webnovelfull Chapter 482 The First Batch of Female Students at Tangjia Village School
Chapter 482 The First Batch of Female Students at Tangjia Village School
Now that the Nine Clans have opened a workshop, everyone has more ways to make money. Look at Shen Youyou's intelligence.
It's not just Shen Youyou. It feels like all the kids from their nine clans, whether girls or boys, seem to be smarter than their own!
Is this the benefit of studying? Then we must send our children to school, no matter whether they are boys or girls.
Just now, when Uncle Tang Qi was having dinner at his home, his second daughter-in-law said as she was setting the table: "Dad, I want my second child to go to school, too."
In fact, in Uncle Tang's family, the eldest son is already studying in school. He originally planned to let the eldest grandson go to school, and the second and third grandsons could learn a craft. If they all went to school, the family might not be able to afford it.
The second son’s wife had also expressed this idea before, but considering various reasons, she could only accept her two sons to learn a craft.
But now, she regretted it. She thought: "Who knows which child is more suitable for studying? What if my son happens to be the one who is good at studying?"
But as soon as these words were spoken, everyone eating in the kitchen fell silent instantly, their necks shrank involuntarily, and their heads lowered.
The second child, who was seven or eight years old, and the third child, who was five or six years old, were also carefully observing their grandfather's expression.
The eldest child, who was already reading, couldn't help but clench his chopsticks tightly.
He also wanted his younger brothers to study with him, but his mother said that the family could only provide for the eldest grandson in the eldest branch and could not afford to provide for all of them.
The eldest boy is only in his teens. To be honest, he is not the kind of person who looks down on his brothers just because he studies hard. But people are selfish. If he can only provide for one person, he certainly hopes to be that person.
Although he was very young at that time, his emotions were very complicated. He hoped that his grandfather would agree to let his younger brothers go to school, but he was also afraid that his grandfather would not allow him to go to school.
At the dinner table at home, when the atmosphere was getting tense,
Fourth Uncle Tang put down his chopsticks and said, "Then go and study. I'll talk to your Eleventh Uncle later. From now on, not only the eldest child will study, but the second and third children, as well as the eldest and second girls, will go too."
There are three brothers in this family. The eldest is the child of Uncle Tang’s eldest son. The second and third are the children of his second son. The third son’s family has no sons, only two daughters.
In the past, the third brother and his wife always felt ashamed at home because they had no son. They only knew to eat less and work more. They treated the three sons of the eldest and second brothers better than their own daughter.
In fact, it’s not that he doesn’t love his daughters. He just hopes that when the girls grow up and get married, and when he and his wife are old, his nephews will support the two girls for their sake.
So in this family, apart from working, the two of them rarely express their opinions.
Hearing what his father said, the chopsticks in the hands of the third brother and his wife dropped. The third brother stammered, "Dad, are you really going to let the eldest and second girls go to school as well?"
Fourth Uncle Tang raised his eyes and looked around at everyone at the table. He saw the dazed look on his eldest son and his wife's faces. They didn't seem dissatisfied for the time being, as they might have failed to react for a while.
The second brother and his wife showed surprise on their faces, but also a little sadness.
The third brother and his wife looked stunned, as if they hadn't heard what he said clearly.
"Yes, I said everyone should go to school, including the eldest and second girls."
When the third son's wife heard this, she felt her lips trembling. She said, "Dad,...girl...is it a waste of money to study..."
Seeing his third daughter-in-law cowering, Fourth Uncle Tang sighed, "What do you mean by wasted? Look at the nine clans, the girls and boys are all the same. Isn't the daughter of the eldest nephew of the Shen family also a daughter? How smart is that girl?
Although we don't expect to be like the eldest and second daughters, but if they go to school and learn to read, when they grow up, they may be able to work in the village and become a manager.
Haven’t you noticed that most of those team leaders can read?
Even those who were illiterate before started learning to read after becoming team leaders.
I think that even if the kids are not good at studying, if they learn to read and work when they grow up, they can earn more than those who can’t read.”
When the old man told his plan, his three sons and wives were stunned. Even the little kids, including the two little girls, looked at him with sparkling eyes.
But Fourth Uncle Tang had something else to say. This time he looked at the Third Brother and his wife seriously and said:
"You two, the third brother, have always felt that you can't hold your heads up high in the village and at home because you didn't have a son. But think back, have your two brothers and two sisters-in-law ever looked down on you?
Even if there are one or two people in the village gossiping behind your back, you don't have to take it to heart. They usually just stay at home and do nothing.
Look at the present, Jiuzu has opened a workshop, and everyone is working, so who has time to gossip?
Besides, the girl from the Shen family is also a girl. She is so smart, let alone boys, I think she is smarter than your Uncle Yanli when he was a child.
So having a promising daughter is not necessarily worse than having a son."
These words made him and his wife cover their faces and cry bitterly, as if the huge stone pressing on them was lifted away at the moment their father (father-in-law) said these words.
"So, from now on, we will all work hard in the workshop and support our children to go to school. That's it."
After saying this, Fourth Uncle Tang stood up and walked outside.
The third brother and his wife, who had been crying for a while, and the eldest and second brother's couple, who were comforting two little girls who were crying too, calmed down for a while.
The eldest brother spoke up: "Yes, let's listen to Dad and make good money in the future to support the kids to go to school together."
Such things are happening in most homes in Tangjia Village today.
The village clan school will soon welcome the first batch of female students to the Tangjia Village School, in addition to Shen Nannan and the other two girls.
Of course, this is a later story, but first of all, Fourth Master Tang went straight to Third Master Tang's house and greeted him as soon as he entered the door: "Third brother, have you eaten?"
"After eating, Lao Si, come and sit down."
Mr. Tang Si sat down and said directly: "Many women in the village have donated vegetable seeds to the Jiu clan. I came to discuss with you whether we should also express our gratitude.
They said they would install running water for all of us, although Lao Shiyi said that the Jiuzu only needed us to pay for the cost of making plastic buckets and plastic water pipes, but we can't really let them work for our village for nothing."
"Yes, yes, it is right to express it, but how should we express it?"
"I was thinking that since they bought those wastelands, they will definitely need a lot of seeds next year. How about we, the many households in our village, give them some?"
Third Master Tang's eyes lit up, and he patted Fourth Master Tang on the shoulder: "Old Fourth, you are really smart. I've known you'd be a good person since you were a kid. This is a very thoughtful idea. Let's go talk to Old Eleven."
Therefore, on the second day, on the west side of the river, the nine tribes looked at the villagers across the river.
Between the two groups were bags of grain seeds.