Chapter 49 Running a School (2)
"Everyone is scattered, let's disperse, this big sun is so poisonous, our family is going to sleep." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"I said Dazhu daughter-in-law, don't hide if you have good things, let us big guys take a look!"
"Yes, let's open our eyes too", the entire martial arts family was in a commotion, Wu Shizhu looked at her mother's appearance, and it should be impossible for her to take out the soap.
"Ladies and gentlemen, uncles, uncles and aunts, last time our family suffered thanks to your help, I thank you in advance. As for this soap, I have already told the government, once it is made, I will give our village a hundred yuan, one piece for each family, every family has it, you can rest assured, let's disperse it today. When the soap is made, I will notify everyone."
"Mr. Xiao is polite, usually we let the children come here to listen to the class, and we have learned a lot of things, and we have not given you a penny, if you want to say thank you, or we want to thank Mr. Xiao. I heard that Mr. Xiao is going to run a school in our village, and if it can be done, then Mr. Xiao will be the same as Guanyin Bodhisattva to us children from poor families."
"Uncle Li, you are too polite, we are all from the same village, and it will be obvious if you say this."
"Okay, good, good, no outside, no outside, I said, let's all go back, don't delay the little gentleman's rest." "Okay, okay, let's go." This man gathers quickly and disperses quickly.
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"Brother Zhao, tell me carefully, what's going on with running a school? Are they telling the truth? Is it a big thing for you as a little girl to do it? This kind of thing can't be said casually, and let the villagers laugh at it."
"Master, don't worry, it's not me who runs the school, it's the government that runs it for us, to build a Western-style primary school in Lijia Village, so that school-age children in our village and nearby villages can go to school for free, and all the money is paid by the government."
"Can there be such a good thing? Whether it is the Qing Dynasty or now, I have never seen anyone who can study without spending money, and it is in a poor country like ours."
"I made French soap by accident, and I told the government how to do it, on the condition that we set up a primary school in our village. This is a good thing for the government to benefit the country and the people, so why don't they do it? ”
"Oh, that's right, if that's the case, it's a great thing to accumulate virtue. That's fine, let's go get some sleep."
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Yan Mansion
"Second son, your father has sent someone over and asked us to go back. After the girl's incident, many people have guessed the identities of our grandfather and grandson, and it will not be safe if we continue to stay here."
"Grandpa, I don't want to go back, I just want to stay here".
"Second son, no one can change what your father decides, and grandpa also feels that it is not safe to continue to stay in Lijia Village. But grandpa has thought of a way for you, if you really don't want to go home, it's better to go out to school, originally with your conditions, you should have gone to middle school a long time ago, because of your teacher Wu, this is delayed. You should also go to school to get in touch with your peers, and if you are reluctant to take her, you can also take her, she is so smart, she should also go and see the outside world."
"Grandpa, let me think about it again, I can't leave recently, I have to help Shizhu set up a school first and fulfill her wish. And she doesn't want to leave here for the time being, so let's talk about it later."
"Okay, then grandpa will find a way to drag you first, but it shouldn't be long."
"Thank you grandpa".
"What a little lover, it's already so slimy now, and it's going to be okay in the future, let your father know, I'm afraid there's no girl. No, I must not let your father see the girl", Old Man Yan looked at Yan Ping's departing back, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
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Old man Yan's work efficiency is very fast, only half a month's work, the government sent people to investigate, and soon began to break ground, the villagers knew that this was to build a school, and they all came to help, and it was completed in ten days. Although the school is a little simple, with only a one-entry courtyard, it has six rooms, especially the two main rooms used as classrooms, which are very spacious enough to accommodate about 200 children. There are only thirty or forty school-age children in Lijia Village, so this primary school can accommodate the entire town's rural students.
Qin Wen also found two teachers, one named Ma Su, to teach Mandarin and enlighten the children. Ma Su had been a gentleman in a private school for a few years and had some literary skills. Another teacher is named Zhang Ning, who teaches Western studies, studied at National Shanxi University, and is a student of Wu Dingbang. After completing his studies, he returned to his hometown, but he never found a suitable job, so he was approached by Qin Wen. In addition to these two teachers, the county education bureau also sent two staff members, one to manage the daily life of the students, and the other to take care of the school's finances.
There are teachers, but the choice of principal has not been decided. The county education bureau was ready to send an education bureau official to serve as a part-time official, but Wu Shizhu and Yan Ping did not agree. They are afraid that if an official from the Education Bureau is appointed as the principal, the nature of the school will change over time, and it will go against their original intention of running the school. But Huang Hongsheng and Qin Wen are not competent, they will have to leave sooner or later. They want to find someone who is both learned and virtuous, preferably a native. Therefore, the announcement of the establishment of the school has been posted in various villages, but the candidate for the principal has not yet been decided.
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Summer is a romantic season, especially at night, when the stars twinkle in the sky like the lights of thousands of homes, and the breeze blows across people's faces like the gentlest woman. One of the favorite things Wu Shizhu's family likes to do on such a night is to sit in the courtyard as a family, blowing a cool breeze and chatting about family life.
"Recruit brother, when will the school sign up? Today, everyone has seen the announcement posted by the school, but they didn't say when they would sign up, so let me ask you."
"Dad, you tell the villagers, it's going to be soon, it's just these two days", in fact, everything in the school has been prepared, and it only owes the principal this east wind, but Shizhu won't say it, for fear that his family will worry.
"Four girls, you have really done a great thing for our village, think about our martial arts, when you came to Lijia Village, you didn't make any contributions, you all rely on the help of the villagers, especially that year, if it weren't for Li Xiucai and Master Li who saved your grandfather and me, as well as your father and your second uncle, our family may have become a piece of loess."
"Yes, yes, Master Li, why didn't I think of him."
"Four girls, what are you talking about there?"
"It's nothing, grandpa, how is Master Li's knowledge?"
"Learning? Of course that's good, I heard that if it weren't for the abolition of the imperial examination in the Qing Dynasty, Master Li would definitely be able to win the examination."
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Yan Mansion
"Li Xiucai? I have heard that there is such a number one person in Lijia Village, but I have never been in contact with him, so I don't know how he is educated."
"I haven't had any contact with him either." Qin Wen and Huang Hongsheng both shook their heads.
"In Lijia Village in the past few years, I have seen Li Xiucai", Lao Zhao Tou suddenly said, and everyone looked at him.
"You also know that I am a priest, and I have to deal with some daily trivial matters every day, Li Xiucai is our neighbor, he has to move around during the New Year and holidays, he is a good person, and he has a good reputation in Lijia Village, but I don't know how this knowledge is?"
"Mr. Huang, do you want to see this Master Li and see how his knowledge is", Li Xiucai was a talent in the former Qing Dynasty, let everyone like Huang Hongsheng see it, and they can best know its depth.
"Okay, I've always wanted to meet this Li Xiucai, and since you and Wen Yuan started to talk about it, I haven't helped much, I'm really sorry."