I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 423 Changing Teachers
"Owen, change the teachers. No matter whether they are men or women, as long as they have good moral character and talents, we can recruit them. I don't believe that we can't recruit good people. Fire all those disloyal servants." Xia Qingdai walked out of the cold dormitory where the children lived, feeling extremely angry.

Because they came so suddenly, it was difficult for this group of people to even put on a show.

Xia Qingdai felt it was strange. Fucui Villa was only a little over a mile away from here. How could they dare to pretend to obey but actually go against their will?
Because she couldn't bear to see the servants chopping down the oak forest in the villa for firewood, Xia Qingdai had taken so much firewood down there this winter! She also put a bunch of unpainted wooden chopsticks in the welfare house!

In the Lilliputian country, a piece of wooden chopstick is equivalent to a huge tree. They are chopped into wood and used to burn the fireplace in the welfare home from morning to night, and they can't be burned out in a winter.

But the teachers' building where they lived was as warm as spring, but they were so heartless that they didn't allow the children to use it at all, forcing the little ones to shiver to keep warm.

Xia Qingdai found the chopsticks neatly stacked in the warehouse!
This is not because they are thrifty. During the interrogation, we learned that they just wanted to contact a big customer, sell the product at a good price, and then divide the money among the group.

However, firewood is not as scarce as food in the market, so they have not had time to find someone to take over.

If Xia Qingdai wanted to fire someone, that would be an easy thing to do. Who would dare to disobey the wealthy lady?

After this surprise inspection, the welfare home's staff were replaced on a large scale, and the only person left was a girl who washed vegetables in the kitchen.

It was easy to arrange servants to take care of the children's daily life, after all, Fucui Villa had an overflow of servants. Even Wanghe Villa on the other side of East Lake, which Xia Qingdai had basically left alone, had a lot of servants in reserve. That group of people were now basically busy in the farm and ranch of Wanghe Villa, and the staff was very saturated.

When they heard that Xia Qingdai was going to transfer people to the welfare home, everyone was happy. Not only were they very active, but they also had to compete for the position.

Because working in an orphanage does not make you a servant, but a life teacher, and your weekly salary is comparable to that of a tutor.

The current weekly salary of a tutor in the market is between 5 shillings and 10 shillings, which means that she can earn between 13 pounds and 26 pounds a year.

An average male servant weighed only nine pounds, and a female servant weighed even less, only five pounds.

Of course, the servants in Fucui Villa are better off than those outside. Not only are they provided with food and lodging like all servants in the market, but they also have various benefits such as firewood, tea, cloth, and shoes, aiming to make the servants decent.

But unless he gets the position of a steward, a personal servant or a housekeeper, he will never be as good as a tutor.

Moreover, the welfare house opened by the two earls, Owen and Xia Qingdai, not only paid a considerable weekly salary to the life teachers, but also provided welfare benefits comparable to those of the servants of Fucui Villa! Firewood, tea, cloth, and shoes were all provided. When the goddess gave blessings, she would never forget a share of the welfare house.

The last time the welfare house selected people, people didn't actively sign up because they didn't have enough information. Later, when people who worked there showed off at the market, those who didn't try to get in at the time regretted it.

Now that the opportunity has come again, how could everyone miss it again? Naturally, everyone is scrambling for it. After all, water flows to the lowest place, and people go to the highest place. Who would complain about having too much money when they come out to work?
It was easy to choose a life teacher, but it was hard to find a teacher who could teach and impart knowledge. After all, the literacy rate in the town was very low, and they didn't want people who were educated but ugly or of poor character.

After choosing and choosing, they still couldn't find a satisfactory one, and Miss Bai took the initiative to volunteer.

She is now in Fucui Villa, and she has been working as a female accountant for longer than as a teacher. This is because her student Xia Qingdai often disappears without a trace and stays away for several days, so she has no one to teach.

If the work is too easy, people will feel the crisis of unemployment. So since there is this opportunity this time, Miss Bai decided to fight for it. Xia Qingdai was reluctant to let Miss Bai leave Fucui Villa. Although it was only one mile away, in the era when the carriages were slow, there was a big difference between Miss Bai living in the castle and Teacher Bai living in the welfare home.

Just look at how few times they went to the welfare home in the first few months.

Although Xia Qingdai usually has to attend modern classes, she can only come to Miss Bai to take interest classes on weekends.

But she didn't care. It was nice to let Miss Bai accompany her to play the piano and paint. What did it matter to her to have another tutor in Lilliput?
What a happy thing it is to have an intellectual and independent woman who has great emotional value to accompany you!

Although Xia Qingdai was very reluctant, she finally respected Miss Bai's wishes.

She believed that with Miss Bai's character, she would not allow the corruption in the welfare home to occur openly.

Drive away all the old-fashioned people and replace them with the knowledgeable and caring Miss Bai, and this place will become a paradise for orphans again.

The weekly salary offered by the welfare home to Miss Bai was the same as her current weekly salary as a tutor in Fucui Villa, which was twelve shillings per week. This salary was higher than the average salary of tutors, and the benefits were much better, but for her, there was no salary increase.

It can only be said that compared to slacking off and collecting a salary, Miss Bai would rather enjoy the joy of teaching and educating people.

With Miss Bai around, courses such as arithmetic, astronomy, geography, history, music, and painting can be arranged. As for the Bible class, it is taught part-time by the priest in the parish.

Even so, there are still not enough teachers and we have to continue recruiting.

After inquiring about the treatment of teachers at the welfare home, Owen's cousin Connie suggested to her cousin Owen that she could write to her former tutor and recommend her to teach there.

Connie, now 17 years old, has entered the social season of looking for a partner and no longer needs a tutor. After all, her parents are not as rich as Xia Qingdai and can't always hire a tutor for her.

Her tutor in London had not yet found a new job she liked, so she spoke to Owen and Xia Qingdai about this rare opportunity.

Xia Qingdai recalled the tutor she had in London and felt quite satisfied with him. She immediately urged Connie to write a letter to her tutor.

If the other party is willing to leave London and come to the countryside, they would certainly welcome her to join them.

This incident also triggered a chain reaction. Owen's cousin William suddenly told Owen one morning that he was willing to teach at the orphanage.

Anyway, whether he was working as Owen's housekeeper in London or teaching in an orphanage, it all counted as working for Owen.

As for whether William had other reasons, only God knew. Anyway, after hearing his request, Owen readily agreed and directly appointed William as the dean, enjoying the same treatment as before as a butler.