The day after the night talk about the future, Mo Fei took Zane to find the admissions officer of the grammar school.
Fortunately, the enrollment period has not ended yet, so I didn't waste much time. After passing some basic literacy tests and arithmetic tests, Zane passed the test.
In fact, even though the entrance test is very simple, it seems that everyone can pass it with a little preparation.
But the real threshold here is the high tuition fees and a lot of time costs.
Even if people who work as coolies can barely pay the tuition, it is difficult for them to study every day for several years. After going to school takes up a lot of time, it will be very difficult to make money.
Now that we have mentioned this, in fact, the enrollment of grammar schools is not limited to children. Many adults also come here to study and want to expand their network.
However, these people are unstable and find it difficult to be appreciated by school professors. The cost-effectiveness of their schooling is actually not very high.
Therefore, in addition to some adults who really have needs in this area, here it is more about training young and middle-aged children and laying a good foundation for them.
After paying a large amount of tuition, Zane naturally became a student of the school.
Unlike later generations who often live on campus, grammar schools do not have student dormitories to accommodate students. Although this area is not as expensive as West End, it is still a location where every inch of land is valuable.
Not to mention accommodation, even meals every day, they have to figure out their own solutions.
The school does have a canteen, but the consumption there is completely beyond Mo Fei's acceptable range.
After a brief understanding, they decided decisively that Zane still needed to bring food from the orphanage during school time.
The only good thing is that after communicating with the school teachers about Zane's physical condition, they will still pay more attention to Zane.
Of course, it wasn't out of sympathy at all, it was just that they were worried about how much impact this sick man's sudden death at school would have on the school's reputation.
In fact, after knowing Zane's physical condition, the admissions officer himself did not intend to recruit him and planned to refund the money.
With no other choice, Mo Fei once again named Earl Winter.
"I'm sorry, sir, but this child is also the child that Miss Colleen·Winter is paying attention to. Do you think you can be more generous? Even if he died in school, as long as it is not because of man-made reasons, we will accept it..."
There is no other way to talk about death at every turn. The children in the previous life might have resented this kind of stimulation, but Zane didn't mind at all.
Fortunately, the admissions officer seemed to have heard about Miss Colleen's kind deeds and her funding of an orphanage. Forced by Earl's intimidation, he still accepted her.
After careful confirmation again, he finally only reluctantly agreed.
Of course, he also looked at Miss Colleen's face and simply sold it well. As for the accidental death dispute, they were not that afraid.
In this era, the death of individual little people is not uncommon.
"Okay, let's go back and come back when school starts. Don't waste time here..."
After driving Mo Fei and Zane out, the admissions officer immediately closed the door.
This matter has been settled, there may be some minor disturbances, but overall everything goes smoothly.
After Zane was settled, Mo Fei became busy again.
For the children's education, he spent a lot of money to buy a lot of books to fill the orphanage.
The reason why he doesn't send other children to school is because he has no money, and, to put it bluntly, at this time, the cost-effectiveness of going to school is actually not high. If it weren't for the fact that Zane's body is really not suitable for learning any skill, he would not have planned to send him to learn any skill.
But since they have all been sent away, other children cannot favor one over the other and can only find some balance in books.
At this time, his choice became more targeted.
The books I bought for Aiwen often talked about how to treat people, or about psychological counseling, and this is also the direction Mo Fei plans to train him in the future.
As for Lina, he just bought some popular recipes. Although Mo Fei has enough memory, he can't always repeat it over and over again. This kind of efficiency is too low.
Mia's book is an introductory book on drama performances. Out of some considerations, he also bought some textbook-like things about women protecting themselves.
Boer There were no useful textbook-type books there, but he still found some medical books on human tissue to expand his knowledge.
For the last two little guys, he found a lot of books related to enlightenment and fairy tales for them to read. Of course, these books also covered some of the latest research trends of Muggle World.
This is preparation for Tom in advance. A Dark Lord who has no understanding of Muggle is the biggest failure.
Mo Fei spent a lot of money buying books. If he hadn't made a lot of money from Leaky Cauldron during the holiday, he might still be reluctant to part with it.
However, when buying books, he unexpectedly noticed many subtle changes. It seemed that the prices of books were more expensive than before.
You know, generally speaking, the value of books is difficult to change, and once it changes, it represents some dangerous signals.
Coupled with the second-hand magic story books that I bought at Diagon Alley with Kyle, which may be the enlightenment books of a certain family, but now they are so dirty and sold, this can explain some problems.
It reminds me of the special period they are in now.
Grindelwald secretly expanded its power in Europe, attracted a large number of dark wizards, and promoted the concept of "wizard supremacy and rule Muggle". Ministry of Magic neglected supervision, and the Dark Magic undercurrent spread. I don't know how many wizard families were persecuted and then completely destroyed.
And a powerful wizard who never ignored Muggle, his ideas also influenced Muggle World. In addition, it seems that we are in a sensitive period before World War II, and perhaps there are some signs of war in some places.
All of this makes book prices unstable.
However, it will take a long time for the aftermath of the war to reach London, so Mo Fei is not unfounded. But now that he has thought about this problem, Mo Fei plans to set aside a sum of money every month to buy books.
If it weren't for Kyle's absence and his inability to go to Diagon Alley, he would have wanted to go there regularly to buy some second-hand magic books to fill the study room of the orphanage.
On the surface, now that Zane is going to school and buying a lot of books, almost all the revenue from the orphanage has been drained, and their lives seem to have returned to the original stage.
But this time, everyone's mentality was completely different.
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Life in the orphanage is prosperous, but some people are not so happy.
Does anyone remember this guy Miles? As the original boss of Bread Workshop, he was forced to work in Black Snake Gang to do the most dangerous work, and the resentment in his heart became more and more serious.
Every time he looked at the Aiwen line selling bread in the shop from a distance, a fire was burning in his heart.