Chapter 248 Can my younger brother go to Fu'an College?
On the day Mr. Jiang brought Mrs. Jiang to the village, more than half of the people in Fu'an Village came. They crowded around the school, brought their own children, and rushed to call Mr. Jiang with enthusiasm and excitement.
In the courtyard where Mr. Jiang was about to move in, firewood was readily available. The enthusiastic villagers brought him meat, mushrooms, and black fungus. They were eager to give Mr. Jiang any good things they had at home.
If we weren't afraid of scaring Mr. Jiang and Mrs. Jiang, I'm afraid everyone would have stuffed it directly into Mr. Jiang's hands.
"My fellow villagers, I am very grateful for your enthusiasm. From now on, I, Jiang Yu, will teach you everything I have learned in my life and deserve the title of "sir." Jiang Yu looked at the enthusiastic faces and the children's desire to learn knowledge. Jiang Yu had an indescribable sense of responsibility!
He wanted to teach the children everything he had learned throughout his life. This was what a teacher should do, not what happened at Huaixian Academy, where, in addition to teaching, he also looked at the students' background, whether they had talent, and whether they could give him anything besides tuition...
"Sir, you are so righteous!" Shi Lizheng was extremely excited as he listened to Jiang Yu's words. His eldest grandson Xiaolin had just reached the age to start school.
Many families in the village have sons or grandsons who are already grown up. They also want to send them to school and teach them to read and write.
Until Jiang Yu and his mother moved into the newly built small courtyard, there were two rooms and a main room, which was just right for them. Jiang's mother looked at the room with a bed and cabinets, and couldn't help but feel a little worried. She said, "Yu'er, are the villagers too welcoming?"
In the past, Jiang's mother sometimes thought that her son had become a scholar and had a bright future. The neighbors nearby were so enthusiastic about her, calling her "Old Madam Jiang" one after another. The young girls were even more devoted to being nice to her. She knew in her heart that they all wanted to marry Jiang Yu and become the wife of a scholar, or even the wife of a juren!
Jiang's mother also took a fancy to the girl. She was sweet-mouthed and kind-hearted. When she was twisting her waist before, Aunt Jiang followed her every day. If Jiang Yu had not been so absorbed in studying and unwilling to get married, Jiang's mother would have probably arranged the marriage long ago!
It was not until Jiang Yu got into trouble and was driven out of the academy in the city that Jiang's mother realized that those people were coming for Jiang Yu's identity. After knowing that Jiang Yu was at best a scholar, those people avoided him.
Even the girl who used to follow her around and call her Aunt Jiang every day got married.
Since then, Jiang Mu's personality has gradually changed.
"Mother, the villagers are so welcoming because we didn't have a teacher before. Now that we have one, they are very happy. This is all the kindness of the villagers, so please accept it. In the future, I will teach well and make sure the children have a bright future!"
If Jiang Yu came here initially for Xiao Jiayuan and Xiao Jiachen, now, Jiang Yu was really warmed by the enthusiasm of the villagers. Even in the county, because he had offended people in the provincial capital, many people were unwilling to get close to him, as if even learning knowledge from him would be implicated by him.
"Hey, Yu'er, you have to teach well and don't let everyone down." Mother Jiang reminded.
Jiang Yu responded, put down his things, and began to discuss the enrollment registration with Shi Lizheng. Xiao Jiayuan and Xiao Jiachen were like Jiang Yu's assistants, helping with the registration.
"Sir, my dog Sheng is ten years old this year. Can he go to school?"
"Sir, my son Wangfu is six years old. Can he enroll in school? I can just let him learn to read."
"My parents have a very good memory, but they are a little old. Can they go to school?"
"gentlemen……"
The villagers chatted one after another, and finally, Shi Lizheng spoke up, saying, "Fellow villagers, Mr. Jiang was invited back to the village by Miss Xiao. The children in the village want to go to school, so the six gifts are indispensable. Dried meat, celery, dried longan, lotus seeds, red dates, and red beans. Everyone needs to prepare them!"
"If anyone wants to learn from the teacher for free, there is no such thing as a free lunch!" Shi Lizheng reminded with a stern face.
"Don't worry, Uncle Shi, we have all these prepared!"
"That's it, look."
The villagers took out their backpacks and six gifts including dried meat. Since they knew that a school was going to be built in the village, those who wanted to send their children to school had prepared them early.
Soon, there were thirty-six children enrolled. Jiang Yu had previously taught at Huaixian Academy and was already familiar with the enrollment process. He said, "Tomorrow we will have the entrance ceremony, and then school will officially begin!"
After Jiang Yu finished speaking to the child, he asked everyone to leave.
When Lei Yan arrived with her brother Lei Yan, she dragged Lei Yan all the way to the school. She ran breathlessly and said, "Mr. Jiang, we haven't registered yet!"
The villagers who were about to disperse stopped in their tracks when they saw the strangers.
"Lei Yan, have you recovered?" Xiao Jiayuan looked at Lei Yan with great excitement. He rushed forward and hugged Lei Yan, saying, "I thought you were here!"
"Of course I'm coming. I'm a real man. I lost to you. I said I'll grind ink for you for a month, and that's it!" Lei Yan straightened his back, looking like a real man. If you look closely, you can see that Lei Yan's ears are red. He looked at Xiao Jiayuan and said, "Next year, I will definitely be better than you!"
"Then let's wait and see!" Xiao Jiayuan's face radiated confidence.
"He's not from the village, so how can he sign up?"
"There's no one in Fu'an Village who doesn't know him. He's definitely not from the village."
The villagers were whispering to each other. Lei Yan put down the things he had brought and said, "Sir, these are the six gifts for the salary: ten pounds of meat, ten pounds of celery, and ten pounds of dried longan..."
Lei Yan took out items from his big bag one by one, which shocked the villagers. They had prepared items weighing two kilograms at a time, but this girl had prepared items weighing ten kilograms at a time?
"We are from Lancang County. I know it's not easy for Lei Yan to go to the village school, so I prepared two pounds of melon seeds for everyone in the village. It's a little token of my appreciation. Please don't despise it."
As soon as Lei Yan finished speaking, Lei Yan came with melon seeds in his hand. He was a head taller than Xiao Jiayuan, and although he was not very old, he gave people the feeling of being big and strong.
"Mr. Shi, thank you for distributing the melon seeds to everyone. In addition to these, we have also prepared ten taels of silver as a gift for Mr. Jiang." As soon as Lei Yan said this, the villagers immediately shut up.
There are many people who run schools in the village, but I have never heard that when going to the village school, not only do they have to distribute melon seeds to the villagers, but they also have to give more than them in terms of tuition and six gifts, and they also have to give ten taels of silver?
The villagers fell silent immediately. This made them start to reflect, maybe they didn't give enough gifts as compensation for the six gifts?
"Dear villagers, Mr. Shi, I wonder if my brother can go to Fu'an College?" Lei Yan looked at everyone nervously. Ever since he knew the date of school opening, Lei Yan racked his brains to think about what to send.
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