Wear It with Space - Chapter 33

Maolin Academy is located on the mountain of Qingyuan Mountain, the provincial capital, surrounded by streams and lush vegetation. It is a very beautiful place.

When Shen Ling first arrived, he thought he had come to the ancient temple in the deep mountains, because the surrounding environment was very quiet, and the long bells could be heard not far away. The butler who sent him from the Cui family said that the bell came from the nearby Qingyuan Temple.

The incense of Qingyuan Temple is not very strong, there are only four or five monks in the temple. Therefore, Qingyuan Mountain has a very quiet atmosphere and is a very suitable place for reading.

Although Shen Ling came with a letter of recommendation from Cui Ping and had a reputation as a scholar, the academy still arranged an exam. After reading the questions, Shen Ling was relieved that the content of the exam is not different from what Zheng Ming usually teaches. As long as the college is not deliberately embarrassed, he should be able to pass.

An hour later, Shen Ling handed in the finished paper. It didn’t take long for a boy in Tsing Yi to pass on a message, which probably meant that he passed the exam and was ready to go through the relevant procedures.

Accompanied by the Cui family housekeeper who is familiar with the process, Shen Ling quickly went through the relevant procedures.

The school houses provided to the students at Maolin Academy are connected together. There are ten small school houses in each row, and each school house has two rooms. One is for the students, and the other is for the students brought by the students.

There were also students who were poor and there was no book boy to follow, so the empty room was set up as a study room and a reception room.

Adding him to the row of schools where Shen Ling lived, a total of eight students lived. After Shen Ling settled down, he took advantage of the noon break to visit these seven students one by one. He soon discovered that two of the seven students were from poor families. Of the other five students, two were from similar backgrounds, and those three were from big families. These seven people, like him, possessed fame and fame as scholars. Only then did Shen Ling realize that he had become a scholar before he was eligible to enter the academy.

Before Shen Ling came, Huang had prepared many small gifts for his classmates, including ink ingots, paper fans, tea leaves and so on. From those two classmates from poor family backgrounds, he gave more practical ink ingots. Two classmates with the same family background, he gave tea, as for the three classmates with a much better family background, he gave paper fans.

After this visit, Shen Ling was most impressed by Xie Rong, who lives next to him. The room was decorated in a simple atmosphere. The utensils on the bookshelves seemed inconspicuous, but each piece was a fine product. The owner of the room also adheres to the same style, wearing a sky-blue straight-breasted robe, which looks ordinary, but the materials and tailoring are very particular, with a low-key luxury.

Except for Xie Rong, who came from a famous family, Shen Ling still had a deep impression of a person, Guo An, who lives in the westernmost part. This Guo An is one of the two poor students. Because he can’t afford to hire a book boy, he actually lives in two rooms. The vacant room was set up by him as a study room, and inside it was a bookcase made of wooden planks, and dozens of handwritten books were placed on the bookcase. In addition, there are several books spread out on the bed and table in the room.

Shen Ling had a few simple conversations with him, and knew that this was a book-loving person. Although he is as bookish as Zheng Huai, he is more knowledgeable than Zheng Huai because of his background.

The ink ingots that Shen Ling gave him were extremely practical, and he also reciprocated, and talked a lot about the academy. For example, the mountain leader of the academy will teach class C students who are only talented and famous on the 1st and 5th of each month. In these days, all the class C students must arrive at the school on time, and they must not be absent from class. If you miss school, you will not only be fined for one month, but also 300 yuan will be deducted.

At this time, Shen Ling learned that he used to study in the academy, not only would he pay a monthly living allowance, commonly known as “Gao Huo”, but also free board and lodging.

Guo An was surprised at him and explained to him that not all academies have such a large financial resources to reduce or exempt students’ board and lodging expenses. For example, another Qingsong Academy in the provincial capital can only dispense part of it. Food and lodging expenses, and there is no anointing expenses.

The reason why their Maolin Academy not only does not require students’ book fees but also covers board and lodging expenses is because there are large areas of school fields near the academy, which are the main source of school funding. Coupled with the donations of some wealthy private households, this is the result of such a big handwriting.

The generous treatment that Maolin Academy gave to the students has also placed high hopes on them.

Guo An said that these students who come to the academy to study are divided into regular class students and supplementary class students according to the number of absenteeism each month and the grade of the examination.

Regular class students who miss class more than once for two months in a row, or fail to enter the top ten in the exam for two months in a row, will be demoted to additional class students.

If the students who have not been absent from school for three consecutive months and can enter the top ten in each examination during these three months, they can be promoted to regular students.

In addition, the academy will also give out monthly class rewards after each monthly examination. The top three will be rewarded with five taels of silver, the top ten will be rewarded with three taels of silver, and the top 20 will be rewarded with one tael of silver. And those students ranked after 20 only receive 500 literary anointing fees. If you missed the mountain-long class several times, I’m afraid you have to pay for it.

Therefore, few students from ordinary backgrounds are absent from Shanchang’s class.

Like Guo An, he has never been absent when the mountain leader is in class. He also told Shen Ling that it is best not to drink too much water for breakfast when the mountain leader is in class. Because Shanchang usually lectures all morning, there is almost no rest time in between.

The day Shen Ling came was August 20, a few days before August 25, so he hadn’t had a chance to meet the legendary mountain leader who taught a morning class.

After he came back from visiting a few future classmates, Zheng Ze had already prepared lunch. Shen Ling saw that what was in front of her was a large bowl of white rice, a vegetable stir-fried spinach, and a hibiscus chicken slice. And Zheng Ze also has a big bowl of rice, but only a braised tofu with cabbage.

Shen Ling motioned to Zheng Ze to bring the food over to eat together. Anyway, he couldn’t finish two dishes, and it would not be a waste of two to eat together.

After lunch, Zheng Ze handed the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen. When he returned, he told Shen Ling who was sorting the books. He heard other bookboys say that there is a Xujia Town not far from here, where you can buy a lot of daily necessities. Ask Shen Ling if he has anything to buy.

After hearing this, Shen Ling took out a piece of two or two pieces of broken silver from his purse, so that he could get closer to other students’ bookboys in the future. This silver can buy some small items to give to those bookboys in order to build a good relationship with them. . As for shopping, I will talk about it later.

In the afternoon, Shen Ling tidied all the things she had brought, and worked with Zheng Ze to clean the room again, hung up the tent he brought from home, put the bedding on it, and put it in the corner of the room. Some worthless ornaments. The room was so cleaned, it looked rough, but it was clean and elegant.

After doing this, Shen Ling took Zheng Ze around again. There are two rows of school houses behind their row of school houses, and a small garden in front of them for people to admire. The garden occupies a small area, but the size of an acre, planted with some common flowers and plants. There is also a small hexagonal pavilion to the east. There were a few students who didn’t have to go to class and laughed there. Shen Ling glanced at it from a distance and saw his demeanor, but he was not sure.

Shen Ling and Zheng Ze circled around the garden, and then went to the vicinity of Class C Academy to take a look. After getting familiar with the route, they went back to the room to preview the lessons Suri had learned. Thinking of the difference between the regular class student and the attached class student, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure. At his current level, he doesn’t know where he will be ranked in the class when he takes the exam.

That afternoon, Shen Lingwo read the book for a long time in the room. In the evening, Cui Xunwen and Cui Xunzhang, the two brothers of the Cui family, came to look for him. Cui Xunwen was in the Juren last year and was assigned to Class B. Cui Xunzhang is in Class C. They also told Shen Ling a lot of useful information. One of the more important information is that being a full-time student has many benefits, not only the monthly class rewards on the bright side, but he must try his best to become a full-time student.

Another is the content of the academy’s classes. Cui Xunzhang told him that their second class is divided into three classes every month. They lecture in the first ten days of the year, lecture history in the middle of the ten days, and only learn to make essays in the second ten days. It is now in late August, when it is time to make a fuss, and the husband who taught them is surnamed Zhu, who is a very mild-tempered person.

After the Cui family brothers left, Shen Ling only read the book for a while, and did not go to bed until the third shift, but fell asleep at the second shift. Because I heard from the two brothers of the Cui family that in the academy, regardless of winter and summer, they have to get up at about five in the morning, breakfast at five and a half, and the students are required to arrive at the school at six. This is much stricter than the schedule of Zheng Clan’s study.

I don’t know if it was because of the change of place or the stress in his heart. Shen Ling didn’t sleep well that night. He also had this situation when he participated in the county test house test before. So he asked Zheng Ze to give him a basin of cold water, and then washed his face with cold water, and he felt a lot more energetic.

After washing, Zheng Ze already brought him breakfast. Shen Ling ate two vegetarian buns, drank half a bowl of porridge, and rested for a while. Feeling that the time was almost up, she walked to the school.

The Class B school was not far from where he lived, and Shen Ling didn’t have to walk for a long time. When he arrived at the school, he found that there were more than forty tables and chairs in the school. The dozen or so students who arrived before him were reviewing their homework, without looking up, not even noticing that a new face had just entered.

Shen Ling didn’t want to bother them. After a while, he waited until a few students came in. One of them was Guo An who lived in the same row with him. When Guo An saw him, he smiled friendly, and Shen Ling took the opportunity to ask him where he should sit.

Guo An said back that he could sit in any position. If you come early, you can sit in the front position. If you arrive later, you can only sit in the back. After he finished speaking, he pulled Shen Ling to sit in a slightly forward position.

When Shen Ling watched Guo An open a scripture book that he talked about yesterday, what she thought in her heart was how she felt like she was back in college.

Soon when it came time for class, there were about forty students in the school. Most of them didn’t see the new face of Shen Ling. Only a few people looked at him curiously. Several students living next to him, like Xie Rong, nodded lightly to him. And Cui Xunzhang came over and greeted him before sitting with a classmate he knew well.

After the students arrived, a gentleman dressed in a straight dress walked in at the entrance of the school. He glanced down at the students. When he saw Shen Ling, he just paused and started to take out the booklet and call the name.

Shen Ling waited until the end to hear his name, and busily stood up and saluted her husband like the previous students. Mr. Zhu nodded slightly, motioned for him to sit down, and began to class. The style of this gentleman is completely different from Zheng Ming. Zheng Ming asks the students to write the questions, and then points out the bad ones and asks the students to revise them again. This Mr. Zhu gave them a very detailed explanation of how to solve the problem, submit the problem, etc., and how to do each step, and explained clearly.

After a class, Shen Ling felt that he had gained a lot. In class again, Mr. Zhu continued from the original content, and the whole morning passed like this.

In the afternoon, Mr. Zhu asked them a question. When the students are working on the questions, Mr. Zhu will stand or stop around them. At this time, the students who have questions or puzzles can ask the husband questions, and the husband will answer them one by one patiently.

Shen Ling was still a little uncomfortable with this writing environment at first, so it took twice as long as usual to write a 600-word essay. After the article was handed in, the students couldn’t leave either, but kept staying in the school to review what Mr. morning said.