Chapter 243: Xishan Academy
At the beginning of the new year, Kyoto is full of joy.
A few days ago, there was good news from the snow in the north, and the hungry and crazy Beichang dog came to kill people and set fire to rob things again!
However, we were fed, clothed, and heroically beaten away by the Great Shang Army!
This was a rare one-sided victory, and Emperor Jiayuan said that his emperor career had another good touch.
The emperor was happy, and they were all happy. The whole of Kyoto is full of joy.
In February, Second Brother Du and Sixth Brother Du came over with their families and lived in the courtyard rented by Du Xiaoxito's father-in-law. Soon one of them took a daughter to help in a jewelry shop and a clothing store, and another nephew was also arranged to work as a partner in a pen and ink shop. Wait for two years to take over as the treasurer, or start some small business in Beijing on their own.
Du Xiaoxi arranged her brother and sister-in-law, and she was quickly diverted, because Xiaoxing was going to school.
Little Star has grown a year older after the New Year, and is already five years old.
Education in Kyoto can be said to be the best in the whole of the Great Merchants.
Five-year-old children will enter Xishan Academy to study, and after ten years, they will either directly enter the Guozijian, or participate in the imperial examination on their own, or join the business and army.
Xishan Academy is not only the best academy of Dashang, but also the cradle of the next generation of networks. It is because even if the small children of the major families in Kyoto cry and make trouble, they must send the children in ruthlessly.
Uncle Liu told Du Xiaoxi last year that Xiaoxing was going to enter school, even if he felt that the child was only four years old, Du Xiaoxi was reluctant, so he could only prepare for Xiaoxing.
Du Xiaoxi understands the importance of connections, just like many powerful people in their previous lives said that they would send their children to the best local schools. They didn't expect their original scumbag children to suddenly become smart, studious, and study hard in a good learning atmosphere, and become school bully every three years. The outstanding students in the class are all potential stocks, and parents are just helping their children accumulate contacts.
Those who can enter Xishan Academy are either talented or have strong backgrounds. Such a cost-effective classmate can't miss anything!
The family is all preparing for the little star's schooling, and they are reluctant to guard the little guy every day.
Du Xiaoxi often told Xiaoxing that he was going to leave home to go to school next year, and at the beginning, Xiaoxing cried and refused to leave home, but gradually said more, and then slowly accepted.
Uncle Liu is the great-grandson of the elder of the Liu family who said that when the little star entered the family tree, there are two admission places in the household department, a small star, and one is given to the great-grandson of the elder of the Liu family.
Xishan Academy started classes on March 3, and before dawn on the second day of March, the whole family went out. The whole family mobilized, even the old lady who was too old to go out and the second lady who loved to go out too much to go out at home came.
The Praetorian Guards knew that today was the annual freshman enrollment of Xishan Academy, and the curfew was lifted an hour earlier.
The convoy slowly walked on the official road to Xishan Academy, and the faintly moving lights on the road showed the importance of each family.
At the foot of the West Mountain, the group got out of the carriage. The woman was carried by the palanquin driver, and the man rode slowly towards the mountain.
Xishan Academy implements closed education and does not accept visits from outsiders, so they can come to see how their children's school conditions are.
Nishiyama is a general term for the mountains in western Kyoto, and Nishiyama Shoin is not located at the foot of Nishiyama, but in a large canyon that skirts several hills.
After walking for more than an hour, everyone saw the high mountain gate. The word Xishan on the high ground made Uncle Liu and Liu Yao all admire, they didn't have such an opportunity when they were young, and they hadn't even heard of the name of Xishan Academy. How can I not be happy that my children can enter here now?
At the entrance of the academy, there were rows of small scholars wearing red Confucian robes and small scarves of various colors standing at the gate. The leader stepped forward quite calmly when he saw the people from the Liu family, and bowed to Uncle Liu, who was the head of the family at the front, and said respectfully: "Please show your admission voucher." ”
Uncle Liu smiled and praised the admission announcement, and the little scholar checked that it was correct, and said to everyone: "Please come with the students!" ”
The group followed the little scholar's small steps towards the academy.
Liu Yao and Du Xiaoxi glanced at each other, and Qi Qi looked at the little scholar in front of him who was leading the way, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
Xishan Academy not only teaches children to read, but also behaves in the world, although that kind of bearing is not as good as the profound family, but it is not comparable to ordinary people.
The little scholar led the two to the place where the master was to report, and waited for the old lady Uncle Liu, the second master Liu and Du Xiaoxi to visit the master one by one before walking to the next stop.
Although Xishan Academy is in the valley, many surrounding peaks are its territory, and the little scholar walked all the way, introduced all the way, and finally stopped in front of a low mountain.
The little scholar pointed to the house hidden among the green pines and green trees and said, "The living house is up there." ”
That's right, Xishan Academy covers a wide area of one hill and one facility. Students sleep, class, and eat in one place. The explanation of this academy is that health is the premise of a qiē. I can't pass the county exam without a good body, and I still want to take the exam to become the champion! How can you lead troops to fight without a good body! If you don't have a good body, how can you go south and make a lot of money! If you don't have a good body, you are not a man! So climb up and down and get moving!
The little scholar finished the work of guiding the way and said goodbye to everyone with a smile: "The student's task is completed, you can go up and find the corresponding student house by yourself." Students say goodbye! ”
Uncle Liu smiled and thanked the little guy, as for rewarding the silver and giving gifts, it was an insult to the little guy, and it was also an insult to Xishan Academy.
Seeing that he was leaving, Du Xiaoxi hurriedly handed over the big bag in his hand, and said softly: "This is made by my aunt herself, and I will eat it for you." ”
The little guy had nowhere to put his embarrassed hands and feet, and said to Du Xiaoxi: "We can't accept gifts, please forgive me." ”
Du Xiaoxi shook his head, "This is not a gift, it is the food that my aunt brought to my younger brother, this is to thank you for showing us the way just now, not a gift." ”
The little guy is only one year older than Xiaoxing, and when he saw Du Xiaoxi saying that it was food and not a gift, he happily took it and thanked him, "Thank you, Auntie!" The kid is He Dongdong from Class B, and if the little brother doesn't understand anything, he can come to the kid to play. ”
Du Xiaoxi responded with a smile, and the little star who came over with his mother also thanked him.
Watching He Dongdong endure the excitement and leave with his eyebrows fluttering, Uncle Liu rarely praised Du Xiaoxi once.
Du Xiaoxi has done a lot of homework for her son, not to mention all the things in the academy, and she knows all about the lower grades of A, B, C and D, but she has specially found many parents. also asked Liu Yao to ask several colleagues who had studied at Xishan Academy.
The academy implements a closed education, and all the food and drink are in the academy.
The older ones are okay, and those who have learned to shoot can run to the forest to find food, while the little ones who are not yet ten years old can only wait for the monthly opening of the mountain gate to go home and eat and drink. Du Xiaoxi just saw that they were gluttonous and brought a lot of food over to brush up on his son's favorability of the senior brothers.
Xishan Academy has been in the back row for ten years, according to A, B, C, D.
According to Du Xiaoxi's understanding, this mountain is full of Class A little guys, except for a dozen adults who are responsible for their safety, the whole mountain is full of children. It is said that these hairy children cry from time to time to go home!
There have been many parents who came early on the mountain, Uncle Liu and Second Master Liu, father and son, greeted colleagues and friends, introduced the juniors around them, and told them to get along well.
The little maid at home found Little Star's residence and went straight to their destination.
"Little Star's name!"
Little Star pointed to the red paper on the wall and called out his name. Du Xiaoxi felt that it was pitiful enough for his son to go out to study at a young age, and resolutely resisted Liu Yao to let him read and write so early. Although Liu Yao agreed, he would still write something for Xiaoxing to see on weekdays, such as his name and the names of other people in the family. Although Xiaoxing can't write his name, he recognizes it at a glance.
"Our little stars are awesome!" Du Xiaoxi praised directly, children need encouragement and praise for the little angel!
They were the first to come, and there was no one in the house. The old lady took her son to take a look in the house and came out, and Du Xiaoxi took someone in and began to decorate according to her son's preferences.
The room is rectangular to the left and right, and directly opposite the door is a tall bookshelf, behind which are four large cabinets for clothes and miscellaneous items. On the right-hand side were four wooden beds, two against the large window by the door, and two across the road from the large window. Considering the problem of lighting, Du Xiaoxi chose the position of the root of the window and the wall.
"Get the bed out and bring the bed we brought in!"
The children of rich and noble families always have all kinds of hypocrisy, and there are countless examples of recognizing beds and quilts, so as long as they are not too out of Geshe Mountain Academy, they generally don't care.
The old lady saw that she had followed them all the way and brought in something that was said to be a combination bed, and she couldn't help but follow her curiously and take a look.
The upper and lower beds are the high and low beds commonly used in four-person universities.
Although there are four rooms in the academy, there is not much space for one person. In particular, these pampered children can't transport all the things they carry with them, not to mention that although there are large cabinets to put things, the space is limited after all, and the rest of the things can't all be piled up on the bed. Plus, you can't expect these little ancestors to fold their clothes neatly and arrange them in different categories.
Du Xiaoxi referred to the high and low beds in his previous life, combined with the characteristics of children, and specially asked Fourth Brother Du to make more lattices for putting things. The guardrails on three sides of the bed are also high, so you don't have to worry about falling off if you don't sleep honestly.
Xiaoxing looked at the big bed prepared for him by his mother, and was very happy to hug Du Xiaoxi and not let go.
Du Xiaoxi touched his son's head and handed him over to his father to take him, climbed into bed and laid out the futon, and hung up the slightly thicker cartoon kitten tent.
"Come here, my mother will teach you how to use it."
Du Xiaoxi pointed to the steps to the bed and said, "When you go to bed, remember to hold on to the handrail and be careful not to fall down." Then he pointed to the large and small cabinets that were assembled into steps, "These cabinets can hold unused things like shoes." ”
"This padlock is for your favorite and most important things."
"This big cabinet puts cotton jackets and cotton pants, my mother brought you four sets, change one set in five days, and remember to take it to the mother-in-law in the yard to wash it."
"In these places, remember to put the books up, it will look better."
"This is the place to put the square scarf, and the hairpin is in the lattice next to it."
"Oh, put food in this cabinet, don't put the things in it for too long, throw it away if you think it's not delicious, remember?"
Du Xiaoxi said as he put the things he brought to the designated place, and soon the lattice cabinet was filled with most of the things he brought.
"Young Madam, Young Master Sun's Confucian robe has come back."
Daylilies came in with a stack of pink robes, and Du Xiaoxi took it with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Come on, put on the little star, my mother will see if it looks good!"
Du Xiaoxi hugged the little robe and came to his son's side, Xiaoxing glanced at his father, saw that his father was just smiling but did not say a word, and he took off the little robe on his body helplessly.
The division of the grades of the students of Xishan Academy can be seen from the clothes, the first to enter the school is a pink and tender little pink robe, and the second grade is the red robe worn by He Dongdong, who has just led the way. The two grades are aqua green and green, both of which are bright colors that children love.
Xiaoxing changed into a pink little Confucian robe, with cute big eyes, Du Xiaoxi's heart was about to sprout. Ah! Such a cute little thing turned out to be born by himself, I couldn't be more proud!
"Mother! I want that bed! ”
Du Xiaoxi was facing his son as a nymphomaniac, and a children's voice with an obviously loud voice interjected.
The three of them turned their heads and saw a woman about the same age as Du Xiaoxi standing not far away with an extremely strong child, followed by a group of maids carrying large bags and small bags.
Du Xiaoxi glanced out the window and saw Uncle Liu talking to a young man.
Liu Yao saw that all the women who came in patted Du Xiaoxi's arm, so he walked out.
"Smack!" A loud bang gathered the eyes of everyone in the room.
The sturdy baby jumped to the side, looking at his mother with an unacceptable expression. Seeing the wide eyes of the little star opposite, he instantly felt that his image of being wise and martial was gone. It's a shame!
The woman smiled heartily at Du Xiaoxi, stretched out her hand to grab her son and walked over, "I'm sorry just now, this kid can't talk brains, don't mind." I'm Lu Xue, the second lady of the Zhenguo Mansion, I don't know what to call it? ”
Zhenguo Gongfu, the first in Kyoto.
The mother family of the crown princess Liu is also the mother family of the Nine Emperor Princesses.
Oh! It's in the same league as our family!
Du Xiaoxi replied with a smile: "Hubu Liu Langzhong is the uncle of the Xianggong, my name is Du Zhixi, you can call me Du Xiaoxi." This is my eldest son, Liu Fanxing. ”
The little star saluted in a similar manner, and said glutinously: "Hello, Auntie!" ”
Lu Xue saw that the little star was snow-white and well-behaved, and squatted down very rarely, "Oh, it's really good-looking, it's the same as the little golden boy in front of the Bodhisattva, but it's much more beautiful than my leather boy!" When I'm older than your mother, remember to call my aunt, oh, this is my aunt's meeting gift, take it! Take it! ”
Seeing that Xiaoxing accepted the thanks, Lu Xue's smile on her face was even bigger, and she pulled the son next to her and said to Xiaoxing: "This is my leather boy Liu Zhengyi, he is the birthday of the first month, when are you?" ”
"In April."
"Oops! Then you have to call my righteous brother to call my aunt to hear it! ”
Du Xiaoxi saw that his son had been teased and said: "This is an aunt's gift to justice, does justice like it?" ”
Liu Zhengyi took the little jade ring and hummed expressionlessly: "I like it." "I like a fart! This kind of thing, master, if not 10,000, there are 1,000!
(To be continued.) )