Seeing that everyone was timid, Honggu said, "One hundred and twenty taels of silver sounds like a lot, but as long as you learn a skill in the future, you don't have to worry about not being able to pay it back." ”

"The embroidery girls who came two days ago, they can earn about ten to twenty taels of silver a month, and if they are outstanding in craftsmanship, they can buy dozens or hundreds of taels a month. There is also the bookkeeper, who is usually paid five taels of silver every month, and even more when he works in a big shop. ”

Yao Menglan said: "Auntie, is what you said true?

Honggu snorted and said, "I don't have to lie to you. But the premise is that you have to learn the skills well, so that people will ask you to work; If you don't study hard, no one will ask you to do it in the future, but you can only do coolies. ”

These words still make some people nervous.

Xia Ping asked weakly: "Mama, what should I do if I don't learn well and no one invites me by then?" ”

Honggu glanced at her and said, "At that time, I will send you to the shop to do chores, and if you don't want to do it, I will send you back to the Salesian Hospital." ”

"How much money do you make from doing chores in that shop?"

Honggu smiled and said, "What kind of money can I make for miscellaneous work, it's only five or six hundred dollars a month." This money is not enough to support yourself, so the money you owe will really have to be repaid by your children and grandchildren. ”

It's actually to scare them. As long as you don't fool around in the school, even if you don't learn well, after studying for three or five years, you can get a few taels of silver every month when you go out and find an errand. But this was Qingshu's explanation, and she didn't dare to say more.

Many little girls are confused.

Honggu said: "The mountain chief said to give you a day to think about it, if you don't want to stay tomorrow, you can talk to Aunt Fei." Aunt Fei will relay the mountain chief, and she will send someone to send you back when the time comes. ”

Yi An asked after knowing this: "Qingshu, your request like this will put a lot of pressure on them, and I am worried that some children will not be able to carry it back." ”

She didn't agree with Qingshu's approach.

Qingshu heard what she meant: "I give them the opportunity to read and learn skills, this is already a pie in the sky." If I don't even dare to afford my own food and clothing, I don't want to waste time teaching such students. ”

"Besides, I've made it clear to Honggu that as long as you learn the skills, the money will be easy to repay. If you still retreat in this situation, what do you think such a person can afford? ”

Yi An shook his head and said, "Qingshu, they are just a group of seven or eight-year-old children. ”

Qingshu shook his head and said, "No, the children of poor families are in charge early. At the age of seven or eight, they are already sensible and can make choices for their own lives. I gave them a chance, and they can't blame me for not cherishing it. ”

"Qingshu, it's a bit cruel for them to do this."

Hearing this, Qing Shu smiled: "Cruel? Yi'an, I run a school, not a charity hall, and the purpose of my establishment of this school is to cultivate outstanding talents. Instead of spending manpower, material resources and managers, to cultivate a group of cowardly, incompetent and irresponsible people. ”

Yi An said: "Qingshu, think about it, they haven't even touched the copper plate, how many people can have the courage to take on such a huge debt. ”

"So I gave them a choice, if they had the courage, they would stay, and if they didn't have the courage, they could go back."

Yi An shook his head and said, "Qingshu, it's very unfair for you to do this to them. Qingshu, they are not adults, they are just a group of children. ”

If this was a group of teenage girls, Qingshu would have nothing to say about doing this, but these children were only seven or eight years old, and she really didn't agree with Qingshu's approach.

Qingshu didn't want to argue with her, because she knew that arguing would not lead to a result: "Yi'an, words and deeds, deeds must be fruitful." Since I have let this word out, it is impossible to change it. ”

Yi An glared at her and said, "I didn't expect you to be so stubborn? ”

Qingshu said: "Yi'an, according to your idea, the students on the first day of school should not be sent away, and they should be given another chance." But no, everything that doesn't meet my requirements will be sent away. ”

Yi An said angrily when he heard this: "According to what you say, if all the students give up this time, you won't do it?" ”

"That only proves that the female students recruited this time are too poor. When they're gone, I'll recruit another batch. There are so many children, and I can always recruit someone who meets my requirements.

Yi An said helplessly: "You are the mountain chief of Qingshan Women's School, you have the final say here." ”

After saying these words, Yi An went back to his own house.

Mo Xue looked at her sullenly, thought for a while and said, "Girl, I think the second girl's decision is right." More than a hundred taels of silver sounds like a lot, but if you don't even have the courage to repay the money, how can you become a talent in the future? ”

Yi An shook his head and said, "More than a hundred taels is a huge amount of money for ordinary people, not to mention that these children have never even touched the copper plate." How many students do you think would dare to take on such a debt. ”

Mo Xue said with a smile: "So it depends on whether they have the courage to do so." To put it mildly, they really can't afford to pay it back in the future, and if they don't want to, they can still ask for their lives. ”

Yi An said: "Isn't this a scoundrel? ”

"It's a scoundrel, but it's also a method! Girl, the second girl didn't really want them to pay back the money, but just to put pressure on them, and to let them know that there was nothing unearned in the world. Master, although it is indeed a bit cruel to do this, you can't be soft-hearted if you want to get things done. ”

Yi An sighed and said, "I don't understand what you said. I just thought that it was not easy for those children to be born without a father or mother, so I wanted to help them. ”

Mo Xue said: "I remember that the second girl said a sentence, she said that people can't decide their own birth, but they can decide their own life. Now that they have been given a chance, who can blame them if they don't cherish it. ”

"Master, don't say they're still young. If it were me, I wouldn't give up if I had such an opportunity, not to mention one hundred and twenty taels, even one hundred and twenty thousand taels. ”

Yi An smiled when he heard this, and said, "Twelve thousand taels, you can't afford to sell it." ”

Mo Xue raised her head and said, "If you can't afford it, you can't afford to pay it back, anyway, let's live a good life first." If you can't afford it in the future and don't want to implicate future generations, then it's better to live alone without a parent. In this world, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

Yi An didn't speak.

On the second day, six students went to Aunt Fei and said that they wanted to go back, and after Qingshu found out, he asked Uncle Miao and Yuxia to take them back.

Yi An was surprised by this result, and said to Qingshu: "I thought that most of the students couldn't bear this pressure to go back? ”

Qingshu was also in a good mood, and said with a smile: "That's because you don't know them too well." One hundred and twenty taels of silver is a lot, but staying in the academy can change their fate. And when I go back, I either go to work as a maid or as a coolie, and I will even be arranged to marry early and be a cow and a horse in my husband's house. ”

Yi An couldn't help muttering, "You seem to know them very well." ”

"When I was a child, I never thought that I would be admitted to Wenhuatang, but the teacher said that as long as I worked hard, I would definitely be able to get in. Since then, I have worked hard for Cowenhuatang, and then I was admitted, and I also got to know you, and the eldest princess appreciated the establishment of this women's school. Qingshu said: "Yi'an, since I have run this school, I will do my best to run it well." ”