Chapter 368 I Will Become a Good Spirit Master
In the early morning, golden sunlight shone through the clouds in the east, illuminating the white frost on the rice stalks beside the fields.
Zhou Qing got up early in the morning and went to the Spirit Hall office in the village.
The uncles, aunts, and sisters in the village all got up early and brought their children with them.
Due to the arrival of winter, the crops in the fields had been harvested long ago, so the villagers had a lot of free time. When they learned that Zhou Qing and Tang San wanted to teach them to read and write, they did not dare to neglect it.
Although the villagers were a little scared of the city because of Wang's incident, they still yearned for a better life, so they would definitely not give up if they had the chance to learn to read.
"Xiao Qing, what about the tuition fee? Can we use chicken instead?"
One villager held a big hen in his hand and said a little embarrassedly, "My wife is three months pregnant. Most of the money from selling grain this year was used to buy supplements for her. The rest is for emergencies. I can only use this old hen as tuition."
It wasn't just this villager, other people were similar, most of them brought farm products such as rice cakes, grains, and sausages.
Seeing that the scene was about to get noisy, Zhou Qing shouted loudly, and the sound was heard by the whole audience, and then he said: "Everyone, don't be so polite! My teaching! Is free!"
Suddenly, all the villagers were in an uproar.
free!
This is naturally a good thing!
However, they would feel embarrassed if they left nothing behind.
If the warehouse is solid, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace.
There are a lot of fertile farmlands around the Holy Soul Village. In addition, a Soul Saint once appeared in the village, so the taxes paid each year are much less than those of other villages, so that every household has surplus food, and it can even be sold to the two empires.
This also makes the villagers of Shenghun Village more concerned about their reputation.
However, Zhou Qing didn't care. Instead, he separated the men, women and children among them and arranged them in order from low to high.
The first lesson is to teach them to do radio gymnastics.
The radio gymnastics movements were simple, and after the villagers followed Zhou Qing and did it once, they memorized the general movements. However, when they were asked to do it themselves, their limbs moved around randomly and their heads shook.
Zhou Qing didn't mind, but asked them to stop and called Uncle Wang's son out - he was smarter and not as naughty as the other children, so he would be almost able to do it after the first time.
Therefore, Zhou Qing led other people in the village to learn with him after class, and Zhou Qing would also lead everyone to do radio gymnastics twice every morning to deepen the villagers' memory.
Unlike the working students at Notting College, the villagers of Holy Soul Village had no concept of discipline. Moreover, the age span was too large, ranging from three-year-old children to seventy-year-old people, so it was not easy to force orders on them. At the beginning, they could only rely on practice to become proficient.
After all, he had no experience in reform, so he could only explore slowly and learn with everyone else...
Initially, the villagers of Shenghun Village thought that the movements of the radio gymnastics were a bit strange, but after practicing them for half a month, many young and strong people who often suffered from back pain found that their backs and waists felt much more comfortable.
Uncle Wang even lost his crutches, and now when he walks, you can't tell he is lame unless you look closely.
Moreover, since the movements of the radio gymnastics are not intense, old Jack also learned it together. Although he is old, his body is still strong. After learning the radio gymnastics, his hunched back has straightened slightly, and even his complexion is much rosier than usual.
This is the effect of radio gymnastics, and it is also because this rural area has more natural atmosphere than the city, and the energy of heaven and earth is more concentrated. With this most basic method of strengthening the body, the residents of Shenghun Village naturally enjoy the benefits brought by the energy of heaven and earth that is already everywhere.
Although it is impossible for them to cultivate soul power in a short period of time, they will definitely be able to sense the existence of soul power over the years.
In terms of brutal physique, Zhou Qing used radio gymnastics to build the foundation for the villagers of Holy Soul Village.
In terms of spiritual enrichment, they were taught to read, write, and even composed folk songs that are easy to understand.
Folk songs, in particular, allow the villagers to enjoy a different kind of fun. Many people even enjoy singing competitions, which is a test of both talent and strength.
After all, to sing folk songs, it is not enough to have a good voice, but also to have good lung capacity.
Afterwards, Professor Zhou Qing’s course, in addition to extremely basic parts such as arithmetic, physics, and chemistry, was history - the history of the two empires.
He completely analyzed the inside story of the aristocracy and the common people, and told the villagers of Holy Soul Village openly and secretly about how the nobles oppressed and exploited them, and how they, the common people, could never stand up.
After learning the general situation, many people in the Holy Soul Village suddenly realized what was going on and then cursed those nobles.
After all, the villagers of Shenghun Village also have close ties with other nearby villages: intermarriage. A village that only intermarries within itself will not last long.
Based on this, the villagers of Holy Soul Village also have many relatives in other villages, and they have either heard from them about the experiences of other people in those villages, or their own experiences.
So, they can empathize.
This is also the purpose of Professor Zhou Qing teaching them to read and learn to read.
How can you become part of a rebellion team if you can’t read?
How can you understand the world correctly if you can’t read?
Only by learning to read and reading books will you be truly willing to understand the world and have the idea of resisting the fate of being unable to change your life.
Moreover, this is also Zhou Qing's first step to gather the hearts of the people in the entire Holy Soul Village.
What remains is to find a way to spread his ideas to other villages, especially those villages that are living in extreme poverty. Their desire to change the status quo is much stronger than that of the villagers in Holy Soul Village!
"But, as long as you become a soul master, you can become a big shot, right?" someone couldn't help but ask.
Zhou Qing was actually happy about the possibility of changing the villagers' thinking, because it meant that they truly had their own thoughts, rather than being puppets who only followed his ideas.
He wants to build a world where everyone's beliefs and goals are unified as a whole, but each of them must also have a soul that truly belongs to them and is capable of independent thinking.
But now, Zhou Qing had to explain: "If you become a soul master and a big shot, what will you do? Are you willing to give up the power, the glittering gold soul coins given to you by the sect, the enchanting and graceful beauties, the tall and beautiful house, and return to this Holy Soul Village to live?"
Money, beauty, status...
The person who asked the question fell silent, and so did the others.
If this were true, why would they return to Holy Soul Village?
Seeing this, Zhou Qing also knew what most of them were thinking, so he continued: "After this, you will go from being commoners to nobles, and then you will forget your commoner status and even follow those nobles to make life difficult for other commoners. This is the method used by the upper class nobles!"
"If I had soul power and could become a soul master, I would definitely not do this!" The person who asked the question immediately assured the others, "I will become a good soul master!"
(End of this chapter)
