On February 28, the academy opened.

The academy was officially named "Luyuan Academy", which means that the road is long and far, and the road to study is endless.

This year's spring was early, and the school was originally scheduled to start in March, but it was finally advanced to the end of February. Spring means that the season of this year has come early, and there is a fear that winter will come early, and it will be cold early, and the academy will also have to close early.

The rising sun has just broken through the clouds, and the sky is bright. In the morning, the father and mother at home rushed to bring the children to the academy to handle the enrollment procedures, fearing that the seats would be taken away if they were late.

On this day, everyone seemed to be rushing to the academy, and the whole academy became lively. As soon as you enter the door, there will be people there to guide people how to go.

"Those who have registered their children to study, please go this way."

"Children aged four to six, come here."

"Children aged seven to ten, come here."

"Children over ten, come here."

The admissions in the academy are still the same as what was said at the beginning. Children aged four to six are exempt from tuition and are sent here for enlightenment education. As for children aged seven to ten, they have to pay half of the tuition, and the education they receive is at a different stage. The last one is for children over ten years old.

Studying is not just for the purpose of getting a good reputation in the future. The most basic point is to learn to read and write, and then to let these children who come here learn some skills for survival in the future.

As for those who are over ten years old and want to pass the imperial examinations in the future, they must have studied and learned since childhood. These children went to Zheng Shubo to take the examinations. Only after passing the examinations could they enter the school and study under Zheng Shubo. After all, Zheng Shubo was called a scholar, which was much better than an ordinary teacher.

You should know that there had never been a scholar in the area, and now there was a scholar in this academy to teach their children. These people were eager to send their children to this Zheng Xiucai.

"My second child is only six years old this year, and will be seven next year."

"Your second child is obviously the same age as my third child. I remember that my third child was born in February, and your second child was born in March. How come your second child is six years old, and my third child is seven years old?"

"You, you are talking nonsense, my second child is obviously only six years old this year."

"Don't lie, your second child is seven years old!"

Naturally, some people who came here were lucky enough to report their children's ages a little younger, so that they could let their children go to school and they could pay one year less in tuition, so that they could make more calculations.

In the end, such people were forcibly asked to leave, but there were still several such cases later.

"I don't want this to happen again in the future. Children aged three to six come here just for enlightenment education. Older ones will receive corresponding training. Those who want to be chefs can become chefs, and those who want to be carpenters can become carpenters. Once they finish their studies here, they can go out and work for you to earn money."

"What you are doing now is not only wasting the children's time, but also delaying their future." Cao Xiangnan was so busy that he had to come over to explain the pros and cons to everyone. This is not just a matter of taking a few small amounts of money, but delaying the children's future.

After he explained it this way, the people here could understand a little bit.

"So now, those who lied about their children's age should stand on the other side according to their children's age."

"If your child is under seven years old, you can send him to the second level to study the corresponding major, but the tuition fee will be charged according to the second level." Of course, no one would be stupid enough to send their children to the second level and pay half of the tuition fee when their children can be exempted from the tuition fee.

After strictly dealing with several people who wanted to take advantage of the situation, Cao Xiangnan came to speak and explained the pros and cons to everyone, so that everyone would understand that it was not about the money, but about delaying their own children.

Many children here are born without their household registration registered. So when some men and boys who come to register their children for school ask them to provide their children’s household registration, they don’t have one. “That won’t work. Your child doesn’t have a household registration. Before April 1st, you must register your child’s household registration and bring the certificate to the academy.”

“Otherwise, your child won’t be able to pass the imperial examinations in the future without this household registration certificate.”

It costs some money to register a household registration, and some families are unwilling to spend even that little money. Many people never leave their small village in their entire lives, and the farthest they go is Fenshui Town, so they don’t need a household registration at all.

But now it is different. Everyone is rushing to send their children to school, fearing that other people's children will learn skills while their children will know nothing. In the past, the money in the family was taken by the father and mother, and they didn't have a penny. Now they have divided the family for the children, so they naturally have money. When they move out of the family, they can also register the children.

Throughout the Feng Dynasty, population management was relatively strict. To go from one place to another, one had to show one's household registration certificate in order to pass through another city. This was also because they were afraid that some areas with poor land would lose population and move to areas with rich land. So, unless they planned to let their children stay in a small village for the rest of their lives, or never leave Fenshui Town, if their children studied well and could take the imperial examinations but were not allowed to go, they would regret it. So, they really had to get this certificate.

Cao Xiangnan decided on the entire academy after referring to the classification of schools from his world, and also after considering the actual situation here. There are only three reasons for going to school: one is that the children can read, the second is that the children can make money, and the last is that the children can pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar.

Most people here only know that children studying is to pass the imperial examination, and they don’t think about the first point. The purpose

of the younger children going to school is to receive an enlightenment education, and the middle stage is to teach them how to survive, and passing the imperial examination is the last step. Not everyone has to go to school to pass the imperial examination, but this is a thought in many people’s minds, so Zheng Xiucai is very useful here at this time.

The first day was spent dealing with the enrollment issue, which was much more chaotic than Cao Xiangnan had imagined. He arranged the tasks in advance and assigned them one by one, but later on, he still had to deal with many things in person. He ran around all day until his legs were almost broken.

After the enrollment procedures were completed on that day, school could start the next day.

The curriculum for the children was decided after discussion. What to teach the first graders and what to teach the second graders. Cao Xiangnan also told everyone some of his ideas. After discussion and communication, everyone finally determined the plan.

Things went smoothly at the academy. It took three days to finish the admissions process. The teachers at the academy started giving classes every day. Children from neighboring villages would come to the academy early in the morning to have their lessons with the teachers. They started their day of study.

"There are no more places here now, right?" There were no more places at the academy, and some people wanted to send their children here. Cao Xiangnan offered a compromise, "Ask them if it's okay. If it's okay, the academy will open a weekend class." The academy uses a weekly system, which means there are seven days in a week. Children only need to attend classes for five days and rest for two days. He was planning to use the next two days to open a weekend cram school for some illiterate guys in the village. Now it was late, and some people wanted to send their children here, but there were no places, so he had to think of this weekend class and arrange for the children to come during these two days. There

were many more people coming to the academy than he had imagined. People from the surrounding villages also sent their children here to study. In addition, every household in Caojia Village now sent their children to the academy to study, and the classrooms for preparation were already full.

If we wait any longer, we can only wait for Master Feng to build a new courtyard, and then all the things in the academy will be slowly divided.

As for his second brother, Cao Xiangnan sent some money to his father when he knew that school had started, asking him to give it to his second brother for the children's education. As for how they would use the money, it was none of his business. He just sent the money.

After three or five days of hard work, the things at the academy were almost settled. Every morning, the academy began to hear the sound of reading.

The villages became very different.

The children at home were also sent to the academy to study. Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian took a horse-drawn carriage to the town every morning. The older ones went to the academy to study. They ate lunch directly at the academy at noon and waited to go home for dinner in the evening. At that time, they all came back from the town.

They took the two younger ones with them. Little Le'er could eat and sleep well no matter where he was thrown. As for Little Bao'er, he whimpered for several days in a strange place. It was not until the day after tomorrow that he slowly adapted to the new environment.

"My babies." When they returned home in the evening, Wanfeng and the children also came back. Cao Xiangnan reached out and picked up his little ones. He liked them more and they were easier to tease.

Little Bao would cry when he was touched, and his wife would get angry with him.

After playing with the children for a while, dinner was ready. The adults and children sat at the table to eat together. By this time, Little Le'er could also drink some clear rice water, which was better than drinking only goat milk to fill his stomach. After eating this, he became even fatter.