Guo Xuexue and Zhang Shi chatted casually, while Zhang Qiu ran to the edge of Fengchi to watch the fish in the pond.
Fengchi is between Xuegong and Qianyuan Temple, so this half-acre square pond is used as both a pan pond and a life-release pond.
Zhang Shi glanced at Zhang Qiu, who was playing by the pool, and immediately said: "Be careful not to fall into the water."
Zhangqiu responded, obediently ran back to Zhang Shi, and threw himself into his arms.
Zhang Shi smiled and said, "Is this fun?"
“Fun!”
“I want to study here in the future!”
Zhangqiu raised his head and said, "Come here to study? Is it like my second uncle did?"
“Second uncle? How do you know that second uncle is studying here?”
Zhangqiu smiled and said, "Second uncle has taken Axi to play here before!"
“Oh, when did it happen?”
"I played once in March and April this year. My second uncle told me that this is Fengchi, which is also the Panchi of the Academy. He also taught me how to write the character "pan". It is one and a half characters to the right of "three o'clock water". I learned it right away.
." Zhang Shi said.
“My son is so smart,” Zhangqiu asked again, “Second uncle will bring you to play, why haven’t I heard of it?”
“Mother knows.”
“Second uncle also told me a lot about his studies in the county school, but I couldn’t understand them.”
Zhang Shi let out a long sigh after hearing this.
Zhangqiu asked: "Dad, where has the second uncle gone? Why is he not back?"
“Didn’t I tell you that my second uncle went to study.”
"But that day someone told me that my second uncle was arrested..."
Zhang Shi said angrily: "You heard people talking nonsense, who said it to you?"
Zhang Qiu saw Zhang Shi's serious face and immediately cried: "Dad, don't be angry."
“Dalangjun, the gate of the academy is open!” Guo Xuexiu said.
…
A group of scholars flocked to the gate of the academy.
Zhang Yue stood waiting with his book box in hand.
There were a group of people standing on the left and right, and by chance, a few of them, Zhang Yue knew, were several of his former classmates in elementary school.
Zhang Yue remembered that day after he was expelled from Meng Xue, all his classmates, except Peng Jingyi, seemed to have cut off their robes and separated themselves from each other.
Hence, Zhang Yue ignored them and stood by the school gate waiting for the door to open.
These classmates didn't see Zhang Yue, so they were talking over each other. Those who were admitted to the Jinshi major came out late, but they had almost handed in the papers for the Economics major. Most of them were objective questions. If you can do it, you can do it, and if you can't, you can't. Unless you You can peek at the answers, otherwise it will be useless to sit until the last minute of the exam.
A classmate said: "Those who are polite to their emperor behave like a filial son and his adoptive parents. How can you be right?"
One classmate said proudly: "Yihu! Anyone who is rude to his ruler will be punished like an eagle chasing a bird."
At this time, a person came forward and said miserably: "It's over, it's over, who are the seven authors in the Analects of Confucius and Mo Yi's words? I don't know any of them."
The classmate just now continued to show off: "You don't know how easy it is?"
Another person said: "I can't remember which seven people are there."
The classmate put his hands behind his hands and said: "The Master said that if you don't lower your ambitions, you won't dishonor your body. Boyi, Shuqi. Liu Xiahui, Shaolian. If you lower your ambitions, you will dishonor your body. That's all. .Yu Zhong was a Yiyi who lived in seclusion and spoke freely. He was pure in his body and abolished his power."
The classmate bent his hands and counted: "Bo Yi, Shu Qi, Yu Zhong, Yi Yi, Liu Xiahui and Shaolian are six of them, and there is another one named Bo Da!"
Hearing this, Zhang Yue shook his head and couldn't help but said: "It's Zhu Zhang."
Zhang Yue’s voice was not loud, but the classmate just now heard him.
“Zhu Zhang, yes, it’s Zhu Zhang, and Boda is one of the Eight Scholars. I’ve made a note of it.”
This classmate realized that he had made a mistake in a sure thing, and couldn't help but said in frustration: "It's over, this time it's over."
The gate of the academy has been opened and Zhang Yue was about to go out. After seeing clearly, the man said: "Who am I talking about? Isn't this Zhang Sanlang? Sanlang stays behind."
Zhang Yue was about to leave when he was stopped. He couldn't do it without saying hello.
He nodded: "It's me!"
“Sanlang was dismissed by his husband and we haven’t seen each other for a long time. It’s been three days since we left each other.”
Zhang Yue reminded: "Brother Shaozhong, we actually met that day, and Jingyi was also there..."
"Huh...I don't remember," the other party said, "Why did Sanlang also take the examination as a Confucian scholar?"
The other party's tone was a bit teasing, and several classmates also laughed. It seems that you can also take the Confucian examination, and also want to go to the county school.
Zhang Yue didn't seem to hear it, he just smiled and said, "Just give it a try."
“That’s fine, I’ll just say that after three days of separation, I’ve seen each other with admiration, and I feel a little more ambitious. It just so happens that we’ll have a drink together after the exam.”
“Let’s wait for another day, my brother is waiting for me to come home.”
“Isn’t that right? Has Saburo changed his temper?” a classmate laughed.
The classmate Zhang Yue called "Shaozhong" said: "In the past, it was Sanlang who invited us, but now we also invite Sanlang in return."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Brother Shaozhong, although I am short of money, I should treat you all to this meal. Let's wait for another day."
Everyone laughed secretly, Zhang Yue was still so generous.
“Then don’t deny it, let’s settle it at Cuilou the day after tomorrow.”
Zhang Yue nodded: "That's fine."
Zhang Yue thought about it and really should invite them to dinner to balance the mood of others. After all, they are just classmates.
Zhang Yue raised his hand and said, "Go ahead and take leave."
“Brother Zhang takes his leave,” the scholar named ‘Shaozhong’ looked at Zhang Yue leaving, his smile suddenly turned pale and he said, “If Zhang Yue can pass the county school, I will eat a load of shit!”
Several classmates laughed when they heard this.
"Ha ha."
“Brother Shaozhong, haha...”
After laughing.
“Will you go to Cuilou tomorrow?”
“Of course we have to go with Brother Lan. Where are the others?”
"He will naturally be late in passing the imperial examination. Not to mention Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here soon."
But I saw a scholar in his twenties slowly walking downhill and walking to the gate of the academy.
Everyone raised their hands together.
“Brother Lan, where are you going to celebrate tonight?”
The scholar surnamed Lan shook his head and said: "What are you celebrating? This time, most of the time... it fell into the sand."
"Brother Lan, let's not say anything depressing. Guess who I saw just now? Zhang Yue, Zhang Sanlang, who was expelled from the elementary school for looking at pornographic paintings. He actually came to take the county Confucian examination. Do you think it's ridiculous?
Is Yelang arrogant?"
The scholar surnamed Lan's face changed and he said: "You also saw Sanlang, why didn't you call him."
“Why is he not from the same place as us?”
“Apart from eating and drinking, no one wants to talk to him on weekdays.”
The scholar surnamed Lan paused and said: "He was picked up by your Majesty just now in the hall, and he still got it all!"
"got it?"
“All access?”
Everyone was dumbfounded, including Brother Shaozhong, whose mouth was wide open.
At this moment, outside the gate of the Academy.
“Dad, the child is unfilial. The child got three questions wrong.” Guo Lin said while crying.
Guo Xuexiu comforted: "If you are wrong, you are wrong."
“My children’s books can be read more familiarly. It’s all my fault for not working hard! If...if I could read a few more pages, why couldn’t I then? Otherwise, I would not have answered wrongly.”
Guo Xuexue patted Guo Lin on the back and said, "Don't think too much after the exam. We may not fail."
Guo Lin raised his head, wiped his tears and asked: "Dad, do you think the child is useless?"
"No, it's because dad is useless. If dad hadn't been ill, you wouldn't have been copying books for two or three months..." Guo Xuexun said, wiping his tears.
“Daddy blames me.”
“No, it’s still daddy’s fault.”
“Dad, I’m sorry for you!”
“Lin’er, daddy is sorry for you too!”
“Woooooo!”
“Woooooo!”
Looking at the scene of Guo Xuexue and Guo Lin, father and son holding each other's arms and crying in deep love, Zhang Shi was about to speak but hesitated, and could stand aside and worry.
Finally, Zhang Shi couldn't hold it back anymore and asked: "Guo Lin, please don't cry yet! Have you seen our third brother?"
Guo Lin wiped his tears and shook his head: "He and I are not taking the exam together. Hasn't he come out yet?"
At this time, Zhangqiu said loudly with sharp eyes: "Daddy, daddy, the third uncle is out."
But when he saw Zhang Yue carrying a book box among the crowd, he walked out with a solemn expression.
Zhang Shi first looked at Zhang Yue's face. His brows were furrowed and he thought he didn't do well in the exam. He stepped forward and said, "It doesn't matter, third brother. It doesn't matter if we don't pass the exam the first time. We will pass the exam next time."
.Generally, county schools admit children over the age of fifteen."
Zhang Qiu said: "But dad, my second uncle entered the county school for the first time when he was twelve years old."
“Can your third uncle compare with your second uncle? Third brother, that’s not what I meant. No, Axi didn’t mean that either. I meant that if you want to go to the county to go to college, you can wait until you are fifteen.”
Zhang Shi said to himself: "Anyway, you have to serve in rural service at the age of sixteen, and you have to serve in state and county service at the age of twenty. It's still early..."
“Brother, I passed the exam.”
“I said it’s okay if you don’t pass the exam...what? Did you pass the exam?”
Zhang Yue nodded.
“Sanlang (junior brother), have you passed the exam?” Guo Xuexue and Guo Lin both looked over.
Zhang Yue nodded and said: "Yes, I ordered you to take it in front of the hall, and I was grading the papers on the side, and I got a pass!"
“All access?”
“Nothing wrong?”
Guo Xuexue, Guo Lin asked eagerly.
“Yes, Quan Tong, thanks to senior brother for reminding me to memorize scriptures more... Senior brother, please be gentle, my shoulder is broken... Sir, don’t hug me so tightly..."
Zhang Yueyue broke away easily, but he saw that Guo Xuexiu was squatting on the ground wiping tears, and he did not look like a scholar at all.
Guo Lin also had red eyes.
"What are you doing...Isn't it just to pass the county school exam?" Zhang Yue said.
Zhang Shi said to Zhang Yue: "What nonsense are you talking about? Is it easy to enter the county school?"
Zhang Yue was shocked when he saw his elder brother being so fierce.
Zhang Shi wiped away his tears and said: "Mr. Guo, we are not the same as him. Come to my place now, get a few bottles of good wine and let us have a good drink. Let me thank you very much. Third brother, help your husband, no
Your husband and your senior brother, how can you be where you are today? Don’t forget, who does it depend on to be successful today?"
Zhang Yue was scolded by Zhang Shi, and then he remembered that he had forgotten to thank Mr., so he quickly saluted: "Sir..."
Guo Xuexiu had already stood up, supported Zhang Yue and said: "Dalangjun, please don't say that. I have been teaching all my life, but none of my disciples have achieved anything. Only Zhang Yue... Zhang Yue passed the county school exam alone."
"From now on...I...will no longer be afraid of what others say. Did Guo Lin see that Zhang Yue passed the county school? As a senior brother, you should...you should also strive for success and earn face for me."
Guo Lin nodded beside him, feeling both happy and a little disappointed.
Zhang Shi waved his hand and said: "Then let's go home. Third brother, why didn't you just tell me that you passed the exam? If you looked unhappy, I thought you didn't do well in the exam. Are you trying to trick me?"
Zhang Yueze explained: "It's not that I'm unhappy, but I just looked at the spring list and found that there is no second brother's name among the Jinshi in this state."
