Chapter 131 The future is limitless
Chen Xi opened a primary school class in Ninghua Literature Museum and was one of the best students, but Hui Niang and Zhou were still worried that Chen Xi would not be able to pass the assessment of Mr. Feng, the famous teacher in the city. Before taking Chen Xi to become a disciple, he gave him a generous gift.
Mr. Feng agreed to assess Chen Xi's knowledge, but said that if he could not meet his requirements, he would refuse. After that, Shen Mingjun and his wife took Chen Xi to the "Study School" uneasy.
Mr. Feng is named Feng Zhu, and his words are all in his 40s. He does not have the impression of being old or the style of rigorous scholars. He stands in a blue shirt and holds his hands behind his back, with a dignified elder. His stern face makes people feel daunting.
Shen Mingjun respectfully handed over the famous post and the apprenticeship post. Feng Huaqi signaled the couple to stand beside him, and turned to look at the short Chen Xi, with a bit of stern voice: "Scholars should straighten their waists and raise their heads."
The words are clean and concise, and there is no profoundness of the old scholar saying that the poem says is full of eloquence, but it is all simple and simple vernacular. Chen Xi is at a loss. Shouldn’t he bend his body to express humility when facing the teacher? What is it like to hold his head up and stand up straight?
Seeing Chen Xi stunned, Zhou quickly reminded: "Silly baby, hurry up and raise your chest and raise your head."
Chen Xi had no choice but to do it, and his eyes coincided with Mr. Feng's scrutiny. However, he followed the instructions and did not turn his head and looked at Mr. Feng for a while.
"Yes, this is what scholars should look like."
Feng Huaqi withdrew his gaze, looked at him with satisfaction, and lit up his hands behind him. It turned out that he was holding a ruler in his hand.
Chen Xi thought to himself, no matter how strict Feng Yanqi is, he can't be able to fight when he meets him, right?
Feng Huaqi asked Shen Mingjun about the time when Chen Xi was studying and the books he had learned. Shen Mingjun didn’t understand very well. Finally, Feng Huaqi asked Chen Xi: “You have been studying for more than 10 years, what books have you read?”
Chen Xi replied respectfully: "Mr. Hui, I read the Analects of Confucius."
"Oh, count the time, I should have learned the whole article in yi year. Is there anything else?"
Chen Xi thought about it and replied: "Mr. I have taught several of them."
"oh?"
Feng Huaqi was a little surprised, "I learned the entire Analects of Confucius and should learn the interpretation, but I turned to teach you Mencius, m..com. This gentleman is a little too anxious. Let's talk about the Mencius you have learned, and memorize the yi chapter and listen to it."
"Mencius met King Hui of Liang. The king said: I came from thousands of miles away, will I benefit my country?"
Chen Xi recited it as he said, but it was the Mencius chapter of King Hui of Liang. These chapters were very long. Chen Xi was almost paused when he was reciting, and his words were clear and beautiful.
After Chen Xi recited it, Feng Huaqi looked satisfied: "Do you understand the meaning?"
Chen Xi did not dare to perform too well, and replied without any hesitation: "Sir, have not taught yet."
Feng Huaqi nodded slightly, turned around and came to the desk, greeting him: "Come here, write down what you just memorized, how much can you write."
Chen Xi walked forward and wrote down the content he recited word by word as Feng Huaqi's instructions. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he did not write too fast or too well. The fonts could only be average and had a little powerless writing, but it was already very rare for children of his age.
After writing about a quarter of an hour, Chen Xi had already written about two hundred words. Feng Huaqi waved his hand: "No need to write, I'll accept this student."
Shen Mingjun and Zhou were overjoyed and hurried over to thank him, asking Chen Xi to become a disciple and worship tea, and then offered Shu Xiu. After the etiquette of apprenticeship passed, Feng said, "This son is very smart. I plan to let him study with students who have been studying for three years. Don't you have any objections, right?"
Shen Mingjun and Zhou probably understood that this was preparing to let Chen Xi "jump". For parents, they definitely hope that their children can get more advanced knowledge earlier, and of course they will not object.
Feng Huaqi did not let Chen Xi go to school immediately, but asked him to go home and prepare to come to school early tomorrow.
The apprenticeship was smooth, and Zhou was very happy. After returning to the pharmacy, he went straight to the details of Hui Niang's apprenticeship.
Hui Niang smiled while prescribing medicine. When Zhou was halfway through, she suddenly realized something was wrong. She looked at Chen Xi and asked, "Silly, sir, let you write something silently, why did you stop after writing it shortly?"
Chen Xi replied casually: "Mr. I think the article is too long, just write a paragraph."
"This gentleman is too opportunistic. Since he has memorized it, just finish it. He even asked you to study with your child who has been studying for three years. What should you do if you can't keep up with the progress in the future?" Zhou started to complain again.
Chen Xidao: "Mom, if you think it's inappropriate, why didn't you mention it before?"
"Don't you want to make a fortune earlier? Follow those older children to go to school, and then they will be a scholar at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and you can go there at the age of twelve or three, how great is it?"
Zhou had a smile on his face, as if he was looking forward to Chen Xi's youthful and promising life.
Hui Niang smiled and said, "Sister, you can't be too hasty about this. If you pull the seedlings to help grow, it will hurt the Lang. However, it depends on how the teacher arranges this, because I am afraid that the Lang will not be able to keep up with the progress and will get tired of going to school."
"If he doesn't study hard, he will see that I won't beat him a fool. Will you know if you listen carefully in the future? If you don't understand, I will ask the gentleman. I'm most worried that the gentleman in this city will not teach him seriously. Oh, no, I won't be able to send some gifts. Isn't it a big mistake to give many gifts?"
Early the next morning, Shen Mingjun sent Chen Xi to school to study.
The school was not far from home, and it was just a few walks away. When we arrived at the place, Feng Huaqi personally took Chenxi to the classroom.
Perhaps because of the implementation of elite education, Feng Huaqi's school is many more than that of Su Yunzhong's school in Ninghua, so that students don't have to study separately. All of them are crowded in large houses. People of different ages are divided into different areas. Some students sit facing south, while others sit facing north.
Unlike Su Yunzhong who divided the students into three different levels of classes, Feng Huaqi divided the students more carefully.
Chen Xi is in the third column. This column still belongs to the level of elementary school. He needs to sit south. There are more than a dozen students who are about the same level as him, and they are two or three years older than him. For children, they can never grow long. Chen Xi is the shortest among this column, but his seat is at the end. Of course, if you change direction, then he will be in the first row.
The bell rang in class, and Feng said the first thing he did was to send Chen Xi's textbook. In addition to the first and second chapters of the Analects of Confucius that Chen Xi had learned before, there was also the Doctrine of the Mean and the University, but there was no Mencius.
Feng Huaqi first asked the students who were sitting in the north to review their homework. He sat to the south and began to teach those students who were first in elementary school to read the Analects of Confucius. At present, students of this age have learned the seventh chapter of the Analects of Confucius. "Tell me but not write, believe me and love the ancients, I am just like me." He then asked the students to recite it accordingly. After reciting it twice in a row, he stopped and let the students recite it silently on their own.
Afterwards, Feng Huaqi began to teach older students, including the transfer student Chen Xi.
"The so-called governing a country must first complete the family. If the family cannot be taught but can teach others, there is no such thing. Therefore, a gentleman does not become a monk and a country to become a religion."
This time, I started teaching in the middle of college.
If Chen Xi didn't know the content of the university, he would definitely be confused when he listened to Feng's reading. I'm afraid he wouldn't even find any place in the book. But Chen Xi had already known the university for a long time, and soon turned to Professor Feng's page and recited it.
After reading it twice, Feng Huaqi briefly introduced the meaning of this passage, and asked the students to recite it silently by themselves, then walked to the north of the classroom and began to teach students of other ages.
Chen Xi did not focus on the memorization, and listened carefully. He had to admit that Feng Huaqi's education was very high. He collected the doctrine of the mean chapters and sentences of the students who will take the Tongsheng Examination next year, which were easy to understand. Not only did he accurately interpret the meaning, but he also explained the methods to deal with the imperial examination. Then he silently recited the articles of the provincial examination last year to deepen the students' understanding.
After school in the afternoon, Feng Huaqi kept Chen Xi and explained a little: "If you don't understand, you can ask your classmates."
"Yes, sir, the student has recorded it."
Chen Xi developed the habit of studying at Su Yunzhong, who was the one who was a gentleman, but he did not necessarily follow it. After all, his level was much higher than that of the so-called classmates.
Feng Huaqi didn't know Chen Xi's habits and said, "You can recite what you have learned today and listen to me."
Chen Xiyi didn't know how to deal with it. Feng said that he had the majesty of a gentleman, but he didn't have the airs of a gentleman. He was approachable in front of these students, and he called himself "me". But if the students were lazy in class, they would be unceremonious when punished, and they belonged to the type that combines both hard and softness.
Now is the day after Chen Xi goes to school, and Feng Huaqi is going to take the exam for his knowledge. He should have never been in contact with college before. A slightly unreasonable behavior will make Feng Huaqi suspicious.
"Why, I can't even recite the yi section?"
Feng Huaqi's face turned cold.
Chen Xi was really afraid of being beaten, and it was nothing to hurt. He couldn't hold on to his face, so he simply memorized the contents that Feng Huaqi Baitian taught. Feng Huaqi was very satisfied after hearing this, but it didn't seem like Chen Xi's expectations that a slight slightest on his face: "Have you taught you these by your previous gentleman?"
"When I go back to my husband, the Shen family in Ninghua was originally a scholarly family, and the family had a lot of books. I learned these contents by myself." Chen Xi said nonsense.
Feng Huaqi smiled and said, "It turns out that smart and clever. I live up to my hope of studying hard. Your future is certainly unlimited."
ps: Chapter 2 is here!
Ahhhhhhh, the emperor estimated his typing speed too high. This chapter was deleted and revised for more than five times.
Chapter completed!