The koi wife dressed as the male protagonist of the imperial examination

Chapter 176
Hearing Sanlang's words, old man Li was startled and almost jumped up.

"Old man, let me tell you, you can't do such a wicked thing."

Li Xiuping frowned, and still explained seriously: "Father, you have to trust your son."

Unable to bear it, he said one more sentence: "I won't do such a thing."

However, Li Xiuping still thought a lot, thinking of the hardships and luck of studying all the way from his enlightenment to the present.

Except for his wife who is his lucky star, the first person he wants to thank is the old scholar in the village.

After winning the exam, Li Xiuping also brought a generous gift to visit the old scholar.

His enlightenment teacher was old, his hair was gray and his eyes were even a little dizzy. The husband told him that the school in the village might not be able to run when he was old.

In addition to poor eyesight and bad ears, I can no longer teach more young children to read.

"Most of the villages are just ordinary peasant households, who can only depend on the sky to eat, and after a year of hard work, after paying taxes, there is only enough food and drink for the whole family.

Where is there any spare money to send children to study, I have run a school here for more than ten years, and I dare not say how many good students I have taught, at least I have a clear conscience.

Saburo, because of your passing, more people in the village see the hope of studying.

If it's possible, it's possible, I hope—"

The old scholar didn't say any more about the latter words.

He too felt ashamed and unlikely.

Even though the life of Li's family is much better now, Li Sanlang will go to the capital to take part in the examination after being passed the exam, so he doesn't know how much it will cost to get in.

Where there is room to do other things, thinking of this, the old scholar can only sigh.

Then, he lowered his head heavily.

At that time, Li Xiuping didn't say anything, it's hard for him to promise anything about the unknown.

But he remembered that when he was young, he was caught peeking outside the school by the old scholar.

The gentleman didn't drive him away, then he squatted down and touched his head.

Very kindly asked: "Do you want to study?"

"think."

"Then why don't you come to the school to study?"

"There are several brothers in my family, and my parents said they have no money to study."

In the end, Mr. Don't Shuxiu accepted him and hand-copied two books and gave it to him, thus starting Li Sanlang's path to study...

Hongqiao Village is a village with mixed surnames, there are more than ten households with other surnames, like Lao Fang's family.

It is the people surnamed Li who really play the most important role. Even the village chief is a cousin of the old man Li.

Li Xiuping felt that he should do something, not only to honor his ancestors to benefit his family, but also to make life a little easier for the villagers.

But this matter, he planned to let his father do it.

It is also for the villagers to see, no matter whether they have moved to the county or not, their old Li family is still from Hongqiao Village;

No matter what happens to Li Sanlang in the future, his father is still in charge of the Li family.

Previously, the head of the family was old man Li. Although he only worked silently every day, the family mainly relied on him.

But later, Li Sanlang was selected as a scholar, and went to study in a government school and won the exam;

Li Dalang and Li Erlang set up a shop together in the county town, and the business is booming every day.

With such three capable sons, the villagers on the one hand envy old man Li but on the other hand despise him a bit.

It is a good thing that the son is capable, but old man Li is not yet sixty years old, he is strong and capable, but people outside only see Saburo from the Li family.

Ever since the news of the Zhongju came out, Li Xiuping could tell that on the one hand his father was proud but deep down he was still somewhat disappointed.

So at that time, Li Xiuping began to plan to do some practical things for the clansmen.

And in his father's name, it's to make face for Old Man Li.

When the patriarch told old man Li about this matter, he actually already had a plan in mind, and Saburo had explained it to him in detail before leaving.

Looking at the patriarch who entertained him so kindly at this moment, old man Li also suddenly understood his son's intentions, and was a little teary.

However, he held back.

Even when Li Sanlang was elected, the patriarch was not willing to make tea for old man Li. Everyone in the village knew that the pot of tea in Li patriarch's house was only invited to make by the family when there were distinguished guests from the county.

Now, thanks to his son, old man Li can also enjoy this treatment.

After drinking a few sips of tea, Patriarch Li told Old Man Li of his intentions, since the [-] mu of land under Saburo's name can be exempted from tax.

According to the usual practice, in addition to people from their own clans and villages, some squires would also surrender.

That is, they put the land under the name of Li Sanlang, and half of the saved rent will be handed over to the master Juren as their sincerity.

"Now that Sanlang has gone to Beijing, he needs money for everything, and if he passes the exam in the future, he will need to spend more to stay outside. So, brother, I think it is better for Sanlang to accept the surrender of those gentry."

Old man Li is an honest person, since the patriarch warmly entertained him, he has nothing to hide.

Without even evasiveness, he directly stated Li Sanlang's arrangement:
"Brother, do you think this is going to work? If someone surrenders and entrusts the land, they will have to pay rent. It doesn't take half of it, just give us [-] percent."

But, the [-]% is not needed by Saburo in our family, it is counted as the common use of the clan.

The old scholar in the school in the village is old and no longer plans to accept students, which is not good for the children.

Let's use this money to invite the two gentlemen to come back, not only if there are children in the village who want to come to study, they can study here.

We don’t need to be handed over to repair, we have to figure out how to do things like pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and treat it as a gift from Saburo to the children of the clan. "

As soon as these words came out, the person with red eyes became the head of the Li clan.

After a while, he scolded old man Li: "You are a bad old man, but you have raised a good son.

But have you ever thought about it, one year or two is nothing, but ten years or eight years?
This is a lot of money, your family really want to take it all out? "

It's impossible to say that old man Li doesn't feel sad, but he is also a person who knows what to do.

And with the old brother of the patriarch for decades, there is no need to say those beautiful words.

When his face collapsed, old man Li frowned tightly.

"Heartache, how can I not be heartbroken? I can't sleep at night because of my heartache.

But Saburo is right, my family may not be short of this money now, at least we have food and clothing.

There are still many people in the clan who are having a hard time, and he also hopes that there will be children from the Li clan who are well-known in education, and maybe they can help him in his official career.

Thinking about it this way, I don't feel sad anymore, the most important thing is that Saburo is successful. "

This is the truth of the old guy, the patriarch smiled, and originally planned to discuss the specific operation process of this matter with old man Li in detail.

Old man Li waved his hand and said directly: "I don't understand this, brother, you can figure it out."

(End of this chapter)