Chapter 9: Looking

"What's the happy event?" Everyone asked.

"The Empress Dowager's mother, starting from September this year, will be funded by the grandmother Zheng of the Wu family, and will open 100 'want to accommodate women's schools' across the country. Our Wangjia Village is lucky, and it is also the turn of a female school. The old village chief said with a smile and touched Sheng Siyan's head, "The Queen Mother said that all women within a radius of ten miles from the women's school, from six to fifteen years old, can sign up for the exam, and then select the best according to their results. The fees for the school and the school grounds are provided by Grandma Zheng, and she is still in charge of one meal a day in the school. Students who are far away can live in the school and return home once every ten years. ”

When Sheng Siyan heard this, he was very surprised and said, "Ah, this Wu family is really rich!" How much silver does this cost? - Tut-tut, what a god of wealth! ”

One Hundred Girls' Schools! Food, shelter, dear! Who said that feudal women were oppressed, enslaved, and trampled? A feudal woman can hold up half the sky!

The Great Xia Dynasty was able to achieve nine-year compulsory education for women by relying on the strength of one person, Sheng Siyan admired it when he thought about it, and felt more and more that he only thought about planting small peppers and opening a small restaurant......

"God of Wealth Wu? ――People are gods and horses! Second Brother Wang lightly tapped Sheng Siyan's forehead.

However, the surrounding villagers laughed when they heard it, and said: "It's really good to call Wu the God of Wealth, and it's refreshing to listen to Wu than the god Wu." ”

From this day on, the nickname of Wu, the God of Wealth, spread all over the Great Xia Dynasty, and the Wu family didn't know what was going on, so they inexplicably changed from the tall "God of Wealth Wu" to the copper-smelling "God of Wealth Wu".

The old man of the Wu family was so angry at home that he blew his beard and glared, but he never found out who was so narrow and first called out this nickname.

Sheng Siyan grimaced at Second Brother Wang, and asked the old village chief with a smile: "Why does Grandma Zheng want to do this 'want to Rong Girl'?" Is Xiang Rong the name of Grandma Zheng? ”

Sheng Siyan remembered that in his previous life, there were some people who liked to name their own schools, which would be famous for eternity.

The people in the village laughed and said, "Of course it's not Grandma Zheng's name." If you want to learn from a girl, when you hear it, it is the name of Zheng Xiangrong, the second daughter of the Zheng family, that is, the sister-in-law of Grandma Zheng. They all expressed their understanding.

Sheng Siyan glanced at these people suspiciously, feeling strange, "...... Zheng Xiangrong? Is she famous? Why do you all know about it? ”

Second Brother Wang smiled and hugged Sheng Siyan on his shoulder, and said, "You are still young, and it is understandable that you don't know that the Zheng family's second miss Rong is also understandable." This second lady is amazing, when she was eight years old, she became famous in one fell swoop at the poetry fighting meeting in the capital, defeating countless famous writers of the Great Xia Dynasty. From the age of eight to sixteen, she wrote countless poems, poems, and anthologies, and she is a well-deserved female writer in our Great Xia Dynasty for a thousand years! ”

The old village chief also said with emotion: "Yes, Zheng Xiangrong's name is indeed a household name in the Great Xia Imperial City. Of course, she was born in the Zheng family, and the Zheng family is already full of literary heroes, so it is not surprising. It's just that she is a woman, and it is said that she is still a peerless beauty, and she is young, so she is more famous. It's a pity that he only lived to be sixteen years old and passed away, which shows that God is jealous of talents, and people who are too smart and clever don't live long. ”

Hearing the words of the old village chief, Sheng Siyan nodded like pounding garlic. Uh-huh, we still have to live a long life, outstanding gods, not suitable for us......

"The Queen Mother's decree said that the 'Xiangrong Female Study' funded by Grandma Zheng is to commemorate her sister Zheng Xiangrong, and said that this is her sister's last wish before her death, so that all women in the world can read and write, and not be blind."

Sheng Siyan: "......" - kneel!

This Zheng Xiangrong turned out to be not only a great female writer, but also a great female educator and female philanthropist! - Goddess, please take my knees!

Second Brother Wang looked at Sheng Siyan's stunned appearance with a smile, and said, "You will be six years old in September this year, right?" You can also register for the exam when the time comes. ”

Sheng Siyan said "uh-huh" twice, and said, "Naturally, I want to take a test." After speaking, he said with envy: "Grandma Zheng and her sister have a really good relationship. How happy their mothers must be. ”

The sister who got married was wholly owned to run a women's school in the name of her sister, who had died many years young. ――What kind of spirit is this? This is simply the spirit of Bethune without self-interest, exclusively for the benefit of others!

"yes, it's pretty rare. What's even more rare is that Grandma Zheng and her sister Miss Zheng Er are not from the same mother, but they have been sisters since childhood, unlike other big families, sisters with different mothers always fight like black-eyed chickens. Second Brother Wang saw that it was not early, and Sheng Siyan should be going to sleep, so he said goodbye to these villagers and took her home.

Along the way, the lanterns are still there, and young men and women who come and go are dressed in their best clothes, in groups of three or five, watching and playing with their families and friends.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is no curfew even in the capital.

The subjects of the Great Xia Dynasty were able to play outside all night long on this day all year round.

"The moon is on the willow tops, and people are about after dusk. -- The ancients were honest and did not deceive me. Sheng Siyan muttered in a low voice.

Second Brother Wang's ears were sharp, and when he heard Sheng Siyan's muttering words, he said strangely: "Hey, Siyan, Aunt Wang also read you the words in "Xiangrong Anthology"? ”

"What is the "Xiangrong Anthology"?" Sheng Siyan shook his head and said he didn't understand.

"The moon is on the willow tops, and people are about after dusk. This is Miss Zheng Er's famous words, and they are all included in her "Xiangrong Anthology". Second Brother Wang knew that Sheng Siyan had just regained his sight, and he was too young to be literate, so it must have been read to her by Aunt Wang.

Sheng Siyan: "(βŠ™oβŠ™)". No way?! This is obviously "Shengchazi Yuan Xi" made by Ouyang Xiu of the Northern Song Dynasty in her previous life!

Damn, what kind of world did she come to?!

"Second Brother Wang, are you sure this is a word made by Miss Zheng Er?"

Second Brother Wang nodded vigorously, "Of course it is." Miss Zheng Er's anthology was almost a copy in the hands of the scholars of the Great Xia Dynasty. I also have one at home, but it's not all of them. You know, books are so expensive that our family can't afford the whole collection, so we can only buy a selection. ”

Sheng Siyan had a very strange feeling, and immediately felt that he had said too much, so he hurriedly changed the topic with haha, and begged Second Brother Wang softly: "...... Second brother, don't tell others that my mother read it to me. She doesn't like gossip. ”

"I know, I won't tell." As Second Brother Wang spoke, he had already brought Sheng Siyan to her door.

Of course, they live next door, next to Wang's second brother's house.

Second Brother Wang put Sheng Siyan down, touched her head, and said, "Go back." Tomorrow the official school will start, I will go to the school to inquire about the application for the female school, and I will definitely let you be admitted. ”

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