The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 531 Sir is here
After New Year’s Eve, the days pass by so quickly.

On the first day of the New Year, people visit relatives in the village, and on the second day, the daughters-in-law go back to their parents' homes. Song's Li Jihe also takes Shi Liu and Li Rongzhang to Huanghuagou to wish old man Song a happy new year.

On the third day of the New Year, Tian Li and He Li brought their family to pay New Year's greetings to Old Man Li and Li Yishan. At noon, everyone had a lively dinner at Li Yishan's house, and in the evening they had dinner at Shi Liu's house. After the dinner, the two families naturally stayed overnight and left after breakfast the next morning.

On the fourth day of the New Year, Shi Liu went to the city to pay New Year's greetings to his adoptive father and mother. After staying at Ding's house for one night, he rushed back to the village early on the fifth day.

On the sixth day of the New Year, I didn't go anywhere. I saw off Fan Jin who was leaving for the provincial capital early in the morning. Then I waited in Dafengji, met the two hired gentlemen, and went back to Xiahe Village together.

Old Chen, along with Old Yang and other diligent old ladies and young girls, cleaned up the entire school at the foot of Nanshan Mountain yesterday, especially decorating the room where the teacher lived and making the bed.

It was still very cold that day, so the bedding had to be thick. It was agreed that Shi Liu would be responsible for the master's monthly salary and all his food and clothing. The bedding was also specially made by Shi Liu. She also prepared four sets of clothes and shoes, as well as all the toiletries, including pens, ink, paper and inkstone. It could be said that the master could come empty-handed.

Of course, the two gentlemen did not come empty-handed, they brought luggage with them. However, when they arrived at the school building and saw how carefully and properly prepared it was, they couldn't help but feel warmed and felt deeply valued.

Especially the younger Mr. Tong, his family was poor, his brother and sister-in-law saved money to send him to school, but after he passed the examination for a student, he took the imperial examination twice before he passed the examination for a scholar, even though he copied books while studying to make ends meet. It still cost a lot of money, and he even borrowed money, his brother and sister-in-law suffered a lot to support him, his sister-in-law finally got pregnant, but because of the fatigue during pregnancy, the baby was sick and had to take medicine, which cost a lot of money.

He felt quite guilty towards his brother and sister-in-law, therefore, after passing the imperial examination last autumn, he thought that he would not rush into taking the exam again. He wanted to find a job as a teacher, earn some money to support his brother and sister-in-law, and buy medicine for his nephew. He would then take the exam when his family was better off.

He is still young, and his ambition is not limited by age, even if he is sixty years old? As long as he has this perseverance, he will definitely pass the imperial examination in the future.

Ever since the results of the college entrance examination came out last year, he had been looking for advice in several schools in the capital. Either the teachers were enough, or there were too many chores in the school, and he had to teach and review on his own at the same time, and he was simply too busy to handle it.

He also went to some wealthy families to ask if they needed a teacher, but those families thought that his ranking in the college entrance examination was too low and he had no teaching experience. They wanted to hire better teachers for their children, so they politely rejected him.

It was also good luck that at this time, the nephew of Uncle Wang who lived next door to their family worked as a clerk in the Liu family shop. Somehow he heard that the eldest son of their family was looking for a teacher, so he plucked up the courage to go to the door and recommend himself.

He originally thought that the Liu family might not choose him when hiring a teacher for their child, but he just wanted to give it a try. Unexpectedly, after meeting him once, the eldest son of the Liu family asked him to go back and wait for news. He thought that he must have sent someone to inquire about him. After a few days, he was invited to come again and said that he wanted to hire him.

He was overjoyed at that time, and felt that things had finally turned around.

But Young Master Liu said that it was not their family that hired the teacher, but the village school of Xiahe Village under the jurisdiction of Luoshui County.

Of course he knew about Xiahe Village. I'm afraid the whole world knew about it. Even if Xiahe Village didn't know about it, the world's number one village would definitely know about it.

It turned out that the village school was hiring a teacher, so he was willing to teach the children in the village. He felt that he should be able to do it well and would not interfere with his studies, so he immediately agreed. At that time, he did not even ask about the salary. After agreeing, he found out that it was Miss Pomegranate who hired him. Not only was he paid three taels of silver a month, but also all his food and clothing were covered.

He thought it was a great idea at the time, so when he came to Xiahe Village, he would keep some of his monthly salary to buy paper and ink, and send the rest back home to his brother and sister-in-law.

But now that he had all the pens, ink, paper and inkstone ready, he really didn't need to keep any money and could send it all back home.

Mr. Tong was also very moved, and he made up his mind to teach the children of Xiahe Village well and live up to the intention of hiring him.

The other elderly man, Mr. Fu, is almost fifty years old. He has a goatee and a face full of wrinkles, but his eyes are bright and he looks like a wise old man.

Shi Liu already knew the details of these two gentlemen; Liu Wu had explained it to her in detail.

Mr. Fu was a scholar in Ruikang in the eighth year. After passing the examination, he failed in the imperial examinations many times. Later, when he was over 35, he stopped taking the examinations. He only wanted to teach his son and let his son take the examination. His son has now passed the examination and is only in his twenties. He is still young and is studying in the provincial school.

In order to support his son's schooling, Mr. Fu retired and opened his own school. Unfortunately, he was very eager to recruit talented people. If he saw a promising student, he would send him to study. If he didn't have money to pay tuition, he would not accept it. He would just accept some rice as a token of his willingness. If there was even some rice that could not be paid, he would not accept it and would even provide them with food... The little rice that the scholar received every month was not enough for him to support them.

As for the parents of the students, most of them thanked him, but there were also many opportunists who wanted to take advantage of him...

As a result, the school went bankrupt at the beginning of last year. Mr. Fu had spent all the family savings and could no longer sustain the business. He had no choice but to announce the closure of the school, for which he was criticized by many people.

Mr. Fu and his family could no longer stay in the village. Mr. Fu himself felt guilty towards the students he had recruited as he could not continue to teach them from beginning to end, so he took his wife to the city to be closer to his son.

But his son’s family of three also lived in a small rented courtyard, and it was really crowded when the old couple went there.

So Mr. Fu thought he should find a job. Fortunately, he met Mr. Liu Jiapin as soon as he started looking.

When Mr. Fu heard that the program would involve teaching children from the village, he was very happy to do so. Moreover, the program also provided food and accommodation. When he asked if he could bring his wife along, Mr. Fu nodded immediately.

When he arrived, he saw that the house was decorated neatly. Miss Pomegranate not only prepared four sets of clothes for him, but also two sets for his wife. Mr. Fu was a sentimental man and was very grateful.

In a moment of excitement, he said to Shi Liu: "Are all the children here? I will start teaching now!"

Mr. Tong, who was standing by, was startled. He felt that he couldn't fall behind, so he nodded and agreed, "I'll teach right away, too!"