Jia Huan's rebirth and revenge

Hailuo Village is really developed. The small beach land has long since lost much open space. House after house is a serious mansion. The streets are paved with gravel and broken bricks, which are compacted. , Also planted a lot of jujube trees on the side of the street.The cleanliness and orderliness of this residential area is enviable. It doesn't look like an ordinary village, and it has the appearance of a town.The ancestral hall and the gate of the Dragon King Temple may be the only place that still has a large open space. After all, this is a necessary place for sacrifices and other village gatherings to discuss major events. It is really impossible not to leave enough space, but that's it, this A fixed theater stage was also set up beside the Dragon King Temple. During festivals, theater troupes would be invited here. In the past few years, people from other villages have also known about this, and there are always people rushing to watch the excitement.

There are five or six shops near the entrance of the village. The place is not too big, but it is the place where the workshops of the whole village are concentrated. There are oil shops and grocery stores here. It used to be the busiest place in the village. Well, this market Except for those days, when the beach is the busiest, people come and go, there are thirty or fifty street stalls, enough to triple the flow of people in Hailuo Village.

Some people in the village even wondered if they should build another inn or something in the village. It doesn’t need to be too much trouble, as long as it is a hut-like room with a smaller partition, a bed or a kang in the room, plus a A table and two chairs are probably enough. After all, most of the people who come here are poor people, and no one wants a house that is too good. If so, the width of an ordinary house can be directly occupied by a row. In terms of wing rooms, an ordinary homestead with three entrances can definitely clean up four rows of houses, and the entire three rows used by the inn are close to thirty houses. The front gate is neatly cleaned up. Restaurants and teahouses can also set up kitchens and living quarters. In that way, this kind of homestead can really make a lot of money.

I won’t talk about the time of the market. The fishermen don’t live there. Those who sell tea and porcelain have to live there. It’s more convenient than staying in the village. Half of the day can always be fully occupied. At other times, the number of people coming and going is not the same as before. There are always vendors coming and going, receiving goods, selling goods, and other reasons, such as the village. There are scholars here, and there is always a place to stay for those children who want to take scientific examinations to visit and copy books.

It may be a joke in other places that a small fishing village actually wants to build an inn, but it is really feasible in Hailuo Village. When the village chief and Jia Xun said that inadvertently, even Jia Xun felt very happy. Necessary, because now because of the market and other reasons, every family in the whole village, almost every family, always has someone to stay overnight at the end of the month.If there is such an inn, it will be a lot of convenience for both parties, and even those who come to do small business will have a place to eat instead of eating hard pancakes.

"Village chief, I see that if this continues, our Hailuo Village may one day become a town. If so, wouldn't you, the village chief, be the mayor one day?"

Jia Xu's words were a bit of a joke, but when he heard it in the ears of the village head, he felt it was very pleasing to the ear. He was looking forward to it that way. Now that Liu Dianli has been promoted to the history of the classics, he is now bent on climbing to the seat of county lieutenant. They're all about the same age, not a few years older. Seeing how motivated they are, how can he not be moved?It's just that he has no way out, no doorway, let alone a future, but what if the village really rises?Isn't that just a ready-made official road?Even though this is really not an official, not even a tight position, but in the end it is the kind of person who is respected and has some status in the county government.Look at the position of the old people who didn't ask the elders to talk about taxes in the past. The proper position of the mayor is at the front. Can he not be jealous?

"If this is really the case, it means that our village has really grown up. It's a pity that everything is not perfect here now. There is a school, but it's just an elementary school. There is only one temple. There are temples, but there are few. There is only one point, not to mention the streets, and there are only a few shops, let alone the population, which is far behind. If you want to become a town, you just have to work harder. If you don’t have ten years, I’m afraid it will be a town. There is no shadow in the dream. It's just a wild idea."

Jia Xun was shocked when he heard this. If he hadn't thought about it, how would he know what things are needed to upgrade to a town?Listen to what the village chief said, which one is not on the point. It can be seen that the village chief is also a somewhat ambitious character. Usually, I really can't see it, but ambition is not necessarily a bad thing. As long as it is tossing for the good, Ambitious people do more things than unambitious people.

"Anyway, there is a market. This is the most difficult thing. The rest of the time can always be improved. There is no way to deal with the population. Who made us really poor with a small population? No matter how hard we try, we are now In this way, if we want to increase, it depends on God’s will. As for other things, we don’t lack land. If we plan well, can we reduce the number of shops? In this way, tomorrow, my family will also buy some land at the entrance of the village, and open a shop, but not others. Yes, just set up a book shop, buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstones, don't expect much profit, at least it can be regarded as supporting a scene."

Although Jia Xun feels that this matter is not reliable, it does not mean that he is unwilling to help. Besides, it is not too troublesome to set up a shop. According to the current land price in this village, labor costs The whole thing is only three or fifty taels of silver. This money is really not much for the Jia family today. As long as it is done well, even if the business may not make much money, it is still an industry. Let the third child come over to watch, and it will be an important livelihood for the small family to earn money after marrying a wife in the future.

Satisfied with Jia Xun's support, the village chief nodded and said:

"Well, that's good. There are more and more children studying here. Brother Xing is a scholar after all. He is always better than the masters in other villages nearby. There are also more people who come to ask for advice. You can fix it here. , it will be more convenient for children to study in the future."

When talking about the students around here, the two of them talked more and more warmly, because the two generations of masters in Hailuo Village were all famous people, which made the students in Hailuo Village very famous in the neighborhood, that is, those few An old master himself often asks his disciples to ask Master Wei and Brother Xing for advice about the imperial examinations. Those old masters themselves failed to pass the exam because they are too old, and secondly, because of the lack of books. The reason is that they don’t have the ability of Jia Xun, who can borrow books from scholarly families or even academies to transcribe, and there is no lottery system to give out a complete set of history books. Naturally, they are inferior in knowledge and knowledge. It’s justifiable to pass the exam. Now I know that the few scholars in Hailuo Village have extremely comprehensive books. It would be strange if they don’t try to find a lot of books. The heirs don't think about it. If they can make their children more promising than themselves, they will not let them go if they are parents.So there are quite a lot of scholars here in Hailuo Village.

"I said, second son, I heard Brother Xing said that you are going to study in the capital next year?"

Later, after the village chief finalized the matter about the book shop, he suddenly thought of another matter. Nearly a year after Master Wei went out, Jia Xun also began to prepare to go out, which made the village chief I was a little worried, for fear that the masters in my village who had finally come out would leave the village one by one and never come back. The most important thing is, would the market continue without Jia Xun?Without the market, can this village still be so lively?

"What kind of study tour is there? I just went to have a look. Mrs. Wei sent me a letter saying that he would take me to attend a few cultural conferences, so that I could meet some scholars in the capital. After all, I will prepare for the provincial examination in August next year. It is always better to prepare earlier. Okay, even I know that the chances of passing the exam next year are slim, but I will try anyway. Don’t worry, I’ll be back in two months at most. The capital is not far from us.”

When he said this, the village chief finally felt relieved, and turned around and asked:

"What's the matter with Mrs. Wei? The whole family has moved there, and now we are helping to take care of this house. I don't know when they will come back."

"I guess I won't come back in a short time. After all, this is working in someone else's house, and I always have to listen to the arrangement of other people's house."

Deliberately said, if Mr. Wei is a good person, if he is admitted to Jinshi, or finds a way to become an official or something, he may not come back until he becomes an official in his lifetime, but when he thinks about the village chief's expectation of Mr. Wei's protection of the village, he will never come back. Unable to say it, Zhishi found an excuse to reassure the village chief.

As for Jia Xun himself, when he mentioned Master Wei, he couldn't help but think of Jia's family, and his heart was agitated. Not to mention safety, it will prevent him from spending money living outside, and he can still read books on Jia family studies there, killing three birds with one stone.This arrangement cannot be said to be bad, it is simply very thoughtful, but in this way, this may be the first time he lived in Jia's place after he was reborn in this world, and it is not normal for him to have no fluctuations in his heart. .