"Master, me too." Xu Shushuang held the book and turned around to look back, as if she wouldn't notice if she did so.
"You all think so?" Master Tian asked sharply.
Si Youjin remained silent. She didn't know what the future would be for her daughter's family to study; the imperial examination? She didn't think she could stand out. Like many men, walking on the single-plank bridge of the scientific expedition would fall off if she was not careful.
Fang Mingliang and Luo Lili were just here to mess around. When they were sent here, their parents said they didn't expect them to be very successful. They just had to be good and bring some benefits to the family. When they get older, they find someone to marry, have children, and take care of their children. This is their whole life.
Mrs. Tian only felt a headache, which was different from what she had expected at the beginning!
What a great opportunity it is to come to the county to study. If you can seize it, you can reach the sky in one step; why not seize it and why not work hard? It is foolish to put all your hopes on Fu Mu! Nowadays, many parents have more than one child, and some even have five or six.
After maternal love is divided, the person gets less attention; the person who gets more attention will get preference. What does parents' preference mean? She knew it all too well.
She was the one who was ignored at first, preferring her sister. As a result, her parents used her to pave the way for her sister. Her sister had a happy life, but she was miserable for half her life. After giving birth to a child, she could no longer be abandoned by her husband's family. If someone hadn't recommended her to come to the county to learn to be a wife, she would have even wanted to die.
"That's all, Master Tian. If they don't have this awareness, it's all in vain." Master Feng came to the rescue.
Master Tian sighed heavily, and he and Master Feng sat back on the stone bench. Master Feng waved to Minghua, "If you can help me, go and ask Xiao Daya to come with you to endorse."
"Okay, Master." Minghua nodded and ran away.
The Xu Shu sisters silently complained that Minghua was not loyal.
When Minghua found Xiao Daya, she had slowly stood up. Perhaps she had been squatting for too long and her legs and feet couldn't move. She almost fell when she got up, and she grimaced in pain after steadying her steps.
"Cousin, it turns out you are counting ants here! The two ladies are calling you over."
"I got it." He endured the discomfort in his legs and feet and walked to her and stopped, "Cousin, let's go."
Minghua smiled softly and took the lead to turn around and walk back; Xiao Daya followed her and returned to the table under the big tree with her. Minghua bowed and said, "Mr. Feng, Master Tian, I called the eldest cousin."
"Hello, madams." She was so polite, Xiao Daya was not to be outdone, and also bowed.
Master Feng glanced at her and said, "Take the book and go read under the wall; recite the next article before breakfast. If not, copy the article a thousand times."
"What?"
Xiao Daya was shocked and subconsciously exclaimed, "A thousand times?"
"What are you making all the fuss about?" Master Tian frowned in displeasure. Then he looked at the polite Minghua and felt much more pleasing to his eyes. "Learn more from Minghua. She is younger than you. She acts in a measured way and knows how to advance and retreat. You... As a cousin, how can you lag behind others?"
"Yes." Xiao Daya gritted his teeth.
"Go ahead."
Xiao Daya was angry and forgot to salute when leaving. This offended the two masters and shook their heads. Their character was so bad that some of them have been tempered.
"Master Feng, Master Tian, I'm going to endorse it too." Ming Hua bowed and went back to the house, picked up the book and went to find Xu Shu and others.
The Xu Shu sisters snorted coldly, saying that they were in trouble together and it was hard to show off. The sisters had a tacit understanding and said nothing, and resigned themselves to fighting against the tadpole in the book.
Xiao Daya consciously went to a small corner next to her, so as not to offend this group of people.
After many tests in the academy, I already know that there is no good person here; no matter how pitiful she is, no one will pity her. Tears are useless, and pretending to be weak will only make people annoying. If she talks too much, she will make mistakes, so she can just stop talking, right? !
Half an hour passed, and when it was time to see the morning meal, Master Feng called people over to recite it one by one.
Xu Shu stumbled and memorized an article, feeling uneasy and thinking that she would not be able to pass.
Si Youjin was relatively fluent, Cheng Yi only memorized half a chapter, Fang Mingliang stumbled when he opened his mouth, and Luo Lili only memorized half a chapter; as for Xiao Daya, she had just finished recognizing the characters, so she didn't work hard on her own. I didn’t put my mind on the right path, so naturally I didn’t recite a single word.
"Students who have recited it well will go to the morning meal, and those who have not finished it will continue to recite here. If you don't have the morning meal, you can go directly to class during the morning class." After a slight pause, Master Feng added: "Get up at 4 o'clock tomorrow and recite the article. When the morning meal comes, you will have time to recite it." Recite an article, and change the morning class after the morning meal to recite an article. The same article must be recited, and it cannot be the same as the one recited before."
"Yes." Xu Shuyan couldn't cheer up.
Minghua thinks it's good. Is it possible that Fang Mingliang and others have such difficulty reciting an article?
Xiao Daya, Cheng Yi, Fang Mingliang, and Luo Lili returned to the corner with sad faces to continue.
"Go with the morning food. You are not allowed to bring the morning food to the cafeteria." After Tian Fuzi finished speaking, Minghua and the other three responded and put away their books before leaving.
Master Tian and Master Feng chatted casually: "Master Feng, aren't you going to eat the morning meal?"
"I'll use it later. Mr. Tian didn't go either."
"I'll use it later too."
Master Feng nodded slightly, "Let's eat together. I wonder if the children really can't memorize it, or their minds are not on the book at all."
"After a few hungry meals, you can focus on books. How many girls can't ask for them to be able to study? Now that they are here, why not study hard?" Tian Fuzi's first words were careless, and the latter words were really confusing. .
"Probably, this is what you get and don't appreciate it." How else to explain it?
Tian Fuzi shook his head, with a look of disappointment in his eyes, "Xiao Minghua and Si Youjin are the only two people in the class who are willing to work hard. From birth to now, haven't they suffered any hardship? Fang Mingli, Luo Lili, and Cheng Yi may They have never suffered hardship and have lived a smooth life. I can understand that they have no ambition and are content with the status quo; given the confidence given by their parents, they would rather settle for mediocrity."
"But, what about student Xiao Daya? What qualifications does she have to not work hard?" The clothes she is wearing are old and white, her hair is yellow, and her complexion is not good. It can be seen that she is a person who has come from hard times. If she can enter the academy to study, then It was her parents who found a way for her to reach heaven.
As long as she studies hard, doesn't talk too much, and is a good student or scholar, she will have more choices for marriage. But how did she do it? He is restless every day, working hard every day, always trying to step on someone, always trying to gain sympathy from others.
When she first came here, she was really sympathetic and had a purpose to stand up for her; after a long time, who still can't tell who is a human and a ghost?
Master Feng shook his head helplessly and chuckled, thinking about Master Tian when he first came here, and then looking at Master Tian now; she had also been greatly changed by these little grinders.
