Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 263 Su He wants to hire a teacher for his brothers

Su He wanted his brothers to grow up to be gentlemen. To master the six arts of a gentleman: courtesy, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. To be able to follow the five virtues of a gentleman: gentleness, kindness, courtesy, frugality, and modesty. After becoming an official, they can practice the four virtues of self-reflection, self-control, self-discipline, and tolerance. In life, they can become literati and learn the eight arts of zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, incense, flowers, and tea.

Su He still likes traditional literature very much. In this world, there are masters in these aspects, unlike later generations who gradually abandoned some good things. It is rare to see a true gentleman. They are just some gentlemen with a superficial appearance. It is impossible to find a gentleman who is all-round in ancient times. Thinking about the stories of those legendary figures, Su He hopes that his brother will become such a brilliant person.

Of course, Su He is also working hard. Now that he has the opportunity to live in the city, he will eventually meet such a teacher who will teach them to become true gentlemen.

Because Su He knew that in ancient times, many officials of the imperial court would be exiled to the frontier. Among them, there must be many people with good abilities. There are also many people from aristocratic families who were implicated and fell here. If you look for them slowly, you will definitely find them. Since you are here, just look for these people carefully!

These people were once successful and famous, but they were just pearls covered in dust, and they will shine again sooner or later. Even if they shine, Su He will find them and help them escape from the sea of ​​suffering. Use them for his family and help his brothers succeed.

Su He and his team went to the store first, and they started cleaning together. Su He ordered them to separate, with two people cleaning the single room and the rest cleaning the hall downstairs. The kitchen was cleaned by several chefs, so that the personnel were properly allocated. Su He, his father, and Uncle Feng helped around and directed everyone to work.

After half a day of working together, the windows, tables, chairs and benches in the store were finally clean.

Su He followed his father to the street to buy some bedding and clothes, and arranged for all these people. Ten people were left to live directly in the back rooms of the store. There were people living there before, and the beds were ready. They had already cleaned them and put down the bedding to rest.

Su He asked them to get a set of clothes and put them on first, and then he would make work clothes for them, just like in his own workshop, with a little modification in color and style. Here Su He picked a slightly older person to temporarily manage these people. Then he picked someone from the family to be the manager.

Su He was very optimistic about Su Dapeng. After spending these days together, he could still be trained. He could be allowed to come with Jiang Jinsong to manage the place and learn from Uncle Jiang.

They took the rest of the people back home. Brother Su He and his friends stayed at home to study and did not go anywhere. They were waiting for the family to make arrangements, and then they would go to the academy here to have a look. If it was possible, they would study here first.

Wang Xiaohu had already written a letter of recommendation last time, which was stamped with the seal of the General's Mansion. They can just go directly to the teacher when the time comes.

Su He had his own idea. He wanted to find a man with a good reputation to teach his four brothers at home, so that he could also learn from them. There were also four book boys who needed to learn, so it wouldn't be a waste of money to hire a teacher.

They sat together in the hall. Su He asked Uncle Feng and the others to come over and told them about her plan to ask Uncle Jiang to bring Su Dapeng to manage the teahouse every day. Of course, she would go there often, and they would use the original shopkeeper's room together. The furniture inside did not need to be moved. She used the inner room, and Uncle Jiang used the outer room more. Su Dapeng mainly stayed in the hall and could rest in the outer room.

They agreed that the teahouse would be arranged like this for the time being, and they would go there tomorrow to start looking after the decoration. Su He said that he would write down everything that needed to be done today, and took out two hundred silver notes and gave them to Uncle Jiang, asking him to take care of the arrangements.

Su He then discussed with Uncle Feng and the others whether they could find a teacher to teach at home, so that they could learn better according to their brothers' situations. They could also give their young servants a lesson every week so that they could learn to read and understand etiquette.

Su He's idea was approved by Su He's father. If his children had a special teacher, they would not need to learn some basic literacy. His children knew quite a few words, but some articles needed to be explained to them by the teacher.

Their children have a different foundation from most academy students. It is a bit of a waste of time in the town. It is not easy to go to the academy. They cannot follow their own wishes, and they cannot go directly to study with college students of the same age.