"The art of abacus lies in calculus. As long as you get the essentials, it's not difficult to ......"

Inside the house, the old master was fiddling with the abacus, and there were words in his mouth: "Two four is eight, three forty-two, so this number is ......."

Under the high stage, the girls in uniform were sitting precariously, their studious eyes wide, and they refused to let go of their master's movements.

When the Master had finished speaking, he gave the girls time to do their own calculations.

Leng Lanzhi stood outside the window, looking at the consistent answer on the abacus, and was relieved.

In the women's school of Joseph College, except for He Qianqian, the other students were all from poor families and had never been exposed to abacus.

If they hadn't gone to school, these girls would have gotten married when they were fourteen or fifteen years old, and since then they have been around their mother-in-law, husband, children, and pots, and every day they have to face firewood, rice, oil, salt, and endless chores as soon as they wake up.

But with the experience of the school, they will be able to have one more possibility in the future.

Suddenly, Leng Lanzhi felt that something was wrong: "Isn't there a total of nineteen students?" Why are there only sixteen left? ”

She swept her gaze over the immature faces of the girls in the school one by one, and asked again, "Where is Lu Fengxiang?" ”

After the wheat harvest was over, the Joseph School beckoned another group of students, the men's school recruited 150 more people, and the women's school also recruited about 10 people.

Although the number of students in the girls' school is still not satisfactory, it is a good improvement from the original single digits.

Women in this world are always much more difficult than men, and the number is small, so Leng Lanzhi naturally invests more energy and attention in them.

She had already made it clear to everyone at the table that as long as these women wanted to learn, they could learn the Four Books, the Five Classics and the Six Arts like men.

At the same time, some skills that can make women survive better in this world are listed as compulsory courses.

Among these students, the best student is naturally He Qianqian, after all, the little girl was born in the He Mansion, not only is Mrs. Xie carefully taught, Mrs. He will now teach her many courses that are compulsory for all ladies.

Among the girls from the poor family, the best is this girl named Lu Fengxiang.

Xi didn't expect that the princess would not only remember the number of female students, but also the names of female students.

After being silent for a moment, he said: "Lu Fengxiang went home to get married, and the other two girls were also taken home by their parents, saying that they were ...... You can't leave them at home. ”

Leng Lanzhi is difficult to understand: "Marriage?!" Can't leave them!? ”

She only felt as if something had hit her heart hard.

Lu Fengxiang is only fifteen years old this year, and it is not too late to get married in two years.

Moreover, she is so gifted, and her learning speed is not much lower than those excellent students in the men's college.

As long as she is given time, she will definitely be able to grow into a pillar who can take charge of herself.

Although he can't participate in the imperial examination, whether he goes to the aristocratic mansion to be a housekeeper, or to be a female shopkeeper, or even to save some silver taels to do business, it is more than enough.

Even, if she is given a few more years, she may not be able to be a female official.

Such a promising student wants to marry at the age of fifteen!?

Besides, those two families who said that they couldn't do without the girls, those two girls were only eight years old and the other was nine years old, what could they do?

And as far as Leng Lanzhi knows, the two girls have several children in their families, and they are all sons.

Liusha was silent for a moment before she said, "Princess, the world is like this. Girls from ordinary families are everywhere who marry at the age of thirteen. ”

Seeing that Leng Lanzhi still had a puzzled expression, Liusha said: "If they don't get married, the backbone of the people in the village can poke them to death." Of course, Lu Fengxiang and the others all live in the academy, and the people in the village can't poke their backbones, but they can poke their parents' backbones. ”

"Their parents can't bear it, so they naturally take them back."

There was another reason why Liusha didn't say it, because she knew that the princess would definitely not understand, and even think it was ridiculous.

That is—for a bride price of a few taels of silver.

Although the princess is the emperor's favorite daughter and has been named the princess of the protector, her life is not extravagant, and she is even frugal compared to other nobles.

Even so, a plate in the princess's mansion is more than a few taels of silver......

Leng Lanzhi felt a lot more comfortable.

It turned out that the parents of the girls did not want them to continue their education, not that the girls themselves did not want to be motivated.

"Let's go to their house."

Liusha was stunned: "Go to their house?" ”

Everyone was also surprised.

It was amazing enough that the princess could think so much about the schoolgirls, and it was even more shocking that she was going to help the schoolgirls solve their problems herself.

Suddenly, he chuckled, and his gaze at the sky above him became distant.

He has made countless decisions in his life, some of which he has never regretted, and some of which he just doesn't say, and the remorse in his heart will torment him day and night.

But there is a decision about coming to Joseph College to be a mountain chief, but he will never regret the decision in his life.

As long as Princess Jia Luo is in one day, the poor students of this prosperous country will have something to rely on and hope for.

Both men and women.

Leng Lanzhi changed into casual clothes, and then changed into a low-key carriage before heading to Lu Fengxiang's village.

Lujia Village is not far from Joseph College, and it will take half an hour to walk after leaving the city.

When the carriage stopped at the entrance of the village, the coachman was a little embarrassed: "Princess...... Oh no, miss, I'm afraid the carriage won't get in. ”

Leng Lanzhi lifted the curtain and looked ahead, only to see that the road into the village was blocked by two wooden gates, and there was a fence to enclose the village, leaving only a path that could allow two people to pass.

Although it was replaced by a normal carriage, the carriage was not spacious enough to pass the road.

Liusha frowned: "What kind of village is this?" Why block the way into the village? Is it sincerity not to let people in and out? ”

Leng Lanzhi asked, "Is there no other way?" ”

The coachman said: "Maybe you can go around other villages, but these villages have nine twists and eighteen turns, and if you are not a local, I am afraid that you will not know how to go on the specific road, and if you go around rashly, there is a high probability that you will get lost." ”

Leng Lanzhi put down the curtain: "Let's go down and have a look." ”

The coachman answered, and was about to go down to set up a stool.

Suddenly, two people came out from behind the wooden door and shouted, "What are you doing? ”

These are two young men, strong and strong, with a look of vigilance on their faces.

Leng Lan said: "Two big brothers, we are from other places to visit relatives in Shengjing, we have run out of dry food along the way, and we want to go into the village to beg for food and drink, you can rest assured, we will not eat and drink in vain." ”

Leng Lanzhi's face is a role, her temperament is noble, the eyes of the two young people are straight, and she sees her wearing satin, although she is not as gorgeous as the aristocratic woman on the stage, but it is not comparable to the country maids in the village, and she is suddenly a little embarrassed.

One of them blushed, and did not dare to look directly into the woman's eyes, and his voice softened: "Yes, you can, but we are in the middle of nowhere, and there is nothing good to eat and drink, so if the girl doesn't dislike it, come in." ”

After a pause, he said, "It's just that your carriage will definitely not be able to enter." ”

Leng Lanzhi nodded: "Thank you." ”

Lowering the curtain, she lowered her voice and said to the veil: "Let people take the token of the palace to the nearest official office to report to the official, and let the official come over." ”