Lin Shuang and his group arrived at Baihe Academy in a carriage.
They got off the carriage one by one.
"Master, do you remember me? My name is Lin Shuang, and I brought some children to meet the dean."
"I remember, I remember. The dean has greeted me. Please follow me."
Lin Shuang turned around and looked behind him, "Let's go."
Under the guidance of the old man, Lin Shuang and his group came to the place where they came yesterday and waited.
They waited for about an incense stick of time before the dean finally arrived.
"Dean, my husband and I have brought the children here."
"Mr. Xiao, Mrs. Xiao, please ask the children to come over."
"Go ahead, don't be afraid."
Several children mustered up the courage to step forward.
"You guys finish these papers, and I'll test your current level, because Madam Xiao said that you all know how to read and have learned some at home."
"Okay, Dean."
Xiao Ce directly picked up a few papers and gave them to them. The four children sat in different places.
The dean also had an examination paper in his hand, which was for the scholar category.
Xiao Ce, Xiao Jingyu, Shitou, and Qi Yan were writing quietly. Lin Shuang was standing by with three girls. Xiao Jingyu and the village chief came out to look at the Baihe Academy.
It took the four of them about half an hour to finish writing.
"Dean, I have finished answering the questions." Xiao Ce handed in his paper first.
The dean took it and looked at it. He thought the handwriting was neat and looked good. The next step was to see how Xiao Ce answered the questions.
His furrowed brows relaxed the more he looked at it, and he stroked his beard with satisfaction.
"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect you to have such a high level of literary talent at such a young age. You are truly a young person to be feared."
Several other children also handed in their papers one by one.
The dean was very satisfied with Xiao Ce and gave him an A.
Then he began to look at Xiao Jingyu's paper.
Not bad, but still a little worse than Xiao Ce. Qi Yan and Li Zhiyuan are about the same. I already have a rough idea in my mind.
"Mrs. Xiao, Xiao Ce is the best among these children, but I didn't realize his talent has already surpassed the test paper I just gave him. Now, I have a test paper for the scholar level. How about letting Xiao Ce take another one?"
The dean stroked his beard and his words were full of praise for Xiao Ce.
Lin Shuang was overjoyed. He knew Xiao Ce could definitely do it, but he had to ask Xiao Ce himself.
"Xiao Ce, what do you think?" Lin Shuang walked to Xiao Ce and touched his head.
"Stepmother, I want to give it a try and see how capable I am."
"Okay. Go ahead." Lin Shuang would support him no matter what decision he made.
Xiao Ce continued writing. This time it took longer because the difficulty was increased.
"Xiao Jingyu, Qi Yan, Li Zhiyuan, the three of you are about the same, but slightly inferior to Xiao Ce. However, you are still very outstanding. I hope you will work hard in the future. I have high hopes for you."
"Yes, Dean, we will definitely study hard."
Another half an hour passed and Xiao Ce had put down his brush.
"Dean, please look."
After the dean took it, he carefully reviewed it, annotated the mistakes, and also annotated the places where Xiao Ce had good ideas.
The dean looked at the paper in his hand and felt that Xiao Ce was truly a rare genius.
I felt very happy.
"Xiao Ce, the young are formidable. If you continue to perform as well as you do now, you might be able to win the championship."
"Thank you for the compliment, Dean. I don't deserve it."
"You should go directly to the scholar class. They are all scholars with high academic achievements. If you don't understand something, you can ask them for advice."
"Yes, Dean."
"You three should go to Class B."
"Thank you, Dean."
"Come, I'll take you there to see it. You'll have a special teacher to teach you."
Lin Shuang and his group followed behind.
The village chief's face was filled with shock. He didn't expect that Shitou could actually enter Class B, but this was not the place to show emotions, so the village chief had to secretly suppress his emotions.
The dean was speaking in the front, "There are five classes here, A, B, C, D, and the Scholar class. There are also some Juren in the Scholar class."
"There may be a big age gap between us, but we are all here to learn. If they bully you because they are older than you, just tell me directly. I will support you."
"You just went in, so it doesn't matter if you can't keep up."
After listening to the dean's words, Lin Shuang had a much better impression of him. What she feared most was violence in the academy, which could cause great harm to a child, whether verbally or physically.
"This is the scholar class." The dean pointed to the room in front where classes were being held.
The teacher who was teaching a class noticed someone coming. He turned around and saw the dean and a group of children coming over. He understood something.
He said to the scholars below, "Read the book on your own first."
"Dean, why are you here? Who are these people?"
"These people are here to send their children to school. This child, Xiao Ce, may be young, but he is quite knowledgeable.
I just tested a few of them. Here are the papers. Look, they even passed the scholar level test."
"So, I think if I let him come to you and you take him with you, I think he can go straight to the exam next year."
The teacher became suspicious. The child looked only about ten years old. How could he have the talent of a scholar? The youngest scholar was only 13 years old. Could he be a child prodigy?
After taking the paper from the dean and looking at it for a while, I was shocked. It was hard to believe that such an answer was written by a child who was only 10 years old.
"How old are you?" After reading the entire paper, Master Qi's hands trembled slightly.
"The student is 9 years old." Xiao Ce saluted.
"You're only 9 years old, you're truly a gifted scholar from heaven. Okay, I'll accept you as my student. I'll definitely teach you everything I've learned throughout my life."
"Thank you, Master."
"Come on, teacher, I'll take you in to meet your classmates." Teacher Qi was very happy. It was a great honor for him to have such a child prodigy as his student. He was only 9 years old. He would definitely be in the top 10 in the next exam next year.
Xiao Ce turned around and glanced at Xiao Yi and Lin Shuang.
There was longing in his eyes.
Lin Shuang smiled and said, "Go ahead."
Xiao Ce was satisfied and followed Master Qi directly.
The dean took the rest of the people to Class B.
Several children also met their teacher. He was different from what they had imagined. He was a gentle young man in his early twenties.
Lin Shuang felt that the young man in front of her, who was wearing a white robe embroidered with some green bamboos, with gentle eyebrows and clear eyes, was really eye-catching.
He is a different type from Xiao Yi. He gives the feeling of a gentleman who is as gentle as the spring breeze and as elegant as a young man.
Xiao Yi's cold face and tall stature give people an oppressive feeling, very much like the dark villain imagined by Lin Shuang.
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