Houfu Key Class

Xu Wan looked at him and said sincerely: "Honest advice is unpleasant to the ears but beneficial to action. Not only do children need to learn, I also need it. Please teach me, sir."

Mr. Su looked at the test papers of the five children on the table, imitated her high emotional intelligence speech, and began to lay the groundwork: "In more than two years, you have trained these children to this level. Not to mention children, even if you change to five adults, it is difficult to teach them to this level. Although I don’t know what kind of teaching method you use, it restricts thinking, which is also the reason why they can’t write poems well. Everything has its pros and cons, do you understand?"

The summer sun is shining, and because there are ice cubes in the house, the cool air blows in waves, which makes people feel refreshed.

Xu Wan smiled lightly and said, "Yes, I understand."

Examination-oriented education can help people improve their scores quickly, but the disadvantage is that it will suppress people's creativity.

Su Xi continued, "These two days, I have been trying to bend them back a little, but because of your influence, there are still obvious signs of restraint. Don't look at me like that... They listen to you, and their words and deeds are also influenced by you. It's your problem."

"I..." Xu Wan was speechless.

Su Xi suddenly said, "You learned this way when you were a child."

Xu Wan: "..."

Don't say it, sir, all your secrets will be exposed soon.

Seeing her silence, Su Xi continued, "You should change yourself first, otherwise even if I can bend them back this month, over time, they will learn from you again. Or... If you just want to pass the autumn exam, then just pretend that I didn't say anything."

After Su Xi finished speaking, he asked someone to take him to the pond in the east courtyard. He was going to see the children again.

Xu Wan stood there, without moving.

Cuizhi advised: "Madam, don't listen to Mr. Su's nonsense, you have done a good job. We asked him to teach the young masters for the autumn exam. After the autumn exam, there will be no more poetry and prose exams, so as not to delay the first-class exam."

Xu Wan hummed and said: "I know, let's go back to our own courtyard."

Cuizhi said: "Yes, Madam, it's time to rest. You like to take a nap the most. You haven't slept well with them these two days."

In the bedroom, Xu Wan lay on the bed and couldn't fall asleep.

As Cuizhi said, after the autumn exam, there is no need to learn poetry and prose. This was also her previous plan.

But maybe it was Su Xi who asked her, she remembered her previous study life, which was full of twists and turns. Every day when she opened her eyes, she would study. What she learned was also for the college entrance examination. When she was in college, she forgot everything. The meaning of learning seemed to be just for exams, to go to good schools and good companies.

Now she asked herself again and again in her heart:

What is the meaning of her study?

What is the meaning of the five children's study?

Su Xi broke the defense of Xu Wan, a firm believer in exam-oriented education. She tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep until she woke up at the usual time. She slept until the evening.

She woke up slowly when it was getting dark.

Cuizhi's voice came from outside: "Madam, dinner is ready."

"Oh, okay, I'll be there right away."

While eating, Xu Wan asked: "How is it in the East Courtyard?"

Cuizhi replied: "It's quite harmonious. The young masters are picking lotus pods in the pond, and Mr. Su is sitting on the shore watching, not complaining about the sun. After finishing, he continued to write poems. He should be eating dinner now."

Xu Wan nodded and got up after eating a few bites: "Cuizhi, I don't have an appetite today. I want to go out for a walk alone. Don't follow me."

"Yes." Cuizhi was puzzled and didn't quite understand.

It was getting dark, and lanterns were hung up in the mansion one after another. Even if Cuizhi was not around, the maids passing by saluted and greeted her.

The mansion is very big, and it takes a long time to walk around; the mansion is also very small, and you can run into people before you walk far.

Xu Wan walked to the west courtyard pond where she had been in the morning. The broken lotus leaves in it had been cleaned up, and the mud stains on the shore had also been swept. Mother Zhao was efficient. After not coming for an afternoon, the place was clean as before.

Xu Wan remembered that in the morning, Su Xi asked her if she wanted to go into the water together. She refused at that time, but in fact, she still wanted to. Because she was busy studying in modern times and was bound by the idea of ​​women's virtue in ancient times, she did not have a good childhood.

Now there is no one around, and she is allowed to do whatever she wants. But she struggled for a while... just sat on the shore, her legs hanging in the air, then sighed and looked up at the gorgeous starry sky.

The sky here is very bright, and the stars are very beautiful.

Xu Wan didn't know how long she had been looking until she heard footsteps behind her. She said casually: "Cuizhi, didn't I tell you not to follow? I will be back soon."

The person behind her did not speak.

Soon, she felt the other person bend down and imitate her, sitting on the shore with his legs hanging in the air.

Xu Wan looked up and saw a tall figure, it was not Cuizhi. She shouted in surprise: "Zong Zhao?"

She subconsciously wanted to stand up, but was stopped by Zong Zhao: "There are people guarding outside the yard, no one will break in. If you like to sit like this, just sit for a while, don't worry."

Xu Wan sighed, hesitated for a while, and sat back down again.

She is like this, trying not to stand out, trying not to be conspicuous, but if the other party does not ask, she will occasionally take her own ideas into consideration.

Zong Zhao asked: "Are you unhappy with what Mr. Su said today?"

Xu Wan understood what he said, probably because Cuizhi told him. She whispered, "I'm not unhappy, it's just that the teacher's talk is profound, and I don't understand it."

"Profound?" Zong Zhao asked.

Xu Wan: "..."

Your words sound like 'whoever can't understand it is a fool', full of sarcasm.

But for Zong Zhao, maybe it's really simple?

She asked curiously, "How old were you when you started studying?"

Xu Wan thought that the education of children from ancient noble families should be different from that of modern times, especially for a military general like Zong Zhao, who had a title to inherit and no one forced him to pass the imperial examination. Even the old marquis disagreed.

Zong Zhao replied: "I started to learn martial arts at the age of three, and I started to learn to read and write at the age of five. But what I learned at that time was very basic, and I didn't even learn Mengqiu. It was not until I was ten that I realized that I had to study, and I had a conflict with my father for this."

Xu Wan chuckled: "I remember Cuizhi said that when you had a conflict, you unilaterally ignored your father-in-law for three days."

Zong Zhao was caught off guard by the piercing of his heart.

He tried to explain: "It was my father who was unreasonable, didn't listen to me, and didn't respect my preferences. I was very angry. But he is my father, and I can't do anything to him. Ignoring him is the most rebellious thing I can do."