The Vicious Fat Wife Dressed as a Disabled General

Chapter 342 Sky-high Reading Fee

Back at the deli shop, Ding Simiao had already helped Di Qing tidy up the shop, there would be a little stewed food left every day, everyone was tired of eating it, and basically gave it to the neighbors next door.

Seeing that she was not in a good mood when she came back from the academy, Di Qing asked her, but she was only thinking about what was in her mouth.

When she got home, she turned out the purse and pulled it carefully.

"What's wrong? Is the academy very expensive?"

Jiang Zhinuan nodded: "It's very expensive. It's so expensive that ordinary people can't afford it. Why don't you say that a nine-year compulsory education has not been popularized?" Jiang Zhinuan turned to look at Di Qing: "You I have also studied, did you go to a private school when you were a child? How much do you have to pay a month?"

This question stopped Di Qing from asking.

He has been studying since he was a child, and he also studied in a private school. This private school teaches the children of the major officials and families in the royal city. It seems that it was run by the palace, with the intention of cultivating pillars for the country.

It seems that I have never heard of paying money.

Di Qing could only shake his head: "I don't quite remember what happened when I was a child, how much does this academy charge?"

"Yuemi Academy, five cents a month."

Di Qing was taken aback: "Five cents is okay, how can it be a sky-high price that you can't afford?"

Jiang Zhinuan sighed helplessly: "Five cents is not much, but this Yuemi Academy doesn't teach children much at all, just like that nursery school, where the children can at most recite the Three Character Classic."

"Aren't there two? What about the other one?"

"The other one is a private school, Bailudong Academy. I went to see it. It's really good. The girl went in. In addition to reading and reading, she also learned piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, tea art and dancing. Apart from these, the boy also wanted to ride a horse. Archery fighting or something."

Di Qing nodded. He went to a private school when he was a child, and these courses were almost the same.

Jiang Zhinuan probably said that this private school is extremely expensive: "How much is the tuition?"

"Twenty coins a month."

Di Qing silently calculated that twenty Wen is definitely not a small sum of money for an ordinary family.

You know, Di Qing only had [-] Wen left at the beginning, and he planned to live frugally for a few more months, and now he needs [-] Wen for a month of schooling.

However, according to their current family conditions, twenty Wen is not unaffordable.

"What's the matter? Is there any other cost?"

Jiang Zhinuan nodded: "The dean of Bailudong Academy said that if you want to be eligible for admission, you have to donate a helping fee first. He also said that big families are at least 20 taels. People, I want five taels of silver."

Di Qing clicked his tongue when he heard this. He was used to living a poor life, so he naturally knew what the five taels of silver represented.

Some families may not be able to earn so much throughout the year.

However, knowledge is priceless.

Especially An Bao and Ning Bao, they have special identities, and they may have the opportunity to return to the royal city in the future.

He couldn't hand over the two mountain kids who didn't understand anything.

Furthermore, reading and studying are very important, even directly related to their future.

Di Qing thought for a while and looked up: "Lady, I think reading and writing are more important than money. If you pay money now, you will reap it in the future. Let's work harder. At worst, I will roast some roast duck every day for the children to go to school." .”

"You really think so?"

Di Qing nodded.

Jiang Zhinuan naturally knew the importance of studying, but she didn't expect that Di Qing's understanding was so high. After all, many ancient people, especially ordinary people, thought that studying was useless, and it was better to work early to earn physical money.

Jiang Zhinuan paused for a moment, then looked up into Di Qing's eyes and said, "I want the second and third sons of the Ding family to go to school together. They are still young, so they can learn some knowledge and have a future."

The money was earned by Jiang Zhinuan, so of course it was up to her to decide.

Di Qing has always known that Jiang Zhinuan is a kind-hearted person. Now that the three brothers of the Ding family are left at home, An Bao and Ning Bao should go to school, and the two younger brothers of the Ding family should also go.

"Go ahead, the big money has been paid out, and it's not bad for the little ones."

Jiang Zhinuan didn't expect Di Qing to agree so happily, his eyes widened: "You agreed?"

"What's the matter, since you have left people at home, it is a family, and a family can't treat one more favorably than another."

That's it!

Even if this matter is arranged properly.

But for the other big cousin, the tuition fee of [-] Wen a month is a bit too much, and Jiang Zhinuan is not good at making decisions, so he can only ask Di Qing for his opinion first.

Di Qing was also silent when he heard the five hundred words.

It took a long time before he said, "This money, logically speaking, shouldn't be paid for by your cousin."

Jiang Zhinuan nodded again and again: "Yes, our family's money is also earned by ourselves, five hundred Wen, at least two months' income from the deli shop."

"Otherwise, please invite uncle and eldest cousin to come over and discuss it together."

Jiang Zhinuan was a little embarrassed: "What's the use of discussing with them? They don't have money either."

"Whether you have money or not, you have to discuss with the person concerned. Uncle has worked hard at our house these days, helping us with all the dirty work, and my second cousin is also helping us repair the dam. Here, We also have to pay people wages."

"Even if I pay more wages, it's still far from the five hundred wen."

Di Qing nodded: "Sometimes family affection can't be measured by money, you listen to me, call uncle and eldest cousin together, and ask their opinions. If eldest cousin has that ambition, we should pay the money out."

What Di Qing said basically meant that they agreed to pay the big cousin to study.

Jiang Zhinuan listened to what he said, and called his uncle and eldest cousin into the room to talk.

They mentioned before that when the business of the shop stabilized, they would send the children to school and then help the eldest cousin find a master so that he could study hard and then take the scientific examination.

Taking part in the scientific examination, if you take the examination for a half-time official, it is a matter of honoring your ancestors.

Uncle is a big bastard, he doesn't understand many things, but he also knows that this scholar probably has such a dream all his life, so when Jiang Zhinuan brought it up like this, uncle was very happy.

But now, Jiang Zhinuan said that the tuition fee is [-] Wen a month.

Uncle was dumbfounded all of a sudden.

"What is the tuition fee of [-] Wen? I may not be able to earn so much a year. If it costs so much to study, forget it, we will not study."

Jiang Zhinuan looked at his eldest cousin.

The big cousin's eyes dimmed when he heard the five hundred words, he lowered his head, his fingers clasped tightly on the back of his hand, and he didn't dare to say a word.

The conditions in the uncle's family are very poor, otherwise, the eldest cousin and the second cousin would not be so old and have not yet married a wife.

To them, these [-] Wen were really a sky-high price.

The uncle glanced at the big cousin and sighed heavily: "Forget it, forget it, didn't you say that the town can help you write and read letters to make money, no matter how much it is, give him a table and let him go to the street Go make money, we really can't afford to read this book."

"Big cousin, what do you think?"

"I listened to my father. I really can't afford to read it, so forget it."

Jiang Zhinuan frowned. She knew that her eldest cousin was eager to study, but now she was forced to give up due to financial constraints, and she must be very sad.

She only asked him: "If you are given such an opportunity, do you have the confidence to pass the examination as a scholar, and do you have the confidence to take the scientific examination?"

(End of this chapter)