When it comes to the word "treatment", a shrewd person like Fang's mother is the most sensitive. She was the first to wake up, leaving behind her previous annoyance and regret, and hurriedly asked: "May I ask Master Zhang, how is the treatment different?"
Zhang Shou did not give a direct answer, but smiled and said: "I think your children come to the public school to study, not to pass the imperial examination in the future, but to find a good job with good pay after graduation, earn money to support the family and marry a wife, and have many children and grandchildren in the future, and live a happy and healthy life, isn't it?"
Seeing that Fang's mother suddenly looked unnatural, he thought of her eldest son who claimed to be taking the county examination. He knew that the mother's goal was not limited to this. She might even be counting on her eldest son to win an imperial decree for her in the future. He could not help but smile and shook his head.
"I know that Madam Fang has an older son who is waiting for his fate, but that is another matter. But aren't you planning to send his younger brother to be an apprentice in order to support this son and to help pay for his elder brother's participation in the county examination?"
Hearing this, Fang's mother finally understood that there was no need to show off her little tricks in front of others, so she readily admitted, "I was short-sighted. My eldest son has already said that. His studies have almost used up the last bit of our family's spare energy. If the youngest continues to study like this, I really can't afford it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been taken advantage of by that liar!"
The other two couples were not as talkative as Fang's mother. They could only nod their heads. Zhang Shou nodded and said, "Let alone ordinary people, even well-off families often cannot afford to send all their children to school. So you have been very concerned about your children. However, you are like headless flies, trying to find a good job for them. It is not easy."
It's not just not easy, it's as difficult as ascending to heaven! Fang's mother wanted to yell, but she was as aggressive as she was on weekdays, and she was as cautious as she was on weekdays. Father Chen, who usually couldn't make a fart, asked with a trembling voice: "From the tone of Master Zhang, can you say that he can solve this biggest problem?"
"Of course I can't do it alone, but after discussing it with Lu Jijiu and Mr. Liu, I have a rough idea."
For a moment, the five people in front of him were all delighted. Fang's mother, who was the most talkative, flattered him as soon as she opened her mouth: "We think it is a huge task, but in the eyes of people like you, Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Liu, the chief priest, it is of course a piece of cake..."
"It's not that easy. I just said that if I were alone, there would be nothing I could do. Now that someone has taken advantage of us, it's not too late to make amends." Zhang Shou saw that only Father Chen nodded this time, and the other four were a little confused. He knew that he used too many idioms out of habit...
He stopped talking nonsense and said directly, "The patrol system I just mentioned is not something I came up with on a whim. It is a solution I came up with after discussing it with Lu Jijiu and Mr. Liu."
"There is only one class every seven days, especially for the elementary class that cannot read and write. They can only do simple literacy. In this case, it is not wrong to let the students of the public school take the lead. Of course, we can wait until the result of the bet between the big one and the three small ones is determined."