The Road to Dominance in All Worlds, Starting from Brother Qiang

And Catcher Li's status is the highest among these few people, so compared to other people, he only received a few taels of silver as a reward, but Catcher Li, the prefect of Hangzhou waved his hand, very generous He was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.

100 taels of silver is definitely not a small amount.

One must know that when Elder Shen bought the house where Murong Bai and the others live now, the total cost was less than 100 taels of silver.

This can be regarded as a small fortune for the Li family.

However, after Li Butou got so much money, he didn't think about buying some big things for his family. Instead, he immediately called his son Li Butou over, and mentioned to him that he had a relationship with him earlier. The thing I talked about—that is, the matter of sending Xu Xian to study with Sun Juren.

Li Butou asked Li Gongfu to take advantage of the good time of the New Year to seal a few taels of silver with red paper, and then cut two pieces of high-quality bacon and took them with him as a bundle, asking Sun Juren to accept Xu Xian as a disciple .

Of course, Sun Juren has real talent and learning. Although his character seems to be very different from the traditional Confucian gentleman, and he is a little bit greedy for money, but he has studied for many years. Wait a minute, even Juren, there are quite a few.

Therefore, for Sun Juren, when he chose to accept disciples, he naturally had such a bit of arrogance.

Li Gongfu brought Xu Xian with him. Facing Li Gongfu's request, Sun Juren also agreed to give Xu Xian a chance because of Li Butou's relationship with him in the early years and Li Gongfu's bundle of gifts.

He asked Xu Xian to answer a few questions on the spot. He wanted to take a look at Xu Xian's level of knowledge and use it as a reference to decide whether he should accept a child like Xu Xian to start.

However, Xu Xian was originally a dull character. Qian Laosan, who opened a private school, had commented on him long ago, saying that Xu Xian did not have any aura when he was studying, and he was by no means a child suitable for studying. And Wei's aura was frightened, and when he heard Sun Juren's question, he faltered, not knowing how to answer it.

In the end, his face turned red and he couldn't say anything, so Xu Xian could only lower his head in shame, and shrank behind his brother-in-law Li Gongfu, without making any more sound.

Undoubtedly, Xu Xian's performance not only made Li Gongfu very disappointed, but also made it absolutely impossible for Xu Xian to win the eyes of a famous teacher like Sun Juren.

But Li Gongfu brought a lot of bundles today, and Sun Juren ate only a bowl of rice from teaching.

If he accepts Xu Xian, he will not only get the money that Li Gongfu brought, but if he teaches Xu Xian something famous in the future, he can use it as a gimmick and make a big name for himself.

Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, Sun Juren was still willing to give Xu Xian another chance only for the money Li Gongfu brought.

He asked Xu Xian a simpler question, and said a sentence from the opening chapters of the Analects, and asked Xu Xian to talk about his understanding of this sentence.

But Xu Xian had lost his position a long time ago. At this moment, his heart was completely in a mess. How could he express his own opinions?

He still didn't know how to answer.

So, Sun Juren could only turn his eyes to Li Gongfu's face, he started talking, and looked at Li Gongfu with a wry smile.

Although Sun Juren didn't say anything, his actions at this time have clearly revealed what he was thinking.

He didn't really want to accept such a disciple as Xu Xian.

Because, if such an apprentice is really accepted, when he goes out to attend some literature and poetry meeting in the future, it is hard to guarantee that because of Xu Xian, he will not provoke jokes and ridicule from other scholars.

After all, for a teacher, the performance of the students he teaches can be said to be the face that the teacher cares most about.

"Mr. Sun..."

Li Gongfu saw that Sun Juren's complexion was not right, and hurriedly wanted to speak a few more words of persuasion.

He still has a few taels of silver hidden in his bosom, which was a reward given to Li Gongfu himself by the court a few days ago.

In order to make Xu Jiaorong happy, and also to make Xu Xian have a good future in the future.

Li Gongfu was ready to take out these few taels of silver, and use it from Sun Juren in exchange for Xu Xian's chance to study.

However, before Li Gongfu could make a move here, Sun Juren suddenly waved his hand and stopped his follow-up words.

"This child really doesn't have the aura to read."

Sun Juren was outspoken, and first said such a sentence to Li Gongfu in front of Xu Xian.

Seeing that Li Gongfu wanted to explain again, he waved his hand again, signaling Li Gongfu not to say too much, just listen to him.

Meeting Li Gongfu's expectant eyes, Sun Juren let out a long sigh, then spoke slowly, and said to Li Gongfu, "Today you brought this child here to learn from your teacher, after all, it was your father's request. In terms of friendship back then, it was not good to completely reject you."

"How about this."

Sun Juren looked at Li Gongfu, who was sitting opposite him, and Xu Xian, who was standing behind Li Gongfu with his head bowed. He then looked at the five taels of silver wrapped in red paper and the two pieces of bacon wrapped in red thread that were placed on the table.

Immediately, he pondered and said, "My teaching here has started since the tenth day of the junior high school. After tomorrow, you can let the children come over and listen to the lecture first."

"Wait for him to study for a month, let's see the effect, and then decide whether to let him come to apprentice, okay?"

"If the child really doesn't have any talent, at his current age, it is reasonable to find an apprentice as soon as possible to learn a craft..."

Sun Juren's words were really beautiful. Looking at the whole story, they were all thinking for Xu Xian.

Therefore, what he got in exchange was naturally Li Gongfu's gratitude.

The bundle of silver coins that Li Gongfu brought from his house naturally fell into Sun Juren's hands easily.

And the most important thing is, because Sun Juren has already said the ugly words before, so after waiting for a month, he will really find some reason to drive Xu Xian out of the school. What's wrong.

I've given him a chance, haven't I?

So, from the next day, Xu Xian went to study at the school run by Sun Juren.

But when he was studying with Qian Laosan, his classmates were all children from the neighborhood, and Xu Xian couldn't compare to them in study.

Now Sun Juren has many talented children here, so the gap between Xu Xian and the others immediately became apparent on the first day after entering school.

Chapter 1294 Children's troubles

Chapter 1294

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there was only half a day of classes in the school.