The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 429 Successful Persuasion
Meanwhile, Qu Shuqiu returned home with a mix of trepidation and excitement, while the lively atmosphere at the village school in Hujia Village continued.

The village school has accepted more than 130 children, of whom more than 90 are from Hujia Village. The youngest is only two years old, and the oldest is Wang Dalang, who is seventeen.

All the children in this village who are willing to attend the village school can do so.

Children from other villages will undergo a preliminary assessment, not to test their academic knowledge, but to see if they have the patience to learn and are willing to listen to the teacher.

This examination eliminated more than 60 of the original nearly 200 children.

Old Wang's four in-laws sent more than ten children, but in the end, eight remained.

Three children remained at Xiao Ayu's maternal grandfather's house: Gousheng, Goutou, and Xinghua.

Originally, Lihua had also passed the test, but he thought that since he was the older sister in the family, if too many people came, there would be no one to do the chores at home, so he took the initiative to ask to go home and let Xinghua stay and study properly.

Tuition fees for children in this village are waived, and the village also covers all the initial costs for writing materials.

I am responsible for the gifts I give to my husband on holidays.

Children from other villages will be charged one-third of their tuition, and will be given a set of writing brushes and ink free of charge, which they are not allowed to take home. They are responsible for their own paper and festival gifts.

Gifts are fine, but paper is expensive; even the worst paper isn't cheap.

If children spend money, the amount of paper they use in a month could amount to the tax revenue of ten acres of land, which is a huge burden.

Many farmers were reluctant to hand over the money, but also didn't want their children to miss this opportunity, so they had their children bring a piece of cloth that they had bought and sewn, and to write on it each day and then take it back to wash it clean.

Or they could make their own clay tablets and write on them with hardwood.

Both Master Luo and Master Wan were born into poor families, but their poverty was different from that of others.

They wanted to sponsor these children, but were refused by Grandpa Hu and others.

Old Master Hu said, “All the teachers are kind-hearted, but the children were born into humble circumstances. As long as they can learn, that is good. We must not let them forget the environment they live in.”

If children could go to school smoothly from the beginning and have the same conditions as other children in schools, would they still remember how difficult it was for them to go to school?
Will they still remember their original aspirations?
Perhaps it's because they've raised them to be restless and irritable.

Master Luo and Master Wan thought about it and agreed that it was indeed the case, so they gave up the idea.

As the saying goes, "A small favor is appreciated, but a large one breeds resentment."

They readily provide the tools these children use for their initial learning without hesitation, but if the children continue their studies, it will become a burden for them.

But back then, the children might not have been able to understand.

Some families were making a fuss, demanding the same treatment as the children from Hujia Village, hoping to gain more advantages.

Instead, he was met with a torrent of abuse from Old Liu. Standing at the entrance of the village school, facing dozens of noisy villagers, Old Liu showed no fear. He stuck a carrying pole into the ground beside him and said in a booming voice, "I'm related to Old Wang by marriage, the maternal grandfather of Little Lucky Star. When I send my child to school, I always pay my tuition honestly. You bunch of blabbermouths, how dare you try to take advantage? If you love taking advantage so much, you might as well go and bury yourselves in the ground. I'll definitely give you a 10,000-shot firecracker—cheap and exciting!"

After saying that, Old Man Liu took the lead into the village school, took out a piece of silver from his waist, his face was trembling with heartache, but he still said in a loud voice: "This is the tuition fee for the three children of the Liu family in our Xiashan Village. If it is not enough, we will add more!"

The person registering was so startled he almost dropped his pen. Wiping away sweat, he gave the man a pile of copper coins.

Old Liu strode out with the copper coins in his pocket, drawing everyone's attention.

When he returned with copper coins in his pocket, his expression was even fiercer, and everyone held their breath.

The person taking notes gripped the pen tightly.

Is he going to back out? Is he going to beat someone up?

But then Old Man Liu asked the person taking notes, "We people from other villages don't have paper, where do we buy it?"

The person taking notes put down his pen and said, "You can buy it yourself in town or county, or our village school can buy it for you; it's all the same price."

"Snapped!"

Old Liu slammed the copper coins on the table: "Then I'll buy them!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing Old Liu's commotion, the others who had objections dared not voice them.

Look how sensible their in-laws are; it's just unacceptable for them, who have no relation to them, to be so shameless.

When Old Wang heard about this, he kept laughing and said, "If you ask me, all of our in-laws are good, but the Liu family is especially good."

"What's so good about it? Just because they lack the ability, they can only be so blustering but weak inside." This time, Old Mrs. Wang didn't say anything sarcastic. She just said to Old Mr. Wang, "Since we have made the decision to let the children go out, we must pave the way for them."

Ferocity can only intimidate those who have no support. To truly stand firm and command respect, one must rely on ability and strength.

She would naturally remember the Liu family's kindness.

Even if she doesn't repay the debt, the children and Hujia Village must repay it.

The network connecting the Wang family with everyone else must be firmly established, tightly bound, and unbreakable.

She absolutely would not allow any further changes.

(End of this chapter)