Chapter 41
In ancient times, only the men in the family were qualified to go to the ancestor's grave. Mr. Zhou brought the whole family, big and small, to the Zhou family cemetery, while the female family members could only watch from a distance.
In front of the cemetery, I met Uncle Zhou's family who also came to offer incense to their ancestors.
Mr. Zhou saw Uncle Zhou and pretended not to see him. The two families passed by face to face, but they were not as good as passers-by. Zhou Yi couldn't comment on the right and wrong between Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhou, after all he didn't know the real situation, but from his contact with Mr. Zhou's family, he felt that he was much better than Mr. Zhou.
Zhou Yi was dragged by Zhou Laoer to kowtow to Taizu, Gaozu, grandparents one by one, and after that, the person who went to the room went back.
Zhou Laoer took Zhou Yi to his grandma's grave by himself. After burning the paper and kowtowing, Zhou Er Er stood here for a long time, and Zhou Yi also stood silently with him.
On the way back, Zhou Yi asked, "Father, what kind of person is my grandma?"
"Your grandma..." Zhou Laoer didn't seem to know what to say, and it took a long time before he said, "I only remember your grandma frowning all the year round. It's not a happy life." What he didn't tell Zhou Yi was that he and his mother were not close at all, and his mother was crying all day, as if living in another world. When he was a child, he wanted to get close to his mother, but what he got was disgusted eyes. It's just that he didn't want to tell Zhou Yi these things.
Zhou Yi nodded after hearing this. He can understand the feelings of his grandma. After all, she is a daughter of a wealthy family. out of the wolf den. But being able to understand her mood does not mean that she can agree with her actions. It is said that being a mother is strong. With a son like Zhou Lao Er, but he only cares about being immersed in his own sadness all day long, what is he responsible for Zhou Lao Er? Blame it!
Winter goes to spring, and spring starts after the next year, and the academy also starts. And Zhou Yi was officially promoted to the children's class.
"From today onwards, you are beginning to learn the way of saints, you must persevere every day, and you must not slack off..." The master in front of him spoke eloquently to a room full of ignorant children.
These chicken soup for the soul, Zhou Yi, had already been tormented by all kinds of poisons in modern times, so he felt a little drowsy when he listened to them.
Fortunately, after the chapter on persuading learning, the master finally got rid of the dry stuff: "Now I will tell you about the content of the career. You must first study the four books, namely "Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects", "Mencius" Notes , and then study the Five Classics: "Book of Songs", "Book of Changes", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Chunqiu Zuozhuan". After that, you will start to practice Juye, that is, learning to write Shiwen, also known as crafting. This is a long process of learning Juye, unless you give up halfway, it will continue until you are admitted to the imperial examination..." The master glanced at these children, "In order to urge you to study, the academy divides the children's class into four classes, A, B, C, and D. If the learning progress is fast and the foundation is solid, those who excel in the academy's routine exams can be promoted to class A to speed up the progress of their studies. That is to say, a class A The students in Class D are already studying stereotyped essays, while the students in Class D are still studying Four Books. Even though you are all sitting in the same room today, maybe in a few years, some of you will have won the title of scholar, Juren, and the rest of you The next one has not even passed the childbirth test."
The teacher said that the adrenal glands of a room full of children are accelerated, even children have the heart of comparison, who is willing to see that people who are at the same level today will surpass themselves tomorrow ?
The master looked at the blushing children in the room: "Are you willing to be left behind?"
"No!!!" Dozens of young voices roared very powerfully, and Zhou Yi picked his ears.
"Then work hard, ten years of cold window, whether it is a wasted life, or the title of the gold list is all up to you!"
The children were incited to clenched their fists, and they set up their ambitions to study hard and get into the university as soon as possible. Zhou Yi was dumbfounded, this master was not at all similar to those class teachers who roared and urged the students to forge ahead in the previous life.
There was a smile in the Master's eyes, and he was very satisfied with the effect he had caused, "Well, I will now briefly explain to you what Shiwen is. , Proceed to the topic, start the lecture, start, the first part, the middle part, the back part, and the eight parts of the thigh..." The master spoke eloquently, and Zhou Yi listened carefully to this aspect, and took note of the middle points from time to time.
For Zhou Yi, who has passed countless exams from elementary school to university, taking notes during lectures has long been commonplace, but for ancient students, taking notes does not seem to be popular.
So when a group of children are all looking at the master with their mouths open, Zhou Yi who is writing vigorously is particularly eye-catching. The teacher who gave the lecture was named Ma Shaoqian, who was originally in charge of the Stereotype Art of Class A Boys. Because he was always good at arousing the students' emotions, he was sent by the academy to do the work of persuading students when they went to school.
Master Ma glanced at Zhou Yi several times while he was speaking, but Zhou Yi was busy taking notes, and didn't notice that Master was looking at him, but Zheng Zhi noticed the abnormality of Master, and looked from a long distance, and found that Zhou Yi didn't listen to Master. Lecture, suddenly gloating, ha, Zhou Yi, this time you are doomed, the master will scold you to death! !
After Mr. Ma finished speaking, he walked over to Zhou Yi who was still engrossed in memorizing. When he finished writing, he picked up the notes and took a look. He was really surprised when he saw that what he just said had been divided into key points and orderly. Integrating together, it is easy to see at a glance. Moreover, the writing of this word already has a bit of character... Ma Fuzi looked at Zhou Yi and saw that he was round and cute, but his eyes were unusually calm.
"How did you come up with the idea of remembering these?" The groom asked gently with a smile on his face.
"I'm afraid I'll forget it. Wouldn't this be a disappointment to my master's painstaking efforts?" Zhou Yi scratched his head and said embarrassingly.
"That's right." Mafuzi smiled even more when he heard that, nodded and walked away.
Zheng Zhi looked confused. What kind of development is this? Why didn't Zhou Yi listen to the lecture, and instead of getting angry, Master treated him kindly?
As soon as I entered the children's class, the masters who practiced the class did not give any formal lectures. They just said some persuasive words like horse masters and introduced some rules of the academy, and the class for the day came to an end.
After that, they received a set of four books (one each with notes) and five classics issued by the college, a total of thirteen books. Of course, this requires additional money.
It seems that any time you read, you have to bear a heavy load. The books you received will swell up the book bag. Zhou Yi carried the book bag on his back, er, it was so heavy.
"Hey, Zhou Yi, you gave the master some ecstasy soup again during class. You obviously didn't attend the class, so why is the master still smiling at you?" Just as Zhou Yi was walking out of the academy with a book on his back, Zheng Zhi He came here with two young men, but the eldest and young master is different, his books are held by the two young men, so he can relax easily.
This evil rich man, Zhou Yi sighed, rolled his eyes, and looked at Zheng Zhixiao.
Zheng Zhi was terrified by his laughter, "You...what are you laughing at?"
"It seems that you still care about me, you can even see clearly what I do in class, and say, do you like me? "Zhou Yi leaned forward and said jokingly.
Zheng Zhi, however, is like a cat whose tail has been trampled on: "Who...who likes you, I hate you the most, you are full of bad water!
" To tease this frizzy kitten, but it's not bad.
"You...you...in short, you are broken!" Zheng Zhi hesitated, he couldn't say what Zhou Yi said last time after burying his hands in the snow, he really did it himself, and after three days of burying I realized that I was cheated when I realized that it was useless, but wouldn't it make me look stupid if I said it like this?
"Hey, look at your tone of voice, as if I'm some kind of heartless person."
"What do you mean?" Zheng Zhi didn't understand.
Zhou Yi looked at his ignorant appearance, and decided not to tease him anymore, "I'm leaving." "
Hey, Zhou Yi..." Zheng Zhi hopped behind, his challenge to compete with Zhou Yi hadn't been finished yet. !
"What does he mean?" Zheng Zhi asked the two servants beside him.
The two young servants had a bitter face: How can I tell the young master this, "Master, let's not provoke him, you forgot what the master said?" After staying in the academy for half a year, the two boys also knew that Zhou Yi looked like a steamed stuffed bun, but the inside was black with sesame seeds, and they often made their young master look like a fool.
"No, I must compete with him to see who will be promoted to Class A first." Zheng Zhi stomped his feet, raised his chest, and said majesticly.
Zhou Yi came out of the academy, "Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi..." Yang Bufan stood beside his carriage and waved to him, and his ten-thousand-year attendant Wu Qi followed behind him as usual.
"You haven't left yet?" Zhou Yi stepped forward to greet the two of them.
"That's right, I'm just waiting for you!"
"What are you waiting for?" Zhou Yi asked.
"I want to go to your house to play again, can I?" Yang Bufan has never forgotten those games since he went to Zhou Yi's house last time, and has been looking for a chance to go again.
"You can't go out to play at this time of year. If you go, you will stay in the house. Do you really want to go?" Zhou Yi asked.
"Ah, that's it, forget it, why don't you go to my house, I went to your house, you haven't been to my house yet!" Yang Bufan said with a slap.
"Forget it, my father is coming to pick me up, let's talk about it later."
"Okay then." Yang Bufan had a natural obedience to Zhou Yi for some reason, seeing his refusal he had to say.
"Zhou Yi." At this time, Master Sun Zhu also came over. He also carried a book bag on his back, but his small body was much thinner than Zhou Yi. Being so pressed, he felt like his head was buried in the ground. .
Zhou Yi looked at his paler cheeks than before, frowned and asked, "Are you sick?"
Master Sun Zhu coughed, "Well, it's a bit cold, but it doesn't matter."
In this era where a cold can kill a person , Master Sun Zhu actually said that the wind and cold are not serious.
Master Sun Zhu bit his lips and kept silent. The family had no money to pay for his repairs, so there was no money to buy medicine. His mother found an earthen recipe and boiled a bowl of water for him. After drinking it, there was no effect. Now I still waited for my father to pay his wages before he could see the doctor.
Seeing him like this, Zhou Yi knew the answer. Seeing Zhou Laoer's carriage coming from a distance, he said to Master Sun Zhu, "Follow me to the city to grab medicine." carriage.
After Zhou Yi told Zhou Lao Er about Sun Zhuzhu's situation, Zhou Lao Er also agreed very much. They were also poor before, so they should help if they can. Zhou
Yi took Master Sun Zhu to the medical clinic, showed the doctor, and grabbed a pack of medicine for him, "Take it, you heard what the doctor said just now, go back and ask your family to fry it for you."
His eyes were red from taking the medicine bag, and his lips twitched, but it took him a while to say: "Thank you, Zhou Yi."
Zhou Yi smiled, "We are friends, so nothing is trivial."
"Yeah." Master Sun Zhu also smiled nodding.
Maybe today's events brought the relationship between the two closer. From this day on, in the academy, whether eating or studying, Lord Sun Zhu likes to be by Zhou Yi's side. The two often choked up when they disagreed.
And Zheng Zhi would also come to join in the fun, flirting with Zhou Yi from time to time, and then being jumped by Zhou Yi angrily. Such a lively academy life made Zhou Yi a little bit more fun when studying was boring.
After attending the children's class, there is a lot to learn. Now I am still learning the Four Books, but the amount of learning is not small at all. Learning the Four Books is not just a matter of mastering the four books, but even the annotations of the Four Books. . Even if he is a human being in two lifetimes, Zhou Yi dare not neglect at all.
He made a schedule for himself, and executed it step by step in strict accordance with the schedule every day. Before the teacher goes to class, preview the text, read it through, combine the annotations to understand, write down what you don’t understand or have doubts, and then listen carefully to the teacher’s lecture in class, and ask the teacher whenever there is something you don’t understand. Learn what you have learned thoroughly, and review it by yourself after school, so that you can recite the courses learned during the day fluently.
Day after day, after a month, Zhou Yi already had his own learning rhythm, and gradually became more comfortable. His performance was also noticed by the masters, and they all had a very good impression of this diligent and studious student.
So when Zhou Yi asks questions, the masters will explain them very carefully, and when they see that he understands, they will deliberately explain it a little deeper, so that he can figure it out by himself.
After studying like this for two months, the first school exam for the children's class came.
Since the children's class has only learned the four books, the content of the school examination is only the four books. Post scriptures, similar to the fill-in-the-blank questions in modern exams, are the foundation of the students. As long as you memorize the contents of the books in this way of exams, it is naturally not a problem. Mo Yi is equivalent to the current short-answer questions, and Policy Questions is a deeper examination than the previous two, which is equivalent to the current essay questions.
The academy has already said before the school examination that the method of setting the questions this time will not appear in the imperial examination. Gein’s imperial examination started in the previous dynasties, and when it came to the Dai Viet dynasty, the competition became increasingly fierce. Many students can do such a simple exam. It was found that the number of admissions was greatly exceeded, so since the previous dynasty, the difficulty of the imperial examination has been increased. This simple question type has been abolished by the official imperial examination, but for children who have just started learning the Four Books, the academy It is appropriate to use this to test the basics of the school.
"What to do, what to do? I still can't memorize it, I'm dead, my father will definitely beat me to death this time." Zhou Yi and Master Sun Zhu were both reading, but Sun Bufan was walking around, chanting while walking.
"You have time to worry about it, why don't you memorize more books, didn't you listen to the master, the questions are not difficult, as long as you have a solid foundation, you are guaranteed to pass." Zhou Yi said, his head aching from his leaving.
"But I didn't remember it, what should I do?" Yang Bufan was crazy. He was very dissatisfied with the practice of asking parents to come to the academy to claim after the college exam. If the exam fails at that time, wouldn't he die!
Zhou Yi was also quite surprised by the academy's approach. Isn't this the parent meeting that thousands of students hated in the previous life? This Bailu Academy is really at the forefront of the times, leading the trend.
Parents' meeting, for the top students and the poor students, is simply the difference between heaven and hell. The parents of the top students come to enjoy the envy and hatred of other parents. How can parents not be happy with such treatment? And the parents of the underachievers came, looking at the ranking of their unsatisfactory little boy at the back, and the teacher abducted and tried to persuade them, how could there be any face, once they lost face, they would send their little boy back home Crying for father and mother.
When Zhou Yi went to school in his previous life, his father was always busy, and his stepmother would not attend his parent-teacher meetings, so he had never experienced this kind of treatment. He thought it would be great if his parents were happy for him, but unfortunately he never got his wish.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi was actually a little excited. He felt that even if it was to make Zhou Laoer and Wang Yan happy, he had to go all out for this exam.
At this time, Zheng Zhi walked over, with his head held high, "Zhou Yi, I must be ahead of you in this exam."
Zhou Yi put away his books and smiled brightly: "Then you have to work hard." Yes, because I decided to take the first place."
"What, I'm not ashamed, the first place must be mine." Zheng Zhi said loudly.
There are a total of 120 boys taking the school exam this time, all of them were recruited by the White Deer Academy last year. Naturally, the boys from the previous class will not take the same exam as the rookies who have just been promoted. They have another exam. , but after this semester is over, after class A, B, C, and D, no matter which class of boys they are in, everyone will be treated equally.
Although Bailu Academy's system can inspire people to forge ahead, it is also very cruel. Some older boys watched helplessly being overtaken by freshmen who just entered the school. Such a gap would drive people crazy if they didn't have the mental capacity to bear it.
Zhou Yi was about to take the exam, and the whole family became nervous. The night before the exam, Wang Yan started to work hard, what clothes to wear, what snacks to bring, everything was detailed and comprehensive.
"Mother, how can you be so exaggerated. This is just a quiz in the academy. It's just a test of what you've learned on weekdays, and it's not an imperial examination." Zhou Yi was helpless.
"Really, I passed?" Wang Yan stopped her hands when she heard that, "This is not your first exam, so I'm always a little worried." "It's okay, just wait for
my good news." Zhou Yi pulled Wang Yan sat down, she was already three months pregnant, and her belly was gradually bulging.
"You'd better take a break, you still have a younger brother in your belly!" Zhou Yi worried.
"It's just you worrying a lot, how do you know it's the younger brother, what if it's the younger sister?" Wang Yan asked amusedly.
"It's the younger sister or the younger sister, it's all the same." Zhou Yi shrugged.
"Stupid boy, what's the matter?" Wang Yan rubbed her belly. Although she already had Zhou Yi, Zhou Erer and she still wanted a son. If Zhou Yi was the only one, he would be weak in the future. Don't be bullied by others, it would be much better if you have a brother to help you.
Before the child was born, Wang Yan and Zhou's second child had already given their hearts to Zhou Yi. In their hearts, even if they gave birth to a son, they could not replace Zhou Yi's position.
The day of the school exam is coming soon, Zhou Lao Er sent Zhou Yi to the academy, and patted his little shoulder: "Take the exam well." "
Well, don't worry, dad." Parents who send their children off generally take their children and give them detailed instructions, mobilizing before the exam.
One hundred and twenty boys were disturbed and sat in a huge examination room. There were only eight teachers proctoring the examination, one standing in each corner, and four teachers kept walking back and forth between the examination rooms. Completely put an end to some students' thoughts of cheating.
Zhou Yi got the test questions, 50 questions for post scriptures, 20 questions for Mo Yi, and one policy question. The amount of questions is huge, and you have to do it within two hours. If you stutter a little, the time will not be enough. .
Tie Jing and Mo Yi naturally couldn't trouble Zhou Yi. After he finished these two types of questions, there was still a little half of the time left. He thought about the next policy question and tried to prevent his thinking from running too far. Open, after typing the draft, I started to do the questions. After finishing the exam, I feel that the exam is not bad.
The results will come out tomorrow, and the students have to correct the test papers, so they will leave school as soon as the test is over.
"Zhou Yi, how did you do in the exam? I didn't remember a lot." Yang Bufan was annoyed.
"Who told you to be playful, I can tell you that if you don't do well in the old exams, we will not study together when we are divided into classes." Zhou Yi knew that Yang Bufan's brain was actually good, but he was just playful. , he was in stark contrast to Wu Qi, Wu Qi's brain was not quick to react, but this kid could work hard.
"Ah, then I have to study hard." Yang Bufan immediately grimaced when he heard Zhou Yi say this. Zhou Yi is his best friend, and he can't be separated from his best friend no matter what.
"Hey, Zhou Yi, I did well in the exam, haha. You will definitely be behind me this time." As he spoke, Zheng Zhi came again, triumphantly like a little rooster.
"You fart, Zhou Yi must have done better in the exam than you." Before Zhou Yi could speak, Yang Bufan jumped out first. He was originally a brat, but when he met Zheng Zhi, the young master of everyone, the two of them disliked each other.
"I'm talking to Zhou Yi, why are you interrupting?" Zheng Zhi retorted.
It's coming again, it's coming again, Zhou Yi has no interest in this kind of childish bickering, so he just walks away.