"..." Song Weifeng was amused by Zhong Qiaoyi's appearance, and the depression in his heart dissipated a lot, so he sat down with Zhong Qiaoyi, "Aren't you angry that you are going back and forth like this?"
"I'm so angry!" Zhong Qiaoyi was almost furious, "But I want Master Zhou to accept me more. Actually, although he didn't say he would let me be his student, I have been following classes and learned a lot. Miles."
"Brother Zhou is kind-hearted." Song Weifeng felt even more uncomfortable when he thought that Brother Zhou, who was so kind-hearted, was cold-hearted and indifferent to himself.
"Didn't you have a good relationship with Master Zhou before? Why can't you even get in now?" Zhong Qiao teased Song Weifeng.
Song Weifeng didn't want to embarrass himself in front of Zhong Qiaoyi, so he insisted: "Who said he wouldn't let me in? I just... have something to do today."
"Okay, you have something to do. I'll go to class first. If I don't go, those guys will probably finish memorizing an article." Zhong Qiao slapped his butt and shouted, "Master Zhou, I'm here again." ', then push the door open and enter.
The vermilion door actually has no padlock.
As long as he pushed it open, Song Weifeng would go in. Zhou Ziyan would definitely not say anything or drive him out.
But Song Weifeng didn't want to, he couldn't swallow this breath.
Song Weifeng looked at the surrounding environment and thought of a way. He took a few steps back and stepped on the wall's eaves.
As light as a flying swallow, it stepped through the hanging flower door and landed on the west wall of the Zhou family courtyard.
Push away the tiles on top, create a place where someone can hang it, and just step on the wall and hang it on it.
The first person to notice Song Weifeng was Zhong Qiaoyi who had just sat down.
As soon as Zhong Qiao moved the bench and sat down, he immediately came face to face with the head on the wall. He was so frightened that he almost fell off the stool, "Ghost, ghost, ghost, ghost!"
Zhou Ziyan held the book and turned his head to look.
Song Weifeng didn't know why, but instinctively lowered his head, leaving only a hair tie the same color as the white mud on the wall.
Zhou Ziyan naturally saw that half familiar head.
If someone dared to climb the wall of his house, if he had done it before, he would have told them to get out immediately.
But now... He pretended not to notice, drew the students' attention back, and continued the class.
Song Weifeng thought Zhou Ziyan didn't notice him, smoothed his hair away, and lay on the wall to listen to the class for a whole day.
Although a little tiring, I gained a lot.
Moreover, he could also see Zhou Ziyan in class. Song Weifeng thought it was worth it and decided to come again in the future.
After Song Weifeng left, Zhou Ziyan asked A Sui to buy some materials for plastering the wall. He climbed up the escalator himself, removed the bricks where Song Weifeng lay down, and plastered it with thick white mud.
A Sui stood under the wall, confused, "Master, what are you doing! You are so good, why are you starting to wipe the wall!"
"It has to be done safely and securely, otherwise it's easy to hit someone." Zhou Ziyan continued to mop the wall without looking back. He also placed a small mat on top and sealed it with white mud. It was a cover-up.
The more Asui looked at it, the more strange she became. How could anyone put a small mat on the wall? Isn't this a joke?
During the day, Asui looked at the wall that had been plastered last night from time to time, trying to see what was going on.
When she saw a familiar head suddenly popping up there, she understood immediately.
It turns out that his master's iron tree has blossomed!
That's great, that's great. It seems like they will have a wife in their family in the future!
As soon as Song Weifeng climbed onto the wall, he immediately noticed something was wrong.
It seems a lot more comfortable here than yesterday, and it seems a little softer.
Looking down, I saw that the white mud was newly applied, and when I pressed my finger on it, I could still see a little white mud mark.
"What are you doing to repaint the wall... Is it possible that you are hiding something to prevent me from coming up?" Song Weifeng murmured, digging out a little bit of the white mud and seeing the small mat under the white mud.
"..."
Song Weifeng was not stupid at all. When he saw the mat, he immediately understood that this was not to drive him away, but to keep him.
Song Weifeng couldn't hold back the smile on his face and slowly lay down in this small place specially made for him to listen to the master and students in the courtyard.
"Brother Zhou has a conscience...it's not in vain that I like him so much."
In the hospital, Zhou Zi said that after such a long period of investigation, he finally recognized Zhong Qiaoyi's character.
Now only Song Douding and the others were left, so when he finished the class, he left Song Douding and the others alone.
Zhou said to himself: "Zhong Qiaoyi has been with us for a long time, what do you think?"
Wang Xiaoniu was the first to speak, "He helped me before, I, I have to thank him."
Jiang Qingqing thought for a while, "I pulled him away. Although he didn't know what was going on, he still followed me. I thought he might have a bad temper, but everything else should be okay."
"But his identity is different from ours." Song Douding was afraid that Zhong Qiao would use his identity as the grandson of Zhongzhi County to bully others in the future, so he was a little hesitant.
Pang Pangshan told Song Douding not to worry, "It's okay. If he dares to bully others, I will beat him!"
"Da Shan, you can't beat him every time!" Ergun shook his head.
"Don't worry, if you agree for him to come to class, Master will definitely not let him bully others at will." Zhou Ziyan doesn't care whether he has grandchildren or not. If he wants to come to class, he will only have one identity, Zhou Ziyan's student.
Nothing else!
After Zhou made this promise to himself, the five children discussed it again. They all saw what Zhong Qiaoyi did these days.
They were not the kind of bad kids who insisted on teasing others. Since Zhong Qiaoyi really wanted to come to study, they agreed!
Zhou Ziyan took out a small piece of clothing from the bedroom that was exactly the same as the clothes on the children, "Then you can give him this small piece of clothing!"
"good!"
Chapter 76
When Zhong Qiao came to class again, he suddenly felt very strange.
The children who usually didn't have a good look on him now looked back at him frequently.
Not only looking at him, but also bursting into laughter.
Zhong Qiao couldn't help but look down at his clothes. There was nothing wrong with his clothes. They were still made of good quality. What went wrong?
These dead kids made him upset!
Zhong Qiao felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, twisting left and right on the bench, and finally sat there until evening.
Zhou said to himself, "get out of class is over." Song Douding immediately took out a small set of clothes from his small bag and ran to Zhong Qiaoyi, "Here you go!"
"What is this?" Zhong Qiao used a branch to open up his little clothes and took a look. At first glance, he thought he looked familiar.
Second glance... Hey, aren't these the clothes Song Douding and the others are wearing?
He said it was the Zhou family's student uniform, and he was envious of it for several days at first.
"It's for you!" Song Douding passed the clothes forward again, and the smile on his face was absolutely brighter than the sun during the day. "The master specially made it for you, do you want to try it?"
"...Give it to me?" Zhong Qiao thought he heard wrongly and pointed to the small clothes and then to himself, "Master Zhou gave it to me?"
"Of course." Song Douding suspected that Zhong Qiao was stupid, otherwise he would not understand such a simple statement.
Zhong Qiao understood Song Douding's meaning in an instant, and also understood the meaning of Zhou Ziyan's move.
He stood up abruptly, wiping his hands constantly, not daring to take over the tender clothes easily, "He...he finally agreed?"
After a while, maybe he felt that he was too embarrassed like this, so he returned to his usual arrogant look and raised his head, "Huh, I guess he has a conscience and a well-informed interest!"
"Do you want it or not?" Song Douding held the clothes for a while, and his hands were almost sore. "If you don't accept it, then I will take it back -"
"No, no, no, no, who said I don't want it anymore? Why are you so impatient?" Zhong Qiao quickly held the small clothes in his arms and would not let the second person take them away.
Zhou Ziyan packed up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on his desk and came over, "Then you go behind the screen and have a try. If it doesn't fit, I can take it and change it tomorrow."
"Hey!" Zhong Qiao ran behind the screen holding his clothes.
Song Douding shouted towards the west wall: "Brother, it's time for us to go home and eat!"
"I know." Song Weifeng had been exposed in front of everyone a few days ago.
He immediately jumped down from the wall and patted off the white plaster on the hem of Cheng Zi's clothes, looking calm.
Zhou Ziyan and Song Weifeng were still arguing, and they still had nothing to say when they met.
A Sui came out from the kitchen carrying a box of fragrant food, "Mr. Song, Douding, take these back and eat them!"
"This is it?" Song Weifeng took a gentle sniff and could smell the fragrance.
Song Douding took it directly and said with a sweet smile: "Thank you, sister Asui!"
"It's okay, here is a kind of snack in the palace called peach hand snail. Take it back and try it. If you don't think it's good, remember to tell me." Asui said while wiping his hands with a scarf.
"Snacks from the palace!" Song Douding looked at the food box in his hand again. He felt as if the food box was glowing with gold.
When the other children heard this, their eyes were filled with envy, not to mention how obvious it was.
They also want to try the palace snacks.
Ah Sui smiled and brought out a few more plates, "Here, these are yours."
The reason why she gave the Song family a separate food box was because she wanted to gain some favor for her wooden husband.
But how could she forget these little boys, so she had already prepared them.
"We have some too?!" Jiang Qingqing immediately turned from sadness to joy. He leaned over to the food plate and took a whiff of it, "It smells so delicious!"
Zhou Ziyan had already picked up a piece and ate half of it, "A Sui's craftsmanship is truly unparalleled."
He used to often stay in the palace. Not only did he eat everything in the palace, but he also ate a lot. A Sui's cooking skills were also outstanding among the palace dishes he had eaten.
Such a woman failed to become the female official she hoped to do because of her appearance. Emperor Jingxuan was really unlucky.
Zhong Qiaoyi had already changed his clothes and jumped out from behind the screen, "How is it, how is it!"
I don't know how Zhou Xiucai customized this, but it turned out to be just right!
Ordinary materials, extremely simple craftsmanship.
The clothes Zhou Ziyan gave him were far less beautiful than Zhong Qiaoyi's previous clothes, but Zhong Qiaoyi just liked his current outfit and couldn't get enough of it.
I'm also a little afraid that my hands and feet will be rough and my clothes will be ruined.
"Yes, it's pretty good-looking." Zhou Ziyan put down the snack in his hand, "Come on, Master, I have something else to say to you."
"What's going on!" Zhong Qiao followed obediently.
Zhou Ziyan sat down and asked Zhong Qiaoyi to sit down as well, "I know you are the grandson of Magistrate Zhong, but we need to make an agreement three chapters in advance."
"Why!" Zhong Qiaoyi was dissatisfied, "Why are you still targeting me? Aren't you already willing to accept me?"
"Accepting it is one thing, but how to get along with it is another thing. Don't forget that your status is the most noble in this small courtyard." Zhou Zi said truthfully, "If I don't tell you in advance, , what if someone provokes you and you start to use your power to suppress others?"
"I teach, and I don't like those thorny students the most." Zhou Ziyan pretended to be indifferent, "If you can accept it, continue listening. If you think I'm insulting you, then take off your clothes and go to school on your own." leave."
"..." Zhong Qiao thought for a moment and realized that he had come this far and could not fall short here. "Okay, I promise you!"
"It's nothing. First, once you step into my courtyard, you will immediately forget all your previous identities. Here, you have only one identity, and that is my student." Zhou Ziyan raised a finger, and then raised his The second finger said, "Second, you must strictly abide by the etiquette of a gentleman. You must not be arrogant, arrogant, or angry. If you have conflicts with your classmates, you can come to me and I will deal with it impartially."
"The third rule is that you must listen to me. I will not let you do anything that violates laws or disciplines, or deliberately humiliates you. You can rest assured. In addition, you must follow what I say. listen."
Zhong Qiao grabbed his hands, "Then what if you ask me to work again?"
"Then will you do it or not?" Zhou Ziyan raised his eyebrows.
Zhong Qiao felt aggrieved and said, "...do it!"
"It's good." Zhou said to himself, touching Zhong Qiaoyi's head like he touched Song Douding.
The result was a huge eye roll from Zhong Qiao.
Yes, this is still a little wolf cub who is not very obedient.
It has the same character as Song Douding puppy, but it is indeed different.
As soon as Zhong Qiao officially became Zhou Ziyan's student, Zhong Zhixian was happiest.
Zhong Zhixian County has seen Zhong Qiaoyi's behavior these days.
Zhong Zhixian also didn't expect that Zhong Qiaoyi, who was so disobedient to his admonishment, could actually clean tables and sweep floors at Zhou's house, and he worked there for more than half a month!
In terms of education, this Zhou Xiucai is indeed better than this old guy.
The next day, Zhongzhi County sent Zhou Ziyan money for pens, ink, paper and inkstones from Shu Xiu and others through Zhong Qiaoyi.
Zhou Ziyan looked at his bulging money bag, went back to his room, took out the money that Zhong Zhixian had left for him, and threw it all to Zhong Qiaoyi, "Zhong Qiaoyi, look, these are all the money sent by Zhongzhi County." , how do you think he treats you?"
"..." Zhong Qiao remained silent for a moment, silently holding onto the silver in his hand.
I went home that day and served my grandparents at the dinner table.
The two old men were so shocked that they could hardly hold their chopsticks.
"Qiao Yi, what's wrong with you?" Zhong Zhixian's wife touched Zhong Qiao Yi's forehead, "You don't have a fever, why are you so fine..."
Zhong Qiao was already quite old when he came to their home, but he had always been a solitary child and would not let his elders get close to him.
Why are you suddenly getting close to them today?
"Master said... Oh, forget it, you won't do it!" It was the first time for Zhong Qiao to do this, so he was embarrassed, but his grandfather and grandmother still treated him as if he had seen a ghost, and he was even more unwilling to do so.
"Zhou Xiucai?" Zhong Zhixian thought about it and understood immediately.
Zhong Qiao must have listened to Zhou Ziyan's words and came to ease the relationship between them.
Zhong Zhixian immediately picked up the chopsticks and ate the crispy meat that Zhong Qiao put in his bowl, "Okay, okay!"
I don't know if this sentence is praising the chef's skills or Zhong Qiaoyi's filial piety.
As soon as Zhong Qiao saw Zhong Zhixian's happy expression, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.
Now that the students have all been fixed, Zhou Ziyan calculated the time and asked a question during class: "Do you all want to take part in the children's examination?"
As expected, there was silence below.
Song Douding passed the children's examination, and now as a bystander, he was laughing at the bitter faces of his friends one by one.
Jiang Qingqing's brows are so funny that they would kill a fly. It's so funny.
Wang Xiaoniu was still digging at the table and couldn't figure it out at first glance.
Pang Pangshan lowered his head, tut, he couldn't see clearly what he was doing, it wasn't fun.
As for Ergun, he was the first to raise his hand to answer the question, "Master, I think so."
Then came Zhong Qiaoyi, "Of course I came to class to be a scholar."
Zhou Ziyan nodded.
Ergun comes from a poor family, and the imperial examination is the best way at present, so he will definitely participate.
And Zhong Qiaoyi came here just to test the talents.
These two children currently have the clearest and most determined goals.
But for the remaining children, Zhou Ziyan was a little unsure.
Jiang Qingqing is the elder brother, and his family treats him well. Moreover, the family has a brewing skill that is passed down from generation to generation, so he does not have to take the imperial examination.
Wang Xiaoniu must also be willing to take the imperial examination, but she has experienced so many things. At such a young age, it is inevitable that she will feel hurt and cannot concentrate on preparing for the exam.
As for Dashan... he is the eldest son in the family. I wonder if he can let go of his attachment to his family and focus on taking the imperial examination.
Sure enough, except for Ergun and Zhong Qiaoyi, none of the other children gave Zhou Ziyan a clear answer.
Zhou Zi said that it was not surprising that he expected such a result.
After returning home that day, Jiang Qingqing sat on the kang to help her mother wind the thread, but she was absent-minded.
When the eldest brother of the Jiang family saw this, he threw the melon seeds in his hand at Jiang Qingqing, but Jiang Qingqing still didn't respond.
The eldest brother of the Jiang family touched his head and said, "What's wrong with our Qingqing? Why is he so stunned?"
If it had been before, Jiang Qingqing would have dragged the pillow under the kang to beat him.
"Qingqing, what are you thinking about?" Mother Jiang also noticed something was wrong.
Jiang Qingqing looked at the ball of thread in her hand and whispered: "Mom... I will have another child test next year. I... I..."
"What's wrong with you?" Mother Jiang still didn't understand.
The eldest brother of the Jiang family pressed Jiang Qingqing's head hard, "Oh, mother, don't you understand yet? Our Qingqing wants to take part in the children's examination!"
"What?!" Mother Jiang couldn't believe what she heard.
Even Jiang's father, who was dozing next to him, was startled awake by Jiang Qingqing's words.
Jiang Qingqing was startled by everyone's distrust, "I, I know I may be overestimating my abilities, but...but I have been studying for so long, if I don't give it a try, I...I won't be reconciled."
"Nonsense, who said you don't... you don't have to do that?" The eldest brother of the Jiang family held up Jiang Qingqing's face, "You are the first one in our family to read and read, so you can go if you want. Anyway, at your age, there are many people in the family. We don't need you, and you can't talk to your husband's family, so just go if you want."
"Brother..." Jiang Qingqing puffed up his face. He didn't expect that the person who supported him the most in his family was his eldest brother who always bullied him.
But the eldest brother of the Jiang family was really no better than a few breaths. He laughed and said: "Even if you don't pass the exam, you can still be considered a scholar. In the future, when you go out to beg for food, you will be more educated than other little beggars."
"You fart!" Jiang Qingqing completely forgot about elegance and etiquette. Now she just wanted to slap this annoying big brother to death.
Jiang's father and Jiang's mother put it together and felt that Brother Jiang was right.
Anyway, Jiang Qingqing is young, so he can go if he wants to!
As for the Pang family, Pang Pang's mother immediately chased him as soon as he came home from Pang Pangshan and asked, "Da Shan, there is another child test during the Chinese New Year. What did Zhou Xiucai say? Can you participate?"
"Mom... If I go to prepare for the child exam, I won't be able to help you take care of your siblings and your family." Pang Pangshan picked up his two siblings and said while sweeping the floor, "This will make you too tired... I don't want to go this year - "
"oops!"
Before Pang Pangshan could finish his sentence, a new shoe flew towards his face and slapped him in the face.
A red mark suddenly left on the clean right cheek.
Pang Pang's mother threw away the needle and thread in her hand, pointed at Pang Pangshan and scolded: "Pang Pangshan, can you be a little promising? What does it matter if this family has you or not? Can't mother afford this family? You have been studying for so long , but you don't want to take part in the children's examination, you're going to piss me off to death!"
Pang Pangshan covered the red marks on his face, feeling aggrieved and unfortunate, "Mom! I'm here to help you!"
"I don't need them!" Pang Pang's mother got off the kang and picked up the half-finished new shoes. "You can take part in the children's examination well, which is the greatest help to my mother. Do you want to spend your whole life doing needlework at home like your mother? Or Working outside like your father, you can't go home even once a year? Dashan, you are the first person in our family to read to this day!"
Pang Pangshan's sissy voice gradually swallowed, making Pang Pangshan feel extremely guilty.
Before dawn the next day, Zhou Ziyan heard the sound of the door being knocked in his sleep.
"What are you doing..." Zhou Ziyan said sleepily, and opened the door with his outer robe on.
On a cold morning, there were three children standing outside the door, breathing in and warming their hands.
Zhou Ziyan rubbed his eyes and saw that he was right.
It's Jiang Qingqing, and there are two sticks in Dashan.
Jiang Qingqing touched his plush collar and said, "Master, I went back and talked to my parents and brothers. They all supported me to take the imperial examination. They said that I am still young and there is no harm in trying. I thought about it all night and thought so. Even Douding, who is so young, went there, why can't I go? The Song family brother is also a brother, hasn't he passed the children's examination? I can definitely do it too!"
Pang Pangshan seemed to have a bruise on his face, "I... I was originally worried that as the eldest son, if I prepare for the imperial examination, I will not be able to take care of the house. But my mother slapped me with the sole of her shoe, saying that I was not living up to expectations, even though I was studying. But I didn't cherish the opportunity I had, and kept pursuing Xiaoqing and Xiaoai. My mother also told me to get out, saying that she would take care of the whole family and that I must learn to make a name for myself before I can go home."
"So you came so early to disturb people's dreams?" Zhou Ziyan leaned against the door frame. Although he complained, he could not suppress the smile in his eyes.
Ergun smiled and said, "Master, I was about to take the imperial examination, so I wanted to come over and study early."
"Don't pick it out. You're disturbing someone's dream." Zhou Ziyan opened the door behind him and let a few children into the room. "The little girl is still asleep, please keep your voice down."
"okay!"
But Wang Xiaoniu was already awake, or in other words, she had not slept all night.
Although she is young, she is not stupid.
She knew that the only way she could take was the imperial examination. Only by taking the imperial examination well could she repay Master Zhou's kindness, repay the Song family for taking care of her, and make everyone who looked down on her think highly of herself.
But now she was starting to get scared.
She was afraid that she would not be able to bear so many expectations, that she had no talent, that she would end up with nothing in her efforts until the end.
These messy thoughts made Wang Xiaoniu toss and turn on the bed, unable to sleep at all.
So she sat in front of the window and waited until dawn.
I happened to bump into Pang Pangshan and the others coming to disturb Zhou Ziyan.
Wang Xiaoniu put on her clothes and ran out of her house, "Da Shan, Qing Qing, two sticks!"
"Hey, Master said you are still sleeping." Jiang Qingqing rushed over and took Wang Xiaoniu's hand, "You are well dressed, are you cold?"
"I'm fine." Wang Xiaoniu shook her head, "Why are you here so early?"
"We're here to study." Pang Pangshan smiled honestly, "We all plan to take the children's exam, so we can't waste time."
Wang Xiaoniu was stunned. It turned out that when she was struggling, her friends had already made a decision, "Have you all decided?"
"Of course, we have been studying for so long. We will regret not giving it a try!" Jiang Qingqing said, "Besides, at our age, it is normal to fail the exam. If it is fine, just give it a try."
"..." Wang Xiaoniu wrung her hands and whispered, "But...but, aren't you afraid of failure?"
Ergun noticed Wang Xiaoniu's unusual attitude, paused, and said seriously: "I'm afraid. But I have to keep moving forward even if I'm afraid. If I give up because of fear, I will definitely regret it for the rest of my life."
"Wang Xiaoniu, we will all move forward together, so... don't be afraid."
"Ergun..." Wang Xiaoniu looked up, and Ergun was looking at her, cheering her on.
"Hmm... um!" Wang Xiaoniu nodded, "I have nothing to be afraid of. I shouldn't be afraid. I can definitely do it!"
Zhou Ziyan listened to the whole process in the kitchen and was very satisfied.
He sniffed twice and came out with a basket of small steamed buns. He shouted with a smile, "Come on, do you want to eat the steamed buns made by sister A Sui?"
"eat!"
When Song Douding and Zhong Qiao came to class, they suddenly discovered that several other people had already memorized two articles!
Moreover, he is full of energy and is no longer as idle as before.
"What's going on..." Song Douding put down his little baggage, confused.
Zhong Qiao glanced at Song Douding and said, "I really don't know how you became a scholar...I can't understand it."
Song Douding was about to hit Zhong Qiao. Zhou Ziyan interrupted them, spread out his folding fan and shook it gently, "Everyone should have noticed that it is time for the first-year children's exam soon. I am very happy. The six of us children, except Song Douding, all Volunteer to participate in the child test."
"Since you are willing to trust me, I will not let you down. From today on, Master will teach you according to the standards of the children's examination. Your studies will be more arduous than before, so you must be prepared."
"good!"
Zhou Ziyan changed his mind and said, "Dou Ding, you still have to take the provincial examination, so I will write your examination questions for you alone, and you will stay an extra hour and a half in the evening."
"...I understand." Song Douding felt bitter, but did not dare to make a mistake.
"As for the one on the wall." Zhou Ziyan glared at Song Weifeng angrily, "Get off here and move a small stool to sit next to him."
"..." Song Weifeng's eyes lit up and he immediately rolled down from the wall, as light and agile as a flying swallow, "Hey!"
Asui watched from the side, getting happier and happier as he watched.
Oops, if she starts sewing wedding clothes now, I wonder if she can finish embroidering wedding clothes for two people in two months!
Zhong Qiaoyi almost exhausted himself to death after taking a few days of trial classes with Zhou Ziyuanerbajing.
"I said...what are these papers?" Zhong Qiao's eyes were blank. He almost fainted when he looked at the thick stack of folded books in front of him. "My previous wife didn't, never give them to me." So many questions!"
"This is what I think, Master." Song Douding, who was the first to enjoy Zhou Ziyan's education, warned Zhong Qiaoyi in an experienced tone, "I advise you to do it well, because there will be new papers tomorrow. Appear."
"There will be more tomorrow?!" Zhong Qiaoyi was really about to faint.
Zhou said that these papers were none other than the periodic test papers he issued.
Of course, this is a modern statement. In Daqing, there is currently no such concept.
He copied the knowledge he had learned before into papers in the form of test questions for children and asked them to practice every day.
A lot of training, although a bit tiring, is definitely double the reward for these children.
After all, they are young. If they want to take the children's examination, they have to work harder than ordinary candidates.
These children also know the huge gap between themselves and other candidates, so they are buried in the test questions every day.
Never give up until you learn one, two, three.
The small peppers Zhou Ziyan planted earlier are growing well.
It's just that he may not see it come to fruition.
Because the Song family is going back to the village to worship their ancestors.
As soon as Father Song got the news from the village, he went to Zhou Zi and said, "Zhou Xiucai, our village is going to merge with another village named Li. For such a big event, we must open an ancestral hall, so I happened to take my two children back to worship our ancestors. You want Don't you want to come along? Go take a look at those... pine pitch trees in the mountains behind the village?"
"This..." Zhou Zi said that if he were alone, he would definitely go, but now there is a group of children behind him.
However, this is also an opportunity.
It is not a good thing for them to always study hard at home. If they can go to the countryside to experience life, they may have greater feelings.
"Uncle Song, wait for me, I'll ask Xiao Niu and the others." Zhou Ziyan told Father Song his thoughts, and Father Song also thought this was a good thing.
"It would be great if they could go to the village to see it. It would encourage the children in the village to learn to read well and come to the town to study in the future."
Zhou said with a smile: "Okay, I'll give you an answer tomorrow."
When several children heard that they could go to Douding's village to play, they all agreed and couldn't wait to set off that night.
Zhou Ziyue told them to stop, "This time is not just for fun, it's a study tour, you know? You have to have a learning mentality and go live in the village, you know?"
"knew!"
Only Zhong Qiaoyi couldn't agree, "I have to go back and ask the county magistrate."
"Okay." Zhou Ziyan nodded. Zhong Qiao has a sensitive status and cannot agree casually. That's normal.
When Zhongzhi County learned about this, he did hesitate for a moment, but those students from the major colleges would go on study tours every year, which was indeed a good thing!
"Master, otherwise let Liang Baotou follow." The county magistrate's wife proposed an idea.
Zhongzhi County thought it was feasible, so he called Liang to catch the head.
When Capt. Liang heard that it was to escort Zhong Qiaoyi and a bunch of little kids, he immediately agreed.
As a result, A Sui stayed at home and took care of the house. Zhou Zi said that in their line of work, they had a big head catcher.
The day before departure, A Sui helped Zhou Ziyan and Wang Xiaoniu pack their luggage.
Each person has a big burden.
Zhou said he could still carry it, but Wang Xiaoniu almost fell to the ground due to the burden.
In the end, it was Zhou Ziyan who carried two big bags alone, using his thin body to hold everything up.
When everyone gathered together, they saw Zhou Ziyan's left and right hands were raised, with a baggage hanging on each, and his face was red from suppressing it.
Looking carefully, Zhou Ziyan's hands and legs were trembling slightly.
"Master, Master, let me do it!" Wang Xiaoniu followed beside her, carrying her skirt, worried all the time.
"I...it's okay!" Zhou Zi said that he would never let Wang Xiaoniu, a child, see him clearly. Even if he was about to faint now, he could not say 'no', "Master...it can be done!"
Song Weifeng took the two bundles from Zhou Ziyan's hands and hung them on his back easily, "I'll do it."
"..." The huge pressure was suddenly relieved, and Zhou Ziyan could finally breathe.
But looking at Song Weifeng who was relaxed, he couldn't help but pinch his arms and legs. How could he be so weak?
Is it true that a useless person is a scholar? !
After questioning, Zhou Ziyan learned that it turned out that Song Douding's village was Shanghe Village.
It shares a large river with Aunt Wang Xiaoniu's Xiahe Village, one is upstream and the other is downstream.
Shanghe Village is a large village. There is not one single family in it, but many families are integrated.
However, only those with surnames that meet a certain population standard can build a clan ancestral hall in the village.
The Song family is the largest clan in Shanghe Village and owns the largest ancestral hall in the village.
Shanghe Village is not far from the town, but they brought too much luggage, and they were accompanied by Captain Liang.
No matter what you say, you can't let Liang Captou follow you in an ox cart.
So they got together, rented two large carriages, and staggered down the official road.
"It's been two or three years since I came out." Song Weifeng opened the curtain, "I don't know what the village has become like."
Song Douding sat cross-legged on his little cushion, not very happy, "What's there to miss? They're all a bunch of bad people."
When Zhou Ziyan heard Song Douding's complaints, he had an idea in his mind.
He still remembered what Father Song had said before that when they left the village, they had some unpleasant troubles with the tribesmen.
I hope that this time I return to the village safely and nothing happens.
Chapter 77
The carriage drove away from the town and slowly turned from the official road into a forest path with dense trees.
The originally stable carriage immediately began to become bumpy.
Song Douding was shaken from side to side, "A few years ago, these roads were so bumpy, but now there is no change at all."
"How can such a bumpy road be easy to navigate?" Zhou Ziyue looked forward from the window. There were lumps of dirt everywhere, and there were many stones along the sides. It was these things that fell on the road, blocking the progress of cars and horses.
"It's impassable." Song Weifeng sighed, "This road is usually only used by pedestrians. It's not even a commercial road. On such a bumpy road, even if any goods are transported, it will have been smashed long ago."
Zhou Ziyan put away his fan, "Don't your village want to repair it?"
If you want to get rich, build roads first. This principle should be easy to understand.
"The village chief didn't say that." Song Weifeng shook his head honestly, "After excluding taxes, the rest of the year's harvest becomes food rations for each household. How can there be any extra money to build roads... Let's just leave it at that. "
"..." Zhou Ziyan nodded and said nothing.
Except for Song Douding, the other children were all from the town, and they had never seen such a completely different scene from the town.
The trees on the roadside are towering into the clouds, and they look taller than the buildings in the town!
Looking here and there along the way, my heart almost flew out of the carriage.
After driving for nearly an hour, their carriage finally stopped.
"Ouch, my old waist is so weak this way..." Zhou Ziyan supported his waist and got out of the carriage. If he had arrived a little later, his old bones might have been handed over to the carriage.
Now that I finally got out of the car, my butt/butt still hurts.
Song Douding jumped down from the carriage, nothing happened.
Seeing his master's miserable appearance, he chuckled and said, "Master, why are you so weak in physical strength?"
He has been through this bumpy journey since he was a child. Even if he has not returned to the village for two or three years, he will not be like Zhou Ziyan, so now he can laugh at his Master Zhou as much as he wants.
"Be careful, I'll hit you." Zhou Ziyan raised his fan as if to hit Song Douding, but Song Douding covered his head and ran away.
Song's father got out of the car with two balls wrapped around him, looked at the crowds not far away, and said with emotion: "Shanghe Village is ahead of us. The carriage can't get in, so we can only take us here. The rest is just two steps away. arrive."
"Okay." Zhou Ziyan was about to carry his heavy burden, but he didn't expect that Song Weifeng had already carried it first.
Song Weifeng was carrying three burdens on his back without blushing or out of breath, "Brother Zhou, leave it to me."
Song Weifeng's tone was so calm that Zhou Ziyan couldn't tell that he was worried about him?
Are you still laughing at yourself?
"..." But Zhou Ziyan repeatedly confirmed that Song Weifeng was fine, and then he saw Song Weifeng walking forward as light as a swallow.
A person who is useless is a scholar. A person who is useless is a scholar!
I can't deceive the ancients!
Zhou Ziyan folded his fan and looked downcast.
After returning home, I immediately started exercising. I must not continue like this.
On the forest path, more and more people slowly began to appear.
The mountain men carrying baskets on their backs went up the mountain to collect goods, and the villagers carrying probing sticks searched for what they needed in the mountains.
Most of them wore cross-collar gowns, stockings and cloth shoes, and looked very smart.
After walking for another two sticks of incense, Father Song finally saw the village chief.
"Village Chief!" Father Song took a closer look and saw that the old man standing not far away was the village chief whom he hadn't seen for many years!
The head of Shanghe Village is leading many villagers waiting at the entrance of the village, waiting for Father Song and the others to "return home in rich clothes."
Now when I heard Father Song's voice, I immediately looked for the figure, "Brother Song! Brother Song! Here, here!"
As Zhou Ziyan and his group walked in, the village chief finally saw Father Song.
When the two old men met, they immediately hugged each other and said with great surprise, "We haven't seen each other for many years, but we are still as strong as ever!"
"No one can compare with you, no one can compare with you. In the past few years, my appearance has changed!" The village chief looked at Mr. Song carefully, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, okay! It's not in vain." I fully supported you in leaving the village, go well, go well!"
"Douding, come quickly!" Song's father turned around and called Song Douding over, "I've seen your uncle, the village chief."
Song Douding was sent to the village chief's house when he was a child. Although he grew up and did not remember the appearance of the village chief, when he saw him again, the familiar feeling immediately came to his heart, "Village Chief... Uncle Village Chief?"
"Uncle Village Chief!" Song Douding hugged the old village chief and looked up at him, "I am Douding."
"Oh, our Douding has grown so big!" The old village chief picked up Song Douding, "When uncle hugged you when you were a child, you even peed on him, do you still remember?"
"I...I forgot. Hehe." Song Douding still remembers the embarrassing things he did when he was a child. He just begged the village chief uncle not to expose him in front of so many friends.
Father Song held the old village chief tightly, "Come on, I'll introduce these people to you."
They were introduced one by one, and the old village chief's eyes were dazzled.
When the last Captor Liang was introduced, the old village chief almost felt weak in the legs, "Brother Song, you... why are you bringing a Captor here!"
"I brought them here. They were... escorting these children to study abroad." Song's father skipped over Zhong Qiaoyi's identity and only said that these children were here to study.
"What is a study tour?" The old village chief has never heard this term in his whole life. What is there to learn in this poor village?
Zhou Ziyan took a step forward and continued: "Study tour is for students to leave the learning environment they are accustomed to, understand the outside world, and learn things outside. Your village has beautiful scenery and outstanding people, so it must be a good place."
"What beautiful mountains and clear waters... outstanding people, what are these?" The old village chief listened for a long time, but still didn't understand.
In the end, Song's father said, "Oh, don't worry about it. They all came to study with Master Zhou. Don't worry about anything else. Don't worry about it!"
The people standing behind the village chief couldn't wait any longer and pushed forward one after another, "Old village chief, old village chief, please step aside. Let us see Douding first. That is a scholar, a seven-year-old scholar!"
"That's right, old village chief, you're blocking it!"
"Douding, Douding, do you still remember your aunt?"
Song Douding couldn't help but take two steps back, "Who are these...?"
He doesn't remember any of them!
The old village chief turned around and yelled at them to stop, "Noise, what's the noise! What's the noise? It's a joke!"
"Everyone of you, why are you so excited? Be careful of scaring Doudin!"
A young man behind the old village chief rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Isn't this curious! You said that our village only has two or three talented people, but now there is a seven-year-old talented scholar. Can you not be curious?"
Song Douding recognized this man. He pinched his waist and said, "If you are curious, I won't show it to you. Who told you to call me my brother before?"
"..." Song Weifeng raised his eyebrows, dumbfounded.
Douding still remembers the past and is ready to start his 'revenge'.
The man secretly glanced at Song Weifeng, then at Song Douding, and swallowed, "I... wasn't I ignorant at that time? I was ignorant, I was ignorant!"
"I was seven years old and ignorant. You are almost twenty-seven. Are you still ignorant?" Song Douding ignored Song's father's obstruction and jumped to the front, pointed at the man and said, "Don't think I don't remember what happened before. Let me tell you, and some of you, I, Song Douding, have remembered everything. I am petty, even smaller than the eye of a needle. I will never bully others again this time!"
"Okay." Father Song held down Song Douding, "We are just worshiping our ancestors this time. We will leave after the sacrifice. No need to say more."
"You still want to leave?" The young man was stunned, "I thought you were going to come back to live."
"What are you doing here? Our family is in the town, and we will continue to take the provincial examination next year. Who wants to come back to live." Song Douding arched his nose.
"Then what do these little dolls do?" the young man asked again.
"These? They are all my classmates. They are going to take the Children's Examination after the Chinese New Year." Song Douding raised his chin, pride almost rising from his head, "Just wait and see, next year they will all become the same as me." Scholar!"
When the young man heard Song Douding's words, he couldn't help but sneer, "Eh... you are a wholesale scholar? You are lucky to be a scholar. Do you really think that all children can be a scholar?"
"Song Zhanghe!" Song Douding was so angry at this person that he really wanted to pounce on him and bite him.
A young man named Song Zhanghe immediately hid behind the old village chief to prevent Song Douding from actually pounceing on him.
The old village chief hated that iron could not become steel, so he slapped Song Zhanghe hard.
Zhou said that as Douding's wife, he naturally wanted to find his place in the face of such ridicule, "A summer insect cannot talk about ice, a frog in a well cannot talk about the sea, and an ordinary person cannot talk about Tao. Douding, why are you talking so much to others?" ? Whether it's a success or a failure, we'll have to wait and see next year."
He sees the hard work of these children.
It's not that he boasts too much about himself. The children he has taught are just a child, but he still doesn't look at them.
"Yes, Master, let's wait and see next year!" Song Douding suppressed his temper and stopped quarreling with Song Zhanghe.
Song Zhanghe couldn't understand what a "summer insect" was, but he could feel that the man in front of him, who was dressed in coarse linen and linen clothes like him, looked down on him.
He saw Zhou Ziyan standing next to Song Weifeng, rubbed his hands and said, "Who are you?!"
"I said to myself next week that it is Douding and their wife who are not talented, but they are also the talented people who passed the children's examination this year." Zhou Ziyan bowed his hands and said with a smile.
Song Douding added next to him, "Besides, Master is the first person to take the children's examination, and he was admitted as a scholar as the head of the case. Oh, by the way, the head of the case means the first place in the exam."
"First place?" Song Zhanghe couldn't believe it, "Just you? You look like you are about the same age as me!"
"Isn't it said that the imperial examination is difficult? Why did this person pass the examination at such a young age?"
"Tch, I'm about the same age as you, but much more capable than you." Song Douding rolled his eyes.
"Okay! Dahe, go back and stand still, don't embarrass yourself!" The old village chief took a step aside and asked Father Song and the others to quickly enter the village, "Come on, come on, let's go home quickly. I've already found someone for your old house. Cleaned up for you!"
"Hey, thank you, brother!" Apart from others, it was fortunate that the old village chief kept Doudin at home. Father Song was really grateful to the old village chief.
Shanghe Village is completely different from the town. The town has red eaves and flying tiles, while Shanghe Village has flat-headed and short houses.
There is a distance of two roads between people, and each person has a small courtyard surrounded by fences, growing green vegetables and fruits, and feeding chickens, ducks and fish.
From time to time, people carrying hoes passed by them and greeted the old village chief, but they seemed to not recognize Father Song and the others.
"You have been gone for too long, and you seem to have changed your appearance. They don't recognize you anymore, not at all." The old village chief explained, twirling his beard.
Song's father didn't care about this. Anyway, the relationship between their family and the village was just mediocre. It didn't matter whether they knew each other or not.
When they returned to their hometown, some of the abandoned courtyards had indeed been cleaned, clean and without any dust at all.
There was also a young man waiting in the yard. When he saw the old village chief, he immediately stood up and said, "Dad!"
Father Song looked at the young man in surprise, "This is...
...This is New Year's Eve, right? "
"Hey." The young man named Danian smiled shyly and ran behind the old village chief.
"You guys hurry up and fix things up. If we have anything to say, we'll talk about it tonight!" The old village chief patted Danian's hand and asked Song's father and the others to settle down quickly.
As for Zhou Ziyan's and their residence, Song's father had already written to the village chief.
The village chief also arranged a place to stay early in the morning.
But that so-called residence is actually living at the village chief's house.
There is no way, who knows that the village chief's family is the largest family in the village, and there are many empty rooms in the house!
Anyone who comes to the village as a guest will basically stay at the village chief's house. This is also convenient for outsiders to deal with matters with the village chief.
Because Zhou Zi said there were a lot of people, the village chief spared the largest guest room.
But Liang Captou only wanted a small room.
Put down the luggage and left.
During Liang's trip, in addition to escorting, he also wanted to help Zhongzhi County see the situation in Shanghe Village.
So you can't waste a moment. When you get to the place, you have to take the time to record it.
I will go back in the future so that I can report to Zhongzhi County.
After putting everything away and putting on the bedding, Zhou said to himself that they were settled.
The old village chief knocked on the door and came in, holding a cigarette pole in his hand, "Master Zhou, do you still need anything?"
"There is no shortage. Thank you, old village chief." Zhou Ziyan cupped his hands and thanked him.
"Look, he is the master in this town. He looks much more handsome than us." The old village chief rubbed his hands, as if unsure, and asked, "Master Zhou, are you really a scholar? Then Douding, is he also a scholar?"
Zhou said with a smile: "Exactly, we are all on the imperial list, and Wei Feng is also a scholar."
"Ouch!" The old village chief slapped his thigh, and a lot of tobacco fell out of the pipe, "Doudin is really... What a blessing!"
"To be honest, Douding is extremely talented and intelligent, and I have great trust in him." Zhou Ziyan helped the old village chief clean the cigarette pole, "Here you go."