The Little First Grand Secretary in My House

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The competition is about knowledge and the future.

They all come from poor families, and they certainly know how difficult it is to study in a peasant family. That's why Xue Tingyan said before that the Xue family, while settling down, has never forgotten to cultivate their children and grandchildren, and Qiao Xiucai greatly appreciated it.

Because he knew that this matter seemed trivial, but in fact it was too difficult for farmers. How many people had the idea of ​​​​changing their own destiny by reading.

It can be said that those who come from poor families in the countryside and become famous have all experienced great hardships. Their starting point is much lower than others, and they have to spend countless efforts to catch up with others. At the same time, they have to face all kinds of cruel competition.

This kind of competition is not only between classmates and exams, but also between the same clan, and even one's own brothers.

If you succeed, the sea and the sky will be vast, and you will be no ordinary person from now on. If you fail, you will put down the book and pick up the hoe, and face the loess and back to the sky for the rest of your life.

Because they understood this kind of cruelty, the two of them couldn't help but wonder whether the boy was deliberately weakening his own knowledge, just to get his brother to lower the difficulty of the questions. But this is a double-edged sword. After all, leaving your studies to others is a disadvantage to yourself.

These thoughts only happened in an instant, and because of the sudden attention from He Xiucai and Qiao Xiucai, Xue Qingshan's eyebrows jumped wildly, for fear that Xue Tingyan would say something shocking again. At this time, he could no longer think about why Xue Tingyan knew the interpretation of the scriptures, and he completely forgot that his previous idea was that Xue Tingyan did not know the meaning of the scriptures, and it would be effortless for his son to defeat him.

This also applies to Clan Chief Xue. If something happens in the clan that cannot be seen, it will only be within the clan. If it happens in public, it will be a bit ugly.

The two people's eyes seemed to be filled with needles, burning anxiously on Xue Tingyan's face. Unexpectedly, he smiled shyly and said: The boy was weak and sick when he was young, so he inevitably fell behind.

Xue Qingshan hurriedly smiled and said: That's right. I'm not afraid of the two seniors laughing at me. My nephew is actually very talented, but his weak body has hindered his studies.

Patriarch Xue also nodded in agreement.

No one else knew what the fuss was about, they just opened their eyes and watched. Only Zheng Lizheng seemed to realize that there was something wrong, but he couldn't tell the details and could only remain silent.

After another round of mutual humility between He Xiucai and Qiao Xiucai, He Xiucai took the lead in the end. Sitting at the top, he said to Xue Tingyan: Since you don't understand the meaning of the scriptures and it is beyond the scope of your study, it would be unfair. You two are still young, and it is time to lay the foundation, so I will test you two. People are basic.”

Hearing this, although Xue Juncai was a little disappointed that he was overqualified and missed the opportunity to perform, he was also disdainful.

Regardless of the meaning of the scriptures, Xue Tingyan is no match for him!

He Xiucai pinched his beard with his hand, and after thinking for a while, he said: Zhuzi said: The size of learning is inherently different, but it is the Tao, and it is just one. This is only for children. If you don't learn it in primary school, you won't be able to learn it. Cultivating one's mind and virtue is the foundation of a university. You two should each silently write a piece of Disciple Rules.

Neither of them expected that the first question would be to memorize the Disciples' Regulations. You must know that the Disciples' Regulations were learned at the beginning of elementary school, and the whole text only has about a thousand words. In addition to the general introduction, it is divided into seven chapters: filial piety when entering, brotherhood when going out, sincerity, trust, universal love for all, affection for benevolence, and remaining learning.

Each chapter is not long, just three words per sentence, rhyming together, and catchy. It lists various norms that disciples should abide by at home, when going out, and when dealing with others. It is a classic that teaches children how to be upright, do their best, stay honest when doing evil, and cultivate a loyal family tradition and self-control. It also exactly corroborates what He Xiucai said before, the size of learning is inherently different, but it is the Tao, and it is just the same.

Someone has already prepared a square table and pen and ink. Each person has a table and desk placed in front of the hall, and even the ink has been polished with help.

The two came to the table and started writing without any hesitation.

As the two of them wrote furiously, the noise gradually faded away. Even if the country people don't understand any big principles, they still know that they can't disturb scholars when they are doing their studies.

This is not a problem for Xue Tingyan, because he only has one book, so he has spent a lot of effort to memorize the things he has learned in elementary school.

Not only memorizing it, but also memorizing it, so that when asked questions in class, he can answer fluently, because he has no reference at all.

Not having books is better than having books, because these are all engraved in the mind. Especially since he had that dream, in order to fear that his memory would be affected, he had recited the book he had memorized countless times in his mind.

While Xue Tingyan wrote vigorously, he also had a slight change in his view of He Xiucai.

He could tell that the other party asked such an unexpected question, not because the other party was deliberately letting off steam, but because he wanted to catch him by surprise. Because these disciple rules are too simple for scholars, they learned them when they were just starting to learn, but they just threw them away after learning them.

Except for the early days of elementary school, Mr. will not take these tests later. It may be a test of the Three-Character Classic, or even the Hundred Family Surnames, Thousand-Character Classic, but it will not be this disciple rule.

Xue Tingyan even couldn't wait to see Xue Juncai's reaction. Maybe the other party could roughly write down this article, maybe write down all the more than a thousand words, and each word is good and in a good order? Moreover, when He Xiucai asked Mo to follow the rules of his disciples, I am afraid that he was not just Mo Xi, but also agreed to one of the books in elementary school.

Just using your own words is enough to outshine the opponent.

Just as Xue Tingyan thought, Xue Juncai did have contempt at first. He even thought that He Xiucai was mentally ill because he took the Disciple Regulations test.

Who doesn’t know how to discipline disciples? This is what you need to learn when you first enter school. But when he fell silent, he realized that he was not as good as he thought.

I wonder if you will love me after you leave, or will you be hurt? You must know that this Disciple Rules is not like other articles. It can connect the past and the future and corroborate each other. If one sentence is wrong in the first sentence, the next paragraph will be wrong.

The more Xue Juncai kept quiet, the more annoyed he became. He always felt that he had made a mistake. If someone asked a question, he would naturally answer it fluently. Ke Mo is still a good word Mo!

At first, he wrote quickly, but then he became slower and slower, even to the point where he couldn't even start writing. It was obvious that he was not sure whether his memory was wrong.

On the contrary, Xue Tingyan has been writing slowly and slowly from the beginning. At this time, he is still writing slowly and slowly, but it can be seen that his writing style is very coherent, with almost no pauses.

At the first place, Qiao Xiucai glanced at He Xiucai with sigh in his eyes, not hiding his surprise at all. He naturally had a clear view of the following situation, and had to admire He Xiucai's ingenuity.

He Xiucai sighed slightly. In fact, he would ask this kind of question, but he just wanted to make mistakes. This is a very subtle mentality. He never expected that he would be impressed by Qiao Xiucai, which made him quite proud and at the same time very proud of himself. I had an idea and felt very proud.

He stroked his beard and said with a slight smile: You two little friends, don't worry, one stick of incense will take you enough time to write down.

Writing more than a thousand words on a stick of incense seems to be a bit hasty, but writing something as simple as disciples' rules silently is not impossible as long as you hurry up.

But that was before. When he heard someone mention the time, Xue Juncai couldn't help but become more anxious.

In the following time, he kept looking at the incense stick, because he looked at it too often, which made his speed even slower.

Okay, time's up.

As the words fell, Xue Tingyan made a stroke of his pen and put down the pen in his hand.

Xue Juncai did not move until someone came to him and discovered that his whole body was as stiff as stone and he was sweating profusely. The paper in front of him was only half full.

Because the two of them were carrying the door behind their backs, and Xue Qingshan and Yang Zhong were sitting with them at the end, they did not notice anything strange. In their minds, a piece of Disciple Regulations couldn't be simpler. Xue Juncai's weird appearance aroused their attention, but they still didn't expect that Xue Juncai failed to finish it.

It was not until He Xiucai and Qiao Xiucai looked at each other after reading their papers respectively that He Xiucai announced that Xue Tingyan had won this match.

Xue Qingshan stood up from the chair in surprise: How is that possible?

At the same time, there were a lot of discussions below and outside the door, and it seemed that they couldn't believe that Xue Juncai had lost. The insider looks at the door, the outsider looks at the excitement. The villagers who couldn't read a word didn't know what was being tested. They only knew that the scholar master said that Xue Juncai lost to the Xue family's son.

Xue Juncai lost to Xue Gouzi?

This, this is really surprising. You must know that Xue Juncai has always been the most outstanding youngster among the young generation in Yuqing Village. No one mentions him without giving a thumbs up.

Senior He, Senior Qiao, are you making a mistake? This is a disciple rule...

He Xiucai signaled with his eyes, and two people stepped forward to unroll Xue Juncai and Xue Tingyan's papers, held them up, and showed them to everyone.

On one of the pieces of rice paper, the handwriting was plump, straight and beautiful. On the other piece of rice paper, the handwriting was not bad, but it started to falter. It became more scrawled toward the back, and there were even dots of ink on it.

Xue Tingyan's words are correct, and there are no ink marks on the scroll, so it is in excellent condition. However, Xue Juncai did not finish it, and there are also errors and omissions in it, so Xue Tingyan wins this one.

Juncai! Xue Qingshan said in surprise, his eyes full of disbelief. He wanted to say something else, but Yang Zhong stopped him.

Xue Juncai didn't look up until now, and then he stiffly raised his head and glanced at Xue Tingyan with red eyes.

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Next is the second game, this time it's back to normal school exam homework.

He Xiucai asked the question, and two people answered.

Looking for ancient theories, how can I explain how to relax and be carefree?

Explore the ancient people and events, and read more wise sayings, so that you can eliminate distracting thoughts and feel at ease. Xue Juncai took a step forward and replied.

Meng Ke was admonished, and Shi Yu was upright. The common people are mediocre, so how do you interpret Lao Qian's edict? This sentence was asked to Xue Tingyan.

He pondered for a moment and said: Mencius advocates simplicity, while the historian Ziyu is upright. What it means is that a person must conform to the standard of the mean as much as possible. He must be diligent and humble, be cautious, and know how to advise and admonish himself.

Excuse me from bowing and ridicule, but favor me and increase my resistance. What's the next sentence? When asked this sentence, He Xiucai did not look at either of the two people.

Xue Juncai was still in a daze, but Xue Tingyan had already replied: It's a shame, so Lin Gao is lucky.

What's the point of ignoring others' shortcomings and relying on one's own strengths?

This time Xue Juncai didn't hesitate and said hurriedly: Don't talk about other people's shortcomings, and don't rely on your own strengths to stop making progress. Before he finished speaking, his cheeks were heating up, whether it was from embarrassment or self-esteem.

Okay! He Xiucai gave a high-five: The answers are pretty good.

Suddenly, he said again: Water Pavilion.

Xue Juncai was stunned for a moment, and Xue Tingyan's eyes flashed and he replied: Shan Zhai.

Hearing this, Xue Juncai realized that He Xiucai was testing a pair.

Before school children enter college, in addition to the basic three hundred thousand, they must also learn Enlightenment of Rhythm, Long Wen Whip Shadow, Young Learning Qiong Lin, Zeng Guang Xian Wen, etc.

Among them, Enlightenment of Rhythm and Longwen Whip Shadow teach students to understand the rules of rhythm and parallelism. In the process of learning the rhyme of flat, oblique and clear rhymes, I also began to understand and master the rhyme of poetry, and acquired a large number of vocabulary and ancient allusions.

There is a saying nowadays that few schoolchildren who have been educated cannot know pairs.

Especially such simple pairs and couplets.

After suffering two losses in a row, Xue Juncai obviously became smarter. It was almost He Xiucai who asked the question. He no longer waited to see who the question was, and answered it first, so that Xue Tingyan failed several times in a row. The answer was successful.

It can be seen that Xue Juncai has done well in his studies, and there are almost no questions that He Xiucai cannot answer.

Recently, I was lamenting in my heart, and I came up with a first couplet, but I haven't been able to get a suitable second couplet so far. Now I want to test you two. It may be too difficult for you now, but give it a try It doesn't matter. He Xiucai retracted his gaze and looked at Qiao Xiucai: If Brother Qiao is interested, you can also give it a try to relieve the pain of my brother's many days of meditation.

Qiao Xiucai sighed slightly, knowing that this was He Xiucai's desire to compete.

As the saying goes, there is no first in writing and no second in martial arts. In several nearby villages, he and He Xiucai were the only ones to pass the examination. He Xiucai's reputation outside has never been obvious, and he can understand the comparison.

Brother He, it doesn't matter if you say it.

He Xiucai stroked his beard and said: One person is great, two people are heaven. Heaven is great and human feelings are greater than heaven.

Xue Tingyan's eyes flashed across the faces of the two people above, and then landed on Xue Juncai's face. Seeing him lowering his head in deep thought, he also lowered his head.

There was silence in the hall, no one dared to make a sound, and they couldn't figure out why they were matched even though they were two junior students from the examination school.

Suddenly, a crisp clap sounded.

He saw Qiao Xiucai stroking his palms and saying: Two trees form a forest, three trees form a forest. The forest is luxuriant, and the luxuriant trees become a forest.

Xue Tingyan secretly thought: In fact, it is difficult to say that this pair is difficult, it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult, it is not difficult to fight equally, the difficult thing is to change the characters.

He Xiucai's poem One person turns into the big one and two people turn into the sky. The following two lines of antithesis have the finishing touch. However, Qiao Xiucai used two trees to form a forest and three trees to form a forest, which is excellent.