Chapter 182 The prodigy who stands shoulder to shoulder with Yan Song
On the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Xi only attended half a day after he arrived at the school.
By noon, students of lower age groups will get their test results, either happy, dejected, or ignorant, or have no concerns about their faces. It can be said that some are happy and some are sad.
However, the results of the class where Shen Xi is involved were not announced on the spot. Chen Xi asked inquired that it turned out that President Feng Da was going to "visit homes" one by one.
Chen Xi returned to the pharmacy at noon, and Zhou asked Chen Xi how good he was.
At this time, Zhou was five months pregnant and her belly was amplified. She no longer dared to do heavy work. Even the things on the counter were left to Xiaoyu and Ning'er.
"Boy, if you don't do well in the exam, I will see how I deal with you!" Zhou did not get the results and threatened with hatred.
Feng Huaqi never arrived at the medicine shop until dusk, and he followed Hui Niang.
"Sir, how did my stupid guy do in the exam?" Zhou's expression was full of nervousness.
Feng Huaqi did not answer Zhou's question positively, and hesitated a little, and said to Hui Niang and Zhou seriously: "The two wives, the county exam will be held in February of the Bingchen year next year. I want Chen Xi to return to Ninghua County to take the exam as an assessment of his academic performance."
"What!?"
Feng Huaqi's words surprised Hui Niang and Zhou.
Hui Niang hurriedly asked, "Mr. Feng, what's going on in this county examination?"
Feng Huaqi patiently explained: "If Chen Xi wants candidates to pass the county, government and college entrance examinations, the county examination is the first level that he has to pass in the scholar."
After hearing Feng Huaqi's words, Hui Niang and Zhou were at a loss. They didn't know why Feng Huaqi was so optimistic about Chen Xi. Chen Xi was so young to take the exam for the scholar.
"Sir, my stupid guy is still young, and after this year he is only ten years old. I'm afraid he doesn't have the ability to take the county exam. Should I wait a few more years?"
Zhou was expecting, but at the same time she felt that happiness came too suddenly. In her opinion, maybe Feng Huaqi was interested in showing off Hui Niang's talent.
She married into the Shen family late. I heard from her husband that Shen Mingwen started taking the exam for scholars at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and it took more than ten years to pass the exam.
Hui Niang also asked in confusion: "Yes. Mr. Feng, is Xiaolang a little younger?"
Feng Huaqi sighed: "If you want to talk about Chen Xi's talent, I have read all the chapters of Professor Lao Xiao, and the talent shown by these two articles. It is easy to pass the county trial. In my opinion, what he lacks is the flexible application of test poems and poems, essays, strategies, theories, sexual theories, and the broad exhortations of the sages."
"Besides, Chen Xi is actually quite old. Speaking of how many years ago, it should have happened in Hongzhi for three years. There are Yan's children in Jiangxi who are young and smart. They passed the county examination at the age of ten, and are passed by the world. In comparison, Chen Xi is not much worse, even if it is not. It is also considered to accumulate experience for him to participate in the imperial examination in the future."
Chen Xi didn't expect to get Feng Huaqi so praise. He shouldn't have spoken at this time, but when he heard "there are children of Yan in Jiangxi", he couldn't help but ask, "Sir, is that man named Yan Song?"
"That's right, where did you know?" Feng Huaqi looked at Chen Xi in surprise.
Chen Xi smiled bitterly. How could he not know Yan Song, the chief minister of the Jiajing Dynasty, who was extremely powerful and powerful in the court? Yan Song and his son Yan Shifan, had a reputation that was more destructive than reputation in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Some even listed him as one of the six treacherous ministers of the Ming Dynasty, saying that he "only wanted to be charming the superiors and stealing power and losing profits." However, Chen Xi used the view of a historian. He only thought that Yan Song was a speculator who knew how to fight for power and profit in the world of fame and fortune, and was also a big winner. Unfortunately, he ended up being demoted to his post and returned home, homeless, and tragically died in the tomb.
"I just heard someone say it by chance." Chen Xi casually said perfunctorily.
Feng Huaqi did not ask any more questions.
Yan Song was from a wealthy family and his father failed to pass the exam for a long time. He placed his hope on him and carefully cultivated and taught him. He was enlightened at the age of five and entered the county school at the age of nine. He was praised as a child prodigy since childhood, but Chen Xi did not have such conditions.
But if Chen Xi could pass the county examination like Yan Song and was ten years old, his reputation would soon spread and be well-known to the world.
After Feng Huaqi proposed an example of a prodigy like Yan Song who had passed the county examination at the age of ten, Hui Niang and Zhou, who had been suspicious before, were all relieved. They usually took Chen Xi's cleverness in their eyes, and now they have received recognition from their husbands. Naturally, they hope that Chen Xi will become better as soon as possible.
Then Feng Huaqi discussed the details of the Chenxi County trial with Zhou and Hui Niang.
According to regulations, Chen Xi had to return to his hometown of Ninghua County, submit his resume, and then find the students and villagers to provide insurance. This is equivalent to providing guarantees for him to take the imperial examination. At the same time, he had to contact the people who took the county examination to make a settlement, that is, the candidate cheated and took part in the same position.
The entire process in the middle is extremely complicated and requires time and connections. During the Chenxi exam, he had to rush back to Ninghua. The chief examiner of the county exam was the local magistrate, and now the magistrate of Ninghua is still Ye Mingsu.
"Sir, you have taught Xiaolang a lot, and we have nothing to repay. This is a little meaning, please accept it with a smile."
In order to express his gratitude, Hui Niang decided to add a lot of money to Feng Shiqi. The dignity of the teacher was solemnly. In order to avoid Chen Xi's sight, Zhou took his son back to his home in the back alley, saying that he was kowtowing to the birth seats offered at home, thanking Chen Xi for his great enlightenment.
After the mother and son left, Hui Niang took out the money.
Although Feng Huaqiyi refused again, he needed to support his family and finally accepted it.
However, in return, Feng Huaqi promised that during the annual holiday, he would take time to give Chen Xi a lesson and teach the knowledge needed to be used in each examination in the county exam.
Feng Huaqi has a reputation as a scholar. He has never stopped the exam since he passed the exam. He can be regarded as an expert in how to take the exam. With him to teach Chen Xi's knowledge, Hui Niang and Zhou are still at ease.
Feng Huaqiyi didn't say anything about the end-of-year exam results of Chenxi. But after this exam, except for Chen Xi, only two people were favored by Feng Huaqi and recommended to participate in the county exam. Because their ancestral homes are in Changting County, the Tingzhou Provincial Governor, the preparations will be carried out in Fucheng.
This means that during this period of time, Feng Huaqi will teach three students at the same time.
In addition to Chen Xi, one of the other two students is Mining, who is the son of the Buxing family in the city. He is fifteen years old and is also a student that Feng Huaqi values.
Another person's name is Xu Shan, who is the son of the owner of the coffin shop in the city. He is sixteen years old this year. It is said that his family is already preparing for his marriage. If he passes the county test, he will marry a new man.
When Zhou told Shen Mingjun about this matter in the evening, Shen Mingjun was surprised and happy: "When my brother was in the county exam, he was seventeen years old. Xiaolang was less than ten years old and could take the county exam. This is really a great joy. I have to find someone to write a letter to tell my mother about this matter."
In the past, Zhou didn't want to have too much contact with Li, but Chen Xi wanted to take the county examination, which was a major event that she was proud of in her life. She didn't mind telling the Shen family about this news.
"Who else is there anyone else? Isn't Xiaolang just a scholar? Last time I wrote to my mother, asking her to come to Fucheng to pick up his uncle, wasn't it just Xiaolang helped me write it?" Zhou was proud, "In the future, there will be a scholar in our family. If we have another son, then there will be two scholars in our family from now on."
Zhou was immersed in the longing for happiness. Shen Xi was just preparing to take the county exam, but in her eyes, her son seemed to have passed the scholar.
Shen Mingjun was also happy and couldn't wait to bring paper and pen to Chen Xi to write the letter on the spot. He took it to the printing workshop overnight to hand it over to the worker who was about to return to Ninghua to transport goods. He asked the worker to deliver it to his home at the first time after he arrived in Ninghua County. He specifically instructed Li to help contact the villagers of Taohua Village in Yixia to protect Chen Xi.
Regarding the issue of finding a student with insurance, Chen Xi's uncle Shen Mingwen was a student with insurance, but in the Ming Dynasty, he had to avoid relatives and could only find someone else.
There is no problem with this. After all, the Chamber of Commerce has developed well in Ninghua County. Ninghua is Hui Niang set up the base camp of the Tingzhou Prefecture Chamber of Commerce. On the surface, the students in the vassal are noble and spotless, but in fact they have to eat grains and grains in their lives. Now the Chamber of Commerce is in great power, how can they be safe? It is not difficult to find two students in the vassal to help!
Seeing Shen Mingjun happily going out with the letter, Zhou took Chen Xi's hand and looked relieved: "Xiaolang, do you remember how they treated you when your family chose to study from your six brothers a few years ago? I begged my father to sue my grandmother, but in the end I did nothing and watched Liulang study."
"At that time, my mother was discouraged and thought that you could only be like your father in this life, and be a barbarian who only knows how to work hard. I am afraid that when I am a teenager, I will have to go out to work and make money for my family, and there is no way out in my life. Now that you have this opportunity, you must study hard and take the exam well, so that everyone knows that the Qianliju of the Shen family is not someone else, but you, Chen Xi. Do you know?"
As he said this, Zhou could no longer help but wipe his tears.
At that time, Zhou was a typical example of a good wife and mother. There was a gap between her relationship with the Shen family. It was from the Shen family's selection of Liulang Shen Yuan to study. That incident made her recognize the warmth and warmth of human relationships and began to have her own ideas.
Chapter completed!