When Tian Niu heard what the old disciple said, he was stunned. Then he looked at the old disciple with some confusion and said, "Uncle, why are you asking about this? I have already made an agreement with Pharmacist Sang about He Cao's child. Starting from the age of seven, he will learn pharmacology from Pharmacist Sang. In the past two years, I plan to let him learn to read in school first."
The old man nodded and said in a deep voice: "This decision is indeed a good one, but shopkeeper, you know what the schools in the city are like now. In some schools, you really can't learn anything, it can only be regarded as... It’s just that I don’t have to force myself to read. I still have a spot in my hand. How about you send Xiao Hecao to the Liu family’s school in the city? What do you think?”
In the green city, there are two types of schools, one is the secret school, and the other is the family school. The secret school refers to the school run by those who know some words. Such schools usually charge no fees. It’s high, but the things taught are not very good. It can only help children to recognize words without compulsion. Don’t think about other things. Many schools like this are from the Physicians Association. It’s impossible to become a Physician. It was run by people who were not qualified as pharmacists. They opened this school just to collect a little money, make their lives more comfortable, and teach children to recognize a few words. This is considered good.
The other type of family school is different. Family schools are generally schools run by major families. Under normal circumstances, this kind of school does not admit students to outsiders. It is the family disciples of some families who study in that school. , in addition to the fact that some family members go to school there, it is impossible for outsiders to enter the family school. However, because the family schools teach only family children, the teaching quality is also very high.
The Liu family has a family school here in Green City, but those who attend this family school are generally children of the Liu family. The disciples of the Liu family will not go to this school. They will all attend the gathering. He studied at the Liu Family School in Yuncheng. This school here in Green City is just a branch. But even so, it is much better than the schools outside.
Tian Niu looked at his old disciple with surprise on his face and said excitedly: "Uncle Men, is this true? Can Bao'er really study in the Liu family's school? That would be great."
The old man looked aside. Xiao Hecao, who was looking at him with a half-understanding expression, smiled slightly and said: "I don't think this child is ordinary. If he were in an ordinary school, I'm afraid he would really be buried. If he really It would be a pity to bury a person's talents. It's a pity that my status in the family is not very high. I can only let him study in the school at home. I can't let him study with the family's plant master. , let him first learn from the children in the family school. How far he can go in the future depends on himself."
Tian Niu quickly said to his old disciple: "Thank you, uncle, I will watch him carefully and let him learn well."
The old man chuckled lightly, turned to look at Xiao Hecao and said: "This little guy is a smart kid at first glance. I am doing this to build a good relationship with the Liu family. If this kid really becomes successful in the future, Our Liu family has also contributed a bit."
Tian Niu became even more happy when he heard what his old disciple said. It would definitely be a good thing to have a good relationship with the Liu family. If Xiao Hecao really makes a difference in the future. With the help of the Liu family in the future, Xiaohecao's status will only be higher in the future.
He immediately put down the bowl and chopsticks and said: "Uncle Men, thank you very much. I thank you on behalf of all the folks in Quan Shugen Village. Lingsha, go quickly, I'm cooking two dishes. Bring the wine. I'm happy today. I'll accompany Men Uncle, have a couple of drinks."
Ayaya responded happily. After turning around and leaving, the old man waved his hand and said, "Well, why are you being polite to me? I also think this kid is good, so I want to train him. How far he can go in the end depends on him." It’s yours, so you don’t need to thank me, just eat quickly and don’t bother.”
When Tian Niu saw what his old disciple said, he had no choice but to agree to him. Lingsha sat down and continued eating, but this time Tian Niu ate with great joy.
After dinner, the old man went out. Tian Niu knew that the old man was going to take care of the little crane grass entering the Liu family school. He had no intention of going to the store and kept wandering around in the yard, waiting. Follow the old door.
The old disciple didn't come back until the evening. As soon as he saw the old disciple coming back, Mr. Tian Niu went up to greet him. He looked at the old disciple eagerly and said, "Uncle, how are you?"
The old man looked at Tian Niu. He knew what Tian Niu was thinking, and he could also understand Tian Niu's mood. After all, a planter could change the fate of their entire village, so he was not angry. He just nodded and said: " That’s done, we can send Xiao Hecao to school the day after tomorrow. The tuition is free and we will provide a meal at noon every day. However, we have to prepare pen, ink and paper ourselves, and the books will be provided by the school.”
When the old disciple said this, Tian Niu jumped up with joy. You must know that the cost for students to go to school is not low at all. In fact, the highest cost is the cost of books, pen, ink and paper. They are all transparent. You can If you buy it outside, other than this book, it may not be available to ordinary people. When a student goes to school, the cost of this book is a huge expense, which most people cannot bear.
Now the old disciple actually said that the cost of the book would be waived. This saved Tian Niu a lot of money. Tian Niu was naturally very happy. He immediately went to the front and asked the chef in the front store to make some. After serving a dish, he took it to the room in the backyard, took out a jar of good wine from the room, and invited the old man to drink.
The old disciple did not refuse this time. He had a drink with Tian Niu and told Tian Niu what he should pay attention to when going to the Liu Family Academy. In fact, the Liu Family Academy here in Green City is the lowest among all the schools in the Liu Family. One level, because the Liu family does not attach great importance to the Green City. The Liu family only has a few small businesses in the Green City. Because it is very close to the Emerald Mountain, there are often some pharmacists who go to the Emerald Mountain to collect medicinal materials. Medicines, and some animal trainers will go to Jade Mountain to look for wild beasts, and Jade Mountain also has some famous medicinal materials. After going back and forth, Green City has become the largest distribution center for medicinal materials near Jade Mountain. It gained some popularity, so the Liu family opened several businesses here.
According to the Liu family's style of doing business, as long as there is a place for business, some of the Liu family's children will be sent there to manage it, and there will be a Liu family school there. There are more than thirty children of the Liu family here in Green Mountain, but these Have children at home. They all manage other businesses of the Liu family, such as the sale of medicinal materials, and this old Liu family store is just a small restaurant. In the beginning, it was actually just a small courtyard created to receive the Liu family. Later, the Liu family came less and less, and the courtyard gradually became abandoned. A general manager of the Liu family. After learning about this matter, the Liu family reported that the owner rarely went to that courtyard, but it had to support several people. It would be better to turn it into a small shop directly, so that when the owner went there, there would be A place to rest can also bring in more income, which is why the Liu family's old store exists.
After several generations of development, the Liu family’s old store has finally opened. Although the scale is not very large, there is still some income, but these incomes are not looked down upon by the Liu family. Slowly, the Liu family changed the purpose of this old Liu family store and turned it into a domestic servant assessment. place.
The Liu family has developed rapidly in recent years. When a family develops rapidly, it needs people, and it can only rely on its own family members. It will definitely be too busy, so you need to rely on servants, but it is not so easy to receive a capable individual. Servants are generally people with souls. Soul Planters and Soul Craftsmen are rarely given servants, and Soul Planters have learned all about plants since childhood. If they succeed in learning, they will be supported by the country, even if they reach the Liu family, then Also a distinguished guest. It is impossible to be used as a servant. If you are not educated, the state will support you. However, although such people can read, all they have learned is about plants. They know almost nothing about management and business. , in this case, it is useless even if the Liu family wants those people.
As mentioned before, the Liu family has its own system for cultivating plant masters. For professions like plant masters that have combat effectiveness, the Liu family does not trust outsiders, so the servants are usually selected from among the spirit masters.
However, most of the people with souls have not received any education. Those who receive education are usually children of the same family. It is not easy to recruit them. Therefore, the Liu family has established a servant inspection system. This inspection system is to find all the properties of the Liu family. Select some capable servants for training, and finally conduct an assessment. If they pass the test, they can become servants of the Liu family, and their children will be born to the Liu family in the future.
This is how Tian Niu was selected by the Liu family, and this small shop is Tian Niu's assessment venue. It depends on how well he runs this small shop and how much money he can make with this small shop. As long as he can maintain the previous level, then Even if he passed the assessment, although the old man came here to support the elderly in name, he was actually the assessor. He just came to see whether Tian Niu was the right material and whether he could run this small shop well. Because of this, in this small shop, there is only one son of the Liu family, the old man, and there is no other Liu family.
But in Green City, generally speaking, the Liu family does not pay much attention to it, so the family does not have many children. The school of the Liu family is not very big, and there are not many children. So far, there are only more than a dozen There are only two children, and there are only two gentlemen. Among the dozen or so children, there are only four younger ones. In the future, these four children will be in the same class as Xiaohecao. The remaining few are older. Those children There are two teachers in a single class, one teaches the small class and the other teaches the large class. The division of labor is very clear and the personnel is not very complicated. It is just the right place for Xiao Hecao to study.
Although the old doorman seems to be just a janitor now, his status among the Liu family's servants is really not low. It's just because he is old and doesn't want to take care of things anymore, so he took on the task of being an assessor. In order to facilitate the elderly care, he recommended the little crane grass. In the Liu family's school, almost no children dared to mess with the little crane grass.
Of course, Lao Menzi did not tell Tian Niu these things. Tian Niu just thought that Lao Menzi was an unpopular servant of the Liu family who came to him to take care of his old age. He was good to Lao Menzi, not all because he was a member of the Liu family. The servant was pitiful because he was old and had no one to take care of him, so he was so kind to his old disciple.
Lao Menzi also knew this, so he still had a very good opinion of Tian Niu. But this time, he discovered a special temperament in Xiaohecao. Laomenzi believed that Xiaohecao would achieve extraordinary things in the future, so he thought Let Xiao Hecao go to the Liu family's school.
Xiaohecao stayed at Tian Niu's house for two days, getting familiar with the situation at Tian Niu's house and getting to know the clerk in the store. On the morning of the third day, he was put into new clothes by Lingsha. Menzi and Tian Niu led them to the Liu family's school.
The Liu family's school is not in a prosperous part of the city, but on the edge of a small river in the city. It is very quiet, with green trees and beautiful scenery. It is a good place to study. Of course, the most important thing is , here is not only the school of the Liu family, but also some schools of other families, and even some private schools are also opened here, so this place is jokingly called the Scholar Street, and the small river next to the street is called the Scholar River.
Lao Menzi and Tian Niu led Xiao Hecao on this narrow street. It was very quiet here. Except for the sound of their shoes stepping on the stone floor, you could hardly hear other sounds. Tian Niu arrived here After walking down the street, he became a little uneasy. He had never gone to school before, but later he entered the Liu family's old shop and became a waiter. He used his time away from work to learn to read from the shopkeeper, but he was not familiar with it. Those who can read are respected very much, but almost everyone on this street can read. He can't help but feel ashamed and uneasy here.
On the other hand, it was the old disciple. He seemed to be very used to this place. As he walked, he said to Xiao Hecao: "Hecao, you have to remember. If you want to learn your skills well in the future, this first step is very important. , and your first step starts from here. You have to study hard here and learn all the things that your husband taught you, so that you can learn more skills. Do you remember?" Old disciple Now he already knows about Xiaohecao, so he told Xiaohecao like this. He knows that Xiaohecao is an obedient child and a sensible child. You just need to tell him that he can learn from it here. If he has the ability, he will definitely try his best to learn it.
Sure enough, Xiao Hecao nodded vigorously and said: "Don't worry, Grandpa Men, I will definitely learn my skills well and I will study hard."
The old man nodded, then turned to Tian Niu and said: "Shopkeeper, leave the matter of picking up and delivering the little crane grass to me from now on. You still have to pay more attention to the things in the store, although there is hope for the little crane grass. Become a plant master, but don’t forget that it is not easy, and you have to wait until he grows up before your village can benefit. But if you manage the shop well and really become a servant of the Liu family, then The benefits that your village will get are not necessarily less than the benefits that will be obtained by letting the little crane grass become a planter. Moreover, this will also allow your village to get two kinds of help. Walking on two feet is always better than walking on one. Walk fast.”
Tian Niu responded and bowed down to be taught. (To be continued.)
