The new students had only been admitted a few days ago, but Zhang Shou had to use the tactic of giving them a large number of questions for two consecutive days. Even though Zhang Shou was not a diligent person by nature, he couldn't help feeling guilty about it.
So when he learned that Brother Zhu had returned, he still insisted on rushing back to the Imperial College. As for when Ah Liu, who had followed him out of the palace early in the morning but disappeared after entering the palace, sneaked up on him, he didn't notice it.
By the time he noticed the familiar figure behind him, he had already arrived at the Xiao family. He looked at the east and west wings and the main house, where beds were placed one after another, just like student dormitories, and there were three rooms with densely packed desks, just like study rooms in classrooms, and he couldn't help but laugh.
After seeing Xiao Cheng writing seriously in the empty study room and Xiao Huasheng reciting with a painful look on his face, he thought for a while, called the two little guys over and whispered a few words to them. Xiao Huasheng was immediately relieved and cheered. However, Xiao Cheng was very reluctant until Zhang Shou touched his head and explained it to him in detail. Only then did he reluctantly nod and agree.
When they left the Xiao family and rushed to the Jiuzhang Hall of the Imperial College, they just caught the last bit of time before noon. Zhang Shou asked the substitute teacher Lu Sanlang about his progress, and then took the exercise booklet that the podium had casually thrown to Lu Sanlang.
He had just explained two exercises in detail when the lunch bell rang. He had no choice but to look down at the exercise booklet and wonder whether he should continue explaining the exercises or continue attending classes in the afternoon.
Of course, he didn't intend to delay the class. He had even used the abominable method of doing a sea of questions, but he was not happy about delaying the class, which was something he hated the most in his previous life. Because it not only took up the students' time, but also his own time.
But just as he was concentrating on his exercise book and was about to announce the end of get out of class, he suddenly heard Lu Sanlang, who was standing nearby and had just been a substitute teacher for the whole morning, exclaim in surprise.
When he looked up, all the students who were sitting in the hall suddenly turned their heads and looked towards the door. Not only Ji Jiu, but even the Third Prince, who was very young but very disciplined, did the same.
He immediately looked towards the door, wondering who the important person was. But when he recognized the person, he was speechless. He saw Zhu Tingfang standing at the front with his hands behind his back, and a few younger brothers following behind him.
In addition to Zhu Er, the real little brother, there is also Zhang Chen, who has turned into a quail and is as honest as a quail, and Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, who are more like Zhu Tingfang's followers than Zhang Chen and Zhu Er. No one knows why the latter two would go back to Beijing with Zhu Tingfang.
Although he wanted to leave the get out of class, seeing those people standing outside, Zhang Shou thought of what he had arranged before and just spoke with a smile.
"I've been to the Xiao family before. I heard that apart from Ji Jiulang, Zheng Rong and a dozen other people from the capital, the other twenty or so people have moved there. Xu Jiancheng of the Shengqian Hall has complained to me about the very few dormitories in the Imperial College. Now that you have found a place to live, he doesn't have to find a way to move, and I don't have to see his sullen face. But I heard that some people complained about charging for food and lodging."
As soon as these words came out, there was a buzz of discussion below, and then an impatient student slammed the table and said, "The prices in the capital are high. If we live outside, we can't afford the food and lodging expenses. Now we live in the Xiao family. Even if we can't pay, we can work to make up for it. You still complain about this? Do you have a conscience?"