Chapter 141: Forging a Sword Requires Hammering Iron

And Kang Zhi Xia? They say they'll go again next year? Let them cultivate their temperament.

Kang Wen and Kang Wu haven't been there, have they?

You like them so much—is it because of them?

Not to say every sentence pierces the heart, but one can say each word cuts to the bone!

Qing Feng Da Ru, at such an age, has students all over the world; never expected one day to be left speechless by what people say.

All their past deeds are just that—past.

You can't see the present and ignore my past guidance.

They might have wasted time reading, but the life lessons they learn are a thousand, even ten thousand times stronger than the knowledge in these books.

Qing Feng Da Ru, forging a sword requires hammering iron.

Teaching people requires nurturing the heart.

You...

What do you think?

After Jiang Yun Chu finished speaking, she stood up, saw the people present, and said, "I'll take my leave first; those kids got one thing right."

My new crop succeeded; the adjacent land will benefit, so I'm going to farm it.

As soon as her words fell, she left the room directly.

Whether Qing Feng Da Ru or Kang Mengxian and Ningguang, they are now lost in thought.

They emphasize children's reading; is that wrong?

If Jiang Yun Chu were here, she would surely tell them confidently.

Emphasizing reading is not wrong.

Reading can broaden horizons and increase children's cognition.

But!

What's wrong is rote memorization, reading dead books.

These days, she hasn't advocated blind teaching; instead, she visited various academies, even staying at Qing feng Academy for over ten days.

She discovered that all the academies share a flaw: teachers teach only textbook knowledge, without explaining its meaning; the children merely memorize by rote, developing a bodily reflex to recite fluently, but do they really understand?

Still unknown!

This is also something Jiang Yun Chu has always prohibited.

"How have you considered the Joint Examination matter?" Ningguang suddenly asked.

Qing Feng Da Ru's face was flushed, now slowly fading; he had been thinking for a long time.

Now these children have improved, becoming well-behaved and eager to learn, yet they forget what these children used to be like.

Being rejected by the academies' doors made them the object of ridicule and discussion throughout Ning Jing.

When no one wanted them, Jiang Yun Chu founded this Chun Hua Xue Yuan; the children improved, and everyone saw it.

But the process of transforming children from bad to good, which most needs education, they never participated in; what right do they have to point fingers?

"I overstepped!" Qing Feng sighed, took a long time to recover, and finally admitted his problem.

"I will do my best to handle the Joint Examination matter; I also want to see the results."

If one says Qing Feng Da Ru previously resisted the Joint Examination, thinking Jiang Yun Chu was pulling up seedlings to help them grow, today a heavy hammer struck his heart directly.

It made him suddenly change his mind, but……

In the end, let the results speak for themselves.

Even he is looking forward to the results.

Over there, Jiang Yun Chu did as she said, truly going to the tooth shop.

A middle-aged man stood at the gate with a dejected look; if there were no more business, his tooth shop couldn't stay open.

"Tooth shop?"

At that moment, a gentle voice pulled him back from his reverie.

"Yes, yes, yes, this is the tooth shop; miss, what would you like to see?" He smiled, gesturing for the three ladies to enter first.

This room is rented by him, and the lease is about to expire.

In the past half year, business has dwindled; good farmland is all in the hands of the big families, and even when there is trade, it goes to the big tooth shops; his tiny tooth shop can't even afford a sip of soup.

"Are there large expanses of sandy fields near Jingdu?" Jiang Yun Chu asked calmly.

Zi Su and Bai Zhi each guarded one side.

Since the Princess Consort returned covered in blood, they both were frightened; whenever anything concerns the Princess Consort, they now stand at her sides to prevent surprise attacks.

"Sandy field?" The man thought he misheard, even rubbing his ears.

At a glance, the three ladies' attire was extraordinary; they must be from a prominent family.

Prominent families wouldn't buy sandy fields—managing them is laborious, and they yield little grain; wealthy families buy only prime land, who needs sandy fields?

"Yes, sandy field." Zi Su frowned, repeating the Princess Consort's words.

Is this person's brain not working well?

The man quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, yes."

Could there be none? There's plenty of sandy field; you can want as much as you like!

However, looking at the three ladies before him, he ultimately couldn't bypass his conscience and reminded them: "This sandy field isn't good for growing grain; its yield is less than twenty percent of prime land. I see you ladies aren't short of money—otherwise, look at prime land."

"Do you have prime land?" Jiang Yun Chu said plainly, looking at this person, who turned out to be honest.

She deliberately chose a small tooth shop to avoid some people's scrutiny and also to keep those kids from knowing she had added sandy fields.

The test field is for their trial.

As for herself, she is confident about these fields.

"I don't have any, this brokerage is too small—where would I find big clients? Who would put high-quality fields in my tiny brokerage!" That man said, a little embarrassed.

Jiang Yun Chu looked up at him and found him quite interesting.

"Let me check the location of Sandy Field; I want to buy Sandy Field today." She planned to plant peanuts and potatoes.

What the common folk hope for is nothing more than to have enough to eat; now the grain harvest isn't very good, and the people have to tighten their belts to make it until next year's grain supply.

If potatoes could be introduced, they would allow many people to have enough to eat.

"Got it."

"Take a look here—this spot has thirty mu of Sandy Field, and there's a small stream nearby, making irrigation much easier."

"This side is ten mu, but there's hardly any water source nearby, so irrigating is a bit of a hassle."

Zhang Zhi pointed out locations on his hand-drawn map, describing not only the fields but also the surrounding scenery, even detailing whose fields bordered them, what the people were like, and how the tenants lived, and so on.

That was really detailed.

Seeing Zhang Zhi, Jiang Yun Chu felt a bit of appreciation; she had visited many brokerages, and those brokerages always had dedicated agents to take them to see the fields, but beforehand they never had such detailed information.

"Your information is not bad," Jiang Yun Chu said admiringly.

Zhang Zhi chuckled, "The land I have isn't exactly top-notch; some people, upon hearing that, just don't bother to come look."

"I've hand-drawn these maps; I can show them, in case the client has any ideas!"

He's just a blind cat that happened to catch a dead mouse, but he never lies—he'll openly admit any strengths or weaknesses.