Still the same.

The carriage drove through the streets of the town before it started to jolt around on the uneven paths of their village, Yu Dong frowned as she looked at the uneven roads and couldn't help but think about whether or not she should move somewhere else. Though she liked the peaceful life that she has now, she also had to think about her children, there were not many resources around the village and there was also the matter with the academy where mers were not allowed to study. 

Though the villagers thought that such a thing was alright, Yu Dong couldn't help but think that this kind of unfair treatment wasn't good for her children, in her view even if her children couldn't get into the academy they should at least be able to get a decent education should they not? What kind of life will her kids live if they didn't even know the basic things such as simple calculations?