"Is this the second young master from the fourth room of the Shen family?" The male duck's voice was sharp and harsh: "How come you don't even have a carriage, and you want to ride on your aunt's carriage?"
Before Shen Rui and Shen Quan entered the clan school, Guo Sheng had already walked over with his chin raised and glanced at Shen Rui contemptuously. Seeing him like this, Shen Quan couldn't help but frown and said: "You talk so well, why are you so weird?"
Guo Sheng curled his lips and said: "I told the truth and I didn't lie. How could it be wrong? Since he is younger than me, starting from the third cousin, shouldn't he still call me cousin and pay respect to me? Do you still want me to fawn over him? ?This is how the children of the Shen family behave, and no one should look down upon them."
Shen Quan hummed softly: "I'm still your biological cousin, and you haven't seen me greet you. My cousin is like a crow who falls on a pig, and he can't see what he is like."
Guo Sheng was unconvinced and said: "But I took a day off yesterday and didn't see my third cousin, so you still want me to give a big gift to my third cousin? My third cousin is so proud, I don't know if I can bear it."
Shen Quan raised his eyebrows and said: "In this family tradition, people are either relatives or cousins. If we really talk about etiquette, we will become like shrimps and cannot get up, which is boring."
Another carriage came from behind, but Shen Quan ignored Guo Sheng and called for Shen Rui to follow.
Guo Sheng frowned, glared at Shen Quan's back, and scolded the two twin boys: "Jin Slave, Yu Slave hasn't followed! If you delay me, you must be careful!"
Shen Rui followed Shen Quan, a little helpless. The voice of this male duck was really unbearable. Several of the teenagers in his classmates were in the period of changing their voices, but most of them were hesitant and rarely spoke. Only the one he met yesterday Shen Qin and Guo Sheng, whom I met just now, both have nagging tempers and their voices sound like scraping iron sheets. They really can't stand it.
But Guo Sheng is also strange. Since he is Shen Quan's direct cousin and not close to him at all, the two cousins don't deal with each other.
While I was talking, I arrived at the school. Seven or eight students were already scattered inside. Dong Shuang also arrived. He was sitting on his seat, holding a copy of "The Great Learning" in his hand, and was reading silently there. The other students sat in twos and threes, whispering. Seeing Shen Rui coming over, Dong Shuang nodded slightly in greeting, then continued to focus on the scroll. He was no longer as cautious as yesterday, and was a little more calm and calm.
Shen Rui smiled slightly and took out the book. It is not a bad thing to have a classmate like Dong Shuang who is determined to take the imperial examination. It will not disturb him, and maybe we can encourage each other in schoolwork. Shen Jue said yesterday that, except for the six-bedroom and two muzi Apart from his nephews, Dong Shuang is the youngest in the "Xia Geng" class. He is the same age as himself, but a little younger. Perhaps from him, I can observe how a real twelve-year-old Ming student behaves.
Liu Cheng arranged the four treasures of the study and followed Shen Quan's boys to the small house. Everyone's boys were sitting there and could listen to the master's lectures. The Shen family's school was a voluntary school, and the children of the family, regardless of their direct descendants, received enlightenment. You can send your children to school at any age, and you don’t have to pay them to school. The clan will even subsidize you with some pen and ink money. Children who are close friends by marriage will be sent to each house by the head of the house. These people are not free, and they have to be sent to the clan school. .This part of the cost is not fixed, and should be paid according to one's ability. Students from poor families can use two carts of wood; there are many people who have rich families who directly donate money and silk to their families and schools.
Because the admission limit was not strict, there was no such thing as reading companions. Only the bookboys brought in by each person to serve the pen and ink, although they were slaves, could listen in the next room.
As soon as Shen Rui read half of the page, there was a shadow in front of him. Without looking up, he just looked at the brand new sapphire blue clothes and the gold locks as big as a child's fist. He knew it was Shen Quan's cousin. Shen Rui raised his head. , and saw Guo Sheng frowning and looking at him in confusion.
"Why are you sitting here? I made an appointment with Shen Xiu. Whichever month I get the best number in the exam, I will sit with Brother Dong." Guo Sheng said with a hint of annoyance in confusion.
After hearing this, Shen Rui glanced at Dong Shuang, a little impatient.
Are these two annoying? Guo Sheng and Shen Xiu are similar in age. They are both fourteen or five years old. Logically speaking, they are not too young. How can they be so childish? At this age, in their studies, they can take the exam as a boy. , we can get engaged in family matters, and we are about to become a couple. Do we still want to play a childish game of competing for friends with him and me? Three years ago, Shen Jin and Shen Quan were also at the same age, but those two Many young men are well-behaved and sensible, but the two middle-aged teenagers in front of them deserve a beating.
Dong Shuang stood up suddenly, his face flushed, not with shame, but with anger: "Brother Guo, I have told you a long time ago that I have to concentrate on studying and have no time to socialize and play with Brother Guo. Brother Shen and It was Mr. Dong who arranged for me to sit together. If Guo Sheng is dissatisfied, just talk to Mr. Dong!"
Before he changed his voice, his voice was crisp and a bit waxy. Even though his tone was bad, it was not annoying.
Guo Sheng babbled and muttered unwillingly: "I won't disturb little brother Dong's study. Why don't we study together and prepare for the exam together?"
Dong Shuang sat down with a cold look on his face and stopped talking to Guo Sheng. Guo Sheng stood up again and rolled his eyes at Shen Rui unconvinced before returning to his seat. Shen Rui glanced at it and found it. The reason why Shen Xiu and Guo Sheng were both staring at the empty seat next to Dong Shuang was because Dong Shuang was focused on studying, so he obviously didn't have the time and mood to cultivate a classmate friendship with those two people. But those two people were so stubborn Posted here for no other reason than that my deskmate is too annoying.
Shen Xiu and Guo Sheng were sitting at the same table. One was a poor student who was not recognized by his family even though he was arrogant, and the other was the emperor's beloved son who showed off his ostentation and was the direct wife of a wealthy family. It was strange that these two could compete against each other.
Seeing the two people looking at each other, their noses were not noses, and their eyes were not eyes, like fighting cocks, Shen Rui felt inexplicably better.
Dong Shuang beside him whispered: "Brother Shen, don't worry, I won't let anyone bother Brother Shen anymore because of me, and I won't cause trouble to the second brother anymore!"
The young man's voice was not loud, but he was extremely firm. Shen Rui glanced at him, with a smile in his eyes: "Brother Dong, don't think too much, we are all classmates, it's okay to gossip.'
Dong Shuang realized Shen Rui's kindness, raised the corner of his mouth, nodded slightly, and said "hmm".
When the school bell rang, Shen Yan came in and class began.
Dong Shuang picked up the pen and started taking notes. When he filled a page and changed the paper, he saw Shen Rui doing the same thing. He couldn't help but glance at the desk in front of Shen Rui. It was obviously shorthand, but Shen Rui made one stroke. The grass is flowing like clouds and flowing water, without any appearance of sloppiness.
Although he had been his deskmate for half a day yesterday, Dong Shuang also knew what "hearing is false, seeing is believing", but he never expected that Shen Rui's handwriting would be so dignified. This Shen Rui is obviously a young and mature man, steady and honest. , studied seriously and wrote a good calligraphy, why are the rumors so unbearable?
Is it because he has been reborn after three years of being a filial piety, or is there another hidden reason behind his reputation as a "stubborn and arrogant person"? Dong Shuang felt a little curious in his heart.
Shen Rui listened attentively to the lectures and benefited a lot. No matter how far Shen Yan could go in his imperial examination career, he was indeed a good teacher. He talked about the Four Books in an easy-to-understand manner. In the later generations, this was "guided" teaching, not "guidance" teaching. "Indoctrination" makes people understand more deeply.
After the class, an hour passed by in the blink of an eye.
When the bell rang, Shen Yan went out with the book in his arms, and Shen Ruifang put down his pen. There were already more than twenty pages of notes in front of him. He rubbed his wrist and went through the homework in class again in his mind. Although he I have lived two lifetimes, but I never feel that I can get something for nothing. This was true in my previous life, and it is true in this life as well.
He was not afraid of the road to fame, but he was not arrogant enough to take it easily.
It's just that his study time was too short. Even if Shen Li taught him the Four Books and Five Classics, standing at Shen Li's level and asking him to explain the most basic things may not be as clear as Shen Yan. Shen Rui didn't let the boy try in the past, but I didn’t think that I would achieve any good results, just because I knew that I had only studied ancient Chinese for a short time and had insufficient foundation. I didn’t take it to heart at first. I just thought that if I didn’t do well in the county examination, even if my results in the government examination were worse, I would not be able to do that in the college examination the year after next year. Just work hard, there will be more than a year in between, and your results will improve a lot.
Now I have listened to Shen Yan’s two classes.
Shen Rui no longer thinks so, because he has the opportunity to lay down the foundation more firmly.
Thinking of this, Shen Rui said to Dong Shuang: "Brother Dong, I haven't come to study in the past few years. I learned a lot about swallowing dates in gourds at home. I wonder if I can borrow your notes?"
When Dong Shuang heard this, he looked embarrassed and whispered: "My notes..."
Seeing that his face was not fake, Shen Rui was really embarrassed and hesitant, and hurriedly said: "If it is inconvenient, forget it, I will ask Master for advice slowly."
Dong Shuang shook his head and said: "It's not that I won't lend it to Brother Shen, but... there are several boxes of notebooks, and I review them often, so it's not convenient to give them to Brother Shen all at once. If Brother Shen doesn't blame me, I will take them separately in the future. Come give it to Brother Shen? I just don’t know if Brother Shen’s reading speed is fast. If it’s slow, I might have to use it here.”
Hearing this, Shen Rui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll copy it once and return it to Brother Dong. A notebook only takes two or three days. It won't delay your use..."
Before Dong Shuang could speak, Shen Jue came over and said, "Brother Rui, what are you talking about? He waved his hands several times, but you couldn't even see it."
Shen Rui raised his head and said, "I asked a few questions about my homework. Brother Jue is looking for me?"
"Today is the piano lesson this afternoon. If you're impatient, why don't we go to the street?" Shen Jue's eyes flashed and he said, "A new restaurant has opened on Fuqian Street. I heard that it's the chef who came from the Nanjing Palace. Let's go and see it. ?”
Students can take the "six arts courses" in the afternoon as electives, so Shen Jue made this plan.
Shen Rui thought about himself in the past three years. Except for the six months when he was away, he took refuge in Xilin Temple and never really walked around the city. He nodded and said: "Brother Jue said it, so I will accompany you."
Seeing a look of expectation on Dong Shuang's face next to him, Shen Rui hesitated for a moment. Thinking about Shen Jue's temper, it was still nothing serious.
The clan room, in the grandpa’s room.
After reading the letter in his hand, the elder showed a bit of shock: "This... why did Brother Luo say that he was gone?" The elder sighed and said, "How can this be a good thing? Even though you have three cousins, second wife, you still have three cousins." The only thing I have is Brother Luo..."