Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Picking a lucky day, the village school also opened.

I asked a scholar in the county who was lame due to an accident and missed the imperial examination surname Xu to be a teacher. This person was recommended by Sun Ming. After Lian Fangzhou asked about it a little bit, he discussed with Zhang Lizheng and the village elders. Please come back.

Zhang Lizheng and the village elders were a bit reluctant at first. They always felt that at least a normal and thoughtful gentleman was required to be decent. Asking a lame man would damage the image, and it would be unpleasant to say it.

Lian Fangzhou patiently persuaded him for a while, saying that Xu Xiucai was very good at learning and had a very good character. If it weren't for his lameness and lifted it up six or seven years ago, how could he be invited?

And there is a reason for his lameness. It was to save a child who was almost run over by a horse-drawn carriage and broke his leg. This shows that this person must be a caring person. Let him educate the children. More reassuring.

Lian Fangzhou insisted, and Sun Ming also said kind words, plus all the expenses were paid by Lian Fangzhou, Zhang Lizheng and the village elders couldn't help but nodded reluctantly.

Later, after Xu Xiucai came, Zhang Lizheng and the village elders went to see him specially. After a conversation, their attitude towards him changed drastically, and they looked different.It didn't take long for them to become more familiar with each other, and to admire Xu Xiucai even more.

Lian Fangzhou breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and asked Zhang Lizheng to speak out. Anyone whose children want to go to school can come and sign up. First, stay close to the village. After receiving the village, there are still vacancies before accepting the outside village.

The village’s free repairs are free, and books, pens, etc. are provided by yourself, so the outside villages are naturally inevitable.

Lian Fangzhou asked Sun Ming to take Lian Ze to pick up this Xu Xiucai.Three taels of silver in January, fifty catties of rice, two sets of clothes inside and outside for each season, and a thick coat in winter.

Xu Xiucai needs someone to take care of her legs and feet. In addition to his wife Mi's and his seven-year-old son named Dou'er, there is also a 50-year-old woman in the family.

The house behind the school was spacious enough, and Lian Fangzhou asked him to come and live with his family. Mi and Mrs. Xu helped clean the school’s hygiene, clean up the flowers and trees, and paid another salary, one or two dollars a month. .

The reason why Lian Fangzhou paid another salary for Mi’s and Xu’s wife was also a kind of care. What she didn’t expect was that someone in the village came to the door and talked about good things for a long time. In this job, I want to take it from Mi Shi and Mother Xu.

After Lian Fangzhou was shocked, he couldn't laugh or cry, and finally dispelled the idea of ​​the person.

Because it is free, the school is overcrowded. On the first day of school, the tall and short ones are uneven. The older ones are 13 or 14 years old, and the younger ones are only seven years old. The age difference is half the difference!

Lian Fangzhou looked awkward, but everyone was accustomed to it.

Lian Fangzhou shook his head, since they said free, they can come if they want!

Seeing that there were a lot of people, she discussed with Mr. Xu whether to buy more tables and chairs?

Mr. Xu smiled, shook his head calmly, and smiled at her: "Reading is also a hard work. It is not a free good thing that can take advantage of it. You can see that many people even lack one or two of pen, ink, and books. Where do you really miss books? In less than three days, there must be half of the number of people! Let them squeeze the first, and then we will talk about it after three days!"

Lian Fangzhou couldn't help laughing.

It turns out that Mr. Xu overestimated these bear children.Especially for the older ones, who have long been determined, where can I read the book?Came here to sleep for a whole day, but won't come the next day!

There are also many nine-year-old and ten-year-old bear children who used to help their families when they were busy farming. They used to go up the trees to dig out bird nests, fish in the rivers, pick wild fruits in the mountains or hide and seek, fight and play in wars. Yes, I sat down that day, even if I moved too much, I would be scolded by my husband, let alone talking, let alone a day, some of them quietly ran away before half a day!

On the second day, there was a loss of one-third, and on the third day, there were only twelve children between the ages of seven and ten.

Thinking back to Mr. Xu's words, Lian Fangzhou couldn't help but smile.

Everything in the school was normal. Lian Fangzhou allocated ten acres of land under the name of the school and asked Zhang Lizheng to help manage it. The village elders supervised the income. The income was used for the repair of the school buildings, the addition of tables, chairs, doors, and windows. For the rest, Zhang Lizheng will discuss with the village elders to help the child who is poor at home but who wants to study.

This is a great thing for the descendants of Fuze. Zhang Lizheng and the village elders especially went to the Lian Fangzhou family to express their gratitude.

The Zhuangzi in Hekou Village was the one that Lian Fangzhou had just taken over. She, Ajian and Lianze took a few days to watch them, and arranged everything by the way.

After all, this was just taken over from Zhao’s family. Many things have to be re-declared, but for the time being, she doesn’t want to manage too much. As long as there is no big mistake, and it does not conflict with her rules, it will save trouble if she stays the same. A lot of trouble.

On the way back from Zhuangzi in Hekou Village, Lian Fangzhou, Lian Ze, and A Jian also discussed that the land on the outskirts of the county seat should be started, and they were preparing to build a cotton spinning factory. This era is called a workshop.

Guanshi Qin, Wang Da, and Li Da are responsible for the affairs of Tiandi. The Ruan and Song clan are also capable people. Lian Fangzhou can rest assured that he intends to start with Lian Ze Jiang Lianji Cotton Mill.

After months of practice and familiarity, the quality of the cotton fabric woven by Su Jin led the Weaver Girls has no flaws.

When the Lianji Cotton Workshop is built, we will hire some workers for printing, dyeing, rinsing, and weaving to design new patterns, and the cotton fabric will be no worse than silk.

And cotton clothes are much more comfortable to wear than silk clothes, especially in midsummer.If all goes well, it will be available in the summer.

Lian Fangzhou has already made a plan. Since she has seized the opportunity in the cotton piece, she will continue to walk in the forefront to maintain the leading level and leading position.

What if countless cotton textile workshops pop up in the future?As long as you seize the opportunity and build the brand, no one can easily surpass her.

Of course, the premise is that she has to lay out the scene very large from the beginning, big enough to grab a certain market share.

The three of them discussed how to divide labor to carry out this aspect of work, and they entered the village without knowing it.

On the road, she met Zhang Liu's wife who was about to go to the land. When Zhang Liu's wife saw them, she beckoned to stop, and kindly reminded Lian Fangzhou: "Fangzhou, you are finally back. Do you remember that Huaxiaohua? I just went out and saw her getting on you. Home is gone, it seems to be making trouble!"

Lian Fangzhou was startled.

Lian Ze was already very annoyed and said: "Sister, there are still people in the Yang family? You have to make trouble after a while, for fear that your sister won't remember their house!"