Chapter 2257 Recruitment Conditions for the Academy

Seeing Shu Yu in her wedding dress, Ruan Shi's eyes couldn't help but redden slightly.

This is her daughter, who was sold shortly after birth. After searching for her for more than ten years, she was finally found, but now she is getting married.

Ruan was very reluctant to part with him. If it hadn't been delayed for several years, she would have wanted to keep Shuyu for a few more years to make up for the lost years.

Fortunately, the Meng family lived diagonally across the street. The two families were close by, and both would eventually settle down in Jiangyuan County.

"Mother, do I look bad in this?" Shu Yu knew what Ruan Shi was thinking, so she immediately asked with a smile to divert her attention.

Ruan wiped her eyes and nodded repeatedly, "Beautiful, of course beautiful, Ayu is the most beautiful bride in the world."

"If my eldest sister knew what you said, she would be heartbroken." As she spoke, she went over and took Ruan Shi's arm.

Madam Ruan gave her a chuckle. “If your older sister were here, she would definitely say the same thing. Alright, stop holding me, or your wedding dress will get wrinkled. Take it off quickly. As long as the dress fits, I’ll make you a new lining in the next few days.”

Shu Yu had no choice but to take off her wedding dress. Watching Ruan Shi hang the dress on the rack, she finally felt the reality of being about to become a wife.

Less than twenty days have passed, how fast!

In the days that followed, Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng were both very busy.

As agreed, Meng Yunzheng invited many guests to the academy on the mountain the next day, taking the opportunity to do one last round of advertising before the wedding.

Shu Yu hadn't seen it herself, but she'd heard from Shu Rui, who had helped out, that there were an unusually large number of people who came that day. Some came because Meng Yunzheng was the newly appointed top scholar, others wanted to inquire about the academy's admission requirements, and still others simply came to see what was going on and watch the excitement. Of course, there were also those who subtly inquired whether the emperor had blamed Meng Yunzheng for resigning from his official post right after becoming the top scholar.

Meng Yunzheng was somewhat aware of what everyone was thinking, so when the crowd had arrived, he directly brought out the Emperor's personally inscribed calligraphy.

This has astonished a group of people with various motives.

Meng Yunzheng answered all of everyone's questions. The most frequent questions concerned matters related to enrollment in the academy.

The academy will officially open on June 25th, which is five days after his wedding.

As for the admission standards and number of students, notices will be posted in the city and at the entrance of the academy in a few days. After you have read them, you can take your time to consider them.

In addition to recruiting students, they will also recruit some odd jobs to work in the academy on that day.

As for the teachers and supervisors, Meng Yunzheng had already found them. After all, they had been preparing to open the academy for two years, and the right people were the most important thing.

The crowd erupted in excitement upon hearing that the academy was hiring handymen.

The wealthy families didn't care, but the nearby villagers were eager and impatient. The laborers at this academy were different from those elsewhere; even if they were just doing manual labor, they were still cultured.

Looking back, everyone who walked out of the academy was beaming with pride, and all the people they met there were scholars who would be taking the imperial examinations in the future.

The news spread quickly, so as soon as the recruitment conditions were announced, everyone rushed to see them.

However, just like in Shu Yu's travelogue, even for odd jobs, those who are literate have the greatest advantage.

Everyone witnessed once again the importance of being literate; look, without literacy, one cannot even be a handyman.

However, although the recruitment conditions have been released, there are still ten or twenty days until the recruitment day. Even if it's just a last-minute effort to learn a few words, it would be good.

(End of this chapter)