The private school is in Qingxi Town, although it is in the downtown area, there is only one broken thatched house.

If in the water town south of the Yangtze River, everyone attaches importance to learning and teaching, and the private school will naturally not be so dilapidated. But in the land of Bashu, the people have always been fierce, and they sneer at the set of studying and being an official.

In such an environment where bandits are rampant, it is impossible not to use martial arts, and the first important thing in life is to live.

is only in the case of Liu Yanchang's family, who has no home, no job and no wealth, and can only change his fate through studying, so Liu Qiaoyun has been admonishing him. A woman can always marry someone and not starve to death. But a man must start a family and do something.

The gentleman of the private school is surnamed Ye, who is nearly sixty years old, and he has not been able to enter the Jinshi in his life, and in the end he can only teach in this broken private school. His life is basically the epitome of a failed poor scholar, who studied in the first half of his life, taught in the second half of his life, and lived a life of hardship.

Liu Yanchang came to the school early, and Mr. Ye was tending to his pots of flowers and plants, I am afraid that in addition to reading, flowers and plants are the only things he can mention his interest.

Liu Yanchang wanted to say hello, but seeing that he was concentrating on watering, he didn't bother and went directly into the house.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw more than a dozen teenage children sitting in the empty classroom, shaking their heads and reading books. Liu Yanchang also opened the book, but his mind was no longer as stable as before, and he had already wandered beyond thousands of mountains and rivers in the sound of Lang Lang's book.

Mr. Ye served the flowers and plants, and also entered the classroom, and when he saw Liu Yanchang's absent-minded appearance, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. Speaking of which, Liu Yanchang can be regarded as his proud protégé, and he has never missed his schoolwork for several years.

But when it came to this last kick in the door, all kinds of problems came out, and I was distracted from school, isn't this self-destructive future?

The old gentleman "snapped" a ring ruler and slammed it on Liu Yanchang's table. Fortunately, he is also a person who has seen a big scene now, so he is not afraid of his little tricks, and slowly raised his head: "Sir, is there anything wrong with you?"

When the old gentleman saw that he looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, his anger was even worse, and his beard trembled angrily, and he said: "You tell me about the rules and test points of the children's life test! If you don't say it well, don't blame the old man for punishing you!"

The children immediately stopped reading and whispered, Liu Yanchang could only get up slowly, but that indifferent and calm bearing could not be pretended.

He thought he was going to ask some questions from the books, but he didn't expect this old gentleman to take the unusual path and ask about the children's exam. So after thinking about it for a while, I still remember that the old gentleman had indeed talked about these things in detail before, and after a little combing, he said: "The children's examination is also called the small test, and the candidates are all children. The examination steps can be divided into the county examination, the prefectural examination and the hospital examination. Only after passing three exams in a row can he obtain the title of Xiucai, and become a student and be sent to the government and county school palace. The content of the exam is mostly trial poems, scriptures, laws, policy theories, etc., most of the things tested are things in books, as long as you study hard, the difficulty of the exam is not great. ”

"It's not very difficult, although you have passed the county test and the government test, but you must not be arrogant, you must know that 'bamboo shoots out of the wall, one section must be higher'. The college examination is personally checked by the University of Academic Affairs, and those with the best grades can become Lin students, and they can receive a subsidy from the government. With the situation of your family, how can you last long if you rely on your sister alone? You have to work hard to get a place for the next student, you know?"

Only then did Liu Yanchang know that the old gentleman was actually thinking about his future, and his heart was full of emotion at the moment. It turns out that there are not necessarily bad people like Zhao Yuanwai and Ma Sanpo in the world, and there are also old men who sell rice balls, and there are also earnest care like Mr. Ye!

"Sir, 'plum blossoms are sunny, three points are just three points'! How can a small college exam be difficult for me?" Liu Yanchang stood proudly, full of confidence.

The old gentleman was slightly stunned, and then stroked his beard and laughed, it turned out that he also heard that Liu Yanchang's words were to him, "Bamboo shoots are out of the wall, one section must be high, and one section must be higher".

As soon as he sang and harmonized, the old gentleman's arrogance was also aroused, and we said: "Okay, yes, very neat! It seems that the old man has underestimated you, and you listen to me again, 'Lotus seeds have become Elder He'!"

Liu Yanchang smiled slightly, and said into a chapter: "Mr. Pear Blossom Unreleased Leaves!" He was shocked in his own heart, and he almost didn't need to think about it, these words jumped straight into his mouth, could it be that "Nine Changes of the True Dragon" can also enhance intelligence and turn stubborn stones into real gold?

The old man's eyes widened more and more, and he felt that he didn't know the person in front of him, and he used lotus seeds and lotus flowers as a metaphor for Liu Yanchang and himself. Unexpectedly, Liu Yanchang was even more right, he also used pear blossoms and pear leaves as a metaphor, and at the same time cleverly put the three words "Mr. Ye" into it, just like a ghost, why didn't he find it before?

Mr. Ye's heart was shocked, but he didn't want Liu Yanchang to be complacent, so he pretended to be bland and said, "Well, that's right." But in a few days, we will have to take the test, but I can't pass it with a few pairs!"

But he had other plans in his heart, and this year's study also required people to climb relationships, and he himself suffered a loss without money and nothing. The first-hand article can definitely reach the level of Jinshi, but unfortunately no one mentions it, so it can only be drowned in countless candidates' test papers.

Now Liu Yanchang has shown extraordinary talents, and isn't his poor and backgroundless identity a copy of him? It seems that he has to give up his old face and walk around for himself as a student!

It was getting late, and when it was time to end school, Liu Yanchang walked alone on the street after leaving his private school. He looked fifteen or sixteen years old, but his actual age was far more than that, so he couldn't get along with the little kids at the private school.

was walking with his head down, but saw a group of people in front of him, Liu Yanchang just wanted to walk over with his head down, but his ears couldn't be closed. I faintly heard the crying coming, and the people were talking about words such as "pitiful" and "really miserable".

Liu Yanchang secretly thought to himself, scholars "are good at the world, and poor are good to themselves", and they were too poor to help anyone before. Now there are nearly 1,000 taels of silver stored in the house, and if you really encounter any miserable hardships, you should also give one or two.

In the end, he pushed away the crowd and walked towards the core.

The people who were pushed away by Liu Yanchang were naturally very dissatisfied, but when they looked back and saw that he had an extraordinary bearing, they could only mutter a few words.

Liu Yanchang came to the front of the crowd until he saw a skinny old man standing against the foot of the wall, and a little girl with a straw mark on her head. The girl was about seven or eight years old, thin and weak, and her eyes were blank. His stray yellow hair covered his face, and his clothes were ragged, and he looked like a little beggar.

Liu Yanchang saw that the old man and the little girl had no life, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, there are so many unjust things in the world!

"Old man, what is the relationship between this little girl and you?" asked Liu Yanchang.

"This son, this little girl is my granddaughter, the two of us have been begging from Shu to this point, and we really can't survive. That's when I thought about selling her, at least I could leave her alive!" The old man's eyes suddenly lit up a lot when he saw Liu Yanchang asking.