The county magistrate's daughter only wants to farm

"Argument?" Gu Chenshuo was stunned for a moment. He had never heard of this word.

"Yes, argument. It is the proposition or point of view you want to express when writing this article." Gu Yin explained.

Gu Chenshuo understood: "Then what does it mean that the argument of this article is not clear?"

Seeing that Gu Chenshuo was not dissatisfied with the problems pointed out, Gu Yin was happy and felt more confident to express her own thoughts: "The thesis of the whole article is fine, but one of the three sub-theses only has evidence but the thesis is not clear. In addition, the final summary does not sublimate the main thesis, otherwise the article can be taken to a higher level."

After hearing this, Gu Chenshuo sat up straight and looked at his sister seriously with his dark eyes: "Sister, do you know how to write articles?"

"No, no, no, I can't." Gu Yin shook her head frantically. The thing she feared most when she was in school was writing essays.

"Then...how do you know all this?" Gu Chenshuo was puzzled. What his sister said was something that even the teacher had never mentioned, but he could tell that this was a completely new way of thinking about reading articles.

Gu Yin smiled awkwardly: "Haha, I just happen to know the structure of this kind of article, just like building a house requires laying the foundation and fixing the beams, it is the surface framework, but I can't write the content of the article."

What Gu Yin said was true. After nine years of compulsory education and three years of exam-oriented education in high school, there should be no student in the future who does not understand the overall structure of an argumentative essay.

In ancient times, it was said that it was difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son. This was mostly because when students from poor families went to school, their teachers would mostly only explain the meanings of the Four Books and Five Classics, and the rest basically depended on the students' own understanding. As a result, you can imagine the number of people who could pass the exam.

But it is different for students who come from aristocratic families. Their families will pass down some experience from generation to generation. What's more, many of their family members are officials in the court. Therefore, students from large families grow up in such an environment since childhood. They are influenced by their surroundings and learn many things without a teacher.

This is the cognitive barrier between ancient families and ordinary families.

"Then please tell me in more detail, sister." Gu Chenshuo asked seriously.

Gu Yin recalled what she had learned and tried to explain: "Your article is a policy paper. Policy papers, policy papers, arguments, and proofs are all indispensable. After establishing a general point for a certain issue, it will generally be divided into three to five sub-points, and each sub-point will be supported by evidence. The evidence here is generally your specific solution to the problem..."

With every extra word Gu Yin said, Gu Chenshuo's eyes lit up a little. When Gu Yin stopped, Gu Chenshuo couldn't help but grab Gu Yin's shoulders with both hands, and spoke incoherently with excitement: "Sister, sister, why are you not my younger brother... Otherwise, you will definitely be the top scorer in the exam."

"No, don't say such horrifying words." Gu Yin shuddered and shook off Gu Chenshuo's hand. She had finally completed her sixteen-year study career and didn't want to experience the fear of being dominated by exams again.

Besides, Gu Yin knew that even if she was given the opportunity to take the imperial examination, she would not be able to pass it.

It's simple, she can't concentrate on studying.

Gu Chenshuo didn’t understand why his sister reacted like this, but he didn’t have time to think too much, he had to quickly write down what his sister said.

Gu Chenshuo hurriedly found a pen and paper, suppressed his emotions, and began to write down what Gu Yin had just said. Gu Chenshuo was not an unlearned person. On the contrary, he had been influenced by the culture of a large family since he was a child, and he understood too well how important the knowledge Gu Yin said was for the imperial examination.

At the end, Gu Yin also mentioned how to establish arguments for different types of policy papers and in which directions one should think about the evidence and reasoning. These are the essences summarized by later generations over thousands of years, so you can imagine how important they are.

"Brother, it's best not to let too many people know about these things before you pass the imperial examination." Gu Yin reminded lightly.

People are selfish, and Gu Yin is worried that these things that are beyond this era will have too great an impact and affect Gu Chenshuo's path to the imperial examination.

Gu Chenshuo is now a scholar. He will start taking the provincial examination in the autumn of next year. If he succeeds and becomes a juren, he can then take part in the metropolitan examination and the palace examination in the spring of the following year.

Gu Yin naturally hoped that her brother would not be affected by other factors and would pass the imperial examination smoothly.

"Okay, I'll pay attention to it." Gu Chenshuo nodded in response.

After Gu Chenshuo finished recording what Gu Yin said, he told Gu Yin that he had something else to do, then hurried back to his room with the book to study.

Gu Yin was stunned. She was bored and wanted to chat with him, but she didn't expect Gu Chenshuo to run away.

Coming back to her senses, Gu Yin shook her head in amusement. No wonder her brother passed the imperial examination and became a scholar at such a young age. It turned out that he was a bookworm.

There was still some time before dinner and Gu Yin seemed bored. When she saw her two younger brothers playing football in the yard, she suddenly became interested.

"What are you playing?" Gu Yin shouted loudly.

"Cuju." Gu Chenjun passed the ball to Gu Chenheng and ran to Gu Yin.

Gu Chenheng stepped on the ball, pursed his lips, picked up the sepak takraw and quickly walked forward.

"Oh...how do we play this?" Gu Yin took the sepak ball from Gu Chenheng's hand and tossed it back and forth between her hands.

I don't know if the gameplay of Cuju is similar to that of football.

"You just kick the ball with your feet. The ball cannot fall to the ground and your hands cannot touch the ball. If it's a formal competition, there will be two teams competing, and the team that scores more goals wins." Gu Chenjun scratched his head.

"Oh..." Gu Yin asked a few more questions and figured out the rules of playing Cuju. It was actually similar to playing football, except that football had a goal on each side, while Cuju only had one.

The goal of Cuju is two three-meter-high poles erected in the center of the court. The upper goal is about one foot in diameter and is called the "Fengliu Eye". Only when the ball enters the Fengliu Eye can it be considered a goal, and the accuracy required is higher than that of football.

"Then let's play a game. You two will be in one group, and I'll be in another. If we score a goal, it'll count as kicking it into the gate over there. How about that?" It's just for fun, so don't have such high expectations.

It’s just right to use the courtyard gate as a goal.

"Okay." Their eyes sparkled. It was their first time playing games with their sister and it felt very novel.

then,

"Watch the ball!"

"This way!"

"Look, what's that in the sky?"

Gu Yin used various tricks to divert their attention, and actually helped Gu Yin score a few goals.

But after several times,

"My sister is doing bad things. We shouldn't listen to her." Gu Chenjun was furious and discussed countermeasures with Gu Chenheng.

The two of them were no longer tempted by Gu Yin's words and only focused on playing football. The two of them worked together and actually scored a few goals for them. Gu Yin was alone and couldn't stop them, and soon he was overtaken.

Suddenly, Gu Yin saw someone coming around the corner outside the courtyard gate, and the two brothers' sight was blocked.

Gu Chenjun has the rattan ball at his feet, gathering strength to launch it.

"Be careful! There's someone outside the gate!" Gu Yin shouted hurriedly.

However, Gu Chenjun thought his sister was trying to trick him again and kicked the ball over.

"Ah..." A scream sounded.