Chapter 799: The Benefits of Reading
Compared with the powerful nobles who had been thrown into an uproar by the new Compulsory Education policy, the common people were undoubtedly more concerned about their own children being able to attend school for free.
In fact, even after learning that schooling was free, many commoners still had no intention of sending their children to school.
It was not merely because they felt their children were not cut out for studying. More importantly, once their children went to school, their families would lose a laborer.
For the common people of this era, compared with sending their children to study, having them help with the household chores was far more practical.
Thus, the discussions surrounding this matter had recently been anything but quiet among the common people.
"Old Zhao, what does your family think about sending the children to school?"
At a teahouse by the fields outside the city, a group of darkly tanned farmers took advantage of their noon break to order a pot of the cheapest chilled tea. As they rested, they chatted about the matter.
The issue had recently spread through the city like wildfire. Some said it was good, while others said it was bad.
They were a group of farmers who had lived all these years without recognizing a single character. They could not figure out whether this matter was truly good or bad, and their hearts remained tangled.
Now that they had gathered together with nothing else to do, this had naturally become the best topic of conversation.
Hearing this, the farmer known as Old Zhao drained the chilled tea in his bowl. After wiping his mouth, he spoke unconcernedly.
"Forget about my brat. What use could studying possibly have for people like us? It'd be more practical