allonlinenovel Chapter 111 Registration
Chapter 111 Registration
Suddenly, some people who were quick-witted did not dare to have any other thoughts. They could still clearly distinguish between earning a few cents more and continuing to make money.
"You can start sending them today. Just ask our Yanyi. We accept them every day."
Gu Yanyi and Gu Yanyan studied arithmetic for a period of time. Although their arithmetic and handwriting were average, they were still good at simple addition and subtraction. As long as they were careful and calculated slowly, they would hardly make mistakes.
Besides, there is Zhao Qiqi to back her up. She pretended to learn from Gu Yanyi, and now no one would suspect anything when she uses the abacus.
After talking about this for so long, I finally got back to the school: "The tuition fee is only ten cents a month. You can think about it again. If you are willing to enroll in the school, you can sign up with Yan Yan."
Ten cents a month is not a lot, but not a little either. Although Zhao Qiqi provided jobs for everyone, some people were still reluctant to leave. They always felt that there was no point in going to school since they would still be peasants working in the fields.
Gu Damao had already rushed over impatiently. Gu Yanyi also wanted to go to school, so he naturally wanted to go too! Besides, they had made a lot of money from Aunt Zhao these days, so even if his mother didn't give him money, he had enough to pay for the tuition.
"Brother Yan Yan, I want to sign up. Here are ten cents." Gu Damao took out ten cents generously. Everyone had to ask their parents for money, but he took it out of his own pocket. He was so proud.
Seeing how readily Gu Damao took out money, everyone believed more that leaves could be exchanged for money.
Everyone gathered around, and they were very excited, but they all wanted to wait and see. After all, they had not made any money yet, and some of their parents had gone home to get the money.
Farmers only spend money when they go to town. They have no chance to spend money in the village on weekdays, so they don’t carry money with them, but hide it at home.
The name Gu Damao is easy to write. Gu Yanyan writes fluently and his writing becomes stronger, showing his own style.
Everyone was surprised. Everyone was surprised. Everyone knew that Zhao Qiqi's family could barely afford food in the past. It was only recently that they made money from business, so Gu Yanyan had the money and time to read and write. It's only been about a month, so how come he can write so well?
Although they are farmers and do not recognize characters, everyone can tell whether a character is beautiful or not. Chinese characters require beauty of shape and neat structure, and the strokes must be smooth. In this way, even people who cannot read characters can tell whether the characters are beautiful and elegant.
Look at Gu Yanyan again. He exudes the air of scholarliness in his every move. Can reading really bring about such a big change?
Many people who are more interested or have broader knowledge can't wait to start clamoring to sign up.
"Santu, our Dafu has signed up!"
"We go first, we go first. The ten cents for this month for our Dagui is already here. Write our Dagui Gu's name first."
"Hey, isn't it the same order? What's there to argue about between the two cousins Dafu and Dagui? Santu, let us speak first. Write the name of our Dafu first. I want to see it too and learn how to write the word Dafu."
Originally, these ten cents were a lot of money for farmers, but now, they can make money from Zhao Qiqi, so these ten cents are nothing.
"Everyone, Dashuaniang gives Master He one or two taels of silver every month. These ten cents are the expenses she has reduced to take care of everyone. In addition, there is this opportunity to pick leaves and firewood to sell for money. Everyone must cherish this opportunity to study. Of course, running a school is not only beneficial for the present, not only for the current children to study, but also for future generations. As long as there are people learning, this school can continue to run. In this way, our Gujia Village will be different from the people in other villages. Everyone can recognize a few words and can do more things. In this way, our village will get better and better, and our descendants will make progress little by little. Maybe one day our Gujia Village will be able to produce a scholar, a juren, or a champion. This is such a glorious thing."
The head of the village kept talking one sentence after another, his mouth moving and his hands gesticulating and dancing.
Zhao Qiqi looked at Li Zheng giving a speech at the top of his lungs and felt like he had joined a pyramid scheme. The effect was very good and more and more people were signing up.
What the head of the village said was very good, and it was what she wanted to say, but there was one thing she still had to correct: "Not only boys can come to the school to study, girls can too."
These words were like a bolt of thunder out of the blue, which caused an uproar in the room and everyone fell silent.
It's okay to spend this money on the boy at home, but girls have to get married, so why learn so much? What's the point? Don't you still have to stay at home to take care of your husband and children?
In the eyes of most people, being able to send a boy to school is already good enough, but also sending a girl? That is something that only those who have some extra money and want to show off will do, to show that they value boys and girls equally and will not favor one over the other. However, they have no money. If they had money, they could also show off, but now they can't even afford to eat, so where would they get the extra money?
"Boys can come here to make money, and girls can do the same. Since they can all make money, why can't they go to school?"
Don't talk about the strict separation of men and women. Although this concept is deeply rooted, the children in this village usually go to the river to fish and pick chestnuts together. The villagers don't attach so much importance to these things, but they will pay more attention to them as they get older.
"I can tell you clearly that men and women will be divided into two classes, one for studying in the morning and one for studying in the afternoon. As we all know, women have to take care of their husbands and children, so everyone thinks that women have to get married. But think about it the other way around. If your daughter-in-law can read and write, would you be willing?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone asked themselves in their hearts, are you willing?
Of course they are willing. We are all peasants. It would be an honor to marry a daughter-in-law who can read and write. Apart from anything else, the grandchildren raised by a daughter-in-law who can read and write will definitely be a hundred times better than those of other families.
If a family marries a literate girl, she will have to hold her head high when walking and show off when going out.
Zhao Qiqi smiled, knowing that they were willing to do so. "Yes, if you marry such a daughter-in-law, you will definitely be happy. But why don't you think about this? If you don't send your daughters to school, is it possible for you to marry a daughter-in-law who is literate and well-mannered?"
Of course it's impossible. People in this village marry either within their own village or in neighboring villages. If everyone thinks that girls are to be married off, and don't let them study or be well trained, then the daughter-in-law they marry will be like this.
They are illiterate, but are used to being bullied or exploited. They work all day at their parents' home to earn money to marry their brothers. When they get married, their parents can ask for more dowry because their daughter is capable.
Although it may not be nice to say this, but under the premise that everyone's thinking has not progressed, self-interest is the best way to promote development, and changing little by little is also good.
"Don't think that you have trained educated daughters-in-law for others. Think about it. If you do this, everyone will let their daughters study, so that everyone can marry educated daughters-in-law. Who will benefit from that? Of course, it's you. It's said that a good wife benefits three generations. She can be reasonable and respect her parents-in-law. She can help her husband and raise children, promote the prosperity of the family, and treat her husband as an equal. If there is anything wrong with her husband, she can point it out to prevent him from going astray."
Everyone was a little dizzy. When did Dashuaniang become so eloquent? They actually thought everything made sense.
What's more, these ten cents are paid by the children themselves by earning money from work. They can take the extra money and ask for more dowry when they get married. It can be said that it is a sure profit.
So more people signed up. Zhao Qiqi roughly counted and found that there were actually more than 70 children. However, the ages of these people were quite diverse. But the good thing was that their levels were similar, which was that they had never learned anything at all.
"Those who have signed up, go to the school tomorrow morning and let Master He get to know you first, then explain some things and some school rules. Finally, you must respect your teachers and never disrespect them. If you do that, I will kick you out and will not accept you into the school. Since you have spent money and really want to learn something real, you must respect others and yourself.