night and agreed, but on the condition that he wanted to keep his mother and child with him.

Chang Yifei agreed without even asking Liu Xu.

With his family members around, the teacher has no worries and will be more serious in teaching.

Liu Xu had no objection to this. She even hoped that Tang Zhiqiu would move his household registration here so that he would be their Liujia Village's own husband.