Several people passed the preliminary examination and were given a few days off by Zhou Chang, as if it were a holiday.
Nan Chungu went to find his old playmates to play together.
Hearing that he had passed the preliminary examination, many of the children he used to play with sent their blessings.
That day, Nan Chun Valley went to find Yang Yang.
Yang Yang was very happy to see him. "It's been so long since you asked me to come over and play."
Nan Chungu scratched his head. "The master is very strict, there's nothing I can do about it."
He had planned to sneak out a few times, but seeing the gentleman's serious expression, he didn't dare.
But he was certain that if he dared to skip school, his mother would beat him to death without the teacher even having to intervene.
Yang Yang looked envious. "That's great, having a teacher to instruct you."
Nan Chungu was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the expectation in his eyes, he felt a pang of sadness.
Taile Village is located in the mountains, and no gentleman would want to come to such a place.
He only had this opportunity because of his sister's help.
But it's different for others.
Nan Chungu is already ten years old. He can understand many things and is more sensitive.
He didn't go home; he went straight to his sister's house.
Another batch of herbs ripened in the space, and Nanzhi cut them down and took them out to dry.
Wu Nanshuang helped from the side.
Nan Chungu stood at the door, unsure whether to stay or leave.
Fortunately, Wu Nanshuang discovered it immediately.
"Chun Gu, today is not school day, the teacher has given us the day off."
Nan Chungu remained silent, and Nan Zhi knew that he must have encountered a problem he couldn't solve.
Nan Zhi put down her work and walked up to Nan Chun Gu.
She took his hand. "Chun Gu, tell your sister, what happened?"
Nan Chungu secretly looked up and asked, "Sister, when will our village have a school?"
Seeing that Nan Zhi remained silent, Nan Chungu continued, "I went to school, but there are still many children in the village who don't have access to education. The schools in the city are too far away and expensive. Yang Yang said he envies me."
Nan Zhi and Wu Nan Shuang fell silent upon hearing this.
Finally, Nanzhi spoke up, "Chungu's thoughts are indeed very important, so if you become an official in the future, you must ensure that all children in the world have access to education, understand?"
Nan Zhi touched Nan Chun Gu's fluffy hair.
"Don't worry, sister. If I become an official in the future, I will definitely teach my students well and become a good teacher with students all over the world."
Nanzhi never imagined that her words would come true one day in the future.
However, Nan Chungu's words made Nan Zhi's desire to build a school in the village even stronger.
Wu Nanshuang seemed to have seen through her master's thoughts, so she said, "Master, you go ahead and do your work. Leave the rest to me."
Nanzhi packed up and took some fresh mushrooms and eggs to the village chief's house.
"Oh, you're here now, why did you bring anything?" Zheng Xinghai took the things from Nan Zhi's hands without any hesitation.
It's a mushroom; Zheng Xinghai really likes it.
Wen took it from his hand and smiled, "We have some at home too, why are you keeping Zhizhi's things?"
Zheng Xinghai: "What do you know? The food Zhizhi brought over was delicious."
Wen laughed and cursed.
Nanzhi explained her purpose for coming today to Zheng Xinghai.
Zheng Xinghai said with difficulty, "Nan girl, setting up a school is easy; I can find a few people to build it. But who would be willing to be a teacher in our dilapidated mountain village? Besides, most people in the village can't afford the tuition."
There was a school in the county. He had inquired about it before, and the tuition alone was three taels of silver a year, not including writing materials.
If you include all of these, you'd need at least seven or eight taels of silver a year.
This small amount of money may seem small, but it represents more than a year's income for the villagers.
Ordinary families would not send their children to such a place.
Nanzhi pondered, "What if we didn't charge tuition, but only food?"
By saving on tuition fees, and buying the cheapest pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, someone should be able to send the children to school.
"That's possible, but there's no teacher available."
"Leave this matter to me, Uncle Zheng. You just need to get everyone to build the school."
The news that a school was going to be built in the village suddenly spread, and every household discussed whether or not to send their children to school.
“Our village will have a blood school.”
"Who told you this?"
"Of course, it was the village chief who said it. There's a dilapidated house next to the big locust tree that no one lives in. The village chief plans to convert it into a school and has already had it renovated."
To verify the authenticity of the news, many people went to the village chief to ask, and finally received a definite answer.
A school is going to be built in Taile Village.
An old woman said, "Even if there were schools, the tuition is so expensive, can you afford to attend?"
"No tuition fees are required, only grain needs to be handed over."
"real?"
"Of course it's true, I heard it from the village chief myself."
People who originally didn't plan to send their children to school rushed home to discuss it.
The villagers didn't not want their children to go to school; they simply couldn't afford the expensive tuition fees.
Upon hearing that tuition was waived, everyone rushed to sign up.
Li Xunfang only has a daughter, but she also wants to send her child in to broaden her horizons.
However, her mother-in-law disagreed, while her husband strongly agreed.
Besides, she now earns enough money to buy school supplies for her child.
Zheng Xinghai acted very quickly.
When the men in the village heard that a school was to be built without tuition fees, they all came to help build it on their own initiative.
Nanzhi returned home, worried about the schoolteacher.
Zhou Chang is getting old, and it's not suitable for him to travel back and forth, especially since he already has three students.
Or she pays to find a gentleman.
But the thought of spending money made Nanzhi decide to think of other solutions.
Pei Nanqing came out of the house. "When are you going to send me back to the capital?" She had been quite resentful towards Nanzhi these past few days.
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