Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

On the open-air examination field, the children anxiously scratched their heads and recalled what they had just learned.

At home, their parents told them one by one that they must work hard to pass the exam. If they fail the exam, they will be spanked at home, and they will not have a good life in the future. Hoe digging Bharara's...

The young masters of the merchant's family are similar, except that they are threatened and told by their parents differently.

But no matter how hard you work, learning still depends on your aptitude and talent. I didn’t find it difficult when I was listening to the class just now. I just followed the reading and writing, and the catchy rhythm was used as a nursery rhyme.

But how do you read it? Most people can sing it, ah no, they can read it, but writing it is difficult for a large group of people.

In a short period of time, adults may not be able to memorize all 26 pinyin letters. It is even more difficult for children who are in contact with them for the first time. Some children who are not mentally motivated forget faster when they get anxious, and finally cry.

After class, Lin Ze didn't speak again from the beginning to the end, silently watching the reactions of the children in the field.

He didn't ask these children to memorize all the content he said at once, it is absolutely impossible, this is just a test of character.

Unfortunately, before the lecture, he observed many children who performed fairly well. At this moment, a large part of them could not bear the pressure and failed. Their hearts were too weak and not tenacious enough.

Two quarters of an hour later, the dictation test began.

Just as Lin Ze expected, most of the people were directly eliminated in this level. Many children are not stupid, but they are too weak, so they perform abnormally.

This kind of thing is not talking about children, even adults are the same, because there are too many people who fail in the examination room because their psychological quality is not enough.

In the end, less than 100 of the more than 30 children passed the test, including 14 children from merchants and 15 children from farmers.

It seems that although ancient and modern knowledge has impact, these merchants are still young and have a strong ability to accept. They have developed a habit of absorbing knowledge since they were enlightened. This is the advantage of a good background, and there is no way to change it.

"Students who passed the exam include Wang Dabao, Zhao Erlen, Liao Goudan..."

As Lin Ze announced the list of qualified students, the expressions of the surrounding families varied.

Some people are happy and some are disappointed and regretful. The child who is selected is naturally excited and proud, and has a face full of face, but if he is not selected, it is just a little disappointed and regretful. After all, the exam is so strict, and there are many children who are eliminated. Failure is not ashamed .

But for the children, this was a very big blow. Many children who were not selected were so wronged that they cried again.

They don't know what failure is, but before they came, their parents said a lot of bad things that they couldn't choose, thinking about going home without new clothes to wear, and without good food to eat, they naturally felt very uncomfortable.

There are also some who are familiar with qualified children, and they have a feeling of "Why am I so stupid, why can't I be selected by the little xx, am I stupid than the little xx?" "Self-doubt...

Lin Ze couldn't be soft-hearted about this, but he couldn't let these children feel shadowed by this small failure.

So after reporting the results, looking at a group of crying children, he gave encouragement within his ability, and said a lot of words of comfort and affirmation.

In ancient times, most people at the bottom were illiterate. Parents taught their children that they could only use violence if they couldn't tell the truth.

So every time these children make a mistake, what they face is a beating. After the beating, the parents don't give comfort. Maybe they can kick them again to the corner and reflect on themselves. Everyone has already prepared for today's failure. Mental preparation for punishment.

In the end, Lin Ze comforted and encouraged them, saying that they are all very smart children. It doesn’t matter if they didn’t pass the test. They are very smart if they can learn so much. They are even smarter than Mr. Lin when he was a child!

Him, are they really smart? ? ? ? ?

The eyes of the children who had never heard words of encouragement widened. Lin Ze's random words of encouragement and comfort to the students made their little hearts thump, and their little faces flushed.

Lin Ze also put a high hat on these children very hard,

"Yes, you are the smartest children I have ever seen. Do you know how long it took Mr. Lin to learn the pinyin? It took half a month to memorize them. You can memorize so many truths in such a short time. It's very powerful..."

"You are no worse than qualified classmates, but they work harder. It doesn't matter if you fail. From now on, sir, there will be four days of free classes every month. Then you can ask your parents to send you to listen, but remember, when you arrive It's time to work harder, because you didn't work hard enough today and you were taken ahead by other children."

Hearing some kind words made a group of children who had never been praised before blushed, feeling a little excited.

At home, even their parents say they are stupid and naughty, but the husband says they are very smart, he is learned, and he is right when he speaks, so they are indeed very powerful children!Not being selected is just not working hard enough, and I will correct it later.

The bolder children were even more excited and couldn't help asking aloud, children's words are unscrupulous,

"Lin, Mr. Lin, it really took you more than half a month to learn this kind of thing before, are you really that stupid?"

Someone who lifts a rock and hits himself in the foot: ... child, the teacher is just talking!

"Yes, sir was stupid before, but he worked hard, so now he is full of knowledge."

The thick-skinned Lin Ze replied with a smile, and praised himself incidentally without knowing how to be modest.

The child who can't understand the subtext is overjoyed and excited when he is wearing a high hat,

"Then sir, I will work hard in the future, we are smarter than sir, and we will definitely be better than him in the future!"

Mr. Stupid Lin Ze, "..."

The onlookers couldn't help laughing.

The sadness of being eliminated just now disappeared instantly, and happy smiles appeared on the faces of the children.

In this era, being praised by your husband is a glorious thing, and it is worth taking it back to the village to show off for a long time.

Many parents were also proud, and they had the same idea in their hearts, that is: our boy was praised by his husband, maybe he is really a smart student, so he will save money and send his child to a private school for a few years have a look!

Parents who hope their children will become a success have completely ignored that this praise is simply "group sending" chicken soup...

Appropriate compliments are always the most motivating.

Old Master Jiang and others in the teahouse watched this scene, but most of them changed their views on Lin Ze.

"Although this Lin Ze is a bit out of line, it is undeniable that this kid does have some potential to be a gentleman. This trick of one stick and one date is used well. Look at these kids who were still angry just now, and now come along I have become a high-spirited rooster, and the spirit of reading is indispensable."

Old Jiang's face looked much better.

Others look down on him, but he has to admit that Lin Ze is really suitable to be a teacher, and his ability to coax students is very good...

Regardless of what other people think for now.

Here.

Lin Ze continued to take the exam. Now qualified children have no problem in accepting modern knowledge. As long as they are taught well, the children will not be lazy, and they will not be too poor in knowledge in the future, so now we have to look at the three views.

In this assessment, in front of everyone, it is impossible for him to ask Li Sheng like he did last time, otherwise he would be beheaded for treason if he said something wrong.

So Lin Ze selected a few suitable fairy tales or folk tales, both in China and the West, to check the three views of these children by telling stories and then asking students what they think.

By the way, he also spoke out the teaching purpose of his private school, so that the children can speak freely.

Anyway, they are all children, even if there is something wrong with what they say, Tong Yan Wuji basically doesn't care about it, it's much safer to be punished if he speaks shocking words like an adult.

Children like to listen to stories the most, and the stories that Lin Ze is looking for are preserved by the accumulation of thousands of years in modern times, which are very interesting and educational.

As soon as a few short stories came out, not only the children listened with interest, but also the adults enjoyed it.

For the educated people watching in the teahouse, understanding the deep meaning of the story is even more shocking. This kind of shock is no less than hearing the poems of the masterpieces through the ages. The essence of the stories that can be passed down through the ages can be imagined.

People in the future are not smarter than people in the present, they just have more knowledge accumulated in history than people in the present.

The story was interesting, and the children were willing to speak. Encouraged by Lin Ze, the children enthusiastically expressed their thoughts, opinions and thoughts on the story, and their immature faces were full of enthusiasm for knowledge and life.

Those businessmen who were honest about Lin Ze also changed their attitudes and thought that this exam is quite interesting. Compared with when they went to other private schools, those serious and inflexible old masters came up and memorized the Four Books and Five Classics. .

If classes at Zeyu Private School were always so fun, why would they fight crickets?

Coupled with the fact that their own parents are watching, the children want to show off even more, and want their parents to see how capable they are, so that they can only ask for praise, rewards, and sweets when they turn around.

Lin Ze couldn't think about the situation happily, and asked each of them one by one.

Most of the ideas are good. Children's thoughts are not qualitative. Compared with adults who have been completely bound by etiquette, children's thoughts are more open.

It's just that they grew up in ancient times. These children are already half-grown, and they are more or less unavoidable to be affected, and their thinking is relatively ancient.

When the final assessment came to the much-anticipated young master of the Guo family.

In the eyes of everyone that this child is a fool, Lin Ze went the opposite way in his heart and felt joy, feeling that he had found a like-minded little doll.

"What do you think of the story of lying on the ice and begging for a carp?"

The child had no expression on his face, his eyes didn't move, and he stayed there for at least a few minutes before responding, "...stupid."

"why?"

The child continued to have no expression on his face, his eyes didn't move, and he was sluggish for a few minutes, "...frozen to death, stupid."

"But Wang Xiang's filial piety is commendable, how can he be called stupid?"

The child continued to react in a daze above, and the reaction was extremely slow, "...dead, it's useless."

"Then what would you do if it were you?"

"...I don't, I want to die."

Guo Zian still had a paralyzed face and eyes that didn't move, he was in a daze, unresponsive, and couldn't even speak a word smoothly.

It's no wonder that everyone said they thought this kid was stupid.

Lin Ze, however, heard his smile widen and made a decision in his heart. He smiled at the onlookers who were nervously waiting for the result.

"The admissions exam for Zeyu Private School is here today. The specific qualified list and admission procedures will be posted at the gate of the private school tomorrow. Don't worry if you don't pass. After that, if you learn something in the free public classes of Zeyu Private School every month For children who do well, Zeyu Private School will make an exception to admit them.”

"Zeyu's public class is open to everyone, so not only children, adults can also come if they want to learn cognition. Lin Ze's ability is limited, but teaching without discrimination is Zeyu's ultimate goal."

After the words fell, the parents who were disappointed and regretful were suddenly overjoyed and beamed with joy.

It is even more unbelievable that these vulgar poor people can actually "read" one day. If they learn to read, they will not be afraid of being cheated when they go out to work.

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On the teahouse.

The old masters and all the scholars who had finished Lin Ze's entire admissions exam had different expressions and complicated moods.

"There is no discrimination in teaching, there is no discrimination in teaching..."

Mr. Jiang looked at the poor people with pleasant smiles, especially the despised merchants and craftsmen, whose eyes turned red with excitement, and suddenly felt an indescribable surge of emotion.

"Yuan Qing, later on, you send the post of Zhang Huixian Banquet to Lin Ze."

After a long silence, Mr. Jiang left a word and left with a full heart.

The Huixian Banquet is one of the few exchange gatherings that are very famous and important in the circle of Confucian scholars in Qingshan County. Those who can be invited are basically either famous people or people with real talents.

Whoever can be invited and recognized by everyone at the banquet is equivalent to being accepted by the circle of Confucian scholars in Qingshan County.

Jiang Lao gave the invitation by speaking, which is equivalent to agreeing half of Lin Ze.

The rest of the masters and scholars had different thoughts when they heard the words.

Although I felt that Lin Ze had some potential to be a gentleman just now, but in the end, Lin Ze wanted to accept the sons of businessmen as students, which was insulting to the gentlemen, and he also charged a lot of money. He was really suspected of being greedy for money. How about going to the high-end Huixian Banquet?

But Mr. Jiang had spoken, and they couldn't refute their injustice, because Mr. Jiang organized the Huixian Banquet.

With the mood of being nonchalant, everyone is not very optimistic about Lin Ze, and they are determined to learn a lesson or two at the exchange banquet when they notice.

However, when Lin Ze's tongue-in-cheek battle with Confucians was overturned at the exchange banquet, and everyone's three views were overturned, everyone's mentality changed.

As a result, many of the scholars present couldn't help but record the small exchange banquet that subverted the three views when they were writing their memoirs in their later years, and it became a wild history that has been circulated.

After studying these unofficial historical records handed down, the historians of later generations couldn't help laughing, and then gave the highly respected ghost educator Lin a very down-to-earth nickname... I'm bullshitting.