Chapter 289 School
Shen Qing breathed a sigh of relief. Being an apprentice at the age of ten was a bit young, but the national conditions of this dynasty were different. Ten-year-old children also had to do a lot of work at home. Being an apprentice at least allowed them to learn a skill.
And it is said that embroidery is a basic skill, so it may not be possible if it is bigger, right?
The ten-year-old standard set by Pinggu is quite good. At least if a family wants to learn embroidery skills in the future, the girl will not be asked to do a lot of rough work.
She asked in a low voice: "Who set the standard of ten years old to learn embroidery?" It's quite particular.
"...It was me." Pinggu hesitated for a moment, but still chose to tell the truth.
Shen Qing looked at Pinggu in surprise, only to see the latter pursed her lips and said uncomfortably: "I heard others say that the earlier people learn embroidery, the more likely they are to have poor eyesight;
Our eyes are very important in this line of work. Most of the others are eight years old. Some families who don’t care about their daughters have some who are six or seven years old, but me, the master—”
Shen Qing said directly: "You are right! We can't ignore the life and death of others just for our own benefit."
Embroidery is different from reading. Your eyes should always be on the embroidery cloth. Will it be good for your eyes if you stare at it too early?
She continued, following Chinese scientific standards, "From now on, after you've embroidered for half an hour, go out for a walk for the length of an incense stick, or gaze into the distance to rest your eyes."
Similar to the ten minutes between classes, it helps avoid excessive eye fatigue.
The mountains are also good, with a wide view and green everywhere you look. It is a great outdoors and very friendly to the eyes.
Pinggu didn't expect that Shen Qing not only didn't think she was acting on her own, but also gave more useful suggestions. Following such a master, she was really rewarded for her good deeds in her previous life!
Those who were too old were not selected. Only fourteen girls aged ten to fifteen or sixteen were selected, including Xiaojin, Xiaoyin, and the Lei family's sisters Qiu Tiandong.
The next step is to learn and see if they are suitable for this job. As for those who are not yet old enough, they will be accepted when they are old enough.
When everyone saw that Pinggu didn't even choose her two younger daughters, they knew that it was just as she said. They were too young to be suitable and it would be a waste of time to come.
Wasting their own time is not a big deal, but it can't delay the overall progress, right?
That means all the families in the village are affected.
So those who were chosen stayed, and those who were not chosen did not stay for long, but walked back home in the snow with their companions.
Ping Gu arranged everyone's seats according to height and began, "Originally, I was supposed to show you some basic embroidery tools and supplies, but I don't have them. I'll show you once I borrow some today."
Shen Qing quickly waved to Ping Gu, stepped forward and whispered, "I have it here, can you take a look?"
After saying that, she hurried back to the house and took out all the embroidery tools she had bought from the tool section of the mall last night.
She also didn't know which ones were needed for Suzhou embroidery and which ones were not. At this time, the advantage of having sufficient balance in the mall came into play, and the embroidery tools were not expensive, so she bought them all!
Embroidery fabrics do not belong to the tool category, and the mall does not have a fabric category, but she has a locker. She has bought a lot of various fabrics from Sun Lao Da and Song Lao Er before. Although they may not be suitable for embroidery, they should be enough for learning and practicing, right?
Pinggu looked at the various embroidery threads, embroidery frames, and embroidery needles in front of her... cotton, linen, and even silk that were easy to thread and had a dense texture!
The master is really generous, he even took out silk!
She took the pile of embroidery supplies handed to her by Shen Qing, turned around and taught: "This is an embroidery frame. Its function is to help us fix the embroidery cloth so that we can embroider more quickly. Choose different sizes of embroidery frames according to the size of the embroidery.
This is an embroidery needle. There are many different embroidery stitches. Different stitches require different needles of different thicknesses and lengths. The same is true for different fabrics. I will teach you this later.
And embroidery cloth..."
Shen Qing listened to it for a while when he had nothing to do, and the more he listened, the more difficult it seemed to him!
Compared with making brushes or soap, it is much more difficult. Fortunately, she does not make money by embroidery, otherwise she would not be able to learn it even if she used all her strength.
“You must have steady hands and observe the appearance of various flowers, cats, dogs, fish, and birds so that you can trace the patterns when embroidering;
You also need to learn to recognize and write some characters, most of which are common auspicious characters, especially the character "longevity". It is best to know how to write it in several ways...you will use it frequently in the future.
I will teach you when my hand is healed, and you can practice more when you go back..."
Shen Qing: .....Do you still need to learn to read?
But it is true that large-scale embroidery has words on it, such as "Flowers Blooming in Prosperity", "A Vast Landscape of Rivers and Mountains", "Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix"...aren't they all words?
Longevity is especially common, and a hundred longevity pictures must be embroidered with exactly one hundred of them.
Recognizing words is still very important.
Since you have to learn to read, it's best to learn arithmetic as well. You don't have to learn advanced ones. Just learn the simplest addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. At least you won't be fooled when you go out to buy and sell things.
The house that serves as the school has been built. Although there is no floor heating, there is a stove and a fire wall. The villagers had stored a lot of firewood in preparation for building a road. Since the road cannot be built now, some of the firewood can be moved to the school for use.
I boiled a few pots of hot water every day. Firstly, it could heat the fire wall to make the room warmer, and secondly, it could provide hot water for the students to drink.
The more Shen Qing thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to him. Nowadays, people in Maodong Village are always free, so everyone, young and old, can go and listen. It doesn't take a whole day, just half a day to teach, alternating between learning to read and learning arithmetic. In the extra time, the students can go home and study and review on their own!
When the spring thaw comes, people are either cultivating the land or delivering goods. Where is the time to learn to read?
I’m afraid I won’t have much time to spend in the village by then!
She picked up the cloak, snow hat, fur collar and scarf hanging on the hanger behind the door, put them on one by one, wrapped herself tightly, and then lifted the curtain and walked towards the village.
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Mr. Jiang listened carefully to what Shen Qing said, frowning and thinking.
Zhou Yan, who had handed Shen Qing some tea, urged, "Dad, my sister-in-law is right! Winter has just begun, and it's said that the thaw won't begin until February or March next year. We can't waste such a long time. If you study hard, you'll learn so many words."
If you learn three characters a day, you will know thirty characters in ten days and ninety characters in a month. It’s only been a little over ten months now, so by next year you will know hundreds of characters, right?
I can’t imagine hundreds of them, but as long as I know the commonly used ones, a hundred should be enough, right?
Also, learn arithmetic, so that you don’t have to worry about not being able to calculate the money when you go to the city to buy things in the future!
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