Yang Shifeng and Eleven gave full control of the school to Master Qiao, and Master Qiao also handled it very well. The day before the official start of the class, Master Qiao brought his eldest son, Qiao Zhiyuan, to the Yang family.
Seeing that Yang's shop has everything you need, Master Qiao really doesn't feel that it is inconvenient to live in the mountains. Not only is life not worse than in the town, on the contrary, it is much better than in the town. People still have some concerns, but they have long since disappeared.
Moreover, the environment here is really good, which is very suitable for his sons to study at ease, and is more conducive to future scientific examinations.
Master Qiao was really grateful that Yang Shifeng chose him and gave him such an opportunity, and he was very fortunate that he did not refuse this opportunity.
"Shi Feng, I really want to thank you, this place is much better than I thought. It is a blessing for our family to be here. In the future, I will do my best to teach those children."
Yang Shifeng waved his hand, "Master, don't say that, I should thank you, thank you for coming back to the mountains to teach these children."
Master Qiao smiled open-mindedly, "Then we don't need to say thank you to each other. It's best to run the school together in the future."
Yang Shifeng nodded, "That's the truth, Master, if you need any help in the future, just ask me."
The smile on Master Qiao's eyebrows became more obvious, and he said, "I will handle the school affairs for the time being, and I will not be polite if there is anything in the future. In fact, I came here today mainly to talk to you and Doctor Eleven about what to do next. I want to ask your opinions on some arrangements for the school."
Master Qiao understands that the real masters of the school are Yang Shifeng and Eleven. Although he is now the dean and manages everything by him, he will not take himself too seriously because of this. Explain to the two of them.
"Master, please speak."
"There are not too many children in the school today. Just being a master is not enough. In the future, I will mainly teach children enlightenment, and then I will teach the four books and five classics, but optics are not enough. Children should also learn basic arithmetic and memorization. Accounting and these things will be of great benefit to them in the future, but I really can’t teach them all by myself, so I want to arrange some lessons for my eldest son and let him teach the children arithmetic and bookkeeping.”
After Master Qiao finished speaking, he was afraid that Yang Shifeng and Eleven would doubt his eldest son's ability, so he explained: "My eldest son is much better than me in arithmetic, and he came to teach the children better than me, that's why I have Do you think this proposal is feasible or not?”
After listening to Master Qiao's proposal on Eleven, she appreciated him a little more. She had never thought about the course arrangement, but now that she listened to Master Qiao's arrangement, she felt that it was very good. Compared with the Four Books and Five Classics, in fact, arithmetic and memory Accounts are more beneficial to these mountain children. Maybe after they finish their studies, they can find a job as an accountant, and even if they go out to sell things, they can calculate their accounts.
This Master Qiao is really thinking about the children.
Eleven said: "Master Qiao's arrangement is very good. It is very meaningful for the children to learn arithmetic and bookkeeping."
Yang Shifeng glanced at Master Qiao's eldest son, "I will trouble Master Qiao, will it delay Master Qiao from studying?"
Qiao Zhiyuan, who had not spoken to the side, immediately said: "Brother Shifeng, don't call me Mr. Qiao anymore, call me Zhiyuan in the future. We will be neighbors in the future, so we will appear close."
Yang Shifeng nodded, "Okay, I'll call you Zhiyuan in the future."
Qiao Zhiyuan continued on the previous topic, "Teaching children arithmetic will not delay my study. It is not good to read books all day long. I have to do other things to wake up my mind, and teach children arithmetic. I am also reviewing the original text. Some knowledge is also good for me."
Master Qiao agreed: "That's the reason, it's not good to be bored in the house reading books all day long, it's better to teach the children."
Yang Shifeng was happy that the children had such a good teacher, "If that's the case, then it's the best."
After talking about this, Master Qiao talked about the arrangement of other things, "I specifically asked about it before, the children basically bring meals from home at noon, and it will be hot in the dining hall, and then I will arrange for my little daughter to be there. She is used to helping her mother to do this in the canteen. There are several children who live far away from other villages and usually have to live in the dormitory. I arranged for my child to take care of the children's clothing, food, housing and transportation. , My son is thirteen years old this year, he is quite stable, there is no problem in doing this."
Yang Shifeng and Eleven listened quietly. They had no objection to Master Qiao's arrangement. Now that Master Qiao wants to manage this school well, they are no worse than them, and they don't need to worry about it at all.
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The next day was the official opening of the school. Today, the village was very lively. Most of the children who came to school were sent by their parents and relatives. The adults greeted each other and the children ran around excitedly.
Eleven also rarely slept in, and followed Yang Shifeng early in the morning. Today, they also plan to send Xiao Shishi to school, although the school is next door.
Xiao Shi was so excited that he woke up before dawn. He dressed himself and washed himself. He couldn't wait to put on his small schoolbag, opened the door, ran out to see the school next door, and then ran back to Yang Shifeng. Did you get up with Eleven? That excited look is so cute.
Hearing the sound of the school next door getting louder and louder, Xiao Shishi couldn't sit still, and kept looking out the door. Eleven could only speed up and lead him out after breakfast.
When I went out, I was really taken aback by the excitement of the school. There are people in front of the school. In addition to the students and parents and relatives who come to study, there are many villagers standing outside to watch the fun. Everyone is chatting happily, and the excitement is comparable to watching a big show.
Eleven took Xiao Shi to the front of the school, and handed the note to Qiao Zhiyuan who was registering the students. Qiao Zhiyuan saw that it was Xiao Shi, he took the note with a smile, and wrote Xiao Shi's name on the book. Then he said: "Okay, Xiao Shi, let's go in and sit inside. We will have class later."
Hearing the words, Little Stone looked up at Eleven and Yang Shifeng.
Eleven patted his little head, "Come in, we'll pick you up for dinner after school."
Little Stone grinned and nodded heavily, and ran in happily with his short legs, and there were many children who ran after him as cheerfully as Little Rock.
The school has regulations. Adults can only be sent to the school gate, but they are not allowed to enter. Therefore, all the parents who sent their children watched from outside the gate. There was a large area of Wuyang Yang, and Eleven and Yang Shifeng were no exception. They stood at the gate with others. Looking at it, Qiao Zhiyuan asked the parents to go back until it was time for class, and on the eleventh, he followed Yang Shifeng back home.
When they were about to eat, Eleven and Yang Shifeng went to the school again. This time, the two of them entered the classroom, went outside the classroom, and watched the class situation inside quietly from the back window.
I saw Master Qiao wrote three big characters on the front whiteboard, namely Ren, Zhi, and Beginning. Then he pointed to these three big characters and read it to the children below, and the children followed behind, and the voice was very clear, but very loud.
Xiao Shishi sat in the second row, his eyes were fixed on the front, his back was straight, his little hands were behind his back, his little mouth was open and closed, and he was meticulous.
Eleven couldn't help but say, "Little Stone is really good, much better than when you learned to write."
Yang Shifeng turned his head to look at Eleven, slightly dissatisfied, "Why did I not behave well when I was studying? I have learned every word you taught me very seriously, and I learned it very quickly."
Eleven's mouth rose, and he leaned into his ear and teased: "I don't know who it is. Every time I finish what I teach, I stare at me, and I don't want to go back until I kiss it."
Yang Shifeng's face turned red all of a sudden, his eyes turned to the school, and he stopped talking.
Eleven laughed even more happily, remembering how shameful Yang Shifeng was when he was kissed by her, inexplicably a little nostalgic.
Just when the two were laughing, the school was over, and Master Qiao took the children to the dining hall and let the children eat there.
Xiao Shifeng ran out and saw Yang Shifeng and Eleven at a glance, and rushed over happily, because Eleven's big belly couldn't be thrown, so he hugged Yang Shifeng's leg all of a sudden, raised his face and was very excited, "Brother! Sister!"
Yang Shifeng patted Little Stone on the head and asked him, "How is the class today? Did you understand what the Master said?"
Little Stone nodded, "I understand, I can understand the words taught by the Master."
"Really? That's clever, let's go, let's go home for dinner."
"Wait." Eleven pulled Yang Shifeng and Xiao Shifeng, "Let's go home for dinner later. Let's go and see how the other children are doing in the dining hall. After all, today is the first day."
Yang Shifeng and Little Stone had no objection, and the two men took Eleven's hands one by one and went to the dining hall.
There are three long tables in the dining hall, each of which can seat more than a dozen children. The children are all sitting together, looking eagerly at the pot and stove inside.
In the stove room, a 12- or 13-year-old girl was heating the bowls with meals in the steamer. These are the lunch meals for the children outside.
But after a while, Qiaofuzi's daughter came out with the rice bowl on a tray, and asked the children to come and take their rice away. Afraid that the children would fall, they asked them to line up one by one. The children were obedient, one by one After queuing up, I chose the one I brought from the many rice bowls, and quickly ran back to my seat to eat.
Eleven looked at the children's rice bowls and found that they were still eating well. At least there were white rice and vegetables in the bowls. If I wanted to, those who could be sent to study would not be too poor. The top isn't too bad either.
But at this moment, Eleven glanced at random and saw a little boy about the size of a small stone sitting on the table next to him, sitting alone in the corner eating with his head down. In his bowl there were two black thick The steamed buns are hard to swallow at first glance, but the little boy eats them fragrantly and seriously.
Xiao Shitou pulled Eleven's sleeve and whispered: "Sister, that person is my deskmate, he sits with me, his name is Lei Zi, his house is far away from us, it takes a long time to walk. Woolen cloth."
Eleven frowned and was a little puzzled. It stands to reason that the child who can be sent to study should not be in poor family conditions, but this child eats so poorly, and his clothes are also very shabby. It can be seen that the family is not rich. I don't know why I was sent to read the book.
But this is someone else's private matter, and children also have their own self-esteem. The best thing they can do now is not to come forward and disturb them. Therefore, Eleven didn't say anything, and took Xiao Shi and Yang Shifeng back home. After eating, he sent Xiao Shi to the school and started the arithmetic class in the morning and afternoon.
After that, everything went smoothly in the academy. After the eleventh, I didn't go to the academy to watch it again. It's not that I don't care about Xiao Shishi, but she has to put all her mind on her big belly now.
Eleven originally thought that it would not be so painful after the first three months, but who knew she was still naive. As the months got bigger, her stomach swelled like a balloon. Eleven actually didn't eat much because she was not feeling well. I also pay attention to exercising after meals. Who would have known that the child in the belly would grab nutrients like this and take away all the nutrients from the mother's body. Eleven is getting thinner and thinner, but the belly is getting bigger and bigger. And with the enlargement of the stomach, a series of problems also came. Not only did she feel her whole body falling, she could no longer see her feet when she lowered her head. She had to be served by Yang Shifeng when she wore clothes and shoes every day, and her hands could only be used to support her. abdomen.
Moreover, the most uncomfortable thing for her is that her legs are swollen and cramps every night. She is often woken up by pain when she finally falls asleep, causing her to suffer from severe lack of sleep. The whole eye circles are dark. It's all used to make up for sleep, and now it's even stopped for people to see a doctor.
Eleven knew for the first time that it was not easy to have a child.
Yang Shifeng also knew for the first time that the pregnancy was so uncomfortable, and he was still full of excitement about the arrival of the child, but seeing how uncomfortable Eleven was, the excitement disappeared, and there was only worry.
But he couldn't help anything, so he could only try his best to prepare food for Eleven, put a towel on her legs at night, massage her to relieve her cramps, and talk with her.
Eleven lost weight because of her pregnancy, and Yang Shifeng lost weight even more because of Eleven's pregnancy.
Eleven looked distressed, but couldn't hold him back, and just hoped that he could unload the little fat man from his stomach soon.
Days went by, and when Eleven was finally eight months pregnant, Xiao Shishi also ushered in his first school exam.
This is the first exam in the school. Master Qiao attaches great importance to it, and so do the children. Xiao Shishi is full of endless motivation every day. He goes to school earlier than anyone else. , how serious is it, I admired it even when I saw Eleven, and I felt like I was a scholar at home. I can't help but let the little fat man in my stomach learn more from my uncle, and don't be a scumbag in the future.
For the first exam, Xiao Shitou was very positive. He got up early in the morning and memorized books for half an hour. When the school opened, he ran in and waited intently for the exam. When he woke up on 11th, Xiao Shishi had already taken the exam. Finished trying to go home.
The test results came out the next day. Eleven knew how hard Xiao Shishi usually studied, so he definitely wanted to be the first in the exam. According to Xiao Shi's usual intelligence and hard work, and the Master's praise for Xiao Shi, it is estimated that the first place will be. Almost there.
The result is also true, Xiao Shishi took the first test.
Yang Shifeng and Grandpa Yang praised him well, and on Eleven, he took out a book and a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone that he had prepared earlier as a reward, "This is your first reward, and you will get it again and again in the future. The first is rewarded."
Xiao Shitou took it in surprise, looked over and over and couldn't put it down. After watching it for a while, he was willing to put it down. Then, remembering something, his smile narrowed slightly, his mouth pouted a little, and said, "Actually, I'm not the strongest."
No one in the family knew what he meant.
Xiao Shishi sighed, and said with a bit of disappointment on his face: "Besides me, there is another first, we are all first, and he is better than me."
Now everyone understands, it turns out that someone is as powerful as him, and he is not happy.
Yang Shifeng patted Xiao Shifeng's head and said, "There are people who are as powerful as you. You have to learn from the advantages of others. You can't be jealous, and you can't be unhappy to know?"
Little Stone said seriously: "I am not unhappy, he is better than me, and I will learn from him in the future."