dressed as a scholar

The days are like flowing water in a stream, and the full moon is gone in the blink of an eye. A group of scholars listen to lectures in the early days and farm in the afternoon. These days, they gradually get used to the hard life in the countryside. Under the leadership of Fang Yu, they dig, sow, plow Tian... It can be said that he has experienced the life of farming and mulberry.

The rich and young masters are much stronger than when they were in the countryside. When they came to Zhuangzi for an hour, they were sore and backache, but now they don’t feel that way even after working for a whole morning. Tired, after completing the tasks and homework assigned by Fang Yu early, he still had time to go down the river to fish and catch shrimps, and went to the shallow mountains to hunt together.

Not only that, on the windy day, groups of three or four tied up kites and flew kites in the fields and plains, attracting children from the surrounding villages to follow behind. Way to have less fun.

The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, full of vitality. The students feel that this year's spring is really full and tight. In the past, they drank, played, played and listened to theatre. The days passed by in a trance for several months, just watching the days slip away , but I don't remember what I have done during these times. This year, I only stayed in Zhuangzi for a month, but I feel like I have done thousands of things, and my mind seems to be enriched a lot.

Fang Yu lost his elegant demeanor in the city when he saw these merry-go-lucky scholars, running wildly one after another like monkeys in the mountains, darker than when he came here, but his complexion just happened to be healthy, Like the harvested wheat in the field, this is the enthusiasm and vitality that should be possessed at this age.

A young man in the [-]th and [-]th years, holding books and reading sages' books all day long, he either sat or swayed wherever he went. Can't be weaker.

Fang Yu was really satisfied.

"Tomorrow I'm going back to the city, and I feel as if I've been born in a village, and I've clearly been here not long ago, but I feel that the first banquet in Hualiu Alley is a matter of my previous life."

"What's the matter, you don't want to go back? Yesterday, the servant girl in the village said that there is still a pig breeder missing, so it's just right for you to stay."

Zhao Wanxin, who was lying on the green grass with his hands pillowed on his head, gave Sun Yuan a sideways look: "You will lose your mouth if you don't mention this. I didn't say that you were chased by a big white goose and twisted your legs, so why do you have to mention the pig?" This crop."

Under the warm sun, Sun Yuan's face under the straw hat was distorted with a smile: "It's always better to be twisted by a goose than to be thrown far away by stepping on pig feces."

Zhao Wanxin pulled away Sun Yuan's straw hat, and proudly said: "The people in the village slaughtered that pig early this morning, and it's probably already fragrant in the stove now, and my teacher still loves me the most. .”

"Come on, the goose that twisted me has already been turned into a wine lees goose by the teacher's mother."

"It's also for drinking and eating for the husband. You are so beautiful."

The two scolded each other for a while, grabbed the green grass on the grass slope and threw it at each other. After being crazy and tired, they lay back on the grass: "To be honest, I am a little bit reluctant to go back. I am here with the big guys. Although I am tired when I am working, I feel very content after having dinner and lying on the dam in the village. It is ridiculous to say that in the past, even if I got a hundred acres of land, I never got a golden bump. Satisfied like this."

Sun Yuan pursed his lips and laughed, but he didn't laugh out loud. Once upon a time, even Young Master Zhao could say such hypocritical words. He felt that every skinny Confucius was uncomfortable, so he joked: "Who was crying when he came here before?" You shouted to leave, if you don't go back now, your mother should not go crazy, maybe tomorrow, a big sedan chair will rush to the entrance of the village to pick you up."

"She wanted to see me a long time ago. A while ago, she sent someone to the village to deliver a letter. I asked the boy to answer the letter. I am doing well here. I didn't expect that the family was even more anxious, and the person sent me more frequently. They come here every now and then, just carrying a load of gifts to get some people in the village, and bring some gold bumps to Mr. Mr. never likes to accept and give these things. Isn't this just causing trouble? In the future, Mr. How do you look at me?"

"I lost my temper and scolded people back, so that's the end."

Sun Yuan shook his head: "Didn't you already know what you are, Mr. Virtue? Besides, he doesn't have time to remember these little things. Didn't Deng Jue bring a litter of gray rabbits from the mountains to his wife a few days ago, sir? They were all let go when they came back, and I guess they are still coaxing Master's wife."

"Why are you two still here?" Su Yang was carrying a wooden bucket: "We have caught so many fish and shrimps, so hurry back and cook them, just in time for the tooth festival."

"Walk around..."

Before returning to the city after spring plowing, Fang Yu asked the village to prepare a lot of self-raised chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep for a barbecue, and allowed the students to drink. Everyone was eating, drinking and having fun all afternoon. The next morning, A group of bullock carts pulled people slowly to the city.

Fang Yu led Qiao Hezhi out of the carriage and looked at the gate of his house. After going out for so long, he felt that his house was a little strange. The last time he was like this was when he was rushing for the local exam.

"It's not just the students getting tanned, I'm also a little darker than before. The sun in spring is not as vicious as in summer, but it's even more irritating to bask in the sun without restraint. On the contrary, I get darker faster than in summer."

Qiao Hezhi smiled and said, "It's probably the reason for boiling frogs in warm water."

It was time to come back this time. It happened to be the holiday time in Hude College, and the students could have a good rest before going back to the classroom.After Fang Yu and Qiao Hezhi returned to the house, they rested for a day, and the next day they went to Hufengjing to visit Qiao's father and Qiao's mother.

This is the end of the big class again, and Fang Yu is counting the time to take the college exam. After Qingming, the time turns and it will be June in the blink of an eye.

The college exam is not like the provincial exam. The big exam is only taken once every three years. The college exam is taken every year, and the time of the college exam is different in different places. All of them are adjusted to local conditions. Certainly.

Xuezheng is subordinate to Beijing officials, and there is no fixed rank. It is determined according to the official ranks in Beijing, and most of them are dispatched from the Imperial Academy. Although they have to leave Beijing to go to local officials, many civil servants will still be proud of having done Xuezheng It is also a very honorable thing to have such a stroke on your resume.

Since Li Xuezheng was transferred back to the capital, another Zhang Xuezheng came last year. Although there is a school government in Yuncheng, not every student in charge of government will live in Yuncheng. It depends on the work arrangement and preferences of Xuezheng. There are nine county towns under the Yongjiang Mansion where they are located, and there are many places to choose where to live.

This time, Zhang Xuezheng had never lived in Yuncheng, so the time for the college examination in Yuncheng was later than when Li Xuezheng was in Yuncheng. month.

Fang Yu calculated that it would be better at one o'clock in the evening, so he would have more time to prepare for the exam, but the bad thing is that the weather in June is very hot, and Yuncheng is a disaster. good.

After Qingming, the academy held a meeting. First of all, I talked about the examination room, and asked the masters to go down and give some instructions to the students, and talk about some measures to avoid the summer heat; secondly, the most important meeting content, about the rate of admission to higher education .

Under the leadership of successive deans, Hande College has gradually developed from a small rural school in the past to a well-known large college today. The quality of the teachers is one aspect, and the most intuitive thing that makes students come to study is to study. Rate.

In the past few years, the college's enrollment rate has risen sharply, and its reputation has gradually gone downhill. Fortunately, it was a Jieyuan two years ago and saved a lot of reputation. Now Wang Qingshan and several deans are ruthless. Grasp the enrollment rate.

Tong Shengsheng is promoted to be a scholar, and being promoted to a person is the main difficulty of the academy in Sanguan. As for Fang Yu, as I have said before, most of them have made their own achievements and arrangements, and they will not continue to stay in the academy. Most of them rely on My own hard work and knowledge continue to go up. As for the future, I will become a disciple of the emperor in high school, and I will be admitted to an official position to benefit the people. This academy can no longer manage it, and it can't give too much help.

but!After you succeed, people will always ask where you were born as a teacher and which academy you came from. At this time, the reputation of the academy can be raised slowly. For half a year, these students will still be invited to come to the academy to give lectures or something, the two parties are suitable, and they will give each other face and reputation.

Then again, if you want to make more moves, you must first lay a good foundation. If there are only a few talented students, then everyone won the exam, and the base is not high. The larger the base, the greater the opportunity to achieve a higher ceiling.

Although Fang Yu is very clear about these reasons, he still took the meeting minutes with a pencil. Wang Qingshan gave a passionate speech on the podium. He has let down the many favors that President Wang has given him.

"This year's college exam is different from the past. Not only is Li Xuezheng leaving after his term expires and replaced by a new inspector, I also got news that the number of candidates for this year's exam will be greatly reduced. It will be more complicated and difficult than in previous years, and I hope all the masters will pay attention to it and urge the students to study hard in the remaining month."

All the masters couldn't help but frown when they heard this, especially the masters who had a lot of children in the classroom, the pressure from this end was directly on their bodies.

For example, teachers who take care of children are the most difficult. The superiors pointed out that more students are due to these teachers. The children's test is the easiest. As we all know, the narrower the passage is, the more difficult it is. For this reason, the masters who lead scholars are pressured by the college, and they can still have excuses saying that the rural exams are difficult, but they can be forgiven. Unexpected students are the worst for leading children , there is no excuse to say.

And Fang Yu is a wife with a bunch of children, so the pressure is naturally not to mention.

"There are twelve students in classrooms 21, 22, and 23. The goal of this exam is four."

The masters pursed their lips tightly and twisted their old faces. Everyone could tell that they were not in a good mood. They said that this year is more difficult than previous years, but in the end they just said it in vain. The number of goals is the same as in previous years. .

"There are eleven students in Class 24, and it is the first time Master Fang has led a class, and it has been less than a year, so he is designated as two scholars."

Fang Yu listened to the arrangement quietly without saying a word, thinking about what punishment would be imposed if the standard was not met.

It's easy to criticize these things at the money deducting conference. After all, he is rich and thick-skinned, and he is fearless. He is afraid that if he fails to meet the standards, he will arrange some students with worse qualifications and worse. Endless bitterness.

After the meeting, all the masters looked solemn, and walked out in twos and threes with their books in their arms.

"It's becoming more and more difficult to take care of students in the academy at the moment. If it continues like this, I'm afraid I'll have to resign early and return home."

"Where is Mr. Huang, you still think it's hard to teach students every time you reach the standard, so those of us who hang around can't live."

Hearing this, his wife agreed: "Yes, those of us who are not at the same level are really difficult. I am afraid that we will be invited to have tea by the dean after the courtyard test. At that time, I hope you will not make jokes."

"Hey, that's wrong. This year is better than previous years. Isn't there a new master? There must be someone who knows the truth. Don't worry too much, everyone."

The masters paused and smiled knowingly.

Even though Fang Yu rushed to the latrine after the meeting, and happened to listen to a conversation when he came back, he knew who the newcomer was referring to without asking.

People are always like this, it is acceptable to compare with the lack of the above, but it is uncomfortable to compare with the lack of the inferior, but I did not expect that he would be like this in the eyes of these old men, thinking that he still respects them quite a lot on weekdays.

He snorted softly, and went to the classroom with his hands behind his back. It was a mule or a horse, and he had to come out for a walk to know.

After a while, the weather gradually warmed up, and Fang Yu's clothes gradually decreased from heavy cloaks and furs to brocade singles. By May, Qiao Hezhi didn't go out much after Sishi.

The matter of the examination room was solved because of the hot weather. It was because the children in Fang Yu’s classroom were going to leave this year, and the parents at home were worried about these precious bumps. They were afraid that the exams in May and June would spoil the children. The wealthy families in the country collectively contributed to rebuild the examination room under the leadership of the government office.

In this way, the environment of the examination room has been greatly improved, and students from poor families have also been honored.

The worries in the examination room were gone, but Fang Yu's worries were still unsolved. The college exam was getting closer day by day, and he was still under great pressure.

Although he feels that the students have developed in all aspects of morality, intelligence, physical education, art and labor, after all, he has not taken care of this group of children for a long time, and he is not too sure. If you want to go, you can ignore the gossip of colleagues and others, but if you are not sure, the dean will not let him teach students with new education methods in the future, and it will be very difficult for him to ask him to teach exams.

For this reason, Fang Yu collected all kinds of college examination questions over the years, summed up and self-made a collection of questions, and printed them out. The students in Class 24 each had a copy, and brushed the questions every day to supplement basic knowledge.

Fang Yu understands this group of youngsters, after all, they are from rich families, and they are much better than many students in the academy in terms of knowledge, and their brains are very bright.

But everything is a double-edged sword, there is a foundation to broaden your knowledge, if you don't grasp it properly, you will end up in a messy and charming end, this is the case with these bastards, they were wasted when they were learning to lay the foundation, and now they are brains Aura, but compared to the basic knowledge memorized by rote, it is far inferior to other people who hold books and gnaw all day long.

Fortunately, thanks to the experience of giving lectures and going to the countryside in the past, the students in the classroom have changed from their former impetuosity, and now they can calm down and read and write articles seriously. Moreover, Fang Yu's set of questions is not unusual The master's lectures are generally boring, but they are fresh and interesting, which is more in line with their taste.

For this reason, in May, the students of the academy and their masters were surprised to find that the students who always rushed out of the academy first when they rang the bell were no longer the students in classroom 24, and the last ones who rang the bell to enter the classroom were no longer those group of people. The sudden progress has inspired many students who want to take the college entrance examination and the rural examination. For a while, the atmosphere of preparation for the examination is strong in the college, and the dean is very relieved to see the strong atmosphere of studying.

However, even after making changes that are visible to the naked eye, many students and teachers still sneer at the students in Class 24.

As the saying goes, although the prodigal son turns his head back, money is not exchanged, but how can the prodigal son turn his head so easily?It's just a temporary cramming under pressure from the college, and a student who is used to absurdity meets a rather unreliable young master. This time, if you don't know the truth about the match, who will?

In short, apart from Fang Yu's mentor Zhang Fuzi, most of the masters are also very kind to Fang Yu on the face, saying that the students in Class 24 have grown a lot, and they will definitely get good grades in the exam this time, but they don't think so in their hearts. Thinking about it generally, everyone still hopes that Fang Yu will be at the bottom. After all, young people should bear such things.

Master Zhang doesn't know whether Fang Yu knows the state of mind of the masters. He has spent most of his life in Hande College. He knows the thoughts of these old monsters, but he has never said it to make Fang Yu feel cold, although he currently has no children. , but he was also as busy as a master who had a college entrance examination index, and moved all the experience recorded when he was leading the children to the favorite students.

Fang Yu was very grateful in his heart, only Master Zhang treated him the most in the academy, always thinking of him.After such an intense and busy month, Xuezheng came to Yuncheng in person, and the full-fledged college examination kicked off.

The sky in summer is already bright and early, and the breeze blows around, making people feel cool and comfortable.

Fang Yu got up early and ate breakfast. Although his classmates said yesterday that they would not see them off outside the examination room, he must have been sent by his parents and servants. He was too lazy to run, but he still got up when the time came.

The two rode a carriage to the outside of the examination room in the county seat. At this time, quite a few people had gathered. Since they were all students from the vicinity of the county seat, they didn't have to travel long distances like the rural exams. All the elders came to send their children to the exam today.

The children in the college examination were young, and most of them had the faces of young children. The young ones even had eleven or twelve-year-old children. In Fang Yu's eyes, they were already quite young. Compared with those kids in their classroom, they were already very old.

He stood on the periphery and stretched his neck to look around: "This time, except for the two scholars and the two young boys who have not yet passed the childbirth, the rest of the people are going to end, why didn't they see any of them, don't let it be like today Step on it."

Qiao Hezhi said: "Probably not, everyone is more sensible, and even if they want to come on time, the family will urge them."

As soon as the words fell, a young man's voice came from behind: "Sir, Master!"

The two turned their heads and saw familiar faces.

"Sir, if he wants to send us into the examination room, we don't go to a conspicuous place. The teachers in other classrooms are all shouting at the entrance of the examination room. If the students are not tall and tall, they still can't see the teacher."

Fang Yu glanced at the end where the students were talking, and there were several common masters in the academy, and at this moment he was earnestly saying: "You must take the exam well, read the questions carefully, don't think that your exam is for the master to meet the standard, the exam The grades are yours."

"If you fail the exam again this time, you can ask yourself to copy the book and punish the questions when you go back."

Fang Yu withdrew his gaze: "Who will see you off, just go out with your teacher's wife for a walk."

Seeing that his mouth was stiff, Qiao Hezhi laughed: "Don't listen to his nonsense, he is here to send you into the examination room, have you brought everything?"

"It's all in order, I've checked it several times."

"It's so good. It's hot in summer. It's hard to avoid being irritable. If you encounter a topic you don't know, write slowly and drink plenty of water. The college test is not as strict as the rural test. You can still go to the hut, and the test room has been renovated. That's fine too."

"Thank you, Mrs. Ma'am, for your concern. The students will definitely keep it in mind."

After listening to Qiao Hezhi's explanation, everyone looked at Fang Yu again.

"If there are too many masters, I won't talk about it, you all know it in your heart."

The rare warmth on Fang Yu's face, in fact, after some experience in Zhuangzi, the students and Fang Yu have become very close, whether he is serious or not, everyone knows his intentions.

"Don't rush for quick success, whether you have learned something or not, these masters usually see it in their eyes, and one achievement does not set anything, as long as you do your best to use what you have learned , is the best."

"Don't worry sir, we will definitely come back with good grades in the exam!"

Fang Yu waved his hands, as if impatient: "Go, go, all go to the examination room."

Looking at the students pouring into the entrance of the examination room, Fang Yu couldn't help but feel that Qiao Hezhi must have been in the same mood when he sent him into the examination room. I don't want them to get an excellent test result immediately, but I hope everything goes well and perform normally. That's it, after all, you are still young, and there are plenty of opportunities.

He spread his palms, and said to the people beside him: "Let's go, my little son. I can breathe a sigh of relief after being busy for so long. I have been hungry for ice cream in the west of the city for a long time. Let's go together today." It should be able to satisfy my hunger."