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Liu waited for Kecheng to kowtow, and beckoned him to come to her with her moving hand.

Kecheng got up from the ground, and Mrs. Qi bent down and patted his robe for him, then took his little hand, walked over and put his little hand into her mother-in-law's.

Mrs. Liu shook her hands with a smile, opened her mouth with difficulty, and said a few indistinct words. Xing'er helped explain, saying that this was the old lady encouraging the young master to study hard, so that he would honor the Xi family in the future.

After hearing this, Kecheng nodded heavily at Mrs. Liu, saying that he remembered what his grandmother said.

Liu raised her hand to touch his head and small face, patted his small shoulder again, and then waved her hand, indicating that Kecheng can go out.

At this time, Shunniang also came in, and when she saw Kecheng, she kowtowed to her mother to say goodbye.

She came over, touched Kecheng's head, and said to Mrs. Liu, "Mother, I'll take Kecheng away."

Reluctantly, Liu touched Kecheng again, and then looked at Shunniang and said "hmm".

Shunniang took Kecheng's little hand and went out to the hut next to the kitchen to have breakfast. This morning's breakfast was made early in the morning by Mrs. Qi, because she thought her son was leaving today, so she cooked eggs for him and spread scallion pancakes , also boiled jujube porridge.

Hui'er also came to this room to have breakfast at this moment. She knew that Kecheng was going to study in the school today, she was very envious, and kept yelling that she would also go with Kecheng.

Mrs. Qi said that she was young, and that she was a little girl, so she couldn't go to school to study.

Hui'er pouted and asked why, Qi said: "A man who reads can be admitted to be an official, and glorifies the lintel, but a woman who reads is useless. It's better to cook food and women."

"Mother, why is it useless for women to study?" Although Hui'er was young, she grasped the key points in Qi's words.

Mrs. Qi pursed her lips, touched her daughter's head, and said, "Women can't be admitted to the examinations to become officials when they study."

Hui'er blinked, and asked the woman why she couldn't be an official because of her studies.

Mrs. Qi couldn't answer, so she had to grab a piece of scallion pancake, tore off a small piece, stuffed it into her daughter's little mouth, and said with a smile, eat this pancake quickly, it is her and her brother's favorite.

Hui'er was eating cakes in her mouth, watched Kecheng eat eggs, and stretched out her little hands to control Kecheng begging for eggs.

But Cheng was peeling the shell of the egg. Seeing that Huier wanted it, he hesitated, broke open the egg, gave half of it to Huier, and stuffed the rest into his mouth.

Seeing this, Shunniang said, "Sister-in-law, why don't you cook more, the chicken is not worth much."

Qi said: "I'm used to it, besides, Kecheng has already spent a lot of money on studying, and this money is all earned by my uncle..."

Speaking of this, she reminded Kecheng that he was able to go to the Hua clan school because of Shunniang, and that he spent a lot of money to go to school. The money was earned by Shunniang. Don't forget the kindness of uncle Shunniang when you are promising.

Kecheng swallowed the egg while saying that he remembered it.

Xie Erniang, who was sitting next to Shunniang, listened and curled the corners of her lips.

But Shunniang only said: "You study hard, and if you don't embarrass our Xi family, you are repaying me."

Then she looked at Hui'er and said, "Hui'er, if you grow up and like to read, I will let you do it too. Women's reading is also useful."

Huier clapped her hands as soon as she heard it, and said that she would go to school to study like her brother in the future.

Qi only thought that Shunniang said this to make Huier happy, and didn't object, and ate breakfast in silence.

After breakfast, it's time for Kecheng to open your house.Songzi carried a burden on his shoulders, which contained some changes of clothes and shoes, and carried a basket in his hand, which contained pens, ink, paper and inkstones.Shunniang was also carrying two bags, one with bedding, and the other with some money in addition to the thick clothes prepared for Catcher and Songzi master and servant this season.Although it is said that there is no tuition fee for enrolling in the Hua Clan School, but there is still a gift money for Mr. Jiao Kecheng, and gifts are given during the four seasons and festivals.In addition, the students in the Hua clan study are all students from good families, and their food and clothing costs are comparable to others.After a year, the cost of studying in an ordinary school is far higher.Shunniang did some calculations at the beginning, and she needed seventy or eighty yuan a year.

Xi's family all arrived in the front yard, and Shunniang took pine nuts and Kecheng into the car, and waved to see Kecheng's old lady and others farewell.

The stone carried Shunniang and others to the gate of Zhuo's family, the third house at the head of Zaoshu Street, and met with the mule cart of Zhuo's family who was waiting for them here, and the two carts went to the Hua clan in the south of the city.

It takes about an hour to go from Zaoshu Street to Annan Lane where the Hua Clan Institute is located. Annan Lane is in the south of the city, and almost all the people living on both sides of the alley are from the Hua clan.

The Hua Clan School started today, and many students were sent to a separate three-entry courtyard in the alley that counted as a school.

The first and second entrances of the yard are the school halls, and the third entrance is the place where the students living in the school live and eat.

Around Chenshi, the car that Kecheng and Zhuo Yan were sitting in arrived at the entrance of Annan Alley.

Seeing the Zhuo family's mule cart stop, Shi Shi also stopped the donkey cart, Shun Niang raised the curtain of the cart and looked out, and saw Zhuo Yan's father Zhuo Jiang getting off the mule cart, and then Zhuo Yan was also killed. I hugged it down.

Shunniang reckoned that she was about to enter the Hua Clan Journal. Seeing the person in charge of the school, Zhuo Jiang's mother's clan brother, and Mr. Ke Kecheng who might be able to teach him, she jumped out of the car and walked over to Zhuo Jiang. Jiang saluted and asked if he would bring his nephew Kecheng to follow him.

Zhuo Jiang told Shunniang that because today is the opening day of the Hua Clan School, there are many people and cars entering and leaving the Clan School, so just park the car at the entrance of the alley.And the boy, don't rush in, just wait outside to guard the luggage, and wait until he takes Shun Niang and others to meet the person in charge of the school, and register Zhuo Yan and Ke Cheng.Then I took the form signed by the person in charge of the school and went to find their husband. The husband received the gift money and the money for accommodation and food, and then arranged.Finally, they went out and asked the boy to bring in the luggage and other things, and move to the accommodation in the back.After everything is settled, he and Shunniang can go home.

"Well, I'll trouble Brother Lao Zhuo to take us in." Shun Niang arched her hands at Zhuo Jiang again.

"Where, Brother Xi, come with me." Zhuo Jiang also politely replied.

After finishing speaking, he took his son's hand to lead the way, while Shunniang took Kecheng's hand and followed behind Zhuojiang and his son.

Zhuo Yan walked ahead and looked back at Kecheng from time to time, with curiosity in his eyes.

Zhuo Jiang told his son that the little boy behind him was named Xi Kecheng, and he would study with him in the Hua Clan School from now on. He also said that Zhuo Yan's grandmother liked Xi Kecheng's uncle very much. If you like Xi Kecheng and treat Xi Kecheng well, then you will win his grandmother's favor.

Zhuo Yan then said, "I remember it."

As for Shunniang, when she saw Zhuo Yan looking back at Kecheng from time to time, she also smiled at him, and then whispered to her nephew that the little boy Zhuo Yan in front of her would be his classmate in the future, and her nephew could go to this famous Hua It is also because of the help of Zhuo Yan's grandmother that the clan learned to study.So, in the future, my nephew should get along well with Zhuo Yan, be good friends, and urge each other to study hard, so that they will be promising in the future and win honor for the family.

Kecheng nodded and said he remembered.

After Shunniang led Kecheng into Annan Alley behind Zhuo's father and son, she saw many people who came to send their children to school.Then those children all puffed out their small chests, with a bit of pride on their faces.

Looking back, Shunniang looked at Kecheng's newly made silk robe and new boots on her body, thinking that no matter in ancient or modern times, people rely on clothes and saddles to study in such an aristocratic school. First of all, you have to buy some good clothes so that you won't be looked down upon.However, she became worried again, if Kecheng entered such a school and competed with others, would he still be able to read well?At that time, don't read the book well, and learn some dandy habits to go back, it won't be good.Therefore, she decided that it would be better to pick Kecheng home once every ten days and half a month, and she would give him some ideological education every half month, so that he should not forget his roots and know how to be diligent and thrifty.

Thinking of this, she unknowingly followed Zhuo Jiang and his son to the third courtyard of Hua's family studies. This third courtyard occupies a large area, with more than ten courtyards, large and small.In the large courtyard at the front, people came in and out from time to time. Some of these people looked like teachers, and some of them were like me, with children.

When Zhuo Jiang arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he said to Shun Niang: "This is my uncle, and it is also the place where the head of the clan study usually lives."

Then he pointed to the opposite door and said that the few small courtyards over there are where the professors live here, and the students in the ethnology can go there to find someone if they have anything to do.

Shunniang nodded, indicating that she knew, then she whispered what Zhuo Jiang said to Kecheng, and asked him to remember, Kecheng said she remembered, and repeated it to Shunniang.

Zhuo Jiang then led Shun Niang in to meet the uncle he was talking about. In fact, this uncle could not be regarded as his real uncle, because this man was his mother's clan brother, that is to say, her mother was not the eldest son of the eldest son. veins, but side branches.

The person in charge of the Hua clan studies is Hua Shizhong, 61 years old this year. He used to be a bachelor of the Imperial Academy.Because of the large scale of the Hua clan study, although it is not an academy, its scale is comparable to that of private academies, so the person in charge of the Hua clan study is also called Shanchang.

After seeing Zhuojiang, Hua Shizhong read the letter written by Zhuojiang's mother, so he called Kecheng to look him up and down. Before coming to Hua clan study, I also learned some elementary poems from Xie Erniang every day, but I was able to answer them freely.

Therefore, Hua Shizhong nodded and accepted Kecheng.

When Shunniang saw her, she was overjoyed and went forward to thank Hua Shizhong.

Hua Shizhong stroked the gray beard on his chin and said he didn't need to thank him. If he really wanted to thank him, he would cherish this opportunity. After entering the Hua Clan School, he would study hard. In the future, after finishing his studies, he would become a general and minister, repay the court, and solve problems for the common people. , that is the greatest reward.

Shunniang naturally agreed, and she had a good impression of the headmaster of Hua clan studies.I feel that although the old master in front of me looks very serious and old-fashioned, he has an upright spirit and a bookish spirit. Although he can't be called a great Confucian, he is far superior to those old gentlemen in ordinary schools.Anyway, after seeing this Huashi Middle School, Shunniang felt that her hard work was not in vain, but Cheng Cheng was right to enter this school.

Hua Shizhong then wrote something similar to an enrollment form, in duplicate, with Kecheng's name, age, where he lived, and who brought him to enroll, and asked Shunniang to sign it .When it was over, he tore off a copy and gave it to Shunniang.

Shunniang took the form, and waited for Zhuo Jiang to go through the enrollment procedures for her son. After taking the form, Hua Shizhong asked the two of them to go out to find the Hua teacher in the fifth small courtyard opposite, and he would be in charge of teaching in the future. Ke Cheng and Zhuo Yan are gone.

Zhuojiang and Shunniang thanked Hua Shizhong together, took the list in their hands and went to the opposite side to find the fifth small courtyard, opened the door and entered, some students came and took them to see the teaching chair.

The teaching chairs of Jiao Kecheng and Zhuo Yan are also surnamed Hua, and their name is Hua Shiqi. They are offshoots of the Hua family.

After working in a small county in the south for more than 20 years, he suffered from severe rheumatism and had to go through the retirement procedures and return to Bianliang City in the north, which is also his hometown for retirement.The patriarch of the Hua clan knew about it, so he also hired him to be a professor of Hua clan studies.

Naturally, his knowledge is not as good as that of Hua Shizhong, the headmaster of Hua clan studies, but it is more than enough to teach boys like Ke Cheng and Zhuo Yan.

Therefore, he was assigned to teach the lower grade students of Hua clan studies. Most of these students were new students within three years, and they were all under ten years old.

In addition to the principal, Hua Shizhong, there are five teaching chairs in the school of Hua Clan Studies, two of whom teach the lower grades, two teach the middle grades, and the remaining one is taught by himself in the upper grades.If Huashi Middle School can be taught, it means that the student has been admitted as a scholar or even a candidate.

As a result, some of the students of Hua's genealogy are in their 30s and [-]s, and many of these people have already married wives and had children.

Younger ones like Kecheng and Zhuoyan are still boys.

After Hua Shiqi read the list Zhuojiang and Shunniang handed over, he still called Kecheng and Zhuo Yan to test some of the poems they had learned, and they answered correctly.It's just that Zhuo Yan's answer was obviously faster than Kecheng's, and his answer was more accurate. After all, since he was three years old, he was held on his lap by his father to learn to read and write.Ke Cheng has only started to learn from Xie Erniang in the past few months, so he is naturally not as good as Zhuo Yan.

"Xi Kecheng, after you enter school, you will be more diligent than others. You are the worst among the young men I teach." Hua Shiqi said.

"Yes, Master Shan." Kecheng bowed his head and said, he looked a little nervous and shy, his little face was flushed.

Hua Shiqi patted his little shoulder, and said kindly: "Be brave when you know your shame. In the beginning, it's nothing. As long as you work hard, you will catch up with others one day."

"Yeah." Kecheng nodded heavily.

Hua Shiqi: "Okay, I will ask my wife to take you to the residence to have a look, and then you can ask your servants to come in and help you settle down. Let's take a rest today, and come to the school to study at the beginning of tomorrow. Here we are If you have a day off, your family members can come to visit, or you can go home, and you must return before [-]:[-] o'clock on the same day. In addition, there are many rules in the school, and I will explain them to you tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, he asked the boy who served before him to go out and call his wife, Mrs. Ren, and asked her to take Kecheng and Zhuo Yan down and arrange a place for them.

After Shunniang and Zhuo Jiang took Kecheng and Zhuo Yan out, they handed over the gift money to Hua Shiqi and the board and lodging money for the two children to Mrs. Ren.

This is what Zhuo Jiang specially explained before. He said that the professors in this ethnology are quite noble and don't like to touch Brother Kong Fang with their hands, so these gifts for the four seasons are all given to his wife.Ladies are all women, and they need to arrange meals for their families and students. The family deals with money all day long, so it is appropriate to take the money and go.

What he said made Shunniang laugh aloud, but in order to avoid attracting the attention of passers-by, she quickly suppressed her smile and put on a serious face.

At this moment, Mrs. Ren took the money, took it back to the box in the residence and locked it, and then came out again, leading Shunniang and others to the back.

She is a fat woman, about the same size as her husband Hua Shiqi. The two couples have not had any children for many years, and Hua Shi also likes children, so he cares for these elementary school students.At this time, she was leading the way while introducing the board and lodging situation in the ethnology to Shunniang and the others.

Walking on the stone road in the courtyard, Shunniang felt that the living environment of the students of Hua clan studies was good. The road in the courtyard was flat and tidy, and many pine and willow trees were planted on both sides. They are all covered with green, making the courtyard look quiet, suitable for students to rest and read.

After turning several turns, she stopped in front of a large courtyard with white walls and black tiles. Mrs. Ren pointed to the inside and said, "Xi Kecheng and Zhuo Yan will live here for a few years. It's all about them. The same boy who studies in front of my officials."

After finishing speaking, she walked in first, Shunniang led Kecheng, Zhuo Jiang led Zhuo Yan, and walked in.

As soon as she entered, Shunniang saw that the courtyard was quite spacious, divided into the main room and east and west wing rooms.

Mrs. Ren led Ke Cheng and Zhuo Yan to the east wing, and said to them: "You will live in one of the two rooms in this wing, and the servants you brought will rest on the low couches in your respective rooms. It will be more convenient to serve you as well. The main room is the place to receive relatives and friends of the same age, the master will teach you the way of hospitality."

Following Ren's introduction, Shunniang looked around the house, and found that the place to stay was not bad, the floor was covered with blue bricks, the furniture was complete, and the curtains on the bed were uniformly dark blue.When the students come in, they only need to lay out the quilts they brought and arrange the pillows, and then they can live.

Ren went on to explain that the sanitation in this room needs to be cleaned every day, but she has to check every day before the students go to school.

She also showed them the toilet and tea room in the yard, and said that in the tea room, there are people hired by the ethnology to boil water, and hot water is available at any time, but the tea room can only provide hot water, not hot water. Cook something to eat.In addition, there are fixed times for three meals a day. They can ask their servants to go to the big dining hall in front of them to cook and bring them back to the house to eat, or they can eat in the big dining hall. The utensils need to be cleaned after eating. , The cleaning place is also in the big cafeteria.

After listening to Ren's introduction, Shunniang felt that this Hua's family school was more considerate for the students than the school she had seen before, and the conditions were better. No wonder so many people wanted to send their children into the school Such a school reads.

In the end, Mrs. Ren said a few words that made Kecheng and Zhuo Yanxiao's hearts thump. She said that after entering ethnology, the master and she would beat the unruly students with a ruler, and beat them. Parents can't control it, and they still say that she has a good fight with the master.

After finishing speaking, she specifically asked Shun Niang and Zhuo Jiang if this was the case.

Of course Shunniang and Zhuojiang said generously that they would teach them a lesson casually, because if you don’t fight, you won’t be successful, and Huang Jing sticks out good people...

Ke Cheng and Zhuo Jiang shrank their small shoulders when they heard this, looking quite afraid.

After Mrs. Ren left, Shunniang and Zhuo Jiang let Kecheng and Zhuo Yan wait in the room, and they went out to bring in Kecheng and Zhuojiang's servants, as well as their bedding and other things.

Ke Cheng and Zhuo Yan said hello together, and then went to sit down on the chairs in the main room and waited.

As soon as Shunniang and Zhuo Jiang left, Kecheng and Zhuo Yan started talking after being bored for a while, asking each other how old they were, what books they had read, what they liked to play, and so on.

There were no adults in the room here, and the two children who lived in the opposite west wing came with their servants.

They walked up to the two of them loudly, stood condescendingly and asked them what their surnames were, and whether they were descendants of the Hua family.

Ke Cheng and Zhuo Jiang honestly said that their surnames were not Hua, and they were not descendants of Hua.

"Not the children of Huashi? Then how did you get into school?" A seven or eight-year-old fat man asked the two with his hips on his arms.

Seeing the stern look of the little fat man, Kecheng didn't dare to speak, he looked at Zhuo Yan.

Zhuo Yan was a little scared when he saw Kecheng, so he puffed up his chest and told him that his grandmother's surname was Hua, and she was Shan Chang's sister, so he entered the Hua clan to study.

"It turned out to be attached to the school." A bamboo pole-like boy who was also seven or eight years old next to the little fat man said.

After hearing this, the little fat man seemed to have softened his face, but he still pointed to Kecheng and asked what was the relationship between Kecheng and the Hua family.

But as an adult, he didn't know what the little fat man meant, so he remained silent for a while.

Seeing this, the little fat man came closer, pushed Kecheng hard, and said loudly, "Are you dumb? Say it quickly!"

When Kecheng was pushed by him, the back of his head hit the back of the chair, making a bang, his eye circles turned red, and he was about to cry.

When Zhuo Yan saw it, he jumped off the chair and stood in front of Kecheng. He looked up at the little fat man and said, "Why are you pushing him? You are a big bully, shameless!"

"Who do you say is shameless? I think you are getting fatter, do you know who I am?" The little fat man said fiercely to Zhuo Yan again with his hips on his hips.