"I don't know what they want to say. Hey, after praising their children for a long time, what are they talking about? Does Mr. Zhao still want to invite their children to go to school? If not, then they can find someone else.
I went to school. I was thinking, why did my uncle invite their children to go to school? There was no need to say 'please' anyway, right? He didn't answer their words."
Hu Ling then couldn't laugh or cry: "It's not enough if Yutao doesn't answer. They kept pestering me, so I said there's no need to invite them. Their children can go to the school if they want to. Mr. Zhao treats the children equally no matter which family they belong to. But
But they insist on saying that their children are extremely smart and will definitely become a high official in the future to make Mr. Zhao proud, so they are certainly different from other children. Since Mr. Zhao values their children, he should show sincerity. I don’t want to say those words.
Now, I'm surprised, my adoptive father didn't seem to have said anything similar, right? How could they think so? Aya, do you know why?"
Zhao Liya: "."
Zhao Liya looked as confused as them.
"I don't know either. Who knows what they are crazy about? Don't worry about them! If you go to Bajiao Village tomorrow and they bother you again, just tell them directly. They must have misunderstood something. The school is here
There, their children can go if they want to, or if they don’t want to go, it’s all of their own free will.”
Qu Yutao and Hu Ling agreed.
No one took this matter seriously. Who knew that the next day when they went to Bajiao Village to check on the field work, Liao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saw the opportunity and pestered them again.
He asked them impatiently and confidently: When will Mr. Zhao come to his house?
Hu Ling and Qu Yutao were confused - after one night, they seemed to be more confident!
Hu Ling then explained exactly what Zhao Liya had told him.
Now it was the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's turn to be confused.
"Did you tell Mr. Zhao what we said? Did Mr. Zhao seriously say nothing? If he lost a good student like our Fu'er, wouldn't it be his loss? Did he really say nothing?"
Hu Ling: "My foster father treats all students equally. All students are the same in his eyes. The school is right there. Anyone who wants to go can come and go as they please."
Hu Ling really couldn't help pestering them, so he simply stopped thinking about what their words meant. He couldn't figure it out anyway. No matter what they said, he would always answer like this, but he would slightly change the order.
So Liao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were also dumbfounded, "Forget it, forget it!"
The two of them disliked Hu Ling and Qu Yutao came. After walking away, they complained that they were really stupid and couldn't speak clearly. In this case, don't tell them and go directly to Mr. Zhao.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the school proudly and found Zhao Xiang. They talked to Zhao Xiang inexplicably.
When did he rely on Pan Fu to be proud and gain a good reputation? When did he say that Pan Fu was a good young man and would definitely become a high official in the future?
Absolutely nothing!
Zhao Xiang was so angry that he couldn't laugh or cry, and said with a serious face: "No one can say for sure what will happen in the future, and I won't talk nonsense like this. As long as every child works hard, he will have a broader life path in the future.
Reading and literacy are for the sake of understanding, and it would be better if you can serve as an official for one of your parents, but this cannot be forced, and it is even more unpredictable. If anyone says such things to you who are so confident, I advise you to be cautious and not to be easily fooled."
Zhao Xiang knows better than anyone how difficult it is to take the imperial examination. Although there are not many scholars in the world, there are certainly not many. The number of admissions for the examination every three years will not exceed 300, and sometimes there will be no more than 300 people.
to two hundred people.
If you want to be an official, you must first pass the exam. How many people can pass it?
Giving education and being an official are two different things.
Therefore, he accepted the advice of his eldest daughter from the beginning. Not only did he teach the children to read and write, but also to do accounting and abacus. In his spare time, he even had to weed, dig, harvest and do farm work, plowing in the spring and harvesting in the autumn every year.
I go home for seven or eight days to help my family work in the fields.
His school was different from other schools at the beginning. It was not just for passing exams and becoming an official, but for a better survival and life.
If such a school had been opened in the capital or in the Central Plains, I am afraid that it would have been rejected by Confucian scholars. But here in the remote Lingnan, everyone does not think there is anything wrong with such a school. On the contrary, they think it is quite good.
Study and work at the same time.
The conversation between Liao's mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law really made Zhao Xiang dumbfounded.
Liao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were also anxious and hurriedly complained about Li Xiaoying, saying that it was Li Xiaoying who said it.
Zhao Xiang was even more puzzled. He had met Li Xiaoying, and he didn't think Li Xiaoying was the kind of person who talked nonsense. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law must have misunderstood.
Then this matter needs to be clarified even more.
Zhao Xiang asked Pan Liang to run back and ask Li Xiaoying to come.
Li Xiaoying thought something was wrong, was startled, and hurriedly followed her son.
When I heard Liao's words, I almost exploded with anger.
If Mr. Zhao hadn't been present, she would have cursed a lot of unpleasant things.
After some arguing, I finally figured it out, it was Mr. Liao who had misunderstood.
Who knows that even now, Mr. Liao is still stubborn, "Is it wrong for me to think so? If our Fu'er wasn't such a good boy, why would Mr. Zhao specifically ask you to send him to school?"
Zhao Xiang almost blushed: "I will say this to any child who returns from school! Okay, this matter has been made clear. If you have nothing else to do, just leave! This is school, not something to make noise about.
A place to shout about."
Zhao Xiang usually seems to be very talkative and has no temper, but when he gets angry, Liao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are still a little scared.
After all, this is Mr. Zhao.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had no choice but to hold their breath and leave.
Li Xiaoying felt guilty and apologized repeatedly.
She didn't know that her words were so clear and clear, so how could the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law still misunderstand?
Zhao Xiang didn't blame her, he just comforted her and let her go.
When the news spread, everyone made fun of Liao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
When meeting them, they would even joke, "Your Pan Fu will become a high official in the future, but don't forget about our fellow villagers, hahaha!"
In fact, everyone can see that with Pan Fu's appearance, how can he study and become an official? These mother-in-law and daughter-in-law really dare to think.
Li Zheng and the two patriarchs were extremely angry. They scolded their family again and called a meeting of the whole village. They ordered everyone not to behave randomly in the future and to respect Mr. Zhao! If anyone dares to talk nonsense again,
Whoever caused trouble for no reason, angered Mr. Zhao and the Zhao family, and caused everyone to lose their qualifications to attend the school for free, is a sinner in the village, and it is not an exaggeration to be expelled from the village.