Mrs. Cui frowned, and said disapprovingly: "A person's energy is limited. You learned the piano, do you want to practice after class? The same is true for calligraphy, painting, playing chess, and female celebrities. In this way, you will have less time to spend on the Four Books and the Five Classics. ”

She patiently persuaded: "We women are no better than men, and men can spend more than ten years of energy on the imperial examination." We women can only study for two or three years for the exam. When you're seventeen or eighteen, you'll have to get married, right? What should I do if my husband's family opposes you participating in the imperial examination after getting married? Even if they don't object, when the time comes, you will get pregnant and have a baby, and you will not have time to participate in it at all. So if we want to participate, we have to race against time. As for the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, after marrying and living in the house, some have time to study. ”

Xu Xi did not speak.

She saw that Mrs. Cui should be the promoter of feminism in this era, to be precise, feminism, and she had an extraordinary dedication and fanaticism for letting talented female students participate in the imperial examination, compete with men, and set an example for women as officials in the future.

In the face of such Mrs. Cui, while Xu Xi had respect for her in his heart, his resignation from participating in the imperial examination was a little stronger.

She has a high IQ and has been a top student all the way in her last life, but she did not continue to study for a doctorate and postdoctoral degree after getting a master's degree because she is still greedy for comfort in her bones. She thinks that getting a master's degree is enough, and with her ability to enter the society, the income should be okay. As the only daughter of a well-off family, she has the exquisite egoism and hedonistic ideas unique to the people of that era.

Although she knew that what Mrs. Cui did was meaningful, her small shoulders really couldn't bear such a heavy responsibility.

The consequence of charging forward is to become cannon fodder. The gun shoots the first bird, the first rafter rots, and the proverb is often the truth.

"Master, can I ask if there are any students from the Beijing Women's Academy who have participated in the imperial examination for so many years?" Xu Xi asked.

Mrs. Cui was stunned and replied, "Yes." ”

"How many?"

Mrs. Cui hesitated for a moment, but still said, "One." It's the woman who was admitted to the lift. ”

"Can I ask her about her family background?"

Mrs. Cui looked at Xu Xi's dark eyes, vaguely guessed her intention in asking this, and sighed in her heart, but still replied: "Her father is a Jinshi, with a family background, and she is also smart since she was a child, and her father raised her as a son." ”

As soon as he heard this, Xu Xi laughed: "That lady, you also think too highly of me." I don't know if you know about my situation. My adoptive father is Xiucai and has been dead for three years. He taught me to read. I was only recognized by the Suiping Marquis Mansion a few days ago. I'll admit that my memory is pretty good, and I memorized all the exams yesterday by rote. Do you think that at my level, if you study hard for another two or three years, you can compare with a man who has been studying for more than ten years? ”

When the women's academy admitted students, they did an investigation on them, and Mrs. Cui naturally knew about Xu Xi's situation. She doesn't have much hope for Xu Xi, she just thinks that she has a good memory, teaches well, works hard, and may not be able to fight with others.

There are more women participating in the imperial examination, and the base is larger, so there are always one or two who are admitted to show talent and lift people, right? Every time she encounters such a student, she encourages everyone to take the imperial examination.

"If you don't try, how do you know you can't?" She encouraged, "Master is optimistic about you. ”

Xu Xi smiled bitterly. Mrs. Cui, who has a serious face, is actually not very good at giving encouragement.

"I ...... I'll go back and talk to my family first. She said.

Seeing Xu Xi's retreat, Mrs. Cui was disappointed for a moment.

However, this disappointment may have been too much, she quickly regained her composure and nodded, "Okay, then you can go back to class first." ”

Xu Xi saluted and took his leave. As soon as she stepped out of the courtyard gate, the voice of the system couldn't wait to ring in her head: "Host, I think you can promise her." You think, there are so many points for taking the academy exam once, and if you can take the more formal imperial examination, you don't know how many points you can get. ”

"You figured it out, you need to be the first to get a lot of points, not just as soon as you participate." Xu Xi reminded.

Although she knows that her IQ is stronger than that of ordinary people, she is not so arrogant that she feels that with a few months of study, she can compare with people who have studied hard for a few years or more than ten years, and who have shown talents, lifted people, and even been guided by Jinshi. After studying hard for a year or two, and then asking for guidance from a famous teacher, it would be good to be admitted to a show, but I still want to take the first exam, and I dream more realistically at night.

Can she take the first place, what is the point of spending a year or two to be a showman?

There are so many channels to brush points, why should she choose a thorny road?

When Xu Xi went back, there were already several people in the church, including Xu Xue.

"Sister, why did you come so early? Where have you been since you came? If you don't show up again, I'm going to go out looking for you. Xu Xue asked anxiously when she saw her.

When Xu Xi and Mrs. Cui left, the four treasures of the study room were spread out on the table and not cleaned up. As soon as everyone entered the schoolhouse, they could tell that she had already arrived.

Xu Xi smiled: "I ate a few rolls for breakfast, and I was a little upset." "There are a lot of people in the church, so she should tell Xu Xue about this matter in private.

"Does that matter? Do you want to ask the master for a leave, let's take a look at Langzhong? Xu Xue asked with concern.

"No, no, it's okay now." Xu Xi said, changing the subject, "Why did you come so early?" ”

Xu Xue glared at her: "What else do you say, you said yesterday that you only arrived before class, but you came so early without telling me." If I hadn't thought about writing a script in advance, I wouldn't have been able to catch you. ”

"You also know that I have a long way to go, and I am afraid of being late. I got up in the morning and set off after breakfast, and it was good to come here to practice calligraphy, so as not to be late halfway. ”

"Then I'll come early and practice calligraphy with you." Xu Xuedao.

"If you're busy at home, don't worry about me. Anyway, I need to be quiet to practice calligraphy, just by myself, I don't need to accompany me. ”

Xu Xi knew that Xu Xue was sensible, and she usually had to do what she could at home. Now that the Xu family is doing business, it is impossible for her to watch her parents busy and not help with anything.

Xu Xue also thought about the situation at home, and didn't insist, but said, "If I'm free, I'll come early." ”

The classes in the academy are generally arranged in the morning with the Four Books and Five Classics, the Law and the History Book, and in the afternoon they are the Qin, Qi, Calligraphy and Painting and the Women's Red. This morning was the Law and History Books, and the two masters did not take another thorough examination, but directly began to lecture.

In order to earn points, Xu Xi simply took notes in class. She carefully wrote down everything that the Master said. In order to earn as many points as possible, she writes slowly, unable to keep up with the speed of her masters' lectures, so she only makes a record of the general content.