Chapter 115 Promised Competition
The students who were originally looking forward to meeting the president of Qiushi Academy had a drastic change of attitude when they heard that the president was a woman.
They clearly just said that if three people walk together, one of them will be my teacher.
But if this person is a woman, she is not worthy of being with them.
Gu Yuhe didn't expect things to turn out like this. That's not right, didn't they just praise the second sister for being so great?
Why are you saying she is immoral now?
He wanted to say something, but Zhang Chuyan pulled him aside.
Gu Yuhe was confused. But then Zhang Chuyan stepped forward. "My dear brothers, Heaven created mankind, and everything has its own rules. People are inherently inclined to virtue. Education and the pursuit of knowledge are human nature, and should not be limited by gender."
"It is important for women to support their husbands and raise children, but they also have the right to pursue learning and spread knowledge. Although our teacher is a woman, she is well-read and well-read, and is a rare talent. Brother, you have never met our teacher, and you don't know what her character is like. You criticize and accuse her just because she is a woman. This is not a gentleman's behavior!" Zhang Chuyan's voice was sonorous and powerful, and the meaning he expressed far exceeded what a seven-year-old child could express.
The line he just quoted, "Heaven created the people, and all things have their own rules. The people are inherently good, and they love virtue." It comes from the "Da Ya Zheng Min" section of the Book of Songs. It means that Heaven gave birth to all people and gave all things their own rules. Human nature is inherently good, and they value virtue, regardless of gender.
This surprised Gu Jiayue because her courses had not yet reached this point.
It turned out that this child was also working hard in a place she couldn't see. He really cherished the opportunity to study.
In an instant, countless heartaches surged into my heart.
They say children from poor families grow up early, but that's just because they're forced to do so. If given a choice, who wouldn't want a happy childhood?
Alas, it seems that she is still an incompetent teacher. She even forgot to provide psychological counseling to her students.
Those students didn't expect to be lectured by a seven-year-old child, and their faces looked a little ugly for a moment.
One of them was impulsive by nature, and he was able to hold back just now because what Gu Yuhe said about the dam flood control strategy was meaningful.
But now this child is talking nonsense. What's with the idea that women opening schools is a legitimate practice? That's sheer nonsense. For thousands of years, women's roles have been to bear children, carry on the family line, and support their husbands and raise their children. Spreading the teachings of the ancients is a man's job.
This woman actually dared to open a school in public despite the world's condemnation. She is simply shameless!
"Oh, that's nonsense!" The voice was not loud. After all, they were all students and would not shout at the top of their lungs like those street shrews.
But the contempt he wanted to express was beyond words. Add to that the disgust and contempt on her face, which was like seeing something dirty, and you can tell how much he despised Gu Jiayue, a woman, for running a school.
"A woman, after reading a few books on women's rules and precepts and being praised by the ladies in the harem, thinks she's a talented woman. If that's the case, then doesn't that mean anyone can establish a religion? It's simply grandstanding and makes no sense!"
After hearing this, Gu Yuhe couldn't help but feel angry.
This person is really incomprehensible. He was the one who asked who the master was, and he was also the one who told him and looked down on him.
What happened to the woman? Did she eat his rice?
What you just said means that Second Sister is not knowledgeable enough, right? Damn, if Second Sister uses her vast knowledge, she can beat this fool to death, right?
He wanted to refute, but he had learned little and could not say anything useful for the moment, so he could only look at Zhang Chuyan for help.
Gousheng, come on, let them know how powerful you are.
Zhang Chuyan was equally furious. The Master was like a second parent to him, and no one could insult him. "Sir, a gentleman is quick in action and cautious in speech. Your casual insult to a woman just now was truly disrespectful. I hope you will apologize for your behavior."
The young man looked Zhang Chuyan up and down, his eyes filled with mockery. "Heh, I don't know where you heard that, but you're showing off. Sure enough, a woman taught you that. You're as incoherent as a shrew."
Gu Yuhe turned to ask Sun Hai uncertainly, "Did he just call my second sister a shrew?"
Sun Hai clenched his small fists. "Yes!"
"How dare you scold my second sister? What qualifications do you have to scold my second sister? You are a shrew, and your whole family are shrews."
"So what if we're students of a female teacher? Weren't you born to a woman? Wasn't your mother, a woman, the one who taught you how to dress, eat, walk, and talk when you were little? If you look down on women like that, do you also look down on your mother, who works day and night for you? Your mother is truly unlucky to have given birth to a heartless thing like you!"
"You bastard, God is watching what you do. Your mother cooks three meals a day for you and keeps you warm, and yet you pick up the bowl to eat and then put it down to curse your mother. You're really a dung beetle wearing a mask - you're so shameless!"
Gu Yuhe is not very educated, so he cannot quote famous sayings like them.
But he has a mouth and is good at speaking, and there are two elders in his family who are very good at quarreling. Hasn't he seen a pig run before eating pork?
The student who opened his little mouth and kept talking had no chance to refute.
Gu Jiayue, who had originally planned to stand up and support them, suddenly felt that she was redundant.
Gu Yuhe's fighting ability was just top notch. No one could defeat him except her grandmother.
Didn’t you see that the fair faces of those students turned red little by little? Some of them even lowered their heads and dared not say anything.
"You little brat, you..." The red-faced scholar didn't expect that the child was so eloquent. Looking at her actions, she was just like those shrews in the alley.
He said that women are not fit to be teachers. Look at what a promising student has become.
It's really misleading.
"Brother Zhang, forget it, don't bother with the child. We have been out for a long time, let's go back first." Someone advised.
"Yes, yes. Whether other people's teachers are men or women has little to do with us."
"Brother Song's words make sense. If Brother Zhang continues to pester me, he will be in trouble."
Seeing the situation getting out of hand, the students quickly stepped in to try and mediate. They were the ones who were talking too much in the first place; talking about women behind their backs was certainly ungentlemanly, and the young man was right to scold them.
Zhang Honglian was still not satisfied at first, but when he saw that the person pulling him was Song Yu, he forced himself to calm down.
However, when he saw Gu Yuhe's provocative look, he still felt unfair. His eyes rolled, and he realized he had come up with a brilliant idea. "Since you think your teacher is so powerful, then let your teacher come out and compete with me! Let me see which shameless young lady is showing her face in public."
Gu Yuhe subconsciously looked in the direction of Gu Jiayue.
Gu Jiayue sighed again and decided to never leave Taohua Village again.
There were too many things, one after another, and she couldn't handle them all.
"Why? You don't dare? Could it be that your so-called female teacher is actually just a name with nothing to show for it?"
Seeing that Gu Yuhe was slow to answer, Zhang Honglian thought that he had touched the truth and couldn't help but mock him.
"No! Let's compete!"
Before Zhang Chuyan could stop him, Gu Yuhe had already agreed.
After he finished speaking, he realized what he had said and quickly turned to look at Gu Jiayue.
The second sister looked very unhappy.
But who made that red-faced man keep pressing on?
Gu Jiayue sighed. As expected, all disciples are like debts. She now fully understood why her students had always warned her not to introduce herself as their master when she went out.
But now that Gu Yuhe has said it, there is no reason to back down. Otherwise, those people will look down on their Qiushi Academy.
Besides, what those people said just now was indeed a bit too much. She originally thought it was just a quarrel between a few children and could just let it go, but these people were pushing her, and there was no reason for her to be a coward.
Thinking of this, she waved at Sun Hai, motioning him to come over.
Sun Hai was also frightened by Gu Yuhe. Brother Yuhe spoke too quickly and agreed without even asking the teacher. What if the teacher didn't want to fight?
So he was also looking at Gu Jiayue secretly, and when he saw Gu Jiayue signaling him, he hurried over.
Gu Jiayue whispered in his ear. A moment later, Sun Hai returned to his previous position.
He was slightly younger and hadn't spoken a word from the beginning, so his presence was extremely low. No one even noticed he had left.
No one would care even if he left. He was just a child who looked four or five years old. He might have left because he wanted to play.
Sun Hai repeated what Gu Jiayue had told him.
After hearing this, Gu Yuhe's eyes lit up, and there was even a hint of gloating in the look he gave Zhang Honglian.
"You were the one who suggested the competition, so how about I choose the venue now?"
Zhang Honglian didn't care. "I'll let you decide."
"Three days from now, my teacher will be waiting for your teacher at Qiushi College in Taohua Village, Annan County."
"Okay! I will definitely be there on time and show your teacher that there are always people better than you." Zhang Honglian didn't hesitate, but after saying it, she realized something was wrong. "No, why would we bring my teacher to our competition?"
"Heh, with your limited skills, you're not even worthy of my master's attack. Since I can fight on my master's behalf, then so can you. What's the matter? Are you scared? Or is your master just a fame-seeker? You don't dare to compete with my master?"
Zhang Honglian was getting anxious again. "Nonsense! My master is a distinguished scholar, how could he be inferior to a woman?"
"Oh, in that case, I'll be waiting for you. If your teacher hasn't arrived by then, then your Wutong Academy will be considered the loser of this competition."
"Oh, I wonder what the people of Juzhou will think of Wutong Academy then? Will they say it's not as good as an unknown rural school? Hahahaha..."
Gu Yuhe laughed arrogantly, like the villain in a book.
Zhang Chuyan felt that if he stayed any longer, he would probably be beaten by this student who was easily excited and blushed.
Seeing that Gu Jiayue had already left with the others, Zhang Chuyan hurriedly said, "Remember, three days from now at 3:30 pm in Taohua Village, Annan County, our teacher will be waiting for your teacher at Qiushi Academy."
After saying that, he pulled Gu Yuhe and Sun Hai away quickly.
"Brother Zhang, the teacher will beat you to death." The other students who witnessed the whole process looked at this classmate with indescribable expressions.
Alas, this classmate is easily excited on weekdays. Once excited, he is easily led by others and does some things that are incomprehensible to others.
Just now, they had been trying to persuade him, but he seemed to be unwilling to listen and insisted on arguing with the child.
Now, the teacher has been implicated as well.
If the teacher knew the reason, this classmate would probably be in trouble.
The students downstairs didn't notice that all of this was seen by the people in the private room on the second floor.
There weren't many people in this private room. Apart from the waiter, there were only four or five others sitting there drinking tea.
One of the older students winked at the old man across from him. "Brother Du, your students are really good. They even know how to make you, their teacher, famous! Haha."
Hey, isn’t it a coincidence that this man is actually the teacher of those students downstairs—Du Jiangtong, a juren in the sixth year of Jianyuan, and now the teacher of Wutong College.
Master Du was so angry that he wanted to rush down and teach those ignorant brats a lesson.
How did he usually teach them? To be polite and modest. Now, not only did he openly say that women were inferior to men in foot binding, but he even dared to drag him into a competition for no reason.
What a fool who's been blinded by greed! He's a scholar who's almost forty years old and he's arguing with a woman. Doesn't he have any dignity?
"You're joking, Headmaster. It's not a competition I agreed to. I won't go then."
The man addressed as the headmaster was taken aback. He hadn't expected Du Jiangtong to act so dishonestly. "Aren't you afraid they'll spread this story to the world?"
Master Du sipped his tea leisurely. "Look at what the dean said. My students didn't mention my name just now, so if they want to talk about it, they must be talking about Wutong Academy. What does it have to do with me, Du Jiangtong?"
Everyone present looked surprised.
I have never seen such a shameless person!
The young man, who had been silent to the side, only turned his gaze away when he saw the green figure disappear around the corner of the teahouse. "Do you think the governance strategy that kid just mentioned is likely to work?"
"I think what you said makes sense. Perhaps we should give it a try?" Shanzhang Min was also quite interested in the management method Gu Yuhe had just mentioned. Although it was simple, after careful consideration, he found that there were many advantages. If this method was applied to the management of the Yellow River, it might be effective.
The young man played with his teacup, looking at Master Du with an ambiguous expression. "Qiushi Academy in Taohua Village, Annan County? It's not impossible to visit."
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