The Bronze Bird Treasure was said to be a matter for the whole village, but outside of the two original insiders, Tang Taigong and Mo Taipo, she, Li Yang and Aling were the only ones who knew about it.
The treasure was given to the crown prince, and the grandpa didn't ask for anything in return. He just wanted the crown prince to promote Li Yang for the sake of the treasure. When Li Yang made a career outside, the people in the village would naturally benefit from it.
Song Qiu had nothing to say about the establishment of a village school in the village.
Of course, this is because everyone in the village is united and happy, and there are not so many troubles.
Therefore, she should be willing to pay for it.
Seeing that she promised to do it without asking, Mr. Tang also smiled and said, "I think you've guessed what Grandpa wants you to help me, Aqiu."
"There is a good piece of land at the foot of the slope from the village ancestral hall. It faces the sun. It is most suitable to build a village school there. We need to build a few rooms first and then add more later. There is still open space.
If you want to specially invite a husband to come back, you will naturally have to arrange a residence for him, like the one in Dayao Village earlier. I have inquired about it, and the gentleman from their village school was invited back from the town, and two rooms were specially reserved for him. Accommodation, in addition to arranging food and accommodation, is two taels of silver a month."
"Building a few brick houses costs roughly seven to eight taels of silver. Add in the tables and benches, the expenses for hiring the husband, and the paper and pens the children need for school. When spread out, many families in the village cannot afford it. of."
Mr. Tang said for a while, but before he could finish, Song Qiu spoke, "I will first spend one hundred taels of silver to build a village school in the village and purchase books, paper and pens in the early stage. When you come back, Mr. Give me a month's worth of repairs."
As she said that, she happened to have a banknote with her, so she took it out directly.
Mr. Tang didn't expect her to be so neat, but he was also pleased, "The future generations of our Songshan Village depend on you. Grandpa, I just want to thank you on behalf of the children of our village."
"You can pay these one hundred taels. As for your husband's supplies, food and clothing, from now on every month will be shared equally among the families who have children in the village school."
Two taels of silver a month was nothing to Song Qiu now. Seeing that Mr. Tang insisted on sharing it equally with the village, she didn't say anything more.
These kids will really know how to take the imperial examination in the future. When the time comes, she will provide financial support and will not let these kids fall into decline.
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On the second and third day of the lunar month, as in previous years, we went to the Yuan family and the Hu family to pay New Year greetings.
Then I paid New Year's greetings to Song Wenzhi, the eldest brother in the town, and it was considered as my last visit to relatives.
There is no way, there are few relatives, so we will be gone in two days.
It’s not like some families who start walking around on the second day of the new year and don’t finish all the walking until the eleventh or twelve.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the inn was opened. In the new year, firecrackers were set off, and the door opened with great success.
On the same day, the same goes for the sweet potato workshop and the vermicelli workshop.
Everything that needs to be opened is opened, and Du Chuanfu is keeping an eye on everything in the family, so there is no need for Song Qiu.
Therefore, Song Qiu began to think about going to Yunshan County to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
Last year, we agreed to take her baby to Dongling County to celebrate the Lantern Festival, but due to the invasion of Changle Kingdom, we were unable to go.
This year I promised to go to Yunshan County to see the excitement, but this time I wanted to go to everything.
Old Yuan had already talked about this with Old Deng, so on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Donggua, his wife and Miao went to the town to open a shop, while Old Deng, Lihua and Zaohua Stone Egg stayed in the village. , prepare to go to Yunshan County together.
There are many people traveling on this trip, so carriages and horses are indispensable, as are the people who need to accompany them.
In addition, Song Qiu planned to start looking for a place to open an inn after the Lantern Festival in Yunshan County, and going back and forth would also waste time, so she needed enough manpower to protect her when the time came.
They came back on their way back with her milk.
Song Qiu decided to set off on the ninth day of the lunar month, and spent a day arranging the people and vehicles that would accompany him.
Yang Dalian and his wife rushed to Chunlin Town to replace Tao Dongcheng. Tao Dongcheng rushed back the day before New Year's Eve with cotton.
The auspicious day chosen by Mr. Li is the sixth day of February. When Tao Dongcheng and Lu Yan get married on this day, they will set off together to Dajiang Inn to exchange for Tao Dongping.
Du Chuanfu couldn't leave, so Song Qiu was the first to ask Tao Dongcheng to follow him and take care of the arrangements along the way. When the time came, he would be able to bring someone to escort her and nurse them back.
Then the five guards and three servants, including Orion Gaoliang, were brought along.
There are also red dates and yellow peaches, a total of eleven people.
These will all come back later.
As for what Song Qiu wants to bring, in addition to the three people he just bought a year ago, there are also Huang Qi's family of three, as well as the steamed buns and A Xiu, Mian Mian, Fang Zi, A Yi, A Xiang, and Nail who went to the dessert shop to practice before.
Together with Xiao Ma, Shan Zi and Zhu Zhu Da Mao, there are sixteen in total, plus one child.
There are dozens of people here, and they need a lot of vehicles. There are four horse-drawn carriages at home, and four mule carts are kept at the village, for a total of eight cars.
In addition, the Lihua family also owns a mule cart, which is enough.
Song Qiu arranged it like this, but on the first day of departure, in the middle of the night on the eighth day of the lunar month, Li Yang came back.
After Song Qiu got the news, he put on his clothes and came out. What he saw was that the people in the room, covered with wind and dew, were huffing and puffing, gathering in front of the brazier to warm themselves up. Du Chuanfu was asking the people in the kitchen to make ginger soup and make something warm for them.
food.
Li Yang turned around and saw Song Qiu coming in from outside, and immediately stood up.
The two of them entered the side hall, which was quieter and easier to talk to.
"Why are we here at this hour? We are traveling at night, how cold it is."
Seeing that Li Yang's hair was wet, Song Qiu handed the Tang Pozi in his hand to Li Yang.
"It's not cold, you're warm." Li Yang waved his hand away, but when Song Qiu glared, he took it with a grin.
He had big hands, and the bigger Yubozi seemed to be playing in his hands. He held it tightly, and a burst of warm air instantly penetrated into his palms.
"I arrived in Dongling County in the middle of the afternoon. I thought it was not far away and I wanted to stay in Dongling County for a night's rest, so I just rushed back in one go."
Li Yang said in a nonchalant tone. It was true that when he was on the road like this before, he looked a little cold, but nothing happened to him and he was in good health.
Song Qiu was helpless after hearing this, so he asked Huang Tao who was waiting outside to get a dry towel, and went forward to untie his hair, thinking of helping him dry it. The wet hair was close to his scalp, but it was cold.
, it will cause headaches.
When Li Yang saw her coming over to do his hair, his face immediately turned red and his whole body became tense.
"do not move."
After Song Qiu shouted, Li Yang sat down obediently, letting Song Qiu spread his hair and wipe it gently with a cloth.
The dew at night was heavy. After rushing all the way, Song Qiu's hair was almost soaked. Song Qiu lit the brazier, wiping his hair and shaking it to dry it quickly.
Inadvertently, I caught a glimpse of a little bit of white at his collar.
Song Qiu frowned slightly, and while pulling his hair, he slightly opened his collar and saw clearly what the white stuff was.
He immediately shook his hands and asked, "Are you injured?"
Hearing the sound, Li Yang quickly covered his right shoulder and turned sideways, facing Song Qiu, and said with a relaxed expression: "No, it's just a small injury, it's almost scarred."