Chapter 289 Qiao Ran’s suggestion

The originally silent valley was bustling with activity, breaking the previous tranquility.

However, no one dared to go to Qiao's house to eat food, because everyone knew that Qiao's food was much better than theirs, and Qiao's family would not eat other people's food like they did, so naturally they were embarrassed to go. The Qiao family is in vain.

Therefore, it was very busy outside, and there were only three people in the Qiao family's tent, the Qiao family and Mrs. Qin, mother and son.

However, it is not deserted when more than a dozen people eat together.

Farmers don't have the rule of "don't talk when eating and don't talk when sleeping" like the big families. They are usually busy, and they usually only get together to talk during meals. If they don't talk during meals, they will probably wait until they finish eating. Let's get together for a meeting after dinner?

During the meal, Qiao Ran suggested that after the Chinese New Year, she would send her fourth uncle to the academy to continue his studies.

Mrs. Qiao naturally hopes that her fourth child can continue to test talents, promote talents, and shine on the lintel of the family.

"It's just that we have just arrived here, and we haven't even set our footing yet. There are still many things to do! Will the people in the village have any objections to your fourth uncle going to school? Our family already has a large number of people. There are only three of you, the second uncle, the third uncle and the fourth uncle, as laborers. If there is one less, I am afraid that others will say that our family has no manpower."

Mrs. Qiao said worriedly.

It used to be okay in Qingshui Village, each family just took care of their own affairs, and the fourth child went to school, as long as the family didn't have any objections.

But now, they have just arrived at this settlement, and the village has not yet been built.

There is still a lot of work to do in the village, including digging isolation belts, burning wildfires, building houses, digging ditches, and reclaiming wasteland...

Every family must have strong labor force, otherwise they will be gossiped by the villagers.

Qiao Ran said: "Grandma, am I not a strong laborer? I am not only a strong laborer, but also the most important 'strategist' in the village! The village chief has delegated power to me. Wherever I point, the villagers will fight. , the whole village has to rely on my command, I am worth a hundred, who dares to say anything about our family?"

Mrs. Qiao was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "You, you! You are so immodest!"

But yes, along the way, everyone has seen that the ability of my eldest granddaughter is no exaggeration. Who else in the village can be as smart and capable as Ran Ran?

Qiao Ran added: "Besides, not only my fourth uncle, I also want Xiaodong, Xiaonan, and Xiaoxi to go to school. When I have time, I will go and inquire about where there is a school nearby and send them to the school." Study, if you want to take the imperial examination in the future, take the imperial examination, and if you don't want to take the imperial examination, just learn some literacy, writing and arithmetic, don't be a blind and illiterate, and farm the land in the village for the rest of your life."

Upon hearing this, Dong, Nan and Xi looked at the eldest sister with wide eyes.

"Sister...sister, can I not go? I am already so old, and I will be laughed at if I go to school when I am a teenager!"

Qiao Dong was a little shy. He was already twelve and a half years old, and he went to school for enlightenment with a group of other children. He was afraid of being laughed at.

Qiao Nan also said: "I..., I seem to be a little old, can you not go? Just let Xiaoxi go."

Qiao Xi had no excuse. He could only look at his eldest sister helplessly, hoping that she would not let him go to school.

He still likes to run up and down the village, climb trees to dig out bird's nests, go into the water to catch fish and snails, or go hunting in the mountains with his eldest and second brothers in the future.

Except for my fourth uncle and the original Wang Lusheng, no one else in the village had ever gone to school. This was how everyone lived!

When you grow up, you help your family farm, and then when you get older, you get married and have children. You farm to support your parents, wife, and children. Later, you watch your son marry, have children, and have children and grandchildren around your knees.

His ancestors had been here like this for generations, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Others apparently thought so too.

Mrs. Qiao opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but the fourth child was her son, Dong'er and the others were her grandchildren, and the palms and backs of her hands were all flesh, so she couldn't be partial.

Instead, Chen Huiniang said: "Ranran, your fourth uncle has gone to the academy. Xiaodong is a teenager and can still help the family with some work. He won't go to the academy. Just let Nan'er and Xi'er go. Bar?"

It's not that Chen Huiniang doesn't want her son to be successful, it's just that Qiao Dong will be thirteen after the Chinese New Year, and they can start talking about kissing in a few years. It's really too late to go to school at such an old age. If so, he would probably be in his twenties or thirties at the earliest. How could the family be able to support him for so many years?

Secondly, after her husband's accident, she was left as a widowed mother with three children in their big house.

In the past few years, Ranran was foolish and Dong'er and Bei'er were still young. She came from a womanly family and her brothers-in-law did all the hard work at home, so she always felt bad about it.

Now Ranran is no longer stupid, and Dong'er has grown up and can help with the work. If she lets him go to school, she is afraid that the other three families will have objections.

But just after she finished speaking, Qiao Laoer immediately said:

"Sister-in-law, Dong'er has always been smart and is easy to learn anything. Over the years, Lao Si and I have taught him some reading, so he is not completely unenlightened. If he goes to school, he will definitely catch up with his peers soon. Yes, let Dong'er go to school! Nan'er and Xi'er are stupid. It's a waste of money for them to go to school. Let them help with work at home!"

Chen Huiniang said quickly: "How can this be done? How can the eldest brother go to school and let the younger brothers work at home? Xiaodong is strong and can help more at home. Nan'er and Xi'er are still young, so they work hard A little bit, maybe he can be as promising as their fourth uncle."

"No, let Dong'er go..."

Qiao Ran looked at her mother and second uncle who were getting around, and stroked her forehead helplessly.

Even Qiao Sihai felt that he was an elder who went to school and left his nephews to work at home. He felt very sorry. He also said that he would let his nephews go to school while he worked at home or went to the city to find some work to earn money.

Qiao Ran interrupted them helplessly.

"Okay, no need to be humble. Let grandma decide!"

She turned her attention to the head of the family: "Grandma, do you think it would be good for Xiaodong and the others to go to school? As for Shu Xiu, you don't have to worry, our family is not short of money. Just because I saved Mr. Mo, He just paid me a few thousand taels of medical fees, and he could afford to send all the children in the family to school. As for the work at home, in the first year, everyone will not grow too much food, just enough to feed the family. In the past two years, we newly resettled refugees have been exempted from taxes. And if you have money, are you worried about not being able to buy food?"

Mrs. Qiao thought of the stack of banknotes that Ran Ran gave to her. Although she was illiterate, thinking about the wealth of a foreign minister, could she have less?

Those banknotes add up to at least several thousand taels, right?