Chapter 319: Have your own ideas
"Child!" Wan Jin blocked the person and said with a smile, "Are you from Anxi Village?"
The person she pulled frowned, "I don't know you. If you need anything, please contact my parents." The child's voice was full of fatigue. He just wanted to find a place to eat and didn't want to talk to the people in front of him.
"I'm not looking for your parents." Wan Jin took her to sit down on the repaired road, and took a piece of cloth to cushion her, "Just eat here."
When the child saw the piece of cloth on the mat, she was a little touched and followed Wan Jin's arrangement and stopped resisting. Of course, with her current strength, she couldn't resist at all.
"What's the matter with you?" Zheng Xidong asked the person in front of him.
Wan Jin asked: "I remember seeing you in school. You must be under fifteen years old, right? Why don't you go to school?"
Zheng Xidong took two mouthfuls of rice numbly, "My brother-in-law said that as long as there is one person in the family who studies, it will be fine. I am old. People at my age are already married elsewhere, so there is no need to study."
"Why is there no need to go to school to get married? The yamen only calculate based on age. There is a new daughter-in-law in our village who has gone to school. She is pregnant. When the adults saw her, they said she was studying at this time. One person has worked hard and two people can benefit from it.< br>
How many people envy you? If I hadn't been so much older, I would have missed you. ”
Wan Jin asked the child again, "What do you think?"
The child was stunned and stopped eating. "What do I think? I listen to my parents."
Wan Jin squatted in front of the child, "You already have a father and a mother, how can it be that your uncle has become your master?"
Zheng Xidong didn't want to tell others about his family's situation, so he didn't answer the question.
Wan Jin saw it and advised her: "I am an outsider. Maybe you think I shouldn't say these things to you, but my child, no matter what the situation is in your family, you have to think about everything for yourself.
It's rare for us to meet a good official like Master Meng. Don't we miss this huge opportunity because of family involvement?
Apart from our county government school, where else in the world can I teach you how to read and write for free? ”
Seeing the person in front of him blinking his eyelids, Wan Jin continued: "Don't just listen to adults in everything."
Zheng Xidong was silent, and when Wan Jin was about to continue speaking, Mei Zi called her from behind, "Sister, I've called you food."
"Alas!" Wan Jin looked at the child in front of him and sighed, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Think about it for yourself."
She lamented this matter in her heart, and when she walked to Meizi, she complained about the parents in that family, "With such short-sighted parents, that child is really unlucky."
Mei Zi sighed: "It's not a good thing to be too obedient." "That's right." Wan Jin felt sorry for the child. On the way home from work, he still told Mei Zi, "If Mr. Meng hears such a thing, he must be To control.
It's a pity that I don't see Mr. Meng very often recently.
As long as I have the chance, I will definitely talk to Mr. Meng about this matter. ”
Meizi thought it was a good solution, "If you come forward, you will definitely come up with the most appropriate solution."
It's a pity that Meng Changqing has not been on the official path recently.
The road construction was left to Zuo Datou. People in the yamen rarely saw Meng Changqing recently, and most people didn't know what she was busy with.
This morning, Meng Changqing delivered the borrowed cow to the gate of Yangmen County. Along with the cow was Zhong Ming, who had been living in Beishan County for a month.
"Thank you, sir. Just send it here." Zhong Ming was grateful to the person in front of him. He not only made money in Beishan County for a month, but also fully felt the attention and care of Beishan County Government.
"Wait a moment." Meng Changqing untied a package from his horse and handed it to Zhong Ming, "There are two pieces of green cloth and some dry food inside. You can use it on your return trip."
Zhong Ming waved his hand and did not dare to take it, "The master has already given the silver, the villain can no longer ask for the master's things."
"These things are not valuable." Meng Changqing said with a smile: "Master Zhong, please accept them without any psychological burden."
"This..." Zhong Ming was obviously still hesitant. The reason for his hesitation was not that he wanted it in his heart but could not express it externally. It was because of the status gap between the officials and the people, and he was afraid that if he refused again and again, he would refute Meng Changqing's face.
He has learned enough lessons and knows that there are no free benefits in the world.
"I just want to thank you. These days, whether you are taking care of the cattle or teaching the students, you have done your best. If it were someone else, Beishan County would not have such a big harvest."
Zhong Ming still took the package and thanked Meng Changqing in turn.
It was still early, and since the other party accepted his gift, Meng Changqing asked a few more questions: "Who else is in Master Zhong's family?"
"I have my mother, my wife and two children."
"How old are the two children?" Meng Changqing did have other plans, and Zhong Ming's hunch was right.