When the two gentlemen arrived at Qingchuan, they were satisfied to see that the county school had indeed prepared a unique courtyard for them.
The teachers were already in place. Zhou Jia asked the bailiffs to go to the village to publicize that the county association would waive the tuition fee for the poor families who were unable to send their children to school. The children who entered the school for free had to have the village chiefs of their villages and respected elders serve as guarantors. They were not allowed to cheat. Once someone reported them, they would be expelled from the county school and had to make up for their tuition fees.
Zhou Jia even sent people to post recruitment notices at the city gate. Before long, the list of children from the county to the villages was sent to the county government. There were nearly a hundred poor children and more than 40 children who went to school at their own expense. A total of 136 children were recruited.
