Chapter 79: Conflicted
Master Qian pondered for a while and said, "You said you taught yourself the Four Books and you also know a little about Confucian classics. Let me ask you..."
Master Qian asked a few of the most basic questions.
Ye Xuan thought about it and answered according to his own understanding.
Master Qian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Obviously, the annotations of the Four Books and Five Classics were all memorized by rote, and the direction of the answers was also... very much in Zhao Jinshan's style.
This level is too poor!
But I learned it all through my own exploration and the teaching of that idiot Zhao Jinshan. It's already good enough to have this level.
It's a plastic material.
Moreover, even though he had stopped studying, he continued to learn on his own, which shows that he is a man who can endure hardships.
Master Qian likes people who can endure hardships the most.
As long as we put in some effort and give him extra tutoring after class, he should be able to catch up soon.
He nodded and said, "The monthly allowance is two taels, and you can live here, with breakfast, lunch and dinner provided. You can rest twice a month, each time for a day and a half. You have to bring your own quilt and clothes, and wash your own clothes. Is this acceptable?"
Ye Xuan was delighted: "I do."
Master Qian nodded and looked at Ye Peng again: "What about you, what have you learned?"
Ye Peng looked embarrassed: "I, I have never been to school. But I can recite the Thousand Characters and write, although I am not good at it..."
All the descendants of the Ye family can read.
Ye Caiping learned to read from her two brothers.
This generation of grandchildren all learned from Ye Xuan, and they even know how to play gold and silver flowers. It's just written in an ugly way, like a chicken crawling.
Master Qian asked, "Have you ever come into contact with Confucian classics?"
"No." Ye Peng lowered his head.
Master Qian was helpless: "How about you go to the Enlightenment School?"
"No!" Ye Peng was about to cry, "I don't want to study with a bunch of kids! It's so embarrassing!"
As he said this, he looked at Ye Caiping as if asking for help.
Ye Caiping coughed dryly and looked at Wei: "Second sister-in-law, what do you think? I think Peng'er should go back to start learning, or find someone to teach the basics?"
Wei frowned. The more powerful the teacher is, the better. How could he look for a lower one?
After thinking for a while, he said, "Isn't Xuan'er making up for his basics? Although Peng'er is not as good as Xuan'er, he is not stupid and can always make up for it."
Ye Caiping didn't quite agree with Wei, but since this was her son, she couldn't say anything: "Master Qian, can you teach Peng'er a lesson as well?"
Master Qian thought about it for a moment and nodded:
"Okay. I've taught kids before. It's not a difficult task, but it takes a lot of effort. When the class starts, Ye Xuan can go directly with Jin Shan and the others. Ye Peng can set up another room to help them improve their basics first."
"Thank you, Master." Ye Caiping thanked him repeatedly.
"So when do you have class?"
"Tomorrow!" Ye Xuan said anxiously. His mind was now completely focused on school.
Seeing his eagerness, Master Qian couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay. We have to have morning reading at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, so you can move in later!"
"Thank you, Master."
"Master, where do they live? Will they live with me?" Zhao Jinshan asked excitedly.
"Okay, I'll live with you!"
Zhao Jinshan was so happy that he wanted to hug Master Qian and give him a kiss.
Ye Caiping chatted with Master Qian for a few more words, handed in her tuition, and then the group said goodbye.
Before leaving, I visited the academy again.
In fact, it is just an ordinary small courtyard with two entrances.
There are five students in the academy, living in the back building of the first entrance.
Two students per room. Zhao Jinshan used to have his own room, but now with Ye Xuan and two others, there are three of them in one room.
The second inner courtyard is where Master Qian lives, and there is a room in the west wing which is used by students for classes.
We all eat in the main room with the teacher and his wife.
There was a servant who was responsible for cleaning and cooking.
After leaving the academy, Ye Caiping took the two of them to the cloth shop.
I bought two sets of gray and white scholar's robes for them, and a set of four treasures of the study for each of them.
Looking at the robe, Ye Peng felt happy and embarrassed. From today on, I am a scholar.
After returning home, Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei immediately packed their accommodation items for them, and waited for Ye Bajin to deliver the goods in the evening, and then followed him to the town.
By the time the two men left in the ox cart, it had already darkened.
Ye Caiping stood at the door, looked at the shadow gradually going away, and let out a sigh of relief.
Another big thing has been accomplished. I hope they can all move forward and have a good future.
"Thank you, little sister." Mrs. Du looked back at Ye Caiping, her eyes slightly red, "Xuan'er can finally continue to go to school."
Ye Caiping blushed a little: "Sister-in-law... uh, you're welcome."
This sister-in-law is so generous!
How could I forget that it was the original owner who caused Ye Xuan to stop studying?
It is her duty to send Ye Xuan to school now, so there is no need to thank him.
But Ye Caiping was too lazy to mention all these grudges. There was no need to mention them. In the future, family harmony and happiness were more important than anything else.
"Sister-in-law, let me ask you..." Ye Caiping thought for a moment before speaking: "What do you think about Xiuxiu and Yonger's matter?"
Mrs. Du's smile froze for a moment, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Humph, I will never become a relative of a man named Hu."
"Speak from the heart."
Mrs. Du choked and was very upset: "I don't want to marry into the Hu family, but I don't want Yong'er to suffer emotionally..."
She is very conflicted now. She doesn't know what to do, and she doesn't know what is the right decision.
"That means, no matter what the outcome is, you will accept it?" Ye Caiping said.
Mrs. Du choked, but finally nodded: "Let it be!"
Having said that, he didn't want to talk anymore and turned and went into the house.
Early the next morning.
Ye Caiping came to Zhao Tieniu's house carrying a small bowl of spicy soup.
"Hey, Caiping, come in quickly!" Tieniu's wife was hanging clothes in the yard. When she saw someone, she pulled her into the house and asked, "How are your Xuan'er and Peng'er?"
"I went into the mountains to look for Master Qian yesterday and moved there in the evening. It was all thanks to your family going into the mountains that we were able to find such a good master. This is the spicy soup that I just made this morning. I'll bring it to you, my sister-in-law, to try." Ye Caiping put the spicy soup on the table.
Tie Niu's wife said happily: "This...Haha, sister, don't blame me for being rough, I have wanted to taste it for a long time, I won't say polite words, just give it to me and I will take it. When his father comes back from the mountain, I will eat it for lunch."
Ye Caiping likes dealing with such cheerful people: "Please keep it!"
Tie Niu's wife brought the spicy soup to the kitchen and poured it into her own large bowl.
After washing the basin, he took it out and put it on the table.
Tie Niu's wife sat down and placed a bowl of sun-dried melon seeds on the coffee table between them: "Sister, you are here... not just to deliver spicy soup, right?"
"Yeah." Ye Caiping grabbed a handful of melon seeds and moved closer to her: "The people living in your back room, are they the Hu family?"
"Yes, it's Xiuxiu's brother and sister and Xiuxiu's mother. You can ask them about them..." Tieniu's wife looked gossipy and lowered her voice: "Do you want to propose marriage to Ye Yong?"
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