Verse 28: To each his own mind
First of all, he was in a trance, and his expression was stiff.
And then the ecstasy of picking up the treasure after reacting, showing that the body trembled slightly, but the expression on the face was still because of the previous stiffness, and it couldn't be stretched for a while.
Finally, I remind myself to be calm, and I show that I take a deep breath, my chest rises and falls, and my face pulls down hard, trying to control myself not to laugh like an idiot, so that the students don't see me ugly.
This is Franklin's entire mental journey and outward state.
In the eyes of the students, they all interpreted another taste: the stiff expression was dissatisfaction, the body trembled slightly and trembled with anger, and the deep breath and the skin pulled down were even more angry.
Look what this guy is talking about, the esteemed mage is about to faint from the words of this big idiot!
"Norman. ”
After Norman finally finished speaking, Franklin spoke, his voice low.
"Come here. ”
Past?
Norman was a little puzzled: Didn't that-like kid just now not pass? Why do you want him to go now?
But since Franklin spoke, there was no reason for him not to obey, after all, Franklin was now his teacher, and he was still provided with food and shelter, and he still had to listen to Franklin.
So Norman obediently walked out of his place, through the gap between the students' desks, and came to Franklin's podium.
He saw Franklin with a stone pen in his hand and sent it to him, as if to ask him to hold it. But before Norman could stretch out his hand, Franklin's hand holding the stone pen paused in the air, drew an arc, and retracted it very naturally.
No way.
Franklin said in his heart.
Originally, he wanted Norman to draw the two new professors' old words—yes, it was difficult for a strong man to have a student draw a complex old language after just one lecture.
But Norman's performance just now convinced Franklin that he could do it.
This is a real genius of ancient languages, genius to the point of being comparable to the great man of Baishan, and he believes that he can do it! He can pronounce the sound so purely and understand the meaning so thoroughly in just one pass, why can't he memorize the structure of these two ancient words in one go?
No way.
But when the time came, Franklin retracted that thought.
His gaze swept silently over the faces of the students below, and his suspicious nature came into play again: I believe that no one except him knew whether what Norman said was right or wrong just now, but if Norman was allowed to draw those two ancient words in public, then I believe everyone would know that this was an ancient language genius. There were so many people on the scene, and the news could easily leak out, and when the time came, what if someone came to rob this student? If he could attract Norman with conditions, others would be able to make Norman throw himself into the court with better conditions......
Before the entrance exam, he must hide this information!
Franklin made up his mind in an instant.
"This is Norman. ”
Franklin, who had made up his mind, turned to face the students below and introduced it, and as for the idea of asking Norman to write those two new ancient words, he directly threw them out of the clouds.
"He's my new student and your classmate. He will study with you for the next few days, and I hope you can get along well. ”
This introduction represents Franklin's recognition of Norman and his true acceptance of Norman as his student.
"Hello. ”
After Franklin's introduction, Norman finally knew why Franklin called him up, so he waved his hand to the people below, and deliberately opened his mouth to laugh wide, looking very cheerful, hoping to make these young masters feel his friendliness and enthusiasm.
After all, these people are the children of rich families, and if you deal with them well, you will not be able to get some benefits in the future, which is a simple way of faring for the villagers.
But Norman's enthusiasm did not win the friendship of the young masters and young ladies below, and they thought Norman's appearance was ridiculous—weren't they all like this when the servants of their house flattered them?
And as for why Norman made Mr. Franklin tremble with anger, Mr. Franklin did not kick Norman out, but formally introduced him to them...... In the eyes of the students, this was clearly the reason why Mr. Franklin was well-cultivated, personable, and indescribable.
The helplessness on Mr. Franklin's face is the best proof of this—yes, Franklin's current expressionless face is interpreted by most students as helplessness.
And where did this helplessness come about? It seems, should, probably, that this guy named Norman was actually a distant nephew of the father of Mr. Franklin's wife's uncle's uncle's youngest son's classmate, and was related to Mr. Franklin, so even if Mr. Franklin was very helpless about this guy, he could only accept it.
If you think about it this way, it makes sense that this big man is not charged tuition and still lives on the second floor of Mr. Franklin's house, after all, it is a kinship.
The front and back are all connected in series, and everything is perfectly explained, perfectly.
Many students at the scene looked at Norman on the podium, their eyes flashed with wisdom, and the corners of their mouths were smiling, as if they were wise men who saw through the truth and held the pearl of wisdom.
Justin, who had thought Norman was just a big stupid bear from the beginning, was now looking down at the parchment on the table in front of him.
There were a few letters on it, arranged in two strange ways, not any of the known words.
This is Justin's trick for learning an ancient language, arranging the letters in a certain way to get as close to the pronunciation of the ancient language as possible, to help him memorize the ancient language. And the pronunciation of the two new ancient words recorded in front of him with this technique was actually closer to the pronunciation of Norman just now.
Justin couldn't tell what these two ancient words meant, and the only thing he had a little grasp of was pronunciation. But in terms of pronunciation, why does Norman's pronunciation seem to be closer to the correct pronunciation he recorded? Is it true that he pronounced it?......
Because of Justin's consistent excellent image and Franklin's affirmation, and because he couldn't remember the pronunciation and meaning of the two new ancient words, the other students naturally followed Justin's version, and only Justin himself still firmly maintained a vague impression of the two old words in the original Mr. Franklin version. Judging by this vague impression, it turns out that Norman's understanding of the two neo-archaic words may be close to the truth......
"Alright, you go down first. ”
After introducing Norman, Franklin let him down.
Justin slowly raised his head and looked at the big clown whose cuffs were almost elbows, and the pride and confidence in his eyes were gone.
Surprised, jealous, thoughtful, confused, repulsed...... All kinds of complex emotions were intertwined in Justin's eyes.
Justin's gaze moved with Norman's footsteps, and eventually, the moment Norman's ass sat down, the corners of his mouth lifted into a chuckle.
Interestingly, it seems that he may have met the strongest opponent in his life......
Norman, who he looked up for, didn't know that he had unknowingly become the fatal enemy of a guy who had a lot of fun, and he just felt a little itchy nose after sitting back in his place, and then dug out a booger and flicked it casually.
Then he began to sit in his chair in a daze, thinking about a big problem.
What will be dinner at the Colin family tonight?......