After a night of silence, Xu He did not dare to tell Mr. Xie about the dangerous events of the war.
Having said that, it only increases worries and is of no use.
After dinner in the morning, Xie went to various nearby houses to repay the money he owed, while Xu He himself went to the social sciences to report.
Sociology is the study of a society.
There are hundreds and ten households in a li, and there must be a community in it. Therefore, those who study in li are called community studies.
Social Studies was established by Emperor Taizu, with the original intention of educating the people and purifying customs.
However, with the development of these years, the governance of sociology has gradually weakened.
In some places, social studies teachers cannot be paid, so one can only imagine the quality of their teaching.
Mongolian children who study in social studies generally enter school at the age of eight, and must not be older than fifteen at the latest. This is a national regulation, and of course its implementation is greatly compromised.
The social science school in Xujia Village is close to a large river at the south end of the village. There are five or six houses built by the river. There is a bamboo forest behind the house and the river, and the environment is very quiet.
Xu He pushed open the bamboo courtyard door, and the courtyard was quiet.
Just like in the past, Master Xie had already started reading the "Three Character Classic" with the Meng boy who had already arrived. But at this time, let alone the sound of reading, there was not even a child.
Xu He was slightly surprised. While he was dazed, a woman with a big black mole on her lips suddenly stuck her head out from the kitchen. She was holding a sea bowl and slurping noodles while looking at Xu He.
The moment she saw Xu He, she quickly ate the noodles in her mouth and put the bowl into the kitchen.
After a while, the woman came out with a glossy mouth.
"Are you a social studies student? How come I've never seen you before?" She said while looking Xu He up and down.
Xu He replied: "My name is Xu He, and I am a student of this club!"
"Xu He!" The woman suddenly exclaimed, turned around and got into the kitchen.
After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a moon-white Confucian robe, with a rat beard and a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks came out, looking at Xu He as he walked.
After standing in front of Xu He, the man smiled and said, "Are you the Xu He who was named the head of the case by County Magistrate Li just now in the county examination?"
Xu He cupped his hands and said, "Exactly!"
The man's face instantly filled with smile: "It's amazing, this is the future scholar! Please come in, please come in!"
After that, he led Xu He to the study where Master Xie used to be.
After the two sat down, the man looked at Xu He again and said, "I am the new Master of Social Studies. From now on, you can call me Master Ma!"
It turned out that this was the new teacher from social studies. Although Xu He looked down upon this old boy who failed to succeed many times, he still had to work hard.
I saw him standing up quickly and saluting: "Master, please be polite!"
Master Ma's smile disappeared from his small eyes, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "Oh, oh, I can't do it, I can't do it, the future scholar is too polite!"
At this time, the woman with the mole on her lip came in with a tea cup, but only Master Ma had a role to play, and Xu He, as a student, could only watch.
The woman didn't leave even after serving tea. She stood beside Ma Fuzi and gave Ma Fuzi a hard look with her eyes.
Ma Fuzi understood, coughed twice and asked about Xu He's schoolwork.
Xu He told the truth, and the master Ma nodded, then picked up the tea cup without saying anything.
Xu He was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that he was seeing off guests, so he said goodbye and went out, went to the social studies school next door, found a book and started reading.
In the study, when the woman saw Xu He leaving, she stretched out her hand and pinched the ear of the horse master beside her: "Then Xu He's family is poor, and he owed Shu Xiu at the beginning of the year and has not yet paid. Why don't you want it?"
Ma Fuzi's ears hurt from being pinched, but he didn't dare to reply, so he could only apologize in a low voice and said: "Why are you so anxious? Wait for it to happen later! He will definitely be forced to make friends with others, and he will not be able to go to social studies!"
The woman then gave up, lowered her ears and said: "Young Master Huang gave you the money and helped you get a wife to do this social studies. It's just a small matter. Please do it quickly so that you can go to him and get the rest!"
Ma Fuzi smiled, as if he had the pearls of wisdom in his hands.
After a while, students came to the school sporadically, and several classmates who had eaten at Huibin Building also arrived one after another.
But just like that, the number of people in the entire school was less than two-thirds of the previous number.
Xu He asked Chu Yuan in a low voice: "What's going on? Why are there so few people here?"
Chu Yuan sighed. His home was near the social school, so he was familiar with the situation here. He looked at the door of the school and saw no one came, so he whispered: "The new master Ma is urging the arrears to pay." It’s so tight that many people who can’t afford Shu Xiu are kicked out of their homes!”
Qian Yu, who was sitting in the back, stretched out his head and interjected: "My family has already given Shu Xiu to Master Xie, but my father asked me to give two geese to the new Master!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Shiran, the groom at the door, walked in.
As soon as he entered the door, he tapped the desk in front of him with his ruler and said: "Everyone recite the scriptures they read. I will check it later!"
After hearing this, everyone quickly lowered their heads to read and muttered words, much like Xu He's morning reading class back then.
But not long after everyone read it, Ma Fuzi clicked on Qian Yu and said: "A gentleman is always in comparison, but a villain is not in comparison, so..."
Qian Yu was completely stunned. After a long while, his eyes lit up and he replied: "Learning without thinking will lead to ignorance, and thinking without learning will lead to peril!"
Ma Fuzi smiled and said warmly: "Not bad, not bad!"
After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Chu Yuan. When he looked at Chu Yuan, the smile on his face had already faded a bit: "The Book of Chu says: There is nothing in Chu that can be treasured, but good deeds can be treasured! Continue... …”
This question was a bit difficult for Chu Yuan, who had not read and memorized "The Great Learning" thoroughly.
He thought for a long time and then replied with some stumbling: "My uncle said: [The dead are not treasured, but kindness is treasured]"
Master Ma saw that it took him a long time to answer, his eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "I heard that Chu Yuan just passed the county examination, but with your knowledge, what will happen if you pass the county examination? Why don't you go and explain this sentence Copy it a hundred times!"
Chu Yuan heard this and said in a loud voice: "Master, "The Great Learning" was read by Master Xie's Protestant students, and they are not yet familiar with it!"
Master Ma was furious: "I asked you to copy just to help you learn well. You don't appreciate it, but you dare to talk back? Don't think that you have just passed the county examination. You haven't passed the boy's examination yet? I asked you You do whatever you want to do, and if you make any more noise, you will copy it until dark today!"
Chu Yuan's face turned red when he heard this, but he did not dare to say any more, so he could only go to the back and copy it on the small case.
Xu He already knew what he was talking about. Where is Xun Chuyuan?
This obviously refers to Sang scolding Huai and dotting himself.
Sure enough, Master Ma asked Xu He to stand up in the next second: "Qi people have Feng Chen! Back!"
As soon as these words came out, all the social studies students in the school were shocked and looked at Ma Fuzi.
