I made a fortune teaching live broadcast in ancient times

end of october.

At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, all the leaves fall, and the frosty wind blows against the face, making people shiver.

At this time of year in previous years, the old patriarch's heart could not be helped.

The back mountain of Shuangyan Village is turned over to the north, next to the northern boundary, although it is not as cold as the north in winter, it is much colder than other boundaries.

So every winter, after the winter solstice, counting nine days is the saddest day in their village.

Especially for those who are lonely, elderly and young children, in previous years, after a snowy night, the whole village could hear the sound of painful groaning in the morning.

Because it snowed that night, the elderly and children froze to death if they didn’t pay attention to the temperature, and some people didn’t have enough quilts to cover them.

This scene made him, the patriarch, heartbroken, but he couldn't help it. The entire Chen clan was not rich, including his patriarch's family, which was also in poverty.

Until three years ago, after Sanlang of the Chen family was admitted as a scholar, he was entitled to a tax-free [-] mu of land. Therefore, in addition to the Chen family's own field, each household had five mu of land under the name of Sanlang. The tax on five mu of land was reduced, and the harvest of five mu of land was increased, which gave the villagers more sources of income, and also allowed the villagers to afford cotton wool in winter, so that no one died.

This is not the happiest thing for the old patriarch. Since last month, Saburo has [-] mu of land tax-free, and they will have another source of income.

And this year, Mu Geer also donated 100 taels to the clan, which is 100 taels. Mu Geer said, this 100 taels is to thank the clan for supporting his husband, and he doesn't dislike him for ruining the clan's reputation.

So donating this 100 taels can renovate the ancestral hall in the clan, and the remaining money can be distributed to the widowed and lonely elderly in the clan so that they can have a warm winter this winter.

Thinking of this, the old patriarch squinted his eyes and took a sip of the tea in his hand. The steaming tea was slightly bitter but sweet and fragrant.

Remembering that this tea was also sent by San Lang to honor his old man, the old patriarch was in a good mood and agreed to take a few more sips. Sure enough, the members of the Chen clan are good boys.

Just when the old patriarch was enjoying the peace in a good mood, a roar came from outside the door, "You old man, why are you dizzy here, Saburo came to see you for something, come out quickly."

Hearing the old man's shout, the old patriarch drank the last sip of tea in the ceramic cup, then smashed his mouth, muttering: "This old man, just don't see me and be lazy." Although he complained, but On his face was a doting smile towards the old man who had been with him all his life.

The old patriarch wore a thin padded jacket, opened the door curtain of the room and came to the main room, and saw that Sanlang had already let the eldest son sit down in front of him.

"Saburo is here."

Chen Chen stood up and went forward to help the old patriarch to sit on the chair at the top of the main room. "Grandpa Patriarch, are you still in good health?"

"Okay, okay, thank you, my old body is much better." After the old patriarch sat down, he patted the statement and returned happily holding his hand.

Statement: "That's good, if you have anything to do, just ask uncle and the others to come to me."

The old patriarch was very happy after hearing the statement. At his age, he really didn't want to cause any trouble to the younger generation, but hearing the younger generation take the initiative to care about him, he felt warm in his heart. "Sit down, too. Boss, go and take out the tea leaves I put away and make a cup of tea for Saburo. Drink tea to keep you warm in this cold weather."

As soon as the old patriarch's words fell, the patriarch Fu Lang came in from outside with a tea tray, and gave the old patriarch a blank look, "I still need to ask you to tell me."

The old patriarch suddenly rolled his eyes at the old man, his face full of helplessness.

Chen Xingsheng, the son of the old patriarch, has long been used to his mother's teasing his father from time to time, pretending not to hear, stepped forward to take the tea tray from Ah Mu's hand and put it next to the chair where he was speaking.

"Have a cup of hot tea to warm up." The old patriarch Fu Lang sat on the chair next to the old patriarch, and said to the statement with a loving face.

"Thank you sir." Chen Chen picked it up and took a sip. After drinking the warm tea, the air-conditioning from the previous journey suddenly dissipated.

After putting down the teacup, Chen Chen said, "Grandpa, I'm here this time to discuss something with you."

The old patriarch wondered, "What's the matter?"

"It's going to be cold winter. I want to take advantage of this free time to enlighten my nephews at home. Besides, the field outside is about to freeze, and the house won't be too busy. I think one person can also be enlightened, and a group of people can also be enlightened. Why don't the children of the clan follow along?"

"Great kindness!" The old patriarch slapped the table next to him happily when he heard his thoughts, and he didn't care about the pain in his hands.

The old patriarch Fu Lang was a little more rational, and thought of another question: "Sanlang, do you really plan to continue taking the imperial examination?"

The old patriarch, who was originally happy, fell silent when he heard this. He has never understood the statement that the scientific research should not continue.

"Big aunt, grandpa, I have no plans to continue the imperial examination in recent years..." The statement copied Chen's mother and the others, "And even if I do pass the exam, I have no background Second, if you have no money, those who stay in Beijing will at most be sent to other places to be a small official. When I go to other places, I can't take care of anything in the clan, and the water in the officialdom is too deep , Sometimes there are things that I can't just refuse if I want to."

The officials of the big business have a rule that officials from this place cannot serve as local officials, but must go to other places, so as to avoid the incident that officials and their own clans will interact with each other when they are local officials.

"So now I'm making a name for myself. In this Yunzhou County, even the county magistrate has to give me a little bit of favor. As long as I, the Chen clan, don't break the law, it's because of my name. Who wouldn't give us Chen?" Clan people have a share of thin noodles, and another one is that I want to set up a clan school, so that all the children in the clan can go to school. When the time comes, there are good qualifications, and we can do our best to train them. The other one is that I want to see if I can give the clan Find a way to make money here, otherwise there will be children with good qualifications, but we will not have extra money for them to study."

Just like Chen Sanlang and others in his age group, only Chen Sanlang studied and took the exam. The others of the same age all dropped out of school after reading for a year or two. Is it true that their qualifications are not as good as Chen Sanlang's?

It's definitely not all, maybe it's really not as good, or it may even be because the family has no money and can't afford the following Shuxiu.

Even if Chen Sanlang was able to study all the time, it was because of the support of his whole family that he was admitted to Tongsheng. When he was admitted as a scholar, he was supported by the whole clan. After being admitted as a scholar, he went to Yunzhou County Academy to continue his studies. The first semester was also funded by the clan. After he gained a firm foothold in the academy, he could do some copying work, and the life of his family and clan members would be a little easier.

To be honest, the members of the Chen clan are really good. Chen Sanlang took the exam, and the whole clan raised all their travel expenses and expenses. Even the poorest ones contributed a few pennies. When I came back to report, I read Mother Chen’s bookkeeping. , the clansman above gave a few taels more, and a few coins less, although the numbers are not big, but the money is all the clansman can give.

Therefore, the statement is willing to find a source of income for the clan, also wants to open a school to teach the children of the clan, and is willing to think about the future of the Chen clan.

"My idea is to take advantage of this time to let the Chen family slowly develop into a farming and studying family. When the children can rely on the imperial examinations, there will be connections and paths left by me in front of them, and the support of our family will be on the bottom. At that time, it will be much easier for them to take the imperial examination..."

After stating his plan, all three in the room fell silent.

From ancient times to the present, scholars, farmers, businessmen, scholars come first, and merchants come last.

But these two kinds of life are often the best, scholars are most admired by people, and business people live a prosperous life.

Now the old patriarch heard the statement that he wanted to find a livelihood for the clansmen, and he also wanted to run an ethnology to teach children to read, and he planned to turn the Chen family into a farming and studying family.

This made the old patriarch feel blood boiling in his body, fantasizing about all the things he said in his mind, he felt that if this plan really succeeded, then his patriarch would definitely be the most successful one among the previous patriarchs, and he will go down in the future , I can also have an explanation with the elders.

"Okay, since Saburo has this idea, I'll leave this old bone to you. We will do what you say." The old patriarch is also an ambitious person.

Statement: "Thank you grandpa for your support, but now there is a problem, that is, my house is too narrow, and all the children come to attend classes, so I can't sit open."

Hearing this, the old patriarch waved his hand, "This is all a small problem. If you can't live in your house, I will ask people to open the ancestral hall and let the children go to the ancestral hall for classes. When the time comes, the ancestors will watch, and they will not believe these little bastards." They are not serious in class."

The old patriarch made a good decision. The ancestral hall is very spacious, which is enough for the children to attend classes. "There are two other things. One is that I hope that among the children who come to class, no matter whether they are boys or girls, they can come. In the future, they will have more choices, and they will be able to talk about their in-laws better."

"Secondly, taking advantage of Wodong now, I want all the young people in the clan to learn to read from me. Not to mention anything else, at least they must be able to read and count, so that in the future, no matter what the clan thinks or is It’s good for them to go out to work, at least they can understand the employment documents and not be cheated.”

"Okay, okay, this is a great thing, and I will scold anyone who dares not come!" Think about the old guys who went to work at the docks, and were deducted by the foreman because of illiteracy, and they couldn't find a reason. You are illiterate and can't read the documents!

Statement: "In this way, Saburo will not have any problems."

After discussing the matter and making a decision, Chen Chen also got up to leave. The old man wanted to keep him for dinner before leaving.

He also rejected Chen Xingsheng, the son of the elder patriarch, to see him off, "Uncle Xingsheng, stay a little longer, you don't have to see him off in this cold weather, it's just a few steps away."

Looking at the back of the statement in the cold wind, Chen Xingsheng only lamented that Saburo is really a gentleman like jade.

"This Saburo is really a kind child. I don't think he doesn't want to be an official, but he is thinking about the Chen clan!" The old patriarch sighed outside the door.

The old patriarch Fu Lang was also shocked by the statement, "You heard it too, San Lang said that even if he passed the exam, he would at most be sent to other places to be a sixth-rank official. I don't care about the family anymore. Now that he has the honor of raising people, he doesn't continue to take the exam. With the fame of raising people, he can protect the people of the clan, and he wants to turn the Chen family into a farming and studying family, so he is really doing it for the Chen family. He made a sacrifice, this is a conscientious child, so if this child has any ideas in the future, we should be the elders to support him."

"Boss, take someone to inform the clansmen, tell them what happened just now, and go to the ancestral hall for class tomorrow, adults and children must go, and then ask every household to provide some firewood to heat the ancestral hall, you can't freeze Saburo and The kids are gone."

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