Chapter Twenty-Eight: You at the Table
Mr. Han was startled at first, then touched the goatee under his chin, nodded his head and said, "In the future, you must abide by the school rules, and you must not be late for class." β
Wang Jibao immediately nodded and responded, "Yes, sir, the student understands." Then he turned to the direction of the students and said in a slight voice, "Hello everyone, my name is Wang Xibao." From today onwards, I will be one of you, and from now on, you will call me Wang Jibao. How did I first arrive, there are a lot of things I don't understand, and I would like to ask you for more advice. That's all I said. With that, he smiled at everyone and walked to his seat with a light gait.
Her table mates winked at her as soon as she walked through the door. When he got closer, he waved his hand to Wang Jibao, and whispered: "Sister Bao, you are here." I've been waiting for you for days. β
Wang Jibao replied in a low voice: "It's good to be at the same table with you." β
The little girl said proudly: "In the future, if there is anything you don't understand in the academy, just tell me, I will know everything and say everything." But when you get outside, it's up to you to help. β
"Okay, that's a deal." Wang Jibao nodded happily.
Mr. Han Wenju, the goatee, coughed lightly and reminded everyone to continue the class. He is the gentleman who is responsible for the enlightenment of the students in the Yellow Grade class, and mainly teaches the "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text".
This is because most of the students in the Yellow Class are unenlightened students before entering the academy. These are learned to teach everyone to read.
The duration of the Yellow class is three years. Every three years, students in the Yellow Class can pass the big exam and be promoted to the Xuan Class. If during these three years, there are students in the Xuan-level class who leave the academy, and the students in the yellow-level class can also be directly promoted to the Xuan-level class through the special examination.
The semesters above the Xuan class are also three years. It is also a big exam every three years, and you can be promoted to the next level. If there is a vacant seat in the upper level, you can also upgrade through the special test.
The heaven-level class can take the Guozijian exam, or you can take the graduation exam and get the college graduation certificate.
Wang Xibao is a transfer student, and the students of this year's yellow class have been in class for more than two years, and there is less than half a year to take the big exam. Therefore, these lessons have been taught to the second half.
When Mr. Han was lecturing, he paid attention to the new transfer students, for fear that they would not be able to keep up with the progress. But when he asked questions in class, he found that the child seemed to have read these things well, so he was no longer worried that Wang Xibao would delay his progress in class.
After a class, Wang Jibao deeply felt that his father was definitely a buried talent.
When he enlightened himself, what he told was full of emotion and eloquence. The content of the explanation is very vivid and very knowledgeable. The most important thing is that people have excellent memory, and they don't need any textbooks at all.
For example, when explaining "Hundred Family Names", Wang Ziyi will explain the origin of these surnames, what were the previous celebrities, what are the people with these surnames in the court today, what positions these people are now, what their temperament is, what is the evaluation of this person by the saints, etc., all of them are explained. In addition, he also explained the distribution of some families that were not in the court, the current situation of these families, and what actions they would make in the future.
It seems that my father is very used to hiding clumsy.
The college arranges one class in the morning and one in the afternoon every day, and each class lasts for one hour, and one hour for lunch and rest at noon.
It stands to reason that the timing of this course schedule is unreasonable. Didn't you see that there will be some children shaking their little butts in class at any time, and they really can't hold on, so they will get up and go out to the toilet in shame? Wang Xibao remembers that when she was in the first and second grades of primary school, there were often classmates in the class who peed their pants during class.
You can take time off work to go to the toilet at any time, which is very user-friendly. However, in this way, he will also interrupt his lecture train of thought from time to time and interrupt the ongoing lecture.
Sometimes students would laugh at the way a classmate squirmed to go to the bathroom. There are even some naughty students who will start all kinds of jokes immediately. Anyway, after a class, Wang Jibao felt messy in the wind.
It's really hard for an old pedant like Mr. Han to continue to teach with his head so calmly.
Before the end of class, Mr. Han arranged the content that needed to be checked in the next class, and left two large characters as homework.
At the end of each class, the college will ring a bell to remind you.
As soon as the bell rang, the whole class immediately burst into jubilation. Many students will exclaim excitedly, "Oh! Oh! Class is over! It's time to eat! β
Then they walked out of the school in groups of three or five, calling friends and companions.
"Sister Bao, let's go, let's have dinner together." It was Wang Jibao's tablemate who spoke, Zheng Xiangjun. One of the four princes of Yongguo mentioned above, known as the god of war, is the eldest daughter of Zheng Churong, the general of Yipin Dingguo.
Wang Jibao met Zheng Xiangjun at a celebration banquet held for Zheng Churong's victory. After that, they met on various occasions many times, and they became familiar with each other.
It's just that they were still young at that time, and they didn't have the opportunity to interact alone, so they were all with a group of little ladies. Now the two became at the same table.
Zheng Xiangjun, with a round face, big eyes, and a smile when she speaks, is a sweet-looking and very cute little girl. She is seven years old this year, two years older than Wang Jibao.
Zheng Xiangjun's father, Zheng Churong, came from a family of military generals. His brother, his father, and even his grandfather all had great military exploits. It's just that compared with them, Zheng Churong can not only be a general, but also take on the position of commander.
At the age of eighteen, he had already become the commander of the Southern Army and had achieved remarkable results.
Later, he married Wei Qiuping, the second daughter of Wei Guogong, and their first child was Zheng Xiangjun in the next year. Zheng Xiangjun currently has a younger brother who is less than three years old.
Because he comes from a military general's family, Zheng Xiangjun's personality is relatively hearty and not rigid. This is very much in the temper of Wang Jibao. Therefore, when they met in previous meetings, the two were very good at talking together.
After all, Wang Jibao tried his best to integrate himself into the existing environment. Try to do what she should do at her age and say things that are appropriate for her age.
After a long time, even Wang Jibao herself sometimes can't figure out whether reliving her life has made her naΓ―ve due to the influence of her current age, or is it completely deliberate? If you look closely, it seems to be a combination of both.
After packing up the things on the desk, the two of them got up hand in hand. Wang Jibao opened her mouth and asked, "That Sister Zheng, shall we go to the dining hall to eat later, or go back to the house to eat?" β
There are no hard and fast rules in this regard. Students here can eat in the dining hall or bring their favorite food from home to the college.
Jiang was afraid that Wang Jibao would not be used to eating the food in the canteen, and he was also afraid that the food provided by the canteen would not be clean. So, the night before, I was busy arranging Wang Jibao's lunch today. And stared at Xiangwu early in the morning and brought a good food box to the academy.
The College also takes into account the age and family background of these students, so each student is allowed to bring their own attendant to the College to take care of their food and daily life. When these attendants are in the school, they need to wait outside the school to be sent by their masters at any time. Especially for students in the yellow class, after all, they are still too young and may need someone to take care of them at any time, and going to the toilet is one of them.
If you are bringing your own food from home, you can prepare a small tandoor like a decoction stove and some charcoal fire in advance. This allows you to put some food in a small pot and heat it up before eating.
When Xiangwu was in class at Wang Jibao, she first went to her master's small house to clean up, put on her master's customary bedding, tea set, etc., and opened the window to ventilate. Wang Jibao is not used to using incense, and she will often tell her maids to remember to open the windows of her house for at least an hour every day, especially in the early morning, so that some fresh air can be put into the house.
After that, Xiangwu prepared the stove and charcoal fire outside, and seeing that the time was about the same, she warmed the food she brought one by one. After the meal was heated, it was all stored in the food box. These boxes can be used both to hold meals and to keep warm.
Boil the water, extinguish the charcoal fire, and put the kettle on it to warm.
After tidying up the house again, Xiangwu got up and went to the school to pick up Wang Jibao and return to the house.
One thing she is happier than others is that Wang Jibao doesn't need her to be like someone else's entourage, she must always wait outside the school and be on call at any time. Wang Jibao is very independent and can do many things on her own.
"Today is your first day at the Academy, how about I invite you to the dining hall for dinner? In fact, the food in the canteen is also delicious. Zheng Xiangjun sincerely invited.
"Uh-huh. How about I also want to try the food in the canteen? If there's something good to eat, I'll take some back to my grandfather, grandmother, and mom and dad. Wang Jibao felt that since she came to school, it was better to experience it comprehensively and thoroughly.
"Okay. If it's delicious, I'll take it back to my father, mother, and brother to try it. Hearing that Wang Jibao was going to bring food back, Zheng Xiangjun thought of the fact that she often looked forward to her father bringing her delicious things home. This time, she can also bring them something delicious to go back. How could she never have thought of it? Not to mention, it's a good feeling.
So the two of them walked hand in hand to the outside of the school.
As they were about to reach the door of the class, a girl sitting at the table against the wall called out.
"Wang Jibao!" Wang Jibao glanced in that direction.
I saw that I was stopped by a fair-skinned, good-looking, tall and slender girl. Next to her were two girls who didn't look outstanding.
This person Wang Jibao has no impression, I don't know whose girl it is? So she looked at Zheng Xiangjun.
Zheng Xiangjun first pouted, and then whispered in Wang Xibao's ear: "Don't pay attention to her, it's just a concubine." β