Chapter Twenty-Four: The Zhang Family's Scholars

Today is the day of the opening of the village head school, at the door of the school, there are already a few brightly dressed, oily hair and powder-faced young boys and girls standing there, with a proud face, at a glance it is the young master of the big family in the village. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the distance, there stood a few young men and women dressed plainly and with restrained expressions, obviously the children of a relatively poor peasant family.

"Squeak. ”

The door opened, and a middle-aged man with a black mole on his face walked out, sat on a wooden chair at the door, slapped the square table next to him with one hand, and said.

"I will briefly talk about the cost of this study, the total cost of thirteen taels of silver, including five taels of silver for admission fees, three taels of silver for tuition and miscellaneous fees, three taels of silver for books, and two taels of silver for the use of tables and chairs.

Students who have paid the money can enter the school, and the master arranges for them to sit and distribute study books. ”

As soon as the words fell, a few boys at the door stepped forward, and after paying the silver taels, they entered the school.

After the rich boy entered the school, several peasant children also hurriedly stepped forward, took out the money that their parents had worked hard to accumulate, handed it to the middle-aged man, registered his name on the registration book, and entered the schoolboy one after another.

After all the men had entered, the middle-aged man yawned, stood up, and prepared to walk through the door.

"Sir, go slowly, we're late, I'm sorry. ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he turned around and saw three teenagers walking briskly on the road.

Walking in the front was a thick-eyed young man in a brand new white robe, with a smile on his face, waving as he walked, followed by a black-clothed and black-faced young man, the two of them walked quickly, and a round-faced fat man behind them opened a distance.

"I said Xiaoyu, Brother Tie, can you two wait for me and bully the fat man. ”

The fat man's face was covered with sweat, and he was panting and muttering, and his red robe was soaked with sweat and was inside his body.

"Hurry up, the school is going to close, tell you to eat less usually, you see, the chain will be dropped at a critical time." Wang Xiaoyu turned around and glanced at the fat man with a smile. With a twist, he took a few steps to him, grabbed his thigh-thick arm, and carried him forward.

Tie Dan also walked over, grabbed his other arm, and walked forward.

After a while, the three of them came to the middle-aged man.

After Wang Xiaoyu and Tie Dan let go of their hands, the dog squatted on the ground, panting for breath.

"It turned out to be the son of the Wang family, the Zhang family and the Liu family. The master has explained that the prince of the Wang family can reduce or exempt the tuition fee, and he is really inside. The sons of the Zhang family and the Liu family need to pay the full amount before they can enter. ”

The middle-aged man's eyes swept over Wang Xiaoyu, who was dressed in white robes, and stopped at the iron egg dressed in black and the sweaty dog baby.

"We brought the silver. ”

Looking at the man's arrogant expression, Tie Dan was a little dissatisfied, took out a few pieces of silver from his body, and threw them directly on the table.

"The baby has the courage, I like it. ”

Zhang Bo counted the silver, nodded, and his gaze stopped on Ergouzi again.

The second dog was timid, and he took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Zhang Bo.

In the past two years, Tie Dan and Gouzi have finally saved enough money to pay for tuition, and when school starts today, the two of them came with Wang Xiaoyu.

After ordering the silver taels, Zhang Bo stood up, yawned, wrote the names of the three people in the registration book, and then led them into Zhang's school.

The school is unusually spacious and full of bookish atmosphere.

On the left side is a long bookshelf, on which are neatly placed all kinds of books, and a smell of books comes to the nose.

On the wall on the right side are dozens of calligraphy and paintings of celebrities, painting pictures of studying hard in the cold window, going to Beijing to catch the exam, and ranking first on the list.

There are several pairs of calligraphy and paintings hanging in the middle, the pen is like a swimming dragon, splashing ink, and a few ancient poems.

The floor was covered with white felt, and twelve small wooden tables made of sandalwood were arranged in groups of four, neatly arranged in three rows.

On a wooden table against the wall, there was a ring ruler, a yellowed book, and a piece of bluestone.

When Wang Xiaoyu and the three of them came to the school with Zhang Bo, the second group of wooden tables was already full, and the remaining group was empty.

"Wang Xiaoyu's No. 2 table, Zhang Tiezhi's No. 4 table, Liu Ji's No. 3 table. ”

Zhang Fuzi took the registration book handed by Zhang Bo, swept the three Wang Xiaoyu standing in front of him, and shouted.

Each small wooden table has a number drawn, and Zhang Bo has Wang Xiaoyu sit on the futon of the second small wooden table in the vertical row.

Zhang Tiezhi, also known as Tiedan, sat on the futon at the fourth wooden table, and Liu Ji, the second dog, was at the table between the two.

Iron Egg and Dog still have such a tall name, if you don't enter the school, you wouldn't know it.

Looking at the iron egg with a face full of curiosity, the dog baby, Wang Xiaoyu thought to herself.

After the seating arrangements were completed, Master Zhang and Zhang Bo began to distribute books, these books are enlightenment books, nothing more than a three-character scripture, a hundred family names, and the like.

After handing out the books, Zhang Fuzi slapped the ruler on the table.

"Smack"

There was a crisp sound, and the originally noisy student instantly became quiet.

"When you come to the school, I hope everyone can study hard, maybe the next Beijing exam, maybe you will be the champion.

The old man will first talk about the precepts of the learner, which is the law.

The country has its own laws, the family has its rules, and the students also have their precepts, I hope you don't violate them.

If it is violated, the light one will be beaten with a ruler, and the heavy one will be served by the bluestone.

The precepts are divided into upper, middle and lower precepts, each of which has three precepts, for a total of nine precepts.

The three precepts of the upper discipline are to prescribe tardiness, early departure, and drowsiness.

The three precepts of the middle law are to refrain from fighting, drinking, and ganging.

The three precepts of the lower discipline are to refrain from lying and deceiving, and to refrain from disrespecting teachers.

Do you understand?" asked Mr. Zhang.

"Understood. “

All the students said in unison.

"Now that you understand, let's go to class, please turn to the first page of the Three Character Sutra and read it with me. ”

"At the beginning of man, nature is good. Zhang Fuzi cleared his voice and began to read aloud.

"At the beginning of man, nature is good. The students followed along.

"I can finally write human characters. “

The desk was covered with a layer of white paper, and Wang Xiaoyu held a brush in his hand, reached into the inkstone, dipped it in ink, and wrote a character crookedly.

"Hold the pen strongly, and the words written will be strong and powerful, and will not be crooked. “

Zhang Fuzi walked over, glanced at the crooked characters on the white paper, and began to tutor Wang Xiaoyu to hold the pen correctly.

When the herringbone jumped neatly onto the paper, Zhang Fuzi stroked his beard and nodded with a little satisfaction.

The door opened, and Zhang Bo walked in with a young man in purple with a creamy skin and a graceful demeanor.

"Master, I'm late. “

The young man walked over quickly and saw Master Zhang.

"You're purple?"

Zhang Fuzi was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look, and suddenly swallowed back when the words came to his mouth.

"I'm Purple Shirt. “

The young man smiled at Master Zhang and said.

"There's an empty table there, so let's sit there. Zhang Fuzi nodded and let the purple shirt sit on the empty table in front of Wang Xiaoyu.

"Why is there a faint fragrance on this young man's body?"

Looking at the purple shirt sitting in front, Wang Xiaoyu held her breath, shook her head, and secretly thought, how can you think of a woman, what kind of pollen is smeared on her body.

"My name is Zishan, and I live in the village, please take care of me. “

Zi Shirt turned around, smiled at Wang Xiaoyu, showed a row of white teeth, and said.

"You're polite, my name is Wang Xiaoyu and I live in the middle of the village. “

Wang Xiaoyu hurriedly returned the salute and said.

"This young man is really handsome, I thought it was a woman?" Liu Ji salivated and whispered behind Wang Xiaoyu.

"Yes. “

The purple shirt seemed to hear Liu Ji's words, stood up and walked to the No. 3 table, and saluted him, Liu Ji hurriedly returned the salute, and introduced Zhang Tiezhi, who was practicing calligraphy seriously.

After a polite turn, the purple shirt returned to his seat, and Zhang Fuzi began to lecture.

The sun was in the west, and the day was about to pass, and the students came out of the school, stepping on the afterglow of the sunset, and walked towards home.

Wang Xiaoyu went straight to the backyard after returning home, and smiled when she looked at the many taller flowers and trees in the garden.

"Xiaoyu is back?" Wang Tie held a flower hoe and stood in the garden with a smile.

"It's back. Wang Xiaoyu replied.

"What have you learned?" asked Wang Tie again.

"At the beginning of people, their nature is good, their sex is similar, and their habits are far away. Wang Xiaoyu recited the three-character scripture, took the flower hoe, and entered the garden.