Chapter 387 Pain and Happiness
“Wait a minute, the village chief means that there are so many children in the village being enlightened?”
Chu Heng’s eyes were already as big as a copper bell, Didn’t you say that Lizhou is very poor? This should be a small village below Lizhou! How many people can afford twenty taels of repair work a year?
His mind is very confused now, like a paste.
Shen Ying nodded heavily, "You don't know how much effort we have put into finding husbands for our children. You are the old man's savior!"
Chu Heng was stunned by what he said.
By the time he came to his senses, he was already sitting in the classroom in a daze. A group of young boys were competing with each other, either holding their chests high and raising their heads, or lowering their heads and clasping their hands nervously. There were a lot of small movements.
Chu Heng looked at the fifty or so children, swallowed hard, and asked, "Do you have any foundation?"
"No!" More than fifty people shouted in unison.
The sound can break the eardrums.
Chu Heng took out his ears and stared anxiously, "What are you doing! You are a heartless little thing, you speak softly and softly, don't you understand? What should I do if I scare you sir?"
Chu Heng hurriedly took care of the children. To relieve the siege, "It doesn't matter, village chief, you see that if so many children study together, the effect will definitely not be as good as if there are fewer people. I have an idea, please listen to it.
I We have classes at different times, two hours at a time, morning, noon, and afternoon. Do you think that’s okay?”
Shen Ying had no objection, “But will it be too hard for you, sir?” "
Chu Heng's mouth twitched slightly, "Let's overcome it now. If we can still find Mr. in the village, we will make other arrangements."
"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Chu knows how to adapt to circumstances."
"Accord to circumstances."
"Yes, yes, yes"
Divided into three classes, those half Young boys and girls can also study.
The final count of the number of enlightened people was eighty-nine.
Chu Heng collected nearly two hundred taels of Shu Xiu on the first day. This money was definitely a huge sum of money for him. In addition to money, he also had food. Each child sent him ten catties of food. He Now I have 890 kilograms of grain, which I can’t finish even if I open my stomach.
In addition to food, there are also meat and vegetables. Each child is given a meal in turn. If you want to eat, you can tell the village chief, who will arrange it with the villagers.
If nothing else, just for this money and the food, he would have no problem teaching him until he died.
After taking other people’s money and food, Chu Heng did not dare to delay, and immediately left thirty children to attend the first class.
The village chief asked the other children to go back first. When he came back, he saw Chu Heng teaching the children seriously and hurriedly left again.
The pot helmets outside had just come out of the oven, and the smell made Shen Ying almost drool. She immediately bought a pack and bought a few more for Chu Heng.
Chu Heng’s breakfast this morning was pot helmets with goat milk. He was very satisfied with the meal. When he saw the pot helmets brought to him, he quickly thanked him and became more serious about teaching.
Su Tai watched for two days and saw that Chu Heng had solid knowledge, could easily quote scriptures, and his handwriting was very beautiful. She immediately became interested and discussed with Shen Yi about hiring Chu Heng to run a small stove for their four children. .
Shen Yi specially brought the Tremella, Snow Pear and Luo Han Guo soup cooked by Su Tai. "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Chu."
"Master town official, why are you here?" Chu Hengcheng stood up in panic. At first he didn't know Shen Yi's identity but he could still treat it calmly. Since he knew that Shen Yi was the town official and built the first pontoon bridge in Langya Kingdom, he still He went into battle to kill the enemy and received a plaque personally written by the emperor. Shen Yi could no longer be treated as an ordinary person.
Shen Yi smiled and gestured for Chu Heng to take a seat, "I have been busy with spring farming arrangements for the past two days. I am not in the village, and I have no chance to talk to Mr. Chu for a while. I heard from the village chief that Mr. Chu taught me Excellent, we are really lucky for Shenjiazhuang.”
“Don’t dare.” Chu Heng was happy in his heart but very humble on his face.
Shen Yidao: "I'm speaking from my heart. I really admire Mr. Chu for his profound knowledge. I would like to ask if Mr. Chu has the spare time to teach my four other children?"
"Zhen Sir, do you want to find husbands for the four gentlemen? ”
He had seen the children in Shen Yi's family, and they were really well-behaved and temperamental. The four children did not show up at school in the past two days, so he didn't think much about it. Only now did he know that they were looking for another husband.
Shen Yi explained: "It's not that we don't want them to go to school, but that all four of them have a good foundation. I heard that Mr. Chu is familiar with Tang Yu. You should know that he was once a gentleman in our village. Several The children were enlightened by Mr. Tang, and later received guidance from Mr. You and Mr. Tian from the Ministry of Industry. Now they have begun to write articles citing classics. "
"That's it! It's really not easy to study with other children, but now I have to teach during the day, and I only have time in the evening and night. If a few young ladies can come over halfway through the hour, I can teach them for an hour."
< br>Chu Heng thought about it carefully, and it was only this time that was more suitable. In this way, he would not have to do anything except teach. It was good to think about it. At least he would not have free time to think wildly.
He could only comfort himself in this way.
Shen Yi immediately stood up and thanked him, "Mr. Chu, how much should Shu Xiu give me?"
Chu Heng waved his hand indifferently, "I still live in the town official's house now, Shu Xiu, please take care of the arrangements. That’s fine.”
Even if Shen Yi doesn’t give him a penny, he won’t say anything. It’s rare to find such a capable person.
The next day, Shen Yi got a bunch of things and went to the pot helmet workshop early in the morning. Shen Ergou, who worked with him, told him: "From now on, I will send Mr. Chu a pot helmet every day."
Shen Ergou was a little confused, "Brother Shen, do you have anything to say?"
Shen Yi did not hide it from him and told him everything about Chu Heng's plans to teach Shen Yuezhang and the others.
Shen Ergou was immediately attentive, "Brother Shen, don't worry, leave this matter to me. We just happen to have breakfast too, and I'll prepare one for Mr. Chu then."
< br>"Sorry to trouble you!" Shen Yi patted Shen Ergou's arm and continued walking to the backyard.
Seeing that Chu Heng had already gotten up and was stretching in the yard, he stepped forward with a smile, "Mr. Chu, these are the gifts prepared for you. I will get them into the house for you."
"Thank you, Lord Town Official." Chu Heng stopped and followed into the main room.
Shen Yi pointed out some of his wrong moves and taught him a move to relieve fatigue.
Chu Heng's attention was diverted. After Shen Yi left, he remembered the things in the main room. When he went in and took a look, he couldn't help but gasp.
The basket on the table contained half a basket of eggs and half a basket of duck eggs, a strip of pork belly about four pounds, a pack of brightly colored candies, and a pack of silver.
The point is that this bag of silver actually contains eighty taels! The equivalent of one year's training for a child is twenty taels.
You must know that he only received ten taels of silver for one year of enlightenment for the children of wealthy families in the imperial capital, and Shen Yi doubled it for him!
Chu Heng quickly took the bag of silver and went next door to find Su Tai.