LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 7 Buying a house and land to set up a school
People who can see it clearly can also understand it, and those who can't understand it can also understand it. The wife of the Xiao family said that ten coins is not a small amount, and she will come back when she goes home to raise some money.
Song Tingran quickly stopped the wife of the Xiao family and said: "Since the wife of the Xiao family did not intend to default, the ten cents must have been prepared. Then please bring your little girl here and take it. Let the money go."
"Are you crazy? Song Tingran."
The wife of the Xiao family held her only little girl in her arms. In the end, the village chief intervened and said that he would let the children play here for a while and then go home after getting the money.
The wife of the Xiao family has never run so fast in her life.
"Village Chief Zhou, I have one more thing that I want to discuss with you."
"Go ahead."
"In the past two years, the imperial court has been interested in supporting male children to study and learn etiquette. It's just young men from high-ranking families who get this treatment. But from this, it can be seen that the imperial court is interested in studying. We Jia Shiyan has been studying since he was a child, so even the elders in the family have a long-term vision."
At this point, Song Tingran paused for a moment. She also wanted to see what Village Chief Zhou meant.
"Well, Shi Yan's parents are very nice and they often help their neighbors. They are a model for our Daniu Village."
"I was thinking that since Shi Yan likes teaching and the court pays attention to it, he now comes to teach, and Shu Xiu has to teach again and again. The children are not learning coherently, and he is struggling, so why not just agree to it now? Ah, push them all away."
Village Chief Zhou understood that there were few male gentlemen and it was inconvenient. Song Tingran had concerns and did not want him to continue to appear in public. He was also afraid of offending the villagers. It was best for the village chief to come forward.
"This is all your family matter. It's up to you to decide. As for Shi Yan, there are not many people who have agreed. It's hard to say. I looked outside the door and there were people present. I think they all heard it."
Shi Yan was disheartened and lowered his head silently. In the past, Song Tingran wouldn't let him go, so he went secretly. Now she has changed this method. Even if he wants to teach secretly, no one dares to use him.
"Village Chief Zhou, I haven't finished speaking yet. I was thinking that there is an abandoned house in the village. I want to buy it and simply repair it. It will be used as the school of Daniu Village from now on. Shi Yan will be the teacher. Children and girls can come and learn, and they will be given half a tael of silver to study for a year, which can be considered as a way to give back to the villagers."
Village Chief Zhou is 180% willing. If there is a school in Daniu Village, it will be a bonus item when the outstanding villages are selected. However, Shi Yan is a boy, but the imperial court intends to support male children to go to school, so it must be It is also feasible.
Shi Yan's mood seemed to be on a roller coaster, and his teeth began to itch with excitement. He looked at his wife gratefully, but there were so many people, so he couldn't thank her now.
When Song Tingran saw the village chief's agreement, he took advantage of the crowd outside and asked everyone to help publicize it. When it was done, he would notify everyone.
The family with a girl is very happy. They all know that Shi Yan has good literary talent and beautiful handwriting. This way, he does not have to spend a lot of money to study in the town. He can start his education in the village. If he wants to be an official in the future, he will consider going to the town. Just study.
Amidst the laughter, the wife of the Xiao family came back with ten coins, slapped it on the table, and then led her little girl away, followed by her husband and two young men.
"It's time to go home. It's time to go home and eat."
Song Tingran shouted at the door, and everyone left after watching the excitement. Seeing no outsiders, she deeply thanked Village Chief Zhou.
"It's okay. I want to thank you for setting up a village school. That abandoned house has been deserted for many years. Tomorrow I will gather the villagers to clean it up, and I will just buy it for two taels of silver."
For two taels of silver, Village Chief Zhou obviously gave it a lot. Although it was dilapidated, the house was very large. If separated, it could be made into two rooms. There was also a small courtyard at the back, which was full of weeds.
"Village Chief Zhou, I don't know how to thank you. Please wait a moment."
Song Tingran went to the kitchen, divided out half of the cakes she bought yesterday, wrapped them up, walked out, and stuffed them directly into the arms of Village Chief Zhou.
"How come this means that these cakes are only bought during the Chinese New Year and cannot be collected."
Song Tingran smiled and pointed to the open space next to her house, which connected to the foot of the mountain, and said: "Village Chief, there is only a small amount of land behind my house, but we have so many family members that it is not enough. We have to go anyway. When we get the house deed, we also get the land deed at the same time.”
No one from Shi Yan, Xiao Yuchen, Sang Cheng, or Wen Li dared to speak. This wife bought a house, opened a school, and bought land today. It was so scary.
Village Chief Zhou was very surprised. No one wanted the land at the foot of the mountain because of its location. It would be okay to give it to Song Tingran. The problem was that he would have to spend so much money at once. He was afraid it would be too much, so he kindly reminded him. : "This land is about three acres. The land near your house is first-class, but it is overgrown with weeds. It costs six taels of silver. The other second-class land costs four taels of silver per acre."
Song Tingran calculated that it would cost a total of fourteen taels, plus the house, sixteen taels. The family's money was just enough.
"Shi Yan, there are sixteen taels in total, go get the money."
Shi Yan was stunned at first. He had spent so much money at once. Yesterday's money was gone before it was warmed up, and it was gone today. He felt heartbroken, but Song Tingran still had the final say in this family. He didn't dare to have any objections. He would go back to the house. The money was taken out.
"Mrs. Song's wife, your money..." Village Chief Zhou was very worried that she had taken some irregular path.
Song Tingran leaned into Village Chief Zhou's ear and said, "My mother left it to me. From now on, I will farm and live my life, and I will never cause trouble to Daniu Village again."
Village Chief Zhou smiled knowingly and thought this was very good. He took sixteen taels of silver and said that we would go to his house to get the land deed and house deed, and then write a receipt.
To be honest, Song Tingran woke up and started to deal with these things without eating. She was hungry and tired, so she said, "Shi Yan, take Xiao Yuchen with you and follow the village chief. I won't go."
Village Chief Zhou was stunned, but looking at Song Tingran as if she was joking, she prepared to leave in confusion.
"Village Chief Zhou, wait."
Village Chief Zhou thought she regretted it, and just wanted to lay a step for her, but she picked up the cakes on the table, stuffed them into Chief Zhou's arms, and said with a smile: "You forgot to bring the cakes, don't you?" I love to eat, and my children love to eat too.”
Song Tingran said this deliberately so that Village Chief Zhou would not be embarrassed to accept it. She said thank you and walked in front, with Shi Yan and Xiao Yuchen walking behind.
Things were done and she felt a lot cleaner. Song Tingran was starving to death. When she saw Wen Li and Sang Cheng standing in the courtyard, looking frightened, she said, "Let's go cook. I'm hungry." .”