Chapter 390: The Hardships of the Lady of the Tang Dynasty
In the morning, she took advantage of the low tide to go out to sea. After returning home, Lin Wanwan changed her clothes and carried little Qingyu to teach the children the second lesson.
During the lunch break, the other children ate in the school cafeteria. Only little Qingyu was taken home by Lin Wanwan to start a small stove.
Today was not a holiday, but when Lin Wanwan was about to take Xiao Xianghua to go to the sea, Xiao Qingyu heard about it, so he stopped her and hung on her, saying that she refused to go to school and must go to the sea.
For a child like Xiao Qingyu in kindergarten, it is very easy to ask for leave. Lin Wanwan was so upset by Xiao Qingyu that she agreed.
Master Chen, who teaches the imperial examination subjects seriously in the school, basically doesn't care about the accompanying students and female students. He has an attitude of coming as he pleases and not coming as he pleases.
As Xiao Qingyu, she is destined to have a life of worry-free life, and she can even live a life of leisure. Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs are just the icing on the cake, and the master will not be too strict with her.
As a parent, Lin Wanwan has a very casual attitude, so that the little kid has no motivation to study at all.
The precocious children in school know that reading and literacy can change their destiny, so they work hard.
For example, Lin Da Niu, whose brother-in-law just died and whose house was burned down, is a particularly precocious type.
She studies very hard, and she is almost as good as a cantilever, a cone, and a thorn in the buttocks. And she is very talented. If she is trained well, she will be a top student.
Even though Master Chen doesn't pay much attention to female students now, she is still the fastest person in the school to learn and comprehend.
It's a pity that as a woman, the path to advancement in the Tang Dynasty was too narrow. No matter how well you studied, you were not qualified to participate in the imperial examination.
Shangguan Wan'er, the most famous female official in the Tang Dynasty, was imprisoned because of her father's crime and was imprisoned in Yeting as a slave. She served in the palace. She got the moon first when she was close to the water and the tower. She met the empress Wu Zetian, and then she came to the fore.
And Luan County is far away from Chang'an Mountain, so there is no chance to change our destiny.
Lin Da Niu is eleven years old this year, and she is at a sensible age. She knows that the opportunity to study is hard to come by, so how can she not cherish it and work hard?
If the school run by Lin Wanwan had not provided a lunch for the children and rewarded cakes from time to time, Lin Da Niu would not have come to school and would have been forced to learn weaving and fishing nets at home.
Some rural girls her age have to start looking for their husband's family. As far as the family is concerned, a woman will get married sooner or later. Isn't studying a waste of time?
Not to mention Lin Da Niu's patriarchal grandparents, her own biological father, didn't care so much about her studying at first.
You can't take the imperial examination even after studying. The emperor is far away and there is no way to enter the palace and run for female officials. It's a waste of time.
Then one day, her aunt and uncle finally couldn't stand it any more and told her grandma that it was useless for a girl to study too much. It would be great if she knew a few words and could do simple arithmetic. He told her not to go to school.
Weave cloth at home and make fishing nets to supplement household income.
Lin Da Niu almost couldn't continue her studies that time, but she thought of a way on her own and managed to convince her honest father.
For the first time, Lin Mengzhong opposed the opinions of his parents and brothers and did not agree to let Lin Da Niu drop out of school. The reason he used was that he could have a free meal and receive clothes every quarter.
No one else in the family knew what reason Lin Da Niu used to persuade Lin Mengzhong, and even her own mother didn't guess.
Lin Mengzhong, although he was honest, dull and incompetent, he was very tight-lipped and did not reveal the reason why he insisted on sending his daughter to school.
When Lin Guofu and his wife saw this, they did not give any strong orders. After all, being able to eat a bowl of rice from the school for free was equivalent to saving a bowl of rice at home. This temptation was still great.
Although they can't skimp on student uniforms, they don't have to make them for the girls.
Otherwise, when Mrs. Lin turns eleven, she will always have to pull cloth to make clothes for her.
Nowadays, if you can wear a student uniform for free, it must be an advantage. If you don't go, it will be free.
This month, the family's youngest son unexpectedly died again, and now there is only one eldest son left.
The old couple's attitude towards their eldest son has also changed, and naturally they will not mention the matter of asking their eldest granddaughter to drop out of school and work.
The eldest granddaughter will earn back from the betrothal gifts in the future because she has less work to do because she is studying.
Their granddaughter can read and write, and I heard that her academic performance is among the best in school. She has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is dignified and upright. There is no such girl in the country. She is not worthy of a small landowner.
big house?
Can’t I have only one betrothal gift?
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a custom of exorbitantly expensive betrothal gifts, and this was true from top to bottom.
The sky-high betrothal gifts demanded by the daughter of the fifth surname and Qi Wang forced the emperor to issue an order to intervene (unfortunately, it was of no use). It is not surprising that Lin Da Niu's grandparents would have this idea.
Lin Da Niu also understood her situation very well, so she treated every day in school as if it was the last day of school.
Her life changed because of Lin Wanwan's appearance.
It was Lin Wanwan who gave her the first set of decent clothes to cover her body, it was Lin Wanwan who taught her to read and be sensible, and it was Lin Wanwan who taught her to never give up.
Lin Wanwan's status in her heart even surpassed that of her parents, not to mention her grandparents who always beat and scolded her. As for her uncle and aunt, they were no different from enemies.
The idiotic third cousin is just as idiotic as her mother, the two younger cousins don't look like they're good at school, and the second sister is completely clueless and completely inherited from her father.
Lin Da Niu was very lonely, but very lucky.
She didn't want to follow the trend and marry a rough guy to take care of her children and waste her life. What she wanted in her heart was to follow Lin Wanwan, be her right-hand man, and be like Lin Mengli, a small shopkeeper - or even a big shopkeeper - in her shop.
If following Lin Wanwan is not possible, then assisting cousin Xiao Qingyu is also possible.
Therefore, among all the homework, for the required subjects such as "The Book of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius" for the imperial examination, Lin Da Niu only studied seriously in class and did not spend much time in private. She also gave up music lessons and just played for children from poor families.
The device is impractical.
The only things she studied hard were the small science experiments, arithmetic lessons, and accounting lessons taught by Lin Wanwan.
These practical subjects are the knowledge that can change her destiny. She firmly believes that as long as she is strong enough, she will definitely have a chance.
Just like now, the clan is building a workshop again, and the stall is getting bigger and bigger. The loyal and capable clan members will definitely have opportunities in the future.
But as a girl, she is inherently weaker than the boys in the clan, so she has to work harder.
Although Lin Wanwan doesn't like Lin Guofu's family, she still likes the smart and hardworking Lin Danniu.
This girl has a lot of tenacity at a young age and is really smart. She can learn everything she is taught.
If she were a boy, Lin Wanwan would have wanted to send her to study in a serious private school of the Wang family in Xiaoxi Town, and take the imperial examination in the future to give the Lin family a bright future.
In feudal society, scholars are always the strongest.
If a family wants to change its destiny, it must train its descendants to enter the official career and have the right to speak.
It's a pity that there is really no one in the clan who is as talented in learning as Lin Danniu!
Lin Tiezhu and a few other boys were clever enough, and learned arithmetic well, but they had a grudge against "Zhihu Zheye" and were seriously partial to science.
After the Xiaojia Bookshop helped Lin Wanwan get "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", "Nine Twenty Characters" and other Tang Dynasty Ming Arithmetic textbooks, we would consider letting them try Ming Arithmetic.
The other children in the school are either too young to see what is good or bad, or they can barely learn arithmetic and are not blind. Even if Lin Wanwan's efforts in running this school were not in vain.