In the small courtyard of the second-bedroom widow Li Wan in Rongguo Mansion, eight-year-old Jia Lan solemnly addressed his widowed mother with a tight face.
Li Wan frowned and said with some displeasure: "Didn't I tell you that you should study hard at home and don't interact too much with others!"
It’s hard for a widow!
After her husband passed away, Li Wan felt extremely depressed. If he hadn't had his son Jia Lan as his spiritual sustenance, he might not have been able to hold on long ago.
Although he was given special treatment by the government, whether it was a monthly salary or anything else, Li Wan did not have any mood swings and did not have much sense of belonging to Rongguo Mansion.
She regarded her son Jia Lan as her only hope, and instilled in him the ideal of taking the imperial examination and becoming an official since he was a child, and wanted to be a successful scholar like his father.
But at the same time, because of her strong vigilance and understanding of the ethos of Rongguofu, she did not want her son Jia Lan to have too close interactions with the people in Rongguofu, thinking that would only lead her son astray.
Jia Lan has known about making progress since he was sensible, and he is also very serious about reading and writing.
After entering Ethnic Studies, Jia Lan ranked first in terms of study hardness.
but……
Although it is important to study hard, it is even more important to have correct guidance and guidance from your teacher, as well as excellent learning methods. Otherwise, you will just study by rote and the efficiency will be very poor.
Jia Lan didn't know this at first, and he would report what he saw and heard in school to his mother Li Wan every day.
Among them, there is naturally the arrogance and domineering behavior of the clan’s little bully and his subordinates, as well as their truancy.
Therefore, Li Wan's first impression of Jia Cong was quite bad, even though she had never met Jia Cong, the concubine of a wealthy family.
Subconsciously, I regarded Jia Cong as the kind of naughty boy who refused to study honestly and was playful and playful.
In view of the atmosphere in Rongguo Mansion, Li Wan gave many warnings and asked his son Jia Lan not to mix with Jia Cong and his younger brothers.
Otherwise, if you delay your study and progress, your future future will be ruined.
Therefore, although the relationship between Jia Lan and Huan San was acceptable, they did not intend to have a close relationship, and they tried their best not to interact with Jia Cong's subordinates.
As for Jia Cong, he only went to the clan to learn Dianmao every day. Even if he wanted to make friends, he wouldn't have the chance, so naturally the relationship was distant and cold.
After listening to his son's introduction, Li Wan concluded that the results of Jia Cong and his group would never be better, and Jia Lan was convinced of this.
The environment in Ethnic Studies is not bad. Although most of the students are just dawdling, there is no bad behavior such as making noises and affecting the progress of classmates.
Jia Lan was alone, only studying and studying, and was not affected much.
This is completely different from the situation in the original work. At least the clan school at this time still looks like a school. Although the two gentlemen Jia Yun and Jia Fang are young and have average teaching ability, they are more serious and responsible.
Therefore, soon after entering Ethnic Studies, Jia Lan felt that he had made great progress.
I think that even compared to my classmates who went to school a few years earlier, I am no worse or even better.
After all, most of the students in Ethnic Studies are just messing around. Even though Jia Lan doesn't communicate with them, he always sees clearly. His mother Li Wan's teachings also hold this view.
Unfortunately, this is just his illusion...
Ethnic Studies has small exams every month, and a major exam every three months. The exam results will be announced directly as a reference for students' learning progress.
According to Mr. Jia Yun, the quiz is an assessment based on part of the test content of the Children's Student Examination, with the difficulty reduced.
As for the major exam, it basically follows the overall model of the Children's Examination, with the difficulty of the assessment also reduced. The purpose is to allow students to adapt to the examination pattern of the Children's Examination.
After listening to Jia Lan's introduction, Li Wan spoke highly of such small and large exams and encouraged Jia Lan to study hard so that he could at least get good results in the small exams.
As for the big exam, given Jia Lan's age and her learning progress, no matter how demanding Li Wan is, he won't have too many requirements, just try not to be at the bottom.
But since taking the quiz for the first time, the announced results were named Jia Lan, and Li Wan, who was very concerned about it, was dumbfounded.
Jia Cong's younger brother, who was considered by both mother and son to have absolutely no future, actually ranked among the best in all his grades. Even Xue Pan, who was recognized as a sluggish student, also had grades higher than Jia Lan's.
How can this be?
Jia Lan was filled with disappointment, but Li Wan didn't care. He just thought it was understandable that his son, who had just started school, was not as good as his classmates who had been in school for many years.
Xue Pan is the recognized academic scumbag. Not to mention that he is already an adult, and his understanding and learning ability are better than Jia Lan who just entered the school. Just because he entered the clan school two years earlier, even if he is not interested, he has learned more and better than Jia Lan.
As for other Jia Cong's younger brothers, who had been judged as not being good students and not having much future, Li Wan deliberately did not mention why they were able to occupy the top five in the quiz, and Jia Lan did not ask any more questions.
However, in the next year, there were almost twelve small exams and four major exams with similar results, which is very unusual.
At least, this subverted the normal understanding of Li Wan and Jia Lan, mother and son. It feels incredible every time, but it is an ironclad fact every time.
"Maybe these guys have some talent for reading, plus they went to school a few years early..."
After each exam, Li Wan had to appease Jia Lan's shocked little heart, but even he felt that such an excuse was untenable.
When it comes to hard work, Jia Lan is definitely the number one in her family. Even her husbands, Jia Yun and Jia Fang, made it clear and praised her directly in front of all her classmates.
This has always been what Jia Lan is most proud of, and it is also the result of Li Wan's painstaking supervision. At least his learning attitude is absolutely correct.
But the results of the major and minor exams were not comparable. When Xue Pan was in school, whenever he had free time, he would talk about the colorful world outside. All kinds of food, drink and fun attracted many classmates to yearn for it. At first glance, they looked like a freeloader.
Uncle Huan is also uncertain. He loves to echo Xue Pan's boasts, and then encourages Xue Pan to treat guests to a feast. Afterwards, he often shows off in front of his classmates in ethnic studies. According to his mother Li Wan, he is not a good person either.
In the future, he may become a green-skinned gangster on the street.
The other Jia Cong brothers are more "honest", but their temperament is also more out-of-the-box, and they are not able to study calmly.
As for the other classmates, they are really just mediocre people.
Since taking the second major exam, Jialan's performance has not been surpassed by these mediocre people, which can be regarded as a small consolation.
Unfortunately, this situation could not relieve his doubts and depression at all.
He had set his ideal at a young age and wanted to take the imperial examination to become an official. He could never accept the fact that even his classmates who studied ethnic studies could not pass the exam.
At least, you have to pass the test of Xue Pan, right?
"Hasn't Jia Cong from Dafang never taken the exam? Maybe he felt like this because he didn't do well in the exam!"
Li Wan had no choice but to belittle others to strengthen his son's ambition to make progress, otherwise there would be big problems if his faith was shaken.
Then, Jialan's little heart was hit hard again...
One day, more than half a year after he entered the clan school, Uncle Huan, who had always had a good relationship with him and was quite close to him, saw his frown and asked curiously why.
Jia Lan was a little embarrassed at first, but couldn't stand Uncle Huan's repeated questioning, so he stammered out his troubles. At the same time, he also asked Uncle Huan how he studied and why he was at the top every time he took the exam.
Li Wan was also puzzled by this, and even hinted several times that he wanted his son Jia Lan to ask Huan San, who he had a good relationship with, but Jia Lan was too young to understand his mother's thoughts.
As a result, Uncle Huan told him a rather surprising answer.
It turned out that Uncle Cong's younger brothers, including Uncle Huan, skipped school every day and went out to have fun. Instead, they went to a book club run by Uncle Cong to study quietly.
This answer naturally did not satisfy Jia Lan's curiosity. After hearing this, Li Wan was unconvinced and even scorned the so-called book club.
It was not until later that one after another learned the truth about the book club from Uncle Huan, and then he was surprised to find that the source of everything was Uncle Cong, whom the mother and son had always ignored!
According to Uncle Huan, the biggest difference between the two of them in the book club, besides endorsing books and self-study, is listening to Uncle Cong’s guidance.
In the words of Third Uncle Huan, Uncle Cong was very knowledgeable and eloquent, and he was even more able to teach their younger brothers with ease.
The reason why Uncle Cong's younger brother's knowledge has always been at the forefront of the school is because of Uncle Cong's careful guidance and strict supervision.
The title of the Little Overlord of Clan Science is not earned for nothing. Jia Lan also saw that Xue Pan, the first time he went to school every day, tried his best to lift a stone lock weighing fifty kilograms fifty times. I heard that it was Uncle Cong's order.
Even a stupid overlord like Xue Pan wouldn't dare not listen.
But after listening to Jia Lan's story, Li Wan couldn't even believe such a thing. If this was really the case, how exaggerated would Jia Cong's reading talent be?
Jia Cong is a transparent existence in the main room, let alone in the entire Rongguo Mansion. I am afraid that some maids and servants do not know that there is such a number one role.
The most dazzling person in the entire Rongguo Mansion is naturally the phoenix egg Jia Baoyu. I have never heard anything unusual about Jia Cong. Oh, except that he is tall and strong and has the nickname "Big Rice Bucket", I basically have no impression of him.
After all, Jia Lan is a child, and his curiosity is quite strong. He was attracted by the book club described by Uncle Huan. He was so itchy that he impulsively asked Uncle Huan for help and asked if he could join.
He regretted it when he came back to his senses. After returning home to explain to his mother, he was severely reprimanded and Jia Lan and Jia Cong were not allowed to mix together.
, except for his only son Jia Lan, Li Wan had a cold heart towards everyone in the Rongguo Mansion. Especially after the entire mansion revolved around Jia Baoyu, he was even more cold-hearted and unwilling to interact with anyone in the mansion.
Heart to heart.
Not only did she do this, she also forced Jia Lan to do the same, and she was determined not to have much interaction with the people in Rongguo Mansion.
But this time in the Tongsheng test, Jia Cong and his younger brothers broke out collectively, and the young Jia Lan was greatly stimulated...