Chapter 597 Targeting
Bai Jilang said he didn't know.
If you are bullied, just fight back. That's what he did in Qili Village. No one dared to go to his house to complain, let alone go to the government office.
But he also knew this place was different from Qili Village. He was just confused. "Would they really file a complaint with the government after such an embarrassing incident as being beaten?"
Manbao: "I will go anyway."
Bai Erlang curled his lips and said, "Villain."
Manbao slapped him and glared at him, "Say it again!"
Bai Erlang was furious. "If you hit someone now, I will also sue the government."
Manbao: "Villain!"
Manbao decided not to read with the little man, so he put away the "Book of Documents" and took a medical book to the yard to recite.
After finishing his studies at the provincial school, Bai Shanbao went straight home and did not stay in the school for long.
When he got home, he took out his textbook and complained, "The teachers just let us memorize the text first and didn't give any lectures. The Book of Documents is very difficult. I spent a long time reading it and could only understand two chapters. I don't know if they were correct or not. I did reread the Spring and Autumn Annals and learned a little bit."
Manbao also took out his textbook and said, "I have read the first chapter of the Book of Shangshu smoothly. I plan to memorize it tomorrow."
Bai Shanbao pulled her textbook over and corrected the sentences first before looking at her notes.
The two of them discussed while reading, asking questions about things they understood and not understanding. If either of them didn't understand or were unsure, they would write it down and plan to ask the teacher later.
Mr. Zhuang is at home and you can ask him for advice at any time.
At this moment, Bai Shanbao felt that it would be nice to study at home with Mr. Zhuang, and there was no need to go to the provincial school.
Thinking of this, Bai Shanbao wanted to go home even more. Every day in the provincial school, he either reviewed the lessons he had learned before or practiced calligraphy. He would preview the lessons in the remaining time and then go back to study with Manbao. He did not have to memorize the lessons as hard as other students.
Three days passed like this, and the provincial school gradually quieted down. The school officials gathered all the students together and read out the rules of the provincial school.
During class, students are not allowed to enter and leave the school at will, nor can they bring others in and out of the school at will. In the future, if relatives come to the school, they must register when entering and leaving.
If you want to go out during class time, you must obtain signatures from two or more teachers.
After the rules were read out, the entire provincial school began to enter the formal teaching mode.
Bai Shanbao's first lesson was "The Book of Documents". The teacher he learned from was an official whom he hated and who also hated him.
He taught much faster than Mr. Zhuang. In the first class, he read the text quickly. Even though he gave punctuation marks, he did not explain why the sentences were so broken, nor did he give students time to ask questions.
He said directly, "Now that the punctuation has been given, you must memorize this text by tomorrow. Tomorrow I will explain its meaning."
Bai Shanbao: ...
Mr. Zhuang always explained the meaning first before asking them to memorize it, but here in the provincial school it was just the opposite.
Fortunately, other teachers were not like this. For example, the teacher who taught "Spring and Autumn Annals" was like telling a story in his class. He had never heard Mr. Zhuang talk about some of these stories. So even though Bai Shan had already studied "Spring and Autumn Annals", he still enjoyed listening to his lectures when he studied it again.
Of course, at the end, the teacher of "Spring and Autumn Annals" also asked them to memorize the text, also before tomorrow.
On the first day of formal classes, Bai Shanbao received four assignments that required him to "memorize them by tomorrow." He said to Manbao with a look of relief, "Thank goodness we studied and memorized them in advance these three days, otherwise I wouldn't be able to memorize them tomorrow."
Manbao blinked and said, "Do you think the gentlemen will call on you to recite tomorrow?"
Bai Shanbao: "...There are twenty people in our class. I can't be that unlucky, right?"
"Who knows?"
Bai Shanbao was really unlucky. I don't know whether those teachers were simply interested in him or because of that academic official who always targeted him. Anyway, the first person who was called to stand up and recite in class was always Bai Shanbao.
Bai Shanbao was originally dispensable, but when his name was called for the third time, he couldn't help but feel a fire rising in his heart. Then he raised his chin with high morale and recited the textbook in a rhythmic manner.
Want to see his joke?
Dream about it in your next life.
Mr. Zhai, who taught them "Spring and Autumn Annals", squinted his eyes and looked at Bai Shan for a while, nodded, and motioned him to sit down.
The last class was taught by the academic officer in charge of their class. As soon as he entered, he said expressionlessly, "We're checking yesterday's assignment. Bai Shan, stand up and recite the article we taught you yesterday."
The remaining 19 students in Class C1 all turned their heads to look behind them, their faces filled with uncontrollable sympathy and gloating.
In fact, there were quite a few students who were called up, but at present, only Bai Shan was called up four times.
After all, it’s impossible for every teacher to randomly pick out the same student’s name every time, right?
Bai Shan stood up expressionlessly, closed the textbook in his hand, and then looked at the teacher and began to recite. He had only recited half of it when the teacher suddenly interrupted him and said, "Explain the sentence you just recited."
Bai Shan paused and recited the interpretation.
The school official frowned, but did not question it. He nodded his chin slightly and let him continue to carry it down.
Bai Shan was interrupted and was silent for a moment before continuing to recite.
I was interrupted twice by the teacher before I could memorize the text completely.
The school official said expressionlessly, "You've spent a whole day and a whole night reciting it haltingly. If you don't want to study seriously when you come to the provincial school, then leave as soon as possible and don't waste the imperial rice here."
Except for Bai Shan, the other students lowered their heads, feeling guilty. They were scolded like this, so wouldn't they be scolded to death when it was their turn?
When it was their turn, they were not scolded because the academic officer did not interrupt the recitation of the next students. Even if a student stuttered while reciting, he just frowned and said nothing.
Everyone finished studying the Book of Documents with great trepidation, and only breathed a sigh of relief after the school official had left. They immediately packed up their things and prepared to leave school.
"I'd better find a place to memorize the text. I think we'll have to do a spot check tomorrow."
Bai Shanbao put away his things with a sullen face, put them in the book basket, closed the basket with a snap, picked it up and left.
Wei Chen quickly picked up his book basket and chased after him, asking, "Wait a minute, Bai Da, did you offend the gentlemen?"
Bai Shanbao snorted coldly and quickened his pace.
"Hey, slow down. It's a big deal if you offend the master. You have to find a way to solve it, otherwise the master will target you every day... Hello, Mr. Zhai!" Wei Chen stopped in an emergency and looked at Zhai Yong with a flattering smile.
Mr. Zhai stroked his graying beard, nodded, and asked, "Wei Chen, I don't think I asked you to get up and recite today. How's your recitation of the Spring and Autumn Annals going?"
Wei Chen immediately turned around and slid away with his book basket in his arms. "Mr. Zhai, I've memorized it, but I think I should memorize it more thoroughly. I'm going to go memorize it now."
He gave Bai Shan a comforting look and whispered, "You'd better take care of yourself."
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