Mother, this is what I think: with so many children in the family, if we raise them well, one or two of them will surely become successful in the future.
This way, when Ningbao encounters difficulties and needs help, she will have someone to rely on.
Mother, as a woman, your maternal family will always be your source of strength. I hope that Ningbao will always have several older brothers to support her, no matter what the future holds.
After all, not every mother-in-law is like you, treating her daughter-in-law like her own daughter…
Shen Yuzhen's statement about supporting the education of several boys in her family was not just empty talk.
She brought it up directly at breakfast the next day.
No one else objected, but attending this school wasn't something anyone could just do; there was no school in Izumo Village.
While practicing buoyancy at the beach, Mu Chunping directly asked about the Golden Mountain Academy.
Huang Jinshan looked at Mu Chunping in surprise.
"Chunping, are you planning to send your child to school?"
Mu Chunping nodded.
"Now that things have settled down, and the children in the family are all getting older and it's time for them to go to school, we thought we'd like to inquire about schools and tuition fees."
If possible, I'll send my children to school. I'm just a farmer with no real skills, so I hope my children can be more capable than me in the future.
They can also support their sister in the future.
Huang Jinshan glanced at Mu Chunping again.
"Chunping, your idea is quite good. I wonder which child you plan to send?"
Mu Chunping spoke without hesitation.
"Go, all of you!"
"They...they're all going?" Huang Jinshan looked at Mu Chunping in shock.
"Chunping, did I hear that right? You have four sons, are you sending them all there?"
Mu Chunping nodded.
"Yes, if we're going to send them, we'll send them all, including my brother-in-law's two kids."
Although it's a bit stressful to send so many children to school all at once, they are all my own children and I can't show favoritism to any of them.
If we're going to send them all, let's send them all together. It's the same whether we're herding one sheep or a flock.
Huang Jinshan gave Mu Chunping a thumbs up.
"good.
Chunping, that's a great idea.
But this school is not cheap; a single beam of light costs two taels of silver, and this is the school in our town.
If it were a school in Pingchuan County, it would cost at least five taels of silver. With so many children in your family, that's quite a lot for Guang Shuxiu.
Mu Chunping continued,
"Village Chief Huang, is the nearest school to us in our town?"
Huang Jinshan nodded.
Yes, right at the entrance to town.
Unfortunately, that school wasn't very good. My son, Tiger, was studying there last year, but after a year he didn't learn many characters and instead spent all his time helping the teacher with chores.
That family is really awful; they treat their children like servants.
We're paying money to educate our children, but they're treating them like free labor.
After discovering the problem, we immediately brought Tiger back.
We've been worried about Hu Zi going to school lately. He's the only boy in the family, and we've always wanted him to learn more characters so that he can broaden his horizons even if he doesn't take the imperial examinations in the future.
But our area is too remote; there isn't even a decent school. I don't like the one in town. If I want to go, I'll have to go to the county.
The county?
Mu Chunping frowned.
“The county is good, but it’s inconvenient for the children to go to and from school. It’s simply not realistic for them to travel back and forth every day, and we don’t have a house in the county town.”
well!
I never imagined that going to school would be so difficult. I wish our village had a school...
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