After farming, I opened a family tree

Liu was a straightforward person. After dinner in the afternoon, she immediately took Shen Tang and the other two to the neighboring Lijia Village.

The Little New Year is just a few days away. After the Little New Year, it will be inappropriate to seek a disciple.

Master Li lives at the end of Lijia Village.

Liu and the other three were going to cross the entire Lijia Village.

After dinner, every household has some free time.

"Isn't that the Dashan family from Shenjia Village?"

A woman recognized Liu.

The surrounding villages are not far away, and there are some relatives among them.

Basically, even if you are not familiar with someone, you can still recognize their face.

"Why did you bring three girls?"

"She seems to be going to Master Li's house."

"What are they doing at Master Li's house?"

"Of course, with three girls. The one from Master Li's family is eighteen this year, right?"

"Hiss—, is she going to bring her daughter to look for someone else herself? But doesn't she only have one daughter? I heard that she has had mental problems since she was a child."

"Yingzi, you're already out of date. I heard her daughter is already well!"

"No wonder, isn't it? As soon as the girl gets better, she goes looking for someone else. Although Master Li's family is a good family, their family member's health is indeed a little poor."

"I heard that they use expensive medicine, which costs several taels of silver a month!"

"..."

The rural woman spoke without hiding anything, so Shen Tang and the others naturally heard it.

Liu tried to stop and argue with them several times, but was stopped by Shen Tang.

Shen Li and Shen Dan's faces turned red when they heard this, but they saw that Shen Tang didn't care at all.

Sister Tang is younger than her!

Unable to lose face, the two men straightened their backs.

Before I even reached Master Li's yard, I could smell a strong smell of medicine.

Li knocked on Master Li's door.

The person who opened the door was a man with half-white hair, a goatee, and a scholarly air.

Master Li was also stunned when he saw the four women standing in front of the door.

Although he was puzzled, he still gently invited Shen Tang and the other three into the yard.

"Want to be my schoolgirl?"

Master Li was so shocked by Liu's words that he raised his voice.

Looking at Liu's smiling face and Shen Tang and the other two following behind her.

Master Li knew that there was a girls' academy in Lin'an Prefecture, but that didn't mean he could teach female students.

Besides, Shen Tang and the others are obviously past the age of enlightenment!

Moreover, his college is full of male students.

this.....

While Shen Tang was negotiating with Liu, he looked around the yard calmly.

Although the yard is small, it is clean and tidy.

I think Master Li’s wife is very virtuous.

"No, no, take the things back with you. It's not that I don't accept female students, but it's really inconvenient..."

Liu had long expected Master Li to refuse, and looked at Shen Tang embarrassedly.

Shen Tang blinked in response.

"Master, I'll be honest with you. My daughter has had a miserable life since she was little. Now she's finally awake. She's been saying she wants to go to school and learn to read. If you're willing to take my daughter in, we'll pay her fifty taels a year in tuition!"

Fifty taels!

Master Li's breathing became rapid.

"Okay, fifty taels then!"

The door to Master Li's yard was pushed open.

The person who came was a slightly plump woman who looked about ten years younger than Master Li.

She had her hands on her waist, resting on a wooden basin, as if she had just come back from washing clothes in the river.

"They're just schoolgirls! Those naughty kids you taught can only recognize a few words at best! I think these three girls are excellent."

The son's medicine alone costs three or four taels of silver a month. If it were fifty taels, why would the couple be so anxious?

As soon as Liu saw the person coming, she knew it was Master Li's wife, Fang, and she immediately stepped forward and spoke with a smile.

"Are you really going to accept it?"

Everyone knows this. Although Master Li is the most educated person in the area, he is henpecked.

When Liu heard Fang speak, she knew that there was still room for improvement.

"Oh, ma'am!"

Master Li sighed behind the others.

Fang put down the wooden basin in her hand and held Liu's hand affectionately.

"So these are the female students who are coming to study here? Your teacher has accepted you. From now on, I will be your teacher's wife."

Shen Tang and the others looked at each other in surprise. This was really unexpected.

She had already thought it through. If Master Li refused, she would have no choice but to spend money.

"Oh, nevermind."

Master Li also knew why Fang wanted to do that, so he sighed and agreed.

After a while, Shen Tang and others entered the main room.

"I never thought that I could still receive female students even after I turned 40."

Master Li stroked his goatee and sighed.

When Liu came, she brought everything with her.

Although I heard that Master Li only accepted silver as a salary, I still prepared pork, celery, etc. in order to win his favor.

After delivering all the things, Liu took out the silver bills from her sleeve.

Fang was also kind-hearted and immediately boiled water to make tea.

Not long after, Shen Tang and his companions had a cup of tea in their hands.

After the apprenticeship tea, Master Li asked several people their names and ages.

When he heard that Shen Li and Shen Dan were already sixteen years old, his brows frowned again, but soon relaxed.

Well, it’s good to be older, at least you won’t be naughty.

"Forget about today. Starting tomorrow, you will come to my house every day at chen time to attend classes and finish school at shen time."

"The school is over now. After the new year, I will take you to the school to study with those students."

Shen Tang and others nodded in agreement hurriedly.

Fang pulled Liu aside and whispered to her again.

"Her master's wife, I leave our three children in your care. I don't ask them to pronounce their names, just recognize a few words."

Just now, in front of Master Li, Liu didn't dare to say this. Master Li was a scholar, and she was worried that he would be unhappy.

"You can be completely assured that your child is in our family. But as for your question about studying, I can't interrupt you. My child is quite serious about studying."

Fang patted Liu's hand.

"By the way, I'll have lunch at your house. This is the meal fee."

Liu took out another ounce of silver. Fang wanted to refuse, but immediately spoke again.

"Don't be so quick to refuse. You know, we only have this one girl in our family, and we've finally gotten her well. We don't want to treat her badly in terms of food and drink, as she's a greedy person. Please take the trouble to do something good."

Liu also felt embarrassed. How could she go to someone else's house to study and still have to pick up food?

Fang then accepted it and couldn't help but be amazed.

What a nice couple of daughters!

Not to mention the fifty taels a year, after all, I have to teach three children.

But he still has to pay extra for meals, which really shows that he is spoiled to the core.

But I haven’t heard that the Shen family is so wealthy!

However, this one or two taels of silver is only for one meal at noon. How much can three maids eat?

It seems that the conditions of my own family also need to be improved.

Fang now looked at Shen Tang and the other two as if they were three silver ingots.

She had to remind the one in their family that they should be more tolerant when it comes to girls' studies.

Master Li had instructed them that he would prepare the writing materials and they didn't need to worry about it.

After all, I accepted fifty taels and asked the other party to buy the pen and ink himself, which was difficult for me to ask.

"Since we are already teacher and student, I believe you all know that there is a useless person in my family. It is inevitable that you will run into him when you study at home in the future. I asked him to come and pay his respects. It just so happens that your mother is here too."

Master Li shouted to the inner room.

"Aze, come out and meet your junior sisters."