Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 120 Three years in a hurry
  Of course, it is also possible that one of the three people agrees with Ang Lee's point of view. Zhuang Xuexue will not judge based on this alone. It depends more on how the article is written.

After reading the four people's articles, Zhuang Xuexue has a general understanding of the four people.

"Sir, the time has come." The serving maid reminded.

Xuexue Zhuang came back to his senses, put down Minglan's article, pondered for a moment, picked up a book from the desk, and walked to the school.

In the school, Li An and others were discussing the article in low voices, while several girls gathered together to joke.

Seeing Xuexue Zhuang come in, he quickly stood up and saluted.

Zhuang Xuexue asked them to sit down, sat down, and said: "I have read your articles. Chang Bai and Li An wrote very well. Although Qi Xiaogongye and Chang Feng also wrote well, they are too obsessed with gorgeous diction. It makes people feel like they have nothing to say, so we should pay more attention to this in the future.”

"Thank you Zhuang Xuexue for your guidance. The student understands." The four people responded quickly.

Sheng Changbai and Li An did not show joy when they were praised, but Qi Heng and Sheng Changfeng looked a little unhappy.

Qi Heng's mentality was good, but he felt a little uncomfortable, while Sheng Changfeng's face was ugly, but he didn't dare to show it.

Xuexue Zhuang nodded, looked at the four girls and said: "I won't talk about your article, but except for the four girls, the words of the remaining three are unsightly. The words are just like the people, although this sentence is not Not absolutely, but people with ugly handwriting will not have a good first impression. From now on, you should practice your calligraphy well, you know?"

"Students understand."

Rulan, Minglan and Liu Waner responded quickly.

Only the corner of Mo Lan's mouth turned up with a hint of pride.

Zhuang Xuexue's criticisms and praises made everyone feel awe-inspiring and they became more honest and well-behaved.

"Okay, I will teach you the Analects of Confucius today. Take out the book." Zhuang Xuexue said.

The Analects of Confucius was taught by Zhuang Xuexue, which was different from the way Li An was taught by Confucius in the academy.

At that time, the Master would lead them to read it and then explain the meaning.

When Zhuang Xuexue teaches, every time he reads a sentence, he will explain its meaning and even quote some classics to explain it.

Before I knew it, the class was over.

This class is over, it's close to noon, which means school is over.

With the help of the maid and the book boy, they each packed up their things and left the classroom.

After all, Li An and the others were studying on loan. The Sheng family had asked them to have lunch and lunch at the Sheng family, but neither the Qi family nor Liu Xuewen were embarrassed to agree.

But this would be a pain for Li An and Liu Waner. Qi Heng's family was in the inner city, and the Sheng family was in the outer city close to the edge of the inner city. The distance was not very far, and it only took about an hour for Qi Heng to go back and forth.

The Liu family is relatively far away from the Sheng family. The time spent going back and forth, plus eating, left little time to take a lunch break.

Fortunately, there was a lack of entertainment activities in ancient times. Although Bianjing was prosperous and the night market lasted until early morning, many of them were not suitable for them at their age and they went to bed earlier every day.

If you don’t sleep at noon, you won’t feel sleepy in the afternoon.

The days of studying are always dull and boring, but with four girls, Sanlang and Liu Waner, in the same room, some conflicts arise from time to time, which can be a relief.

The school had one day off every ten days. In their spare time, Li An and the others went out for an outing together, or went to the polo field to practice horseback riding and play polo, or occasionally went to the Daxiangguo Temple to join in the fun, which was a very fulfilling life.

Before I knew it, three years had passed.

It has to be said that although Zhuang Xuexue did not pass the Jinshi examination, he was able to teach several Jinshi, which is nothing to say in terms of teaching.

Zhuang Xuexue basically taught the Four Books and Five Classics every morning, using the surrounding content of the classics and history. In the afternoon, he taught many test questions from past dynasties. Because almost all of his students participated in the imperial examinations, he had a large number of success and failure cases. , he will take out an article as an example, and point out the good points of the good ones, and point out the shortcomings of the unsuccessful ones.

This kind of teaching method with clear goals and clear structure has benefited Li An and others who are determined to take the imperial examination a lot.

In addition, every time Zhuang Xuexue takes a break, he will combine it with the Di newspaper to come up with a topic and ask several people to write an article.

Then point out their shortcomings.    …

It's July, which is when the weather is hottest.

In a courtyard in Jianning Lane in the east of Bianjing City, a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old was practicing marksmanship.

When the young man put away his gun and stopped, he was already dripping with sweat. A maid of fourteen or fifteen years old under the eaves quickly stepped forward and handed over a handkerchief and said: "Sir, the water is ready."

"Ah."

Li An nodded, took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his face, handed it to the maid, and entered the house with the gun.

After living in the Liu family for two months, Li An rented a house and moved out from the Liu family. Not long ago, through the introduction of Yaxing, he bought this house and officially settled in Bianjing.

This house has three entrances in total and is not too big. It is located halfway between the outer city and the inner city. Even so, the tea house has spent seven or eighty-eight percent of the money it has earned in the past three years.

In the past three years, Li An has not done any other business. Even so, the tea house makes a profit of more than one thousand taels every month after excluding costs. Just buying this house cost more than 20,000 taels.

After going back to the house, taking a shower and changing into a moon-white scholar's long shirt, Li An opened the door and walked out.

"Begonia, clean up the house, I'm going to school." Li An ordered.

"Yes, son."

Haitang, who was waiting at the door, bowed and responded.

Li An walked out of the courtyard, and Desheng was already waiting at the entrance of the courtyard with a book box.

"Sir, the carriage is ready." Desheng saluted.

"Well, let's go." Li An nodded.

After Li An moved out, Liu Xuewen gave Desheng to him.

Li An considered that it was inappropriate to use Shizhu as a book boy, so he asked Desheng to be his book boy.

It's not that Li An dislikes Shi Zhu, but that the book boy is a servant in Bei Rang's eyes. Although Shi Lin doesn't care, Li An doesn't want Shi Zhu to be considered a servant.

After leaving the house, Li An and De Sheng got into the carriage, and the coachman Welin took the carriage to the Sheng family.

Arriving at Sheng's house, Desheng went up and knocked on the side door. The two of them walked in and went all the way to the school.

"The official family has never decided on the candidate for the crown prince. I think the topic of this county trial may be related to the establishment of the crown prince."

"It's impossible. Even if there is such a question, it will be a general examination or a palace examination. It is impossible for such a question to appear in the county examination."

"How is it impossible? I'm just talking about issues related to establishing a prince. Kaifeng Mansion is at the feet of the emperor, so the chances are very high."

As soon as Li An walked to the door, he heard an argument.

"Third brother, this kind of question was not asked in last year's imperial examination. How can a county examination ask questions related to the establishment of a prince? Don't be like those people outside and discuss such topics randomly." Sheng Changbai said.

"What are you talking about anymore?" Li An smiled.

"Here comes Zi Qian. The county exam is about to take place. We are taking the questions." Sheng Changbai said with a smile.

Sheng Changfeng was refuted by Sheng Changbai and Qi Heng. He was not confused. When he saw Li An arriving, he said, "Zi Qian, I said that the policy topic of this county examination is likely to be related to the establishment of a prince. What do you think?"

Li An came to his seat and sat down and said with a smile: "I am different from you. You are taking the county examination in Kaifeng Prefecture, while I have to go to Yangzhou. We are studying in different directions."

Predicting questions means anticipating the test questions in advance and preparing in advance.

This phenomenon was very common in the ancient imperial examinations. Before each examination, the most talked about was the essay style and preferences of the imperial examination examiners and question makers.

(End of this chapter)