After Tian Minyan and Tian Minrui came out of Wenxiangju, they went to the grocery store. They used a lot of sugar flowers at home, so they should replenish some, and buy some thin noodles. After all, their business is not just a stall.
Yes, there will be more cakes to make tomorrow.
"Shopkeeper, I'll keep the things here with you first, and we'll pick them up again in the afternoon." Tian Minyan ordered the shopkeeper with a smile, and the shopkeeper immediately agreed readily.
"Brother, let's go shopping again, brother..." Tian Minyan took two steps and saw that Tian Minrui didn't respond, so she couldn't help but follow his gaze.
At the door of the grocery store, a seven or eight-year-old boy was carrying a book bag and biting a bun in his hand. Next to him, a woman kept urging him: "If you don't hurry up, it will be too late again. Be careful."
Sir, please don’t cry to me when you come back."
"Mom, I don't like going to school at all. Can't I not go?" The child pouted and protested: "School is not fun at all. The teacher will beat people, so I won't go."
"No, you have to go. In the future, you will have to take the exam to become a scholar, so hurry up and leave." The woman dragged him away cursing.
Tian Minyan withdrew her gaze and looked at Tian Minrui again. Seeing the loneliness on his face, her thoughts moved.
Now the family still has about eight taels of silver, and today I got another one tael from selling breakfast, and there will be more and more in the future. It is also time to send Tian Minrui and Xiao Wu to school.
"Brother, let's go." Having made up her mind, Tian Minyan pulled Tian Minrui's sleeves and followed the mother and son.
"Where to go?"
"School."
Tian Minrui's footsteps paused, a light flashed in his eyes, he looked at Tian Minyan in disbelief, and moved the corners of his mouth, but in the end he couldn't help but move his steps.
The town school in Taiping Town is located in Baxiang Hutong. The school house was donated many years ago by a lonely old man named Huang. Because the old man was a child until his death, he was unwilling to accept it. Before he died, he invited the mayor and others to propose a proposal.
He turned the house into a school, hoping that talented people in his town and surrounding villages could become scholars and gain fame in this school, which was considered as his wish came true.
Therefore, this school is also called Zhuangyuan Academy, and it is also the only town school. Dalang Tian Minlin, the eldest son of the family, also studied here.
The headmaster of the Zhuangyuan Academy is also a lonely middle-aged man who also serves as a teacher. It is said that he is Jieyuan in the first year of Hongjing. His surname is Shen and his name is Wu. He resigned because he saw through the intrigues and hypocrisy in the officialdom and became a mountaineer at the academy in Taiping Town.
long.
There are also two gentlemen in the academy, with the titles of Juren and Xiucai respectively. One is named Zhang and the other is Chen.
Tian Minyan and Tian Minrui entered the school and came to a classroom window. A gentleman in a robe was walking around with a book in his hand and listened to the students below her shaking their heads and reading the Three Character Classic.
Tian Minyan listened to the person who was originally good-natured, thinking that this must be a junior class, right? She turned around and saw Tian Minrui's mouth moving slightly, apparently reciting along with him.
Tian Minyan sighed, what a poor child, he couldn't even read the Three-Character Classic, let alone the Four Books and Five Classics.
Not to mention that Tian Minrui is a boy. Tian Minyan's predecessor did not go to school and was illiterate. Coincidentally, the font of Nanguo is traditional Chinese. Although Tian Minyan cannot recognize all the characters, she is much better than Tian Minrui and the others. Of course, she does not
Dare to let Tian Huairen and others know that she can read.
"What are you doing here?"
The two of them were listening to their husband's story under the window, when a stern voice suddenly came from behind them.
Tian Minyan froze and was caught.
The two of them turned around and stood up. Tian Minyan looked over and saw a middle-aged man in front of him who was about forty years old. He had a Chinese character face and a goatee on his chin. His hair was combed into short horns and pinned with a wooden hairpin. Gray robe.
This was probably the legendary stern mountain chief. Tian Minyan thought to herself that she quickly tugged on the corner of Tian Minrui's clothes and bent her body at ninety degrees.
"Hello, sir."
Tian Minyan guessed correctly. The person coming was none other than Shen Wu, the principal of Zhuangyuan Academy. He was on a school tour, but he didn't expect that there were two children here, one of whom was a girl. He couldn't help but frown.
"Women are not allowed to enter the academy. Girl, how did you get in?" Shen Wu said in a deep voice, "Get out quickly."
It was the feudal society that caused trouble again. A woman's lack of talent was considered a virtue, and many women's happiness was ruined. If they were illiterate, they would be deceived.
Tian Minyan was disdainful in her heart, but her face became more respectful. She lowered her head and said, "Sir, I'm here to send my brother to the school. I'll be out soon."
"Go to school?" Shen Wu glanced at Tian Minrui, looked it over, and said, "I've never seen you before."
"Sir, I want my elder brother and younger brother to come to school." Tian Minyan quickly added and said with a smile: "As long as you are willing to accept it, they will be your students from tomorrow."
Shen Wu snorted and thought, can anyone be his student?
Tian Minrui was in a fog all the time. He felt his sleeves being pulled. When he saw Tian Minyan winking at him, he quickly saluted Shen Wu again: "Sir, you are polite."
He was a person who knew etiquette. Shen Wu took another look at Tian Minrui and saw that he had a respectful expression and a stubborn look in his eyebrows. He also saw that although his clothes were old, they were washed cleanly and neatly arranged. He couldn't help but nodded secretly. .
"Academy is not a place for girls. If you want to be a teacher and go to school, go and invite your adults and go out." Shen Wu looked at Tian Minyan and said softly, waved his sleeves and left.
"Sir." Tian Minyan took two steps quickly, blocked in front of him, and asked urgently: "I will ask my father to come and bring my brothers and sisters to be apprentices. But sir, I would like to ask how much it costs for a year's training. ?”
Shen Wu frowned, but still replied: "We need five taels of silver and ten strips of dried meat a year."
Tian Minyan didn't think it was expensive, but Tian Minrui let out a breath of cold air and kept pulling on Tian Minyan's sleeves.
It costs 5 taels per person. If he and Xiao Wu both go to school, it will cost 5 taels. How can they afford this? This is enough for their family to live for a year.
"Nanny... let's go." Tian Minrui whispered.
Tian Minyan broke away from his hand, glared at him, then smiled and said to the mountain leader: "Sir, do you want to pay it all in one lump sum? Can it be paid in installments? I mean, can it be paid in two months?" She paused. He added: "My brother really wants to learn."
Shen Wu pondered for a while and nodded: "Yes."
Tian Minyan was immediately overjoyed and quickly pulled Tian Minrui to thank her ninety degrees. When the two of them raised their heads, the mountain chief had long disappeared.
Seeing that the mountain chief had left, Tian Minrui immediately looked at Tian Minyan and said, "Nanny, I don't want to go to school anymore."
