Chapter 17 Going to school
Early the next morning, Zheng Gangling and Li Rizhi finished washing up, and after having breakfast, they went back to the Liufen Medical Center together.
Pointing to the shops and pedestrians on both sides of the road, Zheng Gang ordered: "We don't have many merchants in Xingyang, it's still not prosperous enough, and when my uncle takes you to the state capital in the future, there will be a lot more shops there, and there are several big stores, specializing in clothes and food, and you can go shopping when you know it." ”
Li Rizhi hummed, he likes shopping very much, he can always see new things, and he can also see all kinds of people and things, and they are different every time, which is a very interesting thing.
Walking and walking, the two of them arrived at the door of the Liufen Medical Hall, the door of the medical hall was open, and the inside could be seen directly from the outside, Zheng Gangling shouted loudly: "Calmly, I opened the door so early, I have seen a few patients!" ”
Li Zhengchun was sitting in the store, heard the call, looked up, and saw that it was Zheng Gangling who came with his son, he quickly got up and said, "Yuming, why did you send Rizhi back in less than two days, but is it because he is too naughty?" ”
Zheng Gangling smiled: "That's not it, if you want to say naughty, there is a little bit in Rizhi, but he has the ability to reason, this is what I just discovered, have you noticed it before?" ”
Li Zhengchun welcomed Zheng Gangling into the medical hall, shook his head and said: "The ability to reason, isn't that what a magistrate should do, I haven't found out that he has this ability before, but he is good at using things that others especially want to cheat money." ”
The two sat down, Li Rizhi hid behind Zheng Gangling, afraid that Li Zhengchun would teach him a lesson, he was most afraid of verbosity, especially the kind of I am reasonable, no matter what the reason, in short, the reason is mine, this kind of verbosity is too wasteful of time, and it is meaningless, he thinks that his father Li Zhengchun is this kind of person.
"You mean Bi Nan Maru?" Zheng Gangling asked, he felt that this kind of trivial matter did not need to be taken care of.
Besides, if you don't have a son, you don't have to give money, in fact, when you are pregnant, you know that you want to give birth to a boy, but the elderly in the family don't have to worry, so you can be better for your daughter-in-law, not to mention that you don't have to give money if you don't have a son, then this can't be said to be a fraud money.
Li Zhengchun said: "But isn't it, today I picked up four people in a row, two of them are really sick, and the other two are here to buy Bi Nan pills, I have to explain to them that this pill was made by my son at the beginning, but I can't guarantee that this thing will be effective, but they still don't believe it, and they think that Rizhi is a good doctor, which is really strange!" ”
Zheng Gang laughed and said: "Something happened in the yamen in the past two days, and it was all solved by Rizhi, I said it, let you judge it, you are his father, and you should know him best." ”
Zheng Gangling said how Li Rizhi solved the case, Wang Dawan and Xu Duwen's two cases also said, after Li Zhengchun listened, he couldn't help but look at his son, this kid is only ten years old, he can solve the case, this is a great thing, when he is so old, let alone solve the case, he is still playing with mud!
After saying the matter, Zheng Gang ordered: "In order not to delay Rizhi's studies, I think it is appropriate to send him to Shangyang Academy, I know their mountain master, with my old face, it should not be too difficult to let him go in to study." ”
Li Zhengchun listened, hummed, and said: "Shangyang Academy, it is a place for the children of famous families to study, but now the so-called famous families are not very valuable!" ”
Zheng Gangling said with a smile: "The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and Shangyang Academy does not seem to be as good as before in terms of lecturing, but in terms of studying how to deal with the imperial examination, I heard that it is very effective." ”
The Shangyang Academy they are talking about is fifty miles away in the south of Xingyang County, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is beautiful, more than 100 years ago, there was a famous Confucian of the Zheng family who lectured here, since then Shangyang Academy began to become famous, experienced several dynasties, suffered from war, but it is still the most famous academy in Xingyang, and most of the children of famous families come here to study.
It's just that in the Tang Dynasty, the power of the gate valve weakened, and the officials no longer relied on promotion, but on the imperial examination, so Shangyang Academy began to decline, however, the contemporary mountain master, that is, the dean of the academy, began to advocate the study of how to deal with the imperial examination, so the academy slowly improved.
Li Rizhi had never heard of Shangyang Academy, and he said in surprise: "Dad, Shangyang Academy, that's a school, is the tuition there, is the tuition there very expensive, can't our family afford it?" ”
Li Zhengchun shook his head and said: "It's not called tuition, it's called the bundle for Mr., that word is called bundle, understand!" Well, the bundle of Shangyang Academy is very expensive, but it has not reached the point where our family can't afford it, why do you ask this? ”
Li Ri knew: "That's strange, since our family can afford the tuition, and we don't call the tuition fee a bundle, then why does my uncle have to rely on his face to let me study in the academy?" ”
Zheng Gangling couldn't cry or laugh, he said: "You mean that you have the money to sell the Bi Nan pill, so you don't need your uncle to leave the favor, right?" Uncle told you that no matter how much money you have, if you don't have someone to introduce you, you won't be able to enter Shangyang Academy! ”
Li Rizhi sighed and said, "Hurry up, let's go and ask for that academy, then I don't want to go, it's boring, I don't like to ask for people!" ”
He is a ten-year-old child, although he can barely be called a teenager, but he has no say in reading.
Li Zhengchun hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Brother Yuming, if you are learning how to learn, then it is best to let Rizhi follow you, if you want to learn how to get into the Jinshi and take the imperial examination, then going to Shangyang Academy is also a good choice, but it is only a ten-year-old child, is it a little early to learn to take the Jinshi examination?" ”
Zheng Gangling sighed and said: "Let's be early, like I entered school late, and I am not from a Jinshi background, so the future of the career is not very smooth, I know that I can't be like me, if he can have a Jinshi background, he will be an official in the future, and the future is limitless!" ”
Li Zhengchun nodded again and again, this is indeed the case, Datang attaches more and more importance to the imperial examination, especially the Jinshi Branch, which is promoted quickly, and is more trusted by the emperor, if you want your son to have a good future, then the Jinshi examination is a completely correct choice.
So, on the premise of not asking Li Rizhi's opinion at all, Li Zhengchun and Zheng Gangling decided to send him to Shangyang Academy to study, and then there was a family banquet, Li Zhengchun and his wife Zheng, plus Li Rizhi and Zheng Gangling, had a meal together, and decided that Zheng Gangling would personally send Li Rizhi to school in a few days.
After the matter was decided, the Zheng family prepared various admission utensils for Li Rizhi in the remaining days, the Li family was well-off, and there were naturally a lot of things to prepare, and Li Zhengchun taught Li Rizhi some etiquette, and specially told Li Rizhi not to be naughty, after all, the academy is not a home, and he can't do whatever he wants.
As soon as it was dawn that day, someone came to knock on the door of the Liufen Medical Center, and the guy from the medical hall opened the door to see that he was actually catching Duan Baokang, and the guy said: "Duan Zhutou, are you here to see a doctor?" ”
Duan Baokang smiled: "I'm not sick, why should I see a doctor." It was the county that respected his old man and said that he was going out of the city today, so I drove a carriage over, and I knew what luggage the young master was going to bring, so I loaded it on the car first, so as not to be in a hurry when I went out. ”
As he spoke, he turned and pointed to a carriage parked at the entrance of the infirmary, and there was a strong coachman in it, but it was a wagon, not the kind of carriage with a tent that could sit on people.
The guy naturally knew that Li Rizhi was going to study at Shangyang Academy, so he didn't dare to delay time, so he hurriedly ran in and told Li Zhengchun.
Li Zhengchun had already gotten up, and after listening to it, he said: "Everything is packed, two big boxes, all of which are seasonal clothes and supplies, anyway, the academy is not too far away, if you need anything, it won't take much to go home and get it!" ”
Zheng is a little reluctant, but Li Rizhi is not too far from home, only fifty miles away, she can reach it in one day by car, if she misses her son, she can visit at any time.
The box was loaded into the carriage, and the coachman drove away, to send the luggage to Shangyang Academy first.
Duan Baokang and another catcher stayed, this catcher is named Zhang Laoliu, in his twenties, with a somewhat awkward personality, waiting in the front hall of the pharmacy, sitting on a stool, his body keeps twisting, and he doesn't know what he is doing!
Duan Baokang and Zhang Laoliu were wearing civilian clothes, and Li Rizhi guessed that it should be them who escorted his uncle and himself to Shangyang Academy.
The sky was bright, Zheng Gangling arrived at the Liufen Medical Hall, talked to Li Zhengchun and Zheng for a while, and then took Li Rizhi out of the medical hall, went out of the city from the south gate, and went to Shangyang Academy.
When Li Rizhi had just left the gate of the hospital and walked to the first street corner, he said, "Uncle, is my mother still standing at the door, looking at us?" ”
Zheng Gangling hummed and said: "That's natural, the mother of the child is worried, although you have only left fifty miles, but your mother will still be worried, when I went out to study, this is the case, if you turn back at this time, your mother will cry, you will cry, maybe crying and shouting, and run back to your mother's arms, refusing to go out to study!" ”
Li Ri knew: "Yes, are you crying and making trouble again uncle?" ”
Zheng Gangling shook his head and said, "Crying is crying, tears, but there is no trouble, you can also test it to see if you will cry and make trouble!" ”
Li Rizhi raised his little face, looked at Zheng Gangling, and then stopped, looked behind, and saw his mother standing at the door of the medical hall, looking at himself.
Zheng Shi looked at Li Rizhi and couldn't help wiping his tears with a handkerchief, Li Zhengchun watched from the side, and said: "After half a month, let's go to the academy to see him, and then test his homework, whether he is greedy or anything!" ”
Zheng snorted a few times, and choked even more.
Li Rizhi saw that his mother was still looking, and couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes, he said: "Uncle, I'm just like you, I'm crying, and I'm about to shed tears, but make trouble, how do you make trouble?" ”
Zheng Gang ordered: "If you want to make trouble, you are too young, wait for you to grow up, wait until you start drinking, and then drink too much, you will know how to make trouble!" ”
"Drunk?"
"Yes!"