The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 114 A good calculation

Master Xie continued, "I will learn about the children's situations later, and then divide them into two groups, A and B. The A group will learn the Four Books and Five Classics with me, and the B group will start with learning to read."

Naturally, no one will have any objection to your arrangement, sir.

In the past, children in the village who wanted to go to school had to go to Donggou Village.

But Yunbian Village is poor, and the tuition fee of Donggou Village is not low, so gradually no one is willing to go there.

Now that there is such a good opportunity, even though there is not much surplus food at home, everyone is still willing to let their children learn to read.

If you can write your own name and understand contract documents, you can take care of it if there is any problem at home, without having to ask the head of the village to solve everything.

I just don't know how much tuition fee Mr. Xie will ask for.

If there is too much, they can't give it out. If there is too little, they are afraid that the gentleman who has come with great difficulty will run away again.

The head of the village also asked the difficult questions in everyone's mind.

"Didn't Dean Wei tell you?" Master Xie was a little surprised when he heard everyone's question, "For teachers like us who go out to teach, the tuition fee is only one or two taels of silver a month."

"How many?"

One tael of silver!

On average, each child would spend only a dozen cents per month.

In a whole year, it’s just a matter of one or two hundred coins.

This price is much cheaper than studying abroad.

"Originally, there will be a certain amount of subsidies when we are released from the academy."

Mr. Xie explained.

In fact, their monthly salary when they teach outside is the same as that in the academy.

After coming out, you can earn an extra one or two taels of silver.

Only for this tael of silver would the teacher be willing to come to this remote place to teach.

If you find a good talent and recommend it to the academy, there will be extra rewards from the academy.

"Dean Wei is such a good man!"

The head of the village sighed.

"The dean is naturally kind-hearted. He returned to his hometown hoping to do his part for the students there."

"Since you don't mind us, we won't bother you anymore. Please give the children a lesson."

As the head of the village said this, he called on the villagers to leave together.

The classroom suddenly became quiet.

The teacher looked at the children in front of him and asked, "Who among you has ever been to school?"

Changsheng, Erdan and a child named Lin Qi stood up.

"Since you have been to school, let me test you."

The Master looked at the three children.

"The Master said: When the father is alive, observe his aspirations; when the father is dead, observe his conduct; if one does not change from his father's ways for three years, he can be called filial. 1 Can anyone tell me what this sentence means?"

"Master, I know." Lin Qi was the first to raise his hand.

"Well, tell me about it."

Lin Qi shook his head and said, "When the father is alive, observe his ambitions. When the father is not alive, observe his behavior. When the father is not alive, observe his behavior. If he does not change his father's way for three years, that is, that is..."

He was swaying for a while, and suddenly he couldn't answer.

The Master looked at Changsheng and Erdan and asked, "Can anyone of you help him answer this?"

Erdan quickly shook his head.

Changsheng replied calmly: "If he does not change his father's way for three years, he can be said to be filial. That is to say, if he sticks to his father's correct principles for a long time, he can be said to be filial."

"it is good!"

The gentleman asked, “Do you think you can do this?”

Changsheng shook his head.

"Students believe that as children, although we should respect our fathers, we do not have to follow our fathers' principles in everything. Filial piety is reflected in many aspects, and it is not necessary to follow our fathers' will. Moreover, Confucius once said: When three people walk together, there must be one who can be my teacher. In addition to learning from our fathers, we should humbly seek advice from more people and have greater ambitions."

Master Xie listened with great interest.

After Changsheng finished speaking, he did not criticize his remarks. Instead, he said, "Good, good, you have memorized the content firmly and have your own opinions. You stay after school and I will test you individually."

After that, Master Xie raised other questions and tested Erdan and Lin Qi.

Ye Xinran and Xiao Huaian listened outside, and only left the school after they heard the teacher start to explain the Thousand Character Classic to the children.

"This Master Xie seems to be quite capable and serious. The children in the village are blessed."

Ye Xinran said.

Xiao Huaian nodded.

"If he can teach here for three years with peace of mind, the children will be able to learn a lot of skills."

"That depends on the arrangements made by Dean Wei and Master Xie's own ambitions."

The two left the school and wanted to go up the mountain.

From a distance, I saw a carriage galloping towards me.

The decoration on the carriage looked somewhat familiar. Ye Xinran took a closer look, but Xiao Huaian had already recognized it.

"It's the carriage from Yongle Hall."

"Yongle Hall?"

Could it be that Li Mo is here?

What's the hurry for him? He actually drove the carriage so fast.

After a while, the carriage arrived in front of the two of them.

Recognizing Ye Xinran standing on the side of the road, the coachman quickly pulled the reins.

"Xu."

He jumped out of the carriage before it stopped.

"Miss Ye, my boss wants you to go to the clinic. It's urgent and you need to leave immediately."

"It's urgent?" Ye Xinran's heart tightened, "What happened?"

The waiter shook his head and said, "Please get in the car, young lady. I will explain it to you in detail in the car."

Ye Xinran did not hesitate any longer and got on the carriage immediately. Xiao Huaian was worried and got on as well.

The waiter turned his horse around and galloped towards the county town again. Then he told Ye Xinran the whole story.

"Miss Ye, the shopkeeper said that the ointment has been selling very fast these past two days. Twenty bottles were bought at once yesterday. He wanted to say hello to you and ask you to make some more.

But this morning someone suddenly said that Shunyitang also had a new ointment.

Their ointment costs 300 taels of silver per bottle.

But many wealthy families were scrambling to buy it.

Even the two young ladies who came to pick up medicine earlier returned our orders and wanted to buy Shunyitang's Yurong Cream.

The shopkeeper was suspicious and had asked someone to buy a bottle from Shunyitang. He said that the ointment smelled exactly like ours. Now the shopkeeper has put away all the ointments on the counter and wanted the girl to go and identify them.

Let me give you some advice. If they really use our ointment, what should we do next?"

The waiter described the whole thing haltingly, but Ye Xinran still understood it.

Shunyitang bought their ointment and then resold it.

Moreover, it was sold at a high price, and its value instantly increased by two hundred taels.

"If what Shopkeeper Li said is the same as our ointment, then it should be almost certain."

Ye Xinran said.

"Shunyitang really has a good plan."