Chapter 18 Ethnology
In fact, entering the school of tribe is the beginning of truly integrating into this society.
There are about 40 people in the Sun clan, including more than 20 Sun clan children and more than ten people from other surnames, which is the size of a small class in later generations. The students in the school are not old, the largest one is Sun Hao, the son of Mr. Sun Songnian, the eldest son of the eldest house, who is fifteen years old this year. The youngest is a boy from the boss Nie of the West Pharmacy in Chengxi, who just turned nine years old after the New Year.
Even the oldest Sun Hao is a little brat in Sun Dan's eyes.
However, this group of children is undoubtedly the representative of mainstream society, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. This group of people will become scholars in the future, representing mainstream social values.
When they were mixed with them, Sun Dan finally felt a little bit like she finally touched the society.
In the past, whether he was a owl at home for three years or came to work in the Sun Mansion, he was exposed to the lowest level of society, and he could only observe a certain aspect of this society. It was not that he looked down on the lower-level society, but he was also a peasant family in his previous life. But in later life, even the son of an ordinary farmer could successfully integrate into society after nine years of compulsory education. However, in ancient times, your origin determined your vision and the height that can be reached. The so-called material foundation determines the superstructure. In ancient times, this was particularly naked.
There was no class division system in ancient times. These forty people were crowded together, and their levels were uneven. Some people could already do eight-legged essays, and some students were even puzzled by the "Three Character Classic". However, this is better, and Sun Dan would not be so conspicuous when he squeezed into it.
In fact, not many people care about Sun Tanjin's clan's studies. He used to be illiterate or talented, and had nothing to do with others.
This was discovered just after Sun Dan entered the school. Although he was secretly happy, he still felt a little disappointed. He smiled bitterly: This is the response of a sentence. You think everyone's eyes are staring at you, but in fact, they usually only care about themselves. Humans are selfish animals.
This can be seen from the old manager in the school.
Early in the morning, Sun Tan went to the accounting room to advance the salary this month, and ran to the school's library to pay the tuition, and received a set of four treasures of the study according to the rules and lent a set of textbooks.
The textbooks learned by the Sun clan are actually not surprising, just a set of "Four Books". The Four Books and Five Classics are a must-read book for scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Originally, Sun Tan kept one of his brains. But in order to pretend, he still didn't get one. Fortunately, the Four Books were not thick, so he only had four thin booklets. In order to learn to read and write traditional Chinese characters as soon as possible, Sun Dan specially borrowed one (Shuowen Jiezi).
(Shuowen Jiezi) Book written with the Eastern Han Dynasty is the first dictionary in China arranged according to radicals, which is suitable for Sun Dan to use. Unfortunately (Shuowen Jiezi) is too thick, with five books, and it is very troublesome to carry them.
It was the first day that Sun Dan came to the school. The old manager looked at the note in Sun Dan's hand, and without saying a word, he handed over the books Sun Dan needed one by one to prevent Sun Dan from explaining more.
After receiving the four treasures of the study and textbooks, Sun Dan entered the classroom.
The clan of the Sun family of Huichang Marquis was the first school in Zouping County. There were many Jinshi and scholars in the school, and the distant Sun Jizong brothers were not mentioned. In Sun Songnian's generation, the three brothers Sun Songnian, Sun Henian and Sun Zhunian actually passed the imperial examination at the same time. Among them, Sun Songnian was appointed as the Marquis and did not take the imperial examination. Sun Henian and Sun Zhunian passed the imperial examination.
In theory, such a school that produces talents should be extremely rigorous.
But when Sun Dan walked into the bookstore, he was stunned.
It's so messy inside.
The bookstore is very large, with a total of eighty square meters, with more than thirty and forty tables and chairs inside. It is time for class now, but only more than thirty people have come. Only a few more than thirty people make loud noises, and people are reciting (three-character text), some are reading aloud (Shangshu), and some are huddling together.
As for the teacher, he lay on the desk on the podium and snored quietly.
The Spring Festival just passed and the weather was very cold. From the window, the ground and flowers outside were covered with a thin layer of frost. But the room was burned with ground dragons, which made people feel warm and unhappy.
Seeing Sun Dan's strange face appearing at the door of the bookstore, the room suddenly became quiet, and more than twenty pairs of eyes stared at each other. Then there was a whisper:
"Who is this person? He looks like he is a servant in the mansion."
"I heard that he was a distant relative of the Sun family, and he seemed to be named Sun Dan."
"Yes, yes, yes, I've heard of it, now I'm working as a gardener in the yard."
"What kind of relatives have nothing to do at all. Maybe this kid is here to make a living."
"You care whether his identity is true or not, there is not much of his mouth in the mansion. I heard that he doesn't know a single word and wants to come to study. He is sixteen years old, so what else can he learn."
"Haha, what are you talking about? By the way, I got a rare item yesterday, which was shipped from Borneo. Do you want to see it?"
"Show me."
"Hey, do you have money or not, borrow some money. I lost all my horse riding during the Chinese New Year."
"Take it down. I have contributed my monthly money to you a long time ago. I will borrow it. Why are you paying it back?"
Sun Dan's appearance was just like throwing a small stone into the sea, and soon disappeared into the waves.
The students in the bookstore recite what they should recite and chat what they should chat with.
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Hearing this noisy sound, Sun Dan had a headache. He didn't expect the school order to be so chaotic. He was simply a second-rate middle school in later generations. Seeing the teacher lying on the table and sleeping soundly, he probably didn't focus on teaching and educating people.
Because no one paid attention to him, Sun Dan stood at the door and looked inside a few times, but didn't know where he should sit.
Just as he was about to find a seat to sit down, a pale and thin face appeared in front of him, "Brother Hao, it was him, he beat me!"
The sound is very sharp and it sounds uncomfortable.
Sun Dan looked over in surprise, but saw that Sun Gui, who had been missing for a long time, was pulling a fat boy of fourteen or fifteen years old, looking at him fiercely.
If you guess correctly, this fat boy is Sun Hao from the Sun family's house. This person is the overlord of the family and does not like to study. He enjoys fighting cocks and dogs all day long, and his subordinates have accumulated a group of Sun family's children.
"Sun Dan, right? I heard you bullied the mistress?" The mistress is Sun Gui. There are three males in the Sun family. The eldest son Sun Hao is the eldest brother, the second son Sun Yue is the second son, and Sun Gui is the third son. The fat boy Sun Hao came over with his fists, "I have such a courage. He dares to come to the door. We will really have to get close to each other in the future."
The fat boy is very distinctive. His fatness is all over his forehead. A wide forehead is thick and bulging like a small steamed bun. Behind him are the vulgar and cowardly Sun Gui and two eleven or two children, which look quite like a domineering school in later generations.
Sun Dan didn't expect that on the first day, he met someone who came to find fault. He was an adult after all. If he was frightened by a few children, that would be the real joke. He nodded slightly: "Yes, I beat him up, what's wrong?"
Sun Hao suddenly grinned: "I'm brave enough to fight, why don't you be brothers with me in the future."
Sun Dan felt funny and shook her head without saying a word.
Before Sun Dan could speak, Sun Gui behind Sun Hao became anxious: "Brother Hao, you want to vent your anger. You promised to beat him for me."
Sun Hao curled his lips disdainfully, lifted the book in his hand and slapped Sun Gui on the head: "Useless things, throw my Sun family's face away. If you are a hero, you will fight with Sun Dan alone. I will look down on you as a bird, and I am slapped in the face but dare not fight back. I am not a man."
"Brother Hao..."
Before Sun Gui could speak, Sun Hao lifted the book in his hand and pointed at Sun Dan: "If you want to be my brother, let us come over and see the truth. After fighting this, you and I will kill the chicken heads and burn yellow paper and drink bloody wine."
Sun calmly looked over, and the cover of the book in Sun Hao's hand clearly contained three big words (Water Margin).
Poor, another boy poisoned by idle books.
Chapter completed!