Chapter 10
Chapter 10
"Have you heard? The first place this time is Ji Yuan!"
"Ah? Are you sure? How long has he been learning?"
"That's right. I heard from An Dahai's mother. My family scolded me a lot, saying that Ji Yuan could learn it so quickly, but why couldn't I?"
"What about An Xiaohe?"
"He's number two. I didn't expect someone could take his number one spot."
February 11th.
Private school continues as usual.
Ji Yuan also got up early and helped Mrs. An prepare fodder, cleaned the stables, and finally led the two cows of the An family out.
When he took Xiao Huang to feed on milk before, he was already very familiar with these two cows, so it was easy to lead them out.
It’s just that they were calves before, but now they have grown into two big cows, and they look more like cowherds.
Ji Yuan ignored the gazes of others, but Ji Li looked at him with a different look today.
Never mind, just focus on the class.
When everyone in the private school saw him, they couldn't help but look at Ji Yuan again.
There are also people secretly watching An Xiaohe.
The most outstanding student in the private school used to be An Xiaohe. But now, since the beginning of the new era, he has become a completely different person.
An Xiaohe lowered his head.
He knew the results yesterday.
Every time there was an exam, big or small, my mother would ask my sister to go to Master Zhao early to ask for the results.
He has been first every time since he entered school two years ago.
His grandparents would praise him.
But yesterday was different.
Ji Yuan was better than him in his first exam.
As a result, he was scolded by his mother.
He also mentioned the county school, wondering whether his grandparents would still give him money.
An Xiaohe looked at Ji Yuan outside the window with unspeakable anger in his eyes.
But Ji Yuan outside the window seemed unaware that everyone in the private school was looking at him, and continued writing.
"The Master is here!"
The private school was instantly quiet. Master Zhao came over with yesterday's test paper, looked at everyone, then looked at the Ji Yuan outside, stroked his beard and said, "Yesterday's results are out."
Master Zhao directly informed everyone of their results.
It is divided into three categories: A, B, C and D.
Bing and Ding failed and need to copy books as punishment.
There are fourteen students in the private school, fifteen including Ji Yuan.
However, only three students got A and B grades.
Ji Yuan was ranked A, while An Xiaohe and another student were ranked B.
It’s not that the latter is bad, but that the era is too good.
Except for this handwritten T.
Mr. Zhao finished speaking as usual, but did not start the class directly. Instead, he talked about another matter.
"I think some families have heard about it." Master Zhao just started to speak.
An Changsun then continued, "My grandfather said two days ago that our county school is recruiting people!"
County school recruiting! ?
After the incident, An Changsun dared not say anything more. Master Zhao continued, "The local county school will hold an exam in October this year, and will organize outstanding students from more than 20 villages and towns to go to the county seat for the exam."
"Among these students, we will select the best twenty to be admitted."
This was the first time Ji Yuan heard the news and his eyes were filled with surprise.
County school?
He vaguely knew that there was a county school in the county town, and thought that only students from the county town could go there.
I didn’t expect that students from the villages below could also be admitted.
Ji Yuan was still wondering whether the county school was good or bad when he heard Master Zhao say, "Those who pass the county exam may be exempted from board and lodging and study miscellaneous courses."
Ji Yuan, who was originally debating whether to take the exam, suddenly brightened up.
Or can I get free board, lodging and tuition?!
This, isn't this exactly what he lacks.
Master Zhao looked at him and added, "It depends on how the county magistrate arranges it. These are just my guesses."
Master Zhao is not the kind of person who talks nonsense, so I think there must be some basis for what he said.
Ji Yuan couldn't help but be moved.
Saving money is of course good.
Master Zhao continued, "There are only fifteen students in the private school of Anji Village for this exam. You can select two people to register for the exam."
"There will be eight major exams starting from this month until the end of September. Those who perform well in the exams will be eligible."
"If I can pass the exam, it will be a step forward. There are also scholars in the county school who can help me improve my studies."
"There are rarely extra places available in county schools, so you must seize this opportunity."
Epoch compiled this information.
Being admitted to the county school has little to do with the imperial examination.
But it is roughly equivalent to the nearby primary and junior high schools that usually do not recruit students suddenly opening for enrollment!
Just think about how modern parents buy school districts and use connections to get their children into key schools, and you will know how difficult it is to get into a prestigious school.
A good school means good teachers and good resources.
It also represents the hope of further study.
But getting into a prestigious school is not something you can do just like that.
If the county school is equivalent to a key primary school.
Then these private schools are equivalent to kindergartens.
The kindergarten students want to go to the key primary school in the county.
You also have to take the kindergarten’s own exam and rank in the top two to be eligible to take the exam for key primary schools.
The question is, how many "kindergartens" like theirs are there in the entire Zhengrong County?
Just as Ji Yuan was about to ask, a student spoke up, "Teacher, how many people have signed up this time? Are you only going to select twenty people in total?"
Master Zhao replied, "Village Chief An asked around, and there are more than 20 villages under Zhengrong County. Together with the students from the county, there are about 300 students who have signed up."
How many? !
More than three hundred people?!
Even Ji Yuan was shocked by the number of people.
Select the top twenty out of three hundred.
"This is too difficult." An Dahai was shocked. "First, we have to be the top two in our private school, and then compete with the other two or three hundred people for a place."
An Xiaohe looked at him and wanted to say, what does this have to do with you, but he still looked at Ji Yuan.
In the entire private school, only he and Ji Yuan were qualified to take the exam.
But he and Ji Yuan are still competitors.
Out of three hundred people, only the top twenty will be selected.
An Xiaohe was extremely nervous.
Ji Yuan was also surprised by such data.
But then I thought, I have experienced the college entrance examination, it is even more like a huge army crossing a single-plank bridge.
If you are afraid of this, won’t future exams be more difficult?
Even if you fail the exam, you can still accumulate experience for the next exam.
Therefore, Ji Yuan calmed down quickly.
Everything else is easy to deal with, but he needs to practice his handwriting well.
The private school was noisy, and many students had given up the idea of going to the county school.
Ji Li and An Changsun are the ones.
Anyway, they couldn't even pass the exams against those in the private school, and today they were punished to copy books.
Who knew that the Ji Yuan they hated the most would speak up. This was the first time he asked a question: "Master, what is the scope of this exam?"
Highlight the key points!
He should at least know what subjects to take the exam on.
Master Zhao said solemnly: "I will read the contents of The Great Learning and The Analects, as well as some poems."
ah? !
But haven’t they just started learning “The University”?
No wonder Master Zhao has been working at a rapid pace recently and has been quite strict with his students.
It seems that the additional enrollment in the county school was indeed a sudden event.
And it is not aimed at children like them, but at people who have some basic knowledge.
Giving them the quota is probably to give them some exercise.
Ji Yuan understood the intention, but also knew that it was a bit far away from him.
But the thought of getting into the county school, where he might get free board, lodging and tuition, made him shamefully tempted.
Every bit you save counts.
To get free tuition!
Need to work harder!
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