He Shun found Bai Banban and the village chief to discuss setting up a private school in Shenshu Village.
"I have thought about this before, but opening a private school is not that easy."
Village chief Zhao complained bitterly.
Last time the county magistrate praised him for his teaching achievements, he wanted to set up a private school, but due to the conditions, he never started it.
First of all, Shenshu Village makes a living by farming, and everyone can only get enough food and clothing. One year of schooling will cost more than half of the family's expenses. How can people in the countryside afford it.
This is just the cost of attending a private school. If you really study well, going to take the exam will not deplete your family's financial resources.
The reason why Lao Bai's family has been poor for so many years is because they paid for Bai Erzhuang's education.
Having said this, Village Chief Zhao not only admired the white wooden board, but now that he was not the fourth son of the Bai family, it was rare for him to send three boys to school, which was rare in the entire Nanguan Town.
He even suspected that in a few years, the family fortune that Lao Bai's family had built up since the birth of their daughter would be completely ruined.
Like him, after saving money for most of his life, he only dared to let his eldest grandson go to school.
Secondly, even if a private school opens, there are children in the village who are willing to attend, but there are no teachers.
Bai Erzhuang is ready, but there is no Shu Xiu in the village to teach him. We can't let the second son of the Bai family teach voluntarily.
"Steward He, your boss, the old Xia family, has a great business. It's like hiring a gentleman to play with it. We can't do that in our village." Village Chief Zhao sighed.
He knew that when A Zhen studied every day, he would invite famous teachers and scholars to sit at home and teach him only one lesson every morning and one night.
"Steward He, your young master doesn't have to worry about studying, why are you still talking about opening a private school in the village?" Thinking of this, Village Chief Zhao didn't understand Steward He's intention.
Could it be that the businessman was obsessed with money and tried every means to set up a private school to make money from the villagers.
That was a wrong idea. Now the only three families in the village who send their children to private school are the Bai family, the village chief's family, and Wu Langzhong's family.
There is no way to earn other people's money.
"Village chief, don't get me wrong. Now my young master is also a member of Shenshu Village. He plays with the children in our village and said that he couldn't bear the suffering of the children in the village being illiterate, so he wanted to open a private school." He Shun said with a smile.
The pain of being illiterate?
What about poverty and suffering?
Ah Zhen, a young master from a wealthy family, naturally didn't know.
The village chief looked at He Shun with a strange expression.
He Shun continued: "My young master said that if you want to come to study, you can come. You only need to pay five kilograms of millet a year."
Originally, A Zhen wanted to make it completely free.
But Wu Xiaoying held a negative view. He said that if it was free, people would not cherish the opportunity to study. It would be better to charge a token amount of money.
The five kilograms of millet was set by He Shun. It could be said to be more or less, but the children in the village could afford it if they missed it.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Village Chief Zhao had a smile on his face: "Five kilograms of millet, okay, okay. Who can I invite sir?"
With five kilograms of millet, he didn't dare to let Ming Confucianism, whom the Xia family hired with huge sums of money, teach these country boys.
He Shun cupped his hands in front of the white wooden board and said, "Shouldn't we ask Brother Bai to take action? I think the second son of the Bai family will return to the village and sit in a private school."
Bai Banban heard about the establishment of a private school in the village and supported it with both hands.
In this way, his children will not have to travel back and forth to go to private school.
Even if Erlang's legs are inconvenient, he can still listen.
He also plans to send his daughter to school. At home, he will no longer worry about her being bullied in private school.
"That's a good idea." Bai Banban sighed sincerely, "Housekeeper He, you have a good idea. Your young master is also a good person. Such a young person can think about cycles."
Bai Banban was originally opposed to the fact that A Zhen had a big problem and the housekeeper called his daughter there.
Now he praises A Zhen again.
"I'm going to send a message to my second son and ask him if he's willing. But Mr. He, I usually don't care about my son's affairs. He has to be willing to do this." Bai Banban showed the image of an old father who respects his son. .
He Shun misunderstood and said quickly: "Brother Bai, in addition to the five kilograms of rice for each child, Shu Xiu also has four taels of silver per month more than the town."
The white wooden board's eyes lit up.
The Xia family is indeed arrogant, and the treatment is very good.
None of the private tutors in the town who were more qualified than Bai Erzhuang had this kind of income.
"I will tell him this together and let him make his own decision." Baiban said.
Villager Zhao let out a long sigh of relief. He was worried about Shu Xiu, but he didn't expect that the Xia family would solve it as well.
Next, Butler He revealed even more exciting news: "The paper, ink, pen and inkstone for studying are contained in five kilograms of millet."
Village Chief Zhao was so excited that he wanted to hold Butler He's hand and burst into tears.
The cost of pens, inks, paper and inkstones is included in five pounds of millet. At such a young age, the Xia family’s A-Zhen was like a great saint.
Five pounds of millet is not much, and every family can afford it, but the thought of a large expense of pens, ink, paper and inkstones will still prevent everyone from sending their children to school.
Now that all these worries are solved, he can convince every household to let their children go to school.
He was very excited when he thought about the next time the county magistrate came and heard Lang Lang reading.
Village Chief Zhao and Bai Banban didn't know that it was A Zhen who proposed the provision of pens, inks, paper and inkstones.
At that time, Butler He was still hesitant, but A Zhen said with a straight face, I am supported by the people of Daxia, so it is not right for me to provide pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
The matter was settled just like that.
Bai Banban planned to go to the private school in person to talk to Bai Erzhuang about this matter.
He also felt that it would be better for Bai Erzhuang to return to the village. He could teach in peacetime and farm in his spare time. He would earn a lot of money and the Bai family would have half an extra labor force.
The next day, Bai Banban hurriedly went to the private school and gave Bai Erzhuang a detailed analysis of the matter.
Bai Erzhuang also felt that it would be better to return to the village, but no matter what, it would take half a month to arrange things in the private school properly.
The Bai Zhao sisters were very excited when they learned that they could study in the village.
There is plenty of space to set up private schools in the village.
The Xia family provided pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and also provided the teachers with bundles and repairs. The venue would not be placed in the Xia family's house.
Finally, I thought of a ruined temple at the entrance of the village. I don’t know which dynasty a temple was in. It was abandoned. There were no nuns or monks, and there were no incense offerings.
The site is large, and the temple building can be used as a private school after some repairs.
Repairs required manpower, so Village Chief Zhao decided to involve the whole village in this matter. After all, the private school was not his alone, but a matter for the whole village.
Village Chief Zhao started the village discussion.
As soon as he heard that the village was going to renovate the dilapidated temple and use it as a private school, before Village Chief Zhao could finish his words, the temple exploded.
"What? A private school is going to be opened in the village?"
"This has nothing to do with my family. My children don't study."
"The village chief just wants to come out and go out. How can he have spare money to study. Everyone knows that studying is good, but there is no money."
"Even if you have money, not everyone can read well. If you can't read well, your efforts will be in vain."
"No, the second eldest son of the Bai family has been studying for so many years. He is just a poor scholar. The money he needs to study will have to build as many houses as possible."
(End of chapter)
