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Chapter 164 Apprenticeship Ceremony

The village, which had been silent for a night, began to revive.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin woke up to the sound of roosters crowing, stretched themselves comfortably, and then got up quickly.

Today is the day to send the children to the village chief's school, so we can't delay.

After they finished cleaning up and went to the yard, they didn't see a single child. This wasn't right, because usually these children got up much earlier than them.

Is it possible that he hasn’t woken up yet?

The two of them brushed their teeth and knocked on the children's door. There was no movement inside. When they opened the door, they saw that the beds were neatly made. It seemed that the children had gotten up early.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin quickened their pace. It could not be more than seven o'clock in the morning at this time, and the children got up so early.

When the two of them finished packing and went over, the children were already there.

The three boys were cleaning and tidying up the yard. Tao'er, Hui Niang and Mei'er had already cooked the pig food, and the meal was almost ready.

Sanni and Xing'er were not there. Upon asking, I found out that they were afraid that they would not have time to release the ducklings because of school today, so they drove the ducklings out early in the morning.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin felt a little embarrassed. As mothers, they were not in a hurry, but the children had prepared everything early.

There was still some time before breakfast, so Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin asked the three boys to go to the factory to see what the situation was and also asked them to come over for dinner.

As for them, the celery they received yesterday had not been brought over yet, so they had to go to Old Chen’s house.

After returning with the celery, the Jiang family father and son also returned with the three boys. Seeing how refreshed they looked, it seemed that nothing had happened last night.

"Master Jiang, did you sleep well last night?"

"That's great. In the middle of the night, a mouse tried to sneak in but was scared by Jiang Feng. Otherwise, we could have seen a good show." Thinking about how Jiang Feng was too alert yesterday and scared the guy instead, Jiang Dayou felt a little regretful.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin looked at each other, which meant that Chen Fangyuan's family really wanted to cause trouble last night, but they might have been caught by Jiang Feng.

This guy is really brave. It is true that people die for money. Seeing four strong men living inside, he still wants to take the risk and break in.

The three of them tacitly agreed not to talk about this topic anymore, and the children just thought that a mouse really had gotten in.

Since they were here, Zheng Yuan took the key from Jiang Feng and asked Sizhu to deliver it to Old Mrs. Chen.

It had been agreed that they would go to work half an hour earlier every day and the keys would be given to Old Lady Chen, but yesterday several people from the Jiang family wanted to live inside, so the two of them took the keys back.

After Sizhu came back with the ducklings, Sanni and Xing'er also came back with the ducklings. The two hurriedly urged them to wash their hands and eat.

After breakfast, it was almost eight o'clock. They agreed to go to school at 9:00 p.m. every day. Today was the first day, and they had to do a simple ceremony of paying respects to their teacher. It was about time to go there and get ready.

After breakfast, the children changed into their new clothes early, put on their schoolbags, and straightened their backs a lot.

Jiang Dayou looked at this upright family and felt that such a family would not stay in this small mountain village forever.

"Mr. Jiang, we will take the children to school soon. You can do whatever you want at home. If you want to go to the factory, just help us close the gate." Zheng Yuan took the silver from the house and came out to explain the situation to the Jiang father and son.

"It's okay, just take care of your own things and don't worry about us." Jiang Dayou waved his hand.

Mr. Jiang, who originally wanted to go and watch the fun, was stopped by him.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin walked in front holding the six gifts of repair, and the children followed in a row behind them, meeting many people along the way.

Now that the two of them have opened a factory and have not been causing trouble recently, their reputation in the village has improved a lot, and many people have taken the initiative to greet them.

When asked what they were going to do, they answered truthfully.

Watching the family's backs as they walked away, the people who had just greeted them gathered in groups of three or five, whispering and discussing the earth-shaking changes in their family.

When the group arrived at the village chief's house, the village chief and his wife were already standing at the door waiting.

Looking at the things in the two people's hands, the village chief nodded with satisfaction. I originally thought that they didn't know anything, so today they would just burn incense, but I didn't expect them to be so thoughtful.

After all, it was the first time for the village chief to formally teach students, so he still hoped to be more formal. He was naturally happy that the two of them valued him.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin could see that the clothes of the two elderly people were carefully selected. Even the fur of Hua Niu, who was squatting beside them, was much brighter.

"Uncle, aunt, have you had breakfast?" The two greeted each other when they met.

"Hello grandpa! Hello grandma!"

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The children also greeted politely.

"I've eaten it, but have you used it?" The village chief's wife looked at the well-behaved children and smiled happily.

Hua Niu came forward and wagged her tail to greet them.

"Ate."

"Then come in quickly. Class starts at 9:00 p.m., so we have to hurry." The village chief walked in first.

The two men put down their hands that were touching Hua Niu and followed with the children.

The village chief walked straight to the main room, and several people followed him in. The village chief directed the children to stand in a row below.

During this time, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin went to the kitchen and took out a colander, placed the six gifts of tuition neatly in it, and then placed the six months' tuition in the middle. They then took them back to the main room and stood aside waiting politely.

The village chief took out three incense sticks, lit them in the kitchen, and brought them back. He bowed three times respectfully in front of the incense table, muttering something.

They couldn't hear it clearly, but Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin guessed that it was probably something like telling the master that he was accepting a disciple today.

After finishing reading, the village chief put the incense into the ash basin and turned around to sit down in the main seat at the top.

"Today is the day you officially come to school. Although I am not well-educated, I am your first teacher in life. We should still have a simple apprenticeship ceremony."

"Although I am your teacher, we are also related. If I call you teacher, it will inevitably confuse the generations, so you can just call me grandpa from now on."

"Yes, Grandpa Village Chief."

The children answered in unison.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin hurriedly handed the prepared colander to Dashu, signaling him to go forward and hand it to the village chief on behalf of the children.

On the way here, the two of them had already roughly explained the whole thing to Dashu. Now Dashu took the basket and walked forward steadily. He kowtowed respectfully to the village chief, then knelt down and held the thing above his head and handed it to the village chief as a sign of respect. The children behind him also knelt down.

The village chief took the things from Dashu's hand, put them on the table beside him, and then began to teach the children.

It was basically some words teaching children to respect their teachers, study hard, and be filial to their parents and elders, which was pretty much the same as the opening education in later generations.

Soon, the village chief finished his entrance training and asked the children to stand up. The village chief's wife came forward and gave each child a pen holder as a return gift to the students.

The children turned their heads to look at Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin, and when they nodded, they accepted the things and thanked them obediently.

The two of them were very satisfied watching the well-behaved children, and their eyes were a little moist.

I used to think that those parents who cried loudly when sending their children to kindergarten on the first day were exaggerating, but I didn’t expect that when it was my turn, I almost couldn’t hold back my tears.

"Okay, it's getting late, let's go to class over there, and you two can go back and do your own things."

"Yes, I'll trouble you and your aunt to take care of these children."

The two of them hurriedly thanked and left, as they couldn't delay the children's studies.