Chapter 796: Town School Agreement [2]

Since the beginning of the year, as Jiang Xiaozhu grew older, her family began to discipline her.

Otherwise she would be too "Sister Xiaomi" or too "Second Uncle Qin", and her grandparents would not be able to explain to Old Scholar Jiang after they passed away.

"Yes, yes, Sister Xiaozhu must be gentle and virtuous, otherwise she will be punished again." Xiao Fubao also squatted beside her and reminded her: "Sister Xiaozhu has been punished so many times that her eyes are swollen from crying."

Jiang Xiaozhu glanced at him and said, "Fubao, if you love to tell the truth like this, you will be beaten."

Little Fubao shrank back: "I learned martial arts, so I'm not afraid."

His uncle Qiao, his second uncle, his third uncle, his grandfather Qin, and his sister Xiaomi all taught him martial arts. Even if he told the truth every day, he would not be beaten to death.

After the Dai family left, many other families came to give gifts. The Zhao, Jia, Weng, Shan and other families all gave gifts, all to thank the Qin family for taking them to see the Duke of Yan.

Especially Mr. Jia, who gave two land deeds.

"I heard that Taifeng Town is going to set up a town school, so it needs school land to maintain the expenses of the town school. These two farms, one in Baofu County and the other in Huangtao Town of Linshan County, the larger one is 100 acres and the smaller one is 40 acres. They are considered as donations from my Jia family to the town school. You can accept them and keep them for the town school, and don't donate them to the Wei army."

Mr. Jia had good intentions. He was afraid that the Qin family would give everything to Wei Jun, resulting in a lack of industry to support the town school, making it impossible for the school to continue operating.

"Thank you, Master Jia. I will accept the land deed." Grandpa Qin couldn't refuse. These two farms were perfect for school use.

"What are you thanking me for? Your family has helped my family so much, and our children get along so well. Naturally, I have to think more about your family." Mr. Jia smiled, exchanged some greetings and said goodbye.

After returning to the Lu Family Inn, Mr. Jia immediately sent someone to deliver a letter back to the Jia family to inform his family of the good news.

He also sent someone to inform Jia Xiang, asking him to make preparations first and pick him up when the large team passed by the city and go to the capital together.

In the next two days, the Qin family received another batch of thank-you gifts.

Grandpa Qin asked Zhu Xuewei to register it: "Don't confuse it with the supplies for the Wei army."

These things are used to run town schools and village martial arts halls.

Zhu Xuewei said: "Yes, I will remember and divide it well."

After hearing this, Second Uncle Qin and Qin Xiaomi didn't feel so much pain in their hearts... The uncle and nephew were really afraid that Grandpa Qin was too selfless and donated these gifts to the Wei army. Then the old man would use his own money to run the town school and the village martial arts hall, and then the whole family would have to dig wild grass to fill their stomachs!

Fortunately, the old man still had this family in his heart and did not let his family go from being rich to being extremely poor.

"What's wrong with you two? Are you sick? Or have you done something wrong?" Grandpa Qin knew why they were covering their hearts, but he asked deliberately.

The uncle and nephew didn't speak.

Grandpa Qin snorted but laughed in his heart. He took Miao Man and Miao Bo away to meet Old Student Pan. They went to Silifang together to discuss the matter of setting up a town school.

On the same day, Silifang sent people to notify the heads of each borough and village, asking them to come to Silifang the next day to discuss the matter of setting up a town school.

This matter involved every household in Taifeng Town, so there was no need for the Silifang to post notices. The villagers heard the news and were so excited that they couldn't sleep.

The next day, all the headmen of the villages and towns gathered at the Silifang to discuss whether to set up a town school.

The villagers were even more anxious than the head of the neighborhood and the village chief, and they rushed to the town before dawn.

By daybreak, the entire town was almost flooded with people.

Fatty Lu's face turned green, and he banged the gong again, clang clang clang, and shouted, "Fellow villagers, hurry home and don't block the town. It's useless for you to block here. After Mr. Qin discusses the results with the headmen of the neighborhood and the village heads, the clerk's office will inform the whole town!"

"The whole town will be informed. There's no need to wait here for news. Go home first!"

Lu Pangsan’s voice was almost hoarse from shouting.

However, it’s no use.

Everyone refused to leave, and instead caught up with him and asked, "San, what do you mean by whether it will be run or not? Isn't this town school definitely going to be run?!"

"Constable Lu, Brother Lu, please tell Mr. Qin and the clerk Guan that the town school must be established. If any village head says it won't be established, tell us and we will dig up his ancestral grave!"

"Yes, if he doesn't allow us to run a town school and cuts off our children's education, he is our enemy and his ancestral grave must be dug up!"

No, what if you accidentally dig up the ancestral grave of your village chief?

Dangdang Dangdang!

"Calm down, folks! Setting up a town school is not something that can be done with just a word. It requires money. If there is not enough money, then it cannot be done!"

Damn, when it comes to spending money, you stingy guys will immediately become scared.

However, Lu Pangsan made a mistake.

The villagers were silent for a moment, but soon they shouted again: "My family is willing to pay for the town to build a school!"

"My family is also willing to pay for it. This town school must be established!"

"After the town school is established, the children of families like us who paid for it will not have to pay tuition fees to study there? Will the town school provide meals? Will it provide jobs for students after they finish their studies?!"

Lu Pangsan wants to die.

He originally wanted to scare them away so that his throat could rest, but he didn't expect that not only did they not leave, they caused more problems.

Dangdang Dangdang!

"Go home, don't ask me, I don't know!" Fatty Lu said in a bad tone.

Fortunately, the clerk came and said, "Fellow villagers, the clerk knows that everyone is concerned about the town school, but people cannot stay in the town forever, so each family should leave a person who can make the decision and wait here. The clerk will inform everyone of the discussions from time to time. If you have any opinions or dissatisfaction, you can raise them!"

Lu Pangsan shouted this more than ten times before the villagers, under the scolding of their respective village chiefs, left the head of the household and the rest of them took the children home.

After two quarters of an hour, the number of people in the town was finally reduced by half.

The villagers who stayed behind found a place to squat and waited quietly for news...but they couldn't stay quiet for long and soon started talking to each other.

In short, it’s louder than a hundred thousand birds chirping.

At the time of Si, the families of Qin, Jiang, Xu and Qiao, the headmen of the neighborhood, the village heads, Mr. Pan, the steward Xue, Mr. Qu, Mr. Jia, Mr. Dai and others, as well as General Hua who helped maintain order, gathered in Silifang to discuss the matter of running a town school.

There's nothing much to discuss about this matter, it's mainly about money.

And because Grandpa Qin was given an official title, Taifeng Town attracted many wealthy masters who came to give gifts, including money.

"My Dai family is willing to donate two farms and a street-side shop in the capital city to support the establishment of a town school in Taifeng Town!" Master Dai was very wealthy and directly gave the land deeds and house deeds.

This, this, this?

The headmen and village chiefs of Taifeng Town were so excited that they almost fainted.

"What else can I say? Master Dai has provided funding, so the town school must be established!" Miao Lichang shouted, and even pretended to be grateful: "Old Master Qin, Secretary Guan, Master Dai is kind-hearted, and we cannot be ungrateful. We must do something for Master Dai and his people, such as..."

Unfortunately, he failed to flatter the person.

Master Dai laughed and said, "Hahaha, brother, don't worry. The clerk said that he would erect a monument of merit for the family that donated money, and would also accept the children of my Dai family to study in the town school."

Mr. Dai is not interested in the monument of merit, admission quota and the like; his main purpose is to support the Qin family.

However, Master Dai did not know that a famous teacher would soon move into the Taifeng Town School, and his family's admission quota would be the envy of all the masters.