Chapter 46 Jin Cheng was stimulated

Xu Wan smiled and said, "It's so easy to regain your confidence. I hope your strength can catch up with your confidence soon."

After saying that, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on, kid."

Zong Jincheng stood there with his fists clenched.

To him, the encouragement sounded like an insult.

He recalled Qin Ye's arrogance before he left, and it was as if a fire was ignited in his chest, burning him whole body!

"Isn't it just the first place? I will snatch it back from him and see!"

Zong Jincheng was aroused by his competitive spirit, and regardless of Zong Wenxiu's shouting at him, he ran out of the academy.

Zong Wenxiu chased him and asked, "Brother, where are you going?"

Zong Jincheng ran faster and faster with his head down.

It was as if a surge of strength suddenly surged into him, making his body more agile and powerful than before.

In the huge academy, the only sounds heard were his running and those words blown into the wind:

"Go home and read a book!"

The little devil's efforts were even more intense than Xu Wan expected.

She thought that this boy would continue to memorize everything by rote, using his amazing photographic memory to memorize all the knowledge.

But as soon as the boy got home, he asked Shunzi to find all the books that Qin Ye mentioned in his answers.

"Anatomy of History, Geography." Shunzi listened to him recite the book titles, and the more he recited, the more shocked he became. "Sir, is this really the answer given by Qin Ye? Even Xiu, at his age, has not learned these books."

Zong Jincheng gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Yes, this is what he answered!"

Shunzi is extremely knowledgeable, otherwise his grandmother would not have specially sent him to be by his side. But unexpectedly, even Shunzi thinks Qin Ye is stronger, which makes the little devil even more angry.

"This nasty boy, I can beat him down right away!"

Zong Jincheng snatched the book from Shunzi's hand and no longer had the patience to listen to him recite it sentence by sentence.

Watching the speed at which I memorize it, it’s even faster!

But Zong Jincheng started learning late after all, and his literacy was limited. When he read by himself, he often encountered unfamiliar words, and he would ask Shunzi from time to time how to pronounce this word or that word.

It was three days later when Xu Wan came to see him.

Before I even entered the door, I heard the little devil's voice of collapse and howling: "How do you pronounce this word?!"

Xu Wan smiled consciencelessly.

This kid finally got the taste of the bitter pill that comes with swallowing a whole banana.

If you don't have a solid foundation and always try to take shortcuts, subsequent learning will become increasingly difficult.

She walked into the room and said to Shunzi, who was running around anxiously, "What books will Jincheng read next? Please sort them out and annotate the pronunciation for him, so that when he reads them again, he will know the pronunciation of the words."

"Pinyin?" Shunzi asked.

Xu Wan hummed and said, "Many characters have the same pronunciation. Jin Cheng can read some simple characters. For those complex characters, you can annotate them according to the homophone."

She had always learned pinyin before learning to read, but there was no pinyin here. Xu Wan didn't want to appear abnormal, so she wanted to try the direct phonetic method instead.

Shunzi is smart and understands everything immediately.

He said excitedly: "Madam is really amazing. I will go and prepare it now!"

Zong Jincheng listened in a daze. It took him several seconds to realize the meaning of Zhuyin. He looked at Xu Wan with even more strange eyes.

How did this woman come up with this idea?

Is she really that smart?

Xu Wan saw his suspicious look and knew what was going on in his little head without asking, but she was not as easily inflated as Zong Jincheng, so she simply skipped the topic.

In the following time, with the help of Zhuyin, Zong Jincheng found it more convenient to study.

When Baili Xi came to the Marquis' Mansion to teach, he saw the amazing transformation of the little devil and almost wanted to give Xu Wanshu a thumbs up.

"You've been transformed, transformed!" He praised Xu Wan repeatedly.

Xu Wan looked at the little devil who was writing seriously in the study and asked Baili Xi, "Master, how long do you think it will take for Jin Cheng to catch up with Qin Ye's progress?"

She asked a very interesting question.

The question is not whether she can catch up, but when she can catch up. She is very confident in Zong Jincheng's learning ability.

Baili Xi glanced at her and replied with a smile: "It depends on how long he can hold on with this determination."

Xu Wan also laughed: "Master is still far-sighted. He is relying on this tone to keep him going. He will not stop until he surpasses Qin Ye."

Baili Xi shook her head and reminded him, "No, no."

"Hmm?" Xu Wan was puzzled.

Baili Xi pointed at him and said, "A lazy child can't hold on for long with just this kind of spirit. His laziness will gradually take over, and then Madam will have to worry again."

Xu Wan: “…”

It makes sense, but the truth is really hard to hear...

No wonder people don’t want to listen to good advice!

In the following time, Zong Jincheng continued to stay in the marquis's mansion to study. This time he did it voluntarily and would not go out even if anyone called him.

As for Xu Wan's promise to give him a monthly reward of fifty taels of silver, he had completely forgotten about it.

This time, the effort lasted for a whole month.

It's time for another monthly exam.

The two brothers of the Zong family had a top teacher like Baili Xi to teach them, so they didn't need to go to Qingbo Academy to study. Xu Wan had been paying their tuition fees for them in order to retain their degrees so that they could take part in all kinds of examinations in the academy and check their learning progress at all times.

Zong Jincheng studied hard for a month. During this month, he not only understood and recited hundreds of books, but also often asked Bai Lixi for advice on how to quote from classics and how to integrate the ideas of multiple books.

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Bailixi's sense of accomplishment instantly exploded. Every day when he came to the Marquis' Mansion to teach, he no longer had the sad face he had before, and he even wanted to come early.

Zong Wenxiu was also infected by his brother's hard work. He also got up an hour earlier than before to read, and his learning progress improved by leaps and bounds.

There are more students in Qingbo Academy today than usual.

When Zong Jincheng and Zong Wenxiu came over, they obviously felt that the road was a bit crowded. They didn't know what happened in the academy and were quite confused.

After asking other students, I found out: "Didn't you receive the notice? This monthly exam is a joint exam for four colleges, and the three most powerful academies in the capital are all participating!"

Zong Jincheng was never afraid of these things: "So what? We just need to beat him in the exam!"

Seeing how confident he was, the man twitched his lips and said, "But our school always ranks last in the four-school joint exam, and has never been higher than the second to last."

Zong Jincheng: “…”

Is the academy that Xu Wan found for him so bad?

Does she look down on him? !

Seeing that Zong Jincheng was about to get angry, Zong Wenxiu quickly asked, "Is the joint examination of the four colleges a tradition? Since you can't pass the exam every time, why do you still take the exam with them instead of choosing one or two slightly weaker colleges?"

"Because our dean really likes to take on difficult challenges."

Zong Wenxiu: “Ah?”

"The students of our Qingbo Academy have been suffering setbacks since they entered school, and have long given up fighting!"

"But it may not be the case this year. I heard that one of Qin Ye's students is particularly powerful. The dean has already made a big promise that he will rely on Qin Ye to fight a comeback for us!"