Chapter 63 Female School 2
This was also a novel experience for Qi Yuan and Li Miao. They could stand in front of people openly because they were the only two students in Cui's Girls' School.
They are also Master Konjac's closed disciples. The master said there is a difference between students and closed disciples.
There are some things that you won’t have many thoughts about unless you step out of your existing circle, but when you occasionally jump out in another direction, you will discover things that you have previously ignored.
From the entire Jin Dynasty to every ordinary family in Dongping County, it is a tradition passed down for thousands of years for a son to start a household.
During festivals, boys would be led by the male elders of the family to stand in front of people to burn incense and worship their ancestors during clan sacrifices, while girls were usually not allowed to appear on such occasions.
They need to work silently behind the scenes with the female elders to contribute to this family feast, but few people will notice and appreciate their efforts.
But now they are standing here. Although it is just a small step, the spirit of self-improvement and struggle of women from ancient times to the present has formed a closed loop at this moment.
The double-sided embroidery prepared by Cui Qingyi and Konjac really caused a sensation. A group of people gathered in front of the carefully framed embroidery, marveling at it and refusing to move away for a long time.
Among the crowd were women who were proficient in embroidery, some who were good at needlework, and some who knew nothing about it.
"Oh my god, this is made of needlework, how come both sides are exactly the same."
Li Miao stood at the back and said with a smile: "This is called double-sided embroidery. It is a unique skill created by our female school master. If any of you uncles and aunts have sisters of appropriate age, you can send them to our Cui's Girls' School. In the future, you can also learn such a great skill."
"Really? Can the girl in our family learn it?"
A woman carrying a vegetable basket leaned over and asked.
Li Miao: "Of course, Master said that as long as we enter the girls' school, we will be their students, and Master will teach us all his skills."
The woman looked at the big black dog that seemed to be about to walk down from the shelf, then left with the basket of vegetables, looking thoughtful.
Because the yard was rented specifically for use as a school, Cui Qingyi simply decorated it.
The hall is used to receive visitors, and the main house, side rooms, ear rooms and back rooms on both sides have been converted into classrooms.
There were four or five embroidery frames in the classroom. Cui Qingyi thought that there might not be many people signing up for the girls' school at the beginning, so she didn't prepare many teaching aids.
However, there are about twenty seats in the five classrooms in total.
Cui Qingyi planned to divide the students into classes A, B, C, D and E according to their age and foundation, and then make adjustments based on each person's learning progress after teaching systematically for a period of time.
Due to limited staff, Cui Qingyi personally sat in the living room to receive clients who came for consultation.
This feeling is very similar to a training class in later generations, and Cui Qingyi is the admissions director.
"Girl, this double-sided embroidery is something that anyone can learn, even my child can learn it?"
The woman's face was dark red, obviously from hard work. She rubbed her hands and felt particularly uneasy looking at the girl in front of her, who was dressed in bright clothes and had dark, bright eyes.
Cui Qingyi: "Of course, our Cui's Girls' School is open to all girls.
Not only young girls, but even girls of my age can sign up if they are willing."
As soon as Cui Qingyi finished speaking, a surprised voice sounded beside her:
"Really, we can too."
This was a woman in her twenties dressed like a woman. She had just been attracted by the sound of firecrackers at the opening ceremony of Cui's Girls' School.
As soon as she arrived at Yahou Lane, she saw a series of beautiful embroidery works. They were the most beautiful things she had ever seen in her life.
Cui Qingyi remained gentle: "Of course, as long as you are willing, you can start at any time."
The first student received by Cui's Girls' School on the opening day was brought by the female manager of Jinxiufang, who said she was her niece. The little girl looked a little timid and did not say a word the whole time she was brought by her aunt.
However, Cui Qingyi observed that the little girl's eyes occasionally fell on the embroidery outside the hall, and she must like it very much.
With one person taking the lead, three or four women also signed up their daughters, all of whom were girls around seven or eight years old.
Although there weren't many people, Cui Qingyi and Konjac were quite content. Even the Great Wall was built brick by brick, let alone their little school.
The atmosphere in the county government office across the road has been a bit tense recently, because Zhou Yanxiu discovered that some of the people he had worked so hard to train had secretly established connections with the capital under his nose.
Although he didn't do anything harmful, he just told the people in the mansion about his daily life.
But he had made it clear a few years ago that he wanted to cut ties with the capital, but he didn't expect that the people around him would do such a thing.
This made Zhou Yanxiu, who always thought he was in control of the situation, feel very uncomfortable. Perhaps he was really like what Ming said, that he had some ability in official duties, but he was a fool in his private life.
The county government office was closed today. Zhou Yanxiu, who had been awake all night, finally fell asleep when he was awakened by the crackling sound of firecrackers.
Zhou Yanxiu closed his eyes and shouted outside, "Zhou Wen, what's going on outside?"
Hearing the adult's voice, Zhou Wen pushed open the door and came in, his voice neither too loud nor too low: "Master, someone opened a girls' school in Yahou Lane, specializing in teaching girls embroidery. They set off firecrackers today just to celebrate the opening.
Please bear with it, I think the sound of firecrackers will stop soon."
Zhou Yanxiu had been working diligently to govern Dongping County for several years and had never abused his position as county magistrate to bully the locals, so Zhou Wen did not tell anyone to stop setting off firecrackers.
Zhou Yanxiu said in a low voice: "Female school?"
Hearing the county magistrate's voice, Zhou Wen's cheeks trembled slightly, "It's the girls' school, and the female teacher seems to be very powerful.
I've never seen double-sided embroidery like that even in the capital."
There was no sound behind the bed curtain. Knowing that the master would not say anything more, Zhou Wen did not stay any longer and turned around and walked out.
After leaving the yard, he sighed softly, "It's been five or six years since my wife passed away. I didn't expect that Master still misses her from time to time."
In the room, Zhou Yanxiu felt his head hurt even more. The word "female school" brought back some memories about the Ming family.
When they first got married, Ming said that when she was a child, she went out with her family and saw a woman teaching in a school. She was shocked and envious at the time, and the idea of opening a girls' school was planted in her heart.
But later, the woman who was as bright as the summer sun withered and died in the backyard, and he had not heard the word "women's education" for many years.
I didn't expect to meet you in the small Dongping County today.
If Ming was here, he could take her there to have a look. She couldn't do it herself, but she would surely be happy to see someone else do it.
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The business closed in the morning, and a few more people came to inquire in the afternoon, but most of them backed off when they heard that they had to pay a tuition of ten taels of silver a year.
Some people were muttering as they walked by, "Why is she charging so much money for teaching needlework?"
Cui Qingyi heard it, but she said she didn't care.
The gate of Cui's Girls' School remained open until the afternoon, which was the time Cui Qingyi set for the girls' school to adjourn every day.
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