Man Bao and the three of them struggled to squeeze out. They found that squeezing out was even more difficult than squeezing in.
So when the three of them came out, their clothes were wrinkled and their hair was messed up.
General Man Bao brushed his hair and said happily to Mr. Zhuang: "Sir, the second junior brother has passed the exam."
Mr. Zhuang was surprised, "Really?"
"Really, as soon as the list was released, we saw it at a glance."
Mr. Zhuang's eyes widened and his heart beat violently. "I saw it at a glance. That was..."
"Second junior brother is very lucky. He is in the last place. We saw him at the first sight."
Mr. Zhuang: "..."
Mr. Zhuang's excited mood slowly returned to calm. At this moment, unexpected joy finally swept over him. He was very happy and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch Bai Shanbao's head and praised: "Not bad, not bad, although
We came in last, but we enrolled two years earlier than we planned.”
This is an academic exam, not a Jinshi exam. Mr. Zhuang feels that ranking is not that important, especially since Bai Shan is still so young. If he enters a private school, he will have countless possibilities.
He encouraged him: "When you go to a private school, study hard with the teachers there. If you don't understand something, come back and ask your teacher. In two or three years, you will be able to catch up with those in front of you."
At this time, Bai Shan also threw away the depression of being the last one and nodded fiercely.
He also knows that there are many good teachers in the government school, and the knowledge of those teachers is no worse than that of Mr. Zhuang. If he can get the guidance of so many teachers at once, he will definitely make faster progress.
What's more, he has an advantage over other students. He is younger and there is Mr. Zhuang standing behind him.
However, Bai Shanbao was also very loyal, and said to Manbao Baierlang: "When I come back from the lectures at the government school, I will teach you."
Bai Erlang thanked Bu Min, "I think it's enough to just follow Mr.'s class."
Man Bao thought for a moment that he still had a class with Teacher Mo, so he said: "I can discuss it with you, but the class will be waived. I am very busy."
Bai Shanbao despised them, "I think you are just lazy, be careful you can't catch up with me in the future."
Bai Erlang was not stimulated at all and said: "I couldn't catch up with you in the first place."
Man Bao said: "I don't care. Anyway, you can't learn what I know. But what you know, I can possibly learn."
Bai Shanbao, who doesn't know any medical skills and only has some knowledge of herbal medicine:...
He paused and asked: "Are you going to be a doctor in the future?"
"I don't know, I just feel good about treating illnesses and saving people," Man Bao said, "There are many things I want to do, and I don't necessarily want to be a doctor."
Zhou Lang immediately rushed up from behind and said encouragingly: "Manbao, it's good to be a doctor. If you can learn medical skills well, you can go to the county to buy a shop and open a medicine shop. All the medicines we grow at home will be given to you cheaply. What do you think?"
How many doctors do you think we have in one county? It costs eight cents to treat a patient even if you don’t prescribe it. That’s a business with no money, let alone prescribing medicine to make money.”
Man Bao said: "It's so well said, fourth brother, why don't you learn from it?"
"Me? I'd better forget it," Zhou Lang said, "I think I can just grow some medicine and sell it to you doctors."
He was also curious, but Man Bao showed him a map of acupuncture points and asked him to memorize it. Within two days, Zhou Lang gave up.
He didn't even recognize all the words. When he saw those words, he got a headache and dizziness, so dizzy that he couldn't think clearly.
Mr. Zhuang said: "Well, now that we know the rankings, there is no need to listen to the rankings here anymore. Let's go back first. For lunch, I will invite you to Ganxianglou for dinner."
Several people were stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help cheering. Zhou Lang also forgot about studying medicine for a moment, and said happily: "Sir, there must be many people going to dine today. Do you want me to make a reservation in advance?"
Mr. Zhuang smiled and nodded, "Okay, book an extra table, and I'll invite Mr. Lan to come with us."
Zhou Lang responded happily.
Mr. Zhuang did not go home, but asked Daji to take Man Bao and the three home and told them to read at home. He and Zhou Lang went to Lan's house to invite Lan Cheng.
The three Man Bao innocently agreed and climbed into the carriage happily. They decided to buy some delicious food on the way home and celebrate in private first.
Zhou Lang didn't think much about it. He drove Mr. Zhuang to Lan's house in a carriage and then happily drove the carriage to Ganxiang Tower to make a reservation.
When Mr. Zhuang entered Lan's house, the joy on his face dimmed slightly. When he and Lan Cheng entered the study, the first thing he asked was, "What's going on? How did Bai Shan get selected?"
Lan Cheng was stunned for a moment and then asked with a smile: "Why, you don't have confidence in your disciple and think he shouldn't be selected?"
Mr. Zhuang smiled bitterly and said: "Of course I know he is good, but for the last big question, his answer was decent at the beginning, but a little weird at the end. Academic officials have always looked down on arrogant students.
He didn't finish writing the answer, but he asked back with sharp words. No matter how good his previous answer was, the academic officials would not reject him. Besides, I know my student, his previous answer was not amazing.
Gorgeous."
Lan Cheng nodded and said: "If it were before, he would definitely lose the election, but these two years are different."
Lan Cheng paused, pondered for a while and then said: "After the flood in Yizhou, the government school lost many students."
Mr. Zhuang was startled, "They..."
Lan Cheng felt a little sad, nodded and said: "Some of them disappeared when the disaster happened, and more of them disappeared when they went to provide disaster relief. The part that survived was disheartened, and most of them left the country to study and returned to their hometown, or went to school.
I went to study elsewhere."
"Then why did you only take 150 people this year? I think you didn't take many people in the previous two years."
Lan Cheng shook his head and said: "One hundred and fifty people are just the number on the surface. In addition, we will recruit an additional fifty people this year. They are all children of officials above the sixth rank in Jiannan Dao, and they are under ten years old.
Five and twenty-five are more than that.”
Mr. Zhuang was surprised, "So many? Then..."
"They will not be enrolled for the time being. They will only be enrolled if they pass the exam for the first time. Otherwise, they will have to pay a large sum of money for repair." Lan Cheng said: "Actually, the situation is slightly better this year because there are many students who applied for it.
Last year and the year before that, we did not reach the full recruitment quota. Although we have relaxed the conditions, there were not many people who passed the exam."
Lan Chengdao: "Some famous talents would rather go to Guannai Road, Jiangnan Road, or Shannan Road to study than stay in Yizhou. It's only been two or three years now, so we can't see anything yet, but in another two or three years,
We are sending fewer and fewer students to the Imperial College, and fewer and fewer students will be taking the Jinshi Examination, and by then we will show a decline."
"Bai Shan didn't write this paper very well, but he also has two strengths that others don't have."