Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 108 Academy

Most people understand this sentence literally, that is, Yi Yin by the Pan River was honored as Ah Heng by King Tang of Shang. But in fact, Pan River is the place where King Wen of Zhou met Jiang Shang.

This sentence actually talks about the two wise ministers, Jiang Shang and Yi Yin, who met a wise ruler.

Magistrate Hu also praised: "You have read the book very carefully."

Yuan Qing was delighted, and his face became more respectful: "I am Yuan Qing, thank you for your praise, Grand Master, and my parents."

Wu Tixue smiled and nodded, then looked at the other students and asked gently, "You all only studied elementary education?"

Seeing that Zhao Ziliang and Hou Tianming, who were good students in the academy, failed one after another, the students became even more afraid of the test from the grandmaster and answered with guilt.

Fortunately, Wu Tixue only asked this question and did not test their schoolwork.

He cleared his throat and suddenly said, "My Jinchuan is a land of talented people and outstanding talents, but the imperial examinations in previous years are far inferior to those in Nanjiang Province. It happened that Minister Shen returned home to mourn his father, and he discussed with me to build a new academy in Qingshui County to facilitate students' study."

Yuan Qing raised his head suddenly, looking at Wu Tixue with surprise and expectation. A newly built academy must need students, and Wu Tixue's mention of it at this time was self-evident.

Sure enough, the next second, Wu Tixue looked at him and said with a smile: "You have a solid foundation in elementary education, it's time to study classics. Are you willing to go to our new academy?"

"willing!"

Yuan Qing blurted out, and keenly caught that Wu Tixue was talking about "our new academy", and the late student on his lips turned it into "the students are willing!"

The other students in the community school were extremely envious, especially Zhang Shao, Zhao Ziliang and Hou Tianming, who were taking the test together. They beat their chests and stamped their feet in regret, regretting that they had not worked harder before and missed such a good opportunity.

Previously, I just thought it was a simple test, who would have thought that there would be a chance to enter the academy!

Seeing that it was almost noon, the head of the village started preparing the banquet, but of course there was no place for the villagers.

Although the villagers were hungry and thirsty, they were not in a hurry to go back after seeing Wu Tixue and others off to their table.

Many people went to congratulate Yuan Qing's family, "Sister Tao, your grandson is really promising!"

"With the appreciation of a high official, you will soar to great heights in the future!"

"I have watched Yuan Qing grow up. He has been smart since he was young. It is only a matter of time before he becomes a top scholar..."

Yuan Qing's grandmother, Mrs. Tao, smiled with wrinkles all over her face, but she said modestly: "The child is still young, and there is still a long way to go before he can become a scholar."

Yuan Shan was also very happy. She ran to Yuan Qing and kept shouting, "Brother, you are so awesome!"

A man from Wutong Village nearby said, "Qingwa, when you become a high-ranking official in the future, you must not forget us, your neighbors and fellow villagers."

Yuan Shan couldn't help but roll her eyes. Before, her family wanted to borrow money from the villagers to enroll in Qingshui Academy, but none of these people said a word. But now they are shamelessly saying these things.

Yuan Qing smiled gently and said, "I'm grateful for Uncle Zhonghu's good words."

Luo Yanxing clicked his tongue and said, "Is this kid really going to be the top scholar in the future?"

Song Ying said: "I hope so. We are from the same Qinghua Village. If he wins the first place in the imperial examination, we can also benefit from it."

As she was speaking, she felt someone looking at her again. She looked up and found it was He Tianyu again.

Song Ying was confused because their current position was not in the same direction as Yuan Shan.

Her previous feeling was not wrong, He Tianyu was looking at her, why?

She shouldn't know me, right? Could it be that the He family used my pitiful life experience as a topic of conversation after dinner?

At this time, a yamen runner suddenly came out and the villagers immediately fell silent.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager, and the villagers are more afraid of these yamen runners than the officials.

Officials need to consider their face, but these people don't. They are the best at flattering the superiors and bullying the subordinates. They can praise you to the top one moment and trample you into the mud the next.

If you provoke them, they will do anything. Last year, when the autumn harvest was being delivered, one family was deliberately harassed.

The yamen runner walked up to Yuan Qing and said with a big smile on his face, "Young Master Yuan, please stay. The Grand Master wants to see you."

Yuan Qing was stunned for a moment, then followed the bailiff inside.

The villagers were surprised that the yamen runners, who were usually as ferocious as wolves and tigers, actually greeted Yuan Qing with a smile and called him "Young Master"!

They congratulated the Yuan family once again. After Aunt Meihua congratulated the Yuan family, she looked at her own son and suddenly became furious.

She strode over and grabbed Zhao Ziliang's ear: "I always tell you to study hard and not hang out with bad people.

Look at what you have learned. You are seven years older than Yuan Qing and have studied for so many more years, but you can't even answer a question. Are you worthy of the tuition I paid for you? Did you climb a tung tree for me? "

"I didn't, Mom, it hurts, please be gentle!" Zhao Ziliang grimaced in pain, "I was just too nervous, my mind went blank, but I can do it."

"Nervous? Aren't you a very brave kid? How could you be nervous?"

Although she cursed fiercely, Aunt Meihua still eased the pressure on her hands, "Yuan Qing is so young and not nervous, why should you be nervous! I think you are just wasting your time in school, wasting my money. Don't study anymore, go home and farm with me!"

Tao, who was surrounded by villagers, advised: "This is just a rant, just say it, as the saying goes, all other things are inferior, only reading is superior.

Your Ziliang is a good student, he is just a little afraid in front of officials. Not to mention kids like them, even adults like us are afraid of officials.

Today they have seen the world, and they will not be afraid of meeting officials next time. He still needs to read this book!"

Aunt Meihua was just speaking in anger, but after hearing what Tao said, she smiled and said, "Aunt, you are so sensible. No wonder your Yuan Qing is so smart. You taught her well."

Tao's smile was further aroused: "Hey, we are illiterate, so we can't help the kid with his schoolwork. We can only do the chores so that he can concentrate on his studies."

Song Ying was delighted to hear this. With Tao's words, it should be much easier for her to convince Li and the others when she returns.

Is there any way to get villagers to talk more about the benefits of reading?

She thought hard and came up with several ideas, but none of them worked, mainly because she was just a child and couldn't interrupt adults.

Moreover, she was an illiterate girl, and many words could not come out of her mouth.

Suddenly, she heard someone say, "That's right. Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants are at the bottom of the hierarchy!"

Song Ying subconsciously looked towards the place where Mr. He and his family had stood before, and found that they had already left.

Just as Yuan Qing expected, Mr. He, who was respected by the villagers on a daily basis, did not even have the qualifications to speak in front of Wu Tixue, which caused a great shock to the villagers.

As soon as Mr. He and his family left, they immediately started talking.