Chapter 199 How about we hire a teacher?
When Xu Zhiyi was going back, the road was blocked by someone. It seemed that a carriage had hit someone, and the people gathered around to watch the excitement.
There was no choice but to take a detour, but I didn't expect that this road would pass by the entrance of the academy in the town.
Xu Zhiyi felt the mule cart slow down, walked out of the carriage, and saw Shen Wuyou staring at the gate of the academy frequently.
"Wuyou? Do you want to go to the academy? If you want to go, we can afford the tuition now. You and Changan can both go to the academy. You may not be able to pass the exam, but at least you can improve yourself."
Shen Changan, who followed out, heard Xu Zhiyi's words and refused: "My wife, I'd better not go. I have never been enlightened. Even if I want to enter the academy, no teacher will accept me, because students who enter the academy must pass the test before entering. Even if I get into the academy by chance, I will definitely not be able to keep up."
Upon hearing this, Shen Wuyou also nodded in agreement: "I have heard that the academy seems to require students to submit their tuition after they are confirmed to be eligible for admission through a test."
"My dear, I'm already past the age when I wanted to study. To be honest, when I was seven years old, I envied the children in the village who could go to the village school in the neighboring village. But I'm sixteen now, which is already past the age."
Xu Zhiyi heard this and took note of it silently in his heart. He suddenly remembered that the original owner was also illiterate. So from now on, he must not show that he can read in front of outsiders, otherwise he will be exposed immediately.
Although Shen Changan and Shen Wuyou knew something about her unusualness and didn't make a big fuss about it, other people didn't know! And they must not let other people know!
Now everyone just thinks that it is normal for her to have some changes after going through so much, but no matter how she changes, it is impossible to turn an illiterate person into a literate one, right?
She didn't pay attention to this issue before, but now she has to consider it. After all, after she opened the shop, she needs to be literate in many aspects, and she is also prone to subconscious reactions.
"Chang'an, Wuyou, I have an idea. Why don't we ask a literate teacher to teach us how to read?"
"Besides, we will have two shops in the future. If we make money, we may open a few more shops. If we can't read, we can't read the account books. What if we get cheated?"
"So, from now on, let's all study hard to learn to read and use the abacus. We don't seek to pass the imperial examinations, but just learn things that will be useful in the future."
After listening to Xu Zhiyi's words, the two thought about it and felt that it was very right. It was impossible for the wife to carry the burden of their own shop alone.
They hoped that they could be of help, and their daughter-in-law would only have to take care of the accounts and the money, and the other issues of the shop would be left to them, so they had to learn to read and use an abacus.
Shen Changan: "My wife, I will learn, and I will try my best to learn the best"
Shen Wuyou: "And me, I think what my wife said is very right, I was just thinking about something wrong!"
"Okay, I'll go back and ask around. If there are any talented students in the village, we can take time out every day to ask them to teach us for an hour or so."
After returning home, Xu Zhiyi gave everyone a heads-up at the dinner table.
"Please Master??"
Su and everyone in the Su family were very surprised.
Xu Zhiyi nodded: "Yes! I am the owner of two shops now. If I don't know anything about business, such as not being able to read a contract or account book, it is easy to suffer a big loss."
"So, after thinking about it, I decided to learn some by myself, so that I can be prepared for any eventuality in the future."
After hearing this, Old Man Su pondered for a moment, and suddenly slammed the table and said, "Study, a businessman, if you can't even read a word, how can you run your shop well in the future?"
Old Mrs. Su at the side also nodded, indicating that what he said made a lot of sense.
Su knew the reason at this time. Zhiyi should be literate. She had seen paper, pen and ink when she was tidying the room. Now that Zhiyi had opened a shop, it was difficult to hide the fact that she could read, so she needed a reason.
"I also support Zhiyi's idea. She understands everything I tell her about life right away. This shows that Zhiyi is very smart. She didn't have anyone to teach her before, but if she has a good teacher in the future, I believe she will be able to learn very well."
When Xu Zhiyi heard Su's words, she felt a little strange. Why did it sound like she was preparing for it in advance so that she wouldn't learn too fast and scare others?
Su Ze nodded after hearing this and said, "My niece is very smart. What a pity. If she had started learning from a young age, maybe our Fenglin country could have produced a female champion. However, it's not too late to learn now. She can become the richest woman in Fenglin country in the future."
Qin: "What are you talking about? We in Fenglin country don't allow women to take the imperial examinations, but I think it's good to be the richest woman. To be so rich, I'm afraid even the emperor will have to please us... Um!"
Before he could finish his words, Su Ze covered his mouth: "You are saying that I am talking nonsense. You are not able to control your mouth. Do you think you can say these things?"
Hearing this, Qin pulled Su Ze's hand away and whispered, "I was just saying this in front of our own people. How could I be so stupid as to say these things to others?"
Xu Zhiyi: "So everyone agrees? Then I'll go to the village chief and ask if there's a teacher."
Everyone heard this and nodded!
After dinner, Xu Zhiyi carried a two-pound piece of bacon in a basket and walked towards the village chief’s house.
"Is the village chief at home?"
"Hey, he's here. Come in and sit for a while. He went to the backyard and will probably be back soon!"
Xu Zhiyi followed an old woman in and sat down on a chair in the yard.
When I heard that the village chief was in the backyard, I immediately understood that most of the families in this village had a toilet in their backyard.
"Come here, girl, I've made you a bowl of sugar water."
Xu Zhiyi looked at the full bowl of water and quickly took it: "Thank you!"
The village chief came out of the backyard relaxedly, and when he saw Xu Zhiyi, he asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"
"Village Chief, I came here to ask something. I just want to ask, is there a teacher in our village?"
The village chief heard this and shook his head: "No, alas, in our village, apart from one juren, no one else has been able to pass the exam since then."
"However, there is an old scholar. He used to be an enlightenment teacher in the town, but was later expelled from the academy because of a dispute with someone!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi asked, "Village Chief, how does he usually get along with others?"
"He refused to talk about the academy, and we don't know the reason, but he has a good reputation in the village, so everyone thinks that he might not be the one who was wrong about the academy. There are many powerful people in the academy, and he might have offended someone!"
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyi decided to visit him tomorrow to see how the situation was. As long as he was willing to teach, he would hire him!
After chatting for a few minutes, she said goodbye and left behind the piece of bacon. When the village chief saw it, he insisted that she take it back.
She could only run, but she didn't expect that the village chief, a sixty-year-old grandfather, would catch up with her carrying the bacon, which scared her so much that she ran even faster.
He didn't stop until he saw that the village chief hadn't caught up with him.
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