The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 233 The Current Situation of Girls' Schools

Zhang Ruomei, who finally felt a little relieved, came to find Chen Cui, and they went to the girls' school together to check.

To be honest, since the opening of the Yucai Girls' School, she has only appeared at the opening ceremony. It has been more than a month and this is only her second visit.

It was agreed that the two of them would run the school together, but most of the things fell on Sister Cui, and Zhang Ruomei felt very embarrassed.

"What's the big deal? There aren't many students enrolled in school right now, and there's not much to do. I can't be too busy."

Chen Cui patted her hands to show that she didn't mind.

Having said that, Zhang Ruomei knew that both of Liu's daughters-in-law were pregnant, and Chen Cui, as the mother-in-law, must be very busy. Not only did she have to take care of the pregnant women, but she also had to look after her grandson, take care of household affairs, and run the shop. Even if the workload for each of them was not much, when added together, it would not be easy.

After all, the girls' school is a new one. Even though there are not many students, there is still a lot of things to do. Sister Cui has been really busy recently.

Due to the cheap land price, the address of Yucai Girls' School was located outside the city. It was originally a dilapidated house together with the surrounding wasteland. They spent a lot of effort to tidy it up, and then built the school building on this basis.

Because it is foreseeable that there will not be too many students in the initial stage, only part of the classrooms and dormitories have been built. Although the other part has been planned, it has not yet been built.

Because both investors knew that the possibility of this girls' school making a profit was very small, they had already prepared themselves for losing money, so they tried to save money as much as possible to avoid losing too much.

Although both of them have enough money, the original intention of building the school is to help more civilian women so that they can get out and stand on their own feet. This is a long-term task and the results cannot be seen in three to five years. Therefore, even if there is a lot of money in hand, it must be calculated carefully and in a long-term manner.

When they arrived, the girls were doing their morning exercises. They were wearing the green clothes that were distributed uniformly in the school. Although they were of different heights, under the guidance of Sui Sui, they performed the Five Animal Exercises quite well.

Because Zhang Hongjuan was pregnant and in the early stages of pregnancy, her apprentice Suisui temporarily took over as Mr. Wu of the girls' school.

Although Suisui had not been practicing with her second sister-in-law for a short time, she had no problem teaching a group of girls younger than her. It was just to let them exercise.

I come here early in the morning and lead this group of girls for jogging. During breaks, I have them practice the Five Animal Exercises. This is the current teaching content for the day.

This was decided after the master and disciple discussed it and based on the situations of these girls.

The horse stance exercise is not suitable for them. These children are very thin and are more or less malnourished. They cannot compare with the children who are full of energy and blood. They cannot bear the horse stance exercise right away and can only do simple exercises such as running circles.

Even so, it was difficult for the girls to complete it at first.

Some were too shy to take a step, while others stopped to catch their breath after running a few meters. A group of people stood in twos and threes on the playground, and some even began to cry softly, which made Zhang Hongjuan frown.

Some even asked with sobs: "Sir, aren't we here to learn skills? Why do we have to run so roughly like men?"

Zhang Hongjuan's brows furrowed even deeper.

She has been practicing martial arts since she was young. Although she has suffered a lot, she has also achieved remarkable results. She is agile and many of her fellow disciples have been defeated by her. Therefore, she has never felt that women are inferior to men.

These girls are too weak, not only physically but also mentally. She needs to train them well to make them strong from the inside out.

Zhang Hongjuan used both soft and hard tactics to finally get the group of girls to follow her instructions and run. Thanks to this, Suisui was able to lead them when she took over.

At first, when these girls saw that the previously powerful Zhang Hongjuan was gone and replaced by a little girl who was not much older than them, some of them wanted to slack off and refused to run.

But Suisui didn't say anything else. She just dragged the girl who claimed she couldn't run two laps around the playground. She didn't let go of her clothes until the girl burst into tears and said she would never dare to do it again!

The other girls didn't dare to act weird anymore and just followed her obediently.

Now, the young master Suisui has completely established her foothold. Even if she is not very strict from now on, no one dares to look down on her.

Seeing this scene, Chen Cui and Zhang Ruomei couldn't help but nod in approval.

After finishing the break exercises, the girls went back to the classroom to study their academic subjects.

When these girls entered school, basically they could not read, so they had to be taught from scratch. Since they did not need to take the imperial examinations, the main focus of instruction was practical skills such as learning to read.

On the wall at the front of the classroom, there is a thin large stone slab. When it is necessary to demonstrate how to write, people would write on it with a slate pen. Afterwards, they could erase it with a rag and rewrite it. This is also a relatively primitive blackboard.

There is a tray with a layer of sand on the table in front of each student. They can use a bamboo stick to trace and carve on it to achieve the purpose of practicing calligraphy.

These are what Chen Cui came up with to save costs. Considering sustainable development, this method is better. When their handwriting is almost practiced, they can use paper and pen to write.

However, although she was frugal on teaching aids, she never thought of saving money on the food for the girls' school.

No matter what you eat for breakfast, everyone must have an egg. At noon and in the evening, the cafeteria serves one meat and two vegetables. There is no limit on the staple food. You can eat as much as you can, as long as there is no waste.

Moreover, the food is not bland. We specially invited a nearby auntie with good cooking skills to cook it. Although it may not be delicious, it tastes much better than ordinary home-cooked meals.

This is also the reason why many girls are unwilling to do morning exercises, but are also reluctant to leave or drop out of school.

After entering the school, each person was given two sets of new clothes according to their size. The bedding in the dormitory was also brand new. The meals every day were much better than those at home. With such a good life, who would want to leave!

Although I had to do morning exercises every day which was tiring, I also had to learn to read, and would be scolded by the teacher if I asked questions that were not up to standard.

But they are not fools. Their families sent them here to learn skills. Being able to learn to read is something they never dared to think about before.

If this girls' school only accepts girls, how could they have gotten this opportunity? Their families would have sent their brothers here long ago.

Although the gentlemen here are strict, they will not beat or scold you without reason, and those who do well will be praised from time to time. Life is much better than that of most people at home.

Most of them have not paid their tuition fees, but are paying on credit, which means they are learning skills for free. If they don’t seize such a good opportunity, they would be really stupid!