"Don't be so crowded! There's still my house here"
After a while, Shen Ying was surrounded by excited villagers.
Even Chi Sanhua and others were frightened by the battle, and they all hurriedly protected Su Tai into the house.
When Shen Ying was rescued from the crowd, he discovered that his hat was crooked and one of his shoes was missing. He screamed in anger.
Following Su Tai's instructions, the maid hurriedly went to the backyard to get a new pair of shoes for Shen Ying to put on.
Shen Ying put on new shoes and was in a good mood again. She hurriedly went to find Su Tai.
"Xiao Tai, there is one more thing. Mr. Chu and Mr. Xi both said they want to settle here, and they also want to take the imperial examination, as well as Mr. Zhou.
This kind of thing involves people's futures. I can't stop them, so I agreed to them all. In order to prepare for the exam, several gentlemen had their butts stabbed with cantilevers. I was scared to see such hard work, and I didn't dare to let them do it. Give your children extra classes.
Now the villagers are swarming to send their children to village schools. I really can’t resist it! ”
It is a wonderful thing for children to study, but how can they make them worry like this?
Shen Ying really couldn't understand.
Su Tai felt uncomfortable listening to this, "Uncle, it is impossible for those children who are sent now to take the exam this year. Please tell everyone carefully. If the children really want to study, they should learn to read at home first, and then send them over after the imperial examination. Don't The failure of the small ones also affects the older ones. If you say that, they will definitely stop.”
If it were said that my husband would end up having no time to teach so many children, the villagers would definitely gossip behind their backs. In other words, no one would have any objections.
Shen Ying couldn't help but nodded, still worried, "This can only delay for a while, and then we will still have to face the problem of a shortage of teachers."
What's even more frightening is that he can already predict that after the imperial examination, it will be difficult to find a good husband. It will be even harder to find a good husband in his village.
Su Tai was not that worried, "Uncle, you can ask Dagou about this kind of thing. Didn't they go to other places to sell goods this time? They are well-informed. Just tell them your worries and Dagou will find a solution." Help.”
After receiving Su Tai's advice, Shen Ying left in a hurry.
Su Tai also wrote a letter for Yu Dong to send to Shen Yi.
In the evening, Shen Congrong returned from studying in the village.
Su Tai saw that he was holding several books in his hands and his hair was still covered with falling snow. She hurriedly stepped forward to brush the snow off his body and said angrily: "Why don't you hold an umbrella? This won't work. Hurry up and change your clothes." .”
Shen Congrong's two followers explained tremblingly: "Madam, the eldest young master said that the village school is close to home, and it is too troublesome to hold an umbrella. The younger one cannot catch up with the eldest master."
"It's okay, just be more careful next time."
Su Tai sent them down.
Walking straight into Shen Congrong's house, I discovered that my precious son's room actually had a whole wall of books, ranging from historical records to hundreds of family names, as well as many miscellaneous books such as travel notes, astronomy and geography.
"Have you read all these books?" Su Tai looked shocked.
Shen Congrong nodded slightly, a little embarrassed, "Some of these books were recommended to me by my husband, some were bought for me by Xiao Twelve, and some were bought by me at the Dahe Town Study Room."
Su Tai sat down slowly, her eyes still unable to move away from the books on the bookshelf, and her tone of voice was a little more distressed, "Has all the money your mother gave you been used to buy books?"
Among the children, the eldest, Shen Yuezhang, is the daughter. She is the eldest, has the most eldest sister-like demeanor, is well-rounded in everything, and is the most relied upon by the couple. The youngest of the twins, naughty and sweet-tongued, gets the most attention from both of them on weekdays. Only the second-ranked child has a gentle and gentle temperament, does not fight or fight, is the best-behaved, but has the least sense of existence.
When she was busy, she sometimes couldn't take care of so much, and she didn't even know that her son's house had undergone such a big change.
Shen Congrong pursed her lips and explained: "There is also money from my grandparents and my sister. I can't buy so many books with my money."
Su Tai has no doubt about this. In this era, studying is an extremely luxurious thing. From books to pens, inks, paper and inkstones, the better ones cost several taels of silver.
Books like historical records on the bookshelf cost an estimated four or five taels each, and some even cost more than seven or eight taels.
She gives her children one tael of silver every month. The eldest son doesn't spend money randomly like the twins. He probably saved all of it to buy books.
Su Tai felt sorry for him, so she immediately went back to the house and brought a bag of broken silver, "There are one hundred taels of silver here. You can use it as you want from now on. If it's not enough, tell your mother."
Shen Congrong was overjoyed, "Thank you, mother! In fact, I have taken a fancy to a set of ancient book annotations before. There are twenty copies in total. The shopkeeper of the study said he would not sell them for less than eighty taels. My eldest sister gave me twenty taels of silver before the Chinese New Year. On the second day of the new year That day, my grandparents, uncles and aunts all gave me lucky money, which was enough to make up thirty taels. I also had a little bit of what I had saved before.
Now my mother has given me one hundred taels, which is finally enough! ”
The joy on the child's face made Su Tai so happy that she wished she could give him another thousand taels of silver.
Because of this, Shen Congrong couldn't wait to go to Dahe Town to buy books.
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Su Tai decided to accompany him on a trip.
The mother and son rode in a donkey cart and came to the study in Dahe Town under the protection of their entourage.
There is only one study in Dahe Town, and it is owned by the Pu family.
As soon as Shen Congrong got off the carriage, she couldn't wait to pull Su Tai and ran to the study, "Shopkeeper, the set of ancient book annotations I asked you to leave for me is still there!"
The shopkeeper knew Shen Congrong and immediately responded with a smile, "I don't dare not keep the books Mr. Shen wants! The things have been put away separately. Just wait, I will get them right away."
Shen Congrong took advantage of the shopkeeper to get something and took Su Tai to the edge to sit and wait.
Su Tai knew at a glance that her son was a frequent visitor here. After sitting down according to his wishes, she found that there were tables and chairs on the side of the wall of the study, and there were actually many people sitting there quietly reading. Silent.
Su Tai was startled.
Shen Congrong lowered her voice and explained, "Mom, they are all people who really like reading, but their families are not that rich and cannot buy all the books. The Pu family Renyi gave them the opportunity to read books for free, but only if they have a month I want to copy a book for the study.”
"This request is not excessive." Su Tai was curious and took another look at them.
At this moment, a boy stood up from the corner and walked to the counter.
When the shopkeeper appeared, he immediately handed over the book and said, "Shopkeeper, can you read this?"
The shopkeeper looked at it carefully and nodded with satisfaction, "That's right! Xiong Feng, you are no longer a novice. The faster you copy books, you can earn two or three taels by handing in one more book every month. You don't have to Spending money on pen, ink and paper will make you have a lot of money.”
"I understand, thank you, shopkeeper, for taking care of me." Xiong Feng said as he carefully put down the book and returned to his seat. (End of chapter)