He also promised that after Qingzhai had taken care of his family affairs, he could go back to the county school after the New Year.
It should be noted that after being admitted to the Tongsheng School and studying in the county school, you can receive Linshan, which is also known as "board and lodging included" in the common saying.
However, the number of students enrolled is limited, there are only twenty students, and there are so many people staring at the quota, just waiting for students to leave, and then cram them in immediately.
The county school's willingness to reserve a place for Qingzhai certainly valued Qingzhai, but because of this, he aroused the hostility of many people.
The Great Yan Dynasty placed great emphasis on studying. Although he was not allowed to take the examination to become an official during the period of filial piety, studying was not prohibited. Tongsu wanted to take the imperial examination instead of Qingzhai, but studying hard was not enough. He must not give up the opportunity to enter the county school.
But when she went to school in the county, she could not come back until she had a break on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. She wanted to take Xia's mother to the county, but Xia's mother would rather stay in the village.
But she was alone in the village, and Tong Su was worried. After careful consideration, Tong Su went to find Sun Tiehu's mother and asked her to take care of Xia's mother.
Many people in the village who had received Tong Su's kindness also patted their chests and expressed that they would definitely take good care of Xia's mother.
Soon, the time came for the Lantern Festival. After Tong Su and Xia Mu went to see the lanterns together, it was time for admission.
The county school of Yunyang County is located at the west end of Qian Street in the county seat. From a distance, you can see a tall Lingxing Gate.
The six-column archway to the sky is five bays wide, with a width of 10 feet from east to west. Between each pillar are two connected foreheads, engraved with reliefs of two dragons playing with beads. There are drum-holding stones at the bottom of the pillars, and door openings between the stone pillars. There is a wooden gate with a fence.
This is the place where Confucius is worshipped.
Entering Lingxing Gate, you are faced with a row of buildings, with Dacheng Gate in the middle. On the east and west sides of Dacheng Gate are the Minghuan Temple and the Xiangxian Temple, which are similar in use to the modern "Famous Alumni Memorial Hall".
After Dacheng Gate, Xiangxian Temple, Minghuan Temple and Lingxing Gate, there are various places to worship Confucius. The innermost place is where the real students learn.
There are three rooms on the second entrance to the Yimen, the middle is the lobby, and the third is the lecture hall. There are buildings and wing rooms on the left side of the lecture hall, which are resting places for teachers in the county school.
Another bungalow was built to the right of the lecture hall, and dormitories - the school's dormitories - were built on the left and right sides of the east and west wings of the lecture hall.
Tong Su reviewed his memory again, and after entering, he met with Jiao Yu, Tu Tuo and others.
Both the teacher and the tutor welcomed her back. After expressing condolences about her family's situation, they also told her to study hard so that she would not live up to her parents' ardent hopes.
Let her go back to her dormitory to pack her things, and report to the lecture hall the next day.
The dormitories are all single-person dormitories, which are very simple inside. They only have a desk, a simple bed, a chair, and a cabinet.
Tong Su quickly packed up, saw that it was getting late, and was about to go out for dinner. But at this moment, there were urgent footsteps coming from the distance, accompanied by the noise of laughter and laughter.
"I heard that Xia Qingzhai is back!"
"This kid still has the guts to come back. Didn't I warn him last year? If he comes back to see me again, I will beat him again!"
"That's right! The person in charge of the provincial examination must be our brother Min. If he has a face, he will drop out of school and don't argue with you! When he comes back now, I'm afraid he didn't get enough of the beating last time and wants us to educate him better. Ichiban!"
With that said, the traveler arrived at the door of the dormitory. The doorman kicked him and someone yelled and cursed outside:
"Xia Qingzhai, have you eaten the courage of an ambitious leopard? How dare you come back? How courageous a dog is!"