kingnovel Chapter 302 Women's College
Chapter 302 Women's College
Lin Jiaojiao didn't go any further inside. Inside was the cafeteria of the men's college, and further inside was the dormitory.
Back at the school gate, although Lin Chun had asked for leave, he didn't want to be idle. When he heard Lin Jiaojiao say that he could go and dig potatoes, he went without saying a word.
Lin Jiaojiao and Lan Yi were standing at the gate waiting for the county magistrate to arrive. The security guard who was also a part-time doorkeeper at the door hurriedly asked Lin Jiaojiao to come in and sit down.
She didn't hesitate to take Lan Yi to sit in the house. The security guard was fanning her with a palm-leaf fan, and she directly reached out and took the fan from her hand.
"Don't worry about me, just pay attention to the door."
"Yes, yes, I'll watch it carefully." After saying that, he stopped flattering Lin Jiaojiao and watched outside the door honestly to prevent suspicious people from entering.
Lin Jiaojiao was fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan while looking at the map of Linjia Village, keeping an eye out for the county magistrate's carriage entering the village so that she could go out early and continue waiting to greet him.
The surface work still needs to be done well.
Not long after, the bell for class rang, and the county magistrate still hadn't arrived until the bell for the end of get out of class rang half an hour later.
The security lady sitting in the front had her back straight. Her boss was sitting right behind her and hadn't left yet, so she didn't dare to slack off at all.
Lin Jiaojiao stood up and stretched her muscles, twisting her waist and muttering to Lan Yi.
"Will County Magistrate Xiao not come?"
"I don't know."
Lan Yi hadn't heard any sound of a carriage outside yet, so she didn't know whether it was coming or not.
"Well, wait for half an hour. If you don't come back, go home and wait."
When the gatekeeper at the front heard that the county magistrate was coming, she straightened her back even more and became more excited, as she would be able to meet the county magistrate soon.
Another half an hour passed, and there was still no sign of the carriage on the map, so she had to close the map, stand up, and return the fan to the security guard.
"Work hard, Lan Yi is going back."
The security lady immediately stood up and respectfully escorted them to the gate. She watched them leave, then she relaxed and rubbed her sore shoulders. Before she had rubbed for long, she saw both of them walk to the pavilion a hundred meters away and then turned back. She quickly put down her hands and stood still.
Lin Jiaojiao just wanted to go home quickly under the scorching sun, but when she was almost halfway there, Lan Yi said a carriage was coming. She opened the map and saw that it was indeed the county magistrate's carriage. She hurried back.
As she went back and forth, she began to sweat and felt sticky and uncomfortable.
She stood at the gate, took out a handkerchief from her bosom and wiped the sweat from her forehead, then straightened her clothes. Hearing the sound of a carriage getting closer, she quickly adjusted her state and looked at the carriage that had stopped at the gate with a smile. Behind the carriage were four guards riding on fine horses.
The first person to get off the carriage was the head of the village, followed by Teacher Yang, the official in charge of education in the county school. Lin Jiaojiao had been dealing with her and had given her many gifts before she managed to get all aspects of the school in order.
The last person to get off the carriage was County Magistrate Xiao. He was already in his forties and a little fat, but he looked very kind. As soon as he got off the carriage, he apologized to Lin Jiaojiao who was standing at the door.
"Mr. Lin, I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. There was an urgent case that came up and I couldn't do anything about it. Please forgive me."
Lin Jiaojiao expressed her understanding. "It's okay, it's okay. It's our honor that Mr. Xiao can visit the cold courtyard. It's sunny outside. Why don't we go inside and talk while walking?"
"Okay, then it's hard work."
Lin Jiaojiao led the group into the Women's College. After passing through the palace-style gate, the view suddenly opened up. It was a large courtyard with the same layout as the Boys' College next door.
There are four cultural classrooms, two musical instrument classrooms, two chess rooms and two painting studios.
Currently, the Women's College has only two classes, with a total of thirty-two students.
She first brought the county magistrate and the others to the back door and window of the Culture Class 1. Inside were girls aged six, seven or eight, sixteen in total, who were following the teacher sitting in front of the podium and reading the words in the textbook.
They were all very quiet and no one spoke to avoid disturbing the children's reading.
Seeing that they had seen enough, Lin Jiaojiao took them to the window of Culture Class 2 to watch. The children in this class were older than those in Class 1, with the oldest being twelve. No matter what their previous cultural level was, they all started from scratch.
Of course, the children in this class are older and have stronger receptive abilities, so their progress is faster. Now they are all quietly writing the words they learned today, and the teacher is walking back and forth in the aisle to inspect their writing progress and correct any mistakes in time.
Of course, there were also children who had no pens, paper or ink, and could only use their fingers to follow the words in the book.
Afterwards, he took them to visit the three classrooms of Leqihua in turn, which left County Magistrate Xiao and Instructor Yang dumbfounded.
County Magistrate Xiao looked at the musical instruments in the classroom and nodded with satisfaction, "Boss Lin, you have a very complete collection. I'm afraid you have 20 instruments, not to mention the other instruments like the flute, erhu, etc. This is much better than the school in our county."
Teacher Yang was surprised and said, "Yes, I was shocked when Mr. Lin showed me the list. There won't really be 60 pianos, right?"
"Some have forty over here, and the boys' college next door has twenty."
Teacher Yang was shocked: "What? There are also some on the men's side?"
County Magistrate Xiao was also a little surprised but did not show it. He just looked at Lin Jiaojiao and waited for her explanation.
Lin Jiaojiao explained without giving it much thought: "Yes, we just want them to get to know this thing, not necessarily to let them play it. Of course, it's better if they can play it, as it will give them an extra skill to rely on."
The village head also spoke up for her, "Yes, Jiao Jieer has invested a lot of money in this, just hoping that the children who come here to study can learn something. Almost everyone in our village sends their children to school here."
All the schools in the county are privately run, so it has nothing to do with the interests of County Magistrate Xiao and her friends. On the contrary, in comparison, the Lin Family School is much better than any other school in the county.
Instructor Yang looked at Lin Jiaojiao with admiration, while County Magistrate Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
"Mr. Lin, you are great. I heard that you also set up a scholarship?"
Lin Jiaojiao didn't expect that she knew all this, and said a little embarrassedly: "Yes, there will be scholarships for the top ten in the March exam. We also hold some small activities on weekdays, such as poetry competitions, piano competitions, chess and painting competitions, and give corresponding rewards to cultivate their all-round development. Of course, the most important thing is to encourage them to study hard."
County Magistrate Xiao certainly understood what she meant. Almost all the students who came here to study were from poor families. Most of them were lucky enough to be able to pay the tuition. They would stop studying after one or two months and learn to read.
Now with the support of this scholarship and various activity rewards, the intelligence and talent of the children who are retained can be greatly improved. I am afraid that in a few years, Linjia Village will produce many students and scholars, and there will be many talented people.
I didn't expect that at her age, she could still move up in her career.