Compulsory education in ancient times

Now Tao Xiaomei raised chicks in the yard, and the chattering made the empty big house a little smokey.

After going around for a while, Tao Jianran finally had some practical ideas about running a school.

Tao Yanran stood in the small courtyard for a while, and saw Tao Xiaomei carrying a sickle, Tao Xiran also walking out with a basket on her back, and quickly stopped: "Little sister, little brother, where are you going?"

"Go and harvest our family's fields, brother, go back and lie down quickly, we will be back soon." Tao Xiaomei replied with a mature face.Their family now only has one mu of land left, and the cultivation is not as fine as other families. Although the harvest is not very good, Tao Jianran is a scholar. They don't have to pay taxes, and the grain they produce every year is enough for the three brothers and sisters to feed for half a year. Tao Jianran Before transmigrating, that acre of land was the lifeblood of the three brothers and sisters.

Tao Jianran looked at the thin bodies of the two, their small arms and legs, they looked like they could be blown away by a gust of wind, and the baskets on their backs were taller than people, how could they be willing to let them do such heavy work.After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's hire someone to harvest the fields."

"No need, it's just one acre of land. My younger brother and I can collect it in a few days." Tao Xiaomei shook her head like a rattle, disapproving, and even felt that her elder brother was spending more and more money, and she had to correct his danger. thought of.

Tao Yanran didn't know what he was thinking in Tao Xiaomei's heart, so he reached out and took off Tao Xiran's pannier: "The reason you worked hard in the past was because the family had no money and had nothing to do. Now there is no need for you two children to do these things!" Now Labor is very cheap, and it doesn't cost much to hire someone. For a local tyrant with a huge sum of 500 taels, it is a crime to let these two children do such heavy farm work.

However, this time Tao Xiaomei refused to give in to anything, and frowned, "It's not a lot of work. I used to collect it myself. The children in the village who are as old as us also went to work early. How could you say that?" That's an exaggeration." She just felt that Tao Jianran was making a big fuss, no matter how rich she was, she didn't care about Tao Jianran, and she was about to walk out.

Tao Jianran also knew that the view of consumption could not be changed in a short while, so he could only stop Tao Xiaomei in a hurry, and said earnestly: "Little sister, brother knows that you want to save money for the family. But some money can be saved, and some money can be spent. It’s to make more money in the future, understand?”

Tao Xiaomei naturally doesn't understand, but she doesn't believe in Tao Jianran's theory. The idea she accepted since she was a child is to work hard to save money.

Tao Jianran saw Tao Xiaomei's disapproving expression, then lightly patted her on the shoulder, and said in a tone of disapproval: "Little sister, do you want to spend your whole life digging in the fields, marry early and have children, and live in a muddle-headed way?" Are you going to end your life? Do you want to be stuck in this poor mountain village all your life as an illiterate peasant woman? Don’t you want to be a young man with ideals, morality, culture and ambition? The outside world is so big and so Wonderful, don’t you want to take a look and try it out? Don’t you want to learn your own skills and try what you can do with your own ability? You may think that Big Brother spends money randomly, but in Big Brother’s mind, no matter how much money you have I can't compare to you who are healthy, happy, and alive. You have suffered so much in the past two years, and it is useless to be a big brother, but now that I have money, I can't let you be like before. Starting today , you follow me to read and write!"

Tao Xiaomei was stunned by Tao Yanran's series of sonorous and powerful parallel sentences, but Tao Xiran was the first to react, and excitedly tugged on Tao Jianran's sleeve: "Brother, can I learn too?"

"Of course, you both have to learn! Start learning today!" Tao Yanran rubbed Tao Xiran's head half-jokingly.

Tao Jianran had already made up his mind that no matter whether the nine-year compulsory education was implemented or not, his younger siblings must study.And Tao Xiaomei is a rare talent!Now basically everyone is illiterate, many of the farmers can't even count, but Tao Xiaomei was able to figure out the accounts one by one last time when she was shopping. No one taught her before, which shows her talent.If you can focus on training, you must be a rare talent in the future!

Tao Xiran got the exact answer, and jumped up and down several times excitedly: "Brother! I want to study medicine with Dr. Feng!"

"Why do you want to learn from Doctor Feng?"

"Because Doctor Feng cured Eldest Brother, Doctor Feng is the best!"

Although Tao Xiran's words had the unique innocence of a child, Tao Jianran could hear his friendship for him, and his heart was slightly warm at the moment.She pinched his face and said, "You learn how to read with elder brother first, and after you finish learning the characters, elder brother will buy you medical books to read."

"Okay!" Tao Xiran didn't realize that her elder brother didn't agree to study with Dr. Feng, but felt that her elder brother supported her to study medicine, so she was satisfied.

Coaxing Tao Xiran, Tao Yanran turned to ask the stunned younger sister Tao: "What about the younger sister? Do you want to learn to read with your brother?"

"Can I read and write too..." Tao Xiaomei asked, seeming to be wondering, but also thinking that she was talking to herself.

Tao Jianran nodded, and said firmly: "Of course, I just want to ask if you want to learn from your brother?"

"Of course I want to!" Tao Xiaomei responded loudly, her thin face flushed with excitement.What Tao Jianran said just now was like a thunderbolt in her mind, and those things that she had thought about or never thought about suddenly came to her heart, and she seemed to see a door to a new world opening towards her in a trance, which made her Tao Xiaomei is a little hesitant about the future, but she is more looking forward to it.

Seeing that he finally managed to fool him, Tao Jianran secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "That's good, little girl, which company do you think we should hire to help us harvest the fields?" It's just the text version of the system, and the memory is not deep at all, so I can't make up my mind for a while.

Tao Xiaomei thought for a while, then said: "Uncle Tian, ​​there are a lot of people in their field, and they will be able to collect their own land in two days."

Tao Jianran naturally agreed, and after dinner, he figured that Uncle Tian would be free, so he asked Tao Xiaomei to take Tao Xiran there.His injury is still not fully healed, and it is cold at night, so it is not suitable to go out.

At this time, the Tian family was in the dark because of the high price of lamp oil, and their family was already getting ready for bed.

The children were lined up outside to take a bath, and the Tian family couple closed the door in the only room at home, but they were silent for a while.

In the end, it was Uncle Tian who sighed deeply and said first, "After the new year, send Yao'er to Blacksmith Li as an apprentice."

"But..." Aunt Tian looked sad, "Is there no other way?"

To put it nicely these days, apprentices are provided with food and lodging, but most masters treat apprentices as slaves.Moreover, even if one is able to become a master in crafts, one may not be able to have the money to become self-reliant. This way can only ensure that one will not starve to death.

Sending Yao'er there, isn't it equivalent to ruining the future life of your own child with your own hands!The more Aunt Tian thought about it, the more sad she became, and two lines of tears were left on her face, which was tortured by life.

Uncle Tian felt sad, but the family life became more and more sad every year: "This year, the fourth child should also get married, and the eldest child will grow up in two years, and the expenses are..."

Aunt Tian didn't know about the difficulties at home, and she also had a sad face.The two were immersed in their own thoughts, and did not notice that outside the dim room, there was a small figure listening outside the door.

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the door of the house, waking up the three of them. The small figure outside the door suppressed the emotions in his heart, and quickly ran to open the door.

"Uncle Tian, ​​are you at home?" Tao Xiran howled at the top of his voice, and a boy ran out of the room immediately.Soon Uncle Tian and Aunt Tian also came out to welcome them.

Tao Xiaomei is neat, she explained the matter clearly in a few words.When Uncle Tian's family heard this, they happily agreed.

Although the reward is only [-]% of the harvest, it is also a timely help for their family.

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After seeing off his younger siblings, Tao Jianran went back to bed and continued to lie down, flipping through the systematically organized textbooks for the first grade in his mind.

The textbooks sorted out by the system are similar to the primary school textbooks in the previous life, divided into five subjects: Chinese, mathematics, morality, music, and physical education.Each subject is divided into upper and lower volumes.

Tao Jianran focused on Chinese and Mathematics.The Chinese textbook does not quote pinyin, and the content is all kinds of short stories that entertain and educate. After class, there are also new words and new words, and occasionally some catchy poems from this plane are mixed in; the math textbook is more complicated, because Ruichao does not have Arabic numerals yet. , so the first volume will teach counting with Arabic numerals, then addition and subtraction, and the second volume will teach multiplication and division.

The first volume of the ideological and moral textbook is an easy-to-understand modern text textbook, which imparts easy-to-understand materialism and dialectical thinking, and the second volume contains a lot of content commonly used by Rui Chao.This arrangement will not make the teaching content appear too advanced, and will not be regarded as a heterogeneous cult or something. Tao Yanran expressed his satisfaction.As for the physical education textbooks, there are some general knowledge about physical exercise and a set of radio gymnastics. Tao Jianran thinks that children in rural areas should not be short of exercise, and there is no need for special physical education classes. Doing exercises is also suspected of wasting time, but these common senses of physical health are still quite good. It is practical and can be mixed with teaching.

Tao Jianran was busy with education, and there were more discussions about the Tao family in Lejing Village.

When Uncle Tian's family first appeared in the Tao family's fields, they immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding villagers. The next day, the news that the Tao family hired people for the autumn harvest was already spreading.

On the square in the center of the village, a group of women sat in the shade of the trees, chatted while looking at the rice they were drying on the ground, "Hey, have you heard that? The Tao family boy didn't know where to get rich, but he went with The landlord seems to want to hire someone to harvest the sky, maybe after the autumn harvest is over, he will move to the town to live, what a blessing." The tone was full of sourness, and it was unclear whether it was envy or jealousy.