Chapter 141 Shameless
Even if Jiang Anning really accepts a disciple, I'm afraid Shu Xiu won't be able to do it cheaply.
Even the failed old scholar in his village had to collect at least five strips of bacon before he was willing to enlighten the children in the village.
Not to mention the money-making job?
What's more, those people might just be bragging from Jiang Anning, so that when they believe it and want to send their children to learn crafts, they can ask for more money as a gift.
Anyway, when it comes to learning skills, it’s up to the master to lead the way, and practice is up to the individual.
Even if you study for three to five years, you will be successful, and if you study for ten or eight years, you will be successful.
Even if you fail to learn, can you still get your money back?
There is no such statement...
Just thinking about it, Du Chunxue felt that her father-in-law and the others were right, and her thoughts gradually dissipated.
Even if what Jiang Anning said was true, so what?
Anyway, their family definitely can't afford this kind of repair.
The more Du Chunxue thought about it, the more she felt that she had really lost her mind just now. She actually said such a thing at the dinner table. It was really not unjust to be scolded.
No coincidence.
Several women in the car today, after returning home, all talked about this incident at the same time.
They are similar. They have similar ideas to Du Chunxue, but the purpose is different.
"... I wonder if Jiang Anning will accept apprentices? Like the embroiderers, they should also pay attention to the master-to-teacher relationship, right? I don't know if it's possible to ask our Xiunier to be her apprentice for a few years. If I learn a little bit of skill, even if I can't make ten taels or eighty taels, it will be enough for our family to live a good life."
"Let Chunhua follow her..."
Basically, those who have daughters at home are thinking about it and want to send their daughters there to learn from Jiang Anning.
Jiang Anning had no idea about this.
Otherwise, she would really wake up laughing from her dream.
She originally planned to set up a school to train embroiderers.
For a while, I didn’t have any good clues.
Right now, he is even more bothered by things in the village and cannot spare more energy to take care of other things.
"Girl An Ning, now that you are back, I can't bear to see our village get a bad reputation by Jiang Wei."
Chief Jiang said with a matter-of-fact expression: "Jiang Wei promised to give those people a total of three hundred taels of silver. You can just take any two hundred taels. We will figure out a way for the rest."
The others also looked at Jiang Anning with similar hatred, as if they would not let her out unless she gave her money.
"I'm not a virgin who spreads wealth. How can I spend so much money to fill the village."
Jiang Anning refused without thinking, and said: "The clan leader asked me to take so much money out of his mouth. It's really rude. Could it be that he also wants to learn from the behavior of the prisoner Zhao Hai's family? ”
"What are you talking about!"
Chief Jiang slapped the table angrily, making the table bang: "The village is in trouble now. As a member of the village, shouldn't you help share the burden?"
"It's not like you don't have money. Why don't you take two or three hundred taels to supplement the village?"
These days, Chief Jiang was very anxious, especially when Jiang Xiu'e and others went to Jiang Anning to borrow money, but they all came back empty-handed. His resentment towards Jiang Anning had reached its peak.
If Jiang Anning hadn't suggested raising silkworms to make money, would they have asked Jiang Wei to find some kind of silkworm farmer?
If Jiang Wei hadn't found a sericulture farmer, would their village have been saddled with debt for no apparent reason?
After all, it's not all because of Jiang Anning!
If it wasn't her random idea, why would the village be involved in this kind of thing!
Patriarch Jiang has been thinking about these things over and over in the past few days. The more he thinks about it, the more he feels that it is all Jiang Anning's fault!
Now that I saw someone coming back, I became more determined about my previous thoughts.
It was all Jiang Anning's fault!
Otherwise, what would she do to come back?
It’s not because of a guilty conscience, but because I feel sorry for the young and old in their village...
Although others listened to Chief Jiang's words, they felt something was not right.
But no one said anything to refute.
If the clan leader could convince Jiang Anning to pay, they wouldn't have to pay.
At this moment, the whole village, old and young, gathered at the entrance of the village and surrounded Jiang Anning to talk. They all knew very well that the silkworm farmer wanted two hundred taels, not three hundred taels.
But no one wanted to remind Jiang Anning.
Jiang Anning only felt that these people were inexplicable.
She has money, so she has to pay for the villagers?
What gangster logic!
Suppressing the urge to roll her eyes, Jiang Anning took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, and said, "You can pay me, too."
Hearing her relent, the whole village suddenly became happy.
No wonder the Zhao family was able to get money from Jiang Anning. It turns out that this girl is really easy to cheat!
As long as there is a little coercion and inducement, he will immediately relent and take out the money.
If they were the Zhao family, they would definitely be reluctant to let go if they knew they had such a talkative cash cow!
Many people have thoughts in their hearts.
Question the Zhao family, understand the Zhao family, and want to become the Zhao family.
Even Chief Jiang couldn't help but start to figure out which boy in the family was the right age for Jiang Anning.
Then he thought that Jiang Anning's parents were dead, and as an elder from her village with the same surname, he should have the right to make the final decision on someone's marriage.
Is it better to marry someone back to your own home? Or is it better to marry outside and get a large betrothal gift?
Jiang Anning frowned slightly.
She didn't know what Patriarch Jiang and others were thinking, but the few glances that fell on her made her very uncomfortable.
"If I want to pay, the village must agree to a few conditions."
Before Chief Jiang and others frowned and were about to preach, Jiang Anning spoke first: "If the village doesn't agree, then there is no need to talk about this matter."
"I won't agree to help pay."
"If you are not convinced, you can go directly to the Yamen."
"I would like to ask the people of Jiang'an County to comment."
"Let's see if I really need to pay for this money!"
Patriarch Jiang and others suddenly choked and pursed their lips. After a while, they reluctantly said: "What are the conditions? First tell me and listen."
Although he agreed to listen, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Why was Jiang Anning negotiating conditions with them?
She was the one who caused the trouble, and she should be the one to clean up the mess.
If the village wants to agree to her conditions, doesn't it mean that everyone has to share it?
This is not possible!
Patriarch Jiang's face was dark and sullen. Looking at Jiang Anning, his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes. "It doesn't make sense to stand here and be stuck in silence. Let's sit down at home and talk slowly."
Jiang Anning said, heading straight towards home.
It’s not that no one stopped me, it’s just...
I can't stop it!
The tall and thick man stood in front of people with a fierce look. Jiang Anning just glanced at him with an indifferent expression, and the others subconsciously moved away.
Patriarch Jiang glared at people with hatred: What a damn thing!
If you can't stop a little girl from making movies, what else can you expect to do?
Those strong men also looked puzzled.
Why were you so shocked that you got out of the way automatically?
When Jiang Anning went home, she passed by Zhao's house.
I saw two heads tentatively looking out in the yard.
She raised her eyebrows slightly, but she really didn't expect that the villagers would arrange for the two sericulture farmers to stay at Zhao's house.
Does this mean that the Zhao family's houses and fields have been regarded as the common property of the village?
A large crowd of people in the village followed Jiang Anning to his home.
Although I haven't been home for a long time, Aunt Fang took good care of the house.
It can be seen that it has been carefully taken care of, and the tables and cabinets are all spotless.
Aunt Fang also heard the noise at this moment and came out of her house to take a look.
Seeing Jiang Anning being escorted back to the door of her home by the men in the village, like a prisoner, she suddenly became as anxious as an old hen guarding her young. She rushed over and opened her arms to block Jiang Anning.
"What do you want to do?"
Aunt Fang said anxiously: "Didn't we already agree that if each family contributes 500 Wen, we will give 100 Liang first, and then we will pay the remaining 100 Liang after we have mastered the art of raising silkworms and reeling silk? What are you doing? Are you trying to bully others to get peace back?”
Jiang Anning was slightly surprised.
It turns out that everyone in the village has already discussed it?
She looked at Patriarch Jiang with a half-smile: So you are sizing me up and want to take me for granted!
Patriarch Jiang felt the ridicule in the man's eyes, and his face suddenly turned livid.
"You have no place to speak here, go back to your home!"
He glared at Aunt Fang and said with disdain: "I really don't know how Genshan became a family. I don't understand any rules!"
"When the old men are talking about things, how can you get in the way?"
"Go home quickly!"
Patriarch Jiang waved his hands like flies, trying to drive Aunt Fang away.
A few days ago, when the women in the village returned without success, he was already a little suspicious. Someone must have interfered and said something he shouldn't have said, so Jiang Anning didn't agree!
At that time, he was most suspicious of this tiger bitch from the Jiang Genshan family!
She is usually the loudest, and she is also the one who has the best relationship with Jiang Anning!
In all likelihood, it was she who said something to Jiang Anning that they shouldn't have said, which made people feel wary.
Now take a look, sure enough!
Tiger ladies, they don’t know what to say, and they say everything to the outside world.
How could they tell Jiang Anning what they had discussed with the two silkworm farmers?
Jiang Anning knew this. They planned to give out 500 Wen per family first, and then learn the skills of raising silkworms and reeling silk. As for the rest, it still depends on whether they want to pay 500 Wen per family. Is it true that you can make money by raising silkworms, or is it fake?
If you can really make money, it's just five hundred coins, and there's no harm in sharing a little among each family.
But if you can't make any money, don't blame them. Not only can't you give these 500 coins, but you also have to give back all the previous 500 coins!
Of course, this was the last resort they came up with after Jiang Anning didn't come back, and they had asked the villagers to look for him in person before, but were clearly rejected.
Now that Jiang Anning is back, the situation is completely different.
With Jiang Anning here, and Jiang Anning being a rich man, it is natural that Jiang Anning should take on the big responsibility.
Jiang Anning gave two hundred taels, and they still followed their previous agreement and gave one hundred taels to the two sericulture farmers, so that they could learn the art of raising silkworms and reeling silk.
The remaining one hundred taels will be kept in his hands for the time being. At the end of the year, it will be decided based on the situation whether to distribute it equally to the villagers.
It will definitely not work if we don’t differentiate.
Those greedy thorns are bound to cause trouble if they don't get any benefits.
But how to divide it to ensure that he gets the maximum benefit is worth thinking about.
And if in the end, everyone learns how to raise silkworms and reel silk, but is unable to make as much money as expected, the one hundred taels will still have to be shared equally among everyone.
Even if it is not divided equally, at least 70 to 80 percent must be divided to appease those greedy appetites and avoid causing trouble.
Patriarch Jiang had a good plan in mind.
But the premise of all this is that Jiang Anning takes the money obediently and doesn't know their plans.
If people knew that they originally planned to give out 500 coins as a family, how could it happen?
At this time, Patriarch Jiang felt extremely disgusted with Aunt Fang.
I have never seen such a senseless person!
Say whatever you say to others!
Patriarch Jiang carefully looked at Jiang Anning's face and reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw no reaction.
Fortunately, Jiang Anning didn't look like he was going to be angry. There should be room for change.
Where is Aunt Fang willing to leave?
Looking at Patriarch Jiang's weasel-like eyes, he didn't seem to have any good ideas.
If she leaves, will An Ning be left alone to face so many savage beasts, and not even the bones that have been chewed will be left?
"What the patriarch said, those who don't know may think that you are old and stupid."
"What do you mean I can't interrupt when the old man is talking?"
"How come when we women were asked to come forward to help resolve debt issues a few days ago, it was not said that we were not qualified to speak and could not stand on the stage?"
"I didn't see you saying anything at that time."
"Besides, I have always been the one in charge of our family. Are you dissatisfied? If not, just hold it in!"
Aunt Fang's face was full of anger: "I have to be here today. I want to see what you, the self-proclaimed upright men, can say."
"Don't just say that others don't know the rules. In fact, you don't have any rules when it comes to doing dirty things."
The Jiang clan elder's face darkened and he glanced at the young man next to him.
The young man immediately shouted angrily: "What are you talking about? Who are you talking about?"
"Whoever can't wait to jump out to scold you is the one you're talking about!"
Aunt Fang sneered and didn't even look at her to give charity.
"You..."
The young man was so angry that he was quickly defeated after just two or three rounds of back and forth with Aunt Fang.
Seeing that Aunt Fang was quarreling with other scholars, and almost all the men in the village were scolded by her, Jiang Anning suppressed her smile and persuaded her seriously: "Auntie, come in for a drink of water and take a rest."
She looked very affectionate and stepped forward, holding his hand: "Tell me carefully, why did this family pay five hundred coins? The patriarch just told me, Jiang Wei The person was promised three hundred taels of silver, and I had to give out at least two hundred taels..."