People in the village think that Uncle Gong Jian and his wife are really funny. A few years ago, they said that their son could study. In the private school, he was often praised by his husband and said that his son would become a high official in the future. But this
The two of them had never thought that studying and becoming an official were not necessarily related.
It’s not that you will be able to become an official if you study for a long time. If a scholar wants to become an official, he must pass strict examinations one after another. Each examination is a hurdle and can eliminate most students.
.If you want to eventually become an official, you can imagine the hardships involved.
Originally, the villagers had a natural fear of reading, and no one had carefully inquired about the details behind it. This year, for some reason, a few people who knew the inside story appeared in the village. After such a discussion, they discovered the problem.
It turns out that scholars need to take exams, and the child exam that is about to be held is actually the first hurdle for scholars.
If they have passed the examination, then only such students are eligible to take the scholar examination. If they pass the examination, they will be a scholar. Even if they fail the examination, they are very different from ordinary scholars.
When the news spread among the villagers, everyone's curiosity inevitably aroused. After all, the Gong family had produced several scholars.
Let’s just say that the eldest son of the Gong family has been in private schools in the village for many years. But the villagers have watched him grow up and know that this child has never taken any child examination.
Of course, they are not talking about taking the merit test and becoming a high official. The child has already found a job in the town and is no longer a scholar.
Then we have to talk about the second son of the Gong family, the number one person who, according to her mother, is said to be a good scholar and will become a high official in the future.
Everyone is inevitably curious. This second boy is in a private school in the town, but he has read the book of the young boy. It is not known whether he has passed the boy student examination.
After such a discussion, it was inevitable that everyone would ask Uncle Gong Jian and his wife when they met. However, no one expected that the couple would look like this when they were asked.
Confused expression.
Now, the villagers felt that the envy they usually felt when they heard the couple showing off their young son who could read was completely unnecessary.
As parents of scholars, they don't know as much as themselves. Does this mean that their family is much better than that scholar's family? At least I am not as confused as those two people.
When they figured out what the people in the village were talking about, Uncle Gong Jian and his wife, no matter how thick-skinned they were, were really embarrassed to stay there any longer. Both of them were a little shy and sneaked back to their homes.
As soon as they arrived at home, the two immediately started arguing. Uncle Gong Jian was the first to bang the table and yell with eyes wide open: "Tell me, how did your little son study? He has been attending private schools for so many years, and he has no idea.
I’ve heard about what exams he will take, let alone what honors he will get.”
When I think about the questions that the villagers ask me today, I don't even know what they mean. I have to listen to other people's explanations to realize that this scholar does not just go to a private school to study.
The most obvious criterion for measuring scholars is to take the exam for academic merit. How good you think you are is not determined by words. Even if you are a teacher in a private school, no matter how much you say, it will be of no use.
Scholars must eventually pass an exam to measure their knowledge. But after so many years, the younger son has never said in private school that he has to take the exam. Not to mention, the villagers have made it clear to them.
The child-student exam to be held this time is actually the easiest exam among scholars.
Even students who have just attended private school for three or four years may pass this exam. And only after passing this exam will they be eligible to take the subsequent exams and gain real fame.
How could this not make Uncle Gong Jian anxious and angry? Every time his little son comes home, he always says a lot of good things, but there is nothing real.
During the Chinese New Year this year, he had some doubts about how his younger son was doing in private school after so many years. He only heard his side of the story every time, so he really didn't know the specific situation of his younger son's education.
After spending so much money, he was afraid that his youngest son was keeping him in the dark.
If that's the case, why is he still dreaming about becoming an old man? Uncle Gong Jian shouted at his mother-in-law here. In fact, what he wanted more was to catch his little son in front of him and use the words he just said carefully.
Ask him.
But the child never came home, and he couldn't see him, so he had no choice but to vent his anger on his mother-in-law.
Aunt Gong Jian herself was ridiculed outside, but when she heard her man yelling at her, she immediately yelled back, unwilling to be outdone: "What do you mean by my son? That's not your son anymore. You let me
What can I say, my youngest son has never said these things."
Looking at the woman in front of him who was arguing with him so confidently, Uncle Gong Jian felt even more dizzy. This stupid woman still dared to yell at him, if she hadn't been protecting his little son and nagging him all the time.
How could he be coaxed into confusion by his smooth-tongued son?
In the past, his youngest son always said what he said, and he never doubted what he said. Didn't this make him lose face in front of others?
"I don't care. Find someone to send a message to your little son and ask him to go home as soon as possible. I want to ask clearly how he has been studying in private schools these years."
Auntie Gong Jian was originally happy to hear that she was going to send a message for her youngest son to go home. She also hadn't seen her capable little son for a while. Since he left home in a hurry last time, his youngest son never came back.
.She was also eager to ask if the land deed taken away by her younger son had been redeemed.
But soon, Aunt Gong Jian realized something was wrong, and she said sternly: "No, haven't you heard about it too? It's the time for the scholar's exam. If you call Yaozu back at this time, how can he take the exam?"
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Uncle Gong Jian glared, "Test? How did you know he was going to take the exam? He never said anything."
Aunt Gong Jian's voice was no less than his: "Our ancestor Yao didn't say it, but that doesn't mean he won't take part. You heard it just now, others said it, all these scholars took the exam, maybe
Our son plans to give you a surprise this year." (To be continued)