Grandfather's house is actually equivalent to two rooms, a bit like one bedroom and one living room.
In the front is the front hall, which has a tea seat, tables and chairs, where grandpa usually entertains guests when important guests come.
There is a small door ahead, which is equivalent to his grandparents' bedroom.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, I heard that you are looking for your grandson." Ling Yun stood in front of the door with his head exposed and smiled.
"Hey, my sweet grandson is here, come in quickly."
After receiving permission, Ling Yun stepped forward and walked a few steps to Ling Dashan.
"My dear grandson, I just heard that you wanted to study, right?" Ling Dashan picked up Ling Yun and went straight to the point.
"If grandpa wants his grandson to read, he will go."
"My dear grandson, it's good to study or study."
Looking at five-year-old Ling Yun, with his small arms and legs, he may not be able to do heavy work in the future.
If you can read a little, you can work as a housekeeper in a wealthy family, or as a bookkeeper in a tavern. No matter how bad you are, you can still find a job to make a living.
In this way, after listening to Ling Dashan talking endlessly, he finally reluctantly agreed to let him go to the Li family in the north of the village for enlightenment.
As for the future, whether to continue or not, I did not elaborate.
The news was announced by Ling Dashan in front of the whole family during dinner.
"Let me tell you one thing next."
Ling Dashan coughed and moistened his mouth, while everyone sat quietly.
"Silang is already five years old this year, and it's time for him to find something to do. However, considering that Shiro is weak and not suitable for manual labor, I am going to let him go to Brother Li's place for enlightenment tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, Ling Dashan looked at Liang and his father. The two of them were obviously stunned, ready to make a move but hesitated.
"Dad, our family's conditions can afford Shiro's enlightenment, but if we go one step further, I'm afraid..."
Ling Daren couldn't help but speak out what was on his mind, even though he also wanted his son to go to school.
Over the years, it's not like he hasn't seen enlightenment in the past, but there are only a few who can go further. I'm afraid that in the end, it will be all in vain.
I spent money and went to school for a few years, but when I came out I was still doing the same job as them.
According to his idea, it would be better to find a craftsman and learn the skills to make a living.
"We will talk about the future in the future, but this matter is settled today."
Before his father finished speaking, he was interrupted by his grandfather.
Seeing Ling Dashan's serious face and unquestioning tone, his father wanted to say more, but when the person next to him gave him a hand, he sighed, but did not continue.
"Father, since Shiro is going to school for enlightenment, have you prepared anything else?"
Ms. Yang was worried about enrolling in school. Her son had been clever since he was a child. She had noticed it, and she had long wanted him to be enlightened.
It's just that as a woman, I have no say in the family, and I and my husband don't care about money, so I don't worry about it.
Now seeing her father-in-law's suggestion, she hurriedly pulled her husband's sleeve to signal him not to speak.
"Grandson, come here." Mrs. Liang looked at Ling Yun and called him.
"grandmother."
"Hey, my dear grandson."
This cry made Mr. Liang very happy. They had such a precious baby in their family.
If others can go to school, we, Shiro, may not be worse than them, so she said firmly and slowly.
"Just listen to the old man about Shiro's enlightenment. He said he can't afford it. I still have some dowry."
"Old lady, this..."
"Grandma, my grandson might as well not be born."
Ling Yun raised his head and couldn't bear it. In ancient times, one had to think twice before entering a school, which made him wonder whether this path was the right one.
"My dear grandson, why don't you get married again?"
"My grandson cannot bear to spend his grandmother's dowry."
"Don't worry, grandma can afford it. Besides, if you don't take it with you in this life, you will still have to give it to you in the future, it just comes earlier or later."
Mrs. Liang was very relieved that her grandson could think so, which further strengthened her idea of letting him go to school.
"Mother..." Ling Daren beside him couldn't sit still.
"My son is in school, so there is no reason for my grandmother to pay a dowry. Tomorrow I will go to Fang Yuanwai to work as a part-time worker. I, the father, should be responsible for Shiro's future expenses."
Up to this point, Ling Yun, the protagonist, has no sudden surprises, but is rather depressed.
Because he saw the family's worries, but he still had to take this path.
If he wants to understand the world, he must read. Otherwise, even if you have a brain but are illiterate or do not understand the law, you will be beheaded one day without knowing it.
Enlightenment requires tuition. Generally speaking, it means paying tuition, which usually costs 80 to 120 kilograms of wheat.
And because Li Chuan is from the same village, Ling Yun doesn't have to pay so much. It only costs sixty pounds. This is considered a benefit for people in the same village.
But compared to the Lingyun family, sixty kilograms is quite a lot, which is equivalent to several months of food for the Lingyun family.
This is why I don’t want to send all my children to enlightenment. I really can’t bear it.
After dinner, Ling Daren called Ling Yun to him.
"Did you feel that your father didn't want you to go to school just now?"
Ling Yun was stunned for a moment. He had indeed thought this way just now, but now that his father asked him this, he felt a little doubtful.
"Yes, what did father do just now?"
When Ling Daren asked him, he simply said what was on his mind.
"Oh, no. There's no reason why you wouldn't want your son to go to school."
"Do you know how many people here, inside and outside, within a radius of dozens of miles, are elementary schooled, and how many can go further?"
"Studying can make a family rich, but it can also ruin it. Uncle Li Chuan was originally from a wealthy family, so he wanted to take the imperial examination route, but in the end he ended up in ruins."
"You are already weak and sick, and our family has never had a legacy of scholarship. I just think it would be more cost-effective to save the money you spent on your education so that you can find a wife when you are older."
"Besides, you have no brothers, uncles, and a group of sisters. Not only will you be bullied, but you will also be looked down upon. How difficult it is."
Ling Yun looked at his choking father and was at a loss. He didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only cheer him up.
"Father, don't worry. My child will definitely work hard and stand out in the future, giving those who look down on us a head start."
"Okay, okay, Shiro has this idea, he is better than dad."
It was night, I was tossing and turning with many things on my mind, and I couldn't fall asleep despite tossing and turning.
Seeing this, Da Wa patted his back gently with her hand and said slowly: "Shiro will study tomorrow. He needs to go to bed early tonight and get up early tomorrow."
"Sister, do you like your brother to go to school?"
"Silang, why do you ask this? Of course I like it. In the future, our family, Shiro, will also be a scholar. Shiro will also study hard, you know."
At dawn, Ling Yun was dug out of the bed by the big baby.
Different from the usual casualness, Ling Dashan specifically told him yesterday that Shiro would have to get up early from now on, so when the time came, Da Wa picked him up.
He was already five years old and had the mentality of an adult, but the eldest child still treated him as if he were a child because he was small and not very heavy.
The eldest child specially combed his hair today, gave him a hair extension, and wore an unpatched piece of clothing.
After breakfast, grandma warned him carefully and carefully that he must call someone later and be polite.
His mother also told him to listen to his husband and not talk back to him...
This scene is very similar to the year when he left home to go to college. His grandma held his hand, kept urging him, and reluctantly said goodbye...
It was very early, and grandpa took him out.
Grandpa held his hand and crossed the bridge north. After walking for another three miles, he came to a mud brick house.
This was the only brick house he saw in the village.
When he came closer and looked up, he saw a somewhat shabby plaque in front of the brick building with four characters written on it: Li's Private School.
It's a nice courtyard, at least a little more grand than Lingyun's. After all, the courtyard walls are made of mud bricks and the threshold is higher than his.
After entering the door, they saw a tall, thin old man with gray beard and hair, wearing a blue shabby long gown and coat, waiting for them.
Seeing this old man, Ling Dashan hurried forward and shouted excitedly: "Brother Li, you've been waiting for a long time."
After saying that, he patted Ling Yun's back gently to signal him to call someone. Ling Yun realized that this person should be Li Chuan, an old boy in the village.
Ling Yun hurriedly imitated the TV drama editor politely and said: "Hello, sir."
This action of Ling Yun's made his grandfather Ling Dashan startled. He was afraid that he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly explained.
"This kid doesn't understand the rules when he goes out for the first time. Brother Li is very concerned about it."
"Huh? There are such rules for the first time when you go out. Yes, it is a little clever. But scholars should be down-to-earth and don't take advantage of opportunities."
Li Chuan didn't pay much attention, but still nodded slightly.
Ling Yun didn't know what he had done wrong and froze on the spot with a confused face.
In fact, Ling Yun did the right thing, but Li Chuan didn't like compliments very much, and Ling Dashan was also afraid that he would touch his eyebrows.
"Have you already given a name?"
"got it."
Ling Dashan was speechless. He originally wanted to ask Li Chuan to help him choose a good name, but he didn't expect to be disturbed by Ling Yun who was standing beside him.
"Oh? Let's talk about it."
Li Chuan was slightly surprised, thinking that even if the people who came here had nicknames or were given names, they would pretend not to have names.
I wanted him to help me choose a good name. I never expected Ling Yun to be so outspoken.
"Ling Yun." Ling Yun blurted out, and Ling Dashan next to him was a little dazed.
"Ling Yun, Ling Yun, well, it's pretty good, but did you ask someone to help you name it?"
"Wei Zeng, this is the name chosen by the students themselves."
"You started it yourself? Does it have a meaning?" Li Chuan hesitated slightly and looked at Ling Dashan. Seeing that he was still in a daze, he was even more surprised. He couldn't help but want to take the exam for Ling Yun.
"I don't have any moral meaning, I just feel that although the students are young, they also have ambitions to reach the clouds."
Ling Yun was eloquent and answered Li Chuan's questions fluently.
"Oh? Although the child is young, he has the ambition to reach the sky, the ambition to reach the clouds, the ambition to reach the clouds, good, good, good."
Li Chuan recited it silently three times, then looked at Ling Yun with a moved expression, his eyes firm, as if there was light in his eyes.