The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 532 Xiahe Village School is Enrolling
Both teachers are good teachers, and Shi Liu also believes that they can teach these children well.

He smiled and said, "Gentlemen, don't worry, the school will officially start the day after tomorrow. You can get familiar with the surroundings in the next two days--"

Then he introduced Sun Wenming to them, "This is another teacher in the school. His surname is Sun. He teaches the elementary school class and is also from our village."

Sun Wenming, who had been standing by, stepped forward and saluted the two gentlemen as a student. "Junior Sun Wenming greets the two seniors."

Although he is older than Mr. Tong, in terms of achievements, he is only a student while Mr. Tong is a scholar, so they are different.

Mr. Fu and Mr. Tong knew that he also had the title of Tongsheng, so they were very polite, waved their hands and said that they would work together in the future and take care of each other.

After the three gentlemen got to know each other, Shi Liu finally spoke up and invited the gentleman and Mr. Fu's old wife to have lunch together.

The school's kitchen was fully stocked with pots, pans, and other utensils before the New Year. Old Chen and others cleaned it thoroughly yesterday. Before work started, the men in the village went up the mountain to collect a lot of firewood and filled up the school's firewood room, which is enough to last for ten days to half a month.

The two old women in charge of cooking came to the school early in the morning. Together with Old Chen and Old Yang and the village head's wife, they prepared a sumptuous meal to welcome the two gentlemen.

In addition to Shi Liu, the guests were accompanied by the head of the Li clan, the head of the village Liu, Li Yishan, and Old Man Li.

Facing the two genuine scholars, clan leader Li and village leader Liu were extremely excited. Seeing Mr. Fu drinking, they quickly toasted him. After a while of toasting each other, they became quite familiar with each other and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After the meal, Shi Liu asked the two gentlemen to settle down and rest.

As for dinner, these two old women will also be responsible for it. Three meals a day will not be less.

However, Mr. Fu's wife, Rong, felt embarrassed and said to Shi Liu, "Don't bother with that. We can just cook it ourselves in the next two days. When the school officially opens, we will eat with the kitchen at noon. We should cook for ourselves in the morning and evening as well. This will save the two old sisters from working so hard. I'm free anyway, so Mr. Xiaotong can just eat with us." She felt uneasy about eating ready-made food.

Seeing her insistence, Shi Liu nodded and said, "Okay, there are rice, grains, vegetables and meat in the kitchen. When they are used up, someone will deliver them. Mrs. Fu, you can use them as you like."

Rong smiled kindly, "Don't be so formal. We'll get along often in the future. If you don't mind, just call me auntie."

It's awkward to say that at her age, calling her grandma is not appropriate, but calling her aunt is also an advantage for her.

Shi Liu didn't think so. Mrs. Fu was only about 46 or 47 years old, not much older than Mrs. Fan.

"Okay, from now on I will call you auntie, auntie!" She called you that smoothly.

Rong nodded and smiled, also happy.

The next day, on the seventh day, everyone in the village, including Chief Lin who brought a number of people and children, came to the school to wait. There were also a few children of workers who worked in the sheep workshop, who were also relatives of the villagers.

The Fan family school will start on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and their Xiahe Village school will also start on the eighth day of the first lunar month, which is tomorrow. They should make all arrangements for the students today.

As for those who are already studying at Fan’s School, it depends on their own wishes. Those who want to continue can continue to stay, and those who want to come back and study in the village can come back and study in the village.

However, only a few of them still went to the other side. Most of them, like those who were sent there later, chose to come back. After all, they could study in their own village without paying the five taels of silver as tuition. Although every family has no shortage of five taels of silver now, five taels a year is ten taels for two years, and three years and five years. It is still a lot if you think about it. Most of them don’t want their children to become famous after studying. They just want them to be blind. If they really take the imperial examination, their abilities may not be enough!
Besides, the gentleman hired by Shi Liu is also a scholar!

Teachers are all scholars, so it will be the same if you come back to study!

Li Rongzhang, Li Rongsheng, Li Rongtan and the village head's youngest son all chose to return to Fan's School. Firstly, they had studied in Fan's School for several years, the teacher taught well, and they were accustomed to the teacher's teaching methods. It would not be a good idea to change teachers hastily at this juncture.

Fortunately, several families were willing to spend the money. As for Li Rongtan, his tuition and all the necessary paper, ink, pens and inkstones were provided by Shi Liu as early as last year. This was also to reduce the burden on the Li Rongsong brothers. After all, they now have children to support. Although they earn a lot of money a year, it is better to spend less.

Even Li Ronghua and Li Rongfengye stopped going to Fan's School, although Huang and Jiang had always felt that their sons had potential for study and they had argued over the issue of their sons' studies when they split up the family. This was also the trigger for the split.

But they also had to admit that after watching them for the past two years, their son was not as good at studying as Tan Ge'er and Zhang Ge'er, it was obvious.

So the two of them thought that it would be the same if they came back to study, and they would still be taught by the scholar.

We’ll see what we can learn from it in two years.

Therefore, there are quite a few people coming today, including more than ten children brought by Chief Lin alone.

Mr. Fu and Mr. Tong were hired teachers. They did not ask about what kind of students the students accepted. They just watched the students from the side and recognized them.

Sun Wenming helped with the registration, and Village Chief Liu took out a notebook and collected the first month's rice and 150 coins for vegetables.

In addition, the children from Tianbao Village and several other children from other villages brought by Chief Lin will be charged an additional five taels of silver as dowry. This is the same rule, and they know it themselves. It doesn't matter where they are sent.

We wanted to send him to Xiahe Village School because it is close.

Mr. Fu, who was standing by, saw that there were still girls and asked Shi Liu curiously, "Do you accept female students as well?"

Shi Liu looked at Bao Feng and others in the crowd and said, "Children of a few years old can't do much work. If they stay at home, they will just run around and play around. It's a good thing for them to learn a few words in the school. Doesn't Mr. Fu like to have female students in the school?"

Mr. Fu waved his hands and said, "That's not the case. Reading can help you understand things, regardless of gender. The world is more difficult for women, so it's a good thing to be able to read a few books and learn some words."

He sighed: "Your village is great." The girls are also blessed.

Who would send a girl to school? They couldn't even afford to send a boy. Only wealthy families would hire a teacher to teach their girls how to read and write.

But it was not surprising that Mr. Fu smiled after taking a look at the little girl in front of him.

Shi Liu also smiled, "These girls are in the same class as the younger boys. They are all in the enlightenment class, taught by Mr. Sun. Mr. Fu and Tongsheng will teach Class A1 and Class A2. Class A1 has already studied for two years and can recite the Three Hundred and Thousand Characters. They are also slowly getting in touch with the Four Books. Half of the children in Class A2 are older, and half of them have studied for a year and can recognize some words..."

Mr. Fu nodded. "I'll do as you say. That's the arrangement."

Mr. Tong also expressed that he had no objection, saying that Mr. Fu was more knowledgeable than him and, based on theory and age, he should also teach Class A1.