Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

However, if it’s as Xiaoxiao said, and someone is invited to teach, then she would have time.

Not only would she have time, but she would also have an excuse to visit Yang Family Village.

Although she and Yang Dong have no chance now, if she discovers any issue between Yang Xiaocui and that man, maybe she would have a chance?

Li Chuntao has decided to let it go, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope, her heart still wants to try for herself.

Facing Li Chuntao’s confusion, Xiaoxiao explained, ”Yes, so you don’t have to feel burdened. Eventually, there will be a teacher to teach. You are just the manager of this School. If you want to teach, you can; if not, you don’t have to. Even if you open this School, it won’t affect your travels.”

”But, Xiaoxiao, opening the School means charging the children tuition, where would the villagers get that Silver? If they had it, wouldn’t they send the children to the town instead of waiting for us to open a school here?”

This matter made Li Chuntao think a lot. So many children come here to learn because she offers free literacy lessons. But if she charges tuition, perhaps the families won’t let their children come here.

Although those people said they could pay something, when the time comes, it might be hard to come up with the Silver.

Facing Li Chuntao’s question, Xiaoxiao said, ”The reason everyone doesn’t have Silver to send their children to school is mainly because pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are too expensive, books are expensive. For tuition alone, it is actually not a lot of Silver.”

In reality, it is indeed like this. Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are costly. Just writing requires expenses, which endlessly requires Silver. Therefore many families can’t afford it, and the books used by students are also quite expensive; ordinary families can’t afford this Silver.

Li Chuntao also understood this reasoning. She sighed and said, ”Alas, but this is also something unavoidable. As long as one learns to read and write, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and books are necessary.”

”Our School is just for enlightenment, mainly teaching how to recognize characters. As for writing, once they recognize the characters, teach them the strokes, and they can write. It’s just a matter of writing nicely or not.”

”We can save on the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone by having everyone learn characters with a carpenter’s help to make thin wooden boards with characters written on them, letting everyone follow along. Or write the characters separately on paper for everyone to recognize. Writing on paper wears out quickly, won’t last long, while wood lasts longer. Books can be kept in the School, where several kids share a book, as School books, used in turns without taking them home.”

Hearing this, Li Chuntao was a bit surprised, ”Can we do it this way?”

”Why not? Then we can charge a little less for tuition, easing everyone’s burden. Surely, people would want their kids to learn characters. Learning characters doesn’t necessarily mean aiming for fame; recognizing characters helps avoid deceit when traveling, especially in contracts that are incomprehensible otherwise. There are many bad people out there; what if one gets sold off without knowing, still putting a fingerprint on it. If one knows characters, how would such things happen?”

”If a child has good aptitude, we can inform the family. When the time comes, if they wish for their children to pursue fame, they will naturally find ways to make them practice writing. But for those not pursuing fame, the characters don’t need to be exquisitely written; it’s mainly to learn the skill of recognizing characters and understanding the principles of being human.”