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
Chapter 70 Yuan Yulang wants to take a concubine, the village chief makes a difficult choice
Chapter 70 Yuan Yulang wants to take a concubine, the village chief makes a difficult decision
Author: Yiyizhou
Chapter 70 Yuan Yulang wants to take a concubine, the village chief makes a difficult decision
How talented is Xiao Zhongran? Not necessarily.
At least it's still far behind Tang Zangyue at the same age, but it's still better than ordinary children.
Because he had no medical foundation, whenever Tang Zangyue mentioned a certain medicinal material or case, Xiao Zhongran would ask questions for a long time.
He listened with great interest during class, and digested and consolidated it after class. Tang Zangyue's eyes frequently fell on this twin brother.
A few days later, seeing that the child was still very interested, he talked to Xiao Zhongran alone.
"But are you interested in medicine?"
Xiao Zhongran paused and nodded cautiously, "Yes, grandma."
"Want to study medicine?"
"...Yes, grandma."
Tang Zangyue glanced at the child, whose face didn't even open, but had a cautious expression.
Really inconsistent.
Tang Zangyue converged her gaze and said: "You have to think clearly. Studying medicine is a lifelong matter. Not only is this road full of difficulties, but you also need to be strong-willed and have the heart of a doctor."
"...Grandma, what is the parent-like heart of a doctor?"
Tang Zangyue thought for a moment, gave an example, and said: "For example, if today I come to see you for illness, will you save me or not?"
Xiao Zhongran's little face wrinkled into a bun, obviously trapped by this problem.
Tang Zangyue touched Xiao Zhongran's hair and said: "Don't be in a hurry, think about it slowly, and then reply to grandma after you think about it."
Xiao Zhongran breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, grandma."
The most basic thing to study medicine is to be literate, right? Even if Xiao Zhongran knows the pathology, the measures to deal with it, and the medication, not being literate is still a big problem.
Therefore, after deciding to train Xiao Zhong, Tang Zangyue began to buy manuscripts from bookstores in the town. The price of the original books was more than one and a half cents. Ordinary and extensive books cost about one or two taels of silver, and those rare copies cost more than ten taels of silver.
Codex greatly reduces the cost of purchase.
The texts in this fictional era were all in traditional Chinese, which was easy to read. In order to ensure that every child had a copy of the book and not favor one over the other, Tang Zangyue stayed up at night and copied it by himself, even annotating the sporadic typos in it.
The family is too busy now, and there is not enough manpower, and everything is under control. Otherwise, she and Jin Carpenter will work out a printing plate, which will greatly reduce the cost of manuscripts in this era. However, it will consume the interests of the poor scholars who make a living by copying books.
Some poor scholars are from poor families, and they need to save money to go to Beijing to take exams. Their families can only maintain daily food and study in private schools. Copying books is one of the few ways to save money. If she spreads printing, she is afraid that it will block the poor.
The way of the scholar.
Moreover, for the convenience of printing, it can make money in the early stage. Later, it will become widely known and save labor costs, but for a country, it also loses the conditions for talent transportation.
Tang Zangyue frowned. In ancient times, the frequency of silence among talents was high, which was more or less equal to education. If, like in later generations, education costs were subsidized by the state, then the supply of talents would increase, which would be beneficial to the prosperity of the entire country.
However, these are not the questions she should think about now.
I didn’t buy too many manuscripts at once, but spread them out over several days, but for a bookstore, they were quite eye-catching.
Faced with the gaze of the shopkeeper, Tang Zangyue said frankly: "My brothers at home like books, so knowing a few more words will only be good for them."
The shopkeeper then responded: "Yes, yes, if you learn a few more words, you can find any job in the future."
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Before Xiao Zhongran could give an answer, Sister Zhang from the village chief's family came to the door.
At the beginning, Sister Zhang was still embarrassed, wandering outside the courtyard gate, rehearsing how to talk to Tang Zangyue. After being interrupted by the latter, her old face turned red.
Sister Zhang stayed at her brother-in-law's house for a few days in order to cover up what happened to Yuan Laner. She originally thought that things would go smoothly when she returned home.
Unexpectedly, when I inquired about it, I found that business between the Xiao family and Bai Dong's family, a restaurant in the town, was in decline. Even the brother-in-law, who had always been peaceful and devoted to his wife, was making trouble to take a concubine.
Zhang Xiaomei came to the door and cried several times, but every time the village chief remained silent and did not respond.
What should the village chief do?
I couldn't live up to my expectations and only gave birth to a girl, Yuan Lan'er. My brother-in-law had not been dissatisfied all these years and was still thinking of recruiting a son-in-law for Lan'er. Who would have thought that such a scandal would ruin her body.
If it were the village chief himself, he would have driven the mother and daughter out of the house, who had affected the family's reputation. Now Yuan Yulang still keeps the mother and daughter, and gives Zhang Xiaomei the position of the first wife, which is the most benevolent and righteous act.
Is it possible that the Yuan family is really forced to have no descendants?
If you get angry and tell the truth, the Zhang family will also suffer.
Therefore, the village chief could not protect Zhang Xiaomei, and Sister Zhang could only persuade her sister-in-law to compromise.
But to say that he is not angry, it is impossible for the village chief not to be angry. After all, it is his own sister who is wronged, and his niece who is treated as an abandoned son. He is just not qualified to stand up and denounce his brother-in-law.
The village chief didn't want the relationship to get too tense, so without the help of his brother-in-law, he specially carried a basket of eggs to Yuan's house.
Yuan Yulang looked at him with deep meaning in his eyes, "Brother, let me tell you the truth, Mrs. Tang offended someone she shouldn't have offended, and I was almost on the hook for Bai Dong's family for her... Now...
Her business with Bai Dong's family has gone bad. I dare not even come to the door because I am afraid of damaging Yuchi. I know that you have close contacts with her family. If you still want to maintain the status quo, you have to cut off the 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 unable to give birth, there was no inheritance factor in the Yuan family. After all, it was not him who felt sorry for the Zhang family first.
The village chief's face changed unpredictably, and finally turned silent, and made a choice.
That day, he stuffed Zhang Xiaomei with all the broken silver he had in his pocket and warned: "If the Yuan family really can't survive in the future, you can go back to your parents' home. As long as I am alive for one day, I will not lack a meal for you and Lan'er. Xiaomei...
…I am your brother and the head of Jiuli Village, so there are things I cannot control myself.”
Village Chief Zhang clearly distinguishes the pros and cons. Even if he cuts off his interests and ties with the Xiao family, his brother-in-law Yuan Yulang cannot provide the same benefits to other villagers.
What's more, Wang Xiaoliu of the Wang family eats and drinks every day and has been talked about for a long time in Jiuli Village. Many villagers regretted not asking the strongest members of the family to go to the Xiao family to help. In fact, these people also thought about it later and went to the Xiao family to find it.
Tang Zangyue was rejected by the latter on the grounds that he did not want the person.
What Village Chief Zhang sees is that the future development of the Xiao family will bring about the entire Jiuli Village. If he chooses his younger sister who has been married for many years and his concubine-in-law, even if he is worthy of the family relationship between his younger sister and niece, he will be sorry for his ancestors in the future.
Liezong is even more sorry for the villagers' support for him as the village head for many years.
Therefore, he abandoned Zhang Xiaomei.
Zhang Xiaomei seemed to know her elder brother's decision and kept crying.
When sending the village chief off, Zhang Xiaomei was full of her last hope and said: "Brother, if... something happens to our mother and daughter, 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 head wife. If you are really worried, take Lan'er with you
Go and have a look. Even if Lan'er is in poor health and can't have children, you can still work hard to give her a brother so that she can have someone to rely on when she gets old."