Since the small class of ten people started at the beginning of this month, the atmosphere in the school has improved a lot.
Everyone knows that there is a huge difference between Juren and Gongshi. Over the years, the number of Juren taking the Gongshi exam in Lin'an Academy has indeed decreased.
This teaching opportunity was rare, and everyone was secretly competing with each other. Master Lin also specially invited a fellow Jinshi to come and teach several people.
It is said that there is a big watershed between Juren and Gongshi. Some people in their 80s also try hard to become Gongshi and insist on preparing for the exam every year.
Even Master Lin is the same. He himself is still just a juren. He has been preparing for the exam for many years but has failed. He ended up working as a teacher in a academy and now places his hopes on his son.
After all, taking part in the examination is very expensive, and one family cannot afford to send two people to Beijing to take the exam.
In the past month, Zhao Xiuyong often came to Ji Yu from time to time. After the class division, Zhao Xiuyong felt that Ji Yu was a good person, and seemed to be getting closer to Ji Yu, often calling him brother in the name of asking for advice.
Ji Yu did not refuse. If Zhao Xiuyong came to ask for advice, he would answer truthfully. However, when the teacher asked questions in class, Ji Yu would still respond sharply and embarrass him.
Especially when Zhao Xiuyong asked about some difficult questions about solving problems, argumentation, and evidence, Ji Yu was able to give different suggestions, which was very useful to Zhao Xiuyong. As a result, the relationship between the two of them seemed to be very close.
Of course, this is just Zhao Xiuyong's unilateral opinion. Every time he came to ask about the article, Ji Yu was almost annoyed to death.
I thought to myself, if I wasn't counting on you to praise me in front of Gu Qingqing, I wouldn't even bother to talk to you. On the other hand, Ji Yu wanted to find an excuse to get close to Zhao Xiuyong so that he could easily see through Zhao Xiuyong's every move at any time and create some trouble for him from time to time if he had the chance.
Another month has passed quickly, and the weather is gradually turning into winter. Today is the last class at the end of October, so we will have a month off after the baseline test.
"Junior Brother Ji. Let's go together!" Zhao Xiuyong greeted Ji Yu enthusiastically.
Ji Yu also nodded, and the two walked side by side towards the college entrance.
On the way, Zhao Xiuyong opened his mouth first and complimented him, "Brother Ji will definitely top the list in this small test."
"Thank you for the compliment. Brother Lin and Brother Li write eight-legged essays better than me, and Brother Zhao's economic studies are also remarkable. I may not be the first this time. What's more, what's the point of competing for the first place in the academy. If I have to do something, I'll do it in next year's imperial examination." Ji Yu also echoed his words.
"Of course! I hope you and I can pass the imperial examination and become the emperor's disciples." Zhao Xiuyong became more and more excited when he said this, and he started to brag.
Ji Yu thought it was pointless to continue talking, and just then he reached the entrance of the academy, so he quickly said goodbye to him, "Brother Zhao, I have to wait for someone today. Why don't you go back first?"
Zhao Xiuyong looked at the sky, which was already covered with dark clouds. He advised, "It's already dark, it's bound to rain soon. Maybe it'll be a heavy rain. Who are you waiting for if you don't go home?"
Ji Yu thought, waiting to send a letter to your fiancée, but he still pretended to smile and said, "Waiting for a very important person. I will definitely wait for him today."
"Okay then! I'll go back first. You should pay attention to the wind and rain and go back quickly!" Zhao Xiuyong reminded.
Ji Yu watched him leave and thought to herself, although Zhao Xiuyong was a bad person, he was not completely bad. He simply did not respect women and objectified them.
In the mind of a man like him, women are just tools for him to climb up step by step.
Ji Yu sighed again, but in this era, isn't this the fate of all women? There are definitely more than one person like Zhao Xiuyong.
But what he could do was only a little bit. After all, the only person he could save was Gu Qingqing.
But she is not the only woman with a similar fate.
After all, life in this world is always more difficult for women.
Ji Yu squatted at the gate of the academy for a long, long time, so long that it started to rain heavily, but he was still squatting under the eaves of the academy.
On the other side, it started to rain heavily as soon as Zhao Xiuyong arrived at Gu's house. Perhaps it was the last rain before winter, and it was much heavier than usual.
"You're back." Gu Qingqing handed dry clothes and towels to Zhao Xiuyong. If her father hadn't asked her to come and show her courtesy to Zhao Xiuyong, she wouldn't have bothered to come!
"It is indeed big. I wonder if Junior Brother Ji is still waiting for someone at the college gate." Zhao Xiuyong took the thing and muttered softly.
Although Zhao Xiuyong's voice was very low, Gu Qingqing had sharp ears and immediately caught the key point of the sentence.
She pretended to ask casually, "When did you have a friend named Ji?"
Zhao Xiuyong explained impatiently, "A girl is really a girl. I just told you about it when we had dinner last month, but you forgot. It's Ji Xiaoshengtong. He and I have been getting along pretty well this month. I had asked him to come back with me just now, but he said he wanted to wait for someone at the door."
"Looking at his expression, he probably won't leave until he gets there. Although he's smart, he's a bit stubborn." Zhao Xiuyong said as he shook his head, picked up his clothes and walked out, completely unaware of Gu Qingqing's expression behind him.
Gu Qingqing walked back to the room in a daze.
"Xiao Tao, it's raining so hard outside, no one would be waiting foolishly for someone who won't come, right?" Gu Qingqing asked absentmindedly.
Xiao Tao saw the expression on his lady's face and what she just said. She quickly guessed who the lady was talking about, and she quickly replied, "Miss, if it was someone else, maybe not. But that person is Ji Shentong, so it's hard to say. After all, the brains of smart people are different from those of normal people."
After hearing her words, Gu Qingqing became more and more absent-minded.
"Miss, it's cold today. It will definitely get colder as time goes by! How about we buy some medicine to prevent colds in advance?" Xiao Tao suggested.
She actually saw that the young lady wanted to go out, but was conflicted, so she made this suggestion. After all, who would go out to buy cold medicine in the rain? There was no one at home who needed the medicine urgently.
"Okay." Gu Qingqing agreed readily. She quickly asked someone to prepare the car at the side door, and she walked into the wind and rain with an umbrella.
"Miss, please slow down. Let Xiaotao hold the umbrella for you." Xiaotao said as she chased after Gu Qingqing.
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