Chapter 39: The Naughty Boy and the Old Man
In the blink of an eye, the time has reached the beginning of March, the spring is bright, and the peach blossoms on the branches are blooming.
Long Wuwei was rebuilt, the team of dead soldiers was updated and eliminated, and Chen Chao was able to walk out of the camp unscrupulously and chatter with the simple people.
On this day, there were Song Qingwan, Ning Baizhi and Hou Ji who accompanied him, and in addition, there were some officials who could not be named.
Hou Ji's injuries have healed, and he has taken on the responsibility of leadership.
A few days ago, Han Lao couldn't rest assured, and followed the observation for several days, but in the past few days, Han Lao completely put his mind at ease and devoted all his mind to the production of explosives.
The reconstruction of Qingshan County is nearing completion, most of the red brick houses in the city have been fully completed, and some have even painted the walls and decorated them, but without the will of the imperial court, they dare not be the first to live in them.
After inquiring for a long time, Chen Chao finally found out that the first engineering team had now gone out of the city to build houses in villages and towns outside the city.
So, Chen Chao took a large group of people out of the city.
In the field, there are many farmers with trouser legs busy working in the fields, and the green wheat wind blows, not to mention how spectacular the scene is.
"It's really strange that last year's snowstorm didn't freeze these wheat seedlings to death?" Ning Baizhi muttered to herself.
No one could answer her question, perhaps God was moved by the sincerity of the people to survive, so he left this wheat seedling so that the people could have a good harvest in the new year.
Looking at the past from afar, children are in groups of three or five, playing in the ridges.
Some even have a few fish strung around their waists with straw ropes.
"Oooooooooo......oo
"Wen'er, big idiot, come and chase me."
"Brother Xiaohu, you wait for me."
The little chubby girl fell in three steps, and her whole body was already dirty into mud eggs, and she raised her head and looked at the familiar figure in front of her.
Looking up, I found that this face was also very familiar.
"Great, uncle?"
"Yes, I'm your uncle." Chen Chao squatted down and helped the little chubby girl who fell to the ground up, this girl was Wang Xiaoer's daughter, named Wang Wen.
At this moment, Hou Ji subconsciously held down the waist knife with his palm, staring at the little girl who was reckless and fell in front of Xiangye. Ning Baizhi stabbed the overly nervous man with her elbow and said:
"Don't pull out the knife, otherwise Xiangye will be angry, and the consequences will be serious......"
"But Han Lao said that Xiang Ye is within seven feet of his body, ......"
"Are you afraid that this little girl will be bad for Xiangye?"
Hou Ji nodded.
Ning Baizhi couldn't help but roll her eyes and sighed.
She didn't say anything, just blocked in front of Hou Ji, so that the little girl's sight could not see that Hou Ji had pulled out a three-inch steel knife.
Chen Chao squatted down, wiped the mud on Wang Wen's face with his hands, and rubbed her little head again, "Where's my brother?" ”
Wang Wen stretched out his short and thick fingers and pointed to the makeshift houses in the open space in the distance, there were several houses in rows, all of which were built of bricks, and the sound of reading could be heard from far away.
"My brother was sent there by his father to study!"
"Reading?"
"Well, read. I wanted to go too, but my dad said I was still young. ”
"Oh...... That's right. ”
Although he said this, a look of doubt appeared on Chen Chao's face.
As far as Chen Dynasty knows, there are very few folk schools in Daji, and there are very few opportunities for ordinary people to read and write, and now it is the year of the catastrophe.
A few days ago, he talked about this with Qin Xiangru, but he had no choice, saying that education has been a difficult point in Daji since ancient times, and Daji's scholars are very high-minded and don't want to fall into the quagmire, not to mention teaching a group of mud-legged children to read? That's impossible, and it's put on hold.
Unexpectedly, when I went out of the city today, I saw a school of a large scale?
Stopping to look over, Chen Chao squinted and saw a familiar figure in front of the school!
Could it be the old man?
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Wang Wu was very unhappy, because he originally had a happy childhood, and every day he could take his sister Wang Wen to dig birds' nests in trees or go down to the river to catch crabs.
But all this changed a few days ago, his happiness was deprived, he was forced to be sent to the school by his father, and he had to face some square words every day.
They knew Wang Wu, but Wang Wu didn't know them, which was really sad.
Wang Wu: "Sir, I've written it." ”
Old gentleman: "You wrote this?" Crooked, what a system! It's better to step on the ground with chicken paws. ”
Wang Wu: "Sir, I've really worked what I've written. ”
Old gentleman: "That's it, your handwriting is the only one in the old man's life, and the style is really unique......"
Wang Wu scratched his head: "Is Mr. praising me?" ”
Old gentleman: "......"
"Anyway, you can't write the words well. Let's learn the meaning of annotation today, and the old man said, you will annotate...... What does it mean that a horse eater doesn't know that he can eat thousands of miles? ”
Wang Wu: "The person who eats the horse eats it without knowing that it is a thousand miles of horses." ”
The corners of the old gentleman's mouth twitched, his eyelids jumped, and he asked:
"Is it tolerable, but who is intolerable...... What does that mean? ”
Wang Wu: "You can bear it, who can't bear this?" ”
The old gentleman didn't catch his breath and almost fainted.
"Crab six kneeling and two chelae...... What does that mean? ”
Wang Wu thought for a while, and rolled his eyes: "The crab knelt down to the second chela six times." To say that this crab is really spineless, he actually knelt down six times. ”
Poof-
Everyone seemed to hear the sound of the old man vomiting three liters of blood.
Chen Chao led everyone to stand outside the school building, a little crying and laughing.
The old gentleman is none other than Wenchangge University scholar Fang Xiu!
Last time, Chen Chao just casually mentioned it, saying that Qingshan County lacked a teacher to teach, but he didn't expect this old man to really stay.
A school was opened, and dozens of students were admitted.
It's just that the quality of the students is a little worrying!
"Lord Fang!"
Chen Chao took the initiative to step forward to say hello, with a smile on his face.
Unexpectedly, Fang Xiu, who was stubborn and stubborn, refused to give in even if he held a knife on his neck in the court, and actually carried the little urchin Wang Wu.
Fang Xiu flicked his sleeves and responded.
The two exchanged a few words of greeting and gradually became acquainted.
Chen Chao looked at the rather simple school building in front of him, a little dissatisfied, and said to several officials following behind him:
"Education is the foundation of the country, and the dolls are the pillars of the future of Daji, and they must not be slack."
"Allocate some money to repair the school building a little better, repair the road where the road is uneven, repair the house with leaky wind, pay special attention to the sharp edges and corners, so as not to hurt the children and the elderly gentlemen......"
"As for the problem that children are not highly motivated to read, everything that can be solved with money is not a problem. It was instructed that all school-age children must come to the school to receive education and learn knowledge, and each child will receive a subsidy of 10 wen a month, and board and lodging will be included. ”
"Huh?"
The officials were a little surprised, how can there be such a truth in the world?
In the past, only the children of wealthy families had the opportunity to go to school, and it depended on whether the gentlemen in the school could accept it...... Some children are so stupid that even if the family has money, they can't get into the school.
This is good, Xiangye's order is like a thunderbolt from the sky, directly splitting the status quo.
Every child has to come to school? And give money to encourage parents to send their children to school? Not only that, but all-inclusive?
How much does it cost?!
"Go quickly, do you want to say it a second time?" Chen Chao said in a deep voice.
The officials were silent and crawled to do it.