Chapter 275 Rewards
This thought flashed through Yin Huaixi's mind, but she quickly forgot it.
She is now looking at the money in front of her, wondering how much scholarship she should prepare.
There are four classes in the village now. If each class rewards the top five, that would be twenty people.
The first place prize is 50 wen, the second place prize is 40, the third place prize is 30, and the fourth place prize is 20. In this way, the four classes will receive 600 wen a month.
This money comes easily to her.
Before, she could make money just by seeing patients. Now she and her daughter are making skin care products together. She is the one who prepares the prescriptions and gets the lion's share of the profits. She is even richer.
This is just a small-scale operation in the early stage. When coconut oil is harvested in large quantities and skin care products are sold in large quantities, my own piggy bank will definitely skyrocket.
So she didn't feel any pain at all to reward the children with 600 coins a month.
The Haichang brothers had good grades. If nothing unexpected happened, they could probably earn around 60 or 70 cents a month.
If they use this money to buy coarse food, it will definitely be enough for the two brothers to eat for a month.
Anyway, the weather on the island won't get too cold, so they don't need to buy clothes for the time being. This money is enough for the two brothers to survive the next few years.
Yin Huaixi made the decision and prepared the money. When her eldest brother came back for lunch at noon, she went to his house and told him about it.
Yin Huaishan laughed when he heard this.
"Little sister, we really want to go together. But I'm not as good as you and I don't spend as much money as you do."
Yin Huaishan returned to the school in the morning and told Zhou He about this.
Originally, he and Zhou He prepared rewards for students every month, sometimes it was handwritten books, sometimes it was some literary rewards. Now knowing the situation of the Haichang brothers, they both decided to convert the rewards directly into cash.
He and Zhou He agreed that each of them would give 300 coins per month to reward the top students in the class.
If it was before the new class was opened, they would definitely be reluctant to spend the money. But now that the new class has been opened, the monthly salary is several taels of silver, plus the ten taels of silver from Xie Shuhang, the two of them are not tight on money anymore, and they are willing to spend this little money to encourage their children to study.
"In that case, the first place winner will receive a reward of 100 coins. Isn't that too much?"
Yin Huaishan had been in the village for a long time and knew clearly how much one hundred coins were worth in the village.
"If there is more, we have to study harder. Competition leads to hard work. The monthly salary is not much, and if the children really study well, the reward is not a big deal."
After listening to his sister's words and seeing his wife nod, Yin Huaishan stopped talking and obediently took the money his sister brought.
After he arrived at the school in the afternoon, he mentioned it to Zhou He, who had no objection. So they decided to have the exam tomorrow.
The two new classes will also have to take exams so that the teachers can get a good feel for them.
When they heard that the reward was money, all the children's eyes lit up. They all actively reviewed their lessons, and even their voices became louder when they read aloud.
Everyone knows that money is important. If they can get a good grade in the exam and receive money as reward from the teacher to give back to their parents, it will be such an honor.
All the children were studying hard, and even the injured Haichang brothers did not dare to slack off.
The next day's exam came quickly.
The children have just started learning, and the tests are only on the words they have learned and the poems they have memorized.
First check whether the answers are correct or not, then check whether the handwriting is neat or not, and finally determine the ranking.
Yin Huaishan and Zhou He had lunch together in the school. After a few bites, they began to check the collected papers.
"Tsk, this little tiger, after learning for so long, he can still write his name wrong."
"Oh! This word was almost written correctly but it was crossed out and it turned out to be a wrong word!"
"Look at the mess it's written in. There's a black spot here, a black spot there, and a fingerprint."
Zhou He watched and complained, while Yin Huaishan was quieter.
He paid more attention to the Haichang brothers, so he specifically turned out the papers they had written down first.
Um……
There were not many mistakes in the words, but many of them were written crookedly, as if the hand was shaking.
This is understandable, as their wrists are injured and it is difficult for them to hold a pen and write.
But in this case, the ranking may be a bit low.
He was caring for the brothers, but he was also a fair teacher. Since he said the reward would be given to the top five students in the class, he would keep his word.
According to past performance, it is a little uncertain for the two brothers to be in the top three, but the top five is guaranteed.
He looked at the other students again.
Yin Huaishan and Zhou He sat for half an hour. They carefully compared the handwriting of each student and finally selected the top five from the four classes.
"Luckily these two guys are here, otherwise all our efforts would have been in vain."
Yin Huaishan breathed a sigh of relief, packed up all the papers, divided the reward money with Zhou He before returning to class.
At this time, students had already returned to the school one after another, especially the new class students, who arrived the earliest.
Because it was inconvenient for them to go home, they either brought their own food or bought it at the store.
Smart villagers had already started setting up stalls near the school. It was just cooking, not difficult at all.
Except for the fact that the business was a little slow in the beginning, after everyone in the school knew about it, the business became more and more prosperous.
As soon as noon arrives, many new faces come to spend money, smelling the aroma of food from various households.
They can spend money to go to the village, and since they already have money at home, they don't care about spending a little money on food.
Therefore, they are usually the group that returns to school the fastest.
But today, not only did they return to school quickly, but the children from the village who went home for dinner also returned quickly.
Everyone wants to know their ranking and whether they can get the reward.
Yin Huaishan went to the older class first.
The group of children below were staring at the bulging wallet in his hand like wolves and tigers. That was the reward for the top five.
"Well... I have carefully reviewed the results of today's test. Everyone has made considerable progress, but quite a few of you have made mistakes even in the easiest words to write wrong. Remember to check your writing carefully after you finish writing."
Yin Huaishan felt happy when he saw the kids lowering their heads silently.
Well, they are quite self-aware and know that you are talking about them.
"Now I will return these annotated papers to you. Remember to practice the wrong words diligently and try not to make the same mistakes again next time. After I return them, I will announce the rankings and give out the rewards."
Yin Huaishan was not a slow person, but he was still not as fast as Zhou He. He had just finished handing out the papers when he heard a burst of exclamations from the next room.
Seeing that the kids in his class were about to be enchanted, he quickly took out his wallet and started giving rewards to the top five.
"The fifth place in this exam, Lian Xiaoyou, is rewarded with 20 coins!"
As soon as the name was read, a little boy stood up with a red face. Everyone looked at him enviously.
"Twenty wen! That's too much! I can buy some meat with it..."
When they heard about buying meat, many children started to salivate.
I couldn't help but feel a strong desire to learn.
They also want to get into the top five and make money to buy meat!