Chapter 120: The Poor School

"Distinguish between students...... After grinning slightly, Zhang Hongwen, who was out of tune, explained to Lu Yu the purpose of the big exam held by the county school every three months: "Since our Guozhou is not a big state, and our Taiping Town is not a big county, so our Taiping Town County School, the number of students is not large, plus Shuwen and Ji Wen, who came over in a few days, we here, there are only more than 30 students, and these 30 people also need to be divided into three levels......"

"What three levels?" Lu Yu, who didn't know anything about the student system in the county school, was aroused by the topic that Zhang Hongwen had just mentioned, so he interjected and asked.

"Then some of them say ......" After listening to Lu Yu's question, Zhang Hongwen first raised his eyebrows and smiled, and then explained: "The students in our county school are divided into three classes according to the level of knowledge, and the highest is the upper dormitory student, this kind of student, no need to pay tuition, food and accommodation fees, every month, you can also get the money issued by the county school, which is the most comfortable student in our county school......"

After a pause and another deep breath, Zhang Hongwen continued to explain: "The second-class students are the inner students, and this kind of students do not have to pay tuition, food and accommodation fees, but compared to the upper students, the county school does not give them money, however, they can live a good life......

"As for the third-class students, it will be more miserable," after shaking his head with a wry smile, Zhang Hongwen said sympathetically: "After becoming a student from the outside house, not only do you have to pay for tuition, food and accommodation out of your own pocket, but you also have to go to the field every day to cultivate the study field, do you know, the main economic source to maintain our county school is the dozens of acres of school land given by the imperial court, if no one cultivates those dozens of acres of school land and makes it wasted, then we don't even have to eat here......

"Wow, the waisha students are really miserable......" With Zhang Hongwen's tone when he spoke, Lu Yu also sighed, and after sighing, he gently picked at the itchy nose and continued to ask: "There are only about 30 students here, and we are going to be divided into third-class students, what a ...... Troublesome enough...... That...... How many students are there? ”

"The number of third-class students is not fixed, mainly depending on knowledge, under normal circumstances, the number of students in the upper house is between four or five people, sometimes, it will drop to three or four people, and the inner students are almost six or seven, sometimes it will be reduced by one or two, and the number of students outside the school is more, generally one or twenty people, as for the rise and fall of the student level, it only depends on the big exam once every three months, so, for the county school students, this kind of big test, is also very important, it determines how they live in the next month, in case the test is not good, become a student outside the house, That's miserable, in the next few months, they who have to go to the field to plow the fields will no longer be students, they will almost be farmers......" After saying this large paragraph, Zhang Hongwen explained the importance of the county school examination to Lu Yu thoroughly.

"Oh, no wonder when I came over, I saw a large group of students in the courtyard so nervously endorsing, dare to love, this big test...... It's so important......" After listening to Zhang Hongwen's explanation, Lu Yu slightly sighed at the corner of his mouth, and then he asked the second question he wanted to ask about the county school: "Brother Shiwen, after talking about the students, let's talk about the teachers in this county school, dare to ask, how many teachers are there in our county school?" ”

"Hey, our county school, it's really poor and pitiful, I really can't afford too many teachers," after crying for poverty first, Zhang Hongwen leaned on the pillars of the verandah, and explained to Lu Yu with a wry smile: "Plus my father who came over yesterday, our county school, there are only four teachers in total, among them, there is Li Jing, the senior of our county school, the word Zhongyu; Xue Yu Li Fu, the character is long; These two are the children of the Li family in Bazhou, you know, the Li family is a famous Confucian family in Bazhou, with these two Li clan people in charge, our county school can also be called a famous school in Guozhou. ”

After changing his tone, Zhang Hongwen continued: "In addition to my father and the two Li family members who are in charge of our county school, our county school also has a teacher, he is Zhou Fang Zhou Wenxiao's uncle, his name is Zhou Ji, the word Baofeng, he is also a well-educated person, but his career is a little bumpy......

When he said the words "bumpy career", Zhang Hongwen, who empathized, suddenly had a lonely expression on his face, but for him, who was very out of tune, his lonely mood came and went quickly, and in an instant, the expression on his face returned to normal.

"The number one leader of the county school, the senior, is Li Jing, and the second leader of the county school, the scholar, is Li Fu, both of whom are from the Li family of Bazhou, so ...... What is the relationship between the two of them? Lu Yu, who had never heard of Li Jing and Li Fu, asked Zhang Hongwen in a low voice.

"These two gentlemen are uncles and nephews," after Lu Yu asked, Zhang Hongwen's face suddenly burst out with a smile that seemed to be smiling, with this strange expression, he continued to explain: "Mr. Li Jing Li, he is only fifty years old this year, he is the uncle of Mr. Li Fu Li, and Mr. Li Fu Li, don't look at it as a nephew, but he is sixty years old this year......

"Oh, it turned out to be the uncle and the old nephew......" After listening to Zhang Hongwen's explanation, Lu Yu understood that just now, why was the expression on Zhang Hongwen's face so weird, dare to be affectionate, Zhang Hongwen felt that the combination of Uncle Li and his nephew was a bit unconventional.

"Well, that's right, it's the uncle and the old nephew ......" Zhang Hongwen, who was very satisfied with Lu Yu's four-character summary, chuckled silently, obviously, this was one of his laughs.

"That ......" squinted at Zhang Hongwen, who was leaning on the red pillar with an "obscene" expression, and Lu Yu instantly felt that this person was like this, making fun of the age difference between other uncles and nephews, it was really a bit "shameless".

Originally, Lu Yu really didn't want to continue to ask Zhang Hongwen questions, his character was too poor, but when there was no one else to ask, Lu Yu still endured his nausea and spoke again: "In addition to those dozens of acres of study land, I also heard that our county school can receive money from the yamen, and we have all received money, so we won't be so poor here......"

"Hey...... You're right, we can withdraw funds from the county government every month, and wealthy businessmen like your Lu family will also donate some money to our county school on a regular basis, but what about it......" After smiling wryly and shaking his head a few times, Zhang Hongwen snorted helplessly......