Chapter Twenty-Six: I Went to School
"This little girl is just pretending to be okay outside, and she is usually naughty and tight. For her, it's a lot of worry. Wang Ziyi felt that his sister was the best little girl, but what she said was full of modesty.
"Look at what you said, how can a child of this age not be naughty." After saying this, Bai Hongxin saw that he had been outside for too long and hadn't invited them in, so he changed his words and said, "Brother Wang, let's go in and talk about it if we have something to say." Later, I will ask someone to go through the enrollment procedures for Lord Baojun. By the way, I asked someone to take Lord Bao to take a walk around and familiarize myself with the environment of the academy. ”
"Brother Bai Xian, don't call the Bao County Lord on the left and the Bao County Lord on the right. Our relationship needs to be so polite. She calls you uncle, that is, your nephew, and you should call her Baomei. As they walked, the two began to chat.
Wang Jibao took a step behind and followed closely behind her father. She was followed by Wang Ziyi's little maid Sui Bo and Wang Jibao's big maid Xiangwu.
Bai Hongxin is from the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion and is the second son of Bai Yongzhi, the Marquis of Weiyuan. Now Wang Ziyi is the prince of Heshun Hou, and his identity is much higher than Bai Hongxin. But they are also from the Hou Mansion, and the two have always had a lot of contacts with each other.
The Royal Academy is really big, Wang Ziyi went through the admission procedures for Wang Jibao in the academy teaching area, and Wang Jibao was led by the entourage of Bai Hongxin to familiarize himself with the environment.
The school here is based on the four districts of heaven, earth, Xuan, and Huang. They occupy the four corners of the Royal Academy, southeast, northwest, and northwest.
The yellow zone is located in the North Point.
In each area, there are also teaching rooms such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, etc., and there is also a dormitory area for students to rest at the back of each area, which is called the Lushe.
In the middle of the college, there is a teaching area for the gentlemen of the college, a library for students to borrow and find materials, a dining hall for meals, a tea room for drinking tea and chatting, a storage room for stockpiling materials, a group of students to do some group activities and a Guangyi hall, and even a pharmacy area that functions like an infirmary.
Usually, the children of the family not only have to study literature and history, but also be proficient in the six arts (etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics). In addition, there are some miscellaneous studies to be learned. Like astronomy, geography, medicine, scriptures and even Buddhism, etc. Combined, there are more things than students learn in modern times, and they are more complicated.
Therefore, the pharmacy district not only treats students for simple diseases and common trauma, but also plays a role in teaching students medical knowledge.
In the area behind the entire college, a large racecourse, shooting garden, kemari and other sports fields were also built. In addition, it is said that there is a large camping and hunting area in Nishiyama.
The College arranges two classes per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
The yellow class arranges a thunderous literature and history class in the morning. Class time is at midnight (9:00~10:59).
In the afternoon, the six arts classes are arranged, and the teaching takes turns every day. Classes are held at the end of the day (13:00~14:59).
Mid-day lunch (11:00~12:59) is the time for lunch and rest.
Due to the rush of time, Wang Jibao and Xiangwu could only take a general look at the academy.
Because Wang Jibao was going to take a lunch break in the Lushe in the future, the two asked the entourage sent by Bai Hongxin to take the two to the Lushe to familiarize themselves with the environment there.
The houses in each district are divided into two places: male and female.
Even though the people of the DPRK are open to co-education, there are not many people who can accept this idea. As a result, only a very small number of female students are able to attend the Royal Academy.
Because of this, the distribution area of male and female dormitories is very uneven. The area of the boys' dormitory is very wide, and the rooms are relatively dense. The women's dormitory is located in a large courtyard and has only three rows of rooms, each with ten rooms.
What makes Wang Jibao more gratifying is that fortunately, each person can have a separate room of their own and does not have to share with other people.
The girl replaced by Wang Jibao was in Class C of the Yellow Level, and the house that the person poured out was in the fourth room in the second row. The retinue sent by Bai Hongxin was a man, so he could only stay outside and wait for Wang Jibao's master and servant. Wang Xibao asked Xiangwu to give him a reward purse, and arranged for him to go to the tea room to wait for them while drinking tea.
Before Wang Xibao entered the house, the man happily greeted the steward here and left happily.
The steward here is surnamed Liu, and the students call her Steward Liu, and of course some people call her Mrs. Liu unceremoniously. It's a middle-aged aunt who looks rich, speaks with a loud voice, and is around forty years old.
Wang Jibao gestured with her eyes. Xiangwu immediately understood, reached out and took out a purse in her arms and handed it to Mrs. Liu. And said with a smile: "Steward Liu, I am the personal maid of our county lord called Xiangwu, and I will accompany the county lord here to study in the future." This is a reward from the lord of my family, don't be too little. ”
Royal College is not an unaccompanied school. Each student is allowed to bring one of their own slaves to school to take care of their food and daily life.
Isn't there a saying that 'Hades is easy to see, but imps are difficult'. Don't look at Mrs. Liu is just a small steward here, but if people use some tricks, it is easy to find some trouble and so on.
Although Wang Jibao was born noble, he didn't want to attract other people's plots because he didn't do a good job in such trivial matters.
Mrs. Liu touched the purse handed over by Xiangwu, and there was a large piece in it, thinking that there were at least ten taels of silver. So he smiled and couldn't see his teeth, bowed his head and said respectfully: "The old woman Xie is the reward of the county lord's mother." If there is anything that can be used in the future, please ask the county lord to give instructions. ”
Wang Jibao smiled and said politely: "Steward Liu is polite." In the future, there may be a lot of places where Steward Liu will be used, and then I will ask Steward Liu to make it convenient. ”
"The county lord's mother is really a poor old woman, so in the future, just call the old woman Mrs. Liu. Whatever you have to say. "No one in Yongdu knows that this Baojun Lord is the heart and soul of the Marquis of Heshun, and he is the favorite little master of the Queen Mother, and at the same time, the current saint and the queen also have blue eyes for her. How can such a master not take good care of him?
"Come on, Steward Liu, let's not be polite here. You lead the way in front, and Xiangwu and I will go to the Lushe to see what else we have to prepare. ”
"Yes, the old woman will take the county lord over."
When she came to the house where Wang Jibao was going to live in the future, Mrs. Liu took out the key to open the lock on the door, and pushed the door to beckon Wang Jibao's master and servant to enter.
Fortunately, it is often cleaned and there is no dust.
The layout of the house is simple, divided into two rooms, inside and outside.
The inner room is a lounge, about 20 square meters, with a bed, a simple bookshelf, a table and four chairs.
The outer area is not small. There is a place where you can put hot meals on the stove. In addition, some cages can be placed here, one is used for storage, and the other is to lay bedding for maids to take a rest here.
There is also a simple washroom on the inside of the outer room, which can be used for washing and toileting.
Xiangwu saw that the conditions here were simple, and originally thought that Wang Jibao, who was pampered and raised by the whole house, would be disgusted. Unexpectedly, Wang Jibao smiled and happily discussed with her where she needed something? Where to put what? What else do they need to prepare? Treat this place like a new home.
Back at the Hou Mansion, Wang Jibao happily told everyone about what he had seen and heard in the Royal Academy. and had a heated discussion with her grandmother, mother and aunt on how to decorate her house. I also studied with the whole family what I needed to prepare for school. For example, there are apprenticeship gifts for the teaching gentlemen, and some greeting gifts for the classmates.
Three days later, in the reluctant eyes of his wife Jiang, Wang Jibao wore the gray robe issued when she went through the enrollment procedures, combed her cute double bun, waved the small handkerchief in her hand and said a short goodbye to her mother.
And accompanied by Xiangwu, with all kinds of things that had been prepared a long time ago, he boarded the carriage of the county lord grade given by the royal family.
In front, the rest of the brothers of the Hou Mansion who were studying in the Royal Academy opened the way, and in the back, followed by a group of guards, Wang Xibao began his official journey to school.
When they arrived at the designated parking area of the Royal Academy, Wang Xibao's carriage stopped. When Wang Jibao sorted out his instrument and was about to get out of the car, the curtain on the carriage was opened from outside.
Looking out along the car curtain, I actually saw my second brother Wang Yupu, who was unemployed at home and followed the third uncle to take care of the affairs of the Hou Mansion.
"Oh? Second brother, why are you here? Wang Jibao asked in surprise.
My second brother is nineteen years old this year, and he just became a relative at the beginning of the year.
Naturally, it is Zhang Junyan who is married.
Among them, in addition to the unyielding love between the two people, this relationship has finally come to fruition, and Wang Jibao has the greatest credit.
You must know that Zhang Junyan's family has always insisted on recruiting a son-in-law for Zhang Junyan. And at one time it also put this matter on the agenda. Zhang Junyan's mother-in-law, Princess Jingmin, chose last year's Tanhualang Shen Xingnan for her.
For this reason, Zhang Junyan resolutely went on a hunger strike for five days to confront his princess and mother, so that his princess mother slowed down the execution time of this matter.
However, according to Wang Jibao's feelings when he came to condole, Zhang Junyan was hungry for five days, but his face was full of red light, and his voice was full of anger when he spoke, so he knew how much moisture there was.
Later, for the lifelong happiness of his second brother, Wang Jibao had to show his precocious side.
She asked for a conversation with the eldest princess Jingmin, and unexpectedly got the other party's permission.
To outsiders, it is inconceivable that a child who is more than four years old and an adult who is much older than her and can even be an adult of her grandmother's generation can negotiate conditions. But it happened.
The eldest princess Jingmin also made her agree to such a ridiculous proposal because of her love for her daughter. After all, she also knows that her daughter has been concerned about the Wang family since she was a child.
Wang Jibao said as she slowly organized her language. After all, she had little experience in this area. In addition, she also tries to make what she says easy to understand and more appropriate for her age.
Anyway, what she's done is out of line, and she can't make it any more abnormal.