Chapter 95: Yan Hui's father is a junior high school student
Confucius didn't know: the Fang benefactor bought this mansion not just as a school, but! Give the two sisters-in-law a home outside.
Since Fang Zhong and Fang Shu came to school, the two sisters-in-law and their wives have gone out early and returned late every day, rain or shine, and never stop.
Accompanying and teaching is just a reason, and the real purpose is that their family doesn't want to live in the Lu Palace anymore.
After buying a house here, you don't have to go out early and return late, you can live here and make it your home.
The school is open in the spring, and now it's summer, so it's okay to go out early and return late. If it's winter, it's cold and freezing, and it's not good to go out early and return late.
Furthermore! This is the case for a long time! There are definitely people on the Lu Palace's side who are not happy. Isn't it? If you come out of the Lu Palace every day and then go out of the city gate, if people frame you as a spy, it will be a big trouble.
Of course! No one wants to move the cornerstone now. But! After a long time, the hostile forces have grown, and it is impossible to say.
Confucius thought that it was specially prepared by Fang Beneto for his private learning. So! Even more grateful.
I thought: That's fine! The two sisters-in-law don't have to take their two nephews back and forth like this every day. Everything is so much easier to stay here.
And also! The venue here is large and there are many rooms, so you can live a lot of people. If students from other places come, they will have a place to live.
Right now! The house is still under repair and it will take a while to move in.
Seeing that the problem of the school and the house was solved, Confucius's mood improved. gave up the idea of running a private school, and faded again.
Seriously! He was really reluctant to let him give up private learning!
Now private schools are becoming more and more prosperous, and there are more and more students, so it's a pity to give up. Though! There has been no progress on the issue of tuition fees, and there is not much income from tuition fees. But the parents of the students have promised that when they have the money, they will pay the tuition fees immediately.
If you rush it, they will bring some food or something from home, which is considered tuition.
Looking at the pitiful appearance of the villagers, Confucius couldn't bear to urge for tuition.
It's true! Honest and kind people do business, and the chance of making money is too small. Because! You can't bear to earn other people's money. Even if you make money, the excess money is given away.
Confucius was an honest and kind man, not a treacherous person. So! He couldn't bear to force others to pay as much as they wanted.
Outcome! Tuition fees are not received much, but the number of students is increasing.
On the second day, the half-grown boy named Yan Lu, who came to sign up yesterday, came as scheduled.
Not only did he come, but his father and mother also sent him over.
Yesterday I came on a donkey, and today! A carriage was hired. Yan Lu's father (Yan Hui's grandfather) was a tall, thin man, plainly dressed and honest-looking. Yan Lu's mother is a middle-aged woman who is relatively short. The height of the father and mother is very different, and the matching thing is: both of them are thin.
Thin! is a distinctive feature of this family.
Yan Lu's father was disappointed when he saw that Confucius was a young man who was only about twenty years old, and he was a few years older than his son. But! The Confucius (Kongqiu) he heard of was a talent.
Confucius was very famous for blowing the trumpet for others back then. The legendary Confucius is diligent and can do anything. And! He also knows funeral etiquette......
Now Confucius is doing things for Lu Gong again.
For the sake of these shares, Yan Lu's father still accepted the Mr. Confucius.
Dad didn't know: since Confucius became a petty official, he didn't teach personally. The matter of teaching and reading was handed over to two women.
After some meeting etiquette, Confucius led Yan Lu's father into the house to talk and entertain with tea.
Yan Lu didn't care about the adults, took a bag of grain from the carriage, and walked into the courtyard.
Yan Lu's mother was not idle, and carried the gifts she brought from the carriage to follow her son and send them into the hall. And then! I went to the Qiguan clan to see Kong Li. And then! There were more words between the women, and they chattered non-stop.
The two beautiful teachers were very happy to see that Yan Lu really came to study. They were afraid that the children would mess around, so they maintained order at the scene.
After Yan Lu carried a bag of millet into the house, he came out quickly. On the wagon, there were also two sacks of grain. Other than that! And his daily necessities.
The carriage stopped there, and the horses were tied to the trunks of trees on the side of the road and would not run.
"This bag of millet was eaten by my son at my husband's house. Mr. cooks at home and looks at it. These two bags of millet are the tuition fees paid in advance! There are also these strips of dried meat, which are gifts for meeting Mr. These! It's a dry product from home, and I gave it to my husband ......."
After Yan Lu moved all the Dongdong in, Yan Lu's father pointed his finger and said.
Yan Lu stood aside, wiping the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve! Look at the way he looks, he is a man who does rough work.
"Oh! Oh! Good! Good! Seeing this, Confucius hurriedly agreed.
Seriously! This is still the most tuition he receives.
"My son wants to study, and I have no choice but to promise him! No matter how poor the family is, you have to satisfy him! What are we for? Isn't it for the good of the baby? Isn't it? Yan Lu's father sighed.
"Yes! Be! I will do my best to teach him well! Confucius hurriedly agreed.
After charging so much tuition from others, you will be sorry if you don't do your best.
"My son used to study in the city for a few years, with the nobles and rich children in the city. Our family is in a difficult situation, and our family has a few acres of thin land that is very busy, so I stopped reading it later......"
Originally! Yan Lu is a junior high school student who has completed all the primary school courses. Because the family has to farm, and studying with nobles and wealthy families is not only expensive, but also encounters discrimination and white eyes from others. So! Yan Lu himself was unwilling to go to the "Noble Academy" to study.
This is not? When they heard that Confucius taught students not to ask for much tuition from others, they had hope again. So! Yan Lu came over on a donkey yesterday to inquire about the situation.
The result is really like that: the Confucius Academy, there is no need to pay tuition first. Enrollment first, tuition fees later. When I got home, I decided to come here to go to school.
With his family's conditions, he will not be so poor that he will pay tuition after the autumn harvest. So! I brought two bags of grain with me as tuition.
Hearing that Yan Lu was a junior high school student, Confucius was suddenly a little embarrassed.
He can also teach junior high school students, but? Isn't he an official in Lu Gong? Isn't it? Promoted to the petty official of Lu State again? He doesn't have time to teach?
He didn't know: Do the two sisters-in-law have the ability to teach junior high school students?
It is conceivable that the two sisters-in-law used to be maids in the Lu Palace and grew up in the Lu Palace. Although they can read and write, they can teach elementary school students. But if they are asked to teach junior high school students, they may not be able to.
"No problem! I can teach! Confucius thought about it and agreed.
I thought: It's a big deal that I teach at night, doesn't he live in my house?