The carriage stopped outside the school, and just as it stopped, someone greeted Sun Er.
"Master Sun is here to inspect again? You must be working hard."
"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Sun."
"It is a blessing for these girls to have Lord Sun watching over them."
Every word of praise came completely from the heart and was not acted out at all.
Sun Er smiled and said a few words to these people. After they walked away, he walked to the side of the carriage and said, "Madam, you can get off now."
Madam Sheng and Aunt Jin got off the carriage and followed Sun Er into the school. Their eyes were full of curiosity along the way.
Although she came from a prominent family and had learned to read and write since childhood, and was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she had hired famous teachers to teach her at home and had never attended school for a single day.
Although she had never been to school before, she had brothers who had gone to school, so Mrs. Sheng knew something about the situation in school.
But from the moment she entered the door, everything she saw was completely different from what she knew.
Can the school still be like this?
There are some strange-looking things in the yard, and I don’t know what they are used for.
Opposite the gate is a two-story building with large windows in each room. Through the open windows, you can see the girls sitting inside.
They all stood with their backs straight.
Some were looking straight ahead, watching the father and son lecture attentively.
Some of them lowered their heads to look at the books, and the sound of reading aloud came out of their mouths.
In Mrs. Sheng's impression, little girls are all gentle and weak, and they speak softly.
She never knew that they could make such cheerful reading sounds.
It turns out that this is the scene when women sit together to read and practice calligraphy!
For some reason, Mrs. Sheng felt tears welling up in her eyes as she looked at everything in front of her.
There are both male and female teachers.
Everyone teaches very seriously, without any perfunctory attitude and without any discrimination.
It seems that the students sitting below will all take part in the imperial examinations in the future.
It was not until he came out of the yard and closed the door that Sun Er spoke again.
"Please don't be offended, Madam. They are all in class. If we talk inside, it will disturb them to some extent. That's why I didn't speak just now."
"I don't blame you. I understand. I just saw some women teaching. Where do these female teachers come from?"
"In reply to Madam, these women are all wives or daughters of wealthy families, and some are daughters of scholars or juren.
They had all been learning to read and write since childhood, and were proficient in poetry, songs, and various musical instruments. After learning that the goddess was going to open a girls' school, they volunteered to come here to teach, even refusing to accept monthly wages.
It was the goddess who said they couldn't be asked to work and pay at the same time, and if they didn't want to come, they wouldn't be allowed to come. That's when they asked for the monthly silver."
"Their moon silver was actually paid by the goddess?"
"It was sent out by the Goddess and the Prince together."
"Besides studying in the academy, women from Tingzhou and Xizhou have other options."
Madam Sheng immediately became interested. "What other options are there?"
“The goddess has established an embroidery workshop, and anyone who wants can go in and learn embroidery and tailoring.
The goddess would take away all the clothes they made, help them sell them, and then give them a certain amount of compensation.
The goddess said that women can also rely on their own abilities to survive in this world and do not have to rely entirely on men.
Not only can women learn to sew and embroider, but they can also learn medicine. We want to make female doctors more common and make it easier for women to see a doctor.”
With every word Sun Er spoke, Mrs. Sheng's eyes brightened a little, and even Aunt Jin had the same reaction.
The two were born into aristocratic families and later lived in the deep palace for a long time. They witnessed the wealth of the world, but they also knew how difficult life was for women in this world.
Whether at home or after entering the palace, all the honor and life of a woman depend on men.
They had thought before whether they could survive in this world on their own.
But I only dare to think about it in my heart.
However, I never thought that in these remote Tingzhou and Xizhou, with the help of the goddess, so many girls have gone to school to learn skills and support themselves with their own abilities.
Sun Er thought for a moment and added, "Ever since the goddess started helping sell clothes, the status of women in these two states has greatly improved. In many families, the men's income is not as high as that of their women. Those who used to look down on their daughters now treasure them."
Mrs. Sheng frowned.
Although the attitudes of these people have changed, their hearts have not changed.
They only changed because their women could earn money, it was not from the heart.
But Mrs. Sheng soon figured it out.
No matter what they think in their hearts, at least they have made changes on the surface, which is a good start.
If there is not even such a beginning, how can we talk about fundamental change?
"The goddess is truly... amazing!" Madam Sheng praised sincerely, "Having the goddess here is a blessing to the people of these two states."
If the entire Great Zhou could be like this, then all women in the world would be much happier than they are now.
Sun Er straightened his back, his face full of pride, "The goddess is very powerful. She also gave me the blueprints to build muskets and cannons. That cannon can shatter a mountain into pieces with one shot.
With such cannons, the Turks, who were previously ready to make moves, have now become completely obedient and dare not have any improper thoughts about the Great Zhou.
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