Chapter 61
Jian Feng did not come with the party on the day. He felt bad about taking so many days off recently, and the store had been busy lately, so he made an appointment with Wang Mengmei to pick her up when she returned to the city.
Wang Mengmei simply lived in her eldest sister's house. The two sisters slept in the same bed at night and chatted with each other.
Qian Ping lived in the same room with Jian Li and Wang Yunyun. Xie Miao went back to the city to discuss with his family and find a few classmates who had passed the exam. Then everyone would come to Qian Ping's house.
Jian Li took over the tasks of enrollment and pricing, and lay on the bed to write a plan.
It is unrealistic to charge a high price for tutoring classes in town. Jian Li decided to open only two classes for junior high school and senior elementary school students. For senior high school, she would see how many students would sign up. If there were many students, she would open an additional class.
This type of large class has one class each in Chinese, math and English every day, and two hours of tutoring for homework.
The course is divided into two parts. The first thirty days are for general classes, with large classes costing one hundred yuan per person.
The next fifteen days are for advanced classes, where you can make up for a specific subject. The classes are small and each course costs fifty dollars per person.
Qian Ping was very nervous and thought the price was too high.
Jian Li bit the tip of her pen and said, "Sister, I asked, the tutoring class in that village is 200 yuan for 45 days. Our price is already very favorable."
You have to know that it costs three hundred yuan to take a course during the summer vacation in the county, not to mention in the city.
The math Olympiad class that Ge Ming attended cost more than a thousand yuan a month. Jian Li felt that her price was not that unacceptable.
Jian Li decided on the price and started thinking about the venue.
Qian Ping's place was ready. There was nothing on the first floor originally. Now all they needed was a few large tables and stools, paint a blackboard, and prepare some chalk and they would be all set.
It was originally a makeshift troupe, and Jian Li wanted to keep everything simple. My uncle Wang Yuedong went to the villagers to borrow a few large square tables, and six children sat at each table. By the time the tables were brought in, the first floor had already taken shape.
There are two rooms on the first floor, each with four tables that can seat nearly thirty people.
One teaches senior primary school and the other teaches junior high school.
When everything was almost ready, Jian Li called everyone together and said, "Let's go and gather together."
There was a market in the town every other day, and some people from the county town would come over to buy things at a bargain price.
Jian Li found a small table, spread a large piece of white cloth on it, and then found a big loudspeaker and started shouting in a corner of the market.
"Let your child win at the starting line. Summer training classes are now open for enrollment at a special price! As long as you sign up, you will get a fountain pen for free--"
"The courses are taught by top students from key universities. Whether you want to improve your scores or study hard, they can meet your needs!"
Qian Ping: …
Her classmates looked at each other in bewilderment, and Xie Miao gave Qian Ping a thumbs up.
"Qian Ping, your sister is really like this..."
This time she brought two other students, she and Qian Ping, both of whom were good at math and English. One of them was good at Chinese and politics, history and geography, and the other was good at physics and chemistry. They were admitted to the political department of the provincial university and the physics department of a key university in another place respectively.
Xie Miao couldn't help but sigh: "Look at him, he dares to think and do at this age."
Looking at myself again, I felt a little embarrassed because I had just set up the stall.
Jian Li’s shouting was very effective, and soon someone came to ask.
"What is this? What can children learn inside?"
Jian Li explained patiently.
Some people left as soon as they heard it, still mumbling about stealing money.
Some people stayed there for a long time, their faces full of struggle.
One hundred yuan is not a lot, but not a little either. But when have you ever spent such money?
But what Jian Li said makes so much sense. There are two months in the summer vacation. If I can take this opportunity to make up for my studies, can I really overtake others?
On the first day, we received eight students, most of whom were middle school students in the town, who came here for the money.
The others were a little frustrated.
Although eight people was a lot, it was only eight hundred yuan. After deducting fixed expenses, such as the money for printing pages, chalk, and the expenses and meals for the teachers living in Qian Ping's house, the remaining money had to be divided among the five people.
I always feel that it doesn't match my expectations.
Jian Li happily cleaned up the table. This was much better than she had imagined.
"Sister, we will start the class tomorrow."
Qian Ping was a little surprised: "Not putting it away?"
Jian Li waved her hands: "What are you waving? I won't wave anymore."
Those who can sign up are those who already have the need, and the rest cannot be convinced by words alone.
"We will first hold a three-day experimental class. People are welcome to audit. After three days, we will resume the full course."
These three days were used both for advertising and for Qian Ping to get familiar with the teaching process.
Eight people, plus Wang Yunyun, Wang Shuai and Jian Li, a total of eleven. They were divided into two classes according to junior high school and senior primary school.
Classes started the next day.
Qian Ping, Xie Miao and others did not sleep well that night. The next day, they read their textbooks several times before daring to enter the "classroom".
Fortunately, there were only a few students, so after going over the progress and understanding everyone’s level, the class officially began.
Qian Ping was still stuttering when teaching in the morning, but he was very fluent in the afternoon.
By the time two days had passed, money was flowing smoothly.
There were already a few families in the town who were hesitant, but when the tutoring class started, they kept passing by Qian Ping's door, wishing they could put their ears to the wall to listen to what Qian Ping was saying inside.
After Qian Ping finished class, these people went to the homes of the children who had registered.
"How is it? How is it compared to the teachers at school?"
The young boy, who was about to start his third year of junior high school, scratched his head and said, "I don't know."
"How can you not know whether what I'm saying is good or bad? Can you understand what I'm saying?"
The young boy thought about it and said, "Is it possible?"
The person asking the question was anxious: "So do you think you have made progress? Can your grades improve after school starts?"
"I haven't taken the test yet, how would I know?"
The adults were at a loss and could only ask him what he had taught in class.
When I mentioned this, the children got excited: "The course is so interesting! Teacher Xu demonstrated to us what the flow of electricity is, and also used a potato to make that...that living thing generate electricity! It turns out that potatoes can really generate electricity, the light bulbs are lit..."
He talked on and on, and the adults were confused.
But as soon as I finished speaking, the child looked at the clock and hurried into the house to do his homework.
"Teacher Xu has assigned homework. I have to do it quickly."
Seeing the child take out his schoolbag without being urged, everyone understood.
The person who came to inquire went home to get the money as soon as she left. Her husband chased her and asked her why she was in such a hurry, and told her that she could go tomorrow.
"What are you waiting for? Who knows, a lot of people might go there tomorrow!"
"Even if the dumb kid from Old Li's family could understand it, our kid will definitely be able to understand it!"
On the third day of the trial class, seven or eight students came to the class one after another.
At this point, Qian Ping and his friends finally felt relieved.
Although it is still not much, this income is better than working outside.
Almost twenty students were divided into two classes, and the summer camp officially started.
Wang Mengmei returned to the city before the class officially started. Jian Feng came to pick her up and said that there was new news in the family courtyard recently. All the disputes about selling houses have now subsided. Wang Mengmei was anxious to go back to open the store, so she said goodbye in a hurry.
Wang Menglan and Qian Jinlai put their money together again, and they started going out early and coming back late again.
Qian Ping and a few others have classes in the morning and afternoon, and at noon they take turns cooking for lunch.
Among the four of them, except Xie Miao, whose family was relatively well-off, the other two were able to come here to attend classes because their families were somewhat in financial difficulties. So cooking a meal was not a difficult task for them.
Jian Li also spent money to buy half a sack of yellow flower seedlings from Wang Shuai, and cooked a big pot of them every morning.
If we were to say who is the most unhappy, it would be Wang Shuai.
Wang Shuai was extremely reluctant to be brought to the remedial class by Wang Yuedong.
He also has his own business. How can it be more interesting to do business in the classroom?
He wanted to make a scene, but Wang Yunyun scared him back with just a look.
In order to avoid being beaten, Wang Shuai could only study with sighs.
But soon, Wang Shuai no longer felt uncomfortable.
Because after a few days, some of the black guys who were his best friends came over.
The little kids were dejected, with tattered schoolbags hanging on their bodies, and were kicked into remedial classes by their parents one by one.
"Why are you here?"
Heidan glanced at Wang Shuai with a sad look: "My dad asked me to come and learn from you."
Wang Shuai failed three subjects last year, but he passed all of them this year. In addition, Qian Ping was admitted to university, and the villagers thought more and more that Qian Ping was the root of the problem, so they finally decided to send all their children over.
Qian Ping and a few others discussed it and finally decided to charge 50 yuan each for the children from Wangjiazhuang.
Firstly, most of these children are in the third or fourth grade of elementary school and do not study physics and chemistry. Secondly, their family conditions are not as good as those in the town.
Fifty yuan is not a lot of money, and soon both classrooms were full.
Qian Ping and his friends were under increasing pressure. It was undoubtedly a daunting challenge to tutor so many children one by one and to ensure that they completed their summer homework.
This is when Jian Li's strengths come into play. Every day, Jian Li helps to enforce discipline, monitor hygiene, collect homework, and also keep an eye on individual "troublemakers."
When the weather was the hottest, she bought some mung beans, cooked some mung bean soup, let it cool, and then distributed it to everyone.
Sun Cuifang would come to visit from time to time, occasionally helping to cook a few meals, and then she would brag about Jian Li to her husband when she got home.
"This girl from my second sister's family is better than any other boy."
Before I knew it, a month had passed in the blink of an eye.
During this month, not only have these children made progress in their studies, but Qian Ping and several others have also made great progress.
Xie Miao even boasted that she was going to set up a training class in the city next year.
How many students are there in a town? There are a lot of students in the city. Just thinking about it, Xie Miao feels that the future is promising.
This dream was ruthlessly shattered by Jian Li: "The market requires qualifications, and you can't do it."
Now, only the county town and the villages under it are not strictly managed that they can do this. If it happened in the city, they would be reported in no time.
Xie Miao was not discouraged: "Then let's go to the county seat."
This year we will establish our brand, and next year we will make it bigger and stronger!
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