The whole village is fleeing famine, fortunately I have a concubine system

Xiaomi held the bowl in both hands and blew on it before drinking it in small sips.

"Thank you, Grandma Qian. It's very sweet and delicious."

When Grandma Qian heard that Xiaomi liked it, she smiled happily.

"It's all right if you like it. It's all right if you like it. What are you doing here, dear?"

"Grandma Qian, is Uncle Yongye home? I want to ask him something."

"What a coincidence! Yongye is back today after worshipping his ancestors. He will be leaving soon. Wait for me. I will go and call him."

Before Grandma Qian called out, Qian Yongye walked out of the room.

"Brother Wang, dear. What do you want from me?"

"Hey, Chengzi is here too. Look at the look in my eyes, I didn't even notice it."

Wang Chengzi didn't take it seriously and just sat on the chair.

"Auntie, you have so much cuteness in your eyes that you can't even see me.

I followed you in. Hahahaha"

When Grandma Qian saw that Wang Chengzi didn't take it seriously, she also started laughing.

"Uncle Yongye, I want to ask which academy in the city you are enrolled in?"

"I studied at Yongzhang Academy in the south of the city. The principal was a Jinshi (a scholar who had studied imperial examinations) and later returned to his hometown to open Yongzhang Academy."

"Then do you know where there is a girls' school in the city?

Are there any people who want to study with a basic knowledge? Where can they go? "

Qian Yongye frowned slightly and said to Xiaomi, “As far as I know, there is no place for girls to go to school in the city.

If Goudan and his friends want to enroll in school, they can go to Wanzhang Private School in the south of the city.

The teacher there is a student of Liu Shanzhang, who is very good at learning and is also a juren, so he is more than qualified to teach them."

Xiaomi nodded: "Thank you, Uncle Yongye. I understand. Then we will go first."

Wang Chengzi nodded to Qian Yongye and walked out.

"Brother Chengzi, don't you regret it? You were the student that Master Zheng said was the best in academics."

Wang Chengzi paused for a moment, then immediately walked out.

A loud voice came from outside the door: "What's there to regret? I'm just a farmer digging for food in the fields."

Xiaomi looked at Wang Chengzi in confusion, as if there was something she didn't know.

But he hesitated for a moment and followed Wang Chengzi back to Wang's house.

Neither of them spoke on the way. Wang Zhuzi walked in silence holding Xiaomi.

After arriving home, Wang Zhuzi put Xiaomi down, rubbed Xiaomi's head and said, "My dear, play by yourself first. Dad is going to chop wood."

After saying that, he picked up the axe and repeated the movements in his hands again and again.

Xiaomi went to find Old Lady Wang, who was making cotton shoes for Xiaomi in the main room.

"Grandma, let's discuss something."

Xiaomi sat next to Old Lady Wang and diligently massaged her legs with her hands.

Old Lady Wang kept moving her hands: "What's the matter? Do you still need to discuss this with me? Isn't my sweet boy the most opinionated one?"

Xiaomi called out coquettishly: "Milk~"

Old Lady Wang was at a loss and put down the shoes in her hand.

Holding Xiaomi, he said, "Okay, okay, my sweetheart. Just tell me, I'll agree to anything."

"I want my brothers to go to a private school."

Zhao Lishui's hand was pricked by a needle, but she seemed not to feel the pain and just kept looking at Old Lady Wang.

"Why do you suddenly want them to go to school? Private schools are not affordable for ordinary people like us.

For an ordinary family to be able to support one person's education, it takes the whole family's efforts.

You have a big appetite. You want to provide for three people at once."

As Old Lady Wang spoke, she tapped Xiaomi's nose with her finger.

"But I have money. If one of my brothers passes the imperial examination, our family will make a profit."

Old Lady Wang laughed as she listened, as if she was amused by Xiaomi's naivety.

"My silly boy, do you know how long it takes to find a scholar?

That little bit of money you have is not enough!

If it were that easy, we would have had a scholar in our family long ago..."

Having said this, Old Lady Wang stopped.

"Anyway, you don't have enough money to study. Wait until you have more money."

"Grandma, would it be okay if we had silver?"

"Yes, grandma said so. As long as we have money, we can send all three of them to school."

As soon as Mrs. Wang finished her words, Xiaomi pulled her out the door.

"Grandma, you said it yourself, you can't go back on your word."

Then he took Old Lady Wang to see the soap he had hung aside.

"What the hell is this? Can it be used as silver?"

Xiaomi nodded: "Although this can't be used as silver, it can be sold for silver."

I saw Zhao Lishui and Zhang Xing'er also coming out.

"Mom, can you please go find a dirty piece of clothing? The dirtier the better."

Zhao Lishui heard this and said, "My dear, I have your brother Goudan's dirty clothes, and I haven't had time to wash them yet.

Wait, auntie will get it."

Zhao Lishui took out the dirty clothes and put them in the washing basin that Xiaomi had just prepared.

After wetting the clothes, I rubbed them a few times with soap.

I rubbed it with my hands and then rinsed it in water for a few times.

I looked at the stains on the clothes again and found that they had been washed clean.

Zhao Lishui said in amazement: "Look, it's really clean. It's gone after just a few rubs."

Old Mrs. Wang also took a closer look and found it was indeed very clean.

"Grandma, do you think this can be sold? It's almost the same as the bath beans used by wealthy families."

Zhang Xing'er was the first to react: "This is indeed useful and will definitely sell. I just don't know how to sell it."

Xiaomi told them how the soap was made.

After hearing this, several people couldn't believe it. They didn't expect that lard could be used to make cleaning products.

And the price is very reasonable, one bowl of lard can make several bars of soap.

Old Mrs. Wang looked at the soap, then looked at the people standing by who were looking at her expectantly.

"Since you can earn money, then they can go to school if they want.

But I have to say this first, if anyone doesn’t study hard, come back and farm.”

Zhao Lishui was so excited that she burst into tears and kept saying, "Thank you, mother. Thank you, mother.

I will make sure they study hard. If anyone doesn’t study hard, I will beat him to death.”

Zhang Xing'er also looked at Old Lady Wang with a happy face.

Although Old Lady Wang was stubborn, she still hoped that they would go to school. After all, who among the peasant families didn't want to have a top scholar to bring honor to the family?

Now that the issue of the money has been resolved, Old Lady Wang is just being harsh with her words.

When Xiaomi saw that Old Lady Wang agreed, she asked Wang Zhuzi to take her to the city.

Before leaving, he said to Old Lady Wang, "Grandma, we won't be back for lunch. You don't have to leave any food for us."

This time they also went there in the donkey cart of Patriarch Qian, and they also picked up Qian Yongye who was going to the academy.

Wang Zhuzi sat on the frame and drove the donkey cart, while Xiaomi and Qian Yongye sat behind.

On the way, Old Lady Wang was afraid that Xiaomi would be cold, so she asked Xiaomi to wear the deerskin hat she had just made.