Wei Wu stood at the door of his home, looking at his large blue brick house with a heartfelt smile on his face.
Winter winter winter!
Wei Wu stood at the door and gently knocked on the door.
A clear female voice came from the courtyard.
"Who is it? It's coming, it's coming!"
Not long after, the courtyard door was opened, and a delicate girl stood in the courtyard.
The girl's eyes turned red the moment she saw Wei Wu.
"Third brother!"
"Third brother is back!"
"..."
As the girl turned around, she ran back to the yard.
It didn't take long for the Wei family to run out and rush to the door.
Welcoming Wei Wu, who was dressed in military uniform and was extremely heroic, he walked in!
The family sat together and asked Wei Wu questions.
Wei Wu just grinned like a stupid boy, completely without the irritable old man look he had when he was in the army.
"My son, is it hard to be in the army?"
Wei Wu's mother wiped away her tears and asked softly.
With Wei Wu joining the army, the life of the Wei family has improved visibly.
Several times, he received military merit fields from Wei Wu from the army, totaling more than 100 acres.
Now the Wei family is no longer the original Wei family.
With more than one hundred acres of land, it is still good land that can produce three crops a year. The Wei family can be regarded as a small landowner with a wealthy family.
And these all come from Wei Wu’s military exploits!
Wei Wu's mother thought about how many life-and-death crises her son would have to go through and how many near-death encounters he would have to survive if he had made so many military exploits!
She couldn't help but feel heartbroken when she thought that her son might die on the battlefield countless times!
Wei Wu said with a naive smile and scratched his head.
"It's okay, mom, it's not hard!"
"In the army, there is food and drink. You can eat meat every three days. It's just that the training is a little hard, so it's okay."
Wei Wu's father asked from the side.
"Is it dangerous on the battlefield? Are the Tatars dangerous?"
Wei Wu chuckled and said.
"Not dangerous!"
"Every time we fight, our Ming Dynasty will have at least dozens of cannons to help."
"We wait until the Tatars are defeated by artillery before we charge!"
"No matter how fierce the Tatars are, they can't withstand artillery, can they?!"
Wei Wu was still very confident in the artillery power of the Liberation Army, and the roar on the battlefield was constant.
The sound of artillery that almost covered everything up really boosted the morale of the army.
No matter how dangerous the battlefield was, and no matter how close to death he was, Wei Wu would not tell his family about the danger and let them worry about him.
After the family had dinner, they sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air.
Wei Wu took off his shirt as if to show off, revealing all his tendons, and got into a ball with his brothers and sisters.
His parents couldn't help crying when they looked at the criss-crossing scars on Wei Wu's body, especially the foot-long knife marks on his chest.
I can’t imagine how serious the injury was!
Wei Wu played with his younger brothers and sisters for a while, then sat back next to his parents, quietly watching his younger brothers and sisters having fun.
Suddenly, Wei Wu spoke.
"Dad, according to the regulations, the military merits I have achieved will give me the opportunity to send my children to the military academy to receive education."
"Take a look, which younger brother or sister is more suitable to study?"
Wei Wu's father knocked his pipe and pot and said.
"Didn't it say that only immediate family members of military personnel can attend military academies?"
"The eldest son of the old Wang family from Dongtian Village died on the battlefield. The imperial court gave the Wang family an opportunity to send their children to the academy for free."
"Old Wangtou wanted to send his youngest son there, but he was rejected by the Military Academy, saying that he must be a direct relative of the military family."
"The quota was forced to be given to Lao Wangtou's eldest granddaughter, but it will take two years until Lao Wangtou's eldest granddaughter grows up before she can enroll."
"This quota is really wasted. A girl will get married sooner or later. What kind of school is she studying?"
"It is virtue for a woman to have no talent. If she has the time to study, she can work in a textile factory to support her family."
"Can your younger siblings go with your quota?"
Reading is a good thing!
The cost of education is not something that ordinary people can afford, especially a systematic education.
Even if we don’t talk about the cost of books, repairs, pens and ink!
Just for those who are educated, they have to spend several years away from work to study, which is not what ordinary families can afford.
At the very least, it must be a small landowner family!
Today, the military government provides the families of disabled, killed, and distinguished soldiers with the opportunity to receive free systematic education.
What a great thing for soldiers and their families!
Wei Wu scratched his head and said.
"It's not like I'm not married yet and I don't have any children!"
"When I get back, I will make a report to the superiors and sign a written document. It's okay to let the younger brothers and sisters go!"
"Wait until I have a son before I talk about having a son!"
Wei Wu's father nodded and then spoke.
"In that case, let your brother go!"
Wei Wu's father was still a bit patriarchal.
However, in this era, it was normal to favor boys over girls, and Wei Wu had no objection.
But Wei Wu's mother on the side asked.
"San'er, do you have a crush on a girl from any family? You're not young now, it's time for you to get married."
Wei Wu shook his head and said.
"Mom, I'm not in a hurry to get married!"
"I still want to continue working hard in the army while I'm young!"
"If I get married now, if something happens to me on the battlefield in the future, wouldn't that drag the girl into becoming a widow?"
Wei Wu saw the vastness of the world outside.
He didn't want to spend his whole life wandering around in the land. He wanted to climb up to see the scenery at higher places.
He knew that he was not good at reading, and he had difficulty keeping up with the literacy skills in the military.
However, now that the Ming Dynasty is at war, the fastest way to climb the ladder is not to study and become an official, but to serve as a soldier and fight for your life on the battlefield!
Therefore, Wei Wu has no intention of getting married now.
No matter how Wei Wu's parents tried to persuade him, Wei Wu did not change his mind and his attitude was very determined!
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The Li family mansion!
The Li family moved entirely from Batavia to Luzon the year before last, and rebuilt their ancestral home and ancestral hall in Luzon.
Various industries of the Li family also began to move to Luzon.
"Zhongni said: A gentleman is moderate, and a petty person is against the mean. A gentleman is moderate, and a gentleman is in the right time; a villain is moderate, and a villain has no scruples."
Mr. Li emotionally recited passages from "The Doctrine of the Mean".
He was shaking his head, very devoted!
In front of him, the little grandson also seemed to understand and read along.
After the grandson read it several times, the old man of the Li family began to explain the meaning of this sentence to his grandson.
"Gentlemen with moral cultivation, their speech and behavior can comply with the principles of moderation."
"The villains without moral cultivation will violate the principles of moderation in their words and actions."
“The reason why a gentleman’s words and deeds are consistent with the golden mean is because they can always maintain the best situation that is appropriate and reasonable according to the environment they are in.”
Seeing his grandson's confused expression, the old man of the Li family didn't take it seriously.
The content of "The Doctrine of the Mean" is already very profound, and it is not something that my grandson should learn at his age!
The reason why I talked about moderation with my grandson was just to let him get familiar with it first.
At his grandson's current age, it is only proper to read the Analects of Confucius first!