Jiang Shuyun spent several days making the flashcards.
"Yi'an, I want to discuss something with you."
"What's the matter? Why are you talking so seriously?"
As usual, Mu Yi'an lay in bed while Jiang Shuyun massaged her feet.
Actually, during the day, Aunt Fang and the others would massage her legs. She just wasn't used to having her feet massaged.
"These past few days, while making flashcards for Chuyue, I was reminded of when we first started school. In our Chinese textbook, we learned characters like 'person,' 'mouth,' 'hand,' 'big,' 'small,' 'many,' and 'few.' We started by learning simple, commonly used characters."
"Yes, I thought the pictures in the Chinese textbook were very good back then, and I even tried to draw them myself. Let me tell you, I didn't have a sketchbook back then, so I tore off the blank page from the last page of each notebook, tied them together with thread, and used them as sketchbooks."
Jiang Shuyun found it hard to believe. What era did Mu Yi'an live in when he was a child? It sounded like he was from a different era than her.
"What are you staring at? Keep going!"
"Ah, I never imagined you had such a hard childhood."
"It's okay, it's all in the past. Besides, we had an accident in the elevator back then, and our bodies may have been completely disfigured."
This was one of the few times Mu Yi'an had thought about what their lives would be like after they died in their previous lives.
"Yi'an, let's not think about it anymore. They're thousands of years away from us. Let's live this life well and try to live to be a hundred."
"Yes, may you live to be a hundred. And experience the joys and sorrows of raising children, so you can become a father-in-law and mother-in-law when you grow up."
Jiang Shuyun thought about it and also found it interesting.
"Oh dear, we've gone off on a tangent again. You still haven't told us what the flashcards are all about."
"Hehe...we've gone off-topic. I just suddenly had this idea, which is to make some flashcards for commonly used characters, with pictures and text."
"When the time comes, send some to Jiangjia Village, and give a few to the tenant farmers and children who work in the fields. They have pictures and words, so even without formal instruction, they can learn some characters from the pictures."
Jiang Shuyun shared her thoughts with Yi'an; it was just a thought.
"Hmm, that's a good idea. Back then, our country implemented nine-year compulsory education, and most children had the opportunity to go to school. But here, for ordinary families, it's too difficult for their children to learn to read and write."
Of the dozens of tenant farmers in the village, very few, if any, had children who could read. Although the Dali Dynasty was considered a relatively good dynasty, it still imposed various exorbitant taxes and levies. Farming depended on the weather, and education was far too expensive.
Mu Yi'an touched her belly; she was almost four months pregnant and her belly was already showing.
"Yi'an, the students in the academy, their deeply ingrained ideas are beyond my power to change. We can't fight against the class system that has been in place for hundreds of years; we can only go with the flow."
However, having had the opportunity to come here, we always wanted to do something. Since I couldn't influence those mature students, I would, within my own capabilities, give some children who couldn't afford to go to school the chance to learn to read and write, to learn arithmetic, and to give their destined fate a sliver of hope for change.
Jiang Shuyun taught for more than ten years in her previous life, simply going to work and leaving get off work in a routine manner, completing her teaching tasks, and really did nothing extra for her students.
At the school where he taught, the students' families were all well-off, and even those who weren't so well-off received poverty subsidies. These teachers really didn't do anything for the students.
The children in the mountains who can't go to school for various reasons, and the selfless teachers reported in the news, are too far removed from his life.
Mu Yi'an recalled her past life, how she had suffered so much in order to leave the mountains.
"Shuyun, once you've made up your mind, then go for it. Although our resources are limited and we can't support all the children to take the imperial examinations, giving them the opportunity to learn to read and write will provide them with a way out to work in the future."
You can think about how to write words and numbers on flashcards. In this era, Arabic numerals already exist, as well as simple addition and subtraction. These can all be taught to the children of Zhuangzi.
Let's start with the children of our own village, the tenants and farmhands. Gradually, we'll move on to the children from the surrounding villages. No rush, we'll take it slow.
Also, you'd better ask the headmaster of the academy for his opinion on this matter.
Our intention to do good is good, but this is ancient times with a strict class system. Will doing this infringe on the interests or rights of certain people?
We must ensure our own safety before we can do anything else.
Mu Yi'an thought a lot. In her previous life, although there was no class system, many things were influenced by capital, and sometimes, it was hard to explain.
"I know I'm not that great, sacrificing myself for others. We're just ordinary people, common folk."
Jiang Shuyun understands herself; as an ordinary person, she knows that everyone has selfish desires and cannot sacrifice themselves for others.
"It is precisely because most people are ordinary that the difference between others becomes apparent."
"Yes, because it is through ordinary people that the extraordinary qualities of others can be highlighted."
Yi'an, I wasn't planning to tell you about this, I didn't want you to worry about it. But as I was talking, I couldn't help but blurt it out.
Since coming here, I've gotten used to discussing things with you. This matter is something I'll think about slowly; it's not urgent. I'll finish making the cards first, and then think about what to do next.
Jiang Shuyun plans to slowly figure out which characters are commonly used in daily life, and he will gradually collect them. He also needs to consider what kind of drawing method is easier to understand and simpler to use.
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