It was not easy for ordinary families to provide for their children's education. In other private schools, the parents would send things to the teachers during the New Year Holidays.
Besides that, daily expenses for school supplies were considerable. The pressure would be significant for ordinary folk. Otherwise, poor students could not afford to study for Chu Country's Imperial Exams.
However, prestigious families could invite famous scholars to give lectures at these schools. The former also had more learning resources than the poor.
Mr. and Mrs. Yang attached great importance to education. Still, they could not afford it last time. After Su Binglan's help, their conditions improved, and Yang Hua was already thirteen years old.
He would not learn as quickly as a child, even if we attended school. Hence, it was a little more challenging for him to become a scholar.