The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

Her granddaughter didn't buy the seeds that Grandma Lan wanted when she went to the county town. Instead, she bought some strange seeds. There was nothing she could do but to take her to the county town to buy them again during the day.

Grandma Lan gained a lot from this trip to the county town. She bought seeds of cabbage, leek, eggplant, radish and cowpea, and planted the two acres of land full of them.

Afraid that the egg lady and the lettuce lady would steal their vegetables, Lan Ning asked his friends to keep an eye on them during the day and to tell them immediately if they found anyone stealing their vegetables.

Although they are just seedlings now, what if those people are vicious and want to steal even the seedlings?

Life goes on, but so does their literacy mission.

Meng Anran is almost 10 years old, Bai Tian is almost 6, and Lan Ning is almost 5. However, among the three of them, only Lan Ning knows his birthday, the other two have no idea when their birthday is.

So Lan Ning decided to treat the day they came to her house as their birthday, celebrating their birthdays in advance and preparing to start the literacy program.

He can read during the day, but not a lot. He is still so young, he has to go to school no matter what. If he passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar or a juren in the future, then no one in this village will dare to bully them.

He would definitely choose to study in the county town, as he could go directly to school during the day. However, Meng Anran couldn't even recognize numbers, so he might have to cram at home for a while.

Forget it, these are just their imaginations. We still have to ask to find out. Maybe they won’t be allowed to enter the school.

There are four schools of different sizes in the county. One of them is more formal and was founded by a juren. The other three were founded by failed scholars. Their first choice would definitely be the school founded by the juren. If they are not selected, they will consider the other three schools.

Knowing that he had to study, he felt a little resistant during the day, but he didn't say anything. He felt that he subconsciously understood that he had to study, and he had to study better and more seriously than anyone else. He didn't know why he had such a feeling.

After making all the preparations, the family of four set off for the county town in a horse-drawn carriage.

Bai Tian pouted his lips all the way, and it was obvious that he was quite reluctant. He didn't know why he should study. It would be much better for him to be a knight traveling around the world. Although his current martial arts skills were not even as good as Sister An Ran, he was still young, and Sister An Ran was several years older than him.

He was in a very bad mood today, so he asked Meng Anran to drive the carriage.

After much inquiries, I finally found the academy founded by the scholar - Wenxuan Academy.

Standing at the door and looking at the academy that seemed quite tall, majestic and extremely luxurious compared to other academies, Lan Ning and his companions nodded with satisfaction.

"Come on in."

A group of people walked towards the academy with great momentum, and then they were stopped.

"This is a restricted area of ​​the academy. No outsiders are allowed in. What are you doing?"

An old man at the door stared at them sharply, his speech was unclear due to several missing teeth.

"Hello, Grandpa. We are here to register my brother for school."

When I heard myself being mentioned during the day, my chest held high and I looked very confident.

"Do you have an appointment?"

"Um????"

Why do I need to make an appointment to study?

Several people shook their heads.

"No, we didn't know that we had to make an appointment to read. How do we make an appointment?"

The old man's eyes showed no sign of calming down. He took a piece of paper from the drawer and slammed it on the table.

"Our academy is not open to just anyone. Here is a set of questions for you to do. There are 12 questions on it. If you get eight of them right, you can enter our academy."

Lan Ning nodded in understanding and walked forward to take the test paper. After all, it was the best academy in the county. It was normal to have some arrogance, some rules, and some difficulty in getting in. He could understand all of this.

"Where to do it?"

The old man looked around and stood up from the stool tremblingly. Perhaps it was because of his old age. The few people saw that when the old man just stood up, they heard a loud "puff" and then a foul smell spread in all directions.

"Shutan, come here and write."

Several people hurriedly took a step back.

"No, no, old man, you take your seat, we can just lie down on the stairs and write."

The old man, who was still moving slowly, stopped.

"Tell me what hobbies you young people have nowadays. You have tables and stools but you don't use them. You just like to lie on the ground and write. That's it. If you want to do this, then so be it."

After saying that, the old man went back to the table and sat down tremblingly.

He hated the dust on the stairs during the day, but compared to the stool that looked like it was emitting a foul odor, he still chose to lie on the ground and write.

He only read through the questions on the test paper roughly during the day, then picked up the pen and started writing on them.

The whole process was very smooth. It can be seen that these questions were very simple during the day and they were all solved in a short time.

"Grandpa, it's done."

The paper was handed to the old man, who said, "Wait a minute," and walked into the academy gate with the paper.

After a while, the old man came out, and with him a middle-aged man with a short beard.

The middle-aged man glanced at the three children and one old man at the door.

"Which of you did that paper?"

Bai Tian walked out with a big stride without any hesitation.

"I did it."

The middle-aged man looked up and down at the little guy in front of him. Although he was wearing coarse linen clothes, he had an inexplicably noble demeanor. The words on the answer sheet just now were written vigorously, just like an adult man who had practiced calligraphy for many years.

And he answered every question very well. To be honest, only the top students in his class can achieve such results.

"The tuition fee of our college is 12 taels per year. Food and accommodation are provided in the college. Can you afford the tuition?"

The man spoke sincerely, without any intention of looking down on them. It seemed as if he was really worried about whether they could afford such high tuition fees. After all, the tuition fee of 12 taels a year was very expensive in those days, while the tuition fees of other schools were only five taels of silver a year.

This time, Grandma Lan nodded first.

"I can afford it, I can afford it, Master, I would like to ask, can my granddaughter come to school?"

Grandma Lan pulled Meng Anran's hand and asked her to stand beside her.

The man looked at Meng Anran and then shook his head.

"Our college does not accept female students, Auntie. I'm very sorry."

The tone of the man's voice is consistent with the characteristic of a gentleman who is as gentle as jade.