Chapter 577 Experience
"First, he's young. He's only twelve this year. It's okay for a young man to be a little arrogant. What's important is that he has talent. Second, he's from the Guannei Road." Lan Cheng said, "In the past two years, the Guannei Road took advantage of the floods in Yizhou and snatched away many of our talented talents."
Mr. Zhuang said expressionlessly, "In the final analysis, someone must have chilled their hearts. Otherwise, who would be willing to leave their hometown to study?"
Lan Cheng lowered his red eyes, suppressed his thoughts and said, "We are just a group of poor teachers, what can we do?"
Mr. Zhuang didn't say anything.
"Anyway," Lan Cheng suppressed all his thoughts and said with a smile, "His selection was fair and square, don't worry."
Mr. Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "That's good."
Lan Cheng smiled and said, "I see that your disciple is quite arrogant. You should teach him a lesson and tell him to be more low-key when he enters the prefectural academy. He should not cause dissatisfaction among other students or displeasure from the academic officials."
Mr. Zhuang smiled faintly and said, "I don't think he's arrogant, but confident, which is quite good."
Lan Cheng shook his head. "You used to be so humble, how come you've picked up those three disciples' bad habits?"
Mr. Zhuang didn't say anything.
Lan Cheng stopped trying to persuade him, because after thinking about it carefully, he felt that Mr. Zhuang was doing well the way he was now.
Mr. Zhuang simply invited him to have dinner at Ganxianglou.
Lan Cheng thought for a moment and shook his head, "Forget it. Although I didn't take the papers, I did select them. Now that the results have just been announced, we should not eat or drink, so as to avoid misunderstandings from those who have ulterior motives."
He said, "Perhaps it's because we relaxed the requirements for the exams in the past two years. So many people took the exam this year. The questions we came up with were pretty much the same as in previous years, but then some big shot came along and changed the last two big questions."
Lan Cheng said, "With this change, we don't have to worry about who to choose and who not to choose, but it has also hit many students hard. Bai Shan is the youngest among them, and when the ranking was decided before, some academic officials questioned it, so we should keep a low profile recently."
Mr. Zhuang had no problem at all and nodded in agreement, but he still couldn't help asking, "From what you said, someone's paper was better than Bai Shan's, but was left behind?"
"Not really. Although there's no first place in literature, and everyone has their own opinions, overall, no one who failed the exam was better than him. In fact, in my opinion, his ranking could have been slightly higher," Lan Cheng said, "but you also know that the provincial school exams don't cover names, and there are some favors..."
Mr. Zhuang understood immediately. He waved his hand and said, "Then there's no need to worry. My Bai Shan's abilities are there. What is there to be afraid of?"
Having said that, Mr. Zhuang, who had returned home, still specifically called Bai Shanbao to his study and said, "The prefectural school is a large academy with many students from complex backgrounds. It's different from studying here with me, so you have to be careful, understand?"
Bai Shanbao thought for a moment and asked, "Is there a factional struggle, a fight between good and poor students?"
Mr. Zhuang blinked. "You know?"
"Of course I know." Not only did he know, he had also participated in it. Before studying with Mr. Zhuang, he studied in his own clan school for nearly a year. What had he not experienced at that time?
Mr. Zhuang probably thought of his previous experience. He rubbed his forehead and said, "It's different from that."
In his opinion, the fights between little kids and the fights in the provincial school were nothing compared to each other and were not worth mentioning.
He said, "Although we have no power or connections in Yizhou, don't be timid once you enter the provincial academy. When you are timid, you lose your courage. When you lose your courage, others will want to bully you even more."
Mr. Zhuang has experienced this personally, but unfortunately he did not know this truth when he was young. By the time he realized this truth, it was too late for him to make changes.
So he could only teach his disciple at this moment, "You are very good now, but in the prefectural school, don't argue with others, and don't fight with others."
Mr. Zhuang paused and said, "Even if you want to fight, you must not start it yourself, understand?"
Bai Shanbao nodded repeatedly. He understood this point very well. "I know that the person who starts the fight is wrong, and you can't fight with a girl."
Mr. Zhuang: "...Do you think all women in the world are treasures? Don't worry, no girl in the prefectural school will fight with you."
As a student who had studied in the provincial school for many years, Mr. Zhuang knew too well what the school's study rules were, and he knew even more about the unspoken rules.
Of course, he did not teach his disciple everything at once at this time, but only reminded him of some things he needed to pay attention to. Some problems would naturally arise when they arose.
Moreover, everyone has a different path to take. Some things are only interesting to recall later after experiencing them.
Bai Shanbao, who knew nothing about it, felt that he had received a lot of advice from the teacher and was very moved. He turned around and went to play with Manbao, Bai Erlang and others.
When his two friends asked him about it, he said, "I feel that the provincial school is a den of dragons and tigers. The teacher is very worried about me."
Bai Erlang said, "Isn't the prefectural academy a place for studying? There won't be any fighting, will there? You've always been a good student, so there won't be any problem."
Manbao looked at him with disdain and said, "Our school is also a place for study, but you ended up fighting?"
"You hit it too, Bai Shan hit it too."
"So the idea that there won't be fights in a place of study is a misconception," Man Bao said. "There are so many students in the prefectural academy. If a fight breaks out, it will probably be even more intense. So, Second Junior Brother, when you go to the prefectural academy, you must quickly make friends with like-minded people so that you can fight together."
Bai Shanbao said, "If I really can't beat you, won't I run away?"
"Yes, go find the teacher at the prefectural school. They definitely won't dare to fight in front of the teacher," Manbao said. "We'll help you after you get out."
Daji listened to their discussion in silence. They were thinking about fighting before even starting school. What was going on?
Bai Shanbao's admission was beyond everyone's expectations, including the Bai family in Qili Village.
So Daji went out that day, both to deliver the letter back and to mail the letter that the young master wrote to the old lady.
Manbao also talked to Zhou Silang, who had just returned from making a reservation, and said, "Fourth brother, Shanbao has been admitted to the provincial school, so I will stay in Yizhou to study with the teacher."
Zhou Silang obviously hadn't thought about this question. He sighed, "Ah," and the first thing he asked was, "How much will it cost? Is there any money coming in or out? Do I need to go back and ask Dad for money?"
Manbao thought for a moment and shook his head, "Who said we didn't get in? Our farm is still here. We'll have money after the summer and autumn harvests. But you, Fourth Brother, you can't make any money here."
Zhou Silang stroked his chin and said thoughtfully, "It's not impossible to make money."
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