Here, the Wei family is preparing their luggage, while Li Jian goes out to the Cheng Mansion to borrow a carriage. After all, bedding and clothes have been removed this time, and the books on the Four Books and Five Classics will also be packed and taken with them. Borrowing a carriage

A horse-drawn carriage would be much more convenient.

When they arrived at Cheng's house, Li Jian first went to the Zhang brothers and explained his purpose. Then Zhang Hu went to the inner house to report, while Zhang Yi stayed in the concierge and chatted with Li Jian.

Zhang Hu went to Cheng Shi, the master of the Cheng family, and explained the situation. The Cheng family used to be considered a scholarly family, and some people in the family also made a living as officials, but later the children stopped joining, and in the end they became a family of merchants.

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After hearing the situation, he said to Zhang Hu: "To be noticed by a third-ranked Jinshi, this kid must have some promise, and he may be able to do something in the future. I will lend them this carriage when it arrives. In addition, you

Then go to the accountant to pay him ten taels of silver. It will be considered as a gift to wish his son to enter the college. After all, they are all friends from the same hometown." At this time, Cheng Shi also did not expect that these ten taels of silver would later be earned for himself.

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After hearing this, Zhang Hu saluted and said, "I understand, I'll do it now." Then he went to find the accountant.

On the other side, Zhang Yi and Li Jian were still chatting about Li Hao's affairs in the concierge. Zhang Yi envied and said to Li Jian: "I think that child has been smart since he was a child. This time, a Jinshi husband will accept your son as his disciple.

It would be great if he takes the exam and obtains a meritorious title in the future."

Li Jian said modestly at this time: "This still depends on Li Hao himself. After all, we, husband and wife, can't help him. We still have to look at his own efforts."

At this time Zhang Hu came back and said: "The master has agreed, and I will pull the carriage directly to your door. The other ten taels of silver are a gift from the master, please accept it." He took out the silver and took it.

Come out and hand it to Li Jian.

Li Jian was not willing to accept this, so he quickly gave in and said humbly: "How is this possible? How can I accept Mr. Cheng's money?"

But Zhang Hu said: "Master said, we are friends and neighbors from the same hometown. Even if there is a happy event, we naturally have to congratulate you. The feelings of the same hometown should be taken care of. So you can't help but accept it when I specially asked it to be brought over.

, This can’t live up to my master’s good intentions.” After saying that, he stuffed it directly into Li Jian’s hand. Then he said: “We brothers still have things to do, you go back first, I will go find you then.

". Then he winked at Zhang Yi and entered the house together.

Seeing that this was the case, Li Jian had no choice but to take the silver and go home. When he came back, he told the story to Mrs. Wei, who then said, "Just accept it. To the Cheng family, ten taels of silver is nothing."

What's the matter? Their business is spread all over Huaihei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I don't know how much money they make in a year. This is just a casual good relationship, and they probably don't care about it."

After saying that, Mrs. Wei went to continue sewing new clothes. Then Li Jian thought about it and went to work on himself.

On the day I arrived to go to the academy, Zhang Hu and his men led a carriage over early in the morning. It was not the flatbed carriage originally used to transport goods, but a carriage with carriages. At this time, he saw that Li Jian's family of three were already carrying the goods.

The things to be taken away were put out, and Zhang Hu said hello.

After seeing this carriage, the three of them were quite surprised. Zhang Hu said: "After all, you are going to the academy. It is not good to make a truck after all, so I pulled this carriage and moved things up."

Then they helped put the things on the car. After moving, everyone got on the carriage and set off to the academy.

When they arrived at the entrance of the academy, they saw carriages coming and going. There were many wealthy young men wearing silk and satin, coming in and out with their servants. Li Hao and the others didn't know where their accommodation was, so they had to let Zhang Hu go first. Waiting here, the three of them took Shu Xiu to the mountain chief to find Master Qin. The road was as clean as the previous two times, but the students from poor families and those from rich families who came and went seemed a little different.

When the mountain leader arrived, he saw Master Qin already there and hurried up to see him. After Master Qin saw him, he said, "Since you are here, let's do the apprenticeship ceremony first."

Then he took Li Hao to the Holy Ceremony Hall. When he arrived at the Holy Ceremony Hall, he took the first step, straightening his clothes. Li Hao stood in front of Master Qin, and Master Qin straightened his clothes. The second step was to perform the apprenticeship ceremony. .Ask Li Hao to kneel down and kowtow nine times before the sage Confucius. Then he kowtows three times to Confucius Qin. After doing so, Li Hao gives six rites and five taels of silver to Mr. Qin. The so-called six The rituals are as follows: celery: meaning studiousness and diligence; lotus seeds: lotus seeds are hard-working, meaning painstaking education; red beans: meaning good luck; red dates: meaning early high school; longan: meaning perfect merit; dry lean meat Article: To express the disciple's thoughts. The third step is to clean the hands and the mind. Li Hao put his hands in the basin to "clean the hands". Wash the front and back once, and then wipe them dry. The fourth step is to enlighten the mind with cinnabar. Master Qin held the hand and dipped it in With a cinnabar brush, a red dot like a "mole" was placed between the student's eyebrows. At this point, the apprenticeship ceremony was completed.

Then Master Qin said: "Including you, I have three students in the academy. One of them is surnamed Yan, and his given name is compound. His family has a house in the city, so he lives outside. Today he is not in the academy, and tomorrow You will be able to see another person whose surname is Yan and whose given name is Jingwen. He lives in the courtyard. If you want to live in the academy, I will take you to him and you can live with him then."

Li Hao replied: "Okay, teacher, my home is far away and I have to be hospitalized."

"Well, then I will take you to see him. In addition, in terms of classes, you will go to Mingxue Hall to recite articles with Tongyi in the morning class. Then you can just follow Jingwen. As for your classwork, I will arrange it with you alone. As for rest, As Mu said, I will rest every ten days, just like your two senior brothers." After Master Qin finished speaking, he led the three of them to the backyard to meet Yan Jingwen.

I saw that this very tall senior brother was dressed in simple clothes and showed an elegant temperament in his movements, like a student from a poor family. At this time, Yan Jingwen first saluted Master Qin and said, "Hello, teacher."

Master Qin nodded in return, and then said: "This is your junior brother Li Hao. He has just come to school. These two are your junior brother's parents. If your junior brother wants to live in the courtyard, he should come with you. He is not familiar with this place either. You take care of him on weekdays."

Yan Jingwen replied: "Disciple understands that he will definitely take good care of his junior brother." Then he also saluted Li Jian and the others, who hurriedly returned the salute.

"Okay. Then you can take him with you to class tomorrow." I left first, and Master Qin turned around and left after saying that.

"Disciple sends you my teacher respectfully," Yan Jingwen saluted, and Li Hao also hurriedly saluted when he saw it.

When Master Qin walked away, Yan Jingwen first said to Li Jian and Li Hao: "Hello, uncle and aunt."

Then Yan Jingwen looked at Li Hao and said: "Junior brother is not very old this year. To be accepted by the teacher at this age, I guess he must be very talented."

"Where is it?" Li Hao said modestly.

Yan Jingwen looked around at this time and did not salute. He asked: "Since you are going to be hospitalized, I don't know where your salute is. Do you want to bring it in now?"

"Yes, it's just outside the academy. I didn't know where I wanted to stay when I came in, so I didn't bring him in." Li Hao replied. "Okay, I'll take you there and bring your things in." Yan Jingwen said and led the way out.

When they got to the carriage outside, they spoke to Zhang Hu and helped them move all the things in and put them away. Then Li Jian and Wei were going back to the village with Zhang Hu. Before leaving, Wei gave Li Hao

I stuffed him with five taels of silver and asked him to sell it.

On the way back, Mrs. Wei seemed a little sentimental and kept looking towards the academy. So Li Jian comforted him: "Haoer is smart, and now he has senior brother to take care of him, so there will be no problem. But we have to sell the soap thing when we go back.

Well, he can live a better life in the city with more money. And he has one day off every ten days. Didn't we agree to come to the academy to see him then? Don't worry." After hearing this, Mrs. Wei didn't reply, but just clicked.

He nodded, seeming to feel relieved.

On this side, Yan Jingwen helped Li Hao tidy up the bed and put away the gifts. Then he took Li Hao for a walk around the academy, telling Li Hao how to get to the various libraries and dining halls, and then introduced the places he met along the way.
Chapter completed!