Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 155 Education Comes First
"In the beginning of human beings, their natures are inherently good. Their natures are similar, their habits are far apart..."

The sound of uniform recitation came from the back house of Qianhu Yamen of Zhoushan Middle School. Gouwa, who had been renamed Lin Ponu, was in a daze in the classroom.

When he first learned to read, he was very dissatisfied with the first few sentences in the "Three Character Classic". How could human nature be kind?
But gradually, his thoughts changed. During the more than half a year in Xiamen and Zhoushan, he wore thick cotton clothes, ate hot white rice every day, and heard all kinds of things in his ears. Laughter and the sound of reading.

Even because of his special experience, his godmother and Teacher Fang took more care of him than other classmates. These two people would often remind him of his own mother.

Just like he cannot forget his parents who have passed away long ago, Gouwa will often think of his sister who was ravaged to death by the Tatars, the blood and corpses he saw in Liaodong, and the glares and beatings he suffered on Temple Island...

All of this was far away from him, but he knew that it was real and was still happening in his distant hometown.

So is human nature good or evil?Gouwa doesn't know the answer.He only knows that if someone wants to take away everything he has now, or wants to hurt his godfather and godmother, he will fight that person without hesitation.

Just as he was thinking wildly, a clear voice suddenly came: "Lin Ponu, you are distracted again!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Gou Wa got excited all over. When he raised his head, he saw a talc pen flying towards him.This is a kind of white jade that can be used for writing. It is known as dust-free chalk in later generations. The disadvantage is that it is too soft and easy to break.

In addition to talc pens, Lin Hai also used a blackboard for his adopted sons and daughters. It was actually a gray slate with a smooth surface and a wooden frame around it.

The blackboard used by the students is one foot five long and one foot wide, while the blackboard used by the teacher is five feet long and three feet wide, hanging vertically on the wall.With this thing, Lin Jiayi's teaching efficiency is much higher than that of ordinary private schools, which generally use sand tables that can only be placed horizontally.

The flying talc pen hit Gou Wa's forehead and broke into two pieces.His eyes fell on the teacher Liu Xier in front of the blackboard. She was wearing a narrow-sleeved cardigan and a brocade armor. The sunlight penetrated from the window and gave her a golden light.

She is said to be a teacher, but in fact she is just a girl in her golden years.If Gouwa's sister had not died, she would have been as old as her this year.

Among the four teachers except Fang Xiu'e, the girl named Liu Xi'er is the youngest. She was Gou Wa's deskmate when she was in Xiamen, but now she has become his teacher.

Gou Wa still remembers Liu Xi'er's catchphrase when he first entered school: "My godmother bought me for ten taels of silver."

Because of her cute and cute looks, Liu Xier was the most expensive among the first batch of adopted sons and daughters.Because of this, she is as proud as a peacock every day, but Gou Wa knows that she is very stressed and often studies hard in private, fearing that she will be compared with others.

Half a year ago, Gou Wa and others came to Zhoushan from Xiamen. The first graduation ceremony was held at Lin Jia Yi School. Liu Xier was one of the four first batch of graduates. Their adoptive father and honorary principal Lin Hai personally awarded the graduation certificate.

The four graduates with the best academic performance then became volunteers and were divided into four classes to teach the more than 80 new students. Teacher Fang was still in charge of the original class. Gou Wa was assigned to Liu Xier because of her poor foundation. in the new class.

Liu Xier is different from her godmother or Teacher Fang. She treats Gou Wa and other students equally and always beats them when they deserve it and scolds them when they deserve it.

For some reason, Gou Wa feels that this is better. It will make him feel that he is not an outlier - although his classmates are all poor people who were sold by their parents, there are few who have a worse life experience than him, and none of them. People like him have killed people. "Teacher, do you want to stand for punishment?" Gouwa stood up consciously, with a silly smile on his face.

"What's the matter with you? Are you addicted to being punished by standing still?" Liu Xi'er asked with a frown, and there was a burst of laughter in the classroom.

At this time, Fang Xiu'e's voice came from the window: "Students, please be quiet. The principal is here."

Gouwa turned around and saw his godfather, godmother and Teacher Fang coming together. This was a rare thing in Lin Jiayi School. The last time these three people showed up together was when Liu Xier and the other four graduated.

Lin Jiayi School has two principals. Zhu Niang is actually in charge, while Lin Hai is just in name only and rarely appears in a school with closed management.Once he appears here, something extraordinary is bound to happen.

Sure enough, Lin Hai entered the classroom and announced: "Students, you will go to a new place in three days. Before that, the volunteer school will hold its second graduation ceremony, and most of you will graduate. , the principal will arrange work for you."

After hearing Lin Hai's words, the classroom was filled with excitement. This group of students had long been looking forward to graduating and joining the workforce like the four Liu Xi'er students, which meant that they could receive their salaries.

Although they have never been short of food and clothing since they were bought into the Lin family, who would have trouble with money?
These adopted sons and daughters were all eleven or twelve years old when they were bought. Now the oldest one is 14 years old, and the youngest one is 12 years old, not counting the little ones.This age was not considered old in the Ming Dynasty, but it was not young at all. In a few years, they would all reach the age of starting a family, and they would be more precocious than their peers in later generations.

They have all studied at Lin Jiayi School for at least half a year, and the group of more than 20 people in Xiamen have studied for a year.Since the volunteer curriculum is very full and only teaches literacy and arithmetic, most of them can now write more than a thousand common words and can add and subtract.

A few talented and hard-working people can not only write two thousand common words, but also know four arithmetic operations.In Lin Hai's opinion, with these two skills, one can basically be competent in the paperwork work in civil administration.

The next day, the graduation ceremony of Lin Jiayi School was held as scheduled. In addition to the two principals and five teachers, there were also the new director of the Household Affairs Bureau of the Security Department, Shan Sinan, and the two deputy directors, Shan Zhaodi and Shan Lai. Di.

Household administration is managed by the public security department. This is what Lin Hai learned from the system of later generations. This should be the most suitable model for Dongfan in the future.

There are a total of 80 graduates from Linjiayixue, [-] of whom have been assigned to work in the Household Registration Bureau. Tamsui's immigration recruitment is about to begin, and the Household Registration Bureau will become the busiest department.

As for the 20 people with the best academic performance, including Liu Xi'er and four other people who were among the first batch of graduates, Lin Hai arranged for them to be teachers in the soon-to-be-established Tamsui Free School, with Fang Xiu'e as the principal.

"Xiu'e, the students with the best grades are all given to you, do you know what this means?" Lin Hai asked Fang Xiu'e.

"I know, education comes first." Fang Xiu'e nodded and replied. This is what Lin Hai often said to her and Zhu Niang.

(End of this chapter)