The daily life of a peasant girl taking the imperial examination

When Zhuge Yunshu and the others returned to the study, they saw that Master Wang was looking at them with a rare kind smile.

How to put it, Zhuge Yunshu felt it was like the way her elders looked at her.

What puzzled her most was why that Senior Brother Xie kept secretly watching her.

It wasn't that she was narcissistic; she had already caught him doing it several times. But to avoid embarrassment, Zhuge Yunshu would pretend to casually look away.

Zhuge Yunshu realized and said to the system, "System, why is there no value for charisma in the information section? I guess mine is close to perfect."

Zhuge Yunshu was very confident. After speaking, she unconsciously raised her head and puffed out her chest, acting as if she were the best. The system just wanted to roll its eyes at her.

It discovered that its host looked exactly like her parents at this moment.

The system clicked its tongue. "Host, apart from being dark-skinned and not resembling your parents, you resemble them in every other way."

Zhuge Yunshu: "..."

Don't think she can't understand; that sentence is a veiled criticism of her.

"Confidence is a virtue, and you, as an electronic device, cannot experience the joy it brings."

The system immediately exploded. This damn host, all he knows is to insult it! "I'll say it again, I am a self-aware, advanced artificial intelligence, not some so-called junk electronic product."

"Oh! If you say so, then so be it! Hurry up and start studying. As the system, you must set an example. Wasting time is shameful!" Zhuge Yunshu said.

The system keeps popping up every day looking for trouble, so she had no choice but to bully it a little.

system:"……"

Ugh! Such a serious question, what's with the host's nonchalant attitude? And it hasn't even finished speaking yet, dream on making it shut up!

"..."

Why can't it speak?

Shortly after, three announcements rang out within the "Serving the Country and the People" system.

"Ding! The host has reported her for verbally abusing her. The report has been verified and is successful."

"Ding! The host has reported that the system is disturbing her studies. The report has been verified and is successful."

"Ding! The system has violated two provisions of the friendly mutual assistance contract with the host. With the host's consent, the system will be muted for one week."

System: (? ○ Д ○)?

It said that this dog host had been tinkering with something in the "Serving the Country and the People" system for a while, and it turned out that she had discovered this function.

"I want to appeal! The host has insulted me too!" the system pleaded, not wanting to be silenced!

"Ding! Appeal rejected. After verification, electronic products are not considered insulting terms."

system:"……"

Hmph! It's decided that from now on, it will change "black" to "not-too-white".

Meanwhile, Xie Yu, who had almost been caught peeping, was still regretting it.

However, it wasn't without results. After careful observation, along with the names and locations, he confirmed his initial suspicions.

Isn't this the same wicked kid from Zhuge Village?

He would never forget that scene: a dark-skinned, skinny four-year-old boy, with one foot on six-year-old Xuan-ge'er and the other hand pressing down on five-year-old Ze-ge'er's head, arrogantly said, "Do you submit or not!"

Unexpectedly, his two mischievous younger brothers had no backbone at all and begged for mercy repeatedly, "We submit, we submit, from now on you are our big brother."

Then there were his two troublesome younger brothers, who were like madmen, running from the town school to Zhuge Village every day.

And because of this, he betrayed his own brother's sexuality. Well, let's not talk about it; it's a past he'd rather forget.

When Xie Yu looked at Zhuge Yunshu again, he was caught by a pair of dark, bright eyes.

An awkward atmosphere filled the air at that moment.

"Senior Brother Xie, why are you staring at me like that?" Zhuge Yunshu asked, puzzled.

There was no smear on her face, and what she said before was just to tease the system; she still had some self-awareness.

Xie Yu coughed awkwardly, "Junior brother, you do look somewhat familiar."

Zhuge Yunshu: "..."

She was now certain that this senior brother definitely had a problem with his eyesight.

Although she's a bit dark-skinned, she still inherited her mother's sweet looks, okay?

"Beautiful senior brother, although I am not as fair-skinned or as beautiful as you, I am a genuine woman!" Zhuge Yunshu said with a completely innocent expression.

Come on, let's hurt each other!

Xie Yu: "..."

This unforgiving personality is exactly the same as when he was a child.

I never expected him to misjudge someone, but he really does look like a man! Especially when he was a kid, his mischievousness was unmatched, even by his two little devils.

"Pfft, hahaha, sorry, I just couldn't hold back anymore, you guys continue." Zhang Hao was the first to break the strange silence.

At this moment, Wang Yi and Master Wang were in perfect sync, both making fists with their right hands and pressing them to their mouths as if to cover something up.

Zhuge Yunshu: "..."

Xie Yu: "..."

Having no other choice, he could only step forward apologetically, "Junior sister, it was senior brother who offended you."

It's his own fault for saying the wrong thing.

"It's alright, Junior Sister was also at fault to begin with." Zhuge Yunshu thought to herself, her senior brother had already offered a way out, and she had to seize it quickly.

"Oh, right, Senior Brother Xie, didn't you just say I looked familiar? Who do I resemble?" Zhuge Yunshu asked curiously.

"It's like an old acquaintance I knew before, but looking at it now, it doesn't really look like him," Xie Yu said awkwardly.

He absolutely mustn't let his junior sister know about what happened in the past, or he'll lose all face.

He is now thankful that, thankfully, his junior sister Yun Shu was only four years old at the time and probably doesn't remember much.

Master Wang glanced at the time and realized it was about time, so he changed the subject. "Alright, the reason I invited your senior brother here is to teach you policy essays. He wrote a well-structured essay when he was only five years old. If you have any questions later, just ask him."

As soon as Master Wang finished speaking, Zhuge Yunshu and the other two immediately looked at each other, and they could all see from each other's eyes what the other wanted to convey—it was even more powerful than the rumors suggested.

"Now, let's start by explaining a few good policy essay examples."

Zhuge Yunshu listened carefully and felt that the explanation was very profound and easy to understand. As expected of the youngest Jinshi in Xia State, his level was also top-notch.

She has been studying these things within the system for the past few days and has found that the so-called policy essays are somewhat similar to modern argumentative essays.

Policy essays primarily address a problem and propose solutions, emphasizing the solutions themselves. Argumentative essays, on the other hand, address a problem and articulate the writer's own viewpoint, focusing on the viewpoint itself.

Actually, the two are quite similar.

For example, Su Shi's "Strategies for Teaching and War" and Han Yu's "On Teachers" are representative of policy essays and argumentative essays, respectively.

However, the boundary between these two styles is not clear, and you can say the opposite without any problem.

In short, there is no standard template for policy essays. As long as you can clearly explain your point of view and present reasonable solutions, it is a good essay.

Zhuge Yunshu strongly agrees with this view of renowned teachers within the system of serving the country and its people.

However, while listening to the lectures, I felt like I understood everything, and I thought writing a policy essay wasn't too difficult! But when I actually started writing it, I realized that what I had in mind was not the same as what I wrote down.

Indeed, understanding is one thing, but putting it into practice is quite another!