"But Xiao Cui, what are your plans for starting this private school?"
"It will be after the New Year. I have already ordered the desks and chairs, and I estimate that they will be delivered around the Lantern Festival. If you have time, you can help me count how many students from your Zhou'an Village will be coming."
"Leave this to me."
After Yang Cui left, Zhou Daqing became more and more excited and couldn't wait to share the news with his clansmen.
Just as I was about to inform my clansmen, I remembered that the rice noodle factory was still open.
Zhou Daqing had never felt that time was passing slowly. Finally, it got dark, the workers went home, and Zhou Daqing called them to the ancestral hall with gongs and drums and told them about this matter.
After hearing this, the Zhou clan members looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Village chief, are you serious?"
“How could this be false? What I mean is that for all of you working in the rice noodle factory, one of your family members should go to school, so don’t waste this opportunity.”
“I would definitely send my son to study there if it were free.”
"That's right, it's free anyway. What if the child has this talent? Maybe our Zhou family can produce a few scholars and officials!"
The people of Zhou'an Village unanimously decided that they must send their child there!
This was also what Zhou Daqing wanted to see. He then added, "Yang Cui is so good to everyone, so you must not try to cheat or shirk your duties! I'm telling you this now: if anyone tarnishes the reputation of the Zhou family, don't blame me for being impolite!"
“Village chief, what are you saying? Who wouldn’t be smart enough to cheat and shirk their responsibilities? The rice noodle factory has good food and high wages. Boss Yang treats us very well. Today, Manager Hu even said that there will be no holiday for the New Year. Everyone who is willing to work overtime can receive a peck of rice and two pounds of red dates. Tell me, where can we find such a good employer?”
"That's right, a peck of rice costs ninety coins. If we add some wild vegetables to make porridge, our family can eat for more than ten days!"
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