For the villagers of Qingshui Village, Jinshu's move is tantamount to opening up a bright path for them. In the past, any child in the village who wanted to go to school could only go to the private school in the town, but Qingshui Village is such a long distance from Mingyang Town, and it is very inconvenient to come and go. Like Li Yunzhi and Zhou Wen, when they were studying in the town, they lived in the houses provided by the town school, so as not to waste their time on the road. But all of this costs an additional fee.

The villagers feel that it is too troublesome to pick up and drop off their children back and forth every day, and they are not at ease to let their children go to and from school in the morning and evening, and the daily cost of accommodation is not small, so many villagers have to give up the idea of letting their children study. However, the scholar has always been of high status. Who doesn't want their children to one day be full of poetry and books, or even embark on a career in public service? Take 10,000 steps back, even if you don't expect them to be the top student in the test or something, it's a good thing to be able to read a few words, and it's easier to find a living when you grow up.

That's why Jinshu's move caused such a big sensation. The villagers who got the news couldn't wait to run to the door of Jinshu's house and asked about it gossipingly. In the end, they got a positive answer from the mouth of the brocade book, and they left happily.

Because the construction of the school is a good thing that benefits the whole village, almost everyone in the village participates. Even the Li family, who didn't want to see Jinshu, arranged for Li Yunsheng to come over to help.

Everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high, and it only took more than a month for the school to be completed. The new school is built on a vacant lot in the center of the village on the east bank of the river, and the ventilation and lighting are very good. There are three rooms in the school, two large ones are used as classrooms, and one small one is used for teaching things. Because I wanted to invite Mr., two additional houses were built behind the school. Although the house is not very big, there are bedrooms, kitchens, toilets.

Outside the classroom is a specially set aside open space, which is also to facilitate the children to do some activities outside of class. In order not to let other people disturb the children's classes, Jinshu also deliberately built a one-person-high fence. After that, it was to buy tables and chairs, buy books, buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones and other teaching utensils, which took about half a month.

When everything was ready, Li Zheng called a meeting of the villagers.

At the beginning, of course, Li Zheng praised the Jinshu family. Of course, this time, the villagers agreed with Li Zheng's words, and everyone applauded enthusiastically after he finished speaking.

Finally, I will talk about some specific matters of going to school. These are all set after Li Zheng and Jinshu discussed, and now they are specially proposed to set up a rule for everyone, so as not to have something to say in the future.

"The money for the construction of the school this time was all from Xiaojin, and I didn't let the big guys pay a penny, but we can't just enjoy it with peace of mind. Therefore, if you want to go to the school, every child has to charge tuition. Of course, this money is not for me, nor for Xiaojin, but for the salary of the invited gentleman. You don't have any opinions, right? ”

Hearing that they had to pay tuition, the smile on their faces faded a little, and some people couldn't help asking: "Lizheng, how much does that child have to charge?" "If it's too high, they won't be able to afford it.

"I also discussed this with Xiaojin. There are two classes in our school, one teaches those children who just want to know a few more words, which can be called an ordinary class; Another child whose professor wants to take the imperial examination can be called the imperial examination class. Children in the ordinary class have 20 wen per month, and the imperial examination class has 50 wen per month. In the past two years, everyone's life has gradually improved, and I don't believe that this little money should not be a problem! ”。

After Li Zheng finished speaking, he added: "The cost of inviting the master must be more than this, if the tuition fees paid by everyone are not enough to pay the salary of the gentleman, I will help you make up for the rest." ”