After the temporary addition of several enrollment restrictions, there are still too many eligibility criteria.

Although in the villages, children as young as six or seven have actually started to help the family. Cutting grass and raising pigs, and even going to herd sheep and cattle for the landlord's family to earn a living, and helping to do all kinds of chores at home, can also be regarded as a big helper.

But countrymen are not stupid, reading is a good thing, in the past, it was just that they couldn't read, but now they have the opportunity to read for free, who doesn't squeeze their heads to send their children to read.

Not to mention anything else, if the child can study in the Li family's Lanxi Academy for three or five years, even if he can't read free books anymore, he will go to the street shop to be a buddy, which is convenient, and the treatment will be much better.

If there is really a chance, as the Li family said, in the future, there may be a chance to enter a good place like the state school or even the Guozijian, and there will be a chance to be an official.

No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education.

Since the Li family is so kind and generous and willing to pay to teach the children of the neighbors, the villagers are naturally happy to send the children in the family.

Seeing that the scene was so big, Old Master Yang, the mountain chief, still asked Li Xiao, the honorary mountain chief, to check it.

Li Xiao personally came up with the questions for the entrance exam.

In fact, the topic is very simple, that is, some simple addition and subtraction, and then let the children learn to write some simple words, and then let them read a few thousand words.

"The exam begins, the first one, Zhao Zhuang Zhao Da."

Da Biao has a loud voice and stands in front of the academy, acting as a tweeter.

Li Xiao, Mr. Yang and Mr. Zhao sat at a desk that had just been set up in front of the academy, acting as interview examiners.

A child who was just six years old, very dark and thin, wearing a patched and white clothes, and only wearing a pair of straw sandals under his feet, walked over nervously under the leadership of Zhuang Han, who looked very similar to him, who was also black and thin, wearing patched clothes, and stepping on straw sandals.

"Master Li Zhuang is good, I am Zhao Wang, this is my boy Zhao Da." The man bowed his waist and nodded flatteringly to Li Xiao.

"Zhaozhuang is only seven or eight miles away from our Lijiazhuang, they are all fellow neighbors, you kid is sturdy, do you want to come to Lanxi Academy to study?" Li Xiao asked with a smile.

"Yes, I heard that the Li Family Academy is free?" Zhao Wang asked cautiously. For him, being able to read books for free is key.

Li Xiao nodded, "Well, we have made this clear before, as long as the child meets the conditions, after passing the interview and enrolling, the college will cover the board and lodging, and the tuition and miscellaneous book fees are also included, as long as you study hard, there will even be rewards for good grades." ”

Zhao Wang breathed a sigh of relief, "This is really good, Master Li, my family Zhao Da wants to sign up." ”

"Are you ready, start the exam when you're ready."

Li Xiao smiled at Zhao, who was obviously very nervous, "Ask you, if you have a cow in your family, and after raising it for a year, the cow has a calf, may I ask, how many cows do you have at this time?" ”

"Both ends."

"Ask again, the cow is worth three dollars, and the calf is worth five hundred dollars, so how much can your two cows be worth?"

This question is obviously a little more difficult than the one just now, after all, the two units are different, one is through and the other is the text, which tests the children's ability to convert.

"Three and a half."

"How much is three and a half?"

"Three thousand five hundred dollars."

One question and one pair, the answer is like a stream, Li Xiao thought that the six-year-old country child would not be able to answer this question, who knew that this black and thin child was actually smart.

He smiled with satisfaction, quite a smart child.

"Very well, you come forward and copy my words on this piece of paper in front of the sand table."

Zhao Da stepped forward, his hands were squeezed very tightly, and when he picked up the stick on the sand table, his hands trembled a little. The words that Li Xiao asked him to copy were very simple, just simple words like one, two, three, but Zhao Da drew crookedly.

However, Li Xiao found that he copied very carefully, although the words were oblique, but there was no lack of pen strokes, this child was very careful and serious.

Li Xiao read another four-character thousand-character text and asked him to recite it, but this time he only got two sentences right.

Old Master Yang turned his head to Li Xiao and said, "This kid is very talented, and he is a reading seed. ”

Mr. Zhao also nodded, "I have a good memory and am serious." ”

Li Xiao nodded, "According to the evaluation of ten full scores, I think this kid can score nine points and go directly to the next round." ”

"Yes." The other two examiners agreed.

Li Xiao smiled at Zhao Dadao, "Zhao Da, you are very smart, now let me ask you, do you want to study in the academy?" ”

"Yes."

Zhao Da only replied with one word, but the voice was categorical. It reveals the determination and intelligence that does not fit the immature age.

"Very good, take this wooden skewer, now you can stand aside and wait."

"Have I passed?" Zhao Da asked worriedly.

"You have passed the first round, and if there are many people who have passed the first round, then you will have to take the second round, so go and wait for a break."

The parents next to them saw Li Xiao's question, they all played a little drum, although Zhao Da passed it directly, but they didn't have much confidence in their children, and felt that the topic was too difficult, and they had to memorize it for arithmetic and writing.

The next exam really stumped a lot of children.

Most of the six or seven-year-old children can't even do simple addition and subtraction, and many children can't copy words, and some can't memorize half a thousand words at all.

So, Li Xiao and Yang Fuzi kept giving evaluations.

Eight, seven, six, and even five, three.

Arithmetic, copying, endorsement, none of them have passed, and they will directly fail with less than six points, and those who fail will be eliminated directly, and there is no qualification for re-examination.

Among the three exams, those who pass any one of them can get a passing score first and can enter the next round.

All morning, Li Xiao was testing these children.

First, the restrictions of Lanxi Township knocked out a large number of children, then the age of a large number of children, and finally under the interview, a large number of children were killed again.

By the time it was almost noon, Li Xiao had already completed the second round of exams.

Forty children with a bit of foundation, plus eighty children with little foundation but good talent.

The 40 children who have a foundation are basically from the families of landlords in the township, or they are also yeoman farmers with some conditions, and after they pass, they will be mixed with the original students and directly promoted to second-grade students.

The other 80 children will be first-year students and will be divided into two classes.

When the results were finally announced, the entrance of the college was still impassable, and although many parents knew that their children had not been picked, they still did not leave immediately.

They were depressed and lamented that they had missed a good opportunity, but they still waited there, hoping for another chance to get a spot or two.

The children who passed were all standing together, chatting with each other joyfully and excitedly, and their parents were all happily standing aside to congratulate each other.

Da Biao read out the names of the one hundred and twenty students who passed the exam loudly, and Li Xiao's eyes swept over the immature faces, these are the elites among the children of Lanxi, and now they are all under his door.