UGB Chapter 1459: Tempering the Heart in the Mortal World (3)
Chapter 1459: Tempering the Heart in the Mortal World (3)
Chapter 1459: Tempering the Heart in the Mortal World (Part )
Early morning, Tongluo Lane.
The morning light illuminates the roof beams, and there is a drum sound when the door is opened.
At the Wang Family Academy, located at the end of the alley, the sound of reading could be heard again.
The people living in the alley were already used to it. A few naughty children jumped out of their homes, ran to the door of the school with nimble steps, and looked inside with curiosity.
There were also bold little ones who went straight to the windowsill of the classroom, tiptoed stealthily, and peeked through the open window, but were quickly attracted by what the teacher was teaching.
I forgot the passage of time without realizing it.
In front of the podium, Wang Chen picked up the brush, dipped it in lime water, and wrote the word "mountain" on the homemade blackboard.
"This word is pronounced shan, the shan of big mountains, and the shan of mountains, rivers and streams."
Not only that, he also used a pen to depict the image of the mountain peaks, so that the students sitting below could grasp the meaning of the word more intuitively.
This can be regarded as Wang Chen's innovative teaching method, a skill that other teachers definitely do not have.
Write about mountains and draw mountains, draw the sea of books and draw the sea, the combination of pictures and text is vivid and interesting.
The effect is naturally excellent.
A group of children followed along in the chant: "Mountains, great mountains, mountains of mountains and rivers!"
The sound of children's voices and the morning light create a unique scene.
Wang Chen then taught two more characters and asked the students to recite them aloud while comparing them to the Thousand Character Classic.
He walked out of the classroom with a book in his hand.
The children who were hiding under the windowsill and peeping were suddenly startled and fled in panic, like frightened rabbits.
Only a child about ten years old did not run away. He knelt down in front of Wang Chen with a plop: "First, sir, I want to study. Please accept me as your disciple!"
The child was very thin and dark, with ragged clothes and messy hair. He looked like a poor kid who could not afford to eat enough.
Qing'an County is not a very wealthy place, and children like this are quite common on the streets.
Wang Chen asked calmly, "What's your name?"
The dark and thin child mustered up the courage to look up and answered, "My name is Ergou, and my last name is Chen."
It was normal for poor people to have cheap names, so Wang Chen didn't take it seriously and asked, "Then can you give me some money?"
Chen Ergou obviously knew what Shuxiu meant, and he immediately took out three copper coins from his pocket and presented them to Wang Chen with both hands: "This is all I have, can I owe you first?"
"I promise to pay it back later!"
His eyes were full of anxiety and desire to learn!
Wang Chen reached out and took the three copper coins covered with dust: "That's enough. You should come to school starting tomorrow."
"But you have to clean yourself up. You can't enter the school like this!"
Chen Ergou was overjoyed and kowtowed to Wang Chen in a hurry to express his gratitude: "Thank you, sir. I will definitely clean it up!"
"Chen Ergou is not a nice name."
Wang Chen thought for a moment and said, "My students must be given proper names. From now on, you will be called Chen Yijian."
"The poorer I am, the more determined I am. I will never give up my ambition to reach the sky!"
Chen Ergou was stunned.
He has never been to school and doesn't quite understand the meaning of this name.
But in his body, a surge of hot blood suddenly surged to his head, making him so excited that he couldn't control himself.
"Yijian, my name is Chen Yijian!"
Chen Ergou muttered his new name, his dark and thin face flushed red.
He suddenly kowtowed three times to Wang Chen: "Thank you for the name, sir. Chen Yijian will never forget your kindness in this life!"
Wang Chen smiled slightly.
He accepted Chen Ergou as his student and even gave him a name, but it was not a sudden outburst of kindness.
Although he had sealed his extraordinary cultivation, Wang Chen's spiritual consciousness was still extremely powerful.
His eyesight is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
This Chen Ergou has the aura of a snake or python, and is destined to be a hero in troubled times!
Of course, having a good destiny does not necessarily mean that one can achieve extraordinary things. There are many cases of geniuses dying young.
But since he has met him, Wang Chen doesn't mind making a move on him.
It doesn’t matter whether there will be any harvest in the future or not.
Therefore, the news that Chen Ergou from the Chen family entered Wang’s private school as a student quickly topped the hot search list in Tongluo Lane.
Chen Ergou, now called Chen Yijian, lived in the east end of Tongluo Lane. His father died of illness in his early years, and his mother worked hard to support him and his younger brother by weaving. Naturally, his family was very poor.
However, as if it didn't rain, a year ago, Chen Yijian's mother became blind due to overwork, making the already difficult family even worse.
At a young age, Chen Yijian had to shoulder the responsibilities of life and try his best to earn money to support his family.
Despite this, he still has a desire to learn!
After the news of Chen Yijian's enrollment in Wang's private school spread, people in Tongluo Lane and several nearby streets knew that there was such a private school willing to accept poor children as students.
So everyone came to the door.
Wang Chen accepts everyone who comes.
Although these families could not afford any decent gift of tuition, at most they could offer a dozen copper coins, or a bag of rice, a piece of bacon, a wild rabbit, etc. to make up the number.
But Wang Chen didn't mind and treated these students equally.
As a result, the classroom of Wang's Academy was soon filled with students, so that latecomers could only stand outside to listen to the lectures.
However, trouble soon arose.
That day, Wang Chen was in class when two uninvited guests suddenly came to the door.
One of them shouted fiercely: "Stop talking, come out and speak!"
The children in the school were scared and started crying loudly.
Wang Chen frowned, comforted the students, then walked out of the school and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"
"I am a tax collector in Qing'an County. Someone reported you for running a private school here."
The ferocious-looking fellow asked with his nose raised to the sky: "Have you paid your taxes?"
Wang Chen shook his head: "I've never heard of paying taxes for opening a private school!"
"This is the rule in our Qing'an County."
The tax collector said confidently: "Unless you have achieved fame and honor, you must pay taxes!"
"I have achievements."
Wang Chen calmly showed his academic certificate.
A diploma is a document that certifies one's academic achievements. Although Wang Chen has never taken part in the imperial examination, it is not difficult for him to purchase a scholar's diploma - as long as he has enough silver and finds a suitable broker, he can do it!
Wang Chen's scholar certificate was of course authentic, and it cost him exactly two hundred taels of silver.
"A scholar from another place?"
The tax collector sneered, "That won't work. Outsiders must have a degree in imperial examinations to be exempt from taxes!"
This is just deliberate making things difficult!
Wang Chen knew it clearly in his heart. He did not argue with the other party and asked, "Then how much tax do I need to pay?"
"Ten taels a year!"
The tax collector opened his palm and flipped it over: "Not even a tael less."
"it is good."
Wang Chen nodded, went to his room to get ten taels of silver and gave it to the other party: "This is this year's."
"You know the truth."
The tax collector smiled triumphantly, winked at his companion, and then walked away.
Wang Chen looked at the two people leaving with an extremely indifferent look.
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