On the second day after Zhao Dahu returned, early in the morning, he hired a
small laborer and walked around the village shouting drums and gongs, and then
went to another nearby village to repeat.\nIt was very successful to let people in Shili Baxiang know the news that
Huajia Village is going to open a school, and let interested parties bring
their children to Qu Qing for registration.\nOn the same day, Dahu Zhao was worried that Qu Qing had no expenses, so he
sent another 100 taels of silver, and said to Qu Qing: "There are 12 taels of
this year's tuition fees for hiring Mr. The expenses, sir, look at it, if it
is not enough, then discuss it with me again."\nQu Qing was a little surprised that he suddenly felt relieved to hand over so
much money to himself.\nSeeing his doubts, Dahu Zhao said, "Something like buying books for a school
is not something that a rude man like me can handle. This matter has to be
troublesome for Mr. to go to the town's bookstore in person."\nQu Qing remembered the expensive book prices in this world, so he calmly
accepted all the money: "Brother Zhao, don't worry, I will never spend any
money on me, what I bought and how much I spent. , I will write a ledger for
you."\nDahu Zhao shook his head and said, "As the saying goes, you don't need to be
suspicious of people, and you don't need to be suspicious of people. Since I
gave all the money to Mr., then I completely believe in the character of Mr.\nIn fact, Dahu Zhao was still a little uneasy in his heart, but he didn't want
to ask him to increase the price, so he thought of giving one hundred taels of
silver at one time, which could be regarded as a bribe.\nQu Qing didn't care about these things, and even if he really knew that Zhao
Dahu gave less money, he wouldn't care. One or two silvers was enough for him
to live on. Besides, his ultimate goal was to make money and become rich, so
it was bound to happen. He will need assistants or even partners. He has not
yet thought of what to do, but if he can really have a group of talents who
are created by himself in the future, and whose ideas and ways of thinking are
infinitely close to his own, then he thinks What are you doing, won't it be a
lot easier?\nIn the past few days, people have come to ask questions one after another, but
most of them retreated when they heard that they were in charge of writing,
ink, paper, and inkstone. Few really made up their minds to sign up.\nIt was Zhao Dahu and his wife who came to sign up with his son and daughter.\nZhao Dahu's son is already sixteen, his name is Zhao Huai, and his youngest
daughter is thirteen, his name is Zhao Xuan'er. Both children are dressed in
silk and satin, which is incompatible with the children in the village. Dad
praised the appearance of the students who had shaved their heads, and was
vaguely despised by two points.\nWith a smile on his face, Qu Qing took out a piece of paper as usual, and
wrote down their names one by one: "Okay, from now on, you two will be my
third and fourth students respectively. already."\nZhao Huai opened his voice, it seemed that it was not long after the voice-
changing period, and his voice was a bit strange: "Someone signed up before
us, who is it?"\nQu Qing beckoned Jiang Zhu and the cat who were playing outside the yard to
come in. The four children looked at each other, Qu Qing reported their names
one by one, and finally concluded: "You will be classmates from now on, can
you get to know each other first?"\nZhao Xuan'er pointed at the kitten in surprise and said, "Is he a brother? Do
you want your brother to go to school?"\nQu Qing said: "You are a woman, didn't you come to sign up?"\nZhao Xuan'er didn't speak any more, but the expression on his face looked a
little disdainful, and he whispered: "This kind of school, what can I
learn..."\nZhao Dahu hurriedly took his daughter and glared, and then apologized to Qu
Qing: "I'm really sorry, my daughter is not sensible, but she is very smart in
reading, she has never learned anything, but she gave the Three Character
Classic at home to her. After memorizing it, sir, don't blame her for being
rude today." Yan Ran took his daughter and Qu Qing to apologize fiercely.\nQu Qing naturally wouldn't care about a child, but he didn't take Zhao Dahu's
praise of his daughter seriously. After that, he gently told the two brothers
and sisters the start time of school as usual, and told them to come on time.\nNot long after, when the school was about to start, several parents came to
ask with their children in mind, but still could not afford the cost of
writing, ink, paper and inkstone, a man asked humbly: "Let my children listen
to the Looking at it, I should be able to learn something, so I can just use
my hands to write it, just add one more person, please accept my son."\nQu Qing sighed and agreed to accept the children as auditors without pen and
paper.\nAfter hearing that there was no need to pay tuition, many people came to sign
up with their children, and many people also brought the apprenticeship
ceremony, that is, some work or side dishes, but Qu Qing refused to accept
them, so they quietly placed them outside the door.\nQu Qing had to accept it, and the names of the students increased one by one.
By the time the school was about to start, there were already forty students.\nHowever, among the students who could have pen and paper, including Zhao Huai,
Zhao Xuan'er, Mao'er and Jiang Zhu, there were no more than ten students.\nIt is definitely a big problem to read without writing pen and paper. Although
he can provide it for a while, but it is impossible to provide it all the
time. He suddenly thought that he should not be limited to buying in the
market.\nThe brush should be made of animal hair. As for paper, if it is really
expensive and can't afford it, he can find a way to replace it with something
else, such as... bamboo chips!\nYes, why didn't he think that bamboo slips, in this way, besides the
troublesome points, paper and pen have no cost, and he only needs to provide
ink, this is not a problem, the ink is slightly diluted, and a little bit
should be enough. Many people have used it, and it should be enough to
practice writing.\nWhen he thought of it, he acted. Qu Qing remembered that he and Jiang Hunter
had dealt with the wild boar before, and the pig hair was still reserved to be
sold to the people who came to collect it. He immediately went to Jiang
Hunter's house and tried to use pig hair, rope and small wooden stick to tie
it out. A simple brush, and then try to use it to write. Although it is not so
easy to use, it is better than nothing for children who are poor and can't get
a point.\nJiang Orion watched with admiration for Qu Qingneng, and then started to help
make a brush that was so simple that it could no longer be picked up, and Hua
Zizhou was also helping.\nThis thing is really not difficult and technical, and of course the relative
quality is also very poor, but he and the others also spent an afternoon
making all the pens of the students who were not able to provide paper and pen
on the list.\nSeeing that the school was about to be completed, Qu Qing planned to go to the
town to buy textbooks and some necessary things, and planned to come back and
start preparing for teaching.\nThis time, he looked for the coachman he knew last time in advance. He was
also surnamed Hua and called Hua Yam. He lived in a village half a day away
from Huajia Village. Qu Qing asked someone to bring a message. coming.\nThe driver's name was Hua Yam, and this time he made up his mind to send his
son to learn to read, and signed up with Qu Qing on the spot.\nAfter Qu Qing finished writing, he prepared the money to be used today. Mao’er
and Jiang Zhu also wanted to go with him. Qu Qing called Shangjiang Hunter and
brought two children with him. After a glance, Hua Zizhou was still standing
there hesitantly. In the door, he was hesitant to speak.\n"You don't want to go?" Qu Qing said.\n"I want to go, I want to go..."\nSeeing that he seemed to have something to say, Qu Qing walked in and asked
him alone, "What do you want to say?"\nHua Zizhou quickly glanced outside, and seeing that no one was paying
attention to the inside, he whispered to Qu Qing: "That... Didn't you say it
last time, go to the government to register and make a book, it's done."\nQu Qing did not expect that he still remembered this matter very firmly.\nAfter Hua Zizhou finished speaking, he looked up and saw that Qu Qing didn't
speak. He panicked in his heart and said hurriedly, "It doesn't matter if you
don't go to the government, I just remembered it suddenly. If you don't
register, you won't register. , let's go, there are a lot of people waiting."\nAfter he finished speaking, he bowed his head and walked out. Qu Qing didn't
call him or hold him, Hua Zizhou couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.\nAfter getting on the carriage, Qu Qing got on the carriage after a while: "I'm
sorry, I just dropped something and made everyone wait for a long time."\nThe driver grinned and said, "It's okay, it's all right, sir, wait for sir,
you can remember as long as you want."\nHua Zizhou looked at Qu Qing's empty hands, and couldn't hold onto the thing
that Qu Qing had just said dropped. Was it the thing he was thinking of?\nBut all the way after that, Qu Qing talked and laughed with everyone, but he
didn't say a word to him. He was secretly pinching his palm, and he didn't say
a word during the whole process.\nAlthough the motion sickness is fake, the discomfort is real.\nWhen we went to the town, everyone accompanied them to buy a few books,
including poems, Analects of Confucius, Three Character Classics, etc., most
of which Qu Qing could understand, and then bought a few large stacks of paper
and a few pieces of ink stone. He also bought a brush for Jiang Zhu and Mao'er
respectively. After putting them back on the carriage, he went to the place
where he bought cotton wool, bought a quilt and a cotton wool, and also bought
the things he needed for food and clothing.\nAfter roughly getting it done, I made an appointment with the coachman Hua
Yam, and they each planned to go to the town for a walk.\nIt happened that Jiang Orion also had something to buy, so they separated at
the fork in the road.\nQu Qing took the cat and Hua Zizhou and walked forward from the street.\nHua Zizhou looked at the prosperous and lively streets, but he didn't have the
heart to appreciate it.\nHe lowered his head in a daze and didn't pay attention to the surrounding
situation. When he reacted, he and Mao'er had already pressed their
fingerprints on a document, and then a man dressed as an official handed them
something, and Qu Qing took it. stand up.\nHua Zizhou looked at his thumb pressing the handprint in surprise, and then
looked at Qu Qing, who was calm, completely ignorant of what happened just
now.\nIt shouldn't be what he thought, it's impossible, Qu Qing's expression looks
as ordinary and natural as if he bought something from a store.\nIf it was that thing, it definitely shouldn't be like this expression, at
least there must be something different.\n"Father, what did we do just now?" Kitten asked, looking up in confusion.\nQu Qing smiled and patted his head: "It's nothing, everything is the same as
before, just keep the kitten happy."\nHana Zizhou on the side thought sadly: Everything is still the same as before,
it really isn't what he thought.\nQu Qing took the two out of the gate where he was doing business, and looking
at the bustling street, he suddenly turned his head and called out the name of
the person next to him.\n"Hua Zizhou, are you getting better from motion sickness?" He didn't seem to
have any energy to speak all the way.\n"Much better." He responded weakly, and then two pieces of paper appeared in
his sight, and he looked up at Qu Qing in confusion.\nQu Qing looked at him and said, "Hua Zizhou, you can't say that you won't have
a firm foothold in this family in the future."\nHua Zizhou took it with a blank expression, but there was no reaction in his
mind for a while.\nIs that what he... means?