Save the Bachelor of Heaven

When County Magistrate He came to Bailu Village this time, he also brought a stone tablet of Renyi Bailu Village.

Bailu Village built schools, built charity warehouses, established village covenants, destroyed smoke seedlings, educated the people, and provided relief to the villagers. These were all very benevolent and righteous things.

These behaviors are worthy of rewards.

And if County Magistrate He wants to take the credit for educating the people, these superficial articles are naturally inevitable.

Just like in ancient times, officials would take the initiative to report to the court and ask for rewards for the chaste women under their rule.

Chaste women received chastity memorials, local officials also gained enlightenment, and the court set up an example of loyalty, filial piety, and justice, killing three birds with one stone.

After County Magistrate He left, Bai Jiaxuan formally invited Mr. Xu to serve as the teaching teacher of Bailu Academy.

Mr. Xu came for this matter, so he immediately agreed, and the White Deer Academy was officially opened.

Almost all school-age boys in the village have attended school. Brothers Lu Zhaopeng, Lu Zhaohai, Bai Xiaowen, and Bai Xiaowu also transferred from the school in Shenhe Village and came to Bailu Academy to continue their studies.

The sound of reading resounded loudly in the village, and the people in the village couldn't help but smile when they heard it.

Everything is of inferior quality, but reading is of high quality.

Although the villagers are feudal and ignorant, they all know that reading is a good thing.

Xiang Nan followed the agreement and provided all the children with book fees and a bucket of food per month.

After Mr. Xu learned about this, he complained to Mr. Zhu, "I don't want to say anything about my strange power. That man claims to be a god and fools the people. It's so shameless. If you don't expose him, how can you still be with him?" "

Mr. Zhu waved his hand and said, "You didn't understand when I first came here. This person is quite mysterious, and he is not just pretending to be a ghost. Moreover, the fact that I don't talk about strange powers is not denying its existence. Otherwise, you tell me, Confucius went hunting in the west and saw a unicorn. What happened to this unicorn?"

"Oh no, you were deceived by him too." Mr. Xu still said, not believing that Xiang Nan had any miraculous powers.

Mr. Zhu smiled when he saw this and did not feel dissatisfied.

Although Xiang Nan was suspected of pretending to be a ghost, he did not do anything unjust. On the contrary, he helped the people, saved lives and injured, captured bandits, bravely killed ferocious beasts, built schools... everything he did was a good deed.

Mr. Xu has just arrived and I don’t know him well, so it’s normal to doubt him. After being in contact with him for a long time, you will know that Xiang Nan is actually quite good.

…

Two days later, Bai Shitou'er and several young people in the village secretly left the village to make money by working as Mai Ke.

Mai Ke is a person who sells his labor power to help others harvest wheat.

Under the scorching sun, it is of course extremely hard to help others harvest wheat.

It turned out that the fact that he colluded with the kidnappers to kidnap Bai Jiaxuan was not kept secret after all, and it was leaked out.

He could no longer stay in the village and had no choice but to go out.

Several other young people also went out with him because their families were poor and had little income in the village.

After Bai Jiaxuan heard the news, he immediately went to stop him, but he still didn't stop him and had to let him go.

Afterwards, he had a big fight with Lu Zilin.

Because no one else knew about Bai Tou'er's collusion with the kidnappers except Xiang Nan, Mr. Zhu, Bai Jiaxuan, Lu Zilin and himself.

Neither Xiang Nan nor Mr. Zhu are talkative people. Bai Shitouer himself will not tell others. Bai Jiaxuan naturally knows that he has not said anything either, so the only one who can tell this is Lu Zilin.

It must be that he retaliated against Bai Shitou, so Shitou was unable to gain a foothold in the village, so he was forced to go out to work as a guest.

Bai Jiaxuan was very dissatisfied with this.

Lu Zilin refused to admit it, so the two had a big fight and even raised their fists at each other.

…

Another month later, brothers Lu Zhaopeng and Lu Zhaohai left White Deer Academy and went to study in a new school in the city.

It turns out that Lu Zhaopeng and Mr. Xu had a conflict over Bai Ling's foot binding.

Mr. Xu is an old master and still has the old concept that women must have their feet bound. Lu Zhaopeng believes that this approach is wrong and is a kind of persecution of women.

The two got into a dispute.

Lu Zhaopeng didn't want to listen to Mr. Xu's clichés and pedantic remarks anymore, so after discussing with Lu Zilin, he went to a new school in Xi'an city.

Lu Zilin is not good at anything else, but he is very open-minded in education.

He knew it was no longer the Qing Dynasty. There are no more emperors and no more imperial examinations. Now it is useless to read the Four Books and Five Classics. You need to learn new knowledge and culture so that you can become a high official in the city in the future.

Therefore, he supported his son's idea and sent both sons to a new school.

As for Bai Jiaxuan, although he felt sorry for his daughter and did not want her to have her feet bound, he did not object to the loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and justice, and the three cardinal principles and five constant principles taught by Mr. Xu.

Because he, the patriarch of the clan, relied on loyalty, filial piety, justice, and the Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Rules to restrain his clan members, Bai Xiaowen and Bai Xiaowu remained at the White Deer Academy and did not go to the city to study with them.

…

Xiang Nan also knew that foot binding was an absolutely bad habit, so he went to see Bai Jiaxuan.

"Uncle Jiaxuan, stop binding your children's feet. Times have changed." He said to Bai Jiaxuan, "Go to the city and see. Girls can now go to school. We must keep up with the times and not be abandoned by them. "

"Hei Wa, is it really unfashionable to bind feet?" Bai Jiaxuan asked curiously.

"It's not fashionable anymore." Xiang Nan nodded, "Go to the city and see that the ladies from wealthy families don't have their feet bound, and they all go to school and even study abroad.

Our Lingling is so smart, we should also go to school to study. In the future, when he grows up, he will be successful. Uncle Jiaxuan, times have changed. From now on, boys and girls will be the same. "

"How can it be the same?" Bai Jiaxuan asked doubtfully, he firmly did not believe it.

There is an essential difference between male babies and female babies.

Xiang Nan smiled and said, "Uncle Jiaxuan, in ancient times, it was because of the need to farm. Men are stronger and have more endurance than women, and are more suitable for farm work. Therefore, it is better to have a boy than a girl.

But it's different in the city. Factories like those in big cities rely on machines for spinning, weaving, grinding, etc. It doesn't take much strength to operate the machines, so there are more and more female workers in the city.

The so-called economic foundation determines social status. When both men and women can make money, there is no difference between having a boy and a girl. "

Bai Jiaxuan blinked.

He couldn't quite understand what Xiang Nan said.

So then, he went to see Mr. Zhu again and asked him for advice on the matter.

He knew that his brother-in-law traveled widely in his early years and even went to the south to study, so he must be knowledgeable and might be able to understand what Xiang Nan said.

"Hei Wa is right." Mr. Zhu nodded. "When I went to the south to study, there were indeed many female workers in the factories there. Moreover, the family status of women there was much higher, and they did not need to bind their feet.

The saying that economic foundation determines social status still makes sense. Just like why only you, Lu Zilin and Heiwa have status in our village, isn't it because you three are the richest?

Jiaxuan, times have changed and the emperor is gone. You should keep up with the times. Let’s just wrap the feet, don’t force the child anymore. "

Bai Jiaxuan nodded.