The daily life of a peasant girl taking the imperial examination

Chapter 301 Naked Malice

As soon as he finished reciting the poem, Dr. Qin stroked his neatly trimmed beard and nodded in satisfaction.

"What a poem! What a poem!"

Among the crowd, a scholar, who was watching the spectacle, waved his fan and spoke excitedly.

It must be said that he truly deserves to be called a person with exceptional talent in poetry and prose in Xiaoshan County.

"New lotus leaves reflect the sun's rays... The breeze carries the fragrance of summer."

Wang Tang, a student at the Linxi County School, couldn't help but read it aloud.

Look at this poem, and then look at the lotus flowers in full bloom beside the martial arts training ground in Linxi County. Who can say that this wasn't an impromptu creation?

The third line, in particular, "Butterflies dance and sway among the flowers," brings the entire poem to life with its imagery of butterflies fluttering among lotus blossoms.

Zhuge Yunshu and Wang Yi also thought it was a good poem.

So, at this moment, the two exchanged glances.

Zhuge Yunshu: "Can your poem compare?"

Wang Yi: "Slightly inferior."

Seeing this, Zhuge Yunshu gave Wang Yi a reassuring look.

Her summer quatrain was praised as an excellent work by the female teacher in the "Serving the Country and the People" system.

Therefore, Zhuge Yunshu was not worried at all about the possibility of being inferior.

Thinking this, she recited the poem aloud.

This is a very simple poem, which can be described as easy to understand.

Starting with a small incident, Zhuge Yunshu accurately captured the inner thoughts of several young girls picking lotus flowers... thus presenting us with a summer scene full of life and interest.

As soon as she finished reciting her poem, the entire training ground fell silent.

Finally, Instructor Song was the first to come to his senses, then clapped his hands and laughed loudly:

"Wonderful, wonderful! This poem is like a lotus emerging from the water, truly unique..."

He felt that no amount of praise could adequately express the amazement he felt when he first heard the poem.

At this moment, the group in the training ground, having regained their senses, also began to discuss excitedly.

"At first listen, I felt that this poem did not have the exquisite wording of that scholar Chen from Xiaoshan County, but upon closer reflection, one will find that this poem has a unique perspective in its ordinary aspects, which is refreshing."

"What you say makes sense, brother. Xiao Sanyuan's poem 'Summer Fun,' though written in simple language, accurately captures the innocent and charming expressions of several little girls in the pond, making it all the more endearing and amusing..."

"In just twenty characters, the author vividly portrays the innocent yet cunning nature of the little girl Caihe..."

"..."

Clearly, Zhuge Yunshu won the best poem of the night for his poem about summer.

Next, Dr. Qin symbolically posed three more poetry questions, all of which were easily solved by Zhuge Yunshu and Wang Yi.

Especially Zhuge Yunshu, which made Dr. Qin and the students of Xiaoshan County School so angry that their teeth were grinding.

You know, if you produce good poems, you should at least be a little more humble.

Who knew that Zhuge Yunshu, after being praised by everyone, would always pretentiously add:

"The student is dull-witted, and his victory was merely due to luck."

This is not what Dr. Qin and his team wanted to see.

Thinking this, Chen Jiaxing, at Dr. Qin's prompting, respectfully stepped forward:

"In this impromptu poetry competition, the student representative from Xiaoshan County School willingly conceded defeat."

As he spoke, he took the tray from Sun Wenxiu and continued:

"Here is two hundred taels of silver as a prize, which belongs to your Linxi County School."

Upon seeing this, Zhuge Yunshu bowed to Dr. Qin.

"Yun Shu, thank you for your kindness, Brother Chen and the other fellow disciples from Xiaoshan County."

This was originally just a polite remark.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Ji Mingyuan stood up:

"No need for thanks. I wonder if Junior Sister Yun Shu would do me the honor of answering a question for me?"

As soon as he said this, everyone turned their attention to Zhuge Yunshu.

In particular, Zhou Wenchang believed that Zhuge Yunshu was about the same age as his sisters.

However, the difference is that the younger sisters at home are either embroidering or getting together with their close friends to drink tea and chat.

In short, they were not like Zhuge Yunshu, who always had a calm and collected demeanor, and not only that, they also always looked at them with a smile.

Ji Mingyuan, Zhou Wenchang, Sun Wenxiu, and Chen Jiaxing, these four prodigies, were used to being praised by everyone since childhood. How could they stand Zhuge Yunshu's arrogant expression and gaze?

This feeling made the four of them very unhappy.

They were so annoyed that they wanted to see Zhuge Yunshu look terrified, just like the other nine-year-old children.

Even worse, a child prodigy can become just another face in the crowd.

Zhuge Yunshu did not rush to respond to Ji Mingyuan's request.

At this moment, she calmly looked directly at Ji Mingyuan, Zhou Wenchang, Sun Wenxiu, and Chen Jiaxing.

It was clear that all four of them had blatant malice in their eyes.

Seeing this, Zhuge Yunshu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow:

"Oh?"

The meaning is self-evident: use whatever tricks you have up your sleeve.

She's not afraid at all.