Chapter 27 - Windward Hall (1/2)

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This day, Ye Xiaoxian had sold her cold jelly really fast which had been sold out just after noon.

In other days, she would take a stroll in the town, buy some household items or learn more about Qinghe’s food culture.

But today, she went home earlier.

They had saved a lot of money, together with Xiao Baoshan’s one tael of silver so the matter of Baofeng going to the private school should be scheduled soon.

Ye Xiaoxian went home early and took Xiao Baofeng to the private school in town.

There was only one private school in town. There were not many students as the villagers valued the agriculture the most, so every boy would go back home to farm in the future. They were sent to the private school simply for the sake of not being completely illiterate but they were seldom expected to pursue an official career. Most of them would study for two or three years and went back to be farmers.

Ye Xiaoxian thought that either for the sake of wiping out illiteracy or the pursuit of official career, as long as one household could afford, they should sent their boys to school.

The private school in town called “Windward” Hall, opened by borough chiefs in town. After they set up the private school and hired a teacher, they then started to admit students.

“Windward” Hall was actually a row of tiled houses with only two cla.s.srooms. One was used for teaching children who had just entered the school, and the other was used for teaching the children who had entered the school for two or three years. At this time, there were sound of reading books aloud coming from both cla.s.srooms. When listening carefully, they were chanting verses from some cla.s.sical Chinese literature.

When Ye Xiaoxian took Xiao Baofeng in the school, she saw a fifty-something-year-old elder who was tidying up the courtyard. The elder was neatly dressed and looked vigorous so Ye Xiaoxian thought he must be the manager of the private school. She then came over and asked, “Excuse me, might you not be the school teacher? I’d like to ask the matters of the enrolment.”

The elder raised his head and glanced at Ye Xiaoxian and Xiao Baofeng and then shouted to one of the two cla.s.srooms, “Scholar Wong, you’re wanted!”