Chapter 61
The next day, Yu Shen took Xiao Lingshuang to prepare some props for teaching.
First of all, it is a blackboard for teaching. Blackboard is easy to get in modern society. Unfortunately, Yu Shen did not bring it back to the blackboard from modern times, so he could only make it himself.
However, Yu Shen also had an idea. He asked a carpenter to customize a flat wooden board, and then applied it with ink and then air-dried it. It could barely be used as a blackboard.
With the blackboard, chalk is needed, Yu Shen made some ripe lime blocks as chalk.
After preparing the blackboard and chalk, I asked Mr. Cai about the number of people and found a carpenter to customize many desks and chairs.
When the carpenter saw the modern desk and chair style drawn by Yu Shen, he sighed at Yu Shen's idea and helped Yu Shen make desk and chair as fast as possible.
Next is stationery. Yu Shen brought back a lot of paper, pen and other stationery from modern society, and prepared to distribute a notebook, a few pencils, and erasers to each child. After all, it is too inconvenient to use pens and ink.
Finally, there is the textbook. Yu Shen prepared textbooks such as "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Classic", and "The Rules of Disciples". With modern pinyin and arithmetic, it is all the content that Yu Shen wants to teach.
Yu Shen asked someone to free up a big room for himself as a teaching place.
After Yu Shen was fully prepared, Mr. Cai brought Zhou Jin's children and parents to Yu Shen's yard and was polite to Yu Shen.
The children and their parents looked at Yu Shen curiously, but they still believed in Lao Lao Cai's judgment. After all, in this era, many monks and Taoists were quite literary and famous.
The parents handed Yu Shen a slap, and Yu Shen accepted it according to etiquette, then took out the pencil, eraser, and notebook and handed it to the children.
As soon as he saw the blank paper that Yu Shen took out, Mr. Cai and his children's parents were almost shocked.
Although papermaking in the Song Dynasty was popular, it could not be compared with notebooks made from modern craftsmanship, especially the colored covers and packaging technology of notebooks, which they had never heard of.
Mr. Cai held those notebooks, his hands trembled, and said:
"Master Yu, are these good things too extravagant for the children?"
Yu Shen smiled and said:
"It's okay, these can be reused and not wasted."
After saying that, Yu Shen took the sharpened pencil, took a notebook and opened it, wrote down his name casually, and then wiped it off with an eraser.
Seeing Yu Shen's actions, everyone was so surprised that they couldn't stop talking. Cai Laobashi said:
"Master, your things are too expensive, no."
Yu Shen smiled and said:
"I will be responsible for everything for the children if you hand over the punishment."
After a while and shirking to Mr. Cai, he reluctantly convinced Mr. Cai and let the children sit on the newly made desks and chairs.
Mr. Cai also knew about making these desks and chairs, and couldn't help but sigh that Yu Shen was kind-hearted and spent a lot of money to customize desks and chairs.
In the expectant eyes of parents, Yu Shen began his first teaching. To be honest, Yu Shen, who has only been a student in his life, is still a little nervous.
Yu Shen first introduced himself and said:
"I am your teacher now. My name is Yu Shen, and my name is Jinheng. Please introduce yourself, starting with Ling Shuang."
Yu Shen asked the children to get up one by one to introduce themselves, and the youngest in the class, Xiao Lingshuang, who was sitting in the front row, took the lead.
Xiao Lingshuang stood up happily and said:
"My name is Yu Lingshuang. I'm very happy to meet everyone. I hope to be friends with everyone. Thank you."
The introduction shocked the children and looked at Yu Shen and Ling Shuang nervously.
Yu Shen pointed to a little boy next to Ling Shuang and said:
"Don't be nervous, introduce yourself, just like Ling Shuang."
The child in linen clothes stood up, his face turned red, and he held it for a while before speaking:
"My name is Li Dakui, I'm very happy to meet everyone."
After saying that, Li Dakui sat down with a flushed face.
Someone made a proof and it went smoothly. The children began to introduce themselves one by one, and Yu Shen also wrote down the children's names one by one.
There are 23 children here, including Ling Shuang, and they are almost all children of the age of suitable age nearby. Except for Ling Shuang, the oldest is 8 years old and the youngest is 4 years old.
Then Yu Shen started his own teaching, of course, to recognize words, and at this time the advantages of pinyin are revealed.
Although the Mandarin in the Song Dynasty was very different from modern Mandarin and had more tones than modern ones, Yu Shensheng created several tones and most of the characters could still be spelled.
Yu Shen wrote down the content of the pinyin on the blackboard, and wrote down a few Chinese characters with pinyin, and began to learn with the children.
Mr. Cai looked at the pinyin written by Yu Shen and started to be confused, but not long after, he discovered the difference. The children could remember it quickly, and suddenly felt that Yu Shen was unfathomable.
Most other parents were illiterate. When they saw Yu Shen’s enthusiasm for teaching, they recognized Yu Shen’s ability.
In this way, Yu Shen's small private school opened like this. Yu Shen also took advantage of this period to make up for traditional Chinese characters and the history of the Song Dynasty, which made him quite improved.
A month later, Yu Shen's achievements in teaching the children were revealed. Most children could spell many words, which made the parents very happy.
Afterwards, Yu Shen took out modern Arabic numerals, worked with the calculation sheets made by the carpenter, and began to teach the children arithmetic.
When modern mathematical knowledge came out, parents were even more surprised. Children could quickly calculate simple addition and subtraction, which made Yu Shen famous around them. From time to time, private school teachers from other places came to visit Yu Shen.
More than two months later, the weather began to get warmer. Yu Shen took the children to learn arithmetic in his private school. Suddenly, father-in-law Cai brought a few men in gorgeous clothes in.
One of these men in the gorgeous clothes looked very young, with red lips and white teeth, and a little fluffy under his lips, about sixteen or seventeen years old.
Yu Shen glanced at Mr. Cai. Mr. Cai seemed very excited, but didn't say much, and took a few people behind Yu Shen's class to listen to Yu Shen's lecture.
When Yu Shen saw the visitor, he said intimately:
"It's finally here."
After the Chinese and arithmetic classes in the morning, the children all returned home, and only after the father-in-law Cai brought a few people up.
The young man had an extraordinary temperament, noble clothes, and was also the leader. He bowed to Yu Shen and said:
"Zhao Zhen has met Taoist Master Yu."
After Yu Shen returned the gift, he said:
"I've seen the Lord."
At this time, Mr. Cai excitedly introduced:
"This is Duke Fuguo of the current dynasty and is the eighteenth son of the official family."
Yu Shenyi said intimately:
"Duke Fuguo? It seems a bit familiar. It seems that the king of Xin Zhao Zhen was once named Duke Fuguo."
Yu Shen made up for the history of the Song Dynasty during this period. When he heard the word "Duke Fuguo" he thought of some later history.
Knowing that this person is extraordinary, Yu Shen bowed and said:
"I've met Duke Fu."
Chapter completed!