Exiled, there is space, the mistress of the gate will raise her cubs

Chapter 70 Yuan Yulang wants to take a concubine, the village chief makes a difficult choice
How talented is Xiao Zhongran?Not quite.

At least it is still far behind Tang Zangyue at the same age, but it is better than ordinary children.

Because there is no medical basis, whenever Tang Zangyue mentions a certain medicinal material or case, Xiao Zhongran will ask for a long time.

He listened with gusto during class, and digested and consolidated after class, making Tang Zangyue's eyes frequently fall on the twin brother.

After a few days, seeing that the child was still very interested, he talked to Xiao Zhongran alone.

"But are you interested in medicine?"

Xiao Zhongran paused, then nodded cautiously, "Yes, grandma."

"Want to study medicine?"

"...Yes, grandma."

Tang Zangyue glanced at the child's face, which didn't open, but made a cautious expression.

It is really against the peace.

Tang Zangyue narrowed her eyes and said: "You have to think clearly, studying medicine is a lifetime. Not to mention the difficulties on this road, you have to be strong-willed and have the heart of a doctor and a parent."

"...Grandma, what is the heart of a doctor's parents?"

Tang Zangyue thought for a moment, gave an example, and said: "For example, when today's son asked to come to the door because of illness, you should save him or not."

Xiao Zhongran's small face was rarely wrinkled into a bun, obviously trapped by this problem.

Tang Zangyue stroked Xiao Zhongran's hair and said, "Don't worry, think slowly, and reply to grandma when you're done thinking about it."

Xiao Zhongran breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, grandma."

The most basic thing to study medicine is to be able to read and write, right?Even if Xiao Zhongran knows the pathology and the countermeasures and medication, illiteracy is still a big problem.

Therefore, after deciding to train Xiao Zhong, Tang Zangyue began to buy manuscripts at the bookstore in the town.The price of the original book is more than a star and a half. The general and extensive books are about one or two taels of silver, and the rare books are more than ten taels of silver. The manuscript greatly reduces the purchase cost.

The characters in this superficial era are all in traditional Chinese, which is quite easy to recognize. In order to ensure that each child has a copy and does not favor one over another, Tang Zang copied it by himself by lighting a lamp at night, and even commented on the sporadic typos in it.

Now the family is too busy, and there is not enough manpower, and everywhere is under the jurisdiction, otherwise she will work out printing plates with gold and carpenters, which will greatly reduce the cost of manuscripts in this era.However, it will deplete the interests of poor scholars who rely on copying books to make a living.

Some poor scholars are from poor families, and they need to save money when they go to Beijing to catch the exam. The family can only maintain daily food and private school. Copying books is one of the few ways to save money.If she spreads printing, I'm afraid she will block the way of poor scholars.

Moreover, for the convenience of printing, it can make money in the early stage, and it is widely known later, which saves labor costs, but for a country, it also loses the conditions for talent transfer.

Tang Zangyue frowned. The silence frequency of ancient talents was high, and it was more or less equal to education. If it is like the later generations, the cost of education is subsidized by the state, then the transfer of talents will increase, and it will be beneficial to the prosperity of the entire country.

However, these are not issues she should think about now.

I didn't buy too many manuscripts at once, but bought them every few days, but it was quite eye-catching for the book shop.

Facing the line of sight of the shopkeeper of the book shop, Tang Zangyue said frankly: "My brother likes books, and knowing a few more words will only benefit them."

The shopkeeper of the book store catered to him: "Yes, yes, if you know a few more words, you can find a job anywhere in the future."

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Before Xiao Zhongran gave the answer, the elder sister Zhang from the village head's family came to the door.

At the beginning, Sister Zhang was still cramped, wandering outside the courtyard, rehearsing how to talk to Tang Zangyue, but after being knocked out by the latter, her old face turned red.

She stayed at her brother-in-law's house for a few days. Sister Zhang wanted to cover up what happened to Yuan Lan'er. She thought things would go well when she returned home.

Unexpectedly, after inquiring about it, the business between the Xiao family and the Bai Dong family of the restaurant in the town was in decline, and even the brother-in-law, who had always been content with his beloved wife, wanted to take a concubine.

Zhang Xiaomei came to the door several times and cried, but every time the village chief remained silent and did not respond.

What will the village chief do?
I didn't live up to my belly, and only gave birth to a girl, Yuan Lan'er.My brother-in-law didn't think much of it all these years, and he still wanted to find a son-in-law for Lan'er, but who would have thought that such a scandal would happen and ruin his body.

If it were the village chief himself, he would have kicked out the mother and daughter who affected the lintel and reputation of the family long ago.Now Yuan Yulang still keeps the mother and daughter, and it is the utmost benevolence to give Zhang Xiaomei the position of the main house.

Could it be that the Yuan family is really forced to have no offspring?

Get annoyed, tell the matter, and their Zhang family will also suffer.

Therefore, the village chief couldn't protect little sister Zhang, and sister Zhang could only persuade sister-in-law to compromise.

But if he said he wasn't annoyed, the village head couldn't be less annoyed. After all, it was his own sister who was wronged, and his niece who was treated as an abandoned child.He just didn't have the right to stand up and condemn his brother-in-law.

The village chief didn't want the relationship to become too tense, so without the help of his brother-in-law, he went to Yuan's house with a basket of eggs.

Yuan Yulang looked at him with deep meaning in his eyes, "Uncle, let me tell you the truth, that old Mrs. Tang offended someone who shouldn't be offended, and I almost set up the Baidong's line for her... now Her business with Bai Dong’s family has failed, and I dare not even go to the door, just because I am afraid of harming Yuchi. I know that you have close contacts with her family. If you want to maintain the status quo as before, you have to cut off business with that old lady Otherwise, I really can’t guarantee it.”

Not only that, even his newly married concubine was stuffed.Although Lan'er was also unable to give birth, the Yuan family did not have any inheritance factors in it, after all, it was not him who was sorry for the Zhang family first.

The village chief's expression changed unpredictablely, and finally turned into silence, and he made a choice.

On the same day, he stuffed all the broken silver in Zhang Xiaomei's body, and told him: "In the future, if the Yuan family really can't survive, you go back to your mother's house. As long as I live for a day, there will be no shortage of food for you and Lan'er. Little sister... ...I am your elder brother, and I am also the head of Jiuli Village, there are some things I can't help myself."

Village head Zhang can clearly distinguish the pros and cons. Even if he cuts off the interests and ties with the Xiao family, his brother-in-law Yuan Yulang will not be able to give other villagers the same benefits.

What's more, Wang Xiao of the Wang family eats and takes food every day for six days, and has been talked about for a long time in Jiuli Village. Many villagers regret not asking the young man in the family to help Xiao's family.In fact, these people also thought about it later, and went to Xiao's house to find Tang Zangyue, but they were all rejected by the latter on the grounds that they didn't want people.

What Village Chief Zhang saw was that the future development of the Xiao family would drive the entire Jiuli Village.If he chooses his younger sister who has been married for many years and a brother-in-law who takes concubines, even if he is worthy of the family relationship between his younger sister and niece, he will be sorry to his ancestors in the future, let alone the villagers who have supported him as the village chief for many years.

Therefore, he gave up Xiaomei Zhang.

Zhang Xiaomei also seemed to know about her elder brother's decision, so she kept crying.

When sending off the village chief, Zhang Xiaomei was filled with the last sliver of hope, and said, "Brother, if... something happens to our mother and daughter, brother, will you accept us?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The village chief frowned and said, "What can happen to you and Lan'er? Although Yuan Yulang has taken a concubine, no one can shake your position as the first wife. If you are really worried, bring Lan'er Go and have a look. Even if Lan'er is in poor health and can't have children, you can work hard to give her a younger brother, so that she can rely on her when she gets old."

(End of this chapter)