Chapter 101 The Opening Ceremony
On May 26th, everything was ready and Peach Blossom Academy officially opened.
On the same day, Li Sishu and Wu Ye used their personal connections to invite famous figures in Liyue Port such as Tianshu Star, Tianquan Star, Yuheng Star, Qixing General Secretary and Mr. Zhongli to support them.
As soon as everyone saw this kind of arrangement, they knew that the backstage of Peach Blossom Academy was extremely tough.
Li Sishu did not go out to promote the academy's enrollment, but at this time, Peach Blossom Academy was surrounded by thousands of students.
"There are too many people...Wu Ye, can you handle it?"
"These people found out that Mr. Li Zida is probably Wu Ye. Wu Ye and Li Zida won the second place in the poetry appreciation competition not long ago. They must have come here because of his reputation."
"Yes, yes, the key point is that there are not many lecturers in your academy now, right?"
"Yeah, and I saw a lot of people who didn't seem to be here to study. Sister Lan from the Adventurers Association, Dr. Liu Su from the Heyu Tea House, Sailor Tide from the North Pier..."
"It should be that the tuition is too low, which makes them want to join in the fun and see how your Peach Blossom Academy is different from other academies."
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Listening to the words of Xingqiu, Yan Fei and others, Wu Ye fell into deep thought.
Li Sishu said in a deep voice: "Wu Ye, how about we give a quiz on the content of "Chinese", so that we can get rid of some people who join in the fun. After all, our academy is based on the content of "Chinese" For those who teach, under normal circumstances, those who are willing to come here to study have read this book.”
"Sir, perhaps you can also add an age limit as a filtering condition, such as only recruiting students between the ages of eight and adulthood."
Li Zida suggested.
Wu Ye nodded: "Brother Si Shu and Li Zi's suggestions are very good. Let's leave it at that. But the age limit is only eight years old or above. After all, some older people also like to study."
Wu Ye looked at the crowd and put forward his own idea: "I teach for one hundred days a year. In addition to the prescribed breaks and holidays, I also plan to set up winter and summer vacations so that students will not be so tired."
"So I teach about three days a week. I teach students on Monday and Tuesday, and I plan to use Friday to cultivate their interests and hobbies."
Everyone was puzzled, and Wu Ye explained carefully: "For example, some students want to learn cooking skills, and I want to ask you, Xiang Ling, to be their teacher; some students want to learn music, and I want to ask you, Xin Yan, to be their music teacher... …”
Xin Yan interrupted in surprise: "It means I can rock out in the academy for a legitimate reason?!"
"Ahem!" Wu Ye coughed, "You can't say that. I know you must know a lot of friends who are good at music. Then invite them to be teachers together, because not all students like rock music."
"There are also piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as dancing, singing and opera. There must be students who are interested in learning, so I plan to ask you or your friends to come over and serve as the corresponding teachers."
"Of course, I will hire you at a high price and I will not treat anyone who applies badly!"
Wu Ye finished speaking.
Yun Jin agreed very much and praised: "This is okay! I will come to teach students how to sing opera when I have time, so that more people can inherit and spread this culture and art."
"Well, I can teach them legal knowledge so that they can learn to use the law correctly to protect their rights."
Yan Fei smiled.
Xiangling looked excited: "Then I'll teach them how to cook and let them try the dishes for me!"
Xingqiu shook his head: "Xiang Ling, your idea is too dangerous. What if the students get hungry?"
"If it were me, I would teach them calligraphy."
When the Xingqiu folding fan is opened, the wind blows gracefully.
"Well, Xingqiu, your idea is very good! But I guess they can't understand your top-notch cursive calligraphy. My grandfather will help with calligraphy."
Wu Ye quickly dismissed Xingqiu's idea. After all, Xingqiu's handwriting was like crawling earthworms, and he didn't dare to compliment him.
Chongyun stood up and said: "I'll teach them alchemy and martial arts. While strengthening their bodies, they can also learn to kill evil and slay demons."
"Then my hall master will teach them how to choose a coffin and identify a suitable place for burial. Let them know which coffin is suitable for them to sleep in and which place is suitable for burying themselves..."
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In the end, Wu Ye rejected Xingqiu and Hutao's offer to become their teacher.
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After everyone who came to watch the ceremony left, Li Sishu came over holding the roster.
"Wu Ye, we have admitted a total of 153 students. The oldest one is twenty-seven years old, and there is a nineteen-year age difference between the youngest one. Is this really okay?"
"no problem."
"Then let's start the ceremony tomorrow."
"Okay, Brother Secretary."
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The next day.
A solemn opening ceremony officially began.
The first step was to straighten the clothes. Wu Ye and Li Zida arranged the clothes of the students who entered the academy one after another.
After finishing, the students gathered outside the school and it was crowded.
Looking at the students with different looks, ages, and family backgrounds, Wu Ye felt deeply.
"In the entrance hall, before the apprenticeship ceremony, I have a question to ask you. What do you think the purpose of studying is?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the students below immediately began to whisper and discuss, while Wu Ye waited quietly.
After a long time, when the crowd became quiet, Wu Ye said, "I think everyone has the answer, so let's line up and come forward one by one and whisper to me. Just listen. After you finish speaking, you can enter the school. "
The first person to come forward was a child. He came forward and bowed respectfully, then scratched his face and said:
"Um... I don't know if my bowing movements are correct or not. Little Master Li taught me. My name is Xiao Fei. Well, I don't know why I want to study. My parents asked me to do it."
Wu Ye touched Xiao Fei's head and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I will figure it out later, just go in first."
The second person who came forward was a man in his early twenties. The man was wearing a hemp yellow short coat and a long black hakama. He said in a loud voice: "I don't have much education. I just want to see how well you teach. Anyway, you are paying so much for tuition." It’s not expensive. If I can’t teach you well, I’ll just leave.”
After saying that, the man went straight in. Li Zida on the side was about to say something to stop him, but Wu Ye shook his head to stop him.
Li Zida looked at the man's back and said puzzledly: "Sir, I feel that this man is here to cause trouble. Why do you let him enter the school?"
"It's okay. The other person paid the tuition anyway, so we just have to teach him carefully. I think this person is an honest person."
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"Wu Ye... No, I should call you Mr. Wu."
"Oh? Dalin Xiaozhu, you guys are here? You two also want to..."
Dalin and Xiaozhu looked at each other and smiled. Dazhu leaned close to Wu Ye's ear and said, "Yes! We are here to study, because I heard that you are "Wuzuo" and I didn't have the opportunity to communicate with you at the poetry appreciation conference. Hehe , we have many questions to ask you, Mr. Wu."
Wu Ye nodded: "I see. It seems that Brother Dalin, your background is not small. However, I am very happy that you two are willing to come. I am worried that there are no extra lecturers."
"I plan to let some people with high cultural background and quick learning become lecturers and then teach students. After all, I will have important things to do in the future and may not have time to give lectures, so you two are exactly the talents I urgently need. , Don’t worry, you will get your salary every month.”
Xiaozhu smiled, bent down and bowed and thanked you: "Okay, I happen to be an idle person, I will study hard."
After talking, Dalin and Xiaozhu walked into the school.
There were dozens of students behind.
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"Mr. Wu, I study to get ahead!"
"Sir, I think I can make a lot of money in the future!"
"Sir, I want to be a useful person to society."
"Sir, I don't want to study...my family forced me to come."
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"I want to change my destiny through studying, because my mother-in-law and I are the only ones at home. My father went to the Rock Abyss ten years ago and has not come back. My family is very poor, and my mother-in-law has always wanted me to study. But I only came here if I could barely afford the tuition here."
The last student, a twelve-year-old boy whose face had been tanned by the sun for a long time, raised his head and said to Wu Ye.
Wu Ye saw his calloused hands and comforted him in a warm voice: "Well, I believe you can do it. Let's go to the school first."
After the young man entered, Wu Ye looked at Li Zida and said, "Li Zi, when you have time, go to his home. If his family is really poor, then exempt him from tuition."
"Okay! Sir."
Wu Ye and Li Zida walked into the school.
Wu Ye stood on the podium and said loudly: "From now on, I will be the president of this academy, and this Li Zida will be your lecturer, and there will be more lecturers in the future."
"They will not only teach you how to read and read, but also teach you extracurricular knowledge and develop your interests and hobbies."
"According to the opening ceremony, there will be a teacher apprenticeship ceremony, hand cleansing and heart cleansing, and a writing ceremony. But let's keep everything simple and don't waste lecture time."
Wu Ye looked at Li Zida:
"Li Zi, help me distribute these peach wood name tags to them and let them write their names on them. From now on, they will be students of Peach Blossom Academy."
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When the last student could write the character "人" with a brush, the opening ceremony was finally over.