Chapter 137 136. Lei Li Brand School is open!
The spring breeze in February is like a pair of scissors.
The Lei family and the Liu family returned to the village and separated at the entrance of Sanlihe Village. One carriage went to Silihe Village, and the other went to the end of Sanlihe Village.
Sitting in the carriage were Lei Li's family, Xiao Hua, and Miss Asi who was holding a pipa.
Oh, right.
Xiaohua can no longer be called Xiaohua.
Because Xiaobao changed his name and followed Mr. Miao to be called Miao Yurui, Xiaohua also wanted to change it and didn't want to bear this kitten-like and puppy-like name anymore.
"My father is a florist. People call him Lao Hua or Hua Lao Di. I have been following him to sell flowers since I was a child. People call me Xiao Hua. He was too lazy to come up with a name, so he just recorded me as Xiao Hua in his household registration."
Xiaohua hugged Lei Li's arm and begged him, "I want to have the same last name as Brother Li. Can you ask Sister Yi to give me a nice name too?"
"Your household registration is still with your father. I can't change it."
Seeing Xiaohua unhappy, Lei Li smiled again, touched her head and said,
"But I didn't say you can't move your household registration out. Once it's moved, you'll have your own household registration. Whether you want to get married or marry into your family, you can decide for yourself."
"I……"
Xiaohua stirred her handkerchief and said with courage, "I don't want to be alone. I want to be registered under the same household registration as Brother Li and Sister Yi."
"With us?"
Lei Li couldn't help laughing, "Brother, I'm only in my early twenties. Do you want to recognize Brother Li as your father and Sister Yi as your mother?"
“…”
Xiaohua's face suddenly turned red, thinking that Brother Li was rejecting her in a tactful way. She was feeling a little sad, but then she saw him laughing, and she felt a little embarrassed and annoyed.
"Brother, you're teasing me again!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Lei Li laughed for a long time, pinched Xiaohua's face and teased her, "Okay, you'll be registered under the same household registration as Brother Li. From now on, you'll be Brother Li's biological sister. Brother Li will have another little girl to serve him."
"You used to say the same thing about my sister-in-law."
Xiaohua didn't believe his joke, wrinkled her nose, snorted at him, but couldn't help being happy. Now that she had a household registration, she and Brother Li were really a family!
Lei Li is very efficient in his work.
In just two days, he used money to bribe Hua's father and made him voluntarily sever ties with Xiaohua. He then helped Xiaohua to settle down in a new place and change her surname and name.
Zhou Yi came up with three names.
"Lei Jingsheng."
Xiaohua liked the name immediately and said, "I like the name Lei Jingsheng."
The sheng, the sound of the first month of the year, is called the sheng, symbolizing the growth of all things, like plants emerging from the earth. It also has the same sound as "sheng," signifying the endless cycle of life.
Stunning sheng.
A stunning life.
Sister Huaer knew that Xiaobao and Xiaohua, no, now Sister Jingsheng, had changed their names, so she also wanted to change her name, saying "I want to be like everyone else."
Liu Qishu and Liuguo couldn't resist. After thinking about it, they realized that there were many people named "Liuhuaer" and "Liumu" in the village and Liujiatang, so it would be a good idea to change the name. So they followed Sister Huaer.
So Sister Huaer and Xiaomu also have new names——
Willow flowers.
Willow crown wood.
"Xi is a word that is very aggressive, full of vitality, and full of tension. It is also a word that breaks the routine unexpectedly."
Zhou Yi explained to them, "Xihua, with its gentleness and wildness, is like a wild rose that stands tall and full of life in a storm."
"Guan means champion, surpassing others and taking first place. It also means tying up hair and becoming an adult, indicating that one is stable and important and can take on the responsibility of supporting the family. Mu stands tall and straight between heaven and earth, full of vitality and unyielding."
Sister Huaer didn’t understand any of this at all, but she liked the name very much because she thought it was cool and it sounded like a female knight who traveled the world for justice.
Xiaomu didn't understand either.
But Liu Qishu and Liu Guo both thought it was a good nickname and could still be used, so the name was decided and they went to change it on the same day as Xiaohua.
When Sister Huaer arrived in the village, she proudly showed off her new name and the new characters she had learned to her friends. She felt very proud when she heard her friends exclaiming.
Then he taught his friends how to write very generously, using a small wooden stick to teach on the sand, in a very methodical way, imitating the teachers in a private school, like a little teacher.
The adults of the two families are unaware of this as they are now planning to build a school.
February is warm and rainy.
As the saying goes, "Spring rain is as precious as oil", but the continuous drizzle in spring is also very annoying.
The light and fine raindrops floated down like willow catkins, covering people's heads and faces. There wasn't much water when they wiped their faces, but the air was very moist and sticky.
Some wooden tables and chairs may grow wood ear and unknown fungi if they are not sufficiently coated with waterproof paint or are too damp.
The school was quickly built in this continuous drizzle with the efforts of the entire village.
Green bricks and green tiles.
Horizontal table and wooden benches.
A plaque with the words "Hope School" was also hung up, and Lei Li, Zhou Yi, and Miss Asi held a banner to announce the official opening of the school, which would soon enroll students.
Miss Asi is the principal of the school, and Lei Li, Zhou Yi and Meng Luo are directors. Meng Luo also wanted to attend the opening ceremony, but he was afraid that his sweetheart would take the opportunity to run away, so he did not come and just sent a gift.
Many people in the village had complaints about Miss Asi. In their stereotype, a teacher should be a man and have some achievements, such as being a Tongsheng scholar.
Asking a young woman with no official title to teach, and being the highest-ranking hall leader (equivalent to the principal), made people very skeptical about Miss Asi's knowledge, and also questioned whether Lei Li was abusing his power for personal gain and wanted to take revenge on them.
Because Lei Li had previously specifically requested that boys and girls go to school, the villagers were quite dissatisfied for a while.
However, during the construction of the school, Miss Asi quickly captured the hearts of most villagers with her personal charm.
Especially the children.
They didn't care about fame or knowledge. When they saw a beautiful and gentle sister teaching, who spoke nicely, could sing and play beautiful music, they were completely fascinated by her and vied with each other to have her teach their class.
Knowing that they would take turns teaching, they were not so jealous anymore. However, there was a particularly cunning young man who showed his affection to Miss Asi every few days.
"Sister Asi, come to our house for dinner today. We bought two kilograms of pork!"
"Sister Asi, we killed a chicken and bought a lot of mushrooms to make chicken soup. Come to our house for dinner today!"
"Sister Si, do you want to eat fruit?"
"Sister Si, I picked so many flowers! Will you be the first one to teach our class when school starts?"
The little boy, like a calf, had bright eyes. When he heard Sister Asi nod and say yes, he immediately ran to the village proudly and showed off to everyone.
——This little guy is Niu Jinjin from the village chief’s family. He is so cunning at such a young age.
The other little friends were envious and jealous, and began to win over Sister Asi, vying for her to be the second teacher in their class. They also whispered bad things about Niu Jinjin, saying that he was always getting into trouble and would pull the little girl's braids.
Lei Lile was cracking melon seeds leisurely, and after listening to Miss Asi's tearful and laughing stories, he burst into laughter.
But when the kids asked him to judge who did better and who should be taught first, he would immediately run away and leave the trouble to Ah Si.
joke.
Once you get caught up with these kids, you can't get rid of them.
He doesn't have time to make trouble with them. Aren't his children and husband at home enjoying the warm bed?
In addition to Miss Asi, there are two other teachers.
One of them was a classmate of Zhu Zhuer's husband Zhu Qingshan. He was a talented student and not pedantic. He did not mind teaching with girls, nor did he mind leaving the county town for the village. So Lei Li hired him with a high salary, and his whole family moved to Silihe Village.
There was also an old friend of Asi, a zither player who was driven out of Xiangyun Tower due to her old age and fading beauty, and had to make a living as a zither player in a theater.
The teacher adopts the method of traveling to teach.
Silihe Village and Sanlihe Village are not far away, and it only takes two or three quarters of an hour by horse carriage to get there.
There were enough dormitories for teachers in the school. Since Mr. Tongsheng had a family, they were invited to live in the big courtyard in Silihe Village, while Asi and Qinniang lived in the teachers' courtyard in Sanlihe Village.
"A month is divided into four weeks, a week of seven days, one day off, three hours of classes a day, and the rest of the time the children go home to practice on their own."
Zhou Yi planned, "Tongsheng, Qinniang, and Asi usually attend classes in this school, and have two days of classes a week in another school."
"Tongsheng is mostly taught traditional knowledge, focusing on imperial examinations and written language. Qinniang is good at playing the qin and is good at singing and painting, so she can teach children art and music."
"Miss Asi has learned a lot and can teach a lot. It all depends on how she adjusts."
"We can also select some people from the village to be hired teachers to teach carpentry, embroidery, farming, whatever, so that the children can develop in all aspects."
"That's good."
Lei Li nodded. "That's what I thought, too. I was originally thinking about hiring another student to teach, and then sending Qin Niang to Silihe Village, so she wouldn't have to run back and forth."
"The two schools are not far apart. Only by comparing them can we make continuous adjustments and improvements. If one school lags far behind the other, then it means there is a problem with the teaching."
Zhou Yi shook his head and said, "I also want them to listen to each other's classes. For example, Miss Asi listens to Tongsheng's class, and Tongsheng listens to Qinniang's class. We can also let two teachers listen to each other's class, so that they can learn from each other and make progress together."
"This student isn't a pedantic person. He probably wouldn't object to them participating in music and art. Qin Niang and Asi haven't received formal education, so it would be beneficial for them to listen to the student's lessons."
"As you say."
Lei Li also thought it was a good idea. After all, he wasn't the one teaching. "I'll tell them tomorrow. The courses also need to be adjusted and adjusted slowly. It's best to have a more fixed schedule, otherwise the kids won't know what classes they'll have the next day or the next."
"If the teacher has something urgent to do and needs to make adjustments, he or she should tell the children a day in advance and make up the lesson later."
"That's what I thought."
Zhou Yi thought for a moment and said, "Letting the two schools meet and exchange knowledge later can also promote friendship between the two villages and strengthen cohesion."
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