"Although the imperial court has stopped the imperial examination now, it is always a good thing to teach the dolls to read and write, and it is our duty to bring this righteous act to Zhao Guan." Xia Yuanzhang's words aroused the unanimous approval of the big guys.

No matter what era, the importance of education is always engraved in the bones of the Chinese, especially the majority of Shandong people who break into the eastern part of the country, Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and Meng, they attach more importance to education than other places, as soon as they hear that Shen Long plans to run a school, everyone must support, not only verbal support, but also practical support.

Those who have money to contribute, powerful contributions, Xia Yuanzhang and these businessmen all came with money, and some other surrounding farmers may not have much savings, but they also said that whether it is leveling the land or building a house, as long as they say hello, they will come to help, and they don't need to be paid.

Don't look at the current situation where China is being bullied by all countries, but as long as there are such ordinary people, one day we will be able to defeat those foreign devils! Seeing this scene, Shen Long's nose was a little sour, and he almost couldn't hold back his tears.

"I appreciate your kindness." Shen Long thanked everyone in a row, "There are some things I want to say in front, I run this school not so that the children can become officials, but so that they can know words and arithmetic, so that they will not be blind, whether they continue to study in the future, or go to the shop to be a guy or something, they can always be better than illiterate people." ”

"When they learn to read and write, they know how to count, and maybe they will teach some new things, so that they can know what kind of world we are in now, and why the little devils and old hairy people can come to Kanto to bully us." Shen Long didn't intend to teach these things in the Four Books and Five Classics, not that these things were completely useless, but it was better to learn something more practical at the moment.

"Chuanwen's words are reasonable, there is no green smoke on our ancestral grave, and I don't expect the child to be a big official, he can know how to write and count, and don't be fooled by Wu's shopkeeper when selling food and mountain goods." Someone nodded in agreement.

Shopkeeper Wu was not happy when he heard this, "I have always been a child in business, when did I fool others?" ”

There was a burst of laughter in the crowd, and it seemed that the reputation of Shopkeeper Wu in the hearts of the people was not as good as he said.

After the vignette, Xia Yuanzhang sighed, "Yes, Kanto has really been plagued by old hairies and little devils over the years, so it's good to let the dolls know the truth here." ”

Most of his family members died in the Russo-Japanese War, and he hated Lao Maozi and Little Devil to the core, and he himself didn't have the heart to fight with Lao Maozi and Little Devil, but he was always unwilling to let his grandson suffer this crime.

"Speaking of which, I still want to ask the Xia Dong family for a favor." Shen Long pointed to the open space outside and said, "I don't plan to accept male children to study in this school, but also female children; This year, the imperial court has issued a decree to set up women's schools throughout the country, and our Yuanbao Town cannot lag behind. ”

"At that time, I plan to build two schools, one for male children to study, and one for female children." Now it's not the time for co-education, even children are easy to cause all kinds of trouble, "This is teaching to boys, but there is no shortage of gentlemen; But this female teacher is not easy to find, your daughter is very knowledgeable, and knows Western studies, if you can come to be a teacher, it is the best. ”

"This ......" Xia Yuanzhang hesitated, although his daughter Xia Yushu is not very old, her knowledge is not bad at all, as Shen Long said, it is definitely more than enough to learn both Chinese and Western, teaching some dolls, but let his daughter be a gentleman, he really didn't think about it.

"With such a big school, a teacher must not be busy, so I plan to let my family Xian'er give Ling Qianjin a hand, and also come to the school to teach, anyway, the school is not far from Chun Hesheng, and it is convenient to go home for dinner or something." In the future, Xia Yushu became a teacher, and Shen Long just advanced this time.

"Yes, yes, yes, our entire Yuanbao Town, but that girl can compare with the daughter of the Xia Dong family, if my daughter can learn the jade book, it will be enough, Xia Dong family, this is a good thing, you can't shirk it!" Xia Yushu is good, his speech and demeanor are generous, I don't know how many people want to train their daughters like this.

Of course, there are many people who can't turn the corner, and always feel that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and the girl's study is useless, but under Shen Long's strong persuasion, this matter is decided for the time being.

Xia Yuanzhang went back and thought about it for a few days, and before he could think about it clearly, Xia Yushu got the news that he was going to be this gentleman, and now there was only one child left in the Xia family, Xia Yuanzhang was distressed, but he couldn't bear the entanglement and had to agree.

Shen Long also went back to Fangniugou and talked about it at home, running a school is a good thing, Zhu Kaishan and Wen Ta Niang will not object, but for Xian'er to teach, as well as to run a girls' school, they are still a little unable to twist.

"What's the use of reading a girl's doll's house? It's better to learn how to do needlework with shoe soles. Wen Tanniang muttered.

"I also learn this, Xian'er's craftsmanship is good, just teach these girls this." This is also a method that Shen Long came up with in order to reduce obstacles, in addition to reading and literacy, he also taught these girls some practical skills.

"I'm ....... I'd better forget it, it's enough to have a jade book, the jade book is so big to ask, even the things of Westerners know about the Westerners, she will definitely be able to teach well, I'd better stay at home and be filial to my parents." Xian'er wanted to go a little, but she couldn't bear to leave all the housework to Wen Ta Niang.

"It's not enough for just one gentleman in the school, there are so many dolls in our Yuanbao Town." Shen Long said with a smile, he knew Xian'er's concerns, so he turned his head to Zhu Kaishan and said, "It just so happens that there is something I want to discuss with my family this time." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhu Kaishan looked at Shen Long, he was both happy and a little depressed, happy that the child of the Zhu family was promising, and depressed was that this baby was too promising, right? How much effort did it take to make such a big scene? The things he was proud of in the past didn't seem to be anything in front of this child.

"I wondered, should we move our family to Yuanbao Town?" Shen Long said, "Now Yuanbao Town is getting more and more lively, and the streets are crowded with merchants and caravans coming and going from south to north every day, but there is no good restaurant in the whole town?" Why don't we go and open a Shandong restaurant? Sure to make a lot of money. ”

"When Xian'er comes back from teaching, she can still help her mother with housework, and Chuanjie and I can go home every day, so that our family can be reunited." Zhu Kaishan will open a Shandong restaurant in Harbin in the future, and Shen Long plans to advance this time.