Chapter 339 Sun Shan Does Not Participate in the Provincial Examination
The next morning, Zhang Chaoyang and the other two sent a book boy to mail the letter, and Li Xinjun also came early and said: Don't go out these days.
I went home in a hurry.
Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.
Sun Shan stayed in the provincial school to read and did not go anywhere else.
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, and the scholars have nothing to do, so they hold a poetry conference in the provincial school.
Sun Shan also attended the event when he had nothing to do.
Everybody gathered together and picked a topic at random, starting with the game of flying flowers without wine, and then starting with writing poems.
Sun Shan was not very good at writing poetry, but he was very good at playing Feihualing.
Having read 300 Tang and Song poems by heart, he can quickly pick up the topic.
As for writing poetry, the standard is really poor. Although not the last, it is also at the bottom.
After a morning of poetry competition, there was a Cuju game in the afternoon.
As there were too many people, Sun Shan could not go on stage and had to sit in the audience as a substitute.
His sports skills are like his poetry skills. Although he is not the last, he is also among the worst.
In the last ten to twenty minutes, Sun Shan was finally able to play.
Gui Ge'er shouted excitedly: "Shan Ge, goal, Shan Ge, goal!"
Gui Ge'er eats a lot, has great strength, and has a loud voice. His voice is the loudest in the whole audience.
When the scholars saw his appearance, they looked at Sun Shan who was playing as a defender and burst out laughing.
Sun Shan was also embarrassed. Gui Ge'er's momentum made it seem as if he was a striker, and he was holding the ball with his feet, ready to score a goal.
But Gui Ge'er can shout if he likes, that's his freedom. Sun Shan decided to throw away the embarrassment and let others be embarrassed.
After playing football for more than ten or twenty minutes, the Cuju game ended.
Sun Shan didn't care which team won or lost. There was no prize money for winning and no punishment for losing.
The most important thing is that he has never scored a goal, and he is lucky if he can touch the ball occasionally.
Sun Shan is a very positive and optimistic person. He puts friendship first and competition second, and he is always eager to participate.
The Dragon Boat Festival holiday was over in a blink of an eye, and a few days later, Li Xinjun had already come to the provincial school to attend classes.
However, he was a gossipy person and changed his usual behavior. He came to class in the morning and went home to get news in the afternoon.
Sun Shan and others were also very nervous. After so many days, Li Xinjun clearly had connections in the yamen, but they still couldn't find out what was going on. They still didn't know how many children had been abducted and how many human traffickers there were.
Li Xinyun attacked Li Siyu from the side by eavesdropping on the case, but Li's father said directly: Big news!
Order him to ask less questions and talk less.
Sun Shan looked at Zhang Chaoyang, Zhang Chaoyang looked at Jiang Qian, Jiang Qian looked at Liu Wenhuan, Liu Wenhuan looked at Li Xinjun, and Li Xinjun looked at Sun Shan. They just looked at each other and finally came to the conclusion that this was an unusual situation and they should not ask too many questions to avoid getting into trouble.
So the five people chose to forget about it and ordered the servant to forget about it.
In July, four of the five people, except Sun Shan, planned to take part in this year's provincial examination, and had already obtained the qualifications.
Perhaps the literary culture in Zhangzhou Prefecture was not strong, and there were not many scholars willing to take part in the provincial examination.
Therefore, the probability of qualifying for the provincial examination is very high.
As long as you work hard, there will be a spot.
Sun Shan discovered that many scholars in Zhangzhou Prefecture stopped taking the provincial examinations after failing once or twice, especially older scholars.
Sun Shan remembered that Scholar Hong and Scholar Huang had said that after they passed the examination to become scholars, they took part in the provincial examinations twice, and then decisively returned to Huangyang County to open a private school to make a living.
Mr. Hong told Sun Shan that, firstly, his knowledge was not as good as that of other scholars in the prefecture, and he knew this.
Secondly, as I get older, it’s hard to have the energy to concentrate on studying and preparing for the exam.
The third and most important point is that the cost of taking part in the provincial examination is very high. It costs a lot of money to take the exam once. His family is average and it is difficult for him to support it.
Mr. Hong’s current fortune was earned after he gave up the provincial examination.
Sun Shan felt that many scholars in Zhangzhou Prefecture were like Scholar Hong and Scholar Huang, so he was not very willing to take part in the provincial examination and would decisively give up when necessary.
Li Xinyun asked in confusion: "Ashan, why didn't you take part in the provincial examination? Your results are not bad."
Li Xinyun almost wanted to say that he was even better than him.
He, who was ranked lower, went to participate, but Sun Shan, who was ranked higher, didn't go?
Zhang Chaoyang asked doubtfully: "Yes, Ashan, why don't you come in?"
Jiang Qian and Liu Wenhuan looked at Sun Shan in confusion, wondering why he didn't go.
Sun Shan shook his head and said, "The provincial examination will last for nine days, and I have to stay in the examination hall for nine consecutive days. My body can't stand it, I don't want to go."
Sun Shan was still frightened.
The last three-day college entrance examination cost him half his life, and he really didn't have the confidence to take the nine-day provincial examination.
Although he was in much better shape after one or two years of training, Sun Shan knew his own body best and felt that he was not good enough, so he did not want to take the risk of entering the arena.
And the important point is that he is still young and has many opportunities. If he misses this time, there will be another time. Time waits for no one.
What needs to be abandoned should be abandoned, and no one should hesitate.
Everyone looked at Sun Shan's small body and found that he was indeed unhealthy. He got sick more often than others. Moreover, while others took cold showers, he insisted on taking hot showers. It was obvious that he was weaker than others.
When Li Xinjun thought about having to stay in the examination room for nine days, he turned pale and wailed, "Oh my God, I have to stay in the examination room for nine days for this provincial examination. If I get a bad number, it would be worse than death."
When he said this, he glanced at Sun Shan on purpose.
Sun Shan glared back, saying that he didn't need to take part in the provincial examination now, so this problem didn't exist.
Jiang Qian, who had never been in a bad number, said nonchalantly, "Ayun, even if you get a bad number, you still have to take the exam. Look at Ashan, who got a bad number, and he still passed the entrance exam. I think even if you get a bad number, it won't be too bad."
This is the significance of practice being the only criterion for testing profit increase.
People like Jiang Qian who have never put it into practice will naturally make sarcastic remarks and appear to be nonchalant.
Li Xinjun glanced at Sun Shan, then glared at Jiang Qian. He really wanted to ask Agui to drag Jiang Qian out and beat him up.
Although he did not get a bad grade in the college entrance examination, he was not much different from a bad grade. Only those who have experienced a bad grade can understand this kind of pain.
Then he looked at the indifferent expressions of Liu Wenhuan and Zhang Chaoyang, and cursed in his heart that the three of them would get bad numbers in this provincial examination. Even if they were not bad numbers, they would be next to bad numbers.
Sun Shan quickly changed the subject and said, "Since you are all going to take the provincial examination, you have to work hard. The competition is even more intense, so you have to work harder."
Last month, my eldest cousin He Shujin wrote to me saying that he had returned from Huguang Province and was preparing to take part in the provincial examination.
Sun Shan sincerely hoped that his cousin could pass the imperial examination. This was his third time to enter the examination room.
Liu Wenhuan and others followed Sun Shan's instructions and immediately went back to read.
Although I know that the provincial examination tests one's daily accumulation, reading is always beneficial.
Especially recently, the professors of the provincial school have been imparting knowledge frequently, and they have not yet memorized a lot of it, so they have to go back and review it again.
It would be best if the questions from the provincial examination appeared in the normal examination papers, then they would not be without hope of passing.