Guo Xuedou went to the city again to find Xuezheng, the county school. This was the only relationship he could rely on. It was said that Xuezheng was also a good drinker. On this point, the two of them could talk a lot.
So the village school was handed over to Guo Lin and Zhang Yue.
The village school in Wuxi is still in a mess.
Some children want to play but don't pay attention to their homework, while others want to learn but are led astray.
Guo Lin has a soft temper and is often interrupted by village children when teaching his students hundreds of surnames.
Zhang Yue saw it and couldn't stand it, so he said to Guo Lin: "There are some village children who want to learn, and some who don't want to learn. If the unwillingness to learn is allowed to affect the ones who want to learn, then no one will be able to study."
"How about that?"
Zhang Yue said: "There is no other way. At this time, we can only make one or two adjustments. All the children who want to learn will be seated in the front row, and those who do not want to learn will be seated in the back row."
After hearing this, Guo Lin said: "This is not good. Isn't this treating one thing favorably and favoring another?"
Zhang Yue said: "What can we do? Continue to let them continue to make trouble. They don't even pay attention to their husbands, let alone you. Is it useful to control those who really don't want to learn?"
Guo Lin nodded and said, "Just follow Junior Brother's advice."
After these few days, the order in the village school has really improved a lot.
Guo Lin secretly admired Zhang Yue. A few days later, I saw Zhang Yue borrowing an old hunting bow from a hunter and practicing his arrows against a haystack in the backyard.
Guo Lin was already accustomed to Zhang Yue's unfaithful thoughts.
It was still a bit cold today, but Zhang Yue was practicing archery in the backyard wearing only a short shirt.
Guo Lin saw this and said hurriedly: "Junior brother, what are you doing? It's still cold. Be careful of freezing. How can you go to the exam if you get sick?"
Zhang Yue said: "Archery is one of the six arts of a gentleman. I'm thinking that the county school admission examination may not only test the transcripts, but it may be useful when taking the archery test."
"Besides, who said you can only learn archery after taking the martial arts examination? Duke Chen Kangsu, the number one scholar in this dynasty, was good at archery. Duke Ouyang even wrote an article "The Oil Seller" for him."
At this point, Zhang Yue made another gesture of pulling the bow string while riding a horse and shooting arrows, and said proudly: "No one else, but my hands are familiar with it."
The two senior brothers laughed together.
Speaking of this, Zhang Yue suddenly said seriously: "Since this dynasty has advocated literature and suppressed martial arts, scholars' favoring martial arts has gradually receded. This is unlike the Han and Tang Dynasties. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, most of the famous ministers and generals were both civil and military. Now the spring is warm. The flowers are blooming, it’s just the right time to practice.”
After saying this, Zhang Yue continued to shoot arrows.
Guo Lin thought to himself that he almost forgot that his junior brother's ancestor was born in Jiedu, and martial arts and archery were also inherited from his family. He could remember Zhang Heng's arrows in Nanfeng courtyard.
Seeing this scene, Guo Lin admired Zhang Yue even more from the bottom of his heart.
"Junior brother, practicing martial arts is a good thing, but with such an empty stomach, how can you have the energy to study at night?"
Zhang Yue heard this and thought to himself that he had almost forgotten this incident.
To fight back one's strength, what can one do without a full meal, and even meat?
In the evening, Li Zheng personally sent Guo Lin a letter of guarantee.
The county school entrance examination must only be taken by local students, and there must be no misconduct, and the eight elements of filial piety, brotherhood, harmony, 婣, responsibility, sympathy, loyalty, and harmony are tested. Otherwise, if you are admitted to the Jinshi in the future, you will be rejected. If someone is exposed, the court will ask about the crime below.
Li Zheng wanted to guarantee that Guo Lin had not committed any crime, while Zhang Yue also wanted to go home and ask Cao Baozheng to get the guarantee letter.
"Thank you Li Zheng." Guo Lin said with a smile after receiving the guarantee letter.
Li Zheng smiled and said to Zhang Yue and Guo Lin: "You are all good children, but I hope you will have double happiness and you will be admitted to the county school. If you say this, your husband will also have a bright face!"
Although Li Zheng said it politely, Zhang Yue and Guo Lin knew how difficult it would be for even one person to be admitted to the county school, let alone two people.
But at this moment, both of them forgot about this incident: "Thank you, Lizheng!"
Li Zheng smiled and said: "Let me know when you go to take the exam, and I will hire a car to take you to the county seat."
"How does this work?"
Li Zheng insisted: "You two have made a fortune, and hundreds of families in our village will also benefit from it. What does hiring a car mean? It's settled."
After Li Zheng left, Guo Lin said to Zhang Yue with emotion: "Junior brother, I hope we can renew our friendship as classmates."
Zhang Yue nodded and said: "That's easy, as long as none of us can pass the exam... Senior brother, I'm just joking, don't get angry. Put the basin down quickly and talk to me if you have something to say!"
Guo Lin put down the basin on the bedside and said with a straight face: "I'm going to the county school to recruit. We can choose one of them. I will do my best. Junior brother, if you fail the exam, don't cry in front of me and my husband! You Do you know?"
"Senior brother, be serious, you really can't stand a joke."
Guo Lin said: "A joke? Do you know how many people in the county magistrate have studied hard for decades and have achieved nothing yet? They are laughed at because they are so poor that even children three feet tall can look down on them."
"From the first day I studied, I knew how difficult it was to become famous. My father once told me that if you can't endure ten years of hard work, you are not worthy of being called a scholar. I know this but still tremble, and I don't dare to slack off for a day, even this year If I fail, I will take the exam again next year. What about you, junior brother? What do you want to do in the future?"
"A few days ago, you told me that as long as the stream can reach the west, life should no longer be a teenager. I was very moved when I heard it. But why do you think you are studying today? What you said is incompatible with the village children who are fighting outside and refuse to learn. What's the difference? If you think reading is child's play, then books will also be child's play for you!"
Guo Lin spoke at length and eloquently, Zhang Yue couldn't help but sneered, "Senior brother, you are so good at talking to Miao Sanniang, why are you trying to make sense to me here?"
Zhang Yue still said: "What senior brother said is absolutely true."
Guo Lin continued: "Recently, you have been able to pass nine out of ten, but in the county examination, you will fail if you pass nine out of ten."
"In the county exam, you can only make one or two mistakes at most out of 100. I heard that the state exam is more difficult. You must pass them all, and you are not allowed to make a mistake."
Zhang Yue asked: "Senior brother, can you only make one or two mistakes out of a hundred?"
Guo Lin said: "If you don't read books, you might be 20 or 3 sure, but when you read them again after wasting two or three months, you have forgotten a lot. Now I don't know how many percent are left. Junior brother, you are not familiar with these books. There are many mistakes in life. If you want to win, you must read the scriptures thoroughly and memorize every word well... Junior brother, are you listening carefully?"
"It's the same old story again!"
Zhang Yue was accustomed to listening to Guo Lin's chatter and felt that his senior brother was really his mother-in-law. He sat on the bed and opened the bed curtains and looked out the window. He saw the bright moon leaping across the pine trees. The gentle breeze was blowing calmly, and the pine trees were moving up and down with a long echo.
How leisurely this scene is at this time!
The urgency that the senior brother mentioned is still far, far away in the future. Nothing about the future is uncertain compared to anxiety. His days are going by so calmly. He believes that the days in the future will definitely get better!
Zhang Yue put his hands behind his head, took a piece of grass from the straw mat and put it in his mouth. He looked at the stars outside the tent and slowly closed his eyes.
In early March, it rained heavily for several days and Qingxi River surged.
At first, the rain was not heavy, the bridge was submerged in the water, and the stream overflowed from ancient times, but the children no longer dared to catch stream fish in the shallows.
Later, flash floods occurred, and the usual mountain streams swelled into rivers. The water poured down from the mountains and washed away several ancient dams. It swept away the rocks and debris on the beach and accumulated in the stream. The fishing boats and boats downstream were washed away. A lot.
It is the time when spring returns to the earth, but the chill of March is comparable to the harsh winter.
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin were supposed to leave for the county seat to take the exam, but their trip was postponed for several days due to heavy rain.
When the sky cleared up, the two of them embarked on the exam.
Many villagers came to see them off, which made Zhang Yue feel more at home in this small mountain village.
The teacher's wife at the side nagged the two of them: "The dry food in the car is enough for you to eat for three days. Don't go to the city without eating properly, which will easily ruin your stomach. At this age, Guo Lin, this is your first time traveling far away."
"My child knows about my mother, please rest assured that my child will take care of himself." Guo Linmo cried.
Zhang Yue said: "Don't worry, Senior Wife. When I get to the city, I will feel like returning to my own home. I will take care of Senior Brother and ensure that he will not be wronged in the slightest."
The master's wife said: "I feel at ease with you. You are more like a senior brother than Guo Lin."
While Li Zheng was tying the cart for the two of them, he said: "This donkey was borrowed from Han Tao's family. Although he said he wouldn't come to see you off, he didn't hesitate when I asked him to borrow the donkey. Although he didn't mean to come. But here we are, look how well fed the donkey is.”
Listening to Li Zheng's words, Zhang Yue remembered that Han Tao was the senior brother who had not passed the county school entrance examination.
Guo Lin said dullly: "It would be great if Senior Brother Han could come to see us off. I haven't heard him play the flute for a long time."
Li Zheng said to the driver: "I tell you that you don't have to rush this donkey too much on this journey. This donkey has not yet reached its age, so it is very energetic, but if you force it to go, it will not go. You must let its temper , and he will know when the road is crooked and tap it lightly. This thing is very clever."
After hearing this, Guo Lin finally suddenly said: "No wonder he is so friendly, this donkey's temper is quite similar to that of his junior brother!"
Zhang Yue was dumbfounded, and his senior brother had learned to have a sharp tongue over time.
But when Zhang Yue turned around and saw Guo Lin, he didn't mean to complain at all. It seemed that he really felt that way, and he felt even more angry.
"Mom, Li Zheng, let's go!" Guo Lin and Zhang Yue waved at the same time.
Sitting on the rocking donkey cart, Zhang Yue and Guo Lin watched the master's wife waving to them, and Li Zheng was getting farther and farther away from the villagers. Guo Lin couldn't help but turn around and wipe his tears.
Zhang Yue said: "Is it like this? It's just a trip to the county town, not a long trip."
"Junior brother also told me that you cried on the first day you came to Wuxi."
"That's true," Zhang Yue nodded, "but senior brother, don't wipe your nose with my clothes."
"Sorry, I forgot about it."
The wheels of the cart rolled on the gravel road, and the donkey cart shook and swayed, leaving Wuxi. Zhang Yue looked back at the green mountains and green streams, thinking of the time he spent studying here for more than half a year. This moment seemed like a lifetime ago, and suddenly the sound of Qingyue's flute came from behind the cart. sounded.
Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin, who nodded to him: "Senior Brother Han is here to see us off."
"Senior Brother Han, have you ever learned the flute?"
“He let the cows go.”
"No wonder it is so." Zhang Yue nodded. Although the artistic conception was much different, the atmosphere was right.
Zhang Yue leaned out of the hood from the back of the car and shouted loudly to the sound of the flute: "Goodbye, Senior Brother Han!"
"Li Zheng, Master Wife, goodbye!"
"goodbye!"
