The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Sun Shan brought Hu Ming back to the yamen, and the little guy didn't look very happy.

Sister Yun asked anxiously, "Hu Ming, what's wrong? Does the teacher no longer want you?"

With his head drooping and looking listless, I couldn't understand why he was so sentimental at such a young age. His frown could pinch a mosquito to death.

Hu Ming hurriedly shook his head and said, "Mother, the teacher didn't say he didn't want me. It's just that I..."

Hu Ming was very sad. During the half-hour assessment by the instructor, he answered questions fluently at the beginning, but gradually he found it difficult, until in the end, he could not answer any questions at all.

Not only did he not answer the questions asked by the teacher, he had never even heard them.

In Sunjia Village, Hu Ming is full of confidence and wants to be on the list of successful candidates like Sun Shan.

In just the past half hour, Hu Ming felt that his knowledge was very superficial and he was not qualified to be as successful as his adoptive father.

Hu Ming was ashamed of his youth and ignorance.

Sister Yun glanced at Sun Shan secretly, and Sun Shan shook his head.

Sister Yun continued to ask, "My dear son, the teacher wants you, so why are you still unhappy? Talk to your stepmother and I'll analyze it for you."

When Hu Ming saw Yun Jie'er's concern, his eyes instantly turned red. He felt that he had not only let down his adoptive father, but also his adoptive mother's expectations.

Sister Yun couldn't help but panic and asked anxiously, "My dear son, what happened? What did the teacher say? Tell me quickly."

Hu Ming was very sad, but since Yun Jieer asked, he didn't dare to hide it and told her about the teacher's assessment.

He said sadly, "Mother, it turns out that my knowledge is not good at all. I don't know how to answer the questions asked by the teacher. Mother, I have disappointed you."

Sister Yun thought it was something, but it turned out she couldn't answer it with any academic knowledge. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He said carelessly: "Hu Ming, it's normal that you can't answer. If you can answer, you can become a teacher. What is a teacher? A teacher is a very knowledgeable teacher.

If you can answer all the questions he asked, your adoptive father will not let you study at the county school, but will send you to the more prestigious prefectural school. How many years have you studied? How many years has the teacher studied? You can't compare with the teacher. "

Hu Ming shook his head anxiously: "Foster Mother, I didn't compete with the teacher. It's just that the teacher's question... shouldn't be difficult... but I can't answer it."

Sister Yun waved her chubby hand proudly, tapped Hu Ming's forehead and said, "Good son, did you answer the question correctly at the beginning?"

Hu Ming nodded.

Sister Yun said cheerfully, "That's right. The instructor is testing you to see how far you've come. The questions he asks will surely progress step by step, becoming increasingly difficult each time, until you're unable to answer them."

My dear son, the questions that follow are very difficult. It is normal that you cannot answer them. I think you are just overthinking. How can you answer questions that you have not learned before?

After a pause, he continued to comfort her, "Don't worry, the instructor will teach you more advanced knowledge in the future, and you'll be able to answer them then. Okay, don't be so sad. This is just a small matter, there's no need to be so upset."

Remember this to your stepmother: study hard at the county school. After you finish your studies there, we will go to the prefectural school. After you finish your studies there, we will go to Yuelu Academy."

He patted Hu Ming's little head, smiled and asked, "Do you know Yuelu Academy?"

Yes, I know. I definitely know. What Hu Ming knows is not how great Yuelu Academy is, but that Sun Shan studied there.

She nodded and said, "Mom, I know. Grandpa and grandma said that after my adoptive father finished studying at the provincial school, he went to Yuelu Academy. After he graduated, he passed the imperial examination. Yuelu Academy is really great. As long as you go in and study, you can pass the imperial examination."

Yun Jie'er said softly, "It's good that you know. This is also the path for our Hu Ming to study. First, study in a primary school, and then move up step by step. When you grow up, you can go to a famous academy. Now you need to study hard with the instructor.

"The most taboo thing about studying is rushing. You've studied for ten years, and you've only finished a few years. The reason you can't answer the teacher's questions isn't because you haven't learned well, but because you're still young and haven't learned enough. Later, the teacher will teach you the knowledge you can't answer today, understand?"

After hearing what Sister Yun said, Hu Ming felt much more relieved.

He bowed respectfully to Sister Yun and said, "Mother, I understand. It's my fault. I thought too much. I will study hard and live up to your guidance."

Seeing Hu Ming was much happier, Sister Yun also felt happy: "Okay, go find the sisters quickly. Xiaoxiao and Xiaoheimei asked where their brother was going this morning."

Hu Ming nodded, then went to look for the fat girl and the black girl with the pastries.

Sun Shan watched the little figure leave and shook his head. "Ah, Hu Ming is too precocious. His little head thinks too much all day long."

Sister Yun said cheerfully, "Brother Shan, if Hu Ming didn't think enough, he wouldn't have the chance to become your adopted son. Thinking a lot also has its advantages. But you have to guide this child well in the future. Now that he's with you, he doesn't need to think too much."

Sun Shan agreed with this.

Sister Yun asked, "Brother Shan, please tell me in detail about Hu Ming's schooling today. Is he going to school in three days? I need to prepare something for him."

Here, Sun Shan told Sister Yun what happened today.

Over there, Hu Ming, Little Fatty, and Little Blackie were eating cakes.

Su curled her lips. Hu Ming went to the county school to attend classes and received a lot of tuition.

According to Su's idea, he could just find a random school to attend. In the county school, even if Sun Shan was the county magistrate, he still had to pay tuition.

I heard that the tuition fee alone for one year is 10 taels, not to mention the food expenses, books, pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

When Su heard this, he immediately objected. What did Sun Shan say?

He said that he was the head of a county, and if his son did not study at the "highest institution of learning", he would lose face and become a laughing stock among his colleagues.

Su had no choice but to give up objecting.

Seeing Hu Ming happy about reading a book, he felt even more uncomfortable.

Hu Ming secretly glanced at Su, curled his lips, rolled his eyes, and glared at her, knowing that he had made his grandmother unhappy again.

Hu Ming didn't know what he had done wrong, so he said, "Grandma, I'm going to the county school in three days. I will study hard, and when I grow up, I will be filial to you, to Grandpa, and to my adoptive father and mother."

Su snorted and said, "You said that, you have to remember that when you grow up, you can't turn your back on others."

Hu Ming shook his head and said, "Grandma, I won't. Don't worry, when you grow up, I will buy you a gold bracelet."

She looked at Su's big gold bracelet and said as if she had made up her mind: "Grandma, when I grow up, I will buy you a big gold bracelet like this, inlaid with big gems."

Little Hu Ming made up his mind to save his pocket money from now on. When he grows up, it should be enough to buy a big gold bracelet for his grandma.

Su nodded proudly: "That's more like it. Grandma is wearing this gold bracelet, it was bought by your adoptive father, it's really expensive. When you grow up, you must make a lot of money and honor Grandma and your adoptive father, okay?"

Hu Ming raised his head and chest, patted his chest, and said seriously: "Grandma, I will. I will definitely buy you a big gold bracelet."

Big gold bracelet