After farming, I opened a family tree

Chapter 116 Building a School

"In that case, I'll go discuss with the village head and see where is the best place to build the school."

Shen Tang's words were like a fire, reigniting the light in their eyes.

"Let's go, what are you waiting for? Let's go together!"

As they spoke, several people stood up immediately. If they hadn't considered the difference between men and women, they would have even wanted to come up and drag Shen Tang away.

Shen Tang took a few people and went back to Shen Lizheng's house.

"Are you really going to build it?"

"Yes, you are so kind-hearted, and I can't refuse their kindness. I would like to ask the village head to take the trouble to accompany you to carefully select a place in the next few days. I only have one request, that it be farther away from the Qingshui River."

Shen Lizheng nodded.

The children are young and playful by nature, so they should stay away from the river.

After Shen Tang entrusted the person to Shen Lizheng, he left. When he left, he could still hear them discussing the use of high-quality wood and bricks to build the school.

That afternoon, Li Zheng Shen gathered two healthy elders from the clan to accompany several young people on a tour around Shenjia Village.

The final site was decided to be in the middle of the east end of the village.

Therefore, when the workers in the workshop got off work that day, they learned the news that a school was going to be built in Shenjia Village.

Some people who had a good relationship with the Shen family could not contain themselves and came to inquire about the matter.

"We are going to build a school, but we are only going to build the school first. There is no other details yet."

But those who came to inquire about the news did not care about the second half of the sentence, but only heard the affirmation of the first half.

We need to build a school! We need to build a school!

Shenjia Village will also have a school!

Looking at the surprise on the faces of those who turned back, perhaps it was right to build the school early.

Liu also heard that building the school was the idea of ​​a few young men, and she prepared a table full of sumptuous dishes that day.

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At the end of the month, red cloth was hung at the entrance of every village.

The road has been repaired!

On the wide and smooth bluestone road, there were several horses standing in front, and on their backs were several young and unrestrained young men.

Behind the big horses were the Shen family's carriage, the Yougen family's ox cart, and the Li family's donkey cart...

There was a long line of people, and every household brought out all the cows and donkeys they had, to walk along this road.

Shen Tang sat in his own carriage, and there were also people sitting in other ox carts and donkey carts.

As the young man in front started first, they slowly followed behind him.

Both sides of the road were filled with people coming out to watch, and even behind the procession were many civilians.

Some elderly people with gray hair sat on the stone piers by the roadside, their cloudy eyes faintly filled with tears.

Their days will be different.

The road in front of the entrance of Shenjia Village leads to Qingshui Town, which happens to be the boundary between many villages.

When Shen Tang and the others came back, several elders were already waiting by the roadside, with a large object covered with red cloth beside them.

Patrol completed!

Shen Tang got off the carriage and greeted Zhu Yi and others.

"All of you come together!"

Several teenagers had a vague guess of what it was, and their faces showed uncontrollable excitement.

When the red cloth was pulled off, it turned out to be a stone tablet half a person's height!

The inscription on the stone tablet reads:

Ankang Road.

The people are simple and honest, and the times are prosperous. People cultivate health and pray for peace and prosperity.

Ankang Road cost a total of... In order to commend this move, a monument was erected to commemorate it.

The inscription was specially engraved by someone because the villagers were illiterate.

Shen Yan volunteered to stand in front of the stele and read aloud, and the faces and ears of several young men turned red.

He reached out to cover Shen Yan's mouth, but was stopped by the villagers.

"Read it out loud! How can you do good deeds without leaving your name behind? You donated so much money, you should read it out loud!"

Liu said to her nephew.

When other people in the village heard it, they also clamored to recite it and recite it several times.

The young men had eaten a lot of snacks since they were young, but when they came to Shenjia Village, everyone praised them. Now they were being praised loudly in front of so many people. They couldn't stand it and ran away.

They just donated a little money, which was not enough for them to spend in a month on normal days, but Shenjia Village erected a monument of merit for them, as if they had done something great.

In the following days, the few of them walked in the village and were met with unprecedented enthusiasm. Some families even killed chickens and sent them to Shen Tang's house, saying that they were to nourish the young men.

"Tell me, why doesn't my dad come?"

"No, I have to write a letter to let my father know what I did!"

"Hey, hey, hey, stop writing. You're just trying to take credit for it. County Marquis Shen will be able to write it well."

"We, what do you call this? If we don't make a sound, we will make a big splash!"

A few of them gathered together, and these days they all had smug looks on their faces.

After the road was completed, the Lin family's engineering team thought they could take a break, but they found new work!

Moreover, it was Shenjia Village that was going to build a school!

So a few days after the road was built, many village heads came to Shenjia Village.

Shen Lizheng was looking at several old faces, feeling very impatient.

"Brother Shen, look at you! You didn't even tell me about the school being built in this village!"

"That's right. Everyone in your Shenjia Village is working in the workshop now. I think our Zhangjia Village must come and help with this school."

"I, Wangjia Village, am here to help too."

Everyone had a smile on their face, Shen Lizheng sighed:

"Tell me, what do you want?"

"Hehe, if it's said that Shenjia Village is living a good life, can the children of my Zhangjia Village come to Shenjia Xutang to study?"

Zhang Lizheng spoke with a smile, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened.

The others were smiling too.

Only the Li family village remained silent.

Lijia Village is the only village in the area that has a primary school. Although it is dilapidated, it is the only school.

Any family with some ability in the surrounding villages would send their children to the Lijia Village School, and because of this, the Lijia Village was considered to have gained face in front of some wealthy families.

But now Shenjia Village is going to build a school, and looking at the people around, I am afraid that there will not be many students in Lijia Village’s school in the future.

Although there is only Master Li in the school of Lijia Village, it is Master Li who has the final say on whether to accept students or not.

However, without the consent of the head of Lijia Village, this person had no chance to approach Master Li. After all, this school was not Master Li's alone.

Therefore, whenever someone wanted to send their child to Lijia School, the village head of Lijia Village would accept some gifts, more or less.

"You are all now frequent visitors to my Shenjia Village, so I won't hide anything from you. This school is just being prepared for establishment, but the county marquis said that the details will be discussed after it is completed."

"That's true, but we would also like to ask Brother Shen to mention our village in front of the County Marquis."

Everyone could see clearly that Shen Tang was a capable man, and the school he built would definitely be much better. Sending children to school was originally intended to give them a good future.

Naturally, the best one should be chosen. Moreover, it would be a good thing if the children in the family could make friends with the people in Shenjia Village. After all, Shen Tang is their relative.

Shen Lizheng naturally agreed to this matter.

Lijia Village was on its way back, his expression unclear.