Chapter 196: Promoted to Class A
Huang Xiucai and Hong Xiucai decided which school was better based on the poems of the two schools.
In the end, the students from Huang's School wrote better poems.
Huang Xiucai said proudly: "Your Hong's Academy has lost for three consecutive years. Hey, Brother Hong, you have to work hard."
He looked so earnest and sincere that outsiders might have thought he was only thinking about Mr. Hong.
Hong Xiucai rolled his eyes in an ungentlemanly manner and snorted, "What's the point of being good at writing poems? The imperial examinations aren't that common. You'd better study the Four Books and Five Classics."
Huang Xiucai was so angry that he wanted to put a sack on Hong Xiucai and beat him.
The two teachers came down the mountain quarreling, and the students below covered their mouths, looked at each other, and laughed.
The students chattered one after another and followed us down the mountain.
It is easy to go up the mountain, but difficult to go down the mountain.
Sun Shan didn't think so. He was exhausted from climbing the mountain, but it was much easier to go down the mountain. He followed the slope, chatting and laughing with his classmates. Soon he returned to the school.
It was time to dismiss the class, so the day students went home directly and the boarding students returned to the dormitory.
Sun Shan followed Senior Brothers Hong Jian and Li Sheng back to the dormitory and without saying a word, he took up the water and drank it.
I'm so tired after walking all the way.
Hong Jian ordered: "Ashan, you'd better find some medicinal wine to rub your legs, otherwise you won't be able to bear it tomorrow."
Hong Jian thought that Sun Shan's small body would cause serious sequelae, and suggested that he take some preventive measures first.
Sun Shan nodded and said, "I know, Brother Jian, I will not only apply medicine, but also soak my feet."
I thought about climbing Mount Tai in my previous life and climbed the whole mountain without giving up. But when I came down the mountain the next day, my whole body was sore and my legs couldn't even walk.
The day before, I vowed to climb up and climb down. In the end, I was slapped in the face and took the cable car down in shame.
Hong Jian nodded and said goodbye to Sun Shan. There was still some time before dinner, and except when it was windy, rainy or hailful, Hong Jian would go to the "Jinbangtiming" bookstore to read books after class to expand his extracurricular knowledge.
Sun Shan ran to Uncle Hong's guard room and said with a smile, "Uncle Hong, do you have any medicinal wine? I want to wipe my legs. I'm afraid my legs will ache and tremble tomorrow."
Uncle Hong called out to Aunt Zhang and asked her where the medicinal wine was. It seemed that he was very experienced.
He said to Sun Shan: "Apply it before you go to bed at night, and you will be fine tomorrow. They went hiking before, and they were all idiots. They didn't apply the medicine, and they couldn't get up the next day."
He looked at Sun Shan approvingly and said, "Shanzi, you are smart. You came here to ask for medicine."
Sun Shan took the medicine back happily and said he would return it tomorrow.
After a year of getting along, Sun Shan became more familiar with Uncle Hong and Aunt Zhang, so he dared to ask them for medicine.
After returning to the dormitory, I continued to study as usual, and the time between recess and meals was used to practice calligraphy.
Still practicing regular script.
Sun Shan has no plan to practice other fonts. He would be very happy if he could master the regular script.
Of course, it is not impossible for him to practice other fonts. He can practice them when he has free time after retirement.
Thinking of this, Sun Shan chuckled. He wanted to retire when he was less than 10 years old. Perhaps he was the only one in the world who thought so.
Day after day, year after year, after two years of study, Sun Shan jumped to Class A without any surprise.
After the Chinese New Year, Sun Shan moved the table to Class A.
He Weizhan said with envy and jealousy: "Ashan, you are too fast. You don't even wait for me!"
Sun Shan waved his sleeves and walked out of Class B without looking back, disdainful of staying with this bunch of poor students.
Zheng Hongwen ran over to help Sun Shan move the table and said happily, "Ashan, I told you that you will definitely be promoted to Class A this year. Hehe, you see, I was right."
Sun Shan was also happy and said with a smile: "Brother Hongwen, I have been following you here. It has been too lonely not being in Class B with you for a year."
Zheng Hongwen patted Sun Shan's little shoulder unhappily and helped him tidy up his desk.
Zheng Hongwen was promoted to Class A last year, and Sun Shan is determined to get into Class A next year.
Things developed just as expected.
After two years of study and many assessments, Mr. Hong finally promoted Sun Shan to Class A and encouraged him to study hard and make progress every day.
But he secretly told Huang Xiucai that Sun Shan had a very good chance of passing the exam and his ranking would be high.
Mr. Huang didn't believe it, so he ran over to test Sun Shan. Sun Shan, who didn't know what was going on, just let Huang ask questions.
Afterwards, Huang Xiucai's eyes became ferocious and he left without saying a word, leaving Sun Shan confused.
Who would have thought that he would come over the next day and teach Sun Shan to read more annotations and practice calligraphy diligently. He also asked him very tactfully whether he wanted to transfer to Huang's School, saying that he would not charge tuition.
When Mr. Hong heard this, the two classmates became enemies instantly, and started fighting in a chaotic manner.
Fortunately, the students arrived quickly and separated the two.
Passerby Sun Shan stared at the two teachers with wide eyes, looking at them innocently. He squatted in the corner at a loss, muttering: You can't see me, you can't see me...
After Sun Shan moved the desks, he found that there were many fewer students in Class A.
The two Class A students who lived in the same dormitory went home. They failed the provincial examination last year again. They became discouraged and stopped studying and went back home to work.
A senior from Class A passed the examination for Tongsheng last year and transferred to the county school to prepare for the college entrance examination. Firstly, the county school has a large collection of books, which is convenient for reading. Secondly, Tongsheng does not need to pay tuition to enter the county school, and there are many Tongshengs there, so they can discuss academic matters.
Now the only ones left in Class A are Brother Li Sheng, Hong Jian, Zheng Hongwen, Sun Shan, and a day student Liang Can.
Hong Jian smiled and said, "Ashan, it's great that you came to Class A. We can study together."
Sun Shan was also happy. After going through untold hardships, numerous exams, and Mr. Hong's strict assessment, he was finally moved to Class A.
In other words, we are one step closer to scientific research.
He smiled and said, "Brother Jian, let's work hard together."
Zheng Hongwen said to everyone cheerfully: "If Ashan comes to Class A, we will be in trouble. Everyone knows that Ashan is the best in the school. If we fall behind, we will definitely be scolded by the teacher."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed together.
Li Sheng joked: "Anyway, I'm ready to be scolded and beaten by the master. Hehe, you guys should be ready too."
Liang Can, a new classmate, also echoed: "Ah Sheng, you don't need to tell me, I've been ready for a long time. Fortunately, after so many years, I've long been accustomed to being scolded and beaten by the teacher. I think, scolding is scolding, beating is beating, anyway, I've already let it go."
Everyone in the school knew Sun Shan. He was the only one in the school who skipped a grade so quickly. Moreover, he was very good at arithmetic. Everyone often asked him for help, and the students in the school had known him for a long time.
Sun Shan bowed and said, "My fellow students, please give me your guidance in the future, and let us make progress together."
Even after being promoted to Class A, Sun Shan did not dare to be complacent.
Because he is a long way from being a scholar.
Last year, Li Sheng and Hong Jian also took part in the county examination, but both failed in the prefectural examination.
Li Sheng didn't understand, but Sun Shan saw how diligent and hardworking Hong Jian was, yet he still failed the exam.
It can be seen that even a young student finds it difficult to pass the exam.
The road to imperial examination is harder than ascending to heaven.