Caijiaxiang Weijixian was originally the former residence of Zhao Hao and his son. Later, Zhao Hao bought more than a dozen houses from his neighbors, demolished them all and rebuilt them into Caijiaxiang Primary School.

A grand ceremony will be held here today to celebrate the first anniversary of the primary school's official opening and the first graduation ceremony.

The school had notified the students two days in advance and invited their parents to attend the ceremony.

Today is sunny, windless and cloudless.

Two hundred and fifty graduates, wearing uniform white robes and black scarves, stood in a neat row at the front of the playground.

Behind them were the other half of the elementary school students who had not yet graduated, all wearing the same white robes. Although there were some 15 or 16-year-old boys among them, they were not yet qualified to wear headscarves and could only half-cover their hair like children.

The crowd behind them was the parents and friends of the graduates.

The children who attend Caijiaxiang Primary School do not come from wealthy families. Their parents work hard all year round.

But today, everyone put down their work, put on their best clothes, and proudly came to participate in this glorious celebration.

In the Ming Dynasty, the word "glory" has always belonged to only a very small number of people. It is too far away for the working people.

It was Master Zhao who walked out of Caijia Lane who gave them a chance to enjoy glory and allowed them to experience the meaning of life beyond survival.

What else did Master Zhao give them?

Caijiaxiang Primary School not only does not charge tuition, but also provides a hearty lunch. Otherwise, no matter how much they hope their children can learn to read and write, they would not be able to send their children to school.

Moreover, most of them were working directly or indirectly for Young Master Zhao, or had benefited from the prosperity of Caijia Lane. When they heard today that Young Master Zhao would attend the ceremony in person, they were all excited and wanted to see the young master's true appearance.

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Cai Yimu is one of the 250 elementary school students graduating today.

Although he is said to be a primary school student, he is actually sixteen years old.

Graduating from primary school at the age of sixteen is considered a joke by later generations.

But there was no way, because he was already fifteen years old when Caijiaxiang Primary School opened.

In fact, most of the students who went to school with him at that time were teenagers around 14 or 15 years old.

In addition to the benefits of having a full meal, if they can write and do math, they can easily find a good job in Jinling City. They can earn more than their parents without having to do hard labor.

Although he entered the school with a utilitarian mindset, Yimu quickly fell in love with this place and the feeling of being a student.

Sitting in the bright classroom every day, listening to the teacher teaching them how to read and count and explaining natural knowledge to them, Yimu seemed to be led into a new world.

Although the daily homework was very tight and there were a lot of assignments, and those who failed the tests would be beaten by the teacher; although the real scholars in the county school would laugh at them for being a monkey in human form, he didn't care at all.

Because he really felt different. In his eyes, the world was finally no longer a chaotic, dark place. He began to understand why it was like this, how he should walk his own path, and how he should live his life.

To put it a little exaggeratedly, he felt as if he finally had a soul.

He no longer looked up to the so-called "scholars", those corrupt scholars who only knew how to read books of sages and write eight-part essays, who had no idea how to calculate area and volume; they didn't know what electricity and magnetism were; they didn't know what the principle of leverage was, and they didn't know how to construct a pulley system...

Unfortunately, he only knew the basics because he was taking a one-year crash course.

This year of study was so short that before I knew it, it was time to graduate.

He really envied the naive younger students behind him. Those kids were primary school students in ordinary classes with a three-year academic system. They could stay here for a longer time and learn more knowledge.

In fact, he also had the opportunity to continue his studies because he passed the entrance examination of Yufeng Middle School and was qualified to go to Kunshan with 30 other classmates to study in middle school.

But after discussing with his family, he gave up this precious opportunity.

There was no other way. He had two younger brothers, Erlin and Sansen, who also went to Caijiaxiang Primary School. As the eldest brother, he had to start working and earn money as soon as possible to help his parents support his two younger brothers to continue their studies.

Yimu was daydreaming when he suddenly heard cheers coming from all around him.

"Here he comes, here he comes! The Master is here!"

He quickly wiped the wet corners of his eyes and looked in the direction of the voice.

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Then, President Yu, the Dean of Academic Affairs and other school senior officials were seen accompanying a well-dressed young man, walking out of the Youde Building and climbing onto the high platform in front of the building.

The high platform was filled with various colored **, and there was also a colorful pavilion with the four big characters "Graduation Ceremony" inscribed on it.

The students, who were originally immersed in the sadness of graduation, suddenly became excited when they saw Zhao Hao.

Although Mr. Zhao had never taught them a class, that did not affect the primary school students' admiration and respect for him.

They all knew that Caijiaxiang Primary School was funded and founded by Master Zhao, and all the expenses were also borne by Master Zhao.

They all knew that their textbooks were written by Master Zhao himself, and every page was soaked with his hard work.

They all knew that Master Zhao was the founder of science and a great scholar who had produced five successful candidates in his family.

They also know that he was the first human to fly. Holy shit, that's so cool...

Zhao Hao stood on the podium, feeling a little embarrassed by the enthusiastic cheers from the audience.

In fact, his original intention of running the "crash course" was that there were too few workers who could write and calculate in the market, and they could not help him expand his business. He thought of using this method to quickly help a young man get rid of illiteracy to meet his urgent needs.

But he didn't expect that these "tools" in his eyes would actually support and love him so much.

This made the kind-hearted Mr. Zhao feel guilty, and he decided to be nicer to them in the future.

At this time, Director Yu, who was dressed in a brocade robe, had white hair, and looked like an old gentleman, picked up the loudspeaker and announced loudly to the audience that the first graduation ceremony of Caijiaxiang Primary School had officially begun!

There was thunderous applause from the audience.

Then the Dean of Academic Affairs announced that a total of 302 students were enrolled in Caijiaxiang Primary School's first crash course, and 250 of them passed the graduation exam and graduated successfully.

As for those who dropped out, there are two types: half dropped out of school or were expelled for various reasons, and the other half failed the graduation exam... The latter have two chances to retake the exam after leaving school, and can also graduate if they pass.

Then, Director Yu loudly announced that today, Principal Zhao would present graduation certificates to 250 graduates!

The students were immediately overjoyed. They didn't expect that Master Zhao would be their principal!

It turns out that everyone thought that the principal was Director Yu. Although there was nothing wrong with being the old principal, how could it be as glorious as having Mr. Zhao be their principal?

p.s. My eyes are still a little bit damaged, so I can only update three times today...