As expected, everyone was astonished when they heard this.

Embroidery is a skill, and if a girl from a certain family is good at it, it’s something to be proud of, making her popular with matchmakers, and she usually attracts many suitors, often finding a good household to marry into.

In the countryside, girls who can embroider are still few and far between.

At home, sewing and mending, or making shoe soles, might be easy, but embroidery requires long-term practice.

They don’t have the conditions here to let the girls practice these skills.

If they could learn to make one or two embroidered items, that would be quite impressive.

From the sounds of it, the School would teach this, and once skilled, they could work at the workshops, which is an incredible opportunity.

If this works out, not only will they earn some Silver through their craft, but it would also make marriage negotiations easier in the future.

Initially, people thought they could save some Silver by not sending their girls, but if they learn well, they could earn it back themselves. If younger girls start early, they can earn several years’ worth of Silver for the family, as marriage is still far off.

While calculating all this in their minds, knowing there was an age limitation for attending the School before, some people started asking, "Is there an age restriction for girls to learn embroidery?"

Li Chuntao smiled as she responded, "Yes, since it involves learning embroidery, handling needles and threads, it’s not suitable for very young children, so it’s set from ages eight to fifteen." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Because of the need to learn embroidery, the age was extended, so those who wanted their daughters to learn a skill before marriage would consider sending them, hence the relaxed restriction.

Sure enough, hearing this, everyone had a plan in mind, thinking they should go home and persuade their family elders to see if they could send their daughters to learn.

Afterwards, the villagers asked many questions, and Li Chuntao skillfully answered them all, with Xiaoxiao occasionally chiming in to help.

Finally dealing with the villagers, Li Chuntao and Xiaoxiao left the large square.

Knowing the villagers would need time to consider this matter and couldn’t decide immediately, they decided to have everyone sign up the next day.

Today, they planned to go to the town to buy books for the children, and they had already discussed with the three teachers yesterday about what books to buy, and today they would go with Uncle Wu.

After Xiaoxiao and Li Chuntao left.

The entire village seemed to explode, talking about only this matter.

In the large square, at various doorsteps, in the courtyards, and even on the roads.

Wherever there were people, they were discussing this topic.

The discussions mainly revolved around whether families intended to send their children, whom they would send, and whether they would send their daughters, among other issues.

Of course, regarding the opening of the School, Li Chuntao received plenty of praise, with people considering her a living Bodhisattva, kind-heartedly arranging such a significant benefit for them.

Yang Dong saw everything that happened in the square today.

He heard yesterday that this would be discussed in the square today, so his family decided to come and listen, as did he.

He saw Li Chuntao speaking eloquently and confidently, handling the villagers with ease.

He couldn’t help but admire her, thinking that such a person was indeed not someone like himself, and that what his second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law said was true.

Although many ideas might have come from his own third sister-in-law, he still looked up to Li Chuntao a bit more, considering her remarkable, and also felt that this School really could be established successfully.

He just didn’t know what help he could offer, as he didn’t seem to be able to help much.

Thinking of this, he shook his head and then went back to work at the fish pond.