A Timely Wife

Chengdong, who didn't know how to explain, gave up the explanation altogether, and said directly to a group of children standing in front of him: "From tomorrow onwards, all of you will come to Yueweitang to study and practice calligraphy. You have attended private schools before. Or those in the school stand on the left, those who have never been there, stand on the right, and those who have achieved fame stand where they are.”

The children looked at each other and ran to the right to stand in a swarm. There was no one on the left and in the middle. Chengdong's expression was a bit dignified. This situation obviously exceeded Chengdong's prediction. Before Chengdong's conception Among them, even if most of these children are not able to read and write, there should always be a dozen or so literate, but now everyone is standing on the right, which shows that these children are all illiterate.

Before, Chengdong thought that he could follow Liujiagou's method, let those who have a lot of fame teach those who can't read much, and let those who can't read much be called safe and illiterate. Part of his time and energy was devoted to the arsenal, but now it seemed that he had to revise his previous plan.

"Among you, all of you under the age of six must go to Yueweitang to study and practice calligraphy. For those over the age of six, I now have three choices for you. Of course, no matter which one you choose, you must be able to read, otherwise no matter where you are I won't accept you. In the garrison of our soldiers, illiterate people are not allowed to exist.

Those who want to practice martial arts stand on the left, those who want to learn from literature stand on the right, those who want to learn a craft to support their families stand in the middle, and those under the age of six stand there with Uncle Wang. "Chengdong said, pointing to a shed not far from the training ground.

The children's movements are very fast, perhaps because they live in a place along the coast that is often harassed by pirates. It is almost a command and a movement. Chengdong has a vague feeling of going back to the time when he was leading military training in elementary school in his previous life. The difference is that those children in the previous life You only need to study hard with the money given by your parents, but the children here want to survive when they are young.

At first, I thought that according to Da Chu’s inherent thinking for so many years, there must be many people who are willing to practice literature, but the reality once again told Chengdong that no matter what you do, don’t judge it by common sense. Most boys choose to practice martial arts, and girls basically choose They chose to learn a craft, and a few girls even stood on the side of Congwu. The rest who chose Congwen were children who seemed to be in poor health. Looking longingly at those children who chose to learn martial arts and crafts, the envy in their eyes can almost overflow.

Chengdong raised his eyebrows in surprise, and asked in a low voice: "Ruosong, didn't you say that everything is inferior, only studies are high? Why are the children here different? They would rather learn from martial arts and crafts than literature. official?"

Li Ruosong sighed and said, "Of the children living here, which family has never died? Which family has no relatives who have been ravaged? These children have grown up watching these tragedies since they were young, and their minds are either revenge or Revenge, how can I still have the mind to read and write? Even if I don’t want to join the army to kill the enemy, I still want to learn the craft early, so that I can support the family and make life easier for the family. People who are not physically weak are probably thinking like this Under such circumstances, if you still want to become an official, it is probably the kind of person who has extremely firm beliefs and wants to change the status quo by becoming an official in the court. After all, such people are only a minority, and they can't even eat enough Where can there still be spare energy for children to go to school?

It is Liujiagou, our family was also responsible for teaching teachers back then, saving a lot of repairs, otherwise you think it is so easy to enter the school?A student needs at least one tael of silver for Shuxiu a year, and one tael of silver is enough for a family of four to live here for two years. In addition, there is no place to earn money, so how can they hire a husband. "

Chengdong was silent for a while after listening to Li Ruosong's explanation, and said, "Ruosong, do you think my thoughts are too naive? I wanted to ask when I was in Liujiagou before, those children can obviously give My family earns money, but I force people to study in Yueweitang, tell me, will they secretly think that I am too much?"

Li Ruosong smiled and said: "You just think too much, don't you see that the villagers are so enthusiastic every time they see you?

Even if there are only a few green vegetables in your arms, they don’t know how grateful you are for this idea, so that all children can have books to read without graduation, even if they don’t become officials or join the army, they can’t help it. As long as you know a few words, when you are older, even if you go to the town or the prefectural city to find an accountant to do, it is much better than farming in the village. They are all fathers and mothers, who would not want to have their own children? We are more promising than ourselves, aren't we like this, no matter how tired and hard we are, as long as we see the two little guys, we feel that all this is worth it. What we want is to give them a place where they can study with peace of mind. , Can you have a future of choice, so, Wakamatsu, I don't think they ever thought you were meddlesome, they wished you would do more things. "

Chengdong thought about it, and felt that what Li Ruosong said was also reasonable. At least during the days when he was in Liujiagou, no one really gossiped about him behind his back. When Li Cheng and Cheng Li were born, the whole village Everyone came to congratulate him, and Li Liang, who had a large number of people, was ready to thank the guests behind closed doors. His enthusiasm made Chengdong feel a little blessed when he thought about it now.

"Ruosong, it's not that I have nothing to do and I must let them study, but you don't know how important reading is to a country. The country I was in before was founded almost in succession with the other country. Our country is very Emphasis on education, has been committed to popularizing education for decades, and even enforced compulsory education. All children, regardless of age, must go to school. If any family does not send their children to school, let the government know. Those who want to be caught in the yamen may have to be imprisoned for a period of time, while the other country does not pay attention to education. In just 40 years, the two countries are very different. There are basically no illiterates in one country. Yes, older people can also read a lot. In another country, except for those wealthy families, basically they are still illiterate. At the same time, the military, technology, culture, etc. of the two countries There are huge differences in these powers, which have a lot to do with universal education. Moreover, women are no worse than men. They should not be bound at home and only be responsible for things like passing on the family line. They should have a broader Heaven and earth should have more choices."

This is the first time that Chengdong has brought up the topic of women so seriously in front of Li Ruosong. Canteen, these are all things that have never happened before. Cheng Dong was also trembling at the beginning, for fear that these ideas he put forward would be rejected, but the two elders of the Li family directly agreed to Cheng Dong's proposal without hesitation. , Li Ruosong gave great support.

Perhaps because of the attitude of the Li family, or Li Ruosong's silent support, Chengdong is no longer satisfied with the previous efforts to emancipate women. He wants to fight for too many rights for women in this era, such as reading, literacy, such as For marriage, Chengdong always has an unspeakable guilt towards women. This kind of guilt makes him always want to do something for women of this era, so that they can live more comfortably.

Li Ruosong rubbed Chengdong's hair and said, "I know what you want to do. Although I don't understand why you want to do it, I agree with what you said. Educating a woman is equivalent to educating a society. We People grow up in the hands of women. Only this woman can know more and can educate the next generation better. Fulang, you just need to remember that no matter what it is, as long as you If you want to do it, just let it go, I will always support you, no matter where you are or where you go, I will always be by your side."

Cheng Dong suddenly felt a little sore in his eyes, he blinked his eyes, and blinked back the tears. Kissing Li Ruosong in front of the children just now had made him ashamed, if he shed tears in front of the children now, he would never You don't have to show up outside, you'll really be ashamed to see people.

"Cough, cough, what to do at this time, it's fine, I know what you mean, I will do these things well, since you have given these children to me, then don't meddle in this mess , let me tell you, if you are still pointing fingers after handing over the matter to me, you can either do it yourself or replace it with someone else, do you hear me?" Chengdong quickly changed the subject for fear that Li Ruosong would do something wrong again. Indecent thing.

Li Ruosong smiled slightly, and said: "Whenever you do things, I don't worry about it. There is only one thing. If you are too busy, don't carry it by yourself. Remember to tell me that I will definitely not refuse if I can help you. Yes, don't make yourself too hard, you must remember to rest and eat, and spend more time with me and my two children, remember?"

Old Cheng Dong blushed, and said: "I see, I see, you are so wordy, you still need to explain this kind of thing to me, just take care of yourself, and let me remember to rest and eat, I don't know if it is Who, I didn't eat lunch yesterday, you only remembered when I told you that it's time to eat, hmph, you still have the face to blame me."

Li Ruosong smiled helplessly, and said, "Why do I feel that you are living more and more now, obviously you were a very reasonable person before, and you have two children, but you are so much naive than before."

Cheng Dong rolled his eyes and said, "What's wrong? You dislike me? You want to divorce your wife and marry another?"

Li Ruosong hurriedly laughed and said: "How can it be, it's impossible, and divorce your wife. I'm thankful if you don't divorce your husband."

Cheng Dong snorted, and said, "That's pretty much the same, like a human saying."