The little girl's words made Xiao Bei understand, but at the same time, he was confused. He rolled his eyes and asked in confusion, "Now, you don't need to pay for school. Why is your father stopping you? What's your name? "
"My father's surname is Qi. My name is Yue 'er." The little girl was still sobbing.
"Oh, Qi Yue? Good name, money. Don't you have other merchants in your village who built schools for you? "Xiao Bei praised and asked again.
"Yes, there are schools, but my father won't let me go. My name is Yue 'er, not Qi Yue. My father said that when a girl grows up, she belongs to someone else's family. I don't need a surname." Yue' er's face was full of grievance.
This time, not only was Xiao Bei confused, but the other eight people were also confused. They couldn't figure out what the problem was. She didn't need to pay for school, so why didn't she go to school? As for the surname problem, it could only be attributed to a preference for boys. Only when a certain level of attainment was reached would one not be given a surname.
"If you don't want to spend money, why won't your father let you go to school? You're just a little girl who can't work. What's your father thinking? "Xiao Bei felt that he had encountered a big problem.
Yue 'er wiped her tears and said, "I can stay at home to look after my brother. He's two years old, so no one will take him to school."
"What about your mother?" Xiao Bei asked again.
"My mother has to work and can't handle it. She's at the docks helping to pack things from other places." Yue 'er replied.
"Your village doesn't have a place to take care of young children? I remember my brother saying that there is. The money is taken by Tang Dynasty. "Xiao Bei thought of this and asked.
Yue 'er nodded, "Yes, there is during the day, but not at night. Father and mother are very tired when they come back at night. After I cook, they eat and sleep. I take care of my brother. I have money too. I have a name in school. The school has a lot of money and gives me 25 coins every month because they can't spend it all."
"Then I don't understand. You go to school during the day and take care of your brother at night. Isn't it the same?" Xiao Bei thought of the time arrangement and thought that he had figured it out.
Unexpectedly, Yue'er shook her head and said, "I still have chickens and pigs to feed. I have to prepare a lot of food for the pigs and chickens. They will eat as much as they can. Food costs money, so I will pay for it. Also, don't feed them. They don't grow well and don't lay many eggs. This is called scientific feeding. I can't go to school, so I have to run back to feed them.
It's mainly because I'm stupid. After I finished the first four months of school and took the exams, I only got a total of 160 copper coins. If I don't go, I can get 25 copper coins a month. That means I can only get 15 copper coins a month.
"My father said that if I feed the chickens and pigs at home every day, and when the pigs are ready to be slaughtered, I can still earn money from selling the eggs every month. That means that if I go to school, my family will have to give me ten copper coins every month. That's to say, if I go to school, my family will have to give me ten copper coins every month. It won't be an extra ten copper coins. Don't you think so? Sigh! I am still the stupid one. "
As Yue 'er spoke, Xiao Bei and the others listened, nodding their heads incessantly. Their faces were filled with admiration. This little calculation was truly too meticulous. They couldn't help but admire it.
After Yue 'er finished speaking, Xiao Yuan continued, "That is to say, whether you go to school or not depends on the seven to ten copper coins a month. If we give you ten copper coins a month for free, can you go to school again?"
Yue 'er still shook her head, "Someone has given me ten copper coins before. My father still didn't let me go. He said that if someone gave me ten copper coins, I would still be able to get an extra ten copper coins if I stayed at home. Oh, my father said that it was called additional income. In the end, the other party stopped giving it."
"Don't tell me your father is the county's registrar?" Xiao Bei suddenly asked.
"No, my father works at the docks and is in charge of checking the amount of goods. He said that it's not much different from what the registrar does. I always say that it's a waste of his talent." Yue 'er helplessly replied.
Xiao Bei nodded, "It's a waste of his talent. A person like him should be sent to the Great Tang Bank. At the very least, he's the type that governs a province. His calculation of money is extraordinary. I'll give an order to cancel the additional funding that your village's school gives you. Based on this calculation, if you don't go to school and don't get an extra fifteen copper coins a month, your family will lose fifteen copper coins a month. At that time, I believe that your father will let you go to school."
Yue 'er nodded, "I thought so too. But, but when we were on the boat, the person who accompanied me said that there was no additional money. If a child with poor grades earns less money, their family might not let them go to school. What should I do?"
Xiao Bei was stunned. After pondering for a while, he still couldn't figure out what was wrong. He muttered, "What's missing? What's missing? How is the money appropriate? Are there other people like you in other places? Do any of you have a good idea? "
Xiao Bei consulted the other eight people, hoping that they could provide him with some help.
Xiao Yuan and the others were also stunned. Even Xiao Hai, who was the best at calculating, couldn't figure out how to calculate the appropriate amount of money.
Everyone was silent for a while. Xiao Bei finally couldn't take it anymore. He patted Yue 'er's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there will be Wave Calming Beads and Soaring Heaven Wings. When the time comes, we can kill everyone in the sea and in the sky. Wait, I'll go ask my brother and sister."
Xiao Bei threw down this sentence and ran away.
Yue 'er turned her head and asked Xiao Yuan, "What are Wave Calming Beads and Soaring Heaven Wings?"
"These are two very powerful auxiliary weapons. As long as your sister Xiao Bei can answer the questions in the story 30 times in a row, she will be able to obtain them. Our overall strength will increase, but we don't have much confidence in this. 30 times in a row, heavens!"
Xiao Yuan explained to Yue 'er in a daze. The other seven people also didn't have any confidence. Only Pan' er and Pan 'er didn't seem to care. They were working hard to drink the milk in their bowls. Today's milk was harder to drink than before.
When Xiao Bei found his brother and sister, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had just finished eating with Li Longji and the others. They ate early and finished late.
The main reason was that Li Longji insisted that Zhang Xiaobao make him something to eat in the morning. It was a very ancient food, or perhaps it was a food that shouldn't have appeared in this era. It was filled with beef. At that time, it was the food that the Hui people ate. It tasted very good, even more fragrant than shumai.
However, it didn't exist now. It was just that a cow had died a while ago. Zhang Xiaobao made something for his brother and sister at noon and let Li Longji see it. Then, he treated it as something like a steamed bun for breakfast. It was very troublesome to make, and if the taste wasn't right, it would be bitter.
Time was spent on making it.
When Xiao Bei came over, he smelled the fragrance. He smacked his lips and said with dissatisfaction, "I just ate a steamed bun, the kind that didn't have any filling. Poor cow, it must have accidentally fallen to its death."
"You're really smart, Xiao Bei. You know that the steamed bun doesn't have any filling. Come, let Uncle Emperor carry you." Li Longji opened his arms to Xiao Bei in embarrassment as though he had eaten the steamed bun.
When he placed Xiao Bei on his lap, Li Longji explained, "The cow didn't fall to its death, it was killed. Lu Zhou, your family specially raised meat cows. This is the sixth generation. We killed one and tasted it. If there's one left, why don't you eat it?"
"No, I'm so angry that I'm full. What kind of father is that?" Xiao Bei rubbed his stomach and said angrily.
"Who made our Xiao Bei angry? Uncle Emperor will make the decision for you, "Li Longji immediately said. After all, it was not a good habit to eat secretly.
"It happened in Guangzhou. I think there are other places in Great Tang as well, but I didn't manage to catch them. That place …" Xiao Bei explained the matter and said, "We can't figure out what happened. We're in big trouble. Isn't that right, Uncle Emperor?"
Li Longji was dumbfounded when he heard this. He nodded and tried to figure out how to give the money. It was fine if he did not give the money to the smarter children, but it was not fine if he did not give the money to the stupid children. Just as Yue 'er had said, if they did not give extra money to the children to attend school, their families might need more labor.
However, it would be unfair to split the money. Moreover, it was impossible to directly determine who was smart and who was stupid. If he directly said that a child was stupid and was not suitable to study, it would be irresponsible of the teacher. After all, not all children were as smart as Xiao Bao and Cuckoo.
Li Longji was troubled when he saw Xiao Bei's expectant gaze. Education was not a small matter.
After thinking for a long time, Li Longji still could not come up with a solution. In the end, he could only look at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who were sipping tea at the side and looking indifferent.
"Hmph! Shouldn't the two of you say something? "Li Longji cleared his throat and asked.
"Say what?" Zhang Xiaobao raised his head in surprise and asked in puzzlement.
"Tell me how to solve the problem that Xiao Bei mentioned earlier." Li Longji glared at Zhang Xiaobao. He actually dared to laugh at him.
"What is there to say? They are so spoiled that they always complain about not having enough money to attend school. Now that they have a school, they are still looking for trouble. This kind of person needs to be dealt with. If they don't allow their children to attend school, then they should be locked up for ten days to half a month. If they don't allow their children to attend school, then they should be locked up for half a year. Then, they should be whipped. Even if their hearts are as hard as steel, they should still be punished. "
Zhang Xiaobao slammed his teacup on the table and said angrily.
Li Longji thought that Zhang Xiaobao would come up with some good idea, but after hearing his reply, he became even more dissatisfied. "We didn't ask you to think of a solution in a fit of pique."
"I'm not in a fit of pique. What I said is a solution. This law needs to be legislated. There is a place that has done this, and the results are very good. We should also use it," Zhang Xiaobao explained.
"Really?" Li Longji naturally knew where this' place 'was. After pondering for a moment, he nodded. "Since others have tried it, our Great Tang should also try it. Sigh, the human heart is not enough. What does this mean? Ah? What does it mean? Xiao Bao, speak. "
"It means that the Great Tang's propaganda is still lacking. The technology is still lacking, the methods and methods are still lacking, and the laws are still not perfect. The burden is heavy … Forget it, let's not talk about such useless things. In any case, Your Majesty should know that this is a normal phenomenon.
If we want to solve this problem from the root, we can only legislate and continue to suppress the status of merchants in society. If we raise the status of merchants too high, everyone will do business and only live for money. If the poor have no money, they will do business; if the officials have no money, they will become corrupt; if the farmers have no money, they will give up on farming; if the workers have no money, they will produce inferior products. At that time, if you want to turn back, please don't look for me or Cuckoo. The two of us are powerless. "
As Zhang Xiaobao spoke, he looked at Wang Juan. Wang Juan nodded in agreement. She also felt that Yue 'er's father's actions were caused by money. In the past two years, the Great Tang had been promoting material goods too much, and there was a slight contradiction. As an' experienced person ', she agreed with Zhang Xiaobao that this matter should be nipped in the bud.
When the ideological control was in place, they would turn around and encourage the acquisition of material goods, and so on.
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