Chapter 316 2 Hu Xiucai
Four people were sitting in the yard chatting when suddenly someone knocked on the door.
Someone outside called out, "Sun Shan, Brother Sun, are you there?"
Sun Shan was stunned. The voice was very familiar, and then he thought of who it was.
He said happily: "Li Xinjun, Brother Li, is that you?"
Sun Shan had already confirmed that it was his cellmate, so he stood up and walked towards the door.
Li Xinjun outside responded: "It's me, open the door quickly."
Seeing that it was really Li Xinjun, Sun Shan was very happy. He missed Li Xinjun so much that he couldn't express it in words after seeing him again after such a long separation.
Li Xinyun walked in with his servant Aping, saw the people in the yard, introduced themselves to each other, and then sat down to have tea.
The book boy Aping gave souvenirs to each scholar.
Li Xinyun said cheerfully: "These are peanut cakes made by my mother. You can have a taste."
Have you ever tried the peanut cakes made by Li Xinyun’s mother?
Everyone took the peanut cookies and expressed their gratitude.
Sun Shan asked in confusion: "Ayun, don't you live nearby? Why are you living in the dormitory?"
Generally, the natives would not live in dormitories, and some scholars from other places would rent houses nearby, because they were older, married, and it was not uncommon for them to bring their families to study.
Li Xinjun's eyes sparkled, and when he smiled, two dimples appeared on his face. He said with a smile, "I have never lived in a dormitory before, and I want to try it out. Anyway, I have to pay whether I live there or not, so I want to make the most of it."
As soon as this was said, everyone laughed.
From the brief time they spent together, Sun Shan knew that Li Xinyun was a lively and cheerful person with a sense of humor. It was also apparent that he was very generous and decent in his dealings with others.
Liu Wenhuan said happily: "Brother Li, you grew up in Zhangzhou Prefecture. You should take us for a walk when you have time. You are most familiar with the fun and beautiful places."
Li Xinjun agreed without thinking: "Okay, when we have the day off, we will go out to visit Zhangzhou Prefecture. I was born and raised here, so I am very familiar with Zhangzhou Prefecture. Hehe, I will take you to eat delicious food, play fun things, and see beautiful things."
Everyone quickly expressed their gratitude.
After that, the five of them chatted for a while, and as it was getting late, they went back to the dormitory.
Li Xinyun lived in the dormitory next door. Before leaving, he told Sun Shan that they should have breakfast together and go to school together the next day.
Sun Shan respectfully saw Li Xinjun off from the dormitory, feeling happy.
He didn't expect that Li Xinjun actually lived in the dormitory. He was thinking of looking for him tomorrow to catch up with him, but he didn't expect that he would show up first.
The next morning, after Sun Shan got up, he had breakfast with Li Xinyun and went to the classroom for class.
The first lesson of the prefectural school career.
The classes in the provincial school were completely different from those in Hong Xiucai's school.
The classes in the provincial school are quite free.
Generally, students go to the classroom to listen to professors' lectures in the morning, and have free time or interest classes in the afternoon.
The provincial school is a little stricter on new students, requiring them to report for duty in the morning. For old students who have studied there for several years, they can ask for leave as long as they appear for the exam.
There are five professors in the provincial school, all of whom are juren and all of them are over 5 years old.
Sun Shan thought they had no hope of passing the imperial examination, so he came to the provincial school to teach.
On the one hand, he was looking for a decent job, and on the other hand, he was committed to training disciples so that they could fulfill their long-cherished wish and pass the imperial examination.
The five successful candidates taught the Four Books and Five Classics respectively, and also taught law, essays, mathematics, policy essays, astronomy, etc.
The professors teach a lot of subjects, and as for the level, I learned a lot after one month of study.
Sun Shan found that the professors were best at Confucianism, but had very little knowledge of astronomy, geography, and mathematics. Most of the time, he arranged for students to study on their own or ask each other for advice.
Especially in mathematics, Sun Shan felt that his level was far better than theirs. Sometimes he thought that if he taught mathematics courses, he would be able to explain it more clearly and deeply than the professors.
There are not many students coming to the provincial school to attend classes, most of them are scholars from recent classes.
Among the scholars in recent years, not many have come to the provincial school to attend classes.
Sun Shan admitted a total of 35 students this year, but only 20 of them came to the provincial school.
According to the gossip from Li Xinyun, all the young, wealthy and powerful scholars went to Guangzhou to study. Even if they did not go to Guangzhou, they quickly found ways to study in other academies that were better than the provincial school.
Some poor and average-aged scholars simply stayed in the local county school and did not want to climb mountains and wade through rivers to study in the provincial school.
Some poor and elderly people simply gave up on the provincial examinations and would not come to the provincial school to study.
Li Xinyun also said that Lu Yuming, who ranked first in the college entrance examination, used his connections to study at Yuexiu Academy in Guangzhou Prefecture. He was seen coming to report for duty a few days ago, asking for a long vacation, and then leaving Zhangzhou Prefecture.
Sun Shan was envious and jealous of Lu Anshou's ability to study in one of the four major academies. Thinking back to when he took the exam and failed miserably, tears welled up in his eyes.
Since it was the first day of class, Sun Shan seemed confused, and so were the students in the same dormitory.
Fortunately, there was a local like Li Xinjun. Everyone did whatever he did and quickly adapted to the situation.
After a month, Sun Shan quickly figured out the class and schedule of the provincial school.
At the provincial school, Sun Shan studied very regularly.
I get up at 6: every morning, wash up, and do some radio gymnastics until :.
Then spend half an hour or an hour reading in the morning.
After morning reading, I go to the cafeteria to have breakfast with my roommates or alone.
After breakfast, go directly to the classroom for class.
The morning class starts at 8:12 and ends at :. You can take a break during the class.
In the afternoon, you can do whatever you want or take interest classes.
Sun Shan's "Six Arts of a Gentleman".
Sun Shan chose archery, and originally had the option of horse riding. However, the horse riding teacher disliked him because he was too short and too thin, and asked him to come back two years later.
What he meant was that he was afraid that Sun Shan would fall off his horse and he was afraid of taking responsibility.
Sun Shan was very upset. What else could he do except accept it? He couldn't force himself to learn it.
Sun Shan also chose a musical instrument.
At first he wanted to choose the guqin, but there were too many people queuing up to sign up, and there were only a few guqins in the school, so he didn't know when it would be his turn to touch the instrument.
The next best thing is to learn to play the flute.
At that time, Zhang Yue, the first judge in the county, was an excellent flute player, which impressed Sun Shan greatly, so he chose to play the flute.
The teacher who taught him to play the flute was happy that Sun Shan came to learn, but after less than five days, he asked Sun Shan to give up, saying that he did not have enough stamina and could not learn well, and asked him to come back two years later.
Two years passed, and another two years passed. Sun Shan was so angry that he wanted to destroy the horses and flutes in the school. He didn't want others to have what he couldn't have.
Finally, I quit the flute class in tears.
In desperation, Sun Shan chose to play the erhu.
In my previous life, I was bored and often walked alone by the lake. Over time, I got to know an old man who played the erhu alone.
The old man, who was talkative and even more boring than Sun Shan, tried hard to persuade Sun Shan to learn erhu and even threatened to teach him everything he had learned in his life.
Sun Shan learned erhu from the old man, thinking that he had nothing to do. Later, the old man passed away and Sun Shan never played erhu again.
So Sun Shan signed up for the erhu, which was considered "vulgar" by the common people at that time.
After all, he had learned it, so he wouldn't be driven away by the teacher.
After Sun Shan took one lesson, his six meridians of playing the erhu were immediately opened.
When it was time for independent practice, Sun Shan thought that not only had his studies been frustrated, but his interest in learning had also been frustrated. He was heartbroken and angry, thinking that his talent was not appreciated. He could not help but play "Blind A Bing's" saddest piece, "February Moon Reflecting the Fountain".
Who would have thought that once this song was released, Sun Shan, who was already a little famous in the provincial school, would instantly become very famous and become an "Internet celebrity" in the provincial school, becoming very popular throughout the entire school.
From the professor to the aunt who serves food, everyone knows that the young scholar who has just entered school plays the erhu very well, and it is a miserable erhu.
The erhu teacher turned around and became his apprentice to learn the art. He chased after Sun Shan all day long, and finally dug out all the erhu tunes that Sun Shan had heard of from others before letting him go.
From then on, Sun Shan had a nickname: "Erhu Scholar"