Chapter 145: Education 4/4

Her child in her belly was already three months old, and she felt no discomfort in her body; she just felt bored staying at home all day.

“Okay! Jinniang, since you are so good at embroidery, in the future, you will be the master of our Jin Xiaoye Embroidery, researching new embroidery styles. I will give you three or two silver coins every month. If you come up with a new style, I will give you an additional bonus,” Jin Xiaoye said.

“How can that be…” Sister Fang Jinniang quickly refused; working hard for a month, she couldn’t earn three or two silver coins, how could she teach embroidery and get so much?

“I insist. If I hire an embroiderer from outside, it might be even more expensive!” Jin Xiaoye said.

They were talking when Sister Wang, who was dining outside, suddenly came in.

When Jin Xiaoye Embroidery first opened, Sister Wang dined with them.

But later, with Chang Zhan joining the family, it was sometimes inconvenient… So Jin Xiaoye let Sister Wang and Mrs. Xu take the female workers out to eat.

The female workers ate the same as before, and as for Sister Wang and Mrs. Xu, they would get some of the good dishes from here.

Recently, Jin Xiaoye handed over some of the work of Jin Xiaoye Embroidery to Sister Wang and Mrs. Xu. As for the future… she also planned to teach Fang Jinniang.

Jin Xiaoye was very clear that she couldn’t manage Jin Xiaoye Embroidery for too long, sooner or later she would have to hand it over to someone else.

With Li Qingzhi’s good education, he would definitely go elsewhere in the future, and she couldn’t not follow.

As for the person in charge of the shop… out of selfishness, she planned to let Fang Jinniang take charge, while Sister Wang and Mrs. Xu would help on the side.

Of course, she would give Fang Jinniang the shop in Chongcheng County, but in other places, she would recruit people to open new Jin Xiaoye Embroidery workshops!

She could also do other businesses!

Recently, Jin Xiaoye teamed up with Wu Baichuan to set up a stall, and Wu Baichuan mentioned some things about the wooden shopkeepers in the capital… She wanted to be like them.

“Sister Wang, what’s wrong?” Jin Xiaoye saw Sister Wang’s expression was a bit strange and asked curiously.

Sister Wang said, “Xiaoye, Jinniang, I just heard something… Jinniang’s mother and her brother ran away secretly.”

“What do you mean, ran away?” Jin Xiaoye didn’t react.

Sister Wang started to explain. It turned out that a few days ago, Mrs. Fang and her son sold a lot of things, and even cried poor to people, saying that their family couldn’t make ends meet. They borrowed some money from the relatives of the Fang family.

And then… they both ran away, and no one knew where they went.

“Now the relatives of the Fang family are all cursing them. Fortunately, Jinniang, you are a married woman, so they won’t come to you for money,” Sister Wang said, “These two people don’t know where they went…”

Fang Jinniang was a little stunned.

Sister Wang comforted her, “Jinniang, it’s best that such people run away. Don’t worry about them anymore. It’s most important to live your own life well.”

Fang Jinniang smiled, “I’m not worried about them. I hope they suffer a bit outside.”

“Right!” Sister Wang said, “It’s not easy outside. They will definitely have a hard time!”

Sister Wang knew that Fang Xiu was not dead, but she still scolded Mrs. Fang and Fang Zijian a few times before leaving.

Just as she left, a boat stopped at the back door of Li Qingzhi’s house, followed by County Magistrate Gou’s arrival.

It was quite lively at their house today!

Li Qingzhi took County Magistrate Gou to his study, and soon understood why County Magistrate Gou came to see him.

Knowing that Governor Zhang recommended him to be the magistrate, County Magistrate Gou urgently wanted to do something more!

Li Qingzhi said, “Sir, you have managed Chongcheng County very well, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment. If you still want to do something… you can start with education.”

“Education?” County Magistrate Gou asked.

Li Qingzhi smiled, “Sir, I am willing to share your worries! I plan to set up a school near the New Wharf, hire some teachers to teach the nearby people, and the students can study for free.”

County Magistrate Gou was surprised, “Wouldn’t that cost a lot of money?”

Li Qingzhi said, “Sir, this school does not teach the Confucian classics, only teaches literacy and arithmetic. After the students graduate, they will need to work as apprentices in my shop for five years. I won’t lose money.”

Li Qingzhi was keen to train some manpower.

Right now, he had too few people he could use. As for those laborers at Juewei Restaurant…

While they were loyal, they were getting old, and the experience of being imprisoned before had somewhat harmed them. They were just ordinary people who now wanted a peaceful life.

They were very serious about slaughtering chickens, ducks, and pigs to make braised dishes, but they didn’t have any ambitions; they just wanted a warm bed for their wives and children.

Li Qingzhi also hoped that they would be happy in the future, so he didn’t intend to force them to learn things.

In that case… setting up a school and selecting some manpower from there for training would be the best approach.

Even if they didn’t train suitable manpower… being able to help the people of Chongcheng County, helping some people change their destinies, would still be a good thing.

For County Magistrate Gou, this would be even more of an achievement in educating the people.

County Magistrate Gou immediately inquired about it, and then Li Qingzhi talked about his ideas.

For example, this school could be named after the builder’s name, or the name of the builder’s shop.

The school he wanted to build would be called “Jin Xiaoye Elementary School.”

If Zhu Qian wanted to build a school, he could establish a “Zhu Qian Elementary School.”

In Li Qingzhi’s previous life, after some wealthy individuals donated money to build schools, the schools were named after the wealthy donors.

This could earn a good reputation… Li Qingzhi believed that Zhu Qian would definitely be willing to spend money to build a school.