In fact, in the morning, Chen San and the other two young men knelt down and apologized for their crimes. If Zhang Shou had not arrived in time, if Ah Liu had not helped them to push the palace to promote blood circulation, and if he had not asked the kitchen to prepare ginger soup for them, they would most likely have really fallen ill.
Faced with that situation at that time, Zhang Shou was wondering whether he should keep three people and wait for the three naughty kids at home to wake up before pulling them over to explain the situation in person. However, Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan happened to arrive, and Liu Zhiyuan even brought a naughty kid who was pretending to be a ghost and was supposed to be catching up on sleep at home—Xiao Cheng.
Xiao Cheng is a stubborn person. He thinks that since he is the one playing the ghost, he should take the subsequent responsibilities.
After Peanut and the Fourth Prince fell asleep, he secretly got up, and then pretended to be Zhang Shou's order, went to the stable to get a mount, and hurried out. He originally planned to secretly go to the public school to find Ah Liu to lead the way, and then go to Chen Fang Gaosan's family to explain the tricks of the so-called apprenticeship job. If they insisted on holding him accountable, he would take all the responsibility on himself.
As a result, Xiao Cheng ran into Liu Zhiyuan on the way. Liu Zhiyuan and Xiao Cheng had been neighbors for so many years and knew him very well. When he saw him, he got off the carriage and stopped him. Then he took the kid to the carriage and asked him about it. The shrewd old man Liu knew the kid's character very well. He lied to Xiao Cheng about the whole story in a few words, so he immediately ordered the driver to speed up and rush to the public school.
At this time, after Zhang Shou "carried a thorn stick to apologize", he briefly introduced to Zhu Ying and others how Xiao Cheng rushed to the public school, and then continued: "I discussed with Lu Jijiu and Mr. Liu, and finally felt that in addition to those technical classes, it was a bit presumptuous to simply divide the public school into three levels: junior, middle and senior."
Zhang Chen had come with Zhu Ying today on purpose, wanting to see if there was anything he could do, but he only watched Zhang Shou using irrefutable language to make those women and children excited, and even planning to push a child like Xiao Cheng, who was only a few years older than himself, to be a so-called patrol student. Although he was always quite convinced of others, he was a little unconvinced this time.
If it were as simple as Zhang Shou said, wouldn't he also be able to be a teacher
Of course, he found Zhang Shou's suggestion of letting the patrol officers discover the talented people among the poor children interesting, so he couldn't help but interrupt and say, "Apart from the advanced classes dedicated to the imperial examinations, the elementary and intermediate classes in the public school recruit those poor children who can't afford to go to school. They only have one class every seven days, so to be honest, they can't learn much."
The parents of Chen Fanggao and the other three families didn't recognize Zhang Chen, but since he was someone who could associate with Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying, they naturally knew that they couldn't afford to offend him. However, Zhang Chen's ruthless words made them feel heartbroken.
Zhang Chen did not take other people's habits into consideration and continued to talk to himself: "In the final analysis, the source of students in the public school is too poor. I heard that even if the students in the advanced class can pass the examination to become a scholar, it is already a blessing, and they may not be able to pass the examination to become a juren in the future. As for the students in the elementary and intermediate classes, it is better to send patrol students to teach them instead of specially recruiting them to occupy the classrooms that cost a lot of money to build."