Chapter 10 The Third Master Cong, Who Is Short of Money
Time flies, and one month has passed by in a flash.
Jia Cong has been attending family studies peacefully for a month. He goes to and from school on time every day and behaves accordingly without doing anything inappropriate.
Although he looked down upon the loose discipline of the clan school, which could even be described as a smoky environment, he still went to school honestly and did not make any rash changes.
Anyway, with his support, it is not too noisy when I go to school, so I can study by myself with peace of mind, which is enough.
After all, he is a junior, and a descendant of a concubine. Even if he is very dissatisfied with the management of the clan school, it is not his turn to point fingers.
The basic purpose of Jia Cong's ethnology is to learn Chinese characters. After a month of 'hard work', he has basically been able to recognize all the commonly used characters. However, it still has to be secretive and cannot be disclosed to the public, and his fellow ethnology students have to slowly adapt.
It doesn't matter that the handwriting is like a dog crawling, it is in line with his status as a beginner at this time. Jia Cong does not want to be a top student. Being too eye-catching is not a good thing.
As for the elementary school books taught by Clanology, some of them are also available in the main world, and some of them can be easily memorized by his powerful memory.
Confucian classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics are much richer in the main world than in ethnology, so there is no need to continue to spend energy memorizing them.
The main purpose of learning is to become familiar with the understanding model and writing standards of Confucian classics in the world of Red Mansions, so as not to bring traces of the main world that are incompatible with current habits.
If you were from a poor family, it would be quite difficult to do this, mainly because there are too few books to refer to.
It is naturally different when it comes to Jia clan studies. Most of the Confucian classics on the market are available, as well as some precious classics annotated by famous masters, which are good reference objects.
There are also collections of the imperial examination papers at all levels in recent years, as well as classic answer books. Don't think that the Xungui family doesn't understand anything.
However, these treasures in the eyes of ordinary scholars are not taken seriously by anyone in the Jia Clan School. They have become nothing more than decorations. It is not that the Clan School does not have collections.
Through comparison and familiarity, Jia Cong easily adapted to the current understanding and writing standards of Confucian classics.
With his accumulation, even if he takes the most basic child examination and government examination at this time, he will be able to pass it easily. Even the national examination is not without his strength.
Mr. Jia Dairu's little ink is simply not acceptable to the eyes of the law.
It just follows the book and has some clichés that are universally applicable, which is dry and boring.
Even a child can do it, maybe even better than him.
Jia Cong saw very clearly that Jia Dairu had no so-called enthusiasm for teaching at all, and he treated the ethnic studies students in a perfunctory manner. Unless he was truly gifted and was a genius who only appeared once in a century, it was simply a delusion to get ahead in his hands.
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There is no teaching method at all, that is, only a noble family like Ning Rong's second house can become a teacher, and he does not have the ability to even set up a private school outside.
Apart from other things, in the past month, the classroom discipline of ethnic studies has been greatly improved. Jia Dairu simply turned a blind eye and continued to deal with it at his own pace.
Jia Cong didn't believe it. Jia Rui didn't reveal any information about the family history at home, but Jia Dairu didn't even respond.
That is to say, Jia Cong still needs the ancestral school as a cover. At least he has to join the ancestral school before he is ten years old, otherwise he would have just slapped his butt and left.
Instead of wasting time studying in ethnic studies, it is better to take a stroll on the streets and see the cityscape of the capital, and you may gain even more.
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Today, it's time for school to end again.
Ignoring Jia Dairu's grandson Jia Rui, who was pretending to be a tiger to give homework, Jia Cong slowly packed up his paper, ink, pen, inkstone and books, and did not return directly to the first-class general's mansion as usual.
"Boss, you must have fun this time and don't rush back home!"
Jia Huan had already been impatient and came over. As for his books and other sundries, his uncle and servant Zhao Guoji helped to clean them up.
"Master Cong, I know a lot of interesting places!"
"I know too, let's go take a look when we get to the street!"
"Whatever Third Master wants to play, let's go with him!"
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Next to it, several young men aged ten to fourteen or five years old gathered around to express their opinions and make suggestions, forming a loyal and dog-legged posture.
Within a month, Jia Cong also gathered around several interested classmates in ethnic studies.
It's not that he used any tricks, these boys came together on their own initiative.
Again, apart from the direct descendants of the Ning Rong Household, concubines like Jia Cong and Jia Huan have an extraordinary status in the clan academy.
No matter how despised they are in the family, they are still like little bullies in the clan school, and no clan classmate really dares to completely offend them.
Jia Cong was also happy to have a few errand boys around him. Those who were willing to come forward to curry favor were either quick-thinking people or guys who were really motivated.
The quick-thinking classmates want to please themselves and climb to the top of Rongguo Mansion; as for the motivated guys, they also feel that Jia Cong's appearance has greatly changed the discipline of the ethnic studies classroom, which is conducive to their self-study.
The thoughts of the national government naturally gathered around him.
The eldest is Jia Yun, the guy nicknamed the "Second Master under the Corridor" in Dream of Red Mansions, and the most promising member of the Jia family.
As for the youngest one, it was Jin Rong who was kicked over by Jia Cong on the first day of school. He shamelessly wanted to be Jia Cong's errand boy.
The reason why he is so active today is because Jia Cong said hello a few days ago and plans to take a walk on the street together after school today.
They are both half-grown-ups, they are most playful and noisy, and they can get closer to Jia Cong. How could they not respond positively?
A group of hula-la left their clan school and did not really wander around the main commercial streets in the capital. They just wandered around the lively Ningrong Street.
Because of the large number of servants in Ningrong's second mansion, the residents of the Bafang clan in Beijing, and their considerable purchasing power, several prosperous commercial streets emerged with Ningrong Street as the core.
There are no restaurants, inns, brothels or gambling houses, but there are many and bustling vendors, and you can buy all kinds of things.
Most of the visitors were servants of Ning Rong's second house, or relatives from the side clans, so there was no need to worry too much about safety issues. Jia Cong and his group of young men went to the street and had fun directly.
"Third Master, is there anything you want to buy or eat?"
Jia Yun was quite smart and had been following Jia Cong to serve him. Seeing that he was just looking around and not interested in joining in the fun, she couldn't help but ask carefully.
"I'm short of money. I'm looking for ways to get some money!"
Jia Cong did not hide his thoughts, he spread his hands and spoke calmly...