Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The village chief announced early in the village that school would start today.

Early in the morning, the children from each family did not stay in bed and got up early to prepare for school.

As parents, we are very pleased to see our children being so active.

Children who love to study are good children.

But I didn't know what to prepare, so I just dressed the child neatly and cleanly and prepared to go to the school to ask the teacher.

When I arrived at the school, I found that there were a lot of people and a lot of children.

Everyone is here to see their students off.

The village chief looked at the group of children and his beard trembled with joy.

Children are so good, it shows that everyone pays attention to children's education.

Then he waved his hand, asking everyone to be quiet, and he would say a few words.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I want to say a few words. Thanks to the Qinghe family, our village has earned a lot of money during the escape. We have enough money to build a school so that the children can learn to read. I have discussed with the village chief and the elders, and we are going to invite a teacher to come.

I went to other villages to ask around, and found out that the teacher was paid about 2 taels of silver a month, and the money was paid by the village. So everyone didn't have to pay tuition, but the things needed for study, such as pens, inkstones, paper, and books, had to be prepared by their own families.

The school in our village is responsible for enlightenment and arithmetic. If you want to be more successful in the future or take the imperial examination, you have to go to the capital.

Because it is almost the end of the year and it is difficult to find a teacher, Zhang Xinshu took the initiative to serve as the teacher. Of course, it is only a temporary position. After the New Year, he will also go to school, so after the New Year, we will change the teacher.

Let's fire the cannon now, our Zhangjia Village School is officially accepting students!"

Then the cannon was lit and everyone clapped excitedly.

The child screamed excitedly.

Then everyone started to register and entered the school one by one.

Zhang Xinshu arranged the students according to their height.

Then the class officially began.

"Hello everyone, I am your teacher, Zhang Xinshu, you can call me Master Zhang. We mainly offer two courses: literacy and arithmetic. Literacy in the morning, arithmetic in the afternoon.

This copy of the Three Character Classic was hand-copied by us and is distributed to everyone as an encouragement to your studies. I hope that everyone will have a smooth career in the future. "

Then, each person was given a copy of the Three Character Classic.

It’s true, everyone in the village who can read came.

36 books, all have been distributed, not a single one left.

Then the lecture began, starting with reading aloud.

“When a person is born, his nature is good.”

“When a person is born, his nature is good.”

He imitated the way her mother enlightened Zijin, interspersing various stories and principles.

The children listened with great interest and became more interested in reading.

Many parents who were sending their children to school and had nothing else to do also listened from outside the door or under the window.

They found that what Zhang Xinshu said was really good. Even they were very interested. The group of little kids were also very honest and serious.

The way he shakes his head while reciting is so cute.

Everyone was relieved to see this. They were worried that their children were too naughty and Zhang Xinshu couldn't control them. Seeing them so honest, they couldn't help but sigh that the teacher was different!

In this way, Zhang Xinshu led everyone to learn 12 words by listening, reading and recognizing them in the morning.

When school was about to end at noon, I gave some instructions to the middle school students.

"A few days ago, I went to various bookstores in Beijing to inquire. The pens, ink, paper and inkstones at Qingyunzhai Bookstore are the cheapest. If you need to buy them, you can go there.

You can just buy the most common and cheapest ones. You are in the beginner stage and these are enough. We will start arithmetic class in the afternoon and will use abacus in a few days.

If you have the means, you can buy one, a smaller, cheaper one. Or you can ask a carpenter to make one for you.”

"I understand, Master."

"Well, okay, let's go home!"

Then the students were released to go home.

All the students had left, and Yue Lianyun hurried over to help clean up.

"Sir, you are amazing. Your explanation is so vivid. I remember when I was in elementary school, the teacher was very serious. He only taught us how to read and write, but never explained the meaning or told us stories."

“I learned this from my mother.”

"The old lady is so amazing!"

"Yes, my mother is a well-educated lady. She knows a lot!" Then she took Zijin and Yue Lianyun home for lunch.

In the afternoon, many parents in the village went to the carpenter's house and asked him if he knew how to make an abacus.

The carpenter had seen an abacus, but he was not sure about its specific size and proportions. He thought he could ask Zhang Xinshu and then make one.

As for the price, he didn't know either. He would wait for her to go back to the city and then decide on the price. It would definitely be cheaper than in the city.

Everyone agreed, and then the plan was made in the village.

Then we made an appointment to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

When the child came home at noon, I asked him what he had learned.

The little mouth kept talking for the whole afternoon.

What he said is clear and logical.

This makes parents feel that their children have good academic potential and that they cannot delay their studies, so they rush to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone for their children.

They went to the house that Master Zhang mentioned. Master Zhang was really nice. He knew they were unfamiliar with the place, so he helped them find out where to go.

Some went there by their own carriages, and some went with others.

In an instant, carriages gathered in front of Qingyunzhai.

The shopkeeper looked puzzled. Is the God of Wealth coming today?

"Shopkeeper, we are all from Zhangjia Village. Our teacher asked around and heard that your pens, inkstones, and paper are the cheapest, so we came here to buy them. You can't cheat us. Our teacher knows the prices."

"Of course. We run a shop and do business with integrity. What would you like to order?"

"Our little grandson just started school today, and he wants to buy some pens, inkstones, and paper! We don't know much about it, shopkeeper, can you take a look?"

The shopkeeper looked at the crowd. There must be more than 30 people! Zhangjia Village is so powerful that more than 30 children from the same village are enrolled at the same time. Then he must treat them well, this is a big business.

Not just this time, if it is well maintained, it will be a long-term business.

The boss was even more glad that his prices were more reasonable than those of other stores.

"If you are a beginner, I think the cheapest and most common ones are enough. When you become proficient in writing, you can change to better ones so that there will be no waste.

I recommend you,

You can use this kind of pig hair brush, 450 wen each.

For ink sticks, just choose the ones that weigh 2 taels and cost 1200 wen each.

For paper, you can choose this kind of rough-edged bamboo paper, which is cheap, 100 wen for 240 sheets.

You can use this ordinary stone inkstone which costs 120 coins each. Of course, if you buy a large quantity, I can give you a cheaper one.”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They knew that pens, ink, paper and inkstones were expensive, but they didn't expect them to be so expensive.

These things add up to more than 2 taels. If you use this to buy rice, you can buy almost 200 kilograms, which is enough for the whole family to eat for a month.

But thinking about it, I bought it for the sake of my child.

A promising child is better than anything else.

Then everyone bought the set recommended by the shopkeeper.

Each person was charged 2010 wen, and the shopkeeper gave 10 wen as a stipend, and also gave each person 20 sheets of paper, in order to attract repeat customers.

After everyone calculated, they found that 20 pieces of paper were worth 48 cents, and they were all very happy.

The boss was also very happy. This wave is 36X2000=.

Although pens, ink, paper and inkstones are expensive, there are relatively few scholars. This wave of sales of more than 70 taels is also a big business. Besides, won’t this come back in the future?

Then everyone asked the shopkeeper to help pack it up and asked how much the abacus cost.

"The cheapest abacus, a small wooden bead abacus, is 180 yuan each."

Everyone nodded, knowing the price, and then left.

In the afternoon, they learned arithmetic. Zhang Xinshu taught them one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine first.

The concept of addition was then explained.

What is addition, how does the plus sign represent in calculations, etc.

These are all from the "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art". Zhang Xinshu did not teach them the Arabic numerals taught by their mother, because these children would live in the environment of the Daliang Dynasty in the future.

The children gradually became familiar with numbers and addition from learning that one egg plus one egg equals two eggs.

When I get home from school at night, I still think about doing some math for my parents so that I can do it now.

When they got home, they found that their father had actually bought them pens, ink, paper and inkstone. They touched them excitedly and looked reluctant to let go.

I decided to take it to school tomorrow to show it off.

He also pestered his mother to sew a small schoolbag or bookcase for him.

The teacher's small school bag is very nice. It has double shoulder straps.

Zhao Yuanzhen also discovered that the backpacks of later generations actually existed in ancient times, and their workmanship and design were not inferior to those of modern ones.

It turns out that the ancients just had underdeveloped technology, but they were not stupid. On the contrary, they were much wiser.

The Four Great Inventions are the best demonstration of this.

The next day, everyone went to school. Some carried small schoolbags, some carried small backpacks. The children who didn't have any quickly asked their mothers for them.

The adult said helplessly, OK, OK, I’ll do it when I get home.

When it came to the calligraphy class, everyone found that they all used the same pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

Just like the unified distribution.

The enthusiasm for showing off was reduced by half.

But I'm still very happy.

The Master said that this was the best and suitable for their current use. The Master also asked them to put away their writing brushes, inkstones, and paper and not to mix them up.

They decided to ask their father to mark them when they got back, in case there was any confusion.

Although they are all the same, one of them is definitely the best.

The village carpenter asked Zhang Xinshu about the proportions of the abacus yesterday. Zhang Xinshu showed his to the carpenter, who took it and studied it carefully. He found it not difficult. He memorized the dimensions and went back to make it.

Zhang Xinshu’s abacus is a small one that can be put on the sleeve, and the size is just right for the children in the village.

After the carpenter went back, he first made the abacus frame according to the dimensions, and used a bamboo sign in the middle, which is the bead. It was a bit difficult to polish, but it was winter and there was not much work to do, so he didn't worry about wasting time.

He worked hard and made 7 in one day. Yesterday, the villagers came back and told him that the price in the study was 180 wen each, so he charged 80 wen.

All in all, it’s 560 coins a day, which is already a lot.

36X80 = 2880

That’s almost three taels of silver, which is a huge sum of money!

Then he went to grind the beads happily.