Chapter 29: Start Teaching
Chang Xixi thought for a moment and then said, "You are full of knowledge and have a wealth of knowledge, but you can't express it to others, or you are unclear and can't express it clearly. I can solve it. If you are uneducated and have no talent, I can also help you. As long as you are motivated, it's not a problem."
"Are you so amazing?"
"Of course, I won't return the money!" Chang Xixi cracked a melon seed and said quietly, "I don't lie. What I say is what I mean. Do you believe me?"
"Excuse me, Miss Chang, are the legends you've told in the bookshop true? So many people have challenged you and all have been defeated."
Chang Xixi smiled and said, "Since legends are just legends, there must be some untrue parts. But since they are legends, there are also some true parts."
Xiucai didn't think Chang Xixi was really capable of teaching, but he did think her words made some sense.
He left the teahouse without paying. The next day, while drinking tea in a bookstore, he told this story to other scholars, saying that some of them had actually been to Wanfu Village.
After asking around, I came to the teahouse and, with the waiter's introduction, I met Chang Xixi who was holding a copy of Zizhi Tongjian.
“Miss Chang, are you really here?”
"It's strange. In the past, you all called me Mrs. Chang, but recently you always call me Miss, Miss." Chang Xixi was in a good mood and poured a cup of tea to the scholar.
The scholar was too embarrassed to drink and just asked, "Miss, do you want to teach here? How much is it per month?"
"It's not much, just give me one or two taels! Just give me one cent every month from now on. You can prepare the pens, ink, paper and inkstone yourselves." She spread out her hands.
The silver was just in hand. "Come here at 3:30 am tomorrow. You are the only one here now, so I will teach you individually."
After this scholar left, several more came, all of them were scholars who had lost before. They had just heard that Chang Xixi was going to set up an academy.
Chang Xixi curled her lips and put her hands behind her back, "You came at the right time. First, pay one or two taels of silver to join the club, and then one cent per month."
"no problem."
In ancient society, people who could go to someone's house to provoke for no reason were also people with spare money. At the very least, they had some property at home, and it was easy for them to come up with an ounce of silver.
The school was opened in a small scale, but with only five or six students, Chang Xixi thought it was enough!
With these few taels of silver, let’s set the scene first!
They rented a few rooms in the backyard, which were secluded and quiet. The waiter readily agreed. Since Chang Xixi recruited students, more and more people came to watch the fun every day.
It's a good deal! Businessmen always work hard to make money, and the flow of people is a good thing.
The waiter cleaned up a spacious room and set up a table and stools. The room opposite was a reading room, which was the word Chang Xixi used.
It is a place for students to move freely, and there is also a tea room for drinking tea, eating and resting.
The other small room is Chang Xixi's room.
After arranging all this, Chang Xixi nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, you are very talented. If you don't want to do this waiter job in the future, come to me."
"Thank you for your appreciation, young lady."
Chang Xixi gave him some reward money and opened the back door. The students knew that this was a back door, and after hearing what Chang Xixi said yesterday, they also knew to go to the back door.
Most of these people followed the servants. Chang Xixi stood at the door and asked, "What do you do?"
"I am Mr. Huang's servant."
"A servant? I don't need one here... Either you wait outside until school is over, or go home and give the things to your young master."
"this……"
The servant turned around and looked at his young master. The scholar Huang looked at Chang Xixi and asked, "Is this the rule of the academy? We can't bring servants?"
"Yes, you can't get in with him. You can come in alone. This is the first step in my teaching."
Mr. Huang found it very interesting, so he asked his servant to give him his belongings and went in himself.
Chang Xixi brought a stool and sat at the door, took a handful of melon seeds, and stared at the scholars who came to study. For her, a top student who has always been ranked first, teaching a few students is just a matter of time.
Chang Xixi was the last one to enter the academy. She stood up, patted the residue on her hands, and walked into the classroom.
The classroom was a mess, with all kinds of papers, pens, and snacks flying everywhere.
Chang Xixi stood at the door, sat on the podium with a smile, and took out a book. The scholar nearest to her saw what was written in the book and started shouting loudly.
"Teacher, please tell me, we are no longer old enough to learn to read, so why do we still need the Thousand Character Classic? This is not an insult."
"oh."
Chang Xixi stood up and pointed at a few scholars who had also taken out books. The desks were clean and tidy, and said, "You guys don't need to use them anymore."
"Why, I don't accept it!"
"Because you can't even take care of yourselves. Look... you can't even get your own tea. You can't take care of yourself without a servant! Are you still human?"
"We are here to learn things, not to learn how to do these trivial things. We have servants at home, so there is no need for them. I will do these."
The scholar who stood up said, "Those are things that servants do. Why should I do them?"
"No, if your family has no money now and the servants have been sold to pay off the debts, how will you survive? Can you still study and take the imperial examination? Then you will starve to death on the street!"
"Money and fame are only temporary. Only the faith in your heart and yourself are eternal. Your children and wife will eventually leave you."
These words had no effect on the students present. Chang Xixi didn't want to change their feudal ideas, she just wanted them to experience life.
"Teacher, our family will never fall."
"Yes, that's right! Empty theories are not as good as genuine experience. To write good articles, you must have the experience of life."
"Does the teacher want us to experience everything?"
"yes."
Chang Xixi smiled slightly and read the Thousand Character Classic aloud.
Although the scholars did not understand the meaning behind Chang Xixi's words, they knew that if they did not pick themselves up, Chang Xixi would not teach them anything.
The servant boy couldn't come in, so he could only ask the people around him for help.
A quarter of an hour later, the students with dirty clothes changed into clean clothes and brought tea to the so-called tea room in the classroom.
Chang Xixi's eyes finally regained clarity. She coughed lightly and started talking about statistics directly, which deeply touched the students.
It turns out there is such interesting knowledge in the world.
However, she would also talk too deeply. Most of these students had only learned the eight-legged essay, so she had to teach them that. But teaching them something else could also enrich their knowledge and broaden their horizons.
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