Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

Qinjia Village.

Most of the people in the village gathered around Yun Zhenzhen, listening to the village chief speaking in front of them.

"There's another thing I've been thinking about for a long time at home, and I'd like to hear everyone's opinions."

"Village Chief, you came here specifically to talk about this. It must be something big."

"That's right, if you have anything to say, just tell us and we will definitely support you."

Looking at the bumper harvest of potatoes, the crowd below was also excited and expressed their support for the village chief.

Village Chief Qin coughed and then slowly spoke, "Now that the food problem has been solved, I want to build a school in our village. The children can't all go to Qin Yun's house to study every day. There are more and more people now, and her house is almost full."

"There are two or three hundred households in our village. If each household sends one person to work for half a day, we can build a school in less than two weeks. What do you think?"

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the audience began to whisper.

Most people supported it, but there were a few who wanted to cheat, and some who had no children at home, so they didn't want to participate in the construction of the school.

The village chief also knew what they were thinking and continued, "But let me be frank. If you don't want to repair the house, that's fine. But if your children want to go to school in the future, they won't be able to go to school."

The surrounding area suddenly became quiet.

There are more than 30 children in the village studying at Yun Zhenzhen's home. That is to say, excluding the families of widows, widowers, and orphans, about a quarter of the people send their children here to study.

The rest of them did not want to study, but because their families were too poor, or they simply did not realize the importance of studying.

Some people think that as long as boys can work, it's fine. And as long as girls marry into a good family and take care of their husbands and children every day, that's the best life in their minds.

But people can't stay poor forever.

Before, no one in the village could read, so no one had ever realized this problem. But during this period, the children who went to Yun Zhenzhen's house to study could read and write, and understood the big principles. It seemed that they all had the qualities of Yun Tongsheng.

This shows that studying is useful, and the effect is obvious to everyone. As long as your children can study and pass the examination to become a scholar, it is worth it even if the family is a little poor and has to tighten their belts to make ends meet.

After thinking about this, the villagers below also understood and stood up one by one to express their opinions.

"Village chief, we have many children and we want to send them all to school, so we need one more person to build a house."

"My grandson will be able to go to school in two years. I asked my son to come with us to help, so that the school can be built as soon as possible."

"We agree."

"I am coming too!"

"..."

The group of men responded almost immediately and were full of energy. A farmer who was still hesitating was sobered by a slap on the head by his mother and quickly agreed.

The village chief announced on the spot that after everyone finished building Yun Zhenzhen’s house, they could start building the school.

After that, everyone dispersed, some helping others and some working others.

The village chief walked up to Yun Zhenzhen and spoke softly, "Shou Ze, could you please ask your nephew for me? He used to study in town and must know a lot of scholars. Can you introduce someone to teach in our village? I'll provide food and lodging. I also happen to have some silver left from the reward from the county magistrate last time. The salary is negotiable."

Since we have to build a school anyway, it wouldn’t be a big deal to build a few small houses next to it for the teachers to live in.

At that time, we can ask the families of the children who are studying to contribute some grain every month. It will add up to a considerable amount. If it is not enough, we can use the village public account to collect a few taels of silver as wages. We should be able to afford a teacher.

Yun Jing happened to walk out of the house and heard this.

"Grandpa Village Chief, I'm still here. Why are you hiring a teacher? Do you think my teaching is not good enough?"

"How could that be? You have such a childish voice at such a young age. I can't say enough about how much I love you." Village Chief Qin looked at him lovingly. "You are now at the right age to study. You will take the college entrance examination next year, and you have to rush to Yueming Academy to study. I can't keep you here and waste your talent. When the time comes, you must study hard and strive to pass the imperial examination to bring honor to your aunt and our Qinjia Village."

Although this child is not from Qinjia Village, after spending some time with him, he has long regarded him as a child from his own village and likes him very much.

Yun Zhenzhen also turned around and said: "What the village chief said makes sense. You can't stay in Qinjia Village forever. You still have to study hard."

Yun Jing pursed his lips and said, "I haven't used the tuition fees that the uncles and aunts in the village gave me before. I've kept them all. I'll return them to everyone and give them to the new teacher."

"What are you talking about, silly child."

Before the village chief could open his mouth to refute, he was stopped by several aunts standing beside him.

"The tuition you received is what you deserve. It's all given away, so how can you ask for it back? Besides, we will give the teacher more food when the time comes. You don't have to worry about it. Although our village is poor, we won't begrudge this little bit of food."

"Indeed." The village chief also said: "Just study hard and don't worry about these things."

After saying this, the village chief prepared to go home without paying attention to Yun Jing's attempts to keep him, feeling very happy.

Now that the biggest problem of food has been solved, he no longer has to worry about not being able to sleep all night long. He can go back and catch up on some sleep.

Yun Jing's heart was very complicated. He originally came to Qinjia Village to repay the money owed to his aunt. Later, by accident, he became a teacher. Now the village wants to invite a new teacher. Does that mean he is no longer needed?

Although he had only been here for a few short months, he felt extremely reluctant to leave.

"Aunt, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'll go back and help my cousins ​​continue learning new things."

"it is good!"

Yun Zhenzhen smiled and patted his shoulder.

Yun Jing returned to the inner room feeling a little depressed. Since he came here, he has been sleeping in the same room with his cousins. Although the space is not big, they still specially cleaned up a table for him, filled it with books, and the sunlight shining through the window cast a warm glow.

He looked through the window and saw Wang Ze coming to the gate of the yard again.

As soon as he entered the door, he started to play with Xiaoshan and Dashan. He came more often these days, and Xiaoshan was no longer as repulsive to him as before, and was willing to play with him.

He held a piece of meat bone he had brought back from the restaurant in town and threw it to the two little ones. Xiaoshan immediately ran to pick it up and brought it back to their nest, squatting beside them and chewing on it happily.

Not knowing what he was thinking about, he walked towards Wang Ze.

"Why do you come to this village every day?"

Wang Ze was stroking the dog's tail, and without even looking up, he replied, "Jue Village is different from the county. You can see a lot of fun and interesting things that you haven't seen before. I'm happy to come here. Why do you care about me?"

When Yun Jing heard this answer, his mind became clear for a moment.

Yes, the village chief just said to find a new teacher, not that he can't continue teaching here. This is still his home, his aunt's home, he can come here whenever he wants, why is he suddenly so sad?

I'm just going out to study, I'm not never coming back.

"What a nerd..."

When Wang Ze saw Yun Jing suddenly laughing alone, he thought he had gone crazy from studying.