Chapter 45: Literacy Class
"Come on, sit here." Tang Wen said while patting his thigh.
"You wish!" Gu Hanyan rolled her eyes, gave Tang a contemptuous look, moved a short stool over and sat opposite Tang Wen, reaching for the soup spoon.
"I'm not asking you to feed me, I can eat by myself. Hanyan, I want to ask you for a favor." Tang Wen sat up and said.
"Then what do you want to help?" Gu Hanyan looked alert.
"You are a lady from a noble family, well-educated and well-mannered." Tang Wen said.
"Master, don't flatter me. I, a humble servant, cannot bear it." Gu Hanyan said sarcastically.
“Look, the slaves that my Tang family recruited are generally illiterate, and there are less than 30 who can read.
Some of them can recognize a few words, but not many.
Now that the dam construction has begun, many iron horses need to be operated, and they cannot be operated if you are illiterate.
So, I want to run a literacy class." Tang Wen said.
"What does literacy class mean?" Gu Hanyan asked.
“People who cannot read a single Chinese character are called illiterates, so we need to teach these illiterates how to read.
Junru's father used to be a teacher, so he can be counted as one.
It’s just that we have too many people and one teacher is too few.
So, since you can read, I would like you to give them lessons and teach them how to read.
Moreover, I can’t start learning from childhood like before. That would take many years and I can’t wait.
We need a crash course. What is a crash course? It is a class that helps children learn most characters in a short period of time. It takes about two months to help them learn some characters.
I can write letters and conduct some simple transactions." Tang Wen said.
"How is it possible to learn it within one or two months? We also studied it for two or three years. Moreover, we haven't learned it all." Gu Hanyan shook her head.
“Of course they can’t compete with the genuine scholars, it’s enough for them to know some common characters.
Otherwise, it will take several years to learn it. Should I still do my job here?
You see, there are more than a thousand people now. We need to eat and wear clothes. If nothing goes wrong, we will all be left with nothing. " Tang Wen said.
"In this regard, you have indeed worked hard, but it is simply impossible for one to learn a few words in just one or two months," said Gu Hanyan.
"Nothing is impossible. Just look at these books." Tang Wen picked up a Chinese book and handed it to her.
When Gu Hanyan opened it, she was stunned for a moment.
"And pictures?"
"Of course. Look, these two words are rooster, and this is rice... Isn't it much easier to remember with the picture?" Tang Wen said.
"Oh, it's true. It's much easier to remember. I know what a rooster and rice are after watching them a few times." Zhan Junru, who was standing by, opened her mouth in shock when she saw it.
"This picture is so lifelike, it looks exactly like a rooster. Who drew it?" Gu Hanyan asked in amazement.
"Haha." Tang Wen smiled and didn't answer.
"You drew this?" Gu Hanyan was stunned and stared at Tang Wen.
"I did it." Tang Wen didn't dare to say that he drew it. If Gu Hanyan insisted on asking him to draw a picture on the spot, it would be very embarrassing.
The photos taken with this mobile phone, after being printed in color, are of course very vivid.
"Then who wrote this book?" Gu Hanyan asked.
"Except for me, your master, who else can create such a magical thing?" Tang Wen looked smug and looked at Gu Hanyan with a smile on his face.
"Tsk! Sister Junru, look at these words, they seem to . They must have been printed." Gu Hanyan said.
“Of course it was printed, but this book was written by me, Tang. If I hadn’t written it, they wouldn’t have been able to print it.
Hanyan, you should familiarize yourself with the book first. Our class will start in the evening, so you need to be prepared.
And Junru, send a copy to your father and ask him to familiarize himself with it first and prepare to teach in the evening." Tang Wen said.
Gu Hanyan was fascinated by Chinese and spent the whole day reading.
Hehe, when I show you the math, you'll be stunned...
Also, don't you like playing the piano? I'll write a whole music book.
Don’t you like playing chess? Here’s a book of 36 chess games, haha…
A certain Tang is laughing in an evil way...
In the evening, the first batch of "students" arrived for the literacy class, totaling about a hundred people, and the two teachers, Gu Hanyan and Zhan Shifeng, sat on the stage in front with solemn faces.
The vast majority of these people can recognize dozens or hundreds of characters, and a small number can only recognize a portion of the characters.
"Everyone, there is a golden house in books, and there is also a beautiful woman in books. Do you know what this sentence means?" Tang Wen, dressed as a scholar, asked while standing on the podium.
"Does 'Golden House' mean there is gold in the book?" asked Bu Feng.
"That's right!" Tang Wen nodded.
"How could there be gold in the book?" Zhao Du asked in confusion.
"Yes, sir, if there is gold in books, wouldn't we all become rich if we each bought a few?"
“That’s it, that’s it…”
Hahaha……
Suddenly, the whole class burst into laughter.
"Be serious. This is a school. If the master says yes, then yes." Li Quan said to Tang Wen with a stern face when he saw the situation.
"What's wrong with the school? The school should allow everyone to discuss." Gu Hanyan said.
"Miss Gu, you can't say such things." Li Quan was anxious.
"Okay, Li Quan, of course the school allows everyone to discuss. It's better to have different opinions, and many things are improved through discussion." Tang Wen waved his hand.
"I would like to ask Master Tang how to conjure up gold from books. I also want to conjure up ten or a hundred taels of gold." Gu Hanyan said with a hint of sarcasm .
"A thousand taels would be better." someone added.
“Where does knowledge come from? Most of it comes from reading.
Knowledge is wealth, let me give you a simple example.
If you study hard, pass the imperial examination, and become an official, will you become more and more wealthy?
Also, if you are illiterate when doing business, you won’t even realize when you are being cheated.
If you are knowledgeable, sensible, and have a clear vision, you will not be easily deceived and will be able to make more money.
Also, for example, when we build a dam, are excavators very powerful ?" Tang Wen asked.
"Of course it's amazing. That iron horse is so powerful." Zhan Dongwen nodded.
“All of these require knowledge to make. The amount of soil that an excavator digs in a day is equivalent to the amount that hundreds of people dig.
The people who make excavators are knowledgeable people. An excavator shipped from the West can be sold for hundreds of thousands of taels.
How much do you think you can earn?
Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver is something most people in this world cannot earn in their entire lifetime.
If you have extensive knowledge, you also have this opportunity.
The reason why scholars can make more money than you is because they have more knowledge than you. "Tang Wen said.
"What about Yan Ruyu?" Gu Hanyan asked unconvinced.
"Yan Ruyu was a beauty in ancient times." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Mr. Tang is really amazing. It's barely acceptable that he can turn things into gold in the book, but it's a joke that he can also turn things into beautiful women." Gu Hanyan said sarcastically.
"Of course it can change. Think about it, how much does a beautiful woman cost in this world? A brothel only costs a few dozen taels of silver to buy a pretty girl. Now that you have knowledge and make money, are you afraid of not having beautiful women?" Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Hahaha……"
"Master Tang is absolutely right."
"Yes, that's right..."
"I want to study..."
…
“I just said so much just to prove the importance of reading, which everyone actually understands.
Therefore, starting from today, no matter you are a master or a craftsman, no matter how powerful you were in the past, you must first learn to recognize the characters.
You can proceed to the next step only after you can learn to read.
Come, I will open your eyes today." Tang Wen said as he turned on the 'whiteboard' switch.
The next moment, the whiteboard lit up and beautiful music came. Suddenly, everyone stared in amazement, including Gu Hanyan.
"Ah, Master knows magic?"
"Master, why is there a sound in here?"
"It must be equipped with some mechanism. I heard that someone from the Gongsun family also knows how to do this. Wood can also make sounds."
…
Tang Wen let them discuss it for a while before pressing his hand. He chose the theme song of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Since this was a costume film, he was not afraid of being exposed.
Because the styles of clothes are similar.
So, he pointed his finger at the whiteboard, and suddenly, a rooster appeared and crowed.
Tang Wen pointed at the words and said, "These two words mean rooster ...Open the book and look for the rooster."
"Found it, found it." Someone shouted in surprise. The next moment, everyone had found it.
