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Chapter 848: Chapter 851 Good News
"Duo’er, what do you have in mind? Why do I feel like this is going to be another good thing?"
Madam Qin said happily.
A few days ago, when she went to the village chief’s house for something, she chatted with the chief’s wife for a while, and Madam Feng let slip a little something.
Qiao Duo’er nodded, "If you all want your children to learn to read and write, then it is indeed a good thing."
"Does this mean we’re going to reopen the school?" someone asked excitedly.
Ever since Academician Zhou got old, the school has been vacant, and any village child who wanted to study had to be sent to the private schools in the town.
Not only were the children far from home, but the costs for tuition and board were not small either.
If the village school could be reopened, that would truly be a good thing!
Madam Qin couldn’t help but ask, "Does that mean families who work in the embroidery room could pay less for the tuition?"
If that was the case, she would also be willing to send her little boy there.
That way, she wouldn’t have to constantly worry about the little monkey at home causing trouble while she was in the embroidery room.
There were quite a few people with the same thought as Madam Qin.
Therefore, everyone looked straight at Duo’er, hoping she would say more.
Qiao Duo’er slowly said, "Each person pays ninety wen a month, including one lunch meal. If you don’t eat lunch, you only pay thirty wen."
In fact, her original plan was to make it entirely free, but she feared that too many people would slack off, thus losing its original purpose.
For a family that truly wanted to send their child to study, ninety wen a month wasn’t much, and if one was unwilling to spend even that small amount of silver, then pens, ink, paper, and inkstones were out of the question.
Nowadays, the cost of a book started at one tael of silver, which was very precious.
"My Xiao Er is not smart, not one for studying, but your Four Eggs has a good foundation; I think you could send him there!"
"Smart? As long as he can learn to write a few characters, I’ll be completely satisfied!"
Four Eggs’ Niang said modestly, but she truly planned to let her youngest child study; perhaps he could bring honor to the family.
"I’m planning to send my boy as well, even if it’s just to recognize a couple of characters, that’s better than us!"
"I’m planning to send two; let them bring their own lunch, and it will only be sixty wen in total—it’s almost like spending nothing!"
"It’s really cheap; it works out to only three wen a day, and that includes a lunch, Duo’er isn’t really making any money off of us."
The embroidery ladies started chatting in pairs and groups, many forgetting their concerns from just moments before.
The Tan Family is preparing to open a school; could they really be as poverty-stricken as the rumors suggest?
So, rumors are just rumors, far removed from reality.
Fat Aunt signaled everyone to be quiet, "Chief Tie is still looking for a teacher. Once everything is ready, he will notify everyone. Then you can bring your kids over to enroll. The school has limited capacity, so if you’ve decided, don’t dawdle."
"Then I need to act quickly. By the way, who is the teacher going to be?"
The teacher’s scholarly ability and character were very important; if the teacher wasn’t good, even cheap tuition would be useless.
After all, they hoped their children would actually learn something.
"I’ve discussed with Chief Tie, and we plan to invite two teachers. One is Student Liu from Da Tao Village, who will teach the simpler courses, and the other has not yet been determined. It will be either Scholar Lu from Dafeng Village or Scholar Qin from Well Above Village,"
Qiao Duo stated truthfully.
These people were all recruited by Tie Niu; there shouldn’t be any issues.
"These are all scholars from Zhou Zheng; studying under them will definitely lead the kids on the right path!"
"Especially Scholar Lu, with his good learning and character, will certainly be an excellent teacher in the future!"
