Mrs. Miaohua was in Guiyan City, and she asked Suichuan to spread the word. The next day, she arrived at Shiqiao Village.
Mrs. Miaohua is about forty years old. She is slender but not thin. She is wearing a blue gown and has her hair tied with a copper crown. Her temperament is a bit cold and solemn. With her, there are two girls in Tsing Yi. , is her disciple.
Su Wan met them in the hospitality court in the outer courtyard, accompanied by Xiao Sang Shu Xiang and Suichuan.
"I've met Madam." The three people came forward and saluted.
"Mrs. Miaohua, please sit down."
"Thank you, Madam." Madam Miaohua returned to the chair at the bottom and sat down. Two disciples stood behind her, and Suichuan sat opposite her.
"I got news earlier that the first Qiqiao Girls' School has been opened. Let me tell you how it is now."
Mrs. Miaohua said: "In reply to Madam, Miaohua went to Guiyan City after taking over Madam's affairs. According to Madam's letter, she went to find Madam Xie and mentioned the matter of setting up a girls' school. Madam Xie learned about this After that, I was very supportive and helped a lot.”
"Now the first Qiqiao Girls' School is in a courtyard on Yanwei Street in the city. The courtyard has a main courtyard and three small courtyards. I had people buy the courtyard and repair it. Mrs. Xie and the others bought a lot of it. Bring the books and supplies."
"At the end of last year, news was released that a girls' school would be opened. Thirty-six girls signed up in Guiyan City. At the beginning of this year, there were thirty-three people who came to attend classes. For the time being, there are six teachers in the academy."
Mrs. Miaohua also talked about what the gentlemen were good at. One was good at music, two were good at poetry and calligraphy, one was an embroiderer, one was a ceremonial artist, and the last one was a cook.
Su Wan thought it was okay: "If there are more people in the future, we will recruit two more."
Mrs. Miaohua said: "If we meet him, we will definitely recruit him."
Su Wan looked through the account book. All the expenses were clearly listed on it. Even the prices of some things were lower. She had no doubt, so she asked her: "How does the shop run?"
"I bought three shops, one for making pastries, one for selling embroidery, and one that only sells powder. I hired a person to take care of it, but I need these girls to learn it first before they can send it. use."
In the past, when the Suwan Xie Women's School Project was held, the skills that girls learned were divided into two parts. One was the cultivation of knowledge and temperament, such as reading and literacy, etiquette, music and so on.
On the other hand, there are real skills, such as embroidery, tea making, powder and ointment, incense making, cooking, wine making, flower cultivation, etc., which can be used to support the family.
When these girls are young, they can come to school for free. When they are older, they can make things that the gentlemen see as good and then sell them in shops to supplement their family income. Their families will not have any objection to them attending the academy.
After graduating from the academy, those with excellent grades can still work in shops and get paid.
Even if these people are no longer needed in the shop, they can live a good life if they have a skill and are educated and literate.
In the early stage, Su Wan spent money to build a shop in the academy and hire teachers to hire waiters. Later, what she needed was for the store management to provide money to the academy to pay the teachers' wages and various expenses, at least to meet the revenue. Branch balance.
However, this matter cannot be accomplished overnight, and there is still a long way to go.
I hope that women from ordinary backgrounds in this world can have the opportunity to read and be literate, and have a skill to stand in the world.
As long as they have skills, work, income, and are married, their husband's family will not dare to treat her too badly. Even if they live alone or have to support their parents and children for some reasons, they can still survive.
"You did a good job." Su Wan closed the account book and asked Xiao Sang to bring out the deed and the banknote. "You can collect the money allocated to you this year."
"Now that the girls' school in Guiyan City has been opened, I hope to start it in Lanzhou City this year. Next year, there must be at least five girls' schools in Lanzhou. Can you do it?"
"Of course." Mrs. Miaohua took the deed and looked at it, and she was a little excited.
It says twenty thousand taels of silver, a full twenty thousand!
With these 20,000 taels of silver, why worry about not being able to run another girls' school? It's enough to find a good courtyard, buy a few shops in Lanzhou City, and find a few good gentlemen.
Su Wan previously wanted to follow the original plan and give 30% of her personal income to Mrs. Miaohua to run a girls' school. However, the matter has just begun. She had already given three thousand taels to the girls' school in Guiyan City. It's enough here.
In this way, we will give you 20,000 taels this year, part of which will be spent on Guiyan City, and most of it on Lanzhou City. Calculating, there will be a surplus. Otherwise, giving 60,000 to 70,000 taels all at once would be too much. .
As for the remaining money, let's save it first and wait until we need it in the future.
"Thank you Madam. Madam is truly a blessing to women in the world. They will definitely miss Madam in the future." Madam Miaohua signed the deed and pressed her fingerprints, and Xiao Sang gave her the banknote.
"Forget it, I don't need them to know who I am. As long as they live a good life and the money is worth spending, I will feel at ease. You still have to work hard for these things."
The main reason is that she feels that life is not easy for girls in this world, and she has money but nowhere to spend it, so she wants to do something, which is just right.
"It's not hard work. I'm very willing to do these things." Mrs. Miaohua also tried to open an academy before, but she was short of money and couldn't hire a good gentleman, and she couldn't persuade these girls' families to give up. They come to class.
Now that she has money, these things have solutions. Even if she has to work harder, it doesn't matter.
"I thanked Madam on behalf of the girls."
Mrs. Miaohua came and went in a hurry. After talking about things, she said goodbye and left.
Su Wan had settled all these matters and felt relieved. For the rest of this year, she would have nothing to be busy with and could rest assured to raise her baby.
After Li Lin came back, he was busy with the affairs of Stone Bridge Academy for a few days. Last year, they issued drawings for the expansion of the academy. Construction started immediately after the drawings were completed. It was completed at the end of last year and began to recruit students.
It is said that when the news spread, countless students from Lanzhou heard the news and came. However, according to the agreement between Shiqiao Academy and Hongyan Academy, 200 students were admitted through the examination at that time. At the beginning of this year, these students had already come to attend classes.
Li Lin discussed the teaching issues for the students with Shi Chongshan, Dean Shi and others, but he only had time to go there in the afternoon, not in the morning.
Su Wan thought that based on the agreement between the two academies, Hongyan Academy could use these five years to save it, but things turned out to be somewhat unexpected.
Because of the incident involving the second wife of the Sun family, the Sun family suffered many setbacks when hiring a husband.
This was what Mrs. Xie told her when she came.
