Chapter 157: Inspection

Lady Han signed it immediately, then handed it to Zi Su, not wanting to even glance at those clauses.

"Miss Zi Su, I've finished signing too," Lady Yong Bo said with a smile, and passed the life-death contract to Zi Su.

Jia Chuan's mother looked at her son; Jia Chuan's gaze was firm, he said nothing, just stared at his mother.

Lady Jia gritted her teeth, then signed.

"The life-death contract is signed; now let's talk about the tuition fees."

Jiang Yun Chu pointed to the children's side; the parents had finished signing, and the children then signed.

These few children are different from Kang Fu's children; Kang Fu's boys are basically forced, while their parents are willing.

These few are just the opposite.

"There are two semesters a year, each semester costs five taels of silver, so ten taels per year."

"This semester still has two months left; you can just pay for two months' worth of silver." She set down her teacup, then looked at the children who had signed eagerly, and couldn't help but shake her head with a smile.

Children, they really are adorable creatures.

"Good." For this, the three families had no objections.

Although it's considerably more than other academies, it's still within what they can accept.

Jiang Yun Chu glanced at the three worried people; alas, parents' hearts are the same everywhere.

"Zi Su, give the life-death contract to Zi Wu to establish the student records."

"Ladies and children, come with me to tour the academy."

"However… you may not ask questions the whole way, I won't answer either; you can only look and listen—can you manage that?"

Jiang Yun Chu also did this to reassure them; although they signed the life-death contract, this place is not a wolf pack, not a tiger's den…

There's no need to be so nervous.

"May we look?" Lady Han's eyes lit up.

Jiang Yun Chu nodded, "Pointing to those three little radish heads, at this time they are in class; you may only look, not speak, not call out."

"Remembered?"

Those three little radish heads immediately replied, "Yes, we remember."

Jiang Yun Chu nodded satisfactorily, then walked ahead, saying, "Well then… let's go take a look."

As she walked, she gave a brief introduction of the academy.

"This is the drill field; every morning at mao hour, they assemble here on time—don't ask me about those who are late."

"I expect you can't even imagine…"

As she spoke, she looked at the three people's eyes with a cold expression.

The three little radish heads immediately stood straight, each etching it in their hearts: mao hour, assemble at mao hour.

Even at home, during mealtime, they had never remembered anything so clearly…

Jiang Yun Chu continued leading the way forward, "This is the labor area; the vegetable garden here is all planted by them themselves, and the tending of the flowers, grasses, and courtyard is also done by them."

As she spoke, she hid nothing, especially while looking at the three ladies.

Lady Han's expression didn't change much; the Han household also has to farm, especially Old Master Han, who, though elderly and enjoying his retirement in Jingdu, can't stay idle, so he spends all day farming.

"This is the dining hall." Jiang Yun Chu then led everyone to the dining hall.

If before their complexion was poor, now it has improved considerably; the dining hall's food smells fragrant, and everything inside and out is very clean; everyone's hair is covered with a headscarf, there are people specially assigned to chop vegetables, to stir-fry, to tend the fire—everything proceeds in orderly fashion.

There was no panic due to their arrival.

"This is the scholars' area; here one can preview textbooks in advance, prepare lessons, and engage in academic discussion."

The three ladies watched the busy people; there were some young scholars sitting in the corridor, each holding books, and the learning atmosphere was excellent.

"Over there…" Lady Han was about to ask, but then recalled the Princess Consort's earlier admonition and quickly shut her mouth.

Jiang Yun Chu smiled and said, "Let's go take a look."

As the crowd curiously entered, after this room where people come and go,

Only then did they discover that this room was actually huge, with all the walls of this row of rooms knocked through.

Bookshelves were placed; everyone looking for books glanced at the small wooden tags, all remained quiet, deliberately softening their movements back and forth, no one spoke, and even when encountering an acquaintance, they merely nodded as a greeting.

"Alright, let's go see the children's dormitory." Jiang Yun Chu pointed outside, and only after everyone had come out did she speak.

Only then did the three ladies dare to breathe; the previous atmosphere had even made them afraid to breathe loudly, as if they would disturb others.

"This is the ladies' dormitory."

"My Chun Hua Xue Yuan has no principle that girls cannot attend school." Jiang Yun Chu said in advance.

As soon as her words left her mouth, they directly silenced several people.

Then she led them to another courtyard and pushed open a dormitory door.

"This is where the boys live; each has a bed, including the desk underneath, and a cabinet over there, one per person; all uniforms are issued by the academy, and no one may act independently." She said this while looking at several children.

Several children immediately nodded, showing extremely well-behaved expressions.

Several mothers looked on, seeing children completely different from how they were at home, and felt somewhat speechless.

"By the way, the rooms are self-cleaned; regular inspections will be held, and those who fail will receive labor punishment—you… can anticipate what the punishment is, really."

Han Wen Jun didn't know, but he was still somewhat curious.

But…

Jia Chuan and Zhang Cunwen exchanged a glance, then both shivered.

They will definitely tidy up properly, absolutely not giving the dean this opportunity!

"Alright, final stop, the schoolhouse." Jiang Yun Chu said.

Then after thinking, she added another admonition: "Don't make a sound, don't disturb their studies."

The three children covered their mouths, then nodded.

That cute and adorable look is, needless to say, quite likable.

Jiang Yun Chu couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth, then, with the three big and three small, she went to the final stop, the school.

From far away, the clear sound of reading could be heard coming from inside the house.

"Studying without thinking..."

Looking in through the ventilated window, each child was earnestly gazing ahead, nobody slacking off; the girls stood in one row, the Young Masters in another, arranged orderly.

Moreover, each child's gaze was so focused that they had been standing outside for so long, yet nobody inside noticed.

The three mothers gazed for a long time before reluctantly withdrawing their eyes.

They are all sharp people; the reason they didn't send a notice but came straight to Wang Fu to find someone is that they feared the Princess Consort would make arrangements in advance.

That's exactly their plan: they wanted to see what the academy was really like, or perhaps it was just the Regent's Consort amusing herself.

However, after seeing everything at the academy, although they still had many misunderstandings, their previously anxious hearts could be considered settled.