The same two words were spoken almost at the same time. After the fourth prince and Zhang Chen looked at me, they both snorted and turned their heads away. Facing these two guys, the older one and the younger one, Xiao Peanut and Xiao Cheng were already
I don't have the energy to persuade. After all, although the two of them suffered a lot when they were young, they have been raised by Zhang Shou for several months. There is a saying that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
Of course, the most important thing is that both of them grew up in the city and have never seen how to live in this real winter village. Therefore, even though it lasted only a few days, they were overwhelmed by this new living environment.
Yang Hao, who grew up in Rongshui Village but only stayed in Zhangyuan for more than half a year, became completely familiar with it in less than half a day.
For example, right now, the four of them are so cold that they are warming themselves by the fire in a daze, but Yang Hao is happily mingling with a group of new acquaintances in the village alone, as if he doesn't even know about the cold!
When he found that Xiao Huahua and Xiao Cheng didn't respond to his complaints, the fourth prince couldn't help but feel discouraged, but he still complained in a low voice: "Teacher, you are fooling me, there is no talent worth cultivating in this little village!
Teach them to recognize a few words, but they forget them after speaking them. They can’t even write horizontally or vertically! Not to mention memorizing, they will make mistakes even if they memorize a few words in a thousand-character text!”
As he spoke, he shouted angrily: "If you don't pay attention, of course you will only be able to farm for the rest of your life!"
Xiao Peanut and Xiao Cheng looked at each other. Although they didn't particularly agree with the fourth prince's last words, after working hard these days, they were also shocked by the children here. They were not very qualified people. They used to study.
At that time, one was scolded many times by Zhu Tingfang, and the other was punished many times by Zhang Shou, and was often criticized by teachers in public schools.
However, when they were in the intermediate class of the public school, they already felt that the progress was very slow. But whenever the teacher kept talking, and their ears became calloused and impatient, they would
You will think that after all, you have to rotate classmates every seven days. Those classmates can only attend class once every seven days, so you can barely tolerate it.
But now, they are clearly giving lectures to the same group of people, but those students are either naughty, stupid, or ignorant. Even if they are taught over and over again, they still look stupid. Even if they ask questions if they don't understand, they will ask questions that have no meaning at all.
The topic of relationships...that is, Yang Hao resorted to the method of giving rewards for good performance, so that most people could barely come to attend classes for an hour every day.
However, after an hour, everyone dispersed in a hurry. Even those boys who originally knew a few words did not leave any thoughts to ask for more advice or study for a while. Such students in this kind of place are really
Are there any talents that can be created?
And when Zhang Chen saw the fourth prince complaining like this, he also had troubles that he couldn't tell. He was really out of his mind if he left the good Mr. Guijie alone and came to this remote place to make such a damn bet with the fourth prince.
! He finally saw that the villagers were much more interested in the woman Ye than he and the Fourth Prince were.
Therefore, the reality is that it is meaningless to talk about education in a place like this. No wonder he asked the village chief about it, only to learn that the most recent scholar here was fifty years ago. Listen, it was fifty years ago!
Fortunately, the village chief also swore that they were one of the descendants of Bai Juyi, who had migrated all the way here to settle down...
If Bai Juyi knew that he had such a stupid descendant, he would probably cry to death!
Even if I dislike the examination room being too rigid, there have never been any other decent talents in this small village, not even craftsmen with particularly good skills. It seems that for decades, this place has been just farming and farming, but the yield per mu
There have never been any high-level farming experts!
Zhang Chen thought as he sat there warming himself by the fire. Although he didn't notice that his hands had become rough due to the past few days of life, he had no time to pay attention to such small things now.
He only knew that if there was no change at all, then, let alone a fight with the Fourth Prince, he and the Fourth Prince might have to go back to the capital together in despair!
Just as he was spinning the idea of forgery in his mind, he suddenly heard the familiar but annoying voice of the village chief coming from outside: "The two young masters and their companions are inside, and one of them went to the village for a walk.
Now, I will ask my son to call him! Oh, everyone in our village is surprised that such a noble person comes to our place in the cold weather..."
"In addition, the daughter of Mr. Ye from the city came to live here for a short time. This small Baijia Village is so lucky! After hearing what you two said, I understood that it turned out that they wanted to make something
Let the elders in the family see something, that’s amazing! Tsk tsk, ever since they came to our village, even the kid with a snotty nose in our village has become much more polite in his speech!"
"How many lifetimes of incense have we spent to encounter such a great thing!"
Zhang Chen himself hates reading, but he still feels out of place in this village. The only thing that makes him feel more comfortable is the village who knows a few words and has a little knowledge, and can at least talk to him a few words.
Chang. At this time, he heard that someone was talking to others outside, and even gave them a very bluffing story. He was relieved immediately.
If the person here is Zhang Shou, he must know that what the village chief said is not true. But if not, he and the fourth prince's embarrassing situation can probably be covered up a little. But the next moment, I heard
The person brought by the village chief didn't say anything, but the village chief began to talk again. When he heard those two titles, his face couldn't help but change.
"One of them is an uncle, and the other is a teacher. I was worried about my nephew and students in the cold weather, so I came to persuade them to go back. It is really the kindness of an elder..."
This time, even the fourth prince jumped up. The word "teacher" is easy to understand, isn't it Zhang Shou? But what does the word "uncle" mean? When he thought of a possible candidate, he couldn't bear to
I couldn't help but quickly slap my dusty hands, and at the same time tried to tidy myself up a little bit so that I could see others.
However, his efforts were not fully effective, and the black cotton curtain at the door was raised high. However, before he could see clearly who was coming, the cold wind blew directly into his face.
The blow made him shiver. When he saw the dark-faced middle-aged man next to Zhang Shou clearly, he couldn't help but secretly complain.
Why did the teacher call the emperor's uncle here? I think he had offended King Jiangdu a lot back then!
When the pampered King Jiangdu was walking on the frozen ground in the village, he was absent-mindedly thinking about how to go back and see Ye, and didn't pay any attention to what the situation of the fourth prince and Zhang Chen was like. At this moment, when
He finally adapted to the huge difference in light between outdoors and indoors. When he saw the boys in front of him clearly, he was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help it anymore.
"Hahahahaha... Why are you so disgraced?"
How could Zhang Chen endure being ridiculed so openly? Even if he was a great Zongzheng like King Jiangdu, he would have sternly criticized him in the past. However, seeing Zhang Shouzheng standing next to King Jiangdu with a half-smiling smile, he
So he put away this very unwise impulse, but he didn't get up or speak, he just lowered his head and sulked.
Why did you bring King Jiangdu, the indifferent boss, to watch their jokes?
However, the fourth prince could not ignore King Jiangdu like this - he was very afraid that his father would give him a lesson through the hands of his uncle, King Jiangdu. Therefore, he bowed his hands honestly and called him uncle.
He called Zhang Shou teacher again.
Little Peanut and Xiao Cheng, who also recognized King Jiangdu, didn't know what to call him. They both looked at Zhang Shou but didn't speak. The smarter Little Peanut then tentatively called out: "Young Master,
Did you invite member Zheng here as well?"
Zheng Yuanwai! King Jiangdu was simply shocked by this title. But when he thought about it, if people didn’t call him Zheng Yuanwai, why would they call him Mr. Zheng or Mr. Zheng? He had no choice but to hum angrily, accepted it, and then said:
After taking a closer look, I realized that the fourth prince looked haggard, and Zhang Chen, who was sulking and silent on the ground, was not much better. He had obviously suffered a lot here.
Although he was deceived by Zhang Shou, the anger in his heart was slightly relieved when facing this scene - this was probably because he saw someone who was also deceived by Zhang Shou, and even more so.
It was unlucky, so I finally felt a little more balanced, or in other words, I felt a little gloating about my misfortune.
So, he cleared his throat and said earnestly: "Silang, have you had enough trouble? When you have done enough, go back. It's almost the Chinese New Year, how long do you plan to keep quarreling with your father? Admit your mistake and accept it, my true brother.
Between father and son, are we still afraid that we won’t be able to expose your previous mistakes?”
"I'm not wrong!" the fourth prince muttered in a low voice. Especially when he saw the village chief looking behind the curtain at the door but not leaving, he couldn't help but didn't want to lose face in front of such irrelevant people.
, he actually said with his head held high, "I said I would do something to show him, then I will do what I said!"
King Jiangdu was just here because he was here, so he tried to persuade him to obey fate, so as not to let the emperor know where he was, but he ignored his younger nephew.
Therefore, the fourth prince, this naughty boy, was so stubborn. He was too lazy to argue with others. He smiled and looked down at Zhang Chen: "Zhang Dalang, it's already the twelfth lunar month. Do you really plan to wait until the end of the year to go back?"
?”
Zhang Chen clapped his hands and stood up with a straight face. His voice was even more rigid than his face: "If you say something out, you can't take it back. Since I said I wanted to compete with Zheng Yong, then
Of course we can’t give up halfway.”
"Even if you endure hardship and hardship here, you have lost a lot of weight?" King Jiangdu deliberately emphasized this point. Seeing Zhang Chen simply smiled disdainfully and ignored him, he was too lazy to waste time with this big naughty boy.
, smiled and glanced at Zhang Shou.
"Jiuzhang, it seems that our trip today was in vain."
Zhang Shou didn't know that King Jiangdu was currently preoccupied with the affairs of the Hailing County Lord, and had no intention of talking to Zhang Chen and the fourth prince. Therefore, when he heard people say this, he sighed and said:
"It's all because I failed to teach these two students well, and I bothered Yuan Zheng to go out like this in the cold weather."
After a polite remark, he changed the subject and said: "By the way, Miss Ye is currently living here temporarily. Your concubine and Miss Ye have been close friends for a long time. Does Zheng want to go and visit? If so, I will ask Xiaohuahua to give her a visit.
Are you leading the way?"
This sentence finally reached King Jiangdu's heart. He agreed without even thinking about it. After Zhang Shou waved to Xiao Huahua and ordered people to lead the way, he didn't even bother to talk nonsense to the fourth prince and Zhang Chen.
It means to just walk away.
After sending this person away, Zhang Shou looked at the village chief who was looking into his head. When he saw the person, he shrank his head and quietly retreated. He just stepped forward, but he squeezed in without politeness
Where the fourth prince was just now, he put his hand on the side of the charcoal basin to start a fire. Seeing his action, Zhang Chen, who had just turned his face to King Jiangdu, hesitated for a moment, and finally sat down again, while the fourth prince quickly moved
I went to the seat that was vacated after Little Peanut left.
However, as soon as he said something to please the teacher, Zhang Shou suddenly raised his head and asked with a half-smile: "I heard that you are having a hard time here? Do you think these students have no intention of studying and have no future?"
Just farming?"
The fourth prince was immediately startled. Did Zhang Shou come and listen to the corner a long time ago, or was he really guessing so accurately? And Zhang Chen knew that Zhang Shou came with King Jiangdu, so there was no way he could listen to the corner. It was just
Guessing their predicament, he simply said truthfully: "There is no way there are any decent talents in this poor place. They are all so stupid that asking them to study is like killing them!"
"What about when your father asked you to study?"
Zhang Shouqing asked back, and when Zhang Chen fell silent immediately, he said to himself: "How do you think I discovered Xiao Qi and Deng Xiaodai when I was in Rongshui Village?"
How long did it take?”
The fourth prince only thought that Zhang Shou was trying to use his own experience to blame them for their shortcomings, so he was discouraged. He immediately said in a low voice: "I heard that after you recovered from a serious illness, teacher, you started teaching people to read and write in the countryside. In total,
Just three years, it can’t take that long to discover Senior Brother Qi and Senior Brother Deng, right?”
"Of course it won't be that long." Zhang Shou stretched out a finger and said calmly, "Just a month."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Chen's face suddenly froze with anger, and the fourth prince did the same. At this time, Zhang Shougang stood up, went around behind the fourth prince, and patted the naughty kid gently.
The back of his head, and then went to Zhang Chen's back to do the same thing.
"This is Baijia Village, not the capital! The children here are not going to be admitted to the imperial examination. If you don't give them family benefits, just let these children study with you... What kind of books are you reading? It's a waste of time to do things. How can people be happy?
?Based on the village chief’s unwillingness to do anything without benefit, he is waiting for you to give him a favor before helping you behind the scenes. Who knew that you two would only be able to scold people harshly, and you are not as smart as Yang Hao!”