Poor Family

  Chapter 56 Facing a Choice

  Time flies like an arrow, five years have passed in a flash, and in the sixth year of Zhenghe, Li Yanqing has grown into a twelve-year-old boy.

  Li Yanqing has spent five years in Lushan Academy. This spring, he, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others will take the county school exam and prepare to study in Tangyin County.

  But their master Yao Ding was a little annoyed. With Li Yanqing's accumulated knowledge, it is enough to take the Fajie Exam directly. If he passes the exam, Li Yanqing will become the youngest Juren in Xiangzhou's history.

  But Yao Ding also felt that Li Yanqing should practice for a few more years, and it would not be good for him to be admitted to Juren too early.

  After thinking about it for a few days, Yao Ding finally decided to ask Li Yanqing himself for his opinion.

  Yao Ding's room is as simple as before, with almost no changes. The reading couplet written by Li Yanqing to Yao Ding is still hanging on the wall, but the paper has been changed several times.

  But Yao Ding is getting old, his beard and hair are all white, and his back is a little hunched. He is already sixty years old, and his energy is not as good as before.

"I'm still the same as last time, let you study another two years of county school and one year of state school, and take the exam after three years, but your father wants you to take the exam this year, I think it's better to let you up to you."

  Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that students will take the test too early, and the county does not recommend it."

  Yao Ding chuckled, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes deepened, and a rare softness appeared in his old eyes.

"You don't have to worry about this. With your reputation in the county, how could the county not recommend it? Besides, the county magistrate is busy with military affairs and doesn't pay much attention to things like imperial examinations. If the county really refuses to recommend it, I'll find some You can take part in the Fajie Examination if you sponsor you jointly, the qualification is not a problem, the key is your own will."

Of course, Li Yanqing didn't want to waste time in the county school. Seeing that there were only ten years left before the Jingkang Rebellion, he hadn't prepared anything yet, and he was a little anxious, but there was still nearly a year before the test, so he was anxious. Useless.

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said: "The exam will not be held until the end of the year, and there is still nearly a year to go. Students simply take the county school exam, study in the county school for a year, and then take the exam at the end of the year. I can explain it, what do you think, Master?"

  Yao Ding saw that Li Yanqing's attitude was very clear. Although he was asking for his own opinion, it had actually already been decided, so he no longer forced Li Yanqing.

   "That's fine. In fact, that's what I mean. Stay in the county school for two years before taking the exam. However, the style of study in the county school is loose, and there is no difference between one year and two years. Let's just decide!"

   "Student got it!"

  Yao Ding casually took a copy of "The Great Sage Conquering the Demon: The Jade Rabbit in Tianzhu" written by Li Yanqing from the table, and asked with a smile: "The last one should be written! Can I give the old man a preview?"

In the past five years, Li Yanqing has successively written twenty-nine volumes of "The Story of the Great Sage Fuling the Demons", and the last one, The Sutra of Finding the Truth from Tianzhu, is about to be published. Yao Ding accidentally discovered it at Li Yanqing's home during a home visit two years ago. Only after he read the manuscript of "The Great Sage Conquering the Demon", did he know that the famous Lushan Xiaoxiaozi turned out to be his lover.

After Yao Ding reprimanded Li Yanqing angrily, he dug out the "The Great Sage Conquering the Demon" that he had confiscated from the school in the past few years and read it carefully. As a result, he also became a loyal reader of Li Yanqing, and he used Master's knowledge to read it carefully. Privilege, always **** Li Yanqing's manuscripts for a sneak peek.

  Li Yanqing hurriedly said: "It has been written, and the student will send it to the master tomorrow."

   "Tomorrow is too late, let's do it today! Go back at noon and get the manuscript." Yao Ding's eyes flashed with a sly smile like a naughty boy.

  Li Yanqing had no choice but to agree, and Yao Ding waved his hand, "Go! Go! I'm going to class."

  Li Yanqing got up and saluted, and left the master's room.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the study room, someone hugged his back. Li Yanqing knew that there was no one else but Wang Gui, so he took advantage of Wang Gui's inertia and skillfully flung Wang Gui out. Gui staggered and almost fell to the ground, Tang Huai laughed while shaking his folding fan, "It's a pity that Lao Li's strength is a little weaker, otherwise Lao Gui will eat shit!"

  Wang Gui resentfully said: "It's because I didn't use all my strength, okay, would I, Wang Gui, do such a thing as a sneak attack from behind?"

   "It's done! It's done! I admit that Master Wang is invincible, so I'm satisfied now!" Li Yanqing said with a smile.

   "Unsatisfied, unless you promise to compete with me at noon."

  Li Yanqing scratched his head, "I have to go back at noon, Master wants to read the manuscript!"

  Wang Gui's eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his hand, "I'm second in line!"

  Tang Huai also said anxiously: "Give it to me after Laogui finishes reading."

Of course Wang Gui and Tang Huai also knew Li Yanqing's secret, but under the stalking of these two boys, Li Yanqing had no choice but to agree to their unreasonable demands. The general's name is Wang Gui, and the Sha Monk's lay surname is Tang. He is Tang Huai, the young owner of Tangjiazhuang in Liushahe.

  Even Master Yao Ding hinted at Li Yanqing, since Tang Seng has practiced for nine generations, can one of them be surnamed Yao?

It made Li Yanqing cry and laugh, and had to write "The Past and Present Life of the Great Saint Fu Yao Ji" in the eighteenth part, specifically writing the stories of Tang Seng, Bajie and Drifting before their reincarnation. As a result, Wang Gui and Tang Huai also They became celebrities, but they kept their promises and did not reveal Li Yanqing's secrets to others.

  Of course, there is also a little selfishness in this. They still want to continue to play other roles in the book, and they must not let those stinky boys like Li Er and Li San steal it.

  Arguing so loudly, Yue Fei quickly walked out of the study room, pulled Li Yanqing over and asked anxiously, "How did you decide?"

Yue Fei, Tang Huai, and Wang Gui all took the county school exam this year, and of course they hoped that Li Yanqing would continue to study at the county school with them. At this time, Wang Gui, Tang Huai also surrounded them, and they also wanted to know Li Yanqing's decision .

  Li Yanqing said: "Master and I have already agreed that we will go to take the county school exam first, study in the county school for a year, and go to Xiangzhou to take the Fajie test at the end of the year."

  Yue Fei pondered for a while and said: "Master is going to let me take the route of Taixue, so I can only study in the county school for one year. At the end of the year, I will go to Xiangzhou with you. I will go to the prefectural school, and you will take the Fajie exam."

  Wang Gui became impatient, "Then what about Lao Tang and I?"

Li Yanqing and Yue Fei looked at each other, with helplessness in their eyes. These two guys are naturally good at martial arts, especially Wang Gui is addicted to martial arts, and his studies are relatively weak. I can't pass the exam.

  Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Anyway, there is still a year, let's make a decision at the end of the year! Maybe we will go together at that time."

   "Go together! Go together!"

  Wang Guifa said harshly: "Starting from today, I, Wang Gui, want to hang my head on the beam, pierce my buttocks, study hard, and take the imperial examination in one year, Jinbang High School!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Ding's cold voice came from beside him, "I've heard what you said at least ten times."

  The four shrank their necks in fright and slipped into the school room.

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The school in Lushan town has changed a lot compared to the past. The most obvious thing is that the number of students has soared. Lushan school won the championship in the county boy association five years ago, which stimulated many families with better conditions to send their children to the school to study. , Even in neighboring Weinan Town and Zhangji Town, many wealthy families sent their children to Lushan Academy to worship Yao Ding as their teacher.

   It was the sudden increase in the number of people that made the school build several rooms north of the playground as study rooms. At the same time, two more masters were added, one surnamed Zhou, from Lushan Town, who was born in Juren, and was in charge of teaching the middle school.

The other is Li Yanqing's cousin Li Daguang. Li Wengui eventually dismissed his position as the guardian of his ancestral hall, and Li Wenyou put him in a school to teach, specializing in primary schools. Try it, it is more than enough to teach six or seven-year-old children to recognize and read.

  The second change is the change of style of study, which is also related to the new magistrate. Three years ago, Liu Zhen, the magistrate, was promoted to the general judge of Cizhou because he ran a good school.

This county magistrate of the big knife came from Taiwei Tongguan's favor, but he was a military officer. In Tongguan's words, Tangyin is an important county in northern Xinjiang, and his culture has been weak for a long time. Fan, under some great righteousness, today's emperor specially approved Tong Guan's request, Jiang Dadao took off his armor, put on a civil official robe and took office.

  Jiang Dadao, as his name suggests, is vigorous and resolute in his work. On the first day he took office, he changed the Boys' Association from a literary test to a martial arts test. As a result, all the schools boycotted it, but Jiang Dadao did not compromise and simply canceled the Boys' Association.

Although Jiang Dadao is rude, he is not stupid. The boy society is the achievement of the former county magistrate. No matter how well he did it, it has nothing to do with him. It took an afternoon to practice martial arts, which led to the heyday of martial arts in Tangyin County.

In just a few years, the honest style of writing in Tangyin County disappeared. The students were all physically fit and skilled in swordsmanship. .

The martial arts in Tangyin County is strong, and the school in Lushan Town has also been strongly impacted. The students all come to school with swords and swords. Although Yao Ding resists, the new regulations of the county school require martial arts to be a compulsory test. Yao Ding wants the students to enter the county. To learn to read, one has to obey the general environment.

  In addition, Li Daguang wanted to please the county magistrate and encouraged students to bring weapons to school. Yao Ding was old, so he simply let go and devoted himself to cultivating a few of his beloved disciples.

In contrast, the four of Li Yanqing were the most restrained. Li Yanqing and Yue Fei never brought weapons to school. Only Wang Gui, who loves martial arts, got an extremely sharp short sword from somewhere, and wore it on his shoulders from morning till night. body, showing off in the school.

Tang Huai, however, took a novel route. He had a Japanese folding fan that his relatives bought from the capital for ten guan. , it is said that this style is more popular in the capital.

   As soon as the four of them entered the classroom, Li Er rushed in and shouted loudly: "The latest news, the instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards in Tokyo is coming!"

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