After many workers fled, Liu Chun gathered the remaining workers and had a good conversation.

"I know that all of you have fields at home to work, one is that the court is forced to levy it, and the other is that the conditions for opening are quite attractive." Liu Chun chuckled, "Everyone, as the saying goes, people must have near-term worries if they have no long-term concerns, do you think you can live a good life by relying on your family's fields?" ”

"If you want me to say, it's hard!"

"Judging from the current situation, it is at most food and clothing, far from the level of wealth. In the twenty years of peace in the world, His Majesty waved his troops to the Northern Expedition, and the remnants of the Yuan were about to be destroyed. It won't be long before the north ushers in a peaceful and prosperous era. ”

"Everyone looks forward to peace and tranquility, and the so-called would rather be a peace dog than leave people in chaos. But have you ever thought about it, Taiping means that people grow, and the merchants in the south and the barbarians in Liaodong will gather in Beiping, and the former frontier of war has become a prosperous market for commerce and trade! Land annexation is inevitable, if you can't take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, once you miss the opportunity, the consequences are quite terrible! ”

"Your land may be bought, your children will have no land to cultivate, and you will have to go to the city to be apprentices, and your wives and daughters will have to serve others......"

"I'm not a stingy person, and I won't treat my own people badly, we are just starting a business now, and the income may not be much higher than farming, and the work is even harder! But rest assured, we will come up with more goods in the future, especially when the ironware is on the market, we will be able to make a lot of money, and when the big guy goes, it will make people envious and jealous......"

Liu Chun talked a lot, and the effect cannot be said to be none, but it is not as big as expected, and it is not to the extent that everyone is convinced...... They could not imagine the impact of commercial development on the countryside.

In their opinion, it is a big deal to guard the fields and be self-sufficient!

It's too hard for a group of farmers who don't know anything to imagine the future.

The reason why I can stay is that there are many people in my family and there is little land, and I can get paid here, and there is free food, that's all!

The first workers, as a rule, were bankrupt peasants, or at least peasants who were not doing well!

If given a choice, who would want to work like a cow or a horse!

Liu Chun could only raise wages and stabilize people's hearts while recruiting female workers to fill the gap and barely make ends meet.

Because she was too busy, Liu Chun had already thrown Xu Miaojin out of her head, and when she had enough of touring the mountains and rivers, her temper was smooth, and she would go back to Beiping, or respond to the sky, anyway, it had nothing to do with herself.

Liu Chun thought so, but how did he know that Xu Miaojin didn't have the heart to play in the mountains and rivers, she was acting as a teacher, teaching a few women to read!

In addition to Sister-in-law Zhang, there are two, one surnamed Niu, known as Aunt Niu, and the other is called Second Sister Han, who is an eighteen-year-old girl.

These three people obediently lay on the table, holding charcoal, and writing one stroke at a time.

Among them, the fastest progress is Sister-in-law Zhang, who is not only learning to read and write, but also learning arithmetic, not only addition and subtraction, but also ninety-nine songs...... It's hard to imagine that a woman in her early forties could learn so quickly!

Even Xu Miaojin was surprised...... Sister-in-law Zhang just smiled faintly, in the past, she knew one or two hundred words, all when she was buying, she asked the account office to help write the list, and then she used branches to draw on the ground according to the words on the list...... Later, Liu Chun knew that he didn't know much and couldn't use a brush, so he asked him to write with charcoal.

No matter how tired she was, Sister-in-law Zhang had to take an hour out of her life to practice repeatedly on the wooden board with charcoal and try to memorize.

Now with Xu Miaojin's teaching, a table, and a pen and paper, I am really happy!

In contrast, Aunt Niu is a few years older than Sister-in-law Zhang, and she is more clumsy, but she is the most persistent, over and over again, practicing repeatedly, so old that she only sleeps for two hours at night. Every day, in addition to literacy, tidying up the house, cooking, and all the work is done.

She is even better at making steamed buns, and even the chefs in the palace may not be as good as her.

As for Second Sister Han, she is the youngest and full of spirituality, although she started late, she has the momentum to catch up with Sister-in-law Zhang. Hungry to learn every day, she not only read and count, but also begged Xu Miaojin to teach her to memorize the "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names".

Xu Miaojin was idle, so she agreed.

Who knew that Second Sister Han actually knelt on the ground excitedly and thanked the girl for her great kindness!

Xu Miaojin became more and more curious, a village girl, what do you want to learn these things for, do you have to take the Xiucai test?

Xu Miaojin didn't want to ask directly, and Sister-in-law Zhang took the time to explain the reason, "Miss Xu, you don't know, the second sister's life is hard!" ”

"Oh? What's going on? ”

"The second sister's parents are snobs! Five years ago, there was a little offspring in the village, who was good-looking and good-tempered, and the two families wanted to get married, and the mother of the second sister was stunned to force people to take a bride price of ten taels of silver, and if they couldn't take it, the family affairs would be yellow. ”

Xu Miaojin frowned, ten taels of silver, not much!

I am afraid that there will be more than ten taels of casual meals at home.

They broke up a pair of mandarin ducks for a meal, such parents are really speechless.

"But who would have thought that since then, that posterity has studied hard and was admitted to Xiucai. The threshold rose all of a sudden, and many matchmakers stepped through the threshold to propose marriage, and the second sister's parents were also anxious and wanted to save the marriage, but where could people agree! They said, in the past you thought we were poor, but now we think you are vulgar! If you want to enter the door of Xiucai's house, you must know how to be knowledgeable! ”

Xu Miaojin groaned: "Sister-in-law Zhang, it is because of this incident that the second sister has to be literate and read!" ”

"Alas!"

Sister-in-law Zhang shook her head, "How can it be so simple, the second sister's parents touched the nail, the second sister is getting older and older, and they still have a son...... The two came up with an idea to let their son marry the younger sister of the family, the second sister, marry the elder brother! ”

It is not uncommon for brothers and sisters to marry each other in the countryside, and this has at least one advantage, that is, it saves the bride price, and after getting married, because of the intimacy, it is also necessary to avoid discord with each other.

Doesn't sound bad yet!

"But the problem is with this brother, he was born blind, and one of his legs was broken!"

When Xu Miaojin heard this, she was taken aback, "This, isn't this pushing the second sister into the fire pit?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang smiled bitterly: "The girl is right, but for the sake of her son's marriage, where do they care about their daughter!" These two people, what else do they say, the second sister is not a talented person, she has a bad reputation, she can't get married, and it is a blessing to have someone to ask for it. ”

"Ridiculous, how can there be such parents!" Xu Miaojin said angrily: "Obviously, they disturbed the second sister's marriage, how can they blame the second sister in turn?" ”

The more Xu Miaojin listened, the more he couldn't listen to it, such parents are simply wonderful!

"The girl is a nobleman, and she doesn't know the difficulties of the farmer's family...... You say, how can Sister Niu come to read and write? ”

Of course Xu Miaojin didn't know, and Sister-in-law Zhang sighed again...... Aunt Niu has in-laws on it, and since the day she got married, her mother-in-law has taken care of her to death, and for many years, Aunt Niu has not even touched the copper plate.

All year round, wearing old clothes and eating leftover meals, it really deserves her surname, it is a cow!

"After more than 20 years, her husband died first, and her in-laws also died, and she was about to come out, but her two sons were not filial, and before her mother-in-law died, she gave the family's land and property to her two grandchildren, and she didn't leave it to Sister Niu at all. In the past two years, she has lived by sewing and washing clothes for others. Living in the original wing, her eldest daughter-in-law and second daughter-in-law are still pouting, and they want to kick her out of the house, and the vacant house will be lived in for the children! ”

It was the first time Xu Miaojin had heard such a thing, and her lips were blue with anger.

"Those two sons, is that how they treat their mother? Is there no one to administer justice? ”

Sister-in-law Zhang shook her head, "Girl, disobedience and unfilial piety is a big crime, but someone has to sue you!" ”

"What? Aunt Niu doesn't want to? ”

Sister-in-law Zhang shook her head gently, "Mother, how can you bear to force your two sons to a dead end, and these brothers are not fuel-efficient lamps, they let their daughter-in-law come out in everything, the women are in trouble, and it is difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs, who will break this lawsuit?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang's words really opened Xu Miaojin's eyes, I often hear people say that every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, Xu Miaojin has always felt that losing his father at a young age is not the worst and almost inseparable, but after hearing the story of these two people, Xu Miaojin couldn't help muttering to himself; What is that little thing about her?