The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

After a round of visits, I visited the Women's Clothing Institute, Needlework Institute, Agricultural Institute, etc.

The last place they came to was the Cuisine Courtyard, where a row of girls were holding large pots and waving spatulas. The aroma of cooking attracted the two greedy people over.

There were also some younger ones, holding molds to press out dim sum, some mixing unknown fillings, and some kneading the dough in their hands. The main focus was on division of labor and cooperation.

"smell good!"

Song Shengfu nodded in agreement. She was a little hungry after walking around all morning.

The two of them watched for a while, did not go forward to disturb them, and turned back.

The Cuisine Academy is the most popular department in the girls' school. The food prepared during each class will be sold at a special window in the cafeteria, and the money from the sales will be used as the unified funds of the college.

As the model of the girls' school gradually adjusted, the cafeteria and the Cuisine Court reached a consensus that the daily dishes would not be wasted as they were at the beginning.

This model is also used in other colleges. The Needlework Institute will take the finished embroidery products of the students to the shop for sale, and some of the most outstanding ones will be displayed in the college.

In order to ensure the diversity of the girls' school, the undeveloped land of the girls' school was gradually turned into a practice base for the Agricultural College. The students here would go to the fields to plant crops themselves. For them, there are more theoretical courses than in other colleges, so they need to test the truth through practice.

Some of the knowledge here was also compiled by Song Shengfu, but not much, only some modern common sense about disaster prevention and some specialized agricultural planting techniques.

Song Shengfu remembered these simple things, but she had never delved into them. They were just superficial theories.

These all require them to verify and change before they can finally get results.

There are still many things that Song Shengfu has not taken out yet. These will be put into practice first. Once it is confirmed that they can be made, they will be brought to the girls' school as teaching content.

In addition to these things, there is also the experience that has already been gained in this era.

People were also sent to summarize and conclude these, borrow existing agricultural books, and teach in multiple ways.

Now that you have decided to do it, you must do it well.

Today, Xunlu Girls' School is seen as something not presentable by both the upper and lower classes, and some even secretly laugh at it behind its back.

But who cares?

Song Shengfu just laughed when she heard it. She didn't do this for fame.

If it was for fame, she could also open a formal school for ladies that only taught poetry, classics, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and housekeeping.

But what's the point of this?

In this male-dominated society, women have a low status. One reason is the constraints of traditional thinking, and the other is that they are unable to create value for themselves.

Even though this era is not the ancient times that Song Shengfu knew before, many concepts are the same based on the agriculture-based economy.

Due to disadvantageous conditions, most women do not have the strong physical strength that men have, and are unable to engage in agricultural activities for a long time.

Over time, women are unable to create equal or greater value in this area and are eliminated, becoming vassals of men.

Men's labor force became the main force, and the fields were gradually occupied by men. Until now, the official distribution of land is only based on the number of males in each household.

Women have lost their right to access land. In the inherent concept, people hope that their next generation will have more males rather than females because of their innate abilities and the income from their labor.

From the ancient matriarchal society to the present, it has become a completely patriarchal society, and the status of women has gradually declined.

In order to make a small impact on this patriarchal society, Song Shengfu thought of improving women's productivity.

Of course there might be a better way, she just took one of millions of paths.

Her first step was to enable girls of this era to support themselves with their skills, and then gradually as women were able to do more things, they would be able to capture more market share.

There is a saying that goes, women hold up half the sky.

Let’s not push up half of it, let’s push up a small part first and take it slowly.

She quietly planted a spark here. As to whether it will become a prairie fire in the future, it depends on the power of the next generation.

After the final exams were over, the girls' school held an annual meeting in advance. All the students gathered together and celebrated with what they had learned.

They never thought that one day they would be able to sit in a spacious and bright academy and receive instruction from a teacher.

Among them are farmers’ daughters and girls who were sold while fleeing famine.

They originally thought that their lives would become extremely dark after that heavy rain.

When they were taken by their father and brothers to be sold to the uncle's mansion, they imagined themselves becoming slaves, maids, and even thought that they might be sold into a brothel.

Looking at the burning bonfire, the heat wave hit them, burning not only their faces but also their hearts.

After the annual meeting, they followed a unified motorcade and returned home.

Zhang Qiao and Zhang Qing were sitting in one of the carriages. There were seven or eight other students sitting inside. They were all excitedly talking about the interesting things they had encountered, and they were all in high spirits.

Zhang Qiao was as steady as ever, occasionally chiming in.

Zhang Qing was more lively and kept talking all the way. The coachmen driving outside seemed to be envious after hearing his talk.

Are the girls' schools that these girls talk about really that good?

Some of us who feel sorry for our daughters are also tempted by what we heard. I wonder if the Xunlu Girls' School is still recruiting. I will ask later and I can send my daughter/granddaughter over to see it.

I heard that food and accommodation are free, and there is no tuition.

After Zhang Qiao and Zhang Qing returned home, Zhang Bao personally waited at the gate of the farm to pick them up.

When I got home, I found that the table was full of dishes, including meat dishes that I didn’t usually see.

Although the two of them often ate meat in the girls' school, this was the first time they had done so at home.

"Mom, we're back!"

Their mother was setting the table with dishes. When she heard the noise, she turned around and was surprised to see that everyone had returned.

"Yeah, you're back so soon."

Aunt Zhang wiped her hands on her body, walked forward and climbed onto Zhang Qiao, who was walking in front, with tears in her eyes.

"I've grown taller and gained some weight on my face."

"Mom, look at me."

Zhang Qing came closer and almost buried his head in Aunt Zhang's arms.

Aunt Zhang laughed out loud and patted Zhang Qing's shoulder gently.

"I see who this is. He's as strong as a calf."

Zhang Bao pursed his lips. He had seen everything just now and asked the two girls carefully about the food in the school.

When I heard that there were two meals of meat every day, I felt so jealous.

A thought flashed through his mind: Why am I not a female student? When he thought of this, Zhang Bao quickly spat twice.

"Don't blame me, my ancestors. Don't blame me, my ancestors."