The women's school is on the women's street, Xizi is barely a child, Zhu Asheng can't go in, so he has to wait outside, but the street is three or four hundred meters long, and there are archways built of wood on both sides, and the plaque on the top is engraved with the three words of women's street, and the wood carved twig flowers, and the side is also engraved with a needlework spinning wheel and a pencil cartridge.

Ye Wen thought about it for many years, it was easy to stand under this archway, staring carefully at the carvings on it, but this was something that would never be written in Yan's book, Baozhi saw that they were all staring at the archway, and laughed: "There are four things famous on the women's street, needlework and spinning, and the pen and ink in the women's school." ”

There is an unwritten rule here, because there are many women, it is all women's livelihood, men will not come in when they are idle, and the shops that carry water and sell flowers are all women, and it has faintly become a daughter country, the more no men come, the more lively it is, and the doors on both sides are closed, and only women's voices are heard, and there are no men here who have stepped in again for more than ten years.

Ye Wenxin stood at the bottom of the archway, stretched out his hand to pull Shi Gui, Shi Gui laughed: "Girl doesn't go inside?" Maybe you can still see Yan everyone, Ye Wenxin came back to his senses, and he was a little timid when he was so close.

The women's market is near the riverbank, one side is the house and the other is the shop, there are boats on the river, and the boats are also women, Qiu Niang's green calyx held hands, and the place next to her has never seen the scene of many women making a living together, but it is like a countryman entering the city, looking left and right, and slowly walking inside.

The people here are also used to seeing them, and when they look at their clothes, they know that they are not locals, and they are looking at them like this, and they still do whatever they should do, Baozhi took the lead and led Ye Wenxin to the women's school.

There is neither a plaque nor a plaque in the women's school, a small door, the door is half-hidden, there is a pink wall and black tile inside, the house built is different from other places, but there is some Jiangnan charm, Baozhi dotted this door: "This is the women's school, which can read and spin silk, spin the silk in a basket, and sell it to the silk factory." ”

It was only when a poor family studied in the women's school, but Bao Zhi smiled: "Now that the world is good, how can there be people who can't find a living, in the past, many people studied here, and then only those who are really poor and persecuted by their families come here." ”

Shi Gui is silent, literacy can't make these women earn more, there are silk mills and embroidery workshops, and even women stand on the docks, those who can support the boat will support the boat, those who can spin silk will spin, embroider as a helper, there are all inputs, men study for the imperial examination, ten years of cold windows to become famous in one fell swoop, counting on being an official, the picture is to soar, women are literate and can't take the imperial examination, it is better to be a female worker.

Ye Wenxin was silent for a long time after hearing this, the women's school has become a refuge, and there are still few people to learn, after all, they are literate, and they can't make their lives better, it turns out that when Yan and everyone opened a school, they worked part-time and studied part-time, and it was important to be able to work and get paid.

Bao Zhi blinked, not understanding why these two were silent, so Shi Gui asked her: "Since you are persecuted by your family, no one will come to trouble the women's school?"

Suizhou is not only silk and silk, but also saw the gambling stalls when I passed by yesterday, there is nothing new under the sun, no matter where there are people who are exploited, but women are the weakest, the most easy to be bullied.

Bao Zhi laughed with a "flutter": "The girl is really from out of town, the director of this female academy, but she is a great person, you also visited the right senator's house, the curator is the sister of the right senator's wife." ”

Ye Wenxin was stunned for a while, who in the world didn't know that Yan was the sister of Queen Yan, Baozhi didn't say that it was the queen's sister, but said that it was the sister of the right senator's wife, how could this relationship be compared to the queen.

"The women's school hall has the right senator's wife to come every year, and sometimes the school also plays chess, reads and paints, and holds any flower party, if it is not for the poor people in it, even the daughter of the shopkeeper of our street cloth shop wants to come to study. ”

Shi Gui was happy after listening to it, one was far away in the sky, the other was close in front of him, he could help support him from time to time, he could see and touch it, and it was more effective than the queen's signboard in gold letters.

Ye Wenxin stood by the door for a long time, Shi Gui went up the steps to knock on the door, and came out with a little girl with a double comb, also dressed in blue cloth, at this time the academy was reading, standing by the door you can hear the sound of reading, Shi Gui has always been this Yan family in her heart I am afraid that she is from the same place, otherwise how can such a big thing be done, although the women's school hall is no longer in full swing, but this spark was lit by her.

When the little girl heard that she was here to visit the curator, she squinted her eyes and smiled: "The curator went to sea, and he won't come back in seven or eight months. ”

As soon as she stretched out her head, she saw Ye Wenxin standing at the bottom, and laughed: "If you want to come in and have a look, it's done." Shi Gui didn't expect that this school hall could still let people in and out, so he sighed and hurriedly waved at Ye Wenxin.

Ye Wenxin grabbed her mouth with one hand and took two breaths before she dared to step up the stone steps, Shi Gui pulled her: "Everyone Yan went to sea, I'm afraid it will take seven or eight months to come back." ”

Ye Wenxin was a little disappointed, but also a little relieved, admired the people of these years, just as it was close at hand, it turned out that it was still far away, followed the little girl into the door, in front of him was an open field, tied with two long ropes, like a place to dry clothes, but it was extremely low, and anyone could jump over.

The little girl's name is Baisui, and she laughed when she stared at them: "This is the place to jump Baisuo, the curator does not allow us to sit for a long time, the embroidery girl is old, her eyes and waist are not complete, we always have to come out for a walk in half an hour." ”

Jumping hundreds of ropes and pumping tops to kick the keys, the girls in it can all jump and run, originally a girl from a poor background, which is not running on the ridge, into the city school hall to eat and live, and there is a salary to get, although not more than the original number, there are also forty or fifty students in the school hall at this time.

Wearing the same clothes, combing the same hair, the long braid is passed out from here, the whole Suizhou girl family has this hairstyle, wearing velvet flowers on the head, wearing a belt around the waist, after reading the book from the upper floor, there are hundreds of spinning machines in the first floor room.

There are a lot of machines, that is, there are more than 100 students when there are many people, and Yan everyone wrote in the theory, saying that when the original number of people is large, they also divide the classes into batches, one group reads and writes, and one group works on textiles, a school, to feed hundreds of poor daughters.

Ye Wenxin stood in the courtyard, there were several swing racks in the yard, standing in the corner of the courtyard and looking up, you could see that in the open window, there were female students sitting, reading the last sentence, and then writing some words, she stared at it in a daze, Shi Gui stood beside her, and heard her whisper: "I can't wait to be born twenty years early." ”

Twenty years early, it was to run a school with Yan's family, Shi Gui laughed: "It's not too late now." "I asked Baisui who is in charge of this school.

Bai Sui laughed: "Now we are in charge of the right senator's wife, and she has the final say on everything in the school, and she always has to come every few days, and it is unfortunate that she didn't come today." ”

Shi Gui Ye Wenxin glanced at each other, the two things were combined, and they really had to visit Mrs. Ji, Bai Sui led them to take a look, saying that the house was also newly built, the original was old, and the rain had to be repaired, it turned out to be a tube building, the stairs were all inside, tightly wrapped, and candles had to be lit during the day, or Mrs. Ji drew the drawings to build this appearance.

This time it was Shi Gui's turn to be stunned, she only thought that everyone was a "fellow villager" with her, so it didn't sound like it, this was clearly the appearance of a primary school building, with corridor lighting, and a place for activities, in addition to reading and working, there was also a bookstore, which had books hidden and could be borrowed.

Shi Gui wondered in her heart, she hadn't seen what the ancient academy looked like, she had been in the Song family for many years, and she hadn't even entered the study room, and she had to pass Song Mian's hand to read the book.

Ye Wenxin stroked his palm and said, "In this way, Mrs. Ji is also a wonderful person." "Food, housing and education are all in these two floors, and I have a day off every ten days, and I have to go back to help when the farm is busy, and if I don't come back when the time comes, I send someone to go up to find it.

"It's also a coincidence that you came here, the spring ploughing has just passed, if you came earlier, there would be no one in the school. "Women also have half a labor, spring ploughing is a major matter, school is a holiday, and there are no ones who come back in the future, or the family says goodbye, or has other errands, come to know a few words, and it is easier to go out to find a job.

The two looked around, Ye Wenxin was still reluctant to leave, Shi Gui asked for her: "The gentleman in the school was invited?" Where can everyone show up, Bai Sui really shook his head: "It's our director's student." ”

The first batch of students who taught had no place to go, and they still wanted to stay in the women's school, so they became masters, received a salary, and supported themselves.

In addition, I also learned medical and pharmacology, and asked God to worship the Buddha and eat Fu ash, which is absolutely not a thing here.

Ye Wenxin knows all the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and asked if he could learn the piano, Bai Sui pursed his lips: "If you don't learn, you only sing boat songs." "Yan and everyone know how to play the piano by themselves, but they don't teach it to students, and Baisui doesn't answer, but because the music spreads, the reputation is not good, so they don't learn.

The more Ye Wenxin looked at it, the more he liked it, but unfortunately he couldn't meet everyone in person, Baisui knew that he was here to see people, so he persuaded them: "If you can come, just wait and come again." ”

Bai Sui sent them out, Shi Gui thanked her, Bai Sui smiled: "Our curator likes people to come, there is always good tea in the house, I see that the girl is also a scholar, and she will come again if she is really fated." ”

Out of the door of the school hall, Ye Wenxin didn't say anything for a long time, where did Qiu Niang Lucalyx understand, but Shi Gui smiled: "This is looking for a master, but unfortunately I can't see her, and I have to wait for her to come back." ”

Ye Wenxin came back to his senses after listening to her: "What's the pity, whether it's a three-way thatched cottage or Chengmen Lixue, I'm also willing." ”

Shi Gui laughed with a "plop" sound: "It's a pity, it's a pity that it doesn't snow in Suizhou." ”