Aunt Hu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why did Madam suddenly have such an idea?"
I have never heard of women learning this thing. In order to prevent their children from becoming blind, some wealthy families will also invite some female teachers to teach their children.
Su Yueling wrinkled her nose, "Because it's unfair. Why can only boys go to school?"
"Because the world is like this." Aunt Hu sighed.
"Then who made the regulations?"
Aunt Hu opened her mouth, facing Su Yueling's clear eyes, she couldn't say anything. Only her clear voice echoed in her ears.
"It's okay if I can't do it in other places. At least Lushan Village can be considered my territory. I just want them to be able to go to school!"
Aunt Hu felt that Madam had a pure heart and wanted to do something, so she did it without thinking too much.
But she and Shu Shu stayed well in the Yuan family and were taken care of by the Yuan family. She had to make things right for the madam, but she couldn't ruin the madam's reputation because of it.
She thought for a while and said: "After the school is built, we will not only teach them reading and literacy, but also teach them arithmetic, knotting and some embroidery stitches."
Just to teach embroidery and arithmetic, and not only to practice cultivation, there must be many parents willing to send their children here for teaching.
Su Yueling also knew that it would be difficult for her to shake the rules of this era by herself.
She nodded and said, "Teach them to recognize three characters every day." In this way, they will be able to recognize some common characters in less than a year.
"Then I'll leave it to my grandma to invite the female gentlemen. The salary is not a problem." She thought about it and said, "Food and lodging are included, and there are two sets of new clothes every quarter, and five pieces of clothing are given every month."
Two wages."
Su Yueling's consistent attitude was that it was okay to ask her to pay, since she was not short of money anyway. But it was absolutely unacceptable to make her work too hard.
Aunt Hu nodded. She was very happy to be able to do something for Su Yueling. After all, she and Shu Shu owed her so many favors. Moreover, the reward from Su Yueling was quite large. Even if her old friends went to teach young ladies from wealthy families, they would
You may not be able to get so much. Five taels of silver is enough to cover the expenses of those families in the village for a year.
It just so happened that Yuan Suifeng had set up a small escort agency. With the escort agency there, it would be much more convenient whether it was delivering letters or going to other cities to purchase supplies.
After Su Yueling made this decision, she happily told Yuan Suijun.
Yuan Suijun himself did not have the idea that "a woman's lack of talent is a virtue", otherwise he would not have encouraged Su Yueling and Yuan Baoshu to study.
However, he also agreed with Aunt Hu's idea. The focus of external publicity should be on learning about female celebrities, so as not to trigger attacks from some pedantic people. He is not afraid of this, but Su Yueling may not be able to bear it.
This girls' school is much smaller than Zhuangzi's. If the whole village worked together to build it, it would probably take less than ten days.
He mentioned this matter to the village chief Lu Li.
When the village chief first heard that it was about building a school building, he thought that Su Yueling wanted to pay for the construction of a village school, so he quickly refused: "This will cost her too much, so there is no need."
When I heard about it later, I realized that this school only accepts girls and does not charge tuition fees.
"How can a woman go to school?" He subconsciously resisted this idea.
Yuan Suijun said: "The main thing is to teach them some needlework, and the second is to read. It is enough to make them recognize their names so that they will not be deceived in the future. If all the girls in our Lushan Village have outstanding needlework
, and you are good at calculating accounts, so you will be more likely to be favored by a good family when it comes to marriage in the future."
Just as Lu Li was about to say something, his foot was severely stepped on by his wife, Lu Lishi.
Mrs. Lu Li said with a smile: "This girls' school is great. After it is built, I will be the first to send my little fish there. My daughter-in-law and I are not good at needlework, and we are distressed. Yueling has solved it.
This is my immediate concern. After the school building is completed, I will find a few sisters to help clean it every few days."
After Lu Li heard this, he didn't say anything. He has several grandsons but only one granddaughter. She is so pretty that she feels pain in her heart. It would be good for her granddaughter to have the opportunity to learn more.
Although it was said that a female school was unprecedented, the sages' books never said that women should not be allowed to read and write. Thinking of this, he put aside the awkward feeling.
He nodded and said, "That's okay. I'll approve the land first. It's just up to the villagers whether they want to send their children in or not."
He quickly wrote a land sales contract. Speaking of which, Su Yueling has bought three pieces of land from last year to now.
She really is never idle for a moment.
After paying the money and signing the contract, Yuan Suijun left.
As soon as he left, Mrs. Lu Li said to Lu Li: "Tell me, adults like us, can we also go in and listen to the class? This way, I won't be unable to understand what you say in the future."
Lu Li twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "You are already old."
Lu Li's face was dark, "What's the matter of your age? Can't you learn? If I were forty years younger, I would definitely enter this girls' school." She said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the village school has not been built yet.
Get up, the girls' dormitory will come out first."
Lu Li frowned, "I know Yueling has good intentions, but I'm afraid that outsiders will use this to throw dirty water on her."
Lu Lishi snorted coldly, "If you think what she did is inappropriate, don't send your children to her school if you can. Anyway, I support her!"
She was murmuring in her heart, why can boys study but not girls?
Of course, she also knows that this idea is really rebellious in the eyes of some people, and she would not say it even to the person she sleeps with.
Lu Li quickly told the villagers about this.
Most of the villagers didn't think much about it. When they heard that they would not be tied to embroidery, and they could also learn their unique embroidery skills from the female teacher, they all looked forward to it. Even if their children are not good at needlework, if they can learn arithmetic well, then
It's not bad. You don't have to worry about being cheated when buying things. If any daughter-in-law is good at calculating, she will be praised.
Zhang Xinghua knew about this and thought about going to the girls' school. However, she didn't want to learn abacus and nvhong. She just wanted the female teacher to teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was the sister of a scholar, and she prided herself on being smart.
, if you can learn these things thoroughly and become a famous talented woman, you may be able to be valued by the princes and nobles. Isn’t it written like this in the story books? The talented woman made the princes and nobles fall in love with her at first sight with a poem, and they would not marry her unless she was the one.
She excitedly said to Zhang Chengwang: "Brother, I will also go to this girls' school to study."
Zhang Chengwang has been in his study during this period and rarely goes out. In addition, no one comes to visit, and no one talks to him about this matter.
When the school building started to be built, he learned about this from Zhang Xinghua.
"Girls' school? Are you still going to be taught how to read and write?"
His expression changed and he became furious, "It's so disrespectful to politeness, what a shame!"
"If you dare to go to that girls' school, don't blame me for severing the brother-sister relationship with you!"