dressed as a scholar

Qiao Hezhi lay on the bed with his legs bent. It wasn't too cold to tuck his feet into the quilt after soaking in the wormwood bag, but he still wrapped the quilt around his neck and chin line, staring at the dim candle outside the curtain. fire.

The autumn wind was rustling in the yard, and the rustling of leaves and trees could be heard. Occasionally, the wind would hit the window, making a rumbling sound. It was clear that no wind had leaked into the house, and he still felt that the room was a little bit cold.

Usually Fang Yu sleeps around him, there is always a hill next to him tightly, and his big feet cover his feet, so that there is no wind to disturb his sleep.

But now touching the empty bed, Qiao Hezhi's heart is also empty, with countless grievances creeping up in his heart, the man must be angry, and he went back to the Bi Cang Xiaoxie alone, really driving him alone Sleep in Xiaotong courtyard.

He lowered his eyes, can he be blamed for this?If he didn't disobey him normally, and he would do whatever he said, and he was very lenient towards him on weekdays, but now he was angry with him because of this matter.

Although he was wronged for himself, he had to think, if he was really angry because of this incident, would he go to the outer house to find someone? Although he knew that a man would not be alone, he still thought that he was alone of.

He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't even hear anyone entering the room. He didn't wake up until the bed curtain was lifted and a person squeezed into the bed, and he suddenly reached out and pulled him into his arms.

"You're so cold!" Qiao Hezhi was hugged, and a chill enveloped him, as if a piece of ice had been drilled into the warm quilt.He was still aggrieved in his heart, this person came over, but he still deliberately came to him with a cold body, even more uncomfortable in his heart: "Don't you hug me."

"Don't move around, let me hug you for a while, it's too cold."

"Didn't you let me sleep alone?" Qiao Hezhi said angrily, "When I sleep alone, it's spacious and warm, and no one grabs the quilt."

Fang Yu laughed angrily when he heard the words: "You can say with conscience, when did I snatch your quilt, which night did I wrap you tightly, but let a little wind blow."

Qiao Hezhi didn't answer the question, knowing he was wrong.

Fang Yu bent his legs and moved his body, as if he was about to get up, Qiao Hezhi quickly raised his leg to press down on his leg, and then hugged his waist with his backhand: "Don't go."

Only then did Fang Yu lie down contentedly.

"I went to take a shower."

Qiao Hezhi raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him: "Isn't that supposed to be warm?"

"Take a cold shower."

Qiao Hezhi was surprised when he heard the words: "It's already late autumn, why take a cold shower?"

Fang Yu tapped the tip of his nose helplessly: "You, there are still too many things you don't understand."

Qiao Hezhi hesitated to speak, he leaned his head on Fang Yu's chest with distress: "You are going back to the academy tomorrow, how about I get up early and make you breakfast?"

"Okay." Fang Yu shunned the ink hair on his chest: "Tomorrow, I will have pickled cabbage and fish soup noodles."

.......

Fang Yu went to the academy early the next morning, his name had already been circulated in the academy, when he got off the carriage, someone came up to say hello, walked from outside the academy to the door of the classroom, surrounded by a group of students, For a while, he felt as if he had returned to the time when he was teaching, and as soon as the class was over, he would follow a group of students to ask questions.

"Fang Jieyuan, can you tell us about your experience in the rural examination?"

"Could you trouble Fang Jieyuan if you have any problems with your studies in the future?"

A group of people surrounded him and asked him endlessly, some comforted him for his new funeral, some said he was eloquent in court, and most of them were about academic matters, but there were also outrageous students who actually Ask if you can ask him to be a lawyer to help you with the lawsuit.

Fang Yu was speechless for a while: "If the salary is good, I would also like to earn such an extra money, but I earned the lawyer's money, so the lawyers in the city must scold me for being a scholar. Instead of studying, you are going to grab the lawyer's business."

"Okay, okay, I know that everyone wants to learn some experience in the rural examination. After Xiaosheng discusses with his master and the dean, there will definitely be a lecture at that time. Everyone is welcome to come."

He stood at the door of the classroom, blocking the students from other classrooms who were eager to enter the classroom next to him.

"That's why I thank Fang Jieyuan!" Everyone heard that there was a lecture, and they thanked each other before leaving slowly.

After finally sending this group of people away, students from his own classroom gathered around again: "Brother Fang, we are classmates in the same classroom, you have to pass on some exclusive secrets to us!"

Fang Yu laughed: "In the classroom, I didn't discuss with everyone who had problems with their homework. This secret has been taught a long time ago."

"I can testify to this point!" Wu Shuyou said loudly: "Brother Fang explained the homework to me the most times, and now I have passed the college examination."

Everyone laughed, just as everyone was immersed in the joy of Fang Yu's return, they were interrupted by a dry cough.

"Master Zhang."

As always, the serious old master came in through the front door with his hands behind his back: "I'll ring the bell right away, and I'm still chatting here, but you feel so slack because you think it's still a long time before the next township exam?"

Everyone returned to their seats despondently, but Master Zhang looked back at Fang Yu with a rare kindness on his face: "You and the old man go to the master's room."

Fang Yu honestly followed the master to the master's room. After entering, Master Zhang smiled for the first time on his face, which he had been waiting for half his life, and said in a harmonious voice, "Sit down quickly."

Even Fang Yu was a little flattered. In the past, although he was valued by his master in the academy, it was the first time he was treated like this to be able to sit in the master's room. What shocked him even more was that Master Zhang even made a cup of tea himself. : "Taste the Bijian tea brought from other provinces."

Fang Yu actually doesn't have much good tea, but Yue's family has a tea business, and they have some tea flavor in the long run. There is no Bijian tea in Yuncheng, and he has heard of the reputation of this tea.It's for sitting and making good tea, which doesn't make him get used to it.

"Has the family affairs been taken care of?"

Fang Yu said respectfully: "It's all been dealt with, and it's time to come back sooner after taking so many days off."

Mrs. Zhang waved his hand: "It's understandable that your mother's death took a long time to take leave, but it's a pity to miss the exam next year, but it's okay to miss the exam if you are raised by your parents. You are still young, and you have plenty of opportunities." .”

"Students are also thinking that it would be a good thing to have more time to settle down."

Mrs. Zhang nodded. He has always been strict with students and rarely praised him. Looking at Fang Yu now, he couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and praised: "You are very good. I have brought countless students in my life. You are the only one who is a scholar, but you are the only one to solve the problem. This old man is really satisfied!"

How can he be dissatisfied, he has a Jie Yuan on hand, the dean has commended him many times in the academy, among all the masters, he has the most honorable face.These days, there are local rich and powerful families who come to the door every now and then, wishing to send their sons and daughters to his classroom to study and live a breath of life. At this age, he is also very content with such a reputation.

"Without the teacher's painstaking teaching, how could the students have achieved what they are today. When I returned to Yuncheng, the first thing I thought about was to hold a teacher appreciation banquet. Unfortunately, there was a funeral."

"The old man is satisfied when he knows that you have such a grateful heart. This achievement is not only the result of the old man's lectures, but also because of your own hard work and talent. Although it will take a long time to try, you can't slack off in these days .”

Fang Yu cupped his hands in salute: "Thank you for your teaching, the students will definitely remember it in their hearts."

"Okay, let's not talk about it, I think you know it well." Zhang Fuzi took a sip of tea: "I know you will not shirk the lecture, you are going to share your experience with the students of the academy. The dean also confessed that the rest of the students who participated in the provincial examination will give lectures and share their experience together."

Fang Yu knows how to do award-winning speeches without preparation. He used to give speeches under the national flag of the school. The chairman of the student union gave a series of speeches. If he carefully wrote the speech, it would be all the same and very official. Everyone would be more impressed by chatting about some interesting things. Interested.

"Master, don't worry, the students will definitely teach them with all their heart." He didn't know if he would go to the college before: "How many students will be selected by Hunn De College in the provincial examination?"

"This year, there are only 66 people in the entire Fucheng. There are a total of [-] candidates in Yuncheng, and ten of them are academy students."

There are nine counties under Yongjiang Mansion, and the average number of students in each county is about six. Yuncheng is rich and rich, and it is true that there are more scholars, which is more than twice the average.Apart from himself, the only people in the academy who entered this time were Ji Yunlu and Li Yun, one with 27 and the other with 32.

Li Yunshang was still in Fucheng and hadn't come back. Hearing from Ji Yunlu, when he came back, he might pack up and leave. At the end of the year, the three-year term of Xuezheng would expire.

"If you want to see them, don't worry, you can gather together to meet them last time when you give lectures."

Fang Yu knew what Mr. Zhang meant when he said that he could make it together once. According to the practice of scholars, after passing the exam, they would not stay in the academy to continue studying. It is enough to feed a family, and there are many scholars who slack off and don't want to continue studying hard after arriving here.

There are also some motivated people who open private schools or go to academies to be teachers and students. After accumulating a few years of fame, those with connections in their families can be recruited to serve as local officials.

Naturally, some of them will continue to go up for scientific examinations, looking for ways to enter the imperial examination.

After all, the small places in the county can’t be compared with the bustling places in Kyoto. Those places are full of candidates who are not very old, and there are many candidates who passed the [-]th and [-]th middle school exams, but it is all because of the family history. After the exam, they continue to listen to lectures It is because of the conditions in the family that there is no need to bear the burden of life so early.

The students who pass the exam in small places are probably not too young, and it is time for their parents to support them to this age. For this reason, the students in the county will get married and support their families and extend their children. They can't focus on their studies at all. Much more than before.

"What are your plans from now on?"

Fang Yu said: "The students still plan to continue the exam."

Although he has to support his family, he is not under much pressure.One is that he is not like other classmates who have three wives and four concubines. He has only one wife and no sons and daughters. He has not had any children in the past two years. Second, the family has property.

"That's great." Master Zhang said, "Then you never thought of doing anything else besides studying?"

"Except for family affairs, there is no arrangement."

Mrs. Zhang was overjoyed when he heard the words: "In this case, why not stay in the academy as a master? The dean talked about this with the old man a while ago, and asked the old man to ask your opinion."

Fearing that people would not agree, he also said: "The dean said that the salary and benefits are negotiable, and the number of students is up to you."

But I don't want Fang Yu to agree readily: "If you are lucky, why not do it."

He has done this job before, and it is a great pleasure to return to his old job in a different place, and the status and treatment of the current master is better than that of later generations.

"But the students are currently in the filial piety period."

Seeing that he agreed, Mrs. Zhang smiled and said: "It's okay, as long as I have your answer on this side of the old man, I will discuss it with the dean when the time comes."