They went north in autumn and returned south the next year. When Jiang Ergou and He Huaichun returned to Lantian Pass, the cold wind started blowing again, but Lantian Pass was still as bustling with people as ever.
After entering the pass, Jiang Ergou went straight to the ring where he met Tianrong Pass. Counting the time, the boy should be squatting on the edge of the ring now. I don't know if he has heard from the swordsman he mentioned.
Learned some real skills.
Approaching the ring, the steamed stuffed bun shop where Jiang Ergou ate was still as busy as ever, and the boss was entertaining the customers with a smile on his face.
In Jiang Ergou's memory, the bun shop was not just a tea shop owned by Tian Rongguan's mother, but when he looked for the place where Tian Rongguan had brought him tea, Jiang Ergou saw Tian Rongguan.
Guan's mother, a year's time can't leave anything on the body of this kind of border woman, it just makes him a little thinner.
In the tea shop, Jiang Ergou did not see Tian Rongguan, which greatly increased the possibility that the boy from Tian Rongguan was on the other side of the ring.
It can be seen that the gentle woman is very busy at this time. In the winter days, she will stretch out her sleeves to wipe sweat from time to time. Jiang Ergou has no intention of disturbing her. In addition, he and the woman were just nodding.
It's just a handover, it's hard to say that people won't remember him at all.
Looking towards the ring, Jiang Ergou searched for Tian Rongguan's figure seriously. He was going back soon. Before leaving, he wanted to treat the boy to a meal. Anyway, there was a person paying the bill with him today, and
Not spending your own money.
It's just a pity that Jiang Ergou looked around for several times but couldn't find that boy. It's not like there was no one competing in the arena. Although they were just two inferior warriors of eighth or ninth grade, it stands to reason that no matter what their strength,
, that boy from Tian Rongguan should have no reason to miss this competition!
"I said Jiang, what are you doing in such a hurry after entering the city this morning? Watching the competition between the two people on the ring? But you don't look like it. Are you looking for someone? Could it be that this Lantian
Is there a lover of yours in Guan Nei?"
Jiang Ergou didn't answer him. To be honest, he was actually in a very low mood at the moment. Could it be that that boy had already learned his skills, got the sword, and gone to make a living in the world?
"My surname is Jiang, Young Master Jiang! I didn't have enough to eat yesterday. I've been hungry all night. Can we find an inn to satisfy our hunger first? Even if you are looking for your lover, it won't delay our meal."
Bar."
"Fuck you, if I have a sweetheart anywhere, why should I eat your food? Although it's not good to eat soft rice, it tastes really good when you eat it. I really hope that there is a sweetheart of mine in Lantian Pass.
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Since he couldn't find the familiar figure, Jiang Ergou regained his emotions after being slightly disappointed. What He Huaichun said was right. No matter what, it was true that he was hungry. The only real thing was to find an inn to eat at the moment.
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But just when Jiang Ergou was about to take He Huaichun to find an inn for dinner, the girl who had been busy all morning took a breather and carried a pot of tea and two teacups towards Jiang Ergou.
Come.
This immediately attracted He Huaichun's attention.
"I'll go, Mr. Jiang, you said you don't have any lovers in Guan! People are coming to you with teapots in hand."
Jiang Ergou was not polite this time. He raised his hand and slapped He Huaichun on the head, who was speaking out loud. The force was not light.
"This is the wife of a border soldier. You deserve this slap. If you hadn't done this unintentionally, you wouldn't have wanted to know the master of the three-and-a-half-story building."
Hearing Jiang Ergou's words, He Huaichun fell silent. It was not because he was afraid that Jiang Ergou would not introduce his cheap master to him, but because he was joking about a soldier's wife in that way.
"Young Master Jiang?"
The woman approached and asked uncertainly, and it could be seen that he was very nervous when he asked. At first, she only glanced at Jiang Ergou a few times in her busy schedule, so she could not guarantee herself at this time.
Have you recognized the right person?
"Yes."
After Jiang Ergou nodded and answered, she felt obviously relaxed and looked a little happy.
She held two cups with her hands and started pouring tea, and said to Jiang Ergou
arrive.
"Jiang Shaoxia, Rong Guan was still talking about you a few days ago, saying that you had gone to the grassland for almost a year and he hadn't seen you back. He was also worried that something would happen to you. When nothing happened, he would run to the gate and wait.
, saying that you will definitely come back before the end of this year."
Hearing what the woman said, Jiang Ergou felt a warm current in his heart. He didn't expect that there was someone in Lantian Pass who could miss him so much.
"Then where is Tian Rongguan now? Did he really take a sword and wander around the world?"
The woman smiled warmly, and then handed two cups of tea to Jiang Ergou and He Huaichun respectively.
"That's not true. It's just that a teacher came to this city a few days ago. No one sent the children there at the beginning. They are already living in the border area anyway. It doesn't make any difference whether they study or not. But the teacher
If you don’t think so, no one is willing to send their children there, so he will visit each household one by one. If it doesn’t work once, then he will visit a few more times. He will not stop until the families with children are willing to send their children to study.”
Hearing this, Jiang Ergou was a little curious about what kind of teacher would come to the border? Does he come to the border to make some money from these poor people who are illiterate?
"I'd like to ask, but the tuition fees charged by this teacher are too high, so no one is willing to send their children there."
The woman shook her head.
"That's not true. The teacher said that this academy was established by the border guards. All the expenses of the academy are paid by the army. We just need to send our children to study there."
Don’t charge money? Now Jiang Ergou was a little confused. When did this academy reach the point where no one would study if it didn’t charge money?
"Then if that's the case, why are you still unwilling to send your children to study?"
"We people in the customs have never seen what books look like in our lives. We don't know what the use of reading is. Then the teachers recruit children who are already twelve or thirteen years old. This is terrible for the family.
They are all laborers who can go to the fields."
Jiang Ergou nodded, but suddenly felt a little sad in his heart. In the states in Dachu that are not on the border, no matter how poor the families are, they know that it is a good thing to send their children to school, but many of them don't have the money to pay tuition.
, but now that there is a free school, no one is willing to go.
But Jiang Ergou reacted quickly. If the teacher had not successfully recruited students, he should have met Tian Rongguan by now. Looking at the situation on the other side of the ring, there was not a single child, so there should be no children.
It’s time to go to school!
"Then are all these children going to school now?"
"Yes, the teacher reported this situation to Tianshan Pass. Some soldiers who had family members in this pass were released. My family was also allowed to come back, but he scolded me when he came back.
After a while, they said that I was delaying the child. This teacher had been a high official before. It was a blessing for our children to have him teach them how to read. They also said that I, a woman, had never seen the world. Later we had several children.
The family took the lead, and the people in the pass slowly sent all their children there."
Jiang Ergou laughed at this. He couldn't say that your husband was right!
"Studying is a good thing. If that kid from Tianrongguan becomes successful in the future, he might be able to get a degree or something."
When she mentioned her son, the woman's expression looked even gentler.
"Not to mention fame, it's a good thing that he can read. In fact, what really made us all recognize the teacher was not because our men made a special trip for this matter, but when those children came home from school and could write
The joy that appears on the children's faces when they name them makes us parents happy from the bottom of our hearts. In recent days, the children have begun to copy books and come back to study, although we still can't understand what they are saying.
, but I just think the sound of their reading is really nice. Gradually, the people in the city no longer object to sending their children to school."
Jiang Ergou nodded again. As long as these children start to study, they will slowly realize how important studying is to a person, and from now on, there will be a loud sound of books in Lantian Pass!
Hearing this, Jiang Ergou suddenly admired the gentleman who dared to come to the border to teach.
Scholars, those who have some knowledge will not starve to death there, even if they write letters for others, they can support their families, but scholars who have the courage to come to the border to open an academy still need a lot of courage.
"May I ask where that academy is? I want to see it."
"It's not far, right at the head of Guandong. You'll see it naturally when you get there."
Jiang Ergou nodded, handed the teacup in He Huaichun's hand back to the woman, thanked him, and then left. He really wanted to see what the academy looked like.
Watching Jiang Ergou walk away, the woman slowly walked back to the tea stall. Just as she was talking to Jiang Ergou, a good person had already sat down at her tea stall.
This Bluetooth gate is not big at all. The Guandong head in the woman's mouth is just the time it takes to get a cup of tea. Before I saw the academy, I heard the sound of reading.
To be honest, Jiang Ergou hadn't heard such a sound for a long time, and he never thought that such a sound would appear on the border. But now that the facts were right in front of him, he couldn't help but not believe it. But such a scene had a huge impact on Jiang
It's really hard to believe for Ergou.
After walking around the corner, the panoramic view of the academy fell into the eyes of Jiang Ergou and He Huaichun. The academy was very shabby, even more shabby than they imagined. It seemed to be an old house in disrepair that had spent a little money.
It was just repaired by silver.
Not to mention Jinghua Academy, even Chen Mu’s small shabby academy is several times better than this shabby house. In such a cold weather, the windows of the academy were not covered with a layer of paper, and everyone’s hands were red from the cold.
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Pushing the door open and slowly walking into the courtyard, the sound of reading entered Jiang Ergou's ears. Although he had not read any books, he knew that it was one of the Four Books and Five Classics.
Walking to the window and looking inside, Jiang Ergou saw the boy from Tianrongguan at a glance. At this moment, he was shaking his head and reading vigorously. He didn't notice at all that there was a person standing by the window, let alone this person.
The guy is Jiang Shaoxia whom he keeps talking about.
"You came here just to see that kid?"
He Huaichun asked softly, fearing to disturb the children who were studying in the room.
"Yes and no."
"I said Jiang, why do you want to do this? We are traveling in the world. Don't do this to me. Is it possible that you also want to go to school?"
He Huaichun couldn't see the beauty in this academy, but he could see a lot. When he and Su Ruyu were wandering around in the world, he said that he would let all the children in the world have Shunan in the future. He said he should not be an official.
It's one thing, but whether you can read or understand the truth is another thing entirely.
"I had a brother who was a scholar. One of his ambitions was to hope that children from poor families could read. That's why I was so happy when I saw this scene. If my brother saw this, he might jump for joy.
Woke up."
He Huaichun certainly didn't understand this kind of sentiment, and his eyes were full of disbelief.
"It's as magical as you said."
At this moment, the children in the room did not see the two of them, but the teacher did. After ordering the children to read by themselves, he walked out with the books under his arm.
This man is not old yet, he looks like he is in his forties, and his bookish air shows that he does have some knowledge in his belly.
"What do you two want here?"
"It's okay, it's just that the two of us were passing through Lantian Pass. I heard that there was an academy opened in this pass and wanted to come and have a look. Please forgive me for disturbing you."
The middle-aged scholar laughed.
"It's okay. You two can walk anywhere if you want to see it. It's just that the academy is too small and there's no place to go."
Jiang Ergou did not comment on this, but bowed respectfully to the scholar and asked.
"I don't know where you are from Dachu. You dare to do what others dare not do, and you are willing to open a door for the children here to study and be sensible. I would like to thank you for this on behalf of an old friend."
A trace of bitterness flashed across the middle-aged scribe's face, and he quickly spoke frankly.
"You shouldn't be praised like this by a knight, it's just a favor for someone who has been punished."