Chapter 23: Persuasion

The next day, Zhou Ziwei went out early, and she knew that the best way to understand a problem was to find out in person. Nowadays, people are still reluctant to send their children to school, even if there is no fee, and why is that?

Where to go first? This is a problem, suddenly, Zhou Ziwei thought of the old woman she met that day, gentle and kind, maybe she could visit this old woman first.

Zhou Ziwei came to the old woman's house according to her memory, and from a distance, Zhou Ziwei saw the smoke wafting on the thatched house, and Zhou Ziwei walked into the courtyard and heard the laughter of small fish and silver bells.

"Brother, why are you here?" The little fish playing around in the yard saw Zhou Ziwei's figure, and there was obviously a little uneasiness in his eyes.

"Brother, come and visit your grandma, is grandma at home?" Zhou Ziwei bent down and looked at Xiaoyu with gentle eyes.

"At home, I'll take my brother in." Xiao Yu dropped the small wooden stick he was holding just now, gently patted the dust on his hands, and stood up to take some Zhou Ziwei into the house.

"No need, Xiaoyu, you continue to play with yours, it's good for my brother to go in by himself, by the way, this is the snack that my brother brought you, and a book, there are all kinds of different stories in it, do you want to know about it?"

Sure enough, Xiao Yu's eyes looked curiously at the books in Zhou Ziwei's hand, and did not look at the dim sum, Xiao Yu was still interested in books and knowledge.

"However, I can't read, I just know some simple words." Xiaoyu lowered his head in disappointment.

Zhou Ziwei was still very happy in her heart, she was afraid that the children would not want to go to school at first, because when Zhou Ziwei was a child, she always liked to pretend to be sick and not go to class, so she thought that these children might be the same as herself, but she never thought that it would be like this.

"It's okay, it's okay if you don't know words, there is a school in the village, are you willing to study?"

Zhou Ziwei looked at Xiao Yu with blazing eyes, looking forward to Xiao Yu's answer, Xiao Yu nodded without thinking, but then shook his head again.

"No, I went, and my grandmother was the only one at home, and there was no money to pay for it, so I still didn't go." After that, the sensible Xiaoyu lowered his head, and Zhou Ziwei could see that Xiaoyu wanted to go to the school in his heart, but he couldn't do it according to his own ideas for other reasons.

"Xiaoyu, the school does not charge any fees, and the school can also provide lunch to you once a day, you go to learn interesting knowledge every day, and you can tell grandma when you come back, and you can't accompany grandma for a few hours a day and, I believe grandma also hopes so."

Zhou Ziwei continued to persuade Zhou Ziwei that Zhou Ziwei knew the importance of education, only knowledge can change fate, and knowledge can also change a person's attitude towards life, change people's vision and mind, so Zhou Ziwei doesn't want children like Xiaoyu to become regretful in the future.

Suddenly, a voice interrupted the conversation between Zhou Ziwei and Xiaoyu, and the old woman listened to the sound outside and staggered out. "My lord, why are you here?"

"Grandma, I'm here to see you, and I want Xiaoyu to go to school casually." Zhou Ziwei looked at the old grandmother and walked slowly with a smile on her face.

"Little fish, you go play with yours." Following Zhou Ziwei's words, Xiao Yu took the books and snacks and walked aside.

"Grandma, this school is in the village, not far away, and there is no charge, why not sign up for Xiaoyu?" Zhou Ziwei didn't know why the old woman didn't sign up for Xiaoyu, she didn't understand what the old woman was thinking?

"Alas, since ancient times, a woman's lack of talent is virtue, Xiaoyu is a woman, even if she learns knowledge, what can she do, sooner or later, she doesn't have to marry someone else's family, marry and teach children, plus the autumn harvest is coming soon, Xiaoyu still has to help with the autumn harvest, there is really no extra energy to go to the school again, plus Xiaoyu doesn't seem to be very interested, but there is no need to waste that time."

Zhou Ziwei listened carefully to the old woman's words, and knew in her heart the three reasons why Xiaoyu didn't go to the school, one of which was the ancient feudal thought, a woman is virtuous if she is not talented. The second is that the autumn harvest is about to be faced, and of course, spring planting may be faced in the future, in short, small fish are an indispensable labor force in the family.

The third is that I feel that Xiaoyu himself doesn't want to go, the child is naughty and mischievous, and he won't study hard if he goes.

Zhou Ziwei believes that these problems are likely to be the problems of most families, children are also laborers, and they are reluctant to miss this labor force, and secondly, parents do not have a high recognition of knowledge and think that there is no need.

"Grandma, what do you think Xiaoyu is doing now?" With Zhou Ziwei's reminder, the eyes of the two people turned to Xiao Yu sitting on the stone bench on the side, and at this moment, Xiao Yu was holding the "Diary Story" and savoring it.

"Diary Story" is a book written by the Japanese, specially for children, Zhou Ziwei accidentally saw this book once, she was very curious, so she bought it, I never thought that it would play such a big role today. There are some simple and interesting pictures on this book, as well as some simple children's stories, which are actually a bit similar to modern children's picture books.

Xiao Yu may not be able to read those words, but she is still looking at those pictures seriously, the picture is very harmonious, the old woman is stunned, this is the first time she has seen Xiao Yu's shining eyes, clear and bright.

Zhou Ziwei walked on the road with a relaxed pace, although it took a morning of timing, but fortunately, the result was already very good, at least now Xiaoyu can go to the school.

In fact, it is only a little bit done, and there are many children who can't come, she is weak alone, so the efficiency is too low, and she needs to change the method again.

"Counsel your lordship." Suddenly, a dull voice came, and Zhou Ziwei turned her head and saw the figure of Moon Shadow.

Zhou Ziwei knew that Moon Shadow was Cen Beisheng's person, and thanks to Moon Shadow for helping her a lot of things in the past few days, otherwise she would really be busy by herself.

"Moonshadow, what's going on with you?" There is another thing that has troubled Zhou Ziwei in the past few days, that is, the candidate for Mr. and the teacher of the school.

Now let her go to find so many qualified gentlemen, this is obviously impossible, and those people may not be willing, after all, Zhou Ziwei has already built the school out of her own pocket, and now she can't pay them the standard salary at all.