Chapter 1412 Registration (November Monthly Ticket Plus 8)
Zheng Gu watched as they walked from one end of the street to the other to register and couldn't help but ask Manbao, "Master, your family doesn't seem to be short of money. Why are you so anxious to get the Lixue brothers out to earn money?"
Manbao said: "Who said my family doesn't lack money?"
She said, "My family is short of money. My father said that when the weather is good and there is plenty of food and cloth, we should think about what to do if we encounter disasters and difficulties. We need to prepare more money to weather the storm."
She sighed and said, "When I was very young, my family was not short of money. But my fourth brother made a mistake and my family went bankrupt. Since then, I have felt that what my father said was absolutely right. People have to think about the future and can't just focus on eating and drinking in the present, otherwise they will definitely go bankrupt in the future."
Zheng Gu felt that what he said made sense, but he also felt that something seemed wrong.
Zhou Wulang, who was walking next to Manbao, heard this and remained silent.
Manbao's childhood memories have become increasingly vague. Some things are clearly imprinted in his mind, but most things are forgotten.
Until now, she still thinks that her family had a good life when she was a child. Only Zhou Wulang knows what happened.
He silently sympathized with his fourth brother in his heart, and together with Manbao, he took Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu to Songhe Academy to register.
Zhou Lixue and his friends were here yesterday, and the admissions officer at the academy still remembers them.
Because they had already roughly tested their lessons and knew that they had learned the basics, there was no need to start over, so they handed them a piece of paper and asked them to write down their names and places of origin.
The admission of students here was much more standardized than that of Qili Village. When they went to school, apart from paying a small tuition fee, they would only bring a piece of bacon or a basket of eggs to the teacher.
Here, you have to pay a deposit to register first, and then choose a date to take the exam. Only those who pass the exam can enter the college.
Manbao said to Zhou Wulang, "See? Even if we want to study, they may not accept us. So if they are capable of passing the exam, we have to support them. If they follow a good teacher and work hard, they will surely be able to advance faster than others."
Zhou Wulang nodded thoughtfully.
The teacher handed the list to Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu and said, "This is your exam list. Bring it to take the exam on the first day of February. Which class do you want to take the exam for?"
He took out another list and asked, "What books have you studied? Check them off so we can see which class you'll be taking the exam for."
Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu had only finished reading the enlightenment books. The teacher they invited to Qili Village was not as good as Mr. Zhuang. The biggest wish of the children in the village was either to take the examination for clerk in the county government or to be an accountant. After enlightenment, learning arithmetic was the most important thing.
This is what the teachers in the school have always taught.
So Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu took a look at the class divisions on the list and ticked the first-grade students. Then they looked at the classes A, B, C, and D and directly picked Class A and said, "Sir, we want to be in Class A."
They are not stupid, Class A is naturally the best class.
The teacher smiled and said, "Then you must work hard. The classes are divided according to your grades. The top 20 will go to Class A, the next top will go to Class B, and the next top will go to Class C."
Zhou Lixue understood the rest without him having to explain. The one with the lowest ranking would be admitted to Class D.
Of course, if you can't even reach the last place, you will most likely not pass the exam.
Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu had good grades when they were studying in the village. Although they were often naughty, especially Zhou Lixue, who was a student that gave the teacher a headache, they were indeed good at studying and were often praised.
What's more, even their aunt said that they were good at studying, so the two of them were full of confidence and assured their husband that they would definitely be admitted to Class A.
Zhou Wulang and Manbao were of course full of confidence in them.
Zheng Gu looked at it and couldn't help but look up at the plaque of Songhe Academy, thinking to himself: This is Songhe Academy.
Songhe Academy is not the best private school in the capital, but it is also well-known. Some of their brothers who did not want to study medicine but wanted to take the civil service examination had come to take the exam.
At present, it seems that I have only been admitted to one.
Seeing Zhou Man and the others so happy, as if they had already been admitted, Zheng Gu couldn't help but whisper to Manbao that it was not easy to get into Songhe Academy, and they'd better make more preparations, such as finding a few more academies as alternatives, so that if they didn't get into this one, they could go to other academies.
Manbao asked curiously, "Is it difficult to get into Songhe Academy?"
It’s not that difficult, it’s just not easy.
However, Zheng Gu nodded and said, "Master, would you like me to recommend a few academies to you?"
"No need," Manbao shook his head and turned to Zhou Lixue and the others, saying, "Did you hear that? The academy exam is not easy. There are still ten days left. When you get home, study hard. Ask the teacher if you don't understand something. When Bai Shan comes back, I'll ask him to give you some questions."
She said, "He can predict the topic, and his predictions are very accurate."
Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu responded solemnly.
Zheng Gu was stunned.
When they returned to the restaurant, Zhou Liulang and his friends had already cleaned up the table and were resting in the kitchen. They could rest for more than half an hour before preparing dinner.
Bai Shan and the others still had more than an hour before school was over.
With nothing to do, Manbao moved a small stool and sat at the door to bask in the sun, and asked Zheng Gu about his questions.
Manbao was very curious. "Haven't you studied medicine since you were a child? If you want to be a doctor, why don't you practice medicine?"
She thought that the shopkeeper Xiao Zheng just liked to prescribe medicine and charge for it, but it turned out that he also wanted to be a doctor.
Zheng Gu also moved a small stool and sat next to her. Hearing this, he touched his nose and said, "My father and Doctor Ding said that the prescription I prescribed has lost its effectiveness. This won't cause any problems in the short term, but over time, outsiders will probably think that I'm mediocre and can't approach dignitaries. It might even cause trouble."
He said, "This is not good for me and the reputation of the Zheng family, so let me temper my temper on the medicine cabinet and not rush to sit in the hall."
Manbao was young and inexperienced, so she asked in confusion, "What do you mean by a prescription has lost its spirituality? Can a prescription still have spirituality?"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Gu slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "Yeah, I don't understand either. Look, I've been looking at the prescriptions and getting medicine in the medicine cabinet for a year, and I still don't understand."
At this moment, he felt that Manbao was his confidant, and he complained bitterly, "If the shopkeeper wasn't my biological father and I wasn't his only son, I would have suspected that he had colluded with Doctor Ding and the others to deliberately suppress me."
Zheng Gu sighed and said, "Think about me, Zheng Gu. Although I'm not as good as my uncle, I've been well-known in the family for being a good student and a fast learner since I was a child. As a result, all the other cousins have taken up positions in the medical department, but I'm still stuck standing on the medicine cabinet to get medicine."
Manbao said, "I thought you liked to get medicine."
(End of this chapter)
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