"What do you think?" Ou Mengmeng's training these past few months was not in vain. She became sharper and looked like a capable old lady. Her sharp eyes were completely different from the old lady with fat and white buns from before. After hearing what Jia She said, she looked at Jia Zhen.
"The main thing is that not many children in the clan go to school now. There are more than ten children. If one family can make up the ten liang and go out to study, we can save a lot of trouble. But my grandson has gone to see the family. The husband taught by the sixth uncle. About the same, just a little younger than the sixth uncle. Paying ten taels of silver is really feeding the dog." Jia Zhen said hurriedly.
"You said we fed the dogs, but you thought we didn't feed the dogs now. Mother, some families now think that we are strict and let their children work as apprentices in the shop. Anyway, we don't ask them for anything. They just know how to read and become apprentices. It's still very popular." Jia She said hurriedly, and after he finished speaking, he became angry, "Really, I don't even think about it, who taught them to read? There are brats all over the street. If they weren't named Jia, they would still be able to eat for free. Fatty, can you still read and count? This is like feeding the dogs, so it’s better to throw them out like this, so that you can know who was raising them in the clan before."
"Are there a dozen more? Do you want to take the exam?" Ou Mengmeng nodded and asked hurriedly. In this era of widespread illiteracy, literacy means a literate person. So when the Jia family feels that they cannot get what they want in school, what will they do? Find a direction that is more beneficial to you, such as letting your children find another way out. It's not bad now. I know how to put down the Jia family's airs and become an apprentice in a shop, and my ideas suddenly open up. She didn't think it was feeding the dogs, but she thought it was a very productive thing.
"What? They're just eating and waiting to die. Some of them are the poor relatives of the poor relatives. One by one, they don't know what they think, so they just stay there." Jia She was almost bored to death.
"Oh, old lady, the Qin family's younger brother also wants to come to study as a student. Master Qin came to see his grandson beforehand, and he agreed."
"Why? Go and ask clearly. They say that we don't have a teacher in our clan school now. All the students are studying by themselves. They are still thinking of a way out. It is not difficult to let him join the school. The difficulty is, here, we have to live for a while and we can't do it anymore. Isn't it rare to give someone an explanation?" Ou Mengmeng was startled.
She seemed to remember that Qin Keqing's brother died later, but she forgot how he died. However, come to think of it, is there anyone alive in the Red Mansion? Finally, isn’t it that the vast white land is so clean? I don’t have to worry about it anymore, but when I come to study at the Affiliated School, I have to have something better than others. The best thing about the Jia Family School is that it doesn’t charge any money. But in her time, this kind of cattle herding class was really free and no one wanted it.
"Then who knows." Jia She chuckled and thought about it, "Mother, do we still need to hold ethnic studies?"
"Of course we have to do it. That's old Ning Guo Gong. Old Rong Guo Gong has a caring heart for the family. What is the most important thing for a family? Inheritance! You know that sending Lian'er to the military camp to be beaten was also another reason why we gave Baoyu before. Sir, why don't you go to the clan school? To put it bluntly, you think they don't teach well. Now you are in charge of it yourself, but the students didn't listen and ran away. What does this mean?" Ou Mengmeng immediately glared at Jia A look of forgiveness.
"What?"
"There's something wrong with the roots." Ou Mengmeng shook her head and thought about it, "Go and call the parents of those ten families to the clan school. I'll be there later."
"Old lady, if you have any questions, you can tell your son instead of yourself." Jia She said hurriedly.
"You, there are some things that I have to see for myself to understand. Let's go!" Ou Mengmeng actually somewhat understood what was going on, but she still needed to see for herself. He turned around on the pillar, had people carry her into a soft sedan, and sent her to the clan school.
This is the afternoon of the Clan Academy, a riding and shooting class. Baoyu and his group are more than ten people and have five horses. Jiao Da divided the people into two groups, half of them practiced horse riding, and the other half practiced archery. On the small martial arts field, those little people were quite quiet and trained very seriously. They were quite good at using small bows and arrows.
Ou Mengmeng nodded and did not go in. I withdrew and read Jia Zheng's essay on persuading students to study. It was well written. It described how the two father-in-laws of the Jia family rose up in poverty, never forgot their sons and nephews after their glory, and encouraged their heirs to study and practice martial arts, and ultimately serve the country. It's easy to understand and catchy.
"Whose idea was this? Well done." Ou Mengmeng pointed at the exhortation to study at the door and said hurriedly.
"My son said that my second son didn't study in vain and he wrote very well." Jia She said proudly.
"Well, it's really well done. You also thought of it, very good." Ou Mengmeng nodded and looked at Jia Zhen, "Brother Zhen, do you know what I am praising your uncle?"
Jia Zhen was startled. She thought about the parallel prose and looked back at the old lady. It doesn't seem right to say anything about letting children know how to be grateful. After a moment of hesitation, "Let them know that this is the Jia Family Academy?"
"Absolutely! If a school wants to be run for a long time, it must have a soul. The soul of the school. From now on, no matter where they go, they will say that we came from the Jia Family School. We can all recite this article together. Article, even if we don't know each other, we have become the closest family. This is the soul of the school. But this soul must be recognized by everyone. First, identify with the school, and slowly, identify with Ning Rong Ergong. Slowly Yes, I consciously put Er Gong’s wish into myself, and it became my own wish, and I was willing to work hard for Er Gong’s wish. Slowly, this school has a soul. So even though the boss said he didn’t understand, But you did this, and you first forged a soul for the school. This is really great. So, I say, you are really smart." Ou Mengmeng hurriedly praised Jia She vigorously, but it is not necessary to praise others anyway. Money, praise it with all your heart.
"It's a bit like what father said about leading troops." Jia She was a little embarrassed, but after hearing what my mother said, it made some sense.
"That's right, everything in this world can be solved by one method. As long as you learn one of them, everything can be solved." Ou Mengmeng nodded.
"Old lady, you are back." A man in his thirties came in and hurriedly came over to say hello to Ou Mengmeng.
"Yes, yes." Ou Mengmeng responded with a smile. Although she didn't know who this was, it didn't matter. She was the tallest elder on the street, and no one was as senior as her. She doesn't need to know anyone else, she just needs to keep smiling.
"This is Brother Huang from the fifth room. His wife's nephew is studying here." Jia Zhen hurriedly said to Ou Mengmeng.
"What about the child's parents?" She didn't have any discrimination against the children of relatives. It was just a parent-teacher meeting, and the parents had to come.
"His mother is a widow and has little success. My family has asked her grandson to come over." Jia Huang hurriedly bowed and said.
"Then call your family together. There are only a few students anyway, and we are all a family. Let's sit together and chat." Ou Mengmeng smiled and waved her hand.
Jia Huang hurriedly responded and went back to call for help. Thinking about it, it was not common for him to meet the old lady.
People slowly gathered. Except for Baoyu's parents, everyone else came. Baoyu didn't care, he just sat down at the bottom and listened to everyone talking.
In fact, the problem of the Jia family is really rooted in the problem. Just like Qingwen's foot binding, the girls' goal is to become aunts, and what is the goal of the Jia family members? Like Jia Yun, relying on the two houses Do something. You see, Jia Yun took a job working with flowers, plants and trees, and suddenly became well-off. What about before? You’ve all read books, but you can’t do anything? Just because the Jia family's money was so easy to cheat, everyone became lazy. That’s why it is said that the problem of ethnology is not with the children, but with the parents.
