"Why are you talking to me about this?" The blindfolded hand was taken off, and Fang Yanqing tilted his head sideways, looked at Wei Chao, and asked.

Wei Chao listened to Fang Yanqing's question, smiled slightly, and said, "Isn't my school just guessed by you? You can also guess this, and I will tell you if I guess correctly." ”

"Cut, I guessed it right, I want you to say it. ”

"Come in!"

Feng Ranran's call came from the house, Fang Yanqing raised his eyes and glanced at Wei Chao, and walked towards the house. Feng Ranran was squatting in front of a child, and when she saw Fang Yanqing coming over, she hurriedly beckoned, "Yanqing, come and see, this kid's painting is beautiful! The words are also beautiful!"

Fang Yanqing listened to Feng Ranran's words, stepped forward, and described the lotus flower outside the room on the white paper, and wrote a few words next to it, 'Fish play among the lotus leaves,' the swimming fish under the water ripple path are vivid, Fang Yanqing looked at the painting on the paper, and then looked at the little boy holding the pen next to him, and asked, "Have you learned calligraphy and painting?"

The boy shook his head and said, "I just saw these words in a book. ”

Fang Yanqing listened to the little boy's words, paused for a moment, and took the textbook next to him, the first text in it was the poem 'Jiangnan', and there was the sentence written by the kid, 'Fish play among the lotus leaves,' Fang Yanqing pointed to the poems in the book and asked, "Do you know how to read these words?"

The child shook his head, pursed his lips, and looked at Fang Yanqing with some timidity.

"It's... This is a genius!" Feng Ranran said excitedly, pulling Zhou Dong next to him, shaking Zhou Dong's body and asking, "Where did you pick up this kid, it's amazing!"

"His father is the He family's fish shop, don't you love to eat their fish?" Zhou Dong grabbed Feng Ranran's hand and said.

"Huh, yes, I haven't seen him!" Feng Ranran looked at the child twice, shook his head, and said, "It's okay, you study hard, if you are admitted to middle school, I will pay you tuition." ”

"What is middle school?" The little boy listened to Feng Ranran's words, looked at Feng Ranran strangely and asked, and then looked at Zhou Dong as if asking for help.

"Middle school... Middle school is school. After Feng Ranran finished speaking, she probably found that what she said was like nonsense, and smiled wryly, "This is the place to teach you knowledge." ”

"After learning knowledge in middle school, you can go to university, study abroad, and then stay in the big city and become an inventor, a painter, a teacher, and so on. Zhou Dong added next to him, "The left and right are good things." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, that's right. Feng Ranran said.

"Then let's start class," Zhou Dong clapped his hands and said, looking at Fang Yanqing and Wei Chao on the side still standing, pointed to the side, and said, "You two go and move two stools to come and sit." ”

Zhou Dong, Feng Ranran, Ding Sanniang and the group of children all sat on a small wooden stool under their buttocks, small stool legs, a few children sat just right, Feng Ranran and Ding Sanniang are women, petite, and it is okay to sit, Zhou Dong is a 1.8 meter tall man sitting on the stool and looks very pitiful. There were also a few benches on the side, and Fang Yanqing was about to walk over to move the benches, when he saw Wei Chaomai leg and said, "Just stand still, I'll go get it." ”

After speaking, he walked over with long legs, walked over in a few steps, picked up the bench back, and put it next to him.

"Thank you. Fang Yanqing said, straightened his skirt and sat down.

A group of people formed a circle, Zhou Dong sat down and said, "This, this is my first time in class, if you don't say it well, you can bring it up, my name is Zhou Dong, everyone knows each other, so there is no need to introduce it, start with me, clockwise, introduce yourself, and everyone will write down each other's names." ”

Sitting next to Zhou Dong was Feng Ranran, who cleared her throat and said, "My name is Feng Ranran." ”

"Hello Mr. Feng. When the children heard Feng Ranran's self-introduction, they all saluted obediently.

called Ding Sanniang Mr. Ding in turn, and several children also took turns to report their names. They are He Jiahe Yu, Zhao Sanqi, Zhu Ersi, Tang Decai, and many treasures.

"Thirty-seven, two-four, you must have been born on March 7 and February 4. Feng Ranran heard the names of Zhao Sanqi and Zhu Ersi and said.

The two children nodded and replied, "Yes, because my father and mother didn't know what to call it, so they called it by this name." ”

"The numbers are also good numbers, it sounds pleasing to the ear, look at my name Ding Xiyan, the people here are not Sanniang Sanniang called me, go out and say, people only know Ding Sanniang does not know Ding Xiyan. Ding Sanniang said with a round smile.

Zhou Dong saw that everyone was finished, and said, "I originally wanted to prepare a table for everyone, but the object was too big to buy, so I thought of a way," Zhou Dong said, picked up the small wooden board standing next to him, put it on his lap, and said, "When everyone writes, the wooden board is cushioned, although it will be a little inconvenient, but I can only temporarily grieve everyone, and I am still discussing with the carpentry master, asking him when he can drive out the wooden table." ”

"It's not troublesome, Mr. Zhou provided us with a place to study for free and taught us literacy, and we are already very happy. A child hurriedly said, and the child next to him hurriedly agreed.

Fang Yanqing also put the wooden board on his lap, although this wooden board is indeed not as convenient as the table, but it can be seen that Zhou Dong also put his heart into choosing the wooden board, the wooden board is not thick, very light, it will not have too much pressure on the leg, and the size is also appropriate, just enough to stretch out, and it is not too big, so that children are not easy to hold, and it is smooth to the touch.

"Then today, I will teach everyone to write their own names first, and then tell a little story," Zhou Dong said, took a child's paper, looked at Fang Yanqing and Wei Chao, and raised his chin, "What are you doing, help them write their names!"

Just five gentlemen corresponded to five students, Fang Yanqing took Zhu Ersi's paper, took a small brush, and gently wrote down three words on the paper, and then handed the pen to Zhu Ersi, and said softly, "Look at my hands, take the problem like this, use your wrist forcefully, and gently write your name on the paper, there are my words here, you can write according to my words." ”

Zhu Ersi looked at Fang Yanqing's gesture, nodded, took the paper, and traced it seriously. Although the words in the dialect are not very good-looking, they are also neat, and it is more than enough to teach children. A few children drew two or three densely on the gentlemen's words, and their names were already more proficient.

"Tomorrow, let's take a Chinese language class first, and then an arithmetic class. Zhou Dong said, "Today I said that I want everyone to get acquainted, you tell the story you want to know, and let the gentlemen tell it to you." ”

"In arithmetic class, I am very good at arithmetic, and I am responsible for our family's abacus. Zhao Sanqi said, with some pride on his face, "My mother said that my abacus is a thief, and I can be my bookkeeper in the future." ”

"When you are a bookkeeper, you open a bank in the future, and all the money you save will be in your charge. Feng Ranran said beside him.

"Bank, doesn't that thing have to be tested for fame?" Zhao Sanqi said when he heard Feng Ranran's words, grabbed his hair.

"What kind of fame, I don't want this now, as long as you have the ability, the world is yours. Feng Ranran's words were so arrogant, the children below didn't understand, and they picked their fingers, not knowing the meaning of Feng Ranran's words.

"Mr. Feng wants to say that where there is a will, there is a way, as long as you have ideas and are willing to work hard, there will be no problem in doing anything. Fang Yanqing said.

After listening to Fang Yanqing's words, the child below nodded and said as if he didn't understand, "Got it." ”

"That, Mr. Zhou can ask anything you can understand, is it true?" He Yu had been sitting obediently, and suddenly spoke timidly, his voice was still very small.

"Of course, you can ask whatever you want. Zhou Dong nodded.

He Yu tilted his head, glanced at Wei Chao, then at Zhou Dong, bit his lip, and asked, "Why don't Mr. Zhou and Mr. Wei have braids, they have short hair, I heard my mother say that if you don't keep braids, you will be arrested by the yamen and locked up in a cell, why... Can you?"

"Well, because we are college students, we have studied abroad before, and we live in the concession, and no one cares about us. Zhou Dong opened his mouth and said, "Well, although I have been in Rongcheng for a few years, the yamen here will not care about me, as long as I don't go too far, they will turn a blind eye." ”

"Because the gentlemen are all high officials?" He Yu asked.

When Zhou Dong heard He Yu's words, he paused for a moment, and then heard Tang Decai echo and say, "Gentlemen must be big officials, I heard my father say that the biggest mansion in our Rongcheng is the Wei family, and even the county master doesn't dare to take care of the Wei family." ”

"Yes, they still have girls, and the little ones are following, and I see them all waiting outside. Duo Bao pointed to the door and said, "My mother used to be a maid for a big family, and I heard my mother say that the maids of a big family have better food and clothing than us." ”

Listening to the children's fragmentary words, Fang Yanqing was a little at a loss, Feng Ranran opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't make a sound, this group of children was just stating the facts.

"Gentlemen are all girls and young masters from big families, why do you want to teach us?" He Yu opened his big dark eyes, looked at Zhou Dong and asked, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he couldn't figure out these things, "Gentlemen, obviously you don't need to care about us." ”

"Because we are just ordinary people, we also hope that you will learn knowledge and change your destiny like ordinary people. Zhou Dong said, grabbing his hair.

"Do you want to take the exam?"

"Huh, why do you want to take the senior official exam?" Zhou Dong grabbed his hair, there was no detailed explanation of this in the knowledge he had learned, and he could only turn his head around in embarrassment for a while.

Fang Yanqing sat on his small bench, did not speak, did not move, he suddenly wanted to leave this place, and felt that the current picture was a little sad and a little ridiculous. I want to teach my children to read and write, but how can I change it by moving stones overnight, and what has been pressed down over the years is a stubborn stone, pressing on everyone's heart, the difference between high and low, three, six, nine, etc., and I can only fall into it.

Wei Chao looked at Fang Yanqing with his head down, knocked the wooden board on his lap with his hand, looked at the immature children with a smile, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Fang Yanqing was also pulled back to his thoughts by Wei Chao's words, and turned his head to look at Wei Chao.