Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 175 Class Begins

After hearing what Song Sanniang said, the Song family members nodded secretly. They looked at each other and felt that Song Sanniang was indeed a child worth getting along with.

Then Song Sanniang asked Mr. Hu about accommodation and teaching. "Teacher, where do you live now? I will rent a yard for you, and we will have classes in the yard."

Mr. Hu replied, "I arrived yesterday and I am staying at the inn by myself. Since there are five of you in class,

Then let's rent a yard as you said, but it'd be better if it's a quieter yard, as I'm afraid of noise."

Song Sanniang nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, so she decided to ask Master Hu to go to the pawnshop to see if there was a suitable yard. The one she personally selected would be the most suitable.

Song asked Bai to go with them to help look at the things, while Si Niang and the others stayed at Tan's house and played with the other children.

When they arrived at the pawnshop, Huang Gui, who was an old acquaintance of the pawnshop owner, saw Song Sanniang coming and asked them to sit down with a smile. After she explained her purpose, he took out the house book and

Hearing that the place was for the ladies to live in, and that it needed to be quiet and safe, he picked out a few houses that he thought were good for them.

Mr. Hu had his eyes on two places. One was a small courtyard with two rooms near the government office, surrounded by the houses of officials in the government office.

The house in Huang Gui's hand belonged to the government office, but it was divided into three courtyards for rent, two of which were rented out to people in the government office. This house has been vacant for a long time.

This house is in a good location and is safe enough. No bad guy would dare to commit a crime in the police's territory.

The house has two rooms, a kitchen, a small utility room, and a well. The whole house is about 40 square meters. It takes about 20 minutes to drive from Le'anfang, which is not very close.

The other house is about 15 minutes’ drive from Le’anfang. This house is at the end of the alley and is relatively quiet.

There are three rooms, a kitchen, a small utility room, a well, and a persimmon tree in the yard.

The people living around this house are the original inhabitants of the city, all of whom have been here for three or four generations. They are locals who were born and raised here, so their safety is guaranteed.

So they went to look at the two houses. When they saw the first house, Master Hu felt it was not suitable.

When they went to look at the house, the residents around them looked at them with strange eyes. The house was nice, well maintained, and fully furnished.

But those residents all looked arrogant, and Master Hu told Huang Gui directly that it was not appropriate.

So everyone went to see the second room. When they walked to the door of the second room, they could see the branches of the persimmon tree in the yard extending outside the courtyard wall.

When they walked in, the yard was very quiet. Although the house smelled a bit musty, it was fully furnished. The most important thing was that the yard was very large. Song Sanniang felt that it was very suitable for classes.

Mr. Hu was naturally very satisfied, so he booked this room. It cost 18 taels per month, which was not cheap, but the house was in very good condition.

Song Sanniang did not continue to bargain, but asked Huang Gui to arrange for someone to clean the room immediately so that Master Hu could move in that night.

Then Song Sanniang and the others went shopping nearby to buy some daily necessities. Mr. Hu brought his own beds, so there was no need to buy any.

When they finished shopping and went to the inn to get the bed and guqin that Master Hu had left, the house had already been renovated.

Master Hu put down his things, and Bai strongly invited them to have dinner at the Tan family. Master Hu and Song Sanniang both felt that they were indebted to the Tan family, so they gladly accepted the invitation and returned to the Tan family.

After everyone had a great dinner at the Tan family's house, the Tan family arranged a carriage to take Song Sanniang and Mr. Hu home.

The carriage first took Master Hu to the newly rented small courtyard, and then sent Song Sanniang and the others back.

In the car, Master Hu said that she could not teach the next day because she had to arrange her classes first. She asked Song Sanniang and the others to come to her the next day, so Song Sanniang and the others agreed.

Niu Laosan and his wife were very happy to know that their two children were accepted by the teacher and would have good education in the future. They kept thanking Song Sanniang.

"Uncle San, Aunt San, what are you talking about? We are like a family, why do you still care about these things?" Song Sanniang had no choice but to say. After hearing what Song Sanniang said, Niu Laosan and the other two stopped thanking her.

On the third day, Song Sanniang and the others were sent to Master Hu by Song Laoer early in the morning.

After entering the house, everyone found that Master Hu had placed a large bamboo mat in the yard with six low tables on it. Hers was at the top, and the others were where Song Sanniang and the others sat.

After a few people greeted Master Hu, he asked them to sit down, and then he began to talk about his class requirements and the courses they would take.

Considering Song Sanniang's situation, Master Hu gave her a handbook of his teaching records for many years and asked her to read it herself.

When she was teaching Si Niang and the others, she asked Song San Niang to read the manual by herself. Song San Niang didn't have to come in the morning. If she had any questions, she could come to class in the afternoon and ask them.

In the morning, she taught Si Niang some words and some poetry, and in the afternoon, she taught her music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

Because he knew that Song Sanniang was busy in the store on weekdays, Master Hu did not have a hard and fast rule that he had to go to school with her.

Song Sanniang couldn't help but admire Master Hu's flexibility, but now everyone in the store is an experienced person, so her absence won't have much impact.

She decided to follow Si Niang and the others and leave during class time. In this way, Song San Niang and the others began their study life of leaving early and returning late.

In the morning, they would deliver breakfast to Mr. Hu after they had finished their breakfast in the store. Mr. Hu was supposed to go out to eat with everyone at noon.

But Song Ersao felt that this was not a good idea, so she prepared lunch every day and asked Song Laoer to deliver it.

When Song Laoer came to pick up Song Sanniang, he brought dinner to Master Hu, while Song Sanniang and the others went back to the store to eat.

In the car, Song Sanniang asked Si Niang and the others how they felt about the class and whether they would have trouble keeping up.

Si Niang shook her head and said, "I like Master Hu. I can understand everything she says and remember it very well."

Wu Niang nodded repeatedly, and waited for Si Niang to finish, then said, "Master Hu taught us to read and tell stories, I like it."

Niu Qianqian thought for a moment and said, "I also like Master Hu to teach us this way."

Niu Zhuangzhuang shouted loudly, "I recognize all the characters that Master Hu taught me today."

But everyone didn’t understand how to play the piano today. On the first day of teaching, Master Hu played for everyone to get familiar with the music, but she didn’t teach everyone how to play.

They were just a group of kids, and they couldn't understand what was said, but Master Hu didn't care. He just let them listen and slowly adapt.

In this way, Song Sanniang and her classmates began to attend classes every day, five days a week, and two days off. This was what Song Sanniang had applied for with Master Hu.

She thinks that if children have to study every day, just like in modern times, they may feel tired and it will be counterproductive.

The students that Master Hu had taught before were all over ten years old, so she thought what Song Sanniang said made sense, and so she made such arrangements.