Chapter 64: Contest (Part 1)
After the students finished their meal, some went to the small garden behind the bookstore to play, while some went back to the bookstore to lie on the table for a morning break.
It was not until the afternoon class started that Mr. Chen reappeared and stood at the door and said in a deep voice: "You guys, come out."
The old men who were so hungry that they were close to each other quickly went out, facing Mr. Chen, and stood in a row next to the south wall.
His eyes were paving around the faces of several people, and Mr. Chen said with a dark face: "Go to have a meal..." Everyone thought it would be fine if they were granted an amnesty, so they ran to the cafeteria.
Unexpectedly, Chen Lian said again: "Chen Xiang, go to my place after dinner, and there is also the one named Chen Si, please stay."
Under Shen Jing's 'Brothers' eyes, he turned around unhappily with a hundred silent eyes and lowered his head and said, "What else do you have to do?"
"I dare not take this title." Chen Lian said coldly: "I haven't received your apprenticeship from you yet."
'I want to find fault...' Chen Si's heart skipped a beat. What's the biggest in the world - 'Heaven, Earth, Lord, Parents, Teachers', the teacher is one of them. Although he dared to play tricks with the county magistrate, he did not dare to make a rash in front of Shen Lian, so he had to lower his posture and said, "Students are here..."
"No need." Chen Lian's voice was still cold and said: "To be honest, I don't want you, a clever person, to enter this school at all, so as not to lead other students... In the end, it was my elder brother who used the identity of the head of the family to suppress me, so I had to agree to let you listen for three months."
The silent face was burning with fire - in the past and present life, he was looked up to by others everywhere he went. Why did he not fall into the eyes of Mr. Qingxia?
Chen Lian didn't look at his face at all and continued, "In the past three months, you don't have to become a disciple, but you must strictly follow my requirements. If you don't do anything, please leave automatically. Don't say that you were my Chen Lian's student when you went out."
The silent lips were pursed tightly, obviously suppressing the retorted words - if possible, he would definitely turn around and leave. But his ambition was about fame, and then he had to abide by this set of rules of the game... If he left in anger today, the expulsion of Mr. Qingxia tomorrow would spread throughout Shaoxing City. A big "rebellious" hat would be worn.
Which school will still accommodate him? Which gentleman can accept him? I am afraid that even County Magistrate Li, who regards him as a favorite, will immediately treat him as dirt and abandon him as a waste!
So he couldn't leave! Silently swallowed the bitter fruit, bowed to the master and said, "I will definitely satisfy the teacher... the student will give up."
He kept watching him walk into the classroom with his head held high, and Chen Liancai turned around and left expressionlessly.
When Chen Jing, who had a full meal, rushed into the school with his belly patted his stomach and saw the silent face sitting there like a thousand years of ice, focusing on something.
"What are you looking at?" Sitting down in silence, he leaned his head and said, ""Shen Family's Study Rules."
Chen Si nodded slightly and said softly: "Let me see."
"Stop looking," Chen Jing whispered, "Look at what I have brought for you." As he said, he took out a golden oil cake from his arms and said, "Eat quickly."
Silent but shook his head, shaking the page he was looking at: "Article 8: The place where the teacher in the school is dignified, and he must not eat, defecate and drown."
"Then you can't be hungry, right?" Chen Jing said with a bitter face: "I will die of guilt."
Silence was unmoved until Chen Lian reappeared in the school, and he didn't look at the oil cake.
Chen Jing thought he was angry with him, so he had to throw the oil cake into the hole, and he was a little depressed for a moment.
"It has nothing to do with you." Chen Silent comforted him softly, then sat upright, without looking sideways, and never said a word again.
According to the convention, the afternoon is the time for the teacher to give a big lecture. Unlike the individual lectures in the morning, the whole class listens to it... The content of the lecture is fixed within the Four Books and Five Classics, and it will be repeated every few months. For the students who have just entered the country to learn to read, this is an influencing before formal learning. For students who have already memorized these books, this is a process of seeking deep understanding. How many subtle words can be understood depends entirely on their personal understanding.
After Chen Lian sat upright and returned to the big desk, he said in a deep voice: "It's time to talk about the Book of Songs today."
Because the teacher did not explain word by word, the students did not take out the book, but just sat there with their hands behind their backs to listen. How much they understood and how much they remembered were calculated...
He only heard Mr. Chen's tone soothing and said: "On the Six Classics, the Book of Songs is the most bizarre. Confucius said: "If you don't learn the Book of Songs, you can't speak." The Master believed that only those who have been taught by "poetry" can be 'gent and honest', can 'serve the king far away, and can serve the father near,' and have the qualifications to enter the court and represent a country's internal affairs and diplomacy. In short, the "Poetry" has 300 words, and in a word, it says: 'Thinking without evil'!"
Listening in silence, the impetuousness and discomforts had disappeared, and there was only one belief left in his heart, that is, "Do it! The best! Good!" to convince this old man!
But the Si Young Master Chen next to him started to take a nap after eating and drinking. After listening to something like "Si Wuxie", he finally had a fight with his eyelids and fell asleep.
Mr. Chen looked around the six directions and immediately saw the sleeping boy, coughed lightly and said, "Chen Jing."
"Ah..." Chen Jing woke up in horror, and while wiping his saliva, he quickly stood up and said, "Student is here."
"Remember a poem to your classmates." Mr. Chen said in a deep voice.
"Oh..." Don't say that, Chen Jing really knew it. He only heard him shake his head and say, "The geeks are singing in the river island. A beautiful lady is a gentleman, and a gentleman is a good match...'" Then he stopped and he would recite this sentence.
The classmates began to laugh at him secretly, and the laughter of Chen Zhuang and the three gangs was the most exaggerated.
"Chenzhuang, get up!" But Mr. Chen said in a deep voice: "Let me explain the first two sentences Chen Jing recited."
Chen Zhuang was stunned... He and Shen Jing changed the family's family, and their reading was extremely poor. So far, they could not even memorize the Four Books, let alone know the meaning.
Chapter completed!