Chapter 272: Zheng's School Speech
When Sun Shan got up early the next morning, he was dressed neatly in a student's uniform, which made him stand out from the crowd.
Sun Bomin and Su asked about the auspicious date and planned to hold a banquet to celebrate the scholar ten days later.
Ten days is a rare good day. Yang the fortune teller hypes it up and says that it will be held ten days later and Sun Shan will definitely pass the imperial examinations and become a Jinshi.
It was also said that an official hat appeared faintly on the roof of the Sun family's house.
Sun Bomin and Su were overjoyed when they heard this, and gave the fortune teller a red envelope of 1 tael. Fortune teller Yang kept saying good things to him.
Sun Bomin took Yong Ge'er to the county town early in the morning and wrote a letter to his aunt in the provincial government to tell her the auspicious date of the wedding banquet.
Second, he went to the county town to buy some chickens. The villagers were keeping the laying hens and were reluctant to sell them, so Sun Boming had to go to the county town to buy some.
They prepared to slaughter chickens every day to give Sun Shan some nutrition, and Yong Ge'er acted as free labor to help move the chickens.
After breakfast, Sun Shan took the paper and ink he bought in the city as gifts and walked leisurely on the small path in Sunjia Village.
When I met fellow villagers along the way, they all smiled and greeted me very warmly.
Some villagers continued to call him Shanzi, some called him Bominzai, some called him Sun Xiucai, and some called him Sun Xianggong.
There were all kinds of things, and Sun Shan accepted them all.
It took me half an hour to reach the entrance of the village. I wiped the sweat off my face. It was so tiring to deal with the folks, but I had to say hello.
Oh, it seems he should spend less time in the village.
Things are different now, his identity has changed.
Yesterday, De Ge'er and Qingbei came to visit and brought a letter to Zheng Tongsheng. Zheng Tongsheng wanted Sun Shan to go to Zheng's School and talk to his student, who is also Sun Shan's junior brother, about how to pass the examination and become a scholar.
Sun Shan immediately understood that Zheng Tongsheng wanted to find alumni to come back to the school to give speeches so that successful people could teach the confused junior students a lesson on success.
If you want to give a speech, you naturally have to dress appropriately.
Sun Shan had no choice but to put on the student's uniform that represented his status, and left home early in the morning, heading for Zhengjia Village.
I haven't walked this road for a long time. The village road has not changed at all. It is still a muddy road. Fortunately, the sky is high and the air is fresh, so it is not difficult to walk.
Half an hour later, Sun Shan saw the Zheng Family School standing out in Zhengjia Village from afar.
He met villagers along the way and Sun Shan nodded politely.
Some people who knew him called him Mr. Sun, but Sun Shan quickly waved his hand and said, "Old man, don't call me Mr. Sun, just call me Ashan."
Anyone who can call him Sun Bomin's son must naturally know Sun Bomin.
But you can't let others call you Mr. Sun and you can't act superior.
Sun Shan knocked on the school door, and the person who opened the door must be Zheng Bo.
Sun Shan chuckled and called out, "Zheng Bo, long time no see. I hope you are well."
Zheng Bo stared at Sun Shan in a daze, as if the Sun Shan in front of him was not the Sun Shan he knew.
He was wearing a long gown, a turban and a hat, and had an upright posture. He was completely different from the short and thin Sun Shan in our impression.
Although Mr. Sun is still short and thin, he feels different.
The only thing that remained unchanged was his triangular eyes, and Zheng Bo immediately recognized that he was Sun Shan.
Zheng Bo shouted in surprise: "Sun Xiucai, you are here."
He quickly invited Sun Shan in.
Sun Shan quickly said, "Zheng Bo, don't call me that. Just call me Ah Shan."
After that, he took out a pot of osmanthus wine bought from Zhangzhou Prefecture and said with a smile: "Zheng Bo, osmanthus wine is what I brought back from Zhangzhou Prefecture. It is most suitable for the elderly to drink. It is fragrant and delicious, and the fragrance of osmanthus remains after drinking it."
Zheng Bo was overjoyed, took the osmanthus wine, and said happily: "What a good child, you came all the way here to bring me some wine."
Sun Shan supported Zheng Bo and said as they walked, "Zhangzhou Prefecture is most famous for its sweet-scented osmanthus wine, which is very delicious. I brought it specially for you, Zheng Bo, you must taste it carefully."
In fact, the specialty of Zhangzhou Prefecture is not osmanthus wine, Sun Shan said this to show that he was thoughtful, to show that he valued Zheng Bo, and to please Zheng Bo.
Elderly people always like their younger generations to bring them gifts, and they must be unique gifts.
After hearing this, Zheng Bo was even more delighted and said cheerfully, "Shanzi, you are so filial. Haha, it's amazing that you still remember an old man like me."
So Sun Shan and Zheng Bo recalled the happy times they had in Zheng’s School.
Sun Shan particularly emphasized that Zheng Bo worked hard to help the students steam meals, make tea for the students, and spoke kindly to them without asking for any money.
Zheng Bo was so delighted that he suddenly felt that Zheng's School could not continue without him.
Zheng Bo arranged for Sun Shan to sit in the main hall, and he went to the school to find Zheng Tongsheng.
As for Zheng Hongwen, Lixia and the little crybaby followed Zheng Tongsheng's wife, Song, back to her parents' home.
It was Zheng Hongwen’s grandmother’s birthday, and they went back as representatives to attend the birthday banquet.
As for Zheng Hongyuan, after sending Sun Shan and the others home, he returned to the county town early the next morning. After all, he still had to go to work.
Sun Shan sat for a while, and then Zheng Tongsheng arrived.
Sun Shan stood up and greeted him quickly.
Zheng Tongsheng touched the half-white teacher and laughed: "Not bad, Shanzi, you passed the examination to become a scholar at the age of 13, very good."
After a pause, he continued, "Remember, don't be proud, and keep working hard."
Sun Shan smiled and said, "Master, hehe, I also think I'm amazing. I passed the exam to become a scholar at such a young age. Hahahaha."
With this interruption, the atmosphere became lively. Zheng Tongsheng rolled his eyes at Sun Shan, shook his head and said, "You, you start to dye the pot as soon as you are given some color. Haha, I don't know what to say."
Sun Shan laughed and said, "Master, your good days are still the day after tomorrow. My brother Hongwen will definitely pass the examination to become a scholar in the future. He also passed the examination to become a student at a young age. I am just one step ahead of him."
Zheng Tongsheng liked what he heard, and then shook his head and said, "I am very grateful that you shared the information from the provincial government with him this time. As for whether he can pass the exam, we will talk about it later. But he is better than me after all. He is already a Tongsheng, and his years of studying are not in vain.
And he has a friend like you who is a scholar, so he can always get more experience."
Zheng Tongsheng was right. Zheng Hongwen's circle of friends was indeed much stronger than Zheng Tongsheng's. At least his classmate Sun Shan could provide some help, which was much better than figuring it out on his own.
Zheng Tongsheng continued, "Come, follow me. Let my students see what a scholar is like, so that they can have a heart of progress. You also graduated from Zheng's school, so they can be considered your junior brothers."
Sun Shan was quick to accept advice and did whatever Zheng Tongsheng told him to do.
Although he is not good at giving students inspirational speeches, he can still say a few words that are meaningful.
Tell me how you studied and how you passed the exam to become a scholar.
As an inspirational young boy, Sun Shan is very happy to encourage more students to make progress.
Zheng Tongsheng gathered all the students in one classroom.
Sun Shan discovered that the ones with the longest seniority were De Ge'er and Yang Qingbei.
Peking University and Tsinghua University said they would continue to study for another year and then leave school and go home.
As for De Ge'er, he has decided to finish this year and not go to school next year.
Among the remaining students, only one or two are familiar faces, the rest are new recruits.
Sun Shan discovered that the size of Zheng's School was still about the same as when he was there, with thirteen or fourteen students.
Although the number of students remained the same, Sun Shan felt that more people were enrolled in school.
After all, in the past, more than half of the people in Zheng’s School were from Sunjia Village, but now there are only two or three people from Sunjia Village.
The student source of Zheng’s School began to diversify.
The students looked at Sun Shan curiously, especially because Sun Shan was wearing a student's uniform, which made him look very special.
Seeing that everyone was so curious, Sun Shan started with clothing and taught the students some basic knowledge about "scholars".
The speech revolves around the imperial examination, interspersed with Sun Shan's academic methods.
He kept talking and talking until Duke Zheng brought him some tea.
It was not until noon, when it was time to eat, that Sun Shan stopped his first speech in his life.
Finally, he said to the students: "Whether you want to take the imperial examination in the future or learn to read and work as an accountant, you must study hard and make progress every day. The knowledge you learn is yours. No matter whether it is useful or not, it will become extremely useful when you need it. Everyone, study hard and learn back the tuition fees you paid."
The last sentence caused the students to burst into laughter.
Sun Shan laughed too.
A speech ended.