Xu Jin followed Guo Fuzi into the rest room, and after the latter sat down, he said with a cold face: "Stretch out your hand." ”

Xu Jin subconsciously stretched out his hand, but Guo Fuzi pulled it down, and suddenly there was a crisp sound, and his palm turned red on the spot.

My day, Xu Jin was so painful that he almost wanted to explode, and traveled to the Ming Dynasty for more than half a month, and finally tasted the taste of the old master's ring ruler.

"A gentleman is studying, and he reads diligently, how can he fish for three days and dry the nets for two days, and then stretch out his hand!" Guo Fuzi reprimanded with a calm face.

The ancients have always attached great importance to respecting teachers, and disobeying teachers is a very serious matter, Xu Jin had no choice but to stretch out his hand and defend himself: "Master, the student has been busy with family affairs recently, and although he will go to school in the future, he has not fallen behind in reading and repairing every morning, and the article that the master confessed has also been written." ”

Guojiazhuang is close to Xujia Village, and he naturally heard about Xu Jin's land sale, and snorted coldly: "Zi said: Unrighteous and rich and expensive, like floating clouds to me." How can my generation of scholars be entangled in these mundane things of money and food, and waste their studies! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but secretly slander: "That's a good word, you don't eat or drink for a few days." ”

Guo Fuzi's second ring ruler was not laid, but asked Xu Jin to take out the finished article, but if Guo Baichuan knew what Xu Jin was thinking at the moment, he would definitely reward a few more ring rulers.

Xu Jin took out the eight-strand article he wrote a few days ago, and the title was: People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen!

Guo Fuzi took it and read it, his tense old face gradually relaxed, although Xu Jin's eight-strand essay was still not good, it was finally decent, I don't know how many times better than the previous first one, and the problem was quite novel, as long as it was more skilled and sophisticated, it was not hopeless to pass the county exam.

Guo Baichuan glanced at Xu Jin, he really couldn't understand himself as a student now, the eight-strand essay he wrote three days ago didn't make sense, and after three days, he made such a big progress, I really suspected that he hadn't bothered to write blindly before, but this was obviously impossible.

As everyone knows, Xu Jin at this time is no longer the nerd he used to be, and his experience, knowledge and understanding ability are not comparable to those of a teenager's nerd, but because he is not familiar with the rules and his skills are not proficient, he can't play it.

Xu Jin is like a sword that has not yet been opened, as long as he is familiar with the rules and skills of the imperial examination, the edge of this sword will continue to be revealed, because of this, he has carefully studied Guo Fuzi's two model essays, and the level of the second eight-strand essay written is far better than the first.

Guo Fuzi sighed secretly, put down Xu Jin's article, and said lightly: "Although the article is reluctant, compared with the previous one, there is still progress. Xu Jin, the old man heard that you sold all the fields, and promised your patriarch to be admitted to the Xiucai exam within two years? ”

Xu Jin nodded, Guo Baichuan frowned, after all, young people are young and vigorous, easy to be impulsive, and don't think about the consequences at all.

"Go back to the classroom!" Guo Fuzi waved his hand.

Xu Jin retreated and returned to the classroom to study, feeling a little worried, would the master be forced by Steward Guo to not let him participate in next year's county exam? Now I can only hope that Lao Guo still retains a trace of the style of a literati.

On this day, Guo Fuzi taught as usual, but did not ask Xu Jin to write eight essays, Xu Jin's heart couldn't help but sink to the bottom, it seems that the master succumbed to the pressure of Guo's housekeeper nine times out of ten, and no longer supported himself to participate in next year's county examination, so he had to find another way.

After school in the afternoon, Xu Jin was packing his things, but Guo Fuzi came over and knocked on the table, signaling him to go to the rest room next door.

Guo Fuzi returned Xu Jin's eight-strand essay to him, but seeing that it was full of comments in red letters, as well as revisions, it can be seen that he put a lot of thought into it, and he should have commented on it during the recess and lunch break.

Xu Jin secretly screamed ashamed, it seemed that he had misunderstood Lao Guo.

However, immediately afterwards, Guo Baichuan took out a letter from the drawer and handed it over: "Xu Jin, it is not difficult to pass the county test with your current academic skills for a period of time, but the old man knows that your ambition is not here." However, the old man's knowledge is limited, in order not to delay your future, the old man recommended you to go to Xinjiang Academy, it just so happens that the old man has a year to teach in Xinjiang Academy, you bring the old man's handwritten letter to find him, he will arrange for you. ”

Xu Jin took the letter and glanced at it, a little suspicious of the letter, Lao Guo wouldn't be unable to pull it off, so he would let himself go in this way, right? "Master, when should the student report for duty?" ”

Guo Baichuan said: "After the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the academy will have annual vacation, naturally the sooner the better, it is best to register for enrollment before the year, otherwise you will not be able to catch up with the county exam in February next year!" ”

Xu Jin had no doubts when he heard this, and looked at Guo Baichuan deeply: "Xie Fuzi's cultivation of students. ”

Guo Baichuan stroked his beard and bowed to Xu Jin, and waved his hand: "Go, and don't make a noise!" ”

Xu Jin put away the letter of recommendation closely, and then exited the lounge, just in time to meet his sister Wang coming back from outside, carrying a basket of freshly picked vegetables.

"Master!" Xu Jin stood and bowed.

Wang snorted, obviously a little cold, Xu Jin took out a piece of broken silver and put it in the vegetable basket: "Master, this is the child's bundle this month!" With that, he walked away quickly.

Wang was stunned for a moment, she naturally knew that Xu Jin would not come to the school again in the future, so when she saw Xu Jin, she didn't mention the matter of binding, but she didn't expect Xu Jin to take the initiative to hand it over, and it was still one or two silver, you must know that a month's shushu is only 10 yuan, and one or two silver is enough for 100 months of tuition.

"Hey, Brother Jin, this is too much, take it back!"

"The rest should be regarded as the New Year's gift for the child to honor the master and the teacher!"

"Hey, this kid is generous!" Wang looked at Xu Jin, who was leaving without looking back, shook his head with a smile, and then happily picked up the piece of silver and entered the house briskly.

It's no wonder that Wang's snobbery, Guo Baichuan is a pedantic old scholar, who can only read and teach, and usually doesn't care about the economy at all.

Xu Jin left Guojiazhuang with a letter of recommendation, his mood was quite complicated, although Guo Fuzi recommended Xinjiang Academy to himself, but it was obviously forced by the pressure of Steward Guo to let him leave the school. Sure enough, no matter what dynasty you are in, if you want not to be bullied, you can only work hard to climb up and make yourself stronger.

Xu Jin was walking, and he saw a group of people coming out of the fork in the road, and Steward Guo's guy was impressively in the ranks.

"Ouch, isn't this Xu Xiucai?"

Xu Jin pretended not to see it, but Steward Guo sped up his pace and walked out of the fork in the road to block the way, with a gloating smile on his face.

"Dad, this kid is that talent!"

At this time, two young men followed, both wearing long robes representing scholars, with square scarves on their heads, and the one who looked white and chubby also took a folding fan very coquettishly, and he didn't know what he was pretending to be in this winter.

The young man who spoke was about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a blue and blue robe, and his shoes and face were somewhat similar to Guo Steward's face, it was Guo Quan's son Guo Jingui, and the white and chubby young man was Guo Wencai, the son of Guo Yuan's family.

Guo Quan said strangely: "I don't know, this Jin brother sold his family's land a few days ago, and promised in front of the clansmen that he would be admitted to Xiucai within two years, otherwise he would be willing to be expelled from the Xu family." People are so confident, they naturally regard Xiucai as something in their pockets, so your father called him Xiucai in advance. ”

"Phew, you're not ashamed!" Guo Wencai, who was white and chubby, snorted disdainfully: "Boy, I saw you come out of the village with a book basket on your back, you should have gone to school at Guo Baichuan's old son, hey, it's really ridiculous, that guy is still a child after taking the exam all his life, can he teach him to show his talents?" Don't daydream, you kid, let's go home and farm honestly! ”

Guo Jingui laughed, patted his ass very doggedly and said: "What the young master said is extremely true, to the point!" ”

Guo Wencai proudly opened the folding fan and shook it, but he shrunk his neck so cold that he hurriedly closed the folding fan again.

Xu Jin said lightly: "Finished?" ”

Guo Wencai said contemptuously: "What about after speaking? What if you don't finish it? ”

Xu Jin walked straight to the side and lightly dropped two words: "Bad pen!" ”

Guo Wencai was stunned for a moment, turned his head and asked Guo Jingui next to him: "What is the pen?" ”

Guo Jingui shook his head and looked at his father, although Guo Quan didn't understand it, he also guessed that this must be a curse, and sneered: "Hey, I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin, boy, there's enough for you to bear!" ”

Steward Guo had already greeted Guo Fuzi the day before yesterday, asking him not to allow Xu Jin to participate in next year's county examination, and several schools in the neighboring village also greeted him, so even if Guo Fuzi didn't do what he wanted, Xu Jin didn't want to find four candidates to settle the guarantee together, so naturally he couldn't sign up for the county exam.

Once Xu Jin can't get into Xiucai within two years, he will be expelled from the Xu family, and then that kid will be miserable, and if he doesn't kneel down and beg for mercy, he won't be Guo Papi!

Xu Jin walked away calmly with the book basket on his back, he was not stunned, of course he would not lose his mind because he was ridiculed for a few words, after all, there were many people on the other side, plus in other people's land, entanglement would only suffer, so it was naturally better to go first.

Of course, this does not mean that Xu Jin will forget it, and being sleek does not mean that he is spitting on his face, being slapped on the left cheek, and he who puts the right side of his face up and is beaten is called weak and cheap.

So Xu Jin remembered this account, and when his strength was enough, he would not hesitate to get it back.

Xu Jin returned to Guojia Village and saw Xie Xiaowan standing at the door from a distance, and his mood suddenly improved.

"Xianggong, you're back!" When Xie Xiaowan saw Xu Jin, her eyes suddenly bent into a good-looking Yue Ya'er, and she quickly ran over to take the book basket.

This girl has already put on a new cotton coat and new boots, and she is obviously still shocked by Xu's enhanced version of the family law.