The ancient farming life of liberal arts scum

Shen Hongfa came out soon, he was a little surprised to see Shen Ge, but he was still happy that his nephew recovered.

He asked Shen Ge: "Ge'er, what's the matter with you?"

"Yes." Shen Ge smiled, "Uncle, I'm sick this time, thanks to the help of my neighbors, next year I won't be off to take the Juren exam for the time being, I think it's better to run a private school at home and teach the children in our village .”

"You really want to do it?" Seeing that Shen Ge's expression did not seem to be fake, Shen Hongfa slapped his thigh, his face turned black and red with excitement, "This is a good thing! If you are willing to do it, the village will definitely support it!"

Over the years, he and the old people in the village have been planning to find a way for the dolls in the village to study. After Shen Ge is admitted as a scholar, the people with a little knowledge in the village will be more excited. If nothing else, just talk about Shen Ge. Silver, six taels a year, many people gather the strength of the whole family and work hard for a year, but they may not be able to save so much.

However, the people here are poor and remote, and I really can't find a master who is willing to come to the restaurant.

Shen Hongfa leaned forward and asked Shen Ge: "Ge'er, where do you want to teach?"

"It's in the ancestral hall, teach it for a while first, and if it doesn't work, then consider changing the place." Shen Ge has also considered this issue, and he pondered: "I plan to start elementary school first, teaching characters and arithmetic. In this way, even if the children don't Taking the imperial examination, you can also go to the county to see if you can be an accountant and make a living."

"The ancestral hall is not good, it's too dark, and I'm afraid it will hurt your eyes." Shen Hongfa waved his hands repeatedly, "Well, let's discuss it tomorrow at noon to see if another room can be set up as a school in the village."

"It's okay." Shen Ge thought for a while and felt that the ancestral hall was a bit dark. There were houses on both sides of it, no windows, only three small patios, and the light was not enough at all.If students read books inside for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be short-sighted.In this day and age, if you are nearsighted, there is no place to wear glasses.

Over there, Shen Ge's aunt made dinner and called his uncle and nephew to eat, but Shen Hongfa ignored her at all and called his family to eat first and leave him alone.

The eldest aunt curled her lips, she didn't have dinner after all, and asked her family to wait.

Shen Hongfa's three sons and two daughters-in-law all came back from the outside one after another. When they saw Shen Ge, they all smiled and greeted them, and said a few words of concern, and Shen Ge also returned their salutes one by one.

Shen Hongfa grabbed Shen Ge and asked: "Ge'er, tell uncle, how many students do you plan to accept, and how many students do you want?"

"There are hundreds of school-age children in our village. There are too many people and I can't handle it. It's best to accept students under [-]. As for Shuxiu—" Shen Ge continued: "Everyone just look at it and give it a try. Going to school is not easy, it doesn’t matter if you are able to give more, and if you are not able to give less. I have never run a private school, and the specific regulations have to be considered by the village.”

"Will this affect your own exam?"

"It doesn't matter, I won't leave next year, and the next exam will be four years later. I plan to teach the children in the morning, mainly at Chenshi and Sishi, and there will be no delay."

"Okay, just don't delay your affairs." Shen Hongfa nodded happily, "Well, let me tell some old people first, and we will discuss it tomorrow, Geer, come over for lunch tomorrow."

Shen Ge agreed that he would not disturb the uncle's family for dinner, so he went back when the matter was cleared up, just before it was completely dark, he hurried back to avoid stepping on snakes and insects, and being bitten would be wronged.

After Shen Ge woke up, his body recovered very well. After walking around like this, he felt refreshed after sweating a little.

When Shen Ge returned home, there was no moon in the sky, but the stars all over the sky had already come up, shining faintly.

Shen Ge was surprised to see someone waiting outside the door: "Barbarian?"

The boy squatting outside the door responded dully.

"Why are you here?"

"My mother asked me to come and accompany you."

Shen Ge opened the door, "Come in quickly, are there many mosquitoes outside?"

"not much."

Manzi answered a few words in a dull manner, and went in to help Shen Ge make the bed, getting ready for him to rest.

Manzi slept with Shen Ge for almost ten days, and Shen Ge was always sick, so he didn't dare to sleep in the same bed with him.A few days ago, he was laying a bed on the floor. Later, Shen Ge saw that this was not a problem, so he asked Manzi to move the bed, stool, and board to make a simple bed, and slept in the living room, separated from Shen Ge's room by a wall.

The main house of Shen Ge's house is a blue brick house. The neat blue bricks make it very transparent and cool. The floor is paved with stone slabs to prevent moisture, and the walls are plastered with white ash. The white walls and black tiles are not to mention how beautiful it is.Shen Ge's house was the first in the village. Even if Shen Yingwei's house was later built with blue bricks and tiles, it was not as good as Shen Ge's house. At least the floor could not be paved with bluestone slabs.

Everyone in the village said that even if Shen Ge didn't pass the exam as a scholar, just because of this house, any girl in eight villages from ten miles away would be willing to marry him.Thanks to the positive atmosphere in Shenjia Village, and Uncle Chen Ge is the village head, otherwise Shen Ge lost his father when he was young, and whether he can keep this house is another matter.

Shen Ge remembered that the family house was built.Everyone in the village said that Shen Ge's father, Shen Hongcun, was capable. When he was young, he went out to study and was appreciated by the nobles, so he earned such a large sum of money to build a house.

Shen Ge later heard from his father that the money for building the house was not earned by him outside at all, but brought by Shen Ge’s mother who hid it. It is said that Shen Ge’s mother hid more than 20 taels of gold, and most of the money for building the house later It was the sum left by Shen Ge's mother.

Shen Ge's mother always felt that if she bought a field, her children and grandchildren would not be able to live up to it, and it would be common to sell it again. But if a house is built, most people would not sell their ancestral house. At least they can save some for their children and grandchildren to make a comeback.

Shen Ge's father said later that his mother was fleeing famine and was afraid, so she wanted to make the place where she stayed strong and solid, fearing that future generations would be like her and not find a place to hide.

When Shen Ge retrieved this paragraph from his memory, he still remembered the expression of helplessness and nostalgia on his father's face. The relationship between the couple was really good. Shen Ge's mother died so early, and his father never married again.

Shen Ge's house is eye-catching, but it's not too exaggerated. Except for the living room, Shen Ge's house and Shen Ge's parents' house, other things such as the kitchen, shower room and the firewood room behind the house are made of mud. brick house.

The bottom of the mud-brick house here is more than one meter high, and stone feet are used to prevent heavy rain from soaking the mud bricks and causing the house to collapse.

These houses are quite solid, but the mud bricks used to build the houses are relatively complicated in composition. The main ingredients are yellow mud, plaster, straw and rice soup. After mixing these things, bricks cannot be made immediately, and it takes a while to retting.After the mud retting is completed, it is fully trampled and stirred, and then it is demolded with a mold, and the bricks are placed in the sun one by one to dry out.

After the bricks are dried, a similar amount of lime, clay and sand is mixed evenly with boiled glutinous rice juice to form a three-composite mortar as an adhesive, and the bricks are built layer by layer.This kind of mud brick house is built very quickly. After the materials are ready, skilled workers can build a small house in a day or two.

As a young man who grew up in the city, Shen Ge felt quite miraculous when he saw these houses for the first time. After observing them for a few days, he lost interest in these houses.Sometimes Shen Ge looked at the stone feet at the bottom of the mud-brick house, and he had to be thankful that there were not many snakes in this area, and there were fewer types of poisonous snakes, otherwise it would be troublesome for snakes to get in through the gaps.

Shen Ge himself is a little afraid of snakes, whether it was the first 17 years when he was not sure if it was him or now, he is afraid of that slippery and cold creature.However, few local people are afraid of snakes. Most men, women, and children are capable of catching and killing snakes. Snakes have always been a delicacy on the dining table, which is probably why there are not many snakes in this place.

Manzi gets up very early every day. From the time he gets up to the night, he has endless work to do. When Shen Ge wakes up, he has already left.

Contrary to him, Shen Ge is really not very hardworking. The previous Shen Ge was better, but now Shen Ge is always used to sleeping until he wakes up naturally. Fortunately, he is the only one at home, and he is taking care of his body, so no one talks about him.

Shen Ge told Aunt Niu when he was having breakfast that he would eat at his uncle's house at noon so that Aunt Niu would not have to deliver food to him.

After hearing the news that Shen Ge wanted to open a private school, Aunt Niu asked excitedly and nervously, "Mr. Xiucai, how much do you charge for opening a private school?"

"You don't have to force this, you can do more or less." Shen Ge explained: "The main reason is that I won't end next year, I will find something for myself to do, and I will give back to my neighbors."

"Oh, how old is your son, Mr. Xiucai? My fourth child is only nine years old, can he come to study?"

"Yes." Shen Ge smiled, "If it really works, you can ask him to come and study."

"Ah, then I'll go back and tell his father that I will let the fourth son study hard in the future, and my Lao Niu's family will also have a scholar." Aunt Niu happily wiped her hands with her apron, and walked back home in a hurry. went.

When Shen Ge arrived at his uncle Shen Hongfa's house at noon, all the old people in the village who could talk had arrived, and everyone was drinking sour and turbid local wine, discussing in full swing.

Seeing Shen Ge coming, these old people aged five to sixty and seven to eighty stood up and beckoned him to sit down, "Mr. Xiucai is here?"

"Here we come. Second Master, Third Master, Fifth Master, Eighth Master, Uncle, Third Uncle, sit down, sit down." Shen Ge hurriedly greeted people.

Several old men asked him to sit on the seat, but Shen Ge refused, and after a lot of tugging, the second master finally sat on the seat.

Although Shen Ge is said to be a scholar, but he is young and has little experience. It is okay to talk about book knowledge, but he is not so well-informed when it comes to people's sophistication.

At the table were mainly a few old people who were discussing. Everyone felt that the school had to be built again, and it had to be big and beautiful, so as not to lose the prestige of Shenjia Village.The money comes from the clan, and the clan fields have been cultivated for so many years, and these savings should also be taken out.

"In my opinion, the ethnology is built at the intersection of the three forks. There just happens to be a piece of land there, which is enough."

"The three-way intersection is a bit far away. There are many people coming and going in that place. I'm afraid it will hinder the children from studying. How about the land next to Shen Changshou's house? It's just in the village, and the children don't have to run every day." so far away."

"I think that the land next to Shen Changshou's house is good. Mr. Feng Shui said that noble people are needed to build a house there. Instead of giving it to a certain family, it is better to use it to build a school. Everyone will benefit."

After some discussion, everyone felt that the school should be built on the land next to Shen Changshou's house.The second master asked Shen Ge's opinion, and Shen Ge naturally had no opinion. Shen Changshou's house was also close to his house, and he could get there in two to three minutes on foot. It was much more convenient for him to have the school building there.

After deciding on the address, the old people discussed going to see the almanac and when to start work.

Shen Ge talked about his teaching time, mainly at Chenshi and Sishi in the morning, and not in the afternoon.The time is not necessarily exact, just about that time.Shu Xiu is not unified, everyone can just give some as they see. He does not teach children for money, nor does he teach too advanced things, mainly to let children learn to read and count.

The old people smiled and nodded in agreement, and if Shen Ge received too little property, the clan could look at it and give him some subsidies.

The author has something to say: "A similar amount of lime, clay, and sand is mixed evenly with boiled glutinous rice juice to form a three-component mortar as a binder." This sentence is used from the Internet.

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