Second Master Yao stood at the door of the library and said to Uncle Yao: "Brother, isn't there a reading place outside? Why do you want to set one up here?"
"I don't know." How could Uncle Yao know? It was also Uncle Yao who asked him to join him, so he found out that there was a "Yao Academy" here.
After such a trip, Uncle Yao realized that Gu Qingling's decision to let them study was not a joke, but a real thing.
The more serious Gu Qingling was, the more panicked Uncle Yao became.
Isn't it weird that he is already thirty years old and a father, and he is still studying with his daughter and nephew?
"What do you think mother wants to do?"
"have no idea."
Second Master Yao looked disgusted: "Why don't you know anything?"
Uncle Yao was too lazy to talk to him: Don’t you know nothing?
The brothers walked around, watched the excitement, and then went back.
That night, Mrs. Yao heard that Uncle Yao was going to the next door yard to study with the old lady Gu Qingling with her daughter.
"ah?"
Seeing Mrs. Yao's confused expression, Mr. Yao laughed and said, "Don't ask me, I don't know anything. Anyway, she informed me in advance so that I could be mentally prepared."
"Are you afraid that you will be too busy, so I want to find something for you to do?" Considering the current situation, Mrs. Yao asked cautiously.
"Probably, after all, it's not convenient for me to go out now." Obviously, Uncle Yao also thought of this.
For some reason, Mrs. Yao felt relieved. She said: "Since... it was arranged by the old lady, then you have done it. You know the old lady's temper.
She always tells the truth."
"Well, my second brother and I went to see it next door today. It does look like an academy, but... the layout inside is a bit strange." Uncle Yao said, recalling what he saw during the day.
"Isn't this normal?" Mrs. Yao smiled and said, "What do you think the old lady has done during this period is normal?"
It's smallpox, it's a miracle doctor, and it's Yao Liuye's life experience...
Sigh... there are still many things that have not been clarified yet.
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Since he said he wanted to study, Uncle Yao really thought that he could just go and study directly. Unexpectedly, Gu Qingling had other things to ask him.
For example, Yao's Academy was too empty, so he had to help prepare books.
"You pick them first to see which ones are suitable and make a list. Then we can put them in the library over there."
When Gu Qingling mentioned the library, Uncle Yao said, "By the way, Mom, your library also stores books, and the bookstore also stores books. What's the difference?"
"Of course there is a difference. The library is for our own students. You can go and borrow it with your student ID card. But in the bookstore, in addition to selling things, you can also let outsiders come in and read them. It costs two cents a day.
Includes tea and pen and ink."
"Outside?" Uncle Yao was surprised, "Mom, do you still plan to let people from outside come to our bookstore to read?"
"Bookstores are meant to sell books."
"No, what I mean is... our bookstore seems a little different from the ones outside." Although you can read books outside, they don't provide tea or the like, and you have to pay two cents to read them for a day.
Moreover, Uncle Yao feels that the bookstore run by his mother does not look like a place for selling books, but more like a place for reading books.
"It's different. Originally, I just wanted to rent books, but I was afraid that those scholars would be said to be arrogant, that they would spend money to read a book, or that they would smell like copper, so I changed my mind.
Instead, it costs two cents to read a book a day." Gu Qingling said, "I also thought about not charging the two cents and charging for tea directly. That is, everyone who comes in to read must buy a pot of tea to drink, but this pot of water costs
It’s not appropriate to charge more or less. No matter how little you charge, you can’t pay two cents a pot. It’s better to just study cheaper. Even those from relatively poor families can have the opportunity to come to my place to study..."
Gu Qingling's heart was good, but Uncle Yao frowned: "Mom, you are in a library and a bookstore, and they are both so big, but where can we find so many books?"
"So, I called you over." Gu Qingling said matter-of-factly.
Uncle Yao: "..."
No, his mother is going to let him find books?!
Uncle Yao felt horrified, because the Yao family's collection of books could not fill a library, but his mother actually asked him to fill two places.
I'm afraid he will have to be buried in it for most of his life?!
"Why do you look like that? I'm just looking for a book, what about that? I already told you to sort out the book list and then we'll go look for it. It's best to classify these books..." It seemed very casual.
, Gu Qingling dictated the categories she had divided long ago, such as "Books for Imperial Examination Tools", "Poems and Songs", "Miscellaneous Notes", "Storytelling Novels", "Children's Enlightenment", "Knowledge Encyclopedia"...
Anyway, the categories Gu Qingling classified were very weird in Uncle Yao's opinion.
But when he thought about the study he saw in Yunyang City, Uncle Yao was not surprised. After all, in that study Gu Qingling also divided the categories into categories and used digital strokes. After each book was divided into categories, it was also divided into categories.
Place the strokes of the first character in each book and put a label on the book so you can find it as soon as you look for it.
After reading, you can put it back in its original place and it will be very convenient to find it again.
After receiving this task, Uncle Yao went back to sort out the book list. He couldn't handle it by himself, so he called on the Second Master Yao and the Third Master Yao to help. Anyway, they had nothing else to do.
When he finished the book list, Gu Qingling just glanced at it briefly and pointed out someone to him: "This is Mo Shu, the manager of our bookstore. If you need any books, please contact him."
"We have a bookstore at home?!" Uncle Yao was surprised.
"It didn't happen before, but now it does."
Uncle Yao deeply doubted that his mother opened this bookstore just because his family wanted to open a "Yao's Academy", right?
Wait a moment……
Wouldn't his mother have already thought about setting up a "Yao Family Academy" before coming to Jinling, and take the opportunity to build a family private school in Jinling?!
Thinking about it this way, he seemed to understand why the Yao Academy next door was so big.
If there were more than a few people in their family studying, the place would indeed be a little smaller.
In the near future, Uncle Yao will know that he has "underestimated" his mother's "ambition".
Why is the academy so small?
If you want to do it, you should do it with the biggest one, and it’s best to keep an eye on Quan Daming.
However, it was just beginning now. With no reputation, no territory, and no so much funds, Gu Qingling could only "train" his own family first and prepare to start a smaller one.
After she has trained several children and grandchildren of the original owner, she will see if she can recruit more students to "make money".
Although doing business can make money, this era emphasizes agriculture and favors business. No matter how much money she makes, she may be cheated by the emperor. But if she raises a few more promising students, the Yao family will become a scholarly family with students all over the world.
No., then...
Since we need to transform, we should transform from a martial arts family to a scholarly family, and make the transition more thoroughly.
