Yang Heshu turned his head away and stopped talking to him. The solution seemed good, but he was not a fool. Not to mention that he, a small county magistrate, could not do this kind of thing, even his father might not be able to do it.
So just listen to this unrealistic method and keep it in your heart, so there is no need to ask in detail.
but…
Yang Heshu looked at the three children, and finally fixed his gaze on the faces of Man Bao and Bai Shanbao. These two children are really smart.
He couldn't help squinting his eyes and laughing, and said to the two of them: "You should study hard and go to the Imperial College in the capital."
Man Bao asked curiously, "Can I also go to the Imperial College?"
Yang Heshu looked at her regretfully, but he didn't want to hit her directly, "So far, no woman has been admitted to the Imperial College."
Man Bao was very confident in himself, pointing to Bai Shanbao and said, "If he can pass the exam, so can I."
Man Bao decided to go back and study more seriously.
Bai Shanbao's fighting spirit was also ignited by her, so naturally he didn't want to lag behind. Once the two of them worked hard, it hurt Bai Erlang, because he was quickly left behind by the two of them.
Fortunately, after the new year, the villagers of the three nearby villages brought their children to the door again, wanting to continue to send the children back to study.
This time, the number sent back was about ten less than the previous ones, and the two oldest groups no longer came back.
Those who were sent back were all about the same age as Bai Erlang, or even younger than Bai Erlang.
After thinking for a while, Mr. Zhuang returned the generous package from the Bai family and agreed to their request.
Mrs. Liu and Master Bai didn't stop Mr. Zhuang from continuing to teach in the school, but they didn't want to lose his share of training either.
Both of them knew that what Mr. Zhuang taught Bai Shanbao and Bai Er was worth the training.
When Man Bao returned home, he proposed, "Father, let's send the big boys and girls to school too."
"That won't work, aren't they literate with you?"
"What I teach is not as good as what my husband teaches, and they don't have pens, ink, paper and inkstones, their handwriting is too ugly, and it's not good to make account books."
Old Zhou thought for a while, but still shook his head, "There are so many children in the family, and all of them are sent to school, how much will they have to pay, and how many books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones will have to be bought, no, no.":
Man Bao said: "The family is not short of money now."
"There's no money for that."
Man Bao pouted and went to see her mother.
Qian looked at his sons and asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhou Dalang and his younger brothers looked at each other, and said, "Mother, let's go back and ask the children at night."
The children naturally want to go, even the oldest Datou wants to go, "Although reading is difficult and I don't like reading, I know that reading is useful. I want to learn to write well. My sister-in-law has already started to teach us how to plan. Yes, but we will never learn."
Da Ya nodded again and again, "Sister-in-law said that once the husband taught her, she would be good. She said that maybe she didn't teach well."
Zhou Dalang was silent for a long time, and after sending the children back to sleep, he said to Xiaoqian: "I remember when my uncle was very young, he went to the city with us and passed a school, and he was lying outside the school window listening to Mr. When teaching, he memorized several words at once, and later he often walked for nearly an hour to the city to eavesdrop on other people's classes."
"It's the same at Manbao's place, so look, uncle and Manbao are so smart." Zhou Dalang whispered: "Father must not be willing to spend money if he wants to take care of a big family, and the number of children in each room is not right. Look, why don't we pay for it ourselves."
After doing the calculation, Xiaoqian frowned and said, "Shu Xiu doesn't have much, but to buy so many books, as well as pens, inks, papers and inkstones, it will cost a lot, and..."
She lowered her voice and said, "Sweeping the floor, mowing the lawn, and washing clothes have always been done by the children, and they are all sent to school. Who will do these jobs?"
"Then let's do it," Zhou Dalang said in a low voice with the tenacity inherited from the Qian family, "as long as they and the children they will have in the future are half as smart as Man Bao and 90%."
Little Qian thought so too.
So he nodded and said, "OK."
Zhou Zhoulang was also talking about going to school with Feng Shi, "...the children are not young anymore, and the two heads and two girls have learned from Man Bao for several years, and they know all the characters, so they can learn from Mr. Zhuang's place." In two years, I will come back after learning what Manbao can't teach or hasn't taught."
"Will father-in-law give you money?"
"Father is definitely not willing, but I think mother may be willing. Let's see when the time comes. Anyway, let's prepare first. If it doesn't work, we will send it by ourselves."
Feng Shi had no objection, and said with a smile: "Anyway, it doesn't cost much to send one."
Although she didn't care about the money in the house, she knew how much money her husband had.
But Zhou Zhoulang said in surprise: "How come there is only one, the two heads, two girls and three girls are all going, so there are three."
"Erya and Sanya are going too?"
"Of course I went, um, Sanya is still young, maybe I shouldn't send her there, let her study with Man Bao at home for two more years, and when she is older, she will stay for two years like her sister and come back. " Zhou Zhoulang was planning, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good idea, "This is good, and I can save a lot of money."
"What's the use of reading at home for a girl?"
"Look at Man Bao, what's the use of it?"
Feng Shi: "... Then, isn't that sister-in-law?"
"Erya is also very smart, at least much smarter than Ertou."
Feng Shi: "You know that's not what I'm talking about?"
"Which one is that?" Zhou Zhoulang frowned, and when he realized it, his brows became tighter, "It's different now, the family doesn't lack that kind of money, and Erya has learned how to keep accounts, you don't know, now Ah, even if you set up stalls on both sides of the road in the county town, it would be better to be able to do some arithmetic, otherwise you would be foolishly happy to be tricked by the gangsters on the street."
"Look at our family, Manbao, if you go out, will you worry that she will be bullied as a fool?" Zhou Zhoulang said, "How much of the money the family earns now is earned by Manbao, and how much is earned by our brothers? There is a huge difference between reading and not reading, you don’t want your daughter to have a good life in the future?”
"Then, at least you have to ask your eldest brother and sister-in-law to see if they send you there."
"Don't worry, my sister-in-law will definitely have no objections. You see, although she is a girl, my sister-in-law is not partial."
"You mean I'm biased."
"I didn't say that, you said it yourself."
Feng Shi pinched him angrily.
Zhou Zhoulang didn't have this worry anymore. He only had two sons, one of whom had just learned to stand up, and neither of them could move, so he just sent Sitou to him.
Zhou Zhoulang was very worried. He looked at his son left and right. He didn't look like Man Bao, so he couldn't help complaining to Fang, "Don't they all say that my nephew looks like an aunt? What's wrong with this kid? It doesn't look like Man Bao at all, so can I study in the future?"
Fang was so angry that she pushed him aside, hugged the child to sleep on her side on the bed, and said: "People say that a nephew looks like an uncle, but I have never heard that a nephew looks like an aunt."
"Who said that? I heard more than one person say that."
"Don't torture your son's brain, you should think about your own pocket first. It costs a lot of money to study. When your son can go to school, can you afford the money?"