SFS Chapter 133 Apprenticeship
Chapter 133 Apprenticeship
Then, he pointed the book in his hand at Li Erlang and said, "Recite the poem I just taught you again."
Li Erlang thought for a long time before he could recite the general outline haltingly, with several mistakes.
Mr. Guo hummed. He had average talent and didn't seem to be particularly interested in studying.
Then he looked at Big Head, who had been performing well from the beginning, and said, "You don't need to recite the Three Character Classic, recite the poem I just taught you again.
Big Head nodded and recited "Climbing the Stork Tower" in full.
The smile on Mr. Guo's face widened. He had good talent, a good character, and looked serious.
He simply skipped over the stone, there was no need to embarrass him any further, "You should be diligent and motivated in the future."
Shitou nodded obediently.
Mr. Guo looked at the house sparrow.
The house sparrow rolled its eyes and began to recite: "When the sun is high in the field, I am hoeing the field...When the sun is high in the field, I am hoeing the field...When the sun is high in the field, I am hoeing the field...I, I forgot."
Master Guo nodded and said, "I understand."
He is smart, but still a little impetuous. Whether he can succeed depends on whether he can settle down in the future.
He looked at Li Laosan again. While the teacher was testing the others, Li Laosan began to try hard to recall the poem he had just memorized and then recite it silently.
Li Laosan recited it, but with some stuttering. It was much better than the first time.
"Not bad, there is progress."
Master Guo had just noticed that his lips moved slightly and he was reciting something silently.
He has decent talent, but he is also very persistent and hard work can make up for his shortcomings. It depends on whether he works hard in the future.
As soon as the teacher's eyes turned to Lai Zi, he quickly recited "Spring Sleep Without Knowing the Dawn".
"very good."
This boy has great talent and an excellent memory. He is a natural student, but he seems a little world-weary.
Maybe he was dazzled.
Others looked at Lai Zi with shock and envy. Although Lai Zi seemed to be a lazy guy on weekdays, they didn't expect that he was actually a talented person.
At this time, Li Yuer said: "Master, how about you test me too? Maybe I have the talent too?"
Master Guo looked at her with a smile, then looked at his wife. When she nodded, he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll test you too." His attitude was much kinder than that towards those boys.
From the fact that Guo Qingran was able to disguise herself as a man and enter Yucai Academy to study, we can see that Master Guo was not a pedantic person.
Li Yuer dare not underestimate the wisdom and cultural heritage of the ancients. Being able to read and write is a real skill wherever you go, and what you learn in your head is your lifelong reliance.
The teacher thought for a moment, as if trying to find something suitable to test a little girl of eight or nine years old.
"Yes, what's your name, little one?"
"My full name is Li Yu'er, and my nickname is Yu Bao'er. You can call me Yu Bao'er, Master."
Li Yuer's answers were clear and logical, and he looked like a smart and well-behaved child.
"Yu Baoer, you must listen carefully. The Master only said it once: Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li; Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang; Feng, Chen, Chu, Wei; Jiang, Shen, Han, Yang."
Li Yuer began to recite, pretending to pause several times and even mispronounced a few words on purpose.
"Okay! This girl is smart. I will make an exception and accept her as my disciple today."
After testing a few people, Mrs. Huai called the teacher away on the pretext of something.
Jia Que'er patted Shitou's shoulder and said, "Brother Shitou, don't worry. If the teacher doesn't accept you, I won't go to school anymore. Let's do business together with Third Brother and sell grilled seafood with Sister Xiaoyuer. We will definitely make a lot of money."
Shitou was touched, but shook his head and refused: "If you can be accepted by the teacher, study hard and don't worry about me. If you can still remember your brother when you graduate in the future, that's fine."
Li Laosan said firmly: "Don't worry, if he refuses to accept you, we can find another private school teacher. Yu Baoer said that if you want to do big business and become a big manager in the future, you must be able to read and do accounting."
Shitou said with a bitter face: "I can't learn it."
Li Erlang slapped him on the shoulder and said, "Look at what you have accomplished! You grew so big for nothing! You ate so much for nothing!"
"Then I'll eat less next time." Shi Tou said angrily.
"You!" Li Erlang glared angrily, "Can't you just say that you will study hard and learn to read well in the future?"
Lai Zi started to speak venomously again, "Shi Tou, if you can't read and count, you won't be on the same level as us brothers in the future. By then, our brotherhood will probably come to an end. Didn't you say you would always follow Third Brother? Could it be that you were all lying?"
Shitou thought for a moment and said, "Okay! Even if I have to bow my head to the ground, I must learn to read and do accounting."
Li Erlang looked at Lai Zi with admiration and mouthed, "You are awesome!"
It turns out that Shi Tou is just a provocateur.
After a cup of tea, Master Guo and Madam Huai came back again.
Madam Huai's eyes were a little red, but her mood seemed to be much better, and Mr. Guo no longer had the stiff smile he was trying so hard to maintain on his face.
Li Yuer told them that there were strangers wandering around, and they might be people sent by Wu Yanei to monitor them.
Naturally, they would not talk here, and tacitly discussed only the matter of becoming disciples.
There were ten of them in total who had to go to school. Li Yu'er directly counted his eldest cousin and sister Mei'er as tuition of one hundred wen per person per month, a total of one tael of silver, not counting the festival gifts.
This was the salary offered by Li Yuer. Mr. Guo's original salary was also one or two taels of silver. The couple was grateful to the Li family for saving their lives and did not want the salary, but was rejected by Li Yuer.
They may not know yet that their daughter has entered the Cai family this time and will probably live there permanently sooner or later.
We are all family, so it’s best to keep things within the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Guo wanted to stay for dinner, but Li Yuer refused.
Before leaving, Li Erlang pointed to an orchid on the windowsill and said, "Master, if you want her to live, you have to let her die first. I think you and your wife must be very sad to lose your beloved thing."
Li Yuer asked him to say this, and the implication was to hold a fake funeral for Guo Qingran to conceal the truth.
At the same time, he reminded Master Guo and the others that they must pretend to be very sad.
Mr. and Mrs. Guo nodded and watched them leave.
Madam Huai looked at the Master and deliberately opened the gifts on the table while saying, "Since they brought quite a lot of things, you should make an exception this time and accept them."
However, they were indeed a little surprised. They didn't expect that these people who were dressed simply could come up with so many gifts to become apprentices.
In addition to the symbolic six gifts of tuition for becoming a disciple: celery: symbolizes diligence; lotus seeds: symbolize painstaking education; red beans: symbolize good luck; red dates: symbolize passing the imperial examination early; longan: symbolizes fulfillment of one’s virtues; and strips of dried lean meat: symbolize the disciple’s heart.
At this time, celery is just dried celery, and there is very little of everything, just symbolic.
Wanjia’s Wanbao Commercial Bank sells them, and they are all pre-matched.
In addition to the six gifts, there were five catties of pork, twenty catties of white flour and white rice each, two pieces of fine cloth, in colors suitable for Master Guo and Madam Huai respectively, a bag of tea, two catties of brown sugar, five catties of lard, and a leftover oil lamp.
When Li Yuer and the others went out, Jia Que'er noticed that there seemed to be someone on the wall of Guo's backyard.
"Don't look back." He was about to shout, but was stopped by Li Yu'er, "Don't pay attention to it, the teacher will handle it."
There is an old sycamore tree in the backyard of the Guo family. It has been growing for many years, and its branches are intertwined. But without leaves in winter, it can’t hide people’s faults.