klisemfg Chapter 223: Excess
Chapter 223: Excess
Shen Songzhu said: "Is it useful? Ever since his family school has been going from bad to worse, he has been complaining all the time.
If we go to him to argue with him, we might end up hearing something else from him.
And if he throws the clan school back, what will you do?"
"Me? Shouldn't the clan be responsible for what happens?
No, we shouldn't accept this clan school anymore." Shen Lingzhu almost fell into the trap of his words.
"Xiao Zhuzi, go and boil the medicine." Shen Miaozhu didn't want her to leave it alone. Several grandfathers in the clan had long wanted their family to take back the clan school.
"Right away." Shen Lingzhu also knew that people like Xia Tongsheng were like this. When you are not as good as him, he will try his best to take advantage of you.
But as long as my uncle was still an official, he would at most just gossip about me. Even though I had just cursed him in person, he didn't dare to do anything.
After she took the medicine and went to the kitchen, Shen Shijiu in the room said, "When I get back, I'll use the excuse that your uncle is recovering from his injuries and stop him from teaching in the village.
By then, there will only be one scholar named Zhao left in the clan school, and most of them will gradually leave."
"There's no need to do this, Aunt Nineteen. Mr. Xia enjoys teaching." Shen Miaozhu thought it was unnecessary.
When Shen Songzhu also tried to persuade him, Shen Shijiu said, "My husband is not happy in the clan school now. I plan to let him teach in the private school in the county.
After I buy a house, I can do some embroidery myself."
She had previously helped her fifth brother sell blueprints for bellows rocking chairs and saved a lot of money.
However, just as she finished speaking, she heard Xiao Zhuzi's voice calling "Grandma" in the yard, and she immediately told her nephews and nieces not to mention this matter in front of the old lady.
Shen Miaozhu naturally would not meddle in other people's business. She waited until the senior brothers invited to Qixing Temple came for consultation and Mr. Xia woke up before she left with her junior sister.
On the way, Shen Lingzhu noticed that her senior sister looked very serious. She asked, "Did you find any other problems with Mr. Xia?"
"No." Shen Miaozhu was thinking about other things.
Shen Lingzhu held her arm and said, "But your expression makes me very worried."
Shen Miaozhu patted her hands and said, "I was thinking, after Aunt Nineteen moved to the county town, the girls in the clan had no education to attend, and no one taught them embroidery or weaving."
"So, you want to buy Huizuxue again?" Shen Lingzhu couldn't help but stop walking.
Shen Miaozhu also stopped and said: "No, many boys in the clan school don't know how to cherish it. Last year I came to see them in class, and there were only a few who played well with Xiaoshan who were studying seriously.
Now that the Shen family has reopened the clan school, they still can't learn to cherish.
No matter how much we earn, we will be dragged in by them.
Let’s wait a few years until uncle comes back to make the decision.”
"That makes sense. Let the younger members of the clan know that studying is not easy.
Last time, a cousin told me that there are many difficulties in studying in Shenquanji.
So you plan to open a school only for girls, or rather, organize the girls in your tribe to do embroidery and sell it in a shop?" Shen Lingzhu guessed a little.
Shen Miaozhu motioned her to continue walking: "It's impossible to open a shop. I can weave a little, but I don't have the talent for embroidery.
We can let them continue to work together at Grandma's house, with the older ones helping the younger ones study, and then take the finished products to the capital to sell. Of course, we won't force them to do so; it's up to them to do it voluntarily."
Shen Lingzhu completely agreed: "I think we can make backpacks and sell them well in the capital."
Shen Miaozhu smiled and said, "There are a lot of choices. I'll take my mother to the capital for a follow-up consultation. I can take their finished products to visit more embroidery shops."
After returning home and reporting Mr. Xia's situation, the two men mentioned the girls' work.
“After we found a store that was willing to accept the goods, we paid the girls the money on the spot and told their mothers that the price would be different each time.
In the past, Nineteen took her embroidery work to the county town to sell, but the shops later undercut her prices, and some in the clan accused her of embezzlement, which was truly unfair. The family was currently profitable, and while Mrs. Hu didn't want her two children to take on too much work, she believed their kindness should be protected.
Huang Ruyue said, "It's not necessary for everyone to work at Songge's house.
I know you want the sisters to have the opportunity to learn to read, but whether those who already know how to read and write are willing to teach others like Nineteen is still unknown."
After a pause, she continued, "Their future should be the responsibility of their parents, not you.
As for letting girls go to school, we can only have this opportunity if our family continues to provide for them, just like before.
But given the current situation, the family has no money to help them. "My uncle wants to be an honest and capable official, so he will have many expenses in the future.
The sister-in-law couldn't explain these things to her two daughters, so she had to say them herself.
Seeing that her senior sister seemed to be lost in thought, Shen Lingzhu took over the conversation: "Mother, we are overthinking it. I think Nineteenth Aunt is unable to gather enough people, so she wants to go to the county town.
In this way, the idea of getting together to study can be temporarily put aside, but the task of collecting embroidery work can be done.
And we don’t just accept girls, we also accept aunts and uncles.”
This is all she can do at the moment. Only when the girls have an income will their status in the family be higher.
"But what if someone still says that we are corrupt?" Shen Lingzhu now feels that it is entirely possible.
People are never satisfied. Nineteenth Aunt teaches the female workers with all her heart and soul, and she is praised by others. The same is true for my family.
"Then I won't accept her." Mrs. Hu took the opportunity to say, "Wait until Nineteen stops teaching and stops trying to help them sell their embroidery work, then you can decide whether to accept her.
Instead of wasting your energy on thankless tasks, you might as well find a way to sell the things you make in the woodworking shed."
"What's going on in the shed?" Shen Miaozhu's attention has been on the watermelon field these days.
Hu said: “Boxes, chairs and the like.
These things take up money and sell slowly, so we can’t continue doing this.”
Shen Miaozhu said, "Rocking chairs are in season right now, don't worry, Auntie."
“But we sold a lot of blueprints around last year, how many more rocking chairs can we sell this year?
In Shun County, those who have the spare money and are willing to buy it will certainly not have too many bellows.
Miaozhu, do you think it's still necessary to continue the carpentry work?" Mrs. Hu looked at the growing pile of wooden objects, and she felt anxious.
Shen Lingzhu frowned. Was his own carpentry workshop also overcapacity? "Second sister, are we going to finish?"
"I'll go to the foot of the mountain this afternoon and see what my aunt and uncle said in the letter." Making the bellows was originally a transitional period last year. The cradle added this year has not yet taken effect. Shen Miaozhu cannot be arbitrary. She needs to go to the provincial capital to see the prospects before making adjustments.
When Mrs. Hu thought of her husband, a smile appeared on her face again, "They have settled in and asked the Post Office to send an express letter.
Also, tell your father not to waste time going to Wumeng. He has enough people around him."
"Do you want to give uncle some more money? There are seven of them in the group, and their daily expenses will not be small." Shen Miaozhu spoke again.
Mrs. Hu hesitated: "Is it too much? If it's too little, it's not worth asking Minxin or the escort agency to deliver it."
Shen Miaozhu said: "Then let's wait a while before sending it. At least we can save some after the watermelons are sold."
"Hey, I wonder if all the goods were sold in the two trucks that Dad and Big Brother brought to the county town." Whenever Shen Lingzhu wanted to communicate with each other, he felt that the county town was too far away.