Zhang Jinghe, successively served as the governor of Liangguang, the secretary of the military department, successively pacified the Yao chaos, the town of Annan, and the southeast of the later governor, controlled the armies of Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, and Huguang, and specialized in fighting against the Japanese, but because of too much power, he was trapped in party struggle, and was victimized by Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua. Later, Zhang Jing's grandson Zhang Maojue was wronged to the imperial court, and the imperial court posthumously awarded Zhang Jing's official position and the descendants of the officials.

In the eyes of the villagers, Zhang Jing is a native of Hongtang Township, Houguan County, and the highest official position in history. The children of the Zhang family in the village are also proud of Zhang Jing's clansmen. Such an archway is not only one in the township, but also one in the west gate of the city.

Entering the village and walking straight for dozens of steps, it is the Hongtang Social School where Lin Yanchao is located, and next to it is the Zhang clan ancestral hall where Zhang Jing is enshrined. It is also a common pattern for sociology to be built near the ancestral hall.

There are less than 20 students on weekdays, covering an area of less than half an acre, but although the sparrows are small, they have all kinds of organs.

Lin Yanchao relied on his memory to walk into the gate, the center is the lecture hall, and there are two fasts next to it, of which the left Zhai is built to worship the ancestor Confucius, and the right Zhai is the school teacher, and the left and right are familiar with the place to sit in the hall and rest. There is a turn in the back, as a shooting garden, and after the shooting garden is a number house, a kitchen, a thatched house, and a standard front hall and back room layout.

There were already disciples in the lecture hall, and Lin Yanchao knew that he was probably late, so he hurriedly walked around the lecture hall from the corridor, walked through the shooting garden, ran to his house, and put down the books and luggage.

The number room is a long bunk, the mattress is neatly stacked on top, and on the desk in front of the bed, the gray-white volume of unfinished unread books is placed on the table in front of the bed, and a row of thread-bound books is stacked in the corner.

At this moment, the door is ajar, and the sunlight scattered all over the ground enters the room like a staircase.

"Extended tide!"

"Extended tide!"

There was a knock on the door, and a tall, loyal-looking man pushed the door in.

Lin Yanchao was stunned for a while, and then remembered that it seemed to be his familiar classmate Hou Zhongshu. Lin Yanchao responded tentatively: "Zhongshu!" ”

The other party grinned, and it seemed that he was not wrong.

Hou Zhongshu smiled: "Yanchao, are you all right?" ”

"Alright."

"Coincidentally, you're going to have something big as soon as you come, guess what!"

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Zhongshu, you are still the same, you have to sell everything to Guanzi." ”

Hou Zhongshu really likes to sell Guanzi when he talks on weekdays, and he looks like others are anxious to ask, but seeing Lin Yanchao's indifferent look, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all. Hou Zhongshu complained: "I asked you to ask me, go home and talk old-fashioned, do you still ask?" ”

This kid, Lin Yanchao just cooperated and asked: "I can't guess, ask Brother Zhongshu, what is going on?" ”

Hou Zhongshu nodded with satisfaction and said: "That's right, you ask, I will answer, I will be interested in talking like this, Yanchao, I just heard Mr. Zhang talking at the front door, saying that the inspector will be visiting social studies and taking the school examination in the near future." ”

The inspector is a provincial school, often known as the great master, the chief examiner of the small three passes, with the discipline of picketing the school, and the responsibility of testing the merits of teachers and students.

"Yanchao, the inspector is here, it is a good opportunity for me to get ahead, if I am appreciated by the great grandmaster and promoted to the county school to become a talent, then I will get ahead." Hou Zhongshu said confidently.

It's just a provincial inspector, a member of the five grades, how can he come to Hongtang Social School to inspect, this is not scientific, most of it is misinformation. Lin Yanchao didn't interrupt Hou Zhongshu's dream, but said, "Let's go, we're going to be late." ”

Hou Zhongshu suddenly realized when he heard this, and the two of them went out of the house together, walked through the shooting garden, and walked towards the lecture hall through the porch.

When he was about to reach the door, a green-shirted scribe about thirty years old strode with a ring ruler on his back. "Oops." On the side, Hou Zhongshu said in a low voice, and could only walk up.

"Sir!"

This person is Lin Yanchao, Hou Zhongshu's tutor, and Lin Chengyi, the only tutor of Hongtang Social Studies.

Lin Chengyi walked up to the two, the other party was tall; His face was a little pale, but his green shirt was washed white, almost faded, and there were one or two patches on the inconspicuous place. This dress reminded Lin Yanchao of Kong Yiji and Fan Jin in later textbooks.

Although the other party was poorly dressed, he was meticulously dressed, regardless of the hot day, he was still wearing a round-necked gown, and there was no wrinkle on the gown, coupled with his stereotyped face, which made people feel awe.

Seeing Lin Chengyi's appearance, Hou Zhongshu, who was a little stubborn, also clamped his tail, and he didn't dare to breathe. The people in Hongtang Township all know that although Lin Chengyi was only born as a child, he is extremely strict in his studies, and the students are not afraid of him.

Lin Chengyi glanced at the two sternly and said: "Life is based on diligence, get up early and work for three days!" You're even too late to learn! ”

As soon as these words came out, Hou Zhongshu on the side secretly complained, and Lin Yanchao just wanted to talk to Mr. about postponing the payment of the bondage, when he ran into this one.

"Sir, the disciple knows that he is wrong." Lin Yanchao and Hou Zhongshu replied together.

Lin Chengyi snorted heavily, paused and said, "Yanchao, your bundle hasn't been paid yet!" ”

Doesn't the book say that a gentleman is ashamed of his words? Why did the teacher take the initiative to ask the students for money?

At the moment, Lin Yanchao could only bite the bullet and say: "Sir, will you delay the Bundle Ritual until the Mid-Autumn Festival?" He guessed in his heart whether Lin Chengyi would agree, and from the past impression, this teacher seemed to be an extremely strict person, and he was not rich in money as a tutor this year, let alone a child tutor. Lin Yanchao remembered that Lin Chengyi still had an old mother to support.

He took the initiative to mention it, obviously he had always kept it in his heart, but Lin Yanchao really had no money now, and it seemed that he could only be coldly looked at by him.

Lin Chengyi pinched his beard and asked, "But are there any difficulties at home?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "The last time the student was sick, it cost a lot of money, and the family was flooded again, so there was really no money to pay for the anointing. Therefore, I implore Mr. to delay until the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the students are grateful. ”

Lin Yanchao's words were earnest, but he did not show the slightest hint of begging.

On the side, Hou Zhongshu also said: "Yes, sir, Yanchao's family background is indeed not good, I can testify." ”

Lin Chengyi glanced at Hou Zhongshu and reprimanded: "Did I ask you?" Get in. ”

Hou Zhongshu saw Lin Chengyi's reprimand, and didn't dare to say anything more at the moment, but just returned to the lecture hall aggrievedly, and gave Lin Yanchao a cautious look when he left.

Lin Chengyi looked at Lin Yanchao for a while and said: "Studying is for yourself, and you can't neglect your studies because of your family's poverty." If you don't have any skills, what is the use of studying, it is better to go home. The homework owed in the past few days must be made up immediately, I will take the school exam for you in the next few days, if not, you will go home and don't come! ”

Lin Yanchao listened to Lin Chengyi's long speech, and he didn't know what the other party meant, as if he was disgusted that he had no money to pay the restraints, and it seemed that he was using this to motivate himself and let him work hard, but how to say it, he passed a hurdle for the time being.

When Lin Yanchao entered Minglun Hall, there were already more than a dozen country teenagers sitting down, and Lin Yanchao saw at a glance that they were all his classmates back then. Everyone already knew that Lin Yanchao was reprimanded, and several teenagers were gloating.

One of them also said coldly: "I can't even afford to give it to my belly, what kind of school do I have." ”

"The master is more than courteous, and the rude person is also worthy of reading the book of the sages?"

"If I were Mr., I would have driven him out of social school."

Lin Yanchao didn't seem to hear these words, and walked to the last row of empty tables, a bookcase made of old wood, without chairs, and sat directly on the ground.

On the side, Hou Zhongshu leaned over and asked, "How can Mr. blame you?" ”

"Yes."

"Then allow you to give you a tie in the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"It seems to be, and it doesn't seem to be."

"He said that I will be tested for my studies in the next few days, and if I can't do it, he will drive me home."

"Oh no, this is to give you little shoes to wear. In the past ten days, Mr. has taught "Kindergarten Qionglin". ”

"How?"

"I read this book so much that it took me almost a month to memorize it, and now I have almost forgotten half of it. He has only given you a few days, and he must be trying to fix you. ”

Soon the sound of footsteps came from outside, and the lecture hall fell silent, and all the students resumed their upright sitting.

Lin Chengyi walked in front of each schoolchild with a ring ruler, the schoolchildren were all worried, even Lin Yanchao also felt this atmosphere, the Confucian heaven and earth monarch teacher, in addition to the heavens and the earth, the emperor, and the elders in the family, the closest is the teacher. At this time, the absolute only teacher is superior, and the students must obey the teacher unconditionally.

Lin Chengyi checked whether the tables and chairs, pen inkstones, pen washes, ink ingots, and books were placed neatly. If there is any disorder, he will be reprimanded, or he will be given a beating. After the three students were reprimanded, seeing that the schoolchildren did not dare to be naughty and slack, Lin Chengyi nodded slightly and began to lecture, first teaching "Mengtongxun".

In social studies, Lin Chengyi also teaches students according to their different progress. I just entered the school to study "Mengtong Xun", "Primary School", and read it for one year, three hundred thousand thousand, that is, "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names", "Thousand Character Text", and "Thousand Family Poems".

Students who have just entered the school will sit in the left group and face north, while those who have a certain foundation will sit in the right group and face south.

At the beginning of the lecture, Lin Chengyi sat in the north and faced the south, first teaching the new students "Mengtong Xun" and "Primary School", while the students with a foundation turned their backs to Lin Chengyi Wenshu. After teaching for half an hour, Lin Chengyi started to lecture on three hundred thousand thousands, and the other half of the students turned around, while the previous students turned their heads to face the wall to read the book.

Smelling the smell of ink, looking at the water sign hanging between the walls, and stroking the rough desktop with his hand, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but have the idea of reading well.

When reading "Mengtong Xun" as a freshman, Lin Yanchao first took a book from the side and opened the anti-beetle paper on the title page, which was densely covered with black words. This book is a thousand-character text necessary for Mongolian learning, and there is a brief explanation below, and the text has already been read in sentences, and the rare words are also annotated with cut rhymes.

This textbook belongs to social studies, and students have to return it after reading and using it. As for the side standard inside, I don't know which senior wrote it, the font is correct, and I know that he is a meticulous person at a glance. Reading such a book is naturally twice the result with half the effort.

Lin Yanchao began to read silently with great interest, and when Lin Chengyi began to speak the thousand-character text, he had already read it seriously from beginning to end.

"Hanging the people, Zhou Fa Yin Tang. Read! ”

"Hang the people and cut down the crime, Zhou Fa Yin Tang."

Sitting on the court asked, hanging the arch flat chapter. Read! ”

"Sitting on the court asked, hanging the arch and flat."

"Love and educate Li Shou, and the minister Fu Rongqiang. Read! ”

"Love and educate Li Shou, and the minister Fu Rongqiang."

Lin Chengyi first taught the children to read each paragraph according to the rhyme, and finally integrated the whole article to read it through.

Lin Chengyi read a sentence above, and the students below shook their heads and followed a sentence. Don't talk about the central idea, the paragraph is gist, just follow the rhyme, this is the ancients read the book a hundred times, and its meaning is self-evident. Lin Yanchao also followed Lin Chengyi word by word, and with his extraordinary memory, he quickly memorized it twice.

For the third time, Lin Chengyi asked the students to put down the book, hold their hands behind their backs, and read it silently in class.

This is the level of ability to appear, most of the schoolchildren are learning the story of indiscriminate and full of numbers, following the endorsement of others, and only a few schoolchildren who have learned a thousand words of literature are taking the lead in carrying it. And Lin Yanchao didn't follow the crowd, he only relied on his memory, memorized it by himself, word by word, and actually memorized a thousand-word essay.

After only reading it three times, he memorized the entire thousand-word text, and no one believed it when he said it, even Lin Yanchao himself felt that it was not true.

Lin Yanchao felt that Lin Chengyi turned his head to look at him, and there was a slight look of surprise in his eyes.

Lin Yanchao understands that there is no end to learning, and he must not be complacent because of his amazing memory, even if it reaches the point of being reciprocatable, he cannot be regarded as truly mastering the essence of the article.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao's eyes were focused and he read very seriously.

A journey of a thousand miles accumulates in steps.