Chapter 88: Apprenticeship
Today, Mr. Zhou is dressed very decently, his clothes are very clean, and they are ninety percent new, and even his five grandsons have changed into clean and tidy clothes.
"Yo, old man, what are you doing here? With so much meat and eggs? An old man about the same age as the old man stared at the meat and the eggs in amazement. In the countryside, the sudden appearance of such a good thing must mean something big.
And his eyes swirled around the five grandsons behind the old man, and the family was really well dressed.
"Hehe, it's nothing, these few grandchildren are older, send them to the school to study, learn a few words, lest they not know a single big character like the old man and me in the future." This doesn't bring anything to the Master. The old man's back was straight, and his mouth looked like he didn't care, but the tone was very self-satisfied, and his face was completely red.
"Old man, you're not going to send all five of your grandchildren to the academy, are you?"
"Hehe, yes, you can't be so thick. Several grandchildren went to the school to open their eyes. Hehe. The old man is even more proud, his family is thriving, there are so many men, he is still very proud.
"Old man, your family has made a fortune, how much money do you get for five grandchildren to study? Old man, your family is really this. He gave a thumbs up, and his eyes were full of envy and jealousy. There are very few families in this village who can send one child to school, let alone five per family. God, I can't see that the Zhou family is so rich.
I used to hear that the old woman of the Zhou family was a door-picker, an eccentric, it turned out that there was a reason why the old woman was picking, and it was all for these grandsons. Oops, it turned out to be a misunderstanding.
"Hehe, where to make any money, it's not from the mouth. I don't have any big wishes, I just want them to read a few more words. In the future, you can go to the town to find a shopkeeper, and the job is much better than digging in the field. "The old man is very modest, where is he willing to tell people that his family has really made money.
"Hey, yes, yes, I don't know how good it is to master it." glanced at the five boys enviously, calculating in his heart that these children would definitely live well in the future, and his daughter was about the same age, could he choose one of these five boys to be his son-in-law.
"Okay, let's not talk about it, go early, so as not to delay the master's teaching." The old man walked with a few grandchildren in great strides, not to mention how energetic his legs and feet were.
The school in the village is taught by a Xiucai, and the people in the school are not only from Shanshui Village but also from the next village, and the number of students in the school is not very large, only about 30 students. If you study well, when the family has the conditions, you will go to the town to study, after all, the town is an official school, and there are people teaching, then it will naturally be much better. However, the tuition fee of the official school in the town must be more than twice as expensive as that in the village.
The village school is on the edge of the village, after all, the school needs a quiet environment, so the village specially selected. There is still some distance from the Zhou family's house, and it is necessary to choose a time with a lot of fragrance. When he finally saw that it was about to arrive, the old man was a little nervous.
"You boys, remember that you must be polite when you see the master later. But don't let the master dislike it? The old man specially told him that in the minds of the peasants, the master belongs to the type of person who is learned and cannot be offended, and he should be very respectful.
"Grandpa, don't worry, we all remember."