With a creak.
The door to the Luo family private school opened from the inside, and a young man of about ten years old opened the door for Song Xia. She estimated his age to be around seventeen or eighteen.
"Young lady, what's going on?"
The young man asked politely.
Seeing that his attitude was quite good, Song Xia said slowly, "I want to ask if your private school is still accepting students?"
"Received."
The young man looked around as he spoke.
Song Xia knew what he was looking for, and she said, "My brother didn't come. I want to find out first before bringing him here."
Upon hearing this, I realized that...
The young man said, "Miss, this isn't the place to talk about these things outside. Let's go inside and sit down. If you have any questions, feel free to ask my master's wife."
Enter the gate.
They hadn't gone more than a few steps when an old man came running from the side, chasing a little boy who was carrying a book and running around.
"He Chengyu, you brat, you stop right there!"
"Hehe, you can't catch me."
He Chengyu ran quickly past Song Xia and the others, and the old man chased after him.
They didn't even glance at Song Xia and the others.
"this…"
Song Xia hesitated, wanting to ask more questions.
The young man smiled and said, "Please excuse me, young lady. The child who just ran past is the most troublesome child for our teachers. In our school, each teacher currently only teaches five students. We originally planned to teach ten, but we didn't receive that many."
Listen to him finish speaking.
Song Xia asked curiously, "Is your master the person in charge of this private school?"
The young man nodded.
Before Song Xia could say anything...
The young man then added, “Our private school has five teachers, and they are all friends. They all tried very hard to take the imperial examinations, but none of them passed and became scholars, so they came back here and opened their own private school.”
Song Xia: "..."
Isn't he afraid she'll just turn around and leave?
The young man continued, "Young lady, I'll take you to see my master's wife now. If there's anything you don't understand or want to know, just ask her, and she'll tell you everything."
"good!"
Song Xia had no objection.
Led by the young man, Song Xia walked through a winding corridor, crossed a quiet path, and arrived at a courtyard planted with many flowers.
As soon as she stepped inside, a calico cat came running over, meowing.
Has the little one been weaned? He's quite bold.
They ran over without saying a word.
He even rubbed against her leg.
Song Xia has never been able to resist such creatures, and she reached out and picked them up.
The young man opened his mouth and said, "Young lady, you like cats too? My master's wife likes them a lot, so she keeps a lot. She even brought some back from outside..."
Song Xia thought there were only a dozen or twenty of them.
As we walked further in...
Cats are everywhere.
Song Xia was stunned. There weren't just ten or twenty, there seemed to be over a hundred.
Do you really like it that much? You're feeding it so much.
Can you afford to raise them?
The young man told Song Xia to wait for him in the garden. He walked to where his master's wife lived and called out to her, "Master's wife, master's wife..."
"Who called me?"
A plump old woman with leaves on her head and a white cat with bared teeth and claws in her hand emerged from the garden.
The young man looked over and quickly ran over: "Master's wife, you're so old, why are you trying to catch a cat? If you want to catch one, just call me!"
As soon as he said this...
The plump old woman glared at him and said, "I, your master's wife, am very old?"
Being over fifty is definitely a big deal, isn't it?
The young man thought to himself, but didn't dare say it aloud: "No, of course not. I'm just worried you'll hurt yourself. If you hurt yourself, Master will definitely chase after me and beat me up."
The plump woman, named Cui Yunsu, turned her gaze to Song Xia.
She pushed the young man away and asked with a smile, "Young lady, what's your name? Are you here to send someone from your family to study here?"
Before Song Xia could speak.
Cui Yunsu glanced at the young man and said, "Huo Lang, what are you still standing here for? Go prepare some tea and snacks!"
"Grandma, you're too kind. There's no need to prepare any of that."
Song Xia said with a smile.
Cui Yunsu smiled and said, "Yes, yes."
Turn around.
Seeing that Huo Lang was still standing there, she kicked him and said, "Aren't you going?!"
Holland: "..."
Whose master's wife is so fierce?
Such a quick change of heart.
Cui Yunsu realized that her behavior was somewhat inappropriate, and she said to Song Xia, "Miss, I'm usually very good to him, really, it's just that seeing him like this today makes me angry..."
“I understand.”
After finishing her introduction, Song Xia began to introduce herself, and only then did she state the purpose of her visit.
“My younger brother is ten years old this year. I think he is getting old and I don’t want him to waste his time like this, so I came to ask if you still accept students here and if he can start studying tomorrow.”
Upon learning this, Cui Yunsu smiled and said, "Yes, yes, you should take him in. My husband's class is short of students, so let your younger brother go to his class. By the way, can your younger brother read? Has he read the Three Character Classic?"
Song Xia thought for a moment and shook her head.
Cui Yunsu didn't seem to care at all; in fact, her eyes were bright: "I can't read, I've never seen these before, that's fine, that's fine."
Song Xia: "..."
Why is it so different?
Normally, shouldn't we be asking why your younger brother, who's already so old, can't read and hasn't read these books?
"That bundle of sushi?"
Song Xia asked tentatively.
Speaking of tuition fees.
Cui Yunsu paused for a moment and said, "I don't need much. Almost half the year has passed, so one tael of silver will suffice. If you want to eat here, give me another two hundred coins a month."
The previous two private schools charged five taels of silver per year for tuition and three taels of silver per year for tuition.
The academy costs six taels of silver.
Compare them.
Their private school was much cheaper.
Song Xia asked, "Grandma, is this really all you need?"
Upon hearing this...
Cui Yunsu opened her mouth and said, "You little rascal, would I lie to you? Don't call me 'old lady,' you have to call me 'old lady.' My surname is Cui, you can call me Grandma Cui. You can come and talk to me when you're free. I see you've been holding that cat the whole time, you like cats too?"
"like."
As Song Xia spoke, she stroked the sleeping cat in her arms.
Cui Yunsu said generously, "If you like them, take them home. If you like any more, pick a few more. I feed 101 cats, and apart from a few that are a bit fierce, the rest are very well-behaved..."
It was about what she estimated.
Song Xia said to Cui Yunsu, "Grandma Cui, I can't compare to you. One is enough for me. By the way, how much is one?"
"Money? I'll give it to you."
Cui Yunsu had no intention of accepting the money.
When Song Xia left, Cui Yunsu saw her off and gave her a cat cage woven from bamboo.
When Song Lao Si and the others saw Song Xia return carrying a cage, they all looked over.
Song Qiu asked curiously, "Second Sister, what are you carrying in your hand?"
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