Ji Changze has recently taken to talking to villagers about the difference between educated and uneducated people.
Usually, the fortune teller is used as an example, and then it is directly cut to the topic that uneducated people will regard the other person as a life mentor after being fooled by a few words, while literate people will not believe this topic.
As a result, most people in the village regarded Ji Changze as their life mentor.
His popularity in the village is getting higher and higher. Men admire his reputation as a scholar, while women like his temperament and good-looking appearance that are different from those in the village.
It is no exaggeration to say that even if Ji Changze is about to get married, there will still be many young women hanging around the door, wanting to fall in love at first sight with him.
But Ji Changze is a bitch. Every time a woman comes to see him, he turns around and calls Zhao Yueniang out.
Then he said gently: "It's more convenient for you women to talk to each other, so I won't bother you."
Although this trick is used a lot, it works.
Gradually, the women in the village could only regretfully confirm that although the scholar was good-looking and gentle, he was actually a straight man and was completely unaware of the ambiguity around him.
And Zhao Yueniang went from being wary at the beginning to feeling completely relieved at the end.
She should rest assured that although Ji Changze was a scholar and had gained such a high reputation in the village in a very short period of time, his attitude towards her was always the same, he was still so gentle and considerate.
Every time after dinner, he rushed to wash the dishes, and sometimes helped with household chores. He always spoke gently to Zhao Yueniang and never raised his voice.
Zhao Yueniang had never dared to dream of such a man.
But now, he was right in front of her.
She just felt like she was living in a honey jar, walking much more briskly every day, and on such a day, the day for the two of them to get married arrived.
On this day, almost everyone in the village came. There was definitely no way to hold a banquet and there was no money to do so. However, the village did not originally have the habit of holding banquets. After all, everyone was living a tight life and could not even eat. Who would prepare a banquet for others to eat when they are full
Zhao Yueniang sat happily in the house, her heart full of joy.
Compared with her happiness, Zhao Meiniang is not doing well.
No one from the second room came to the wedding banquet.
The second uncle of the Zhao family originally wanted to go because the groom was a scholar, Ji Changze, but he was stopped by the second uncle of the Zhao family.
What to do
She, Zhao Yueniang, must have said bad things about Meiniang to Ji Changze. Otherwise, how could Ji Changze, a scholar, say such things in public
The Zhao family has good relatives. The uncle of the Zhao family died early and left no heirs. The Liu family is also far away and cannot attend. It can be said that the second wife is the last relative of Zhao Yue's family who can come to the wedding banquet.
Aren't they still showing off and don't want her beautiful mother to attend
Then she asked the whole family not to go. On Zhao Yueniang's wedding day, there wouldn't even be a single relative to bring her to the wedding. Let's see where she puts her face.
In the end, for the sake of face, we should not eagerly ask people to invite them over.
Zhao Erbo's idea might have come true if Ji Changze derived it from the fortune teller before the whole village needed to be literate. After all, it wouldn't look like a big wedding without relatives coming.
But now.
Zhao Yue's parents' house was already so crowded that it was difficult to even find a place to set foot. Everyone was beaming with joy, as if they were marrying their daughter-in-law to their daughter. Who cares whether the bride's relatives are here or not? There is no room for them if they are. Stand.
So, the second room's family just waited neatly from dawn to lunch, but they didn't even come to Zhao Yueniang to find someone to invite them over.
Zhao Meiniang's stomach hurt from hunger, and she clutched her stomach and complained: "Mom, are there still people coming over there? I'm already hungry."
"If you wait a little longer, beautiful lady, someone will definitely come. How can a bride get married without seeing her relatives."
Second Aunt Zhao comforted her daughter and said she would go to the kitchen to get her something to eat first.
Neither daughter-in-law looked very good-looking.
Zhao Meiniang had stolen things before. In order to clear her sister-in-law's name, her mother-in-law directly told her the price of her rouge and clothes. It was so much money. They were scolded as a prodigal every year when they changed into new clothes. Zhao Meiniang's annual purchase of clothes actually cost Spend so much.
Although the treatment of daughters and daughters-in-law is definitely different, it shouldn't be so different.
They were already very angry, but now because of Zhao Meiniang, they could have gone to the wedding banquet and established a good relationship with Xiucai Gong, but now they can only wait here hungry, watching Zhao Meiniang eat and drink well.
Not only the two of them, even Zhao Meiniang's two brothers were very dissatisfied with this girl.
In the second room, Ji Changze was already falling apart before he even made a move. Naturally, he didn't know it when he was the bridegroom.
He was comfortably being his groom here, while the second wife over there just waited until dark, and no one came to ask them to attend the wedding banquet.
"Mom, forget it. The people in the village must have gone when they heard that the groom is a scholar. They are busy over there and they can't care whether we are there or not."
The eldest daughter-in-law finally persuaded her, "Before, we were not intimate with the third wife. Now that Yueniang is married to Xiu Caigong, even if the other party is in trouble, we still have to establish a good relationship with them so that we can get involved in the future." Light."
In fact, her thoughts were not much better. As she said these words, she was thinking that she had a cousin who was very good-looking. She was in her prime years. If their relationship with her third wife got better, she would bring him with her. I went to visit my cousin. If I fell in love with Ji Changze...
While she was thinking about it, Mrs. Zhao refused.
"Your father and I are elders, how can any elder try to please the younger generation!"
"That's right, why should we please them? Besides, Zhao Yueniang is just looking at the scenery now. Ji Changze is not a good person. Even I was deceived by him before. Look, Zhao Yueniang will have a hard life in the future. ”
In a sense, this mother and daughter are quite determined.
No matter whether Zhao Yue's family is poor or rich, they all look down upon her.
And he firmly refused to take advantage of her.
The eldest daughter-in-law: “…”
She really couldn't figure out what her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were thinking. Could it be that the only way to bully Zhao Yueniang was to bully her
Now that Zhao Yueniang has Ji Changze as her husband, they can't bully her at all, okay
And rather than bullying, wouldn't it be better to use the name of a relative to suck Zhao Yueniang's blood? They can both benefit and make Zhao Yueniang's life difficult.
Don't they understand such a simple truth
Zhao Erbo and Zhao Meiniang really couldn't accept such a simple truth.
Second Bonnie Zhao was jealous that Mrs. Liu was treated so cherished by her brother-in-law. She was also married into the Zhao family. She, Mrs. Liu, was the treasure in his brother-in-law's heart, but she herself was the fodder in her husband's eyes.
Zhao Meiniang is even simpler.
Zhao Yueniang is prettier than her, and this is enough to arouse her malice.
It didn't matter that she was good-looking, but she didn't want to step on her, but she never expected that Zhao Yueniang could actually climb out of the swamp.
The mother and daughter were jealous and refused to admit that they were jealous, so they were unwilling to put down their dignity to please Zhao Yueniang's family.
For Ji Changze and the others, this saves them a lot of trouble, but for the second bedroom, it makes the rest of the family dissatisfied.
They made a fuss, but the married life of Ji Changze and Zhao Yueniang started smoothly.
Before they got married, many girls in the village envied Zhao Yueniang's future husband for being such a gentle and considerate person like Ji Changze.
I heard that he even washes the dishes at home.
This is a scholar.
Men in their family, even those who work in the fields, are not willing to do something, but a scholar like Ji Changze is actually willing to do it.
Some people said sourly before that since they were not yet married, they would inevitably be a little strange towards Zhao Yueniang. After they got married, they would definitely become normal.
As a result, after getting married, Ji Changze was still like that. He took the initiative to wash the dishes and chopsticks after dinner, helped Zhao Yueniang choose vegetables, and sometimes saw the two of them walking together at the foot of the mountain.
Although I don’t know what there is to see at the foot of the mountain, seeing the two of them kissing and secretly walking together and looking at each other with happy expressions is simply happiness in capital letters.
After getting married, Ji Changze began to engage in literacy work.
Adults also teach, and children also teach.
Because he had clearly told the villagers the benefits of learning to read, the whole village attached great importance to this literacy campaign. The elders even set aside an abandoned house in the village as a classroom.
The village responded very well.
After all, Ji Changze doesn't charge money.
Nowadays, the teacher who teaches children about enlightenment has to be punished. He teaches so many people, but he doesn’t charge for it. And after the news spreads, not only people from the same village don’t charge for it, but also anyone who can come to the classroom, regardless of whether they are from the same village or not. He can teach for free.
As soon as this news spread, those in the village who were going to take literacy classes were full of gratitude, while some people said Ji Changze was stupid behind his back.
He was a scholar. If he opened a school in the name of a scholar of the previous dynasty, he would definitely make a lot of money. But in the end, he didn't charge a penny and taught people for free.
People thought Ji Changze was stupid, but no one said it on their faces.
Otherwise, what if Ji Changze wants to charge money? They still want to get free teaching.
Zhao Meiniang also thought Ji Changze was stupid at first, but then she felt something was wrong.
Ji Changze was definitely not a fool, otherwise he wouldn't have framed the crime of stealing things directly on her from the beginning. Such a sinister person with superb acting skills would never do a stupid job for nothing.
So, there must be a conspiracy!
However, Zhao Meiniang was the only one in the village who thought so.
Even Zhao Yueniang felt that Ji Changze was too kind. He knew that the people in the village had no money, so he chose to teach for free. She didn't think it was anything. Ji Changze was in poor health. She didn't expect him to take the scientific examination, and it was naturally impossible for him to go to the ground. Now, although there is no money to open the school, not everyone can attend class shamelessly. Everyone will still send some food to Zhao's house as a gift, and these things add up to a lot.
Zhao Yueniang was already very satisfied.
Now that she is married, her husband is considerate. Although the family is not rich, they are definitely not short of money. The people in the village are treating her very kindly because of her husband. She had never dared to think about such a good life before. think.
She was grateful, grateful that her husband was such a good person for being able to marry her.
Although her husband is weak, he is gentle, kind, easy to talk to, and has a sincere heart, which gives her a great sense of security. He likes to teach, so of course she must support him.
With the support of his wife, Ji Changze began a happy teaching career.
His teaching was different from other teachers. Other teachers always asked others to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics. He asked others to memorize the classics, meanings and verses written by him, and sometimes he also memorized some policies and essays written by him.
The one who memorizes the best will also receive twenty pennies from his personal contribution.
How can there be such a good thing in the world, being taught for free and not being taught, and being able to memorize it well can still get money.
It is said that Ji Changze truly regarded farmers like them as his students, teaching them carefully without asking for anything, and even giving money in return.
Every time they see this young, frail gentleman sitting on the podium, teaching them elegantly and clearly, everyone admires him from the bottom of their hearts.
This is the true virtue of being a teacher.
Ji Changze advocates reciting loudly, so that memory will be strengthened.
Therefore, those who attended Ji Changze's literacy class memorized it when they had nothing to do. They memorized it when they had nothing to do when they were working in the town.
Some children learn it as a children's song and memorize it while playing games.
One day, a richly dressed old man was about to go to the bookstore when he heard several children at the door of the bookstore reciting a policy paper in a crisp voice.
He didn't take it seriously at first, but as he listened, he couldn't help but stand on the spot.
This policy theory!
This policy theory! !
Such a policy was actually recited by a few children while playing! !
He hurriedly asked a few children where they had heard this. When he found out that a former scholar in Qingliu Village, Mr. Ji Changze, had written it down for them to memorize, he hurried back to his hometown to ask for information.
When I asked about it, I was completely surprised.
The evaluations of everyone who came into contact with Ji Changze were surprisingly consistent.
He has a gentle temperament and a very kind heart. He could have taken the imperial examination, but he stayed in a small mountain village to develop people's wisdom.
Not taking the imperial examination is disrespectful.
Teaching students without charging money is not seeking profit.
Anyone who understands the strategies he wrote can see that he is a man of great talent.
Except for his alleged physical weakness, he has absolutely no shortcomings.
Such a talent! ! To stay in such a small place like theirs! ! !
The next day, as soon as Zhao Meiniang woke up, she heard from her family that for some reason the policy that Ji Changze asked them to memorize before was heard by Mr. Zhang, a senior official from the county who had returned to his hometown. He rushed here early in the morning, as if he had heard about it. He wanted to recommend Ji Changze to the court as an official.
But Ji Changze actually refused directly, saying that he was not interested in becoming an official in the court and only wanted to teach students and open a school with peace of mind.
Even though he was rejected, Mr. Zhang was not angry at all. Not only was he not angry, he also said that he would give his two grandchildren to Ji Changze for instruction.
This is a child from a powerful family! !
Now everyone knows that with these two children as students, Ji Changze has already skyrocketed even though he still stayed in such a small mountain village.
Even if he doesn't charge money, he still won't be short of money to spend.
Zhao Meiniang: "..."
She got it! ! Everything is connected! !
She knew it! ! This is Ji Changze’s conspiracy, under the guise of free teaching! Let the rich and powerful discover him!
He doesn't charge money so that more people can come, and he pays out rewards out of his own pocket so that people will memorize what he writes.
The reason why Ji Changze did this was because he was confident that people who understood these things would come to him after hearing them.
The more Zhao Meiniang thought about it, the more she realized that this was what happened. She hurriedly told her family what she had discovered to prove that Ji Changze was really plotting against her.
They had heard her say countless times that Ji Changze, who was stupid and wanted to teach even if he didn't take students' money, was a scheming person. Everyone in the second room was very calm, and they agreed perfunctorily while eating.
Then the discussion continued: "This Ji Changze, everyone said he was stupid at first, but I didn't expect that he would still have such luck."
"How come such a good thing doesn't happen to me? Is it true that good deeds are rewarded?"
Zhao Meiniang: "... Do you understand?? I said Ji Changze did this on purpose!! He already thought that Master Zhang would be attracted when he didn't accept the money!! Those students were simply used by him to promote himself! !”
The eldest daughter-in-law of the second room simply ignored her: "Mom, Ji Changze will definitely become rich this time. How about we go apologize and get the relationship back together first? How much glory can we get by then?"
Zhao Erbo Niang: "Hey, he has such a strong body. I heard that when Mr. Zhang comes, he will cough when he says a word. He may be gone at some point. There is nothing to build relationships with. Just wait, even if he doesn't die early, Just because of his silly temperament, paying him to teach is enough to ruin his life even if he is rich."
Zhao Meiniang is still working hard: "He is not giving money at all, he has a purpose. His purpose is to let others spread the things he wrote. He..."
When the people in the second room were full, they all stood up and started cleaning up.
From the beginning to the end, no one listened to what Zhao Meiniang said, and even if they heard it, they wouldn't believe it.
Ji Changze is so kind that he is stupid, this is obvious to all and is recognized by the whole village. Meiniang really can't learn to be good, and if she wants to clear herself, she should be replaced by someone else. If Ji Changze is caught, it will be strange that people can believe her.
This person Ji Changze...
Tsk, it’s true that fools are blessed.