Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.

The news that Yang Hua'an, the eldest son of the old Yang family, was ill soon spread in the village.

Except for Lao Yang's family and a few relatives who knew the inside story, no one else knew what disease Yang Hua'an had.

All I know is that after he visited the medical clinics in the town and the county for two consecutive days, the medical clinics in both places refused to accept him, so he went home to be recuperated.

It must be a strange disease!

In the villages and alleys, everyone is talking about this matter.

The twelfth day of the first lunar month.

Li Zheng brought several village elders to Yang Ruoqing to talk about the opening of the school.

Yang Ruoqing suddenly realized that in the past few days, everyone had been paying attention to Yang Huaan and had neglected the school affairs.

After sending Li Zheng and several village elders away, Yang Ruoqing planned to go to the old house to find Yang Yongxian to discuss the opening of school.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the old house, I heard the pungent smell of medicine coming from Yang Hua'an's house.

Yang Ruoqing did not go in, but stood at the door of the hall and called Yang Yongxian inside.

Soon, Yang Yongxian came out.

"Qing'er, what's going on?" he asked.

Yang Ruoqing started talking about the start of school, and Yang Yongxian was startled.

"Oh, I have been so busy these days that I almost forgot about this important matter!" he said.

Yang Ruoqing said: "Brother, Tang Yazi and I will handle the matter of recruiting students."

"You should take some time in the past few days to prepare the books and other materials for class."

"I have made an agreement with Uncle Li Zheng and the others that classes will officially start on the 15th day of the first lunar month after the Lantern Festival," she said.

Yang Yongxian nodded: "Well, I understand, I must be ready."

…

Yang Ruoqing went back to her home without even entering Yang Hua'an's house to take a look.

We found Baozhu, Yuzhu, Wang Liang and others from the transportation team.

The main thing is to ask them to go to the surrounding villages and talk about it door to door and do publicity.

Originally, I wanted to put notices directly on paper, but considering that in these eight villages, especially those small villages, almost every village is illiterate.

Yang Ruoqing decided to save some pen and paper.

Then, she and Tang Yazi went to find Li Zheng and several village elders.

Ask Li Zheng and several village elders to come forward, and then go to the surrounding villages to talk to Li Zheng in each village about this matter.

Ask Li Zheng of each village to publicize this matter to the villagers in their respective villages.

"Because this is the first time in our village's history that we have opened a school. In order to prepare for this first quarter, all students who come for enlightenment will be exempted from tuition fees."

"Let them try it for free for one quarter first. If they want to continue studying, they will start charging tuition fees from the next quarter."

On the way to visit and mobilize other nearby villages, Yang Ruoqing exchanged opinions with Li Zheng and several village elders.

"Of course, students who eat and live on campus will have to pay some fees for room and board."

"After they have studied for one quarter and feel the benefits of studying, they will definitely come back next quarter."

"Uncle Li Zheng and the grandfathers, do you think my plan will work?" Yang Ruoqing finally asked.

Li Zheng said with a smile: "You built the school, hired the teachers, and gave everyone a free trial for a quarter. This is obviously an advantage for everyone, so why can't you make it right?

"

Several other village elders were also smart people, so they only laughed and agreed.

When Yang Ruoqing heard this, she also smiled and nodded: "Okay, then we will mobilize according to this rhetoric later."

…

For three days in a row, villagers from nearby villages who came to register for the school almost flattened the road in front of the school.

Yang Ruoqing, Luo Fengtang and Yang Yongxian took turns sitting in the school to receive the villagers who came to register.

Register the students' names, ages, and home addresses in separate registers.

Then, students are divided into classes based on their age and home address.

“I originally thought I would be able to recruit twenty students, but I didn’t expect nearly sixty to come. It’s beyond my expectation!”

In the school, Yang Yongxian handed the student roster to Yang Ruoqing to read and said.

Yang Ruoqing took the booklet and flipped through it at a glance.

Then he closed the book, smiled and said: "If it weren't for the spring plowing in a while, many people's teenage children would be working as laborers. Otherwise, there would be more people coming to study."

Yang Yongxian nodded.

Most of the students in this book are between the ages of six and nine.

There are only three or five ten-year-olds.

There are almost no people over 11 years old.

"Brother, look at how many classes these over sixty students are divided into?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.

Yang Yongxian thought for a moment and then looked at the spacious and bright classroom.

"Let's divide them into two classes. There will be nearly thirty people in each class."

"In this way, I can teach lessons separately in the morning and in the afternoon." He said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Well, then just listen to big brother."

"Tomorrow, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, classes will begin."

"Thirty students paid their room and board fees to have lunch and rest here."

"I have already found people who will cook and clean the school."

"It's my mother, Guihua, and Aunt Dayun. I've also made an agreement with them to come over early tomorrow morning to boil water and wipe the tables and chairs."

In addition, Yang Ruoqing shared some convenient details with Yang Yongxian.

After the brother and sister finalized the deal, Yang Yongxian said to Yang Ruoqing: "In this first quarter, except for room and board, we have not been able to collect half a penny of tuition fees."

"You also gave me a salary of one tael of silver per month..."

"It's equivalent to these three months. It's you and Tang Yazi who have spent money to support this school and me, my eldest brother."

"Brother, I feel deeply guilty..."

Yang Yongxian said, a blush of embarrassment appeared on his fair face.

Yang Ruoqing said hurriedly: "Brother, please don't say that. I am investing in the early stage. Without the early investment, how can there be any subsequent income?"

"Brother, you are a well-known scholar, full of ink."

"You come to help me teach my students. I'm looking forward to it. You are a talented person!" she said.

Hearing this, Yang Yongxian felt even more ashamed.

He waved his hand and said: "Sister, please don't say such things. Brother Yu has been studying for so many years, but he still failed to pass the exam to bring honor to the family..."

"Brother, everything depends on luck." Yang Ruoqing said, "Everyone can see that you study hard. It's just bad luck."

"But it doesn't matter. I will be the number one scholar in the 360-level field. I believe that my eldest brother will be an excellent teacher!" she said.

Yang Yongxian nodded, and a flash of light ignited in his eyes.

…

Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang had dinner at Sun's side.

At the dinner table, Mrs. Sun looked particularly excited and excited about going to the school to cook and do odd jobs tomorrow.

Xiao An was also very excited.
Chapter completed!