Among all the children, Bai Canxing always learns the fastest and best because he has a good foundation and can get special tutoring. This also causes Bai Canxing, who has always been a bad student, to work hard secretly to maintain his precarious halo as a genius.
Among the other children, there were indeed three who Zheng Ziru felt had the potential to be good candidates for the scientific examination. One was Bai Canxing's older brother, Bai Rongjing; one was the village chief's grandson, Gu Haoran, Gu Can's cousin; and the third was Gu Can, but unfortunately, she was a girl, which made Zheng Ziru very sad. Gu Can was the most talented of all the children.
After Zheng Ziru told the two families, the Bai family naturally wanted Bai Rongjing to try. Even if they didn't ask for the top scorer in the imperial examination, just having the same title of scholar as Zheng Ziru would make him a promising member of the Bai family. The village chief's family even said they would give it a try even if it meant selling everything they had. This was a promising young man that the scholar had mentioned, and their talent couldn't be wasted.
It’s a pity that Gu Can is a girl, otherwise the village chief said that he would definitely support her!
Afterwards, Bai Rongjing and Gu Haoran paid a separate tuition fee, a proper one, and performed the rites of assent to their teacher. They began their studies at Zheng Ziru's house at noon every day. His family bought him brushes, inkstones, and paper, but as for books, they were all too expensive for the two families to afford.
Zheng Ziru lent them his own books so they could copy them by hand, practicing calligraphy at the same time—killing two birds with one stone. They both studied very hard. And because of Zheng Yunxiu's connections, Bai Canxing was also able to study at the Zheng family's house. But this wasn't something to be spread outside.
Gu Can was very talented in studying. Although she could not pass the imperial examination, she made Zheng Ziru admire her talent and let her read books at home often. As a result, he became close to Zheng Yunxiu and Bai Canxing.
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