Born into a farm family, I became rich by pressuring my parents.

Chapter 83 Choice
The family is in urgent need of money now, but if there is no income, they can only rely on her and her brother to open a school to make money.

It's a pity that no one came to the door after the news was released for half a month. Now it's easy for someone to come. How could she let go of this opportunity.

Madam Wu decisively stopped talking to Jiang Jinyu and turned to Jiang Ming: "What are your requirements for female students?"

Jiang Mingshun: "..."

What kind of demands could he have? He didn't even know what was taught in girls' school, so how could he make any demands?

After muttering for a long time, Jiang Mingshun hesitated and asked: "My daughter comes to your school, do you want to help with housework?"

"Do you want to fetch water and chop wood?"

No matter how calm she was, Madam Wu was confused by Jiang Mingshun's question at this time.

She subconsciously asked, "Why should she be asked to fetch water and chop firewood?"

Could it be that this person was mistaken? Madam Wu glanced at Jiang Mingshun suspiciously. Perhaps this person thought she was working as a handyman here and wanted to send her daughter over to make money?
Wu Juren understood what Jiang Mingshun meant. After all, although he didn't have to do these jobs at the master's place, he had often heard his father talk about ancient times.

Wu Jinshi had a hard time studying when he was a boy. The money his family earned in a year was just enough to spend on writing and writing. If he wanted to learn more, he had to work harder to please his husband.

"Ahem," Wu Juren coughed lightly, and said cryptically: "Girls are from a delicate family, and we don't expect them to take the imperial examination after they have learned enough. Naturally, they don't need to be as strict as the boys."

Mrs. Wu also understood. She raised her lips slightly and said, "I teach people reading and literacy, etiquette and rules, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but I don't teach them housework or menial work."

She said it with confidence, and Jiang Mingshun finally felt relieved.

But looking at the appearance of the courtyard, he still hesitated: "I wonder how many students the school has admitted this year?"

"But classes are held in this courtyard?"

Madam Wu guiltily skipped the first question, shook her head and said, "The girls' school is in the backyard."

"If you are interested, just follow me and take a look at the back."

The foreign man should not be allowed to enter the backyard and the inner house, but the situation at home is already like this, how can he have the ability to pay so much attention?

Although she didn't care, she was still a little worried that Jiang Mingshun would mind. Madam Wu explained: "When the women's school opens, another side door will be opened later."

"The flower door leading to the front yard is closed during the day."

"We will never let students come into contact with people in the front yard."

Jiang Mingshun didn't care about this. Over the years, his wife and her mother had gone to the river to catch pigweed and dig wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain. Not to mention meeting male dolls. In summer, they had seen male dolls swimming in the river. .

However, thinking that this should be the rule in the city, Jiang Ming nodded in agreement: "That's not bad. L
"In that case, could you please take us to the back to have a look."

A trace of joy flashed in Mrs. Wu's eyes. After hearing this, she immediately got up and led the people out.

Wu Juren sighed, stood up, swept the hem of his clothes, and went to the backyard together.

Different from the dilapidation at the gate and front yard, although the backyard is also simple, it does not look like it has not been lived in for a long time.

"There were still people living in the backyard a few years ago."

Mrs. Wu pointed to the side room and said, "An old servant who has been with us for many years returned to his hometown to retire, and this is the house he lives in."

"Now I have turned it into a lecture hall. From now on, most of the students will take classes in this room."

She pushed open the wooden door and motioned for a few people to take a look.

Jiang Mingshun poked his head in and saw that several desks were neatly arranged in the room, and there was actually a piano on the big desk at the front.

The windows are huge, and the sunlight shines in through the window paper. The whole house is very bright, and it feels like the windows are bright and clean.When his eyes glanced at the bookshelf on the back wall, Jiang Mingshun felt his eyes light up and asked quickly: "Mrs. Wu, I don't know about these books..."

Before he could finish speaking, Madam Wu already knew what he meant and said immediately: "They are all prepared for students."

"Although it is not a unique ancient book, it is still a book that has been praised by famous writers."

There was quite a bit of satisfaction in his words.

Of course this was something to be proud of. Jiang Mingshun stared at the wall of books with envy, unable to move his eyes away.

He studied in the village school for two years, but only had one copy of "The Thousand-Character Classic", which was a handwritten copy.

That book was used by his father, and he said it cost two strings of money, but that was a full two hundred yuan. He might not be able to earn it even if he squatted at the dock for a month!

Later, after earning some money, Jiang Mingshun also thought about buying some books. Not only could they not be read or understood, but just by putting them there, his home would be different.

He thought he had brought money, and without even looking at the manuscript, he went straight to the bookshelf where printed books were sold.

When he took the book and went to the counter to check out, he was so frightened by the price that the minimum price was two cents that he ran out in tears.

At that time, he only had one thought in his mind. It was strange that Taoists said that the imperial examination was not easy. Many scholars went bankrupt for the imperial examination. This was because they could not buy a few books even if they sold an acre of good land!
Seeing that Jiang Mingshun was so interested, Madam Wu persuaded him again, and her eyes were filled with excitement as she talked about it. She wished that her daughter could stuff all the contents of these books into her head right away.

Jiang Jinyu felt bad when she saw her father like this.

Sure enough, as soon as Mrs. Wu finished speaking, Jiang Ming couldn't wait to ask: "How to close Shu Xiu?"

Mrs. Wu smiled calmly: "On New Year's Eve, I will give you money for a year." "

Jiang Mingshun took a breath. Although he didn't know how many cultivators the county schools generally accepted, he knew that his nephew, Jiang Mingyao's son, had only been studying in the town's schools for only 20 taels and a year.

Why is this women's school more expensive than a serious school where students take the imperial examination?

Knowing that Jiang Mingshun might not understand the price, Jiang Mingshun quickly whispered in his ear: "The two female students I told you about before."

"One is also thirty cents, and the other is fifty cents."

"Ms. Wu, it's not expensive here."

Jiang Mingshun nodded numbly. Although he still didn't understand why women's education was so expensive, after listening to Zheng Zhongren's explanation, he understood that Mrs. Wu was not trying to trick him.

Thinking that no matter which school he sent his daughter to, she would still have to pay [-] dan at least, Jiang Mingshun gritted his teeth and said to Mrs. Wu, "Then I will entrust the fish girl to you."

Mrs. Wu was overjoyed in her heart, but she said calmly: "Well, you can bring Xiaoyu Niang over after the Qingming Festival."

Although she felt that this was too long, her husband must have a reason for doing this. Jiang Mingshun pressed down on what he was about to ask.

After a few people said their goodbyes, they returned to the dock.

Seeing Jiang Jinyu drooping her head all the way and looking listless, Jiang Ming smiled calmly, lowered his head and comforted her, "Didn't Mrs. Wu say that she can come to study after the Qingming Festival?"

He judged others by himself, thinking that his daughter was sad because she could not go to school right away.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mingshun continued to explain to Jiang Jinyu with some heartache: "After all, dad has paid five ounces of money as the deposit."

"When the time comes, Madam Wu will definitely not regret not letting us go."

Jiang Jinyu: "..."

No, who is spreading the rumor that she is in a bad mood because she can't wait to go to school?

(End of this chapter)