I thought it would be fun to come to the school in Lanwan Village. In fact, it was really fun when I was not in class. However, it was not easy when I was in class. The requirements of the class were even more demanding than when I was in Beijing. Writing, sitting, taking notes, and a lot of after-school homework, the most important thing is to pass the test.
The previous studies will be tested every six days. Those who fail the test will be left alone for tutoring. They will not be released until they pass the tutoring.
However, what makes Xie Tao proud is that he is very good at arithmetic. After half a year of study, he has mastered the addition and subtraction of hundreds of digits, which is many times faster than other students of the same age.
In Mo Ziwan's words, God blocked Xie Tao's talent for learning poetry and poetry, but opened the window for him in mathematics. No matter how fast and good Xie Tao was in learning mathematics, he was very poor in studying the Four Books and Five Classics.
Mo Ziwan went straight to Xie Wenhua and asked, "Uncle Xie, why do you want to do business? Don't you like studying too?"
Xie Wenhua couldn't laugh or cry, "Although I don't like reading very much, I am still a scholar."
Mo Ziyuan exclaimed and said, "Brother Tao should be better than his master."
These words made Xie Wenhua even more ashamed. No one knew better than him about his son's situation. From the time he initiated his education to sending him to the academy, in the past three years, if he hadn't recognized some words and memorized a few sentences Article, I almost thought that I really gave birth to a stupid son.
"Thank you for your hard work. Your brother Tao is a bit stupid. You should pay more attention." Xie Wenhua said.
"Brother Tao is not stupid. He is very smart. It's just that his intelligence is a bit biased, and he is biased towards arithmetic. When learning arithmetic, he can understand everything and remember it quickly. He learns better than other classmates."
But no matter how good you are at math, you can’t give up on Chinese! What's more, living in this era, reading the Four Books and Five Classics is the right way. If it weren't for small class teaching, his grades would not be on the upward trend as they are now.
"But no matter how well you learn, it's not very useful!" Xie Wenhua sighed, just as Mo Ziwan thought.
Thinking like this is due to this era, but it does not mean that Mo Ziwan agrees that there is no need to learn arithmetic and writing. She only believes that it should not be too partial and must be developed in a balanced way. She corrected his view and said: "Arithmetic is of great use. , even building a house or building a bridge is inseparable from arithmetic calculations. Moreover, if I come to help my uncle keep accounts, I will definitely remember it more clearly than your current accountant. Through the account books, I can not only find out whether the workshop is profitable or loss-free, but also keep the records. Check whether the accounts are accurate and make future cost estimates."
"I know that uncle feels that the status of a businessman is not as high as that of an official in the government, but I feel that status is earned by myself. Although I am a child, I can make a good living for the people in the village. Every few days, I contribute my meager strength to the education of children in the village. This makes me different in everyone's eyes. Over time, I have a different status in everyone's hearts."
"On the other hand, if an official does not serve the people and his virtue is not worthy of his place, such a person will be like a tiger or a wolf in the hearts of the people. When frightened, some people will inevitably have other thoughts. Once found out, not to mention their status, not only will they suffer Thousands of people will despise him, and he will even bring trouble to his family."
Xie Wenhua sighed: "You can think so thoroughly at such a young age. I am really twenty-five years older than you."
Mo Ziyuan shook her head, "Uncle has too many things to think about. Not only does he have to run the bookstore business well, but he also has to support the workers in the bookstore and the family. Unlike me, I only have to think about what I want every day. How can I teach everyone well and run the school well?"
Inspired by Mo Ziyuan, Xie Wenhua soon had a new plan.
This day, I met Han Shuxian and had a secret conversation in the study. When they came out, both of them had smiles on their faces.
On December 20th, Lanwan Village will have a holiday, and school will not resume until the 20th of the following year. This is the unique Spring Festival holiday of Lanwan Village School.
The purpose is to let students relax after working hard for almost half a year, and also to allow them to walk around, experience different lives and increase their knowledge during this holiday.
Of course, the original farm children, during the holidays
, and can also help the family do what they can to reduce the burden on the family.
After Xie Tao returned home in Jingli, he followed Xie Wenhua proudly and said, "Dad, do you have any accounts to settle? Bring them here and I'll do them for you. Otherwise, I can help you look at the account books."
Xie Wenhua looked at his son's arrogant look and laughed angrily, "You still want to help me settle accounts with your skills, but you can't wait another ten or eight years."
Xie Tao was very dissatisfied with the way his father looked down on him, so he immediately started talking about several hundred-digit additions and subtractions. I was stumped, but the calculated time was a bit long. This made classmate Xie Tao look contemptuous and kept urging: "Can't you hurry up!"
"It takes so long to solve such a simple question?"
"Dad, can you hurry up?"
Xie Wenhua could only say: "What do you know? You can't learn this quickly, you have to go slower to avoid making mistakes."
"It's okay to be slower, but not too slow. Aren't you wasting time? If I were as slow as you, I would have been scolded by Sister Wanwan many times."
"Your sister Wan Wan still curses?" Xie Wenhua seemed to have heard something new.
"Why don't you scold me? Sister Wanwan scolds people so fiercely!"
"Then tell me, why does she scold you?"
After Xie Wenhua asked, Xie Tao started to imitate it. He pointed at an empty chair and cursed, "You said you can't even solve such a simple question. What are you thinking about?"
"Sometimes I scold you, 'Are you full of dregs of beans in your head?'"
"Or 'Did you forget to take your brain with you when you left home this morning?'"
"How about we correct our mistakes and write the reasons for them in the notebook. But I still like her to scold me more. I don't want to write. It's too annoying to write. It's not enough to write less, and I have to rewrite. .”
It can be seen how bothered Xie Tao is about analyzing wrong questions, and he always frowns when he talks about this.
Xie Tao doesn't like it, but his father does! When Xie Wenhua was asked to summarize his mistakes, he was so happy that he just wanted to applaud Mo Ziwan, but he also knew not to overdo it, so he could only say sincerely: "Your sister Yuan Wan is also doing it for your own good. Think about it, what you have learned now Isn’t it better than what I studied in the school in Beijing before? I’m still very happy every day.”
Xie Tao reluctantly admitted: "It's easier to play than Jingli."
"Isn't that great? Not only did you learn well with sister Wanwan, but you also had fun. It's worth it for us to go to Lanwan Village to study." Xie Wenhua persuaded again, and then said: "You were the one who took the test on me just now. This time it’s my turn to test you.”
Xie Tao was waiting to show off himself and said cheerfully: "You can take the test as you like."
Xie Wenhua knew that his silly son had some special skills in arithmetic, but he was really surprised to be able to calculate the calculation problem he gave so quickly. This was not a simple problem like one plus one. The previous two The third question was relatively simple, adding dozens to tens, but after he added a hundred digits after him, he still said the answer immediately, and the following numbers did not go below a hundred.
But no matter how the numbers changed, he would say them out in one breath, which surprised him. "Tell me, tell me, how did you calculate it?" Even the accountant couldn't do the calculations he asked. Even if I say it all at once, it would take me a long time to figure it out with an abacus.
"Align the digits in your mind and then add and subtract! It's very simple and you can calculate it in one go."
In her previous life, Mo Ziyuan did not teach mathematics, and she did not have any mental arithmetic methods. Some of the methods she taught were based on the methods she had learned before, so what Xie Tao now learns is just a simple vertical calculation method. However, he practices more than other students on weekdays. This is Mo Ziwan's special training for him.
"What's the alignment?" Xie Wenhua didn't understand at all.
Seeing that his father didn't understand, Xie Tao immediately said with disdain: "It's just vertical calculation, you don't even understand it's so simple."
Xie Wenhua wanted to give his stupid son a slap in the face, but seeing his son's high-spirited look, he had to humbly ask for advice.
, "What your sister Wanwan teaches you is different from other teachers. I haven't listened to her lectures, so it's normal not to know."
Xie Tao took a piece of paper and a pen over, then spread the paper on the table and wrote down an equation. After writing down the equation, he said: "This is an arithmetic question. Now I will teach you how to calculate it using the vertical form. Here’s the question.”
Xie Wenhua responded angrily: "Okay, you do the math first."
Xie Tao then listed the vertical formulas, "We write the two numbers on paper with the ones digit corresponding to the ones digit, the tens digit corresponding to the tens digit, and the hundreds digit corresponding to the hundreds digit, and then add them up from the ones digit."
After Xie Tao gave a lecture, Xie Wenhua finally understood what vertical calculation is. No wonder his son can calculate so quickly. This method is really easy to use.
After passing the arithmetic exam, Xie Wenhua randomly checked his study of the Four Books and Five Classics, "Then tell me, besides doing well in arithmetic, how did you do in other subjects?"
Classmate Xie Tao is the same as Han Chunlin. Both of them don't know the meaning of modesty. "Of course, sister Wanwan said that I have made great progress and I was excellent in the final exam."
In order to encourage everyone, Mo Ziyuan would write "excellent" next to the scores, but there was no difference. In addition, after writing the grade, she would also write some words of encouragement.
Xie Wenhua said that there is a big difference between 80 points of excellence and 100 points of excellence. But seeing his son's proud look, he couldn't bear to be beaten. Wan Wan said that he should be encouraged more, and he has indeed made great progress now.
He raised his hand and stroked his silly son's head gently and said, "Not only have you made a lot of progress in your studies, but you have also become more sensible. Dad is very happy that you have become sensible."
"Wan Wan said that if I work harder, I can surpass Han Chunlin." After receiving praise from Xie Wenhua, Xie Tao proudly showed off his intelligence.
If he knew, what Mo Ziwan said to Han Chunlin was, 'Brother Chunlin, if you work harder, you can catch up with brother Qingyuan. In this case, it is estimated that he will not easily show off that he can surpass Han Chunlin if he works harder.
