Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 100 Planning to start a cram school

In the county magistrate's room, Yang Han looked at the report submitted by the county school, put it on the table, and looked at Zhao Xiuwen with some dissatisfaction.

"I have no objection to the cleaning up of bastard students in the county school. I don't seek to make progress, and occupy the resources of the county school. It should be cleaned up.

It's just that I'm worried that Zhao Xuezheng's slashing across the board will hurt the innocent and clean up some students who were still trying to make progress? "

Zhao Xiuwen bowed and said, "I would like to report to County Chancellor Yang that it took half a year to prepare this list and collected three years of data, including previous exam results, evaluations of professors, their attendance status, etc.

As long as they make a little effort, they will show it in their studies, otherwise they will not be included in my list. It can be said that these ninety students can't even memorize the most basic "Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius". No progress, even regress, what is such a student not a bastard? "

Zhao Xiuwen saw that Yang Xiancheng did not object, so he continued: "They don't work, they add a huge burden to the family, and they don't seek to make progress, occupying the resources of the county school. I think they should be cleared out of the county school and the opportunity should be kept. For students who really want to study but have no chance.”

Yang Han's eyes were a bit complicated, and Zhang Yi told him that the ninety-odd students gave Zhang Yi [-] guan a year, of which Zhang Yi transferred [-] guan to himself.

To clear these students out of the county school is to cut off their own money!
However, it is imperative to expand the enrollment of county schools. After thinking about it, Yang Han signed and printed the enrollment expansion letter.

He handed the enrollment expansion letter to Zhao Xiuwen, and said with a smile: "I completely agree with the expansion of enrollment, but you must be careful when cleaning up the students. I ask the academics and politicians to talk to each of them to ensure that they leave voluntarily. I don't want these students to run away. Pingjiang Mansion parades and riots."

Zhao Xiuwen sighed secretly after a while, which of these bastards would leave voluntarily?

This Yang Xiancheng is using the method of "dragging" again.

In desperation, he had no choice but to bow and salute, "I will obey the order!"

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The lower dormitory students of the four academies gathered in one dining hall for dinner. During dinner, two hundred students gathered together, making a lot of noise, and the dining hall was extremely lively.

Lu Youwei sat down beside Fan Ning with a red lacquered wooden tray full of food.

"Fan Ning, I have some news for you. The examination for supplementary students of the county school has been decided, and the examination will be around May [-]th."

Fan Ning had been waiting for this news for a long time. In order to relieve his second uncle's worries, he promised his second uncle that he would be responsible for making up lessons for Ming Ren and Ming Li, and tried to let their brothers also enter the county school.

There were rumors at the beginning of the year that the county school is likely to expand its enrollment again in May.

The county school only recruits 200 students each year, and the number of students enrolled is too small, which has been criticized by parents.

Beginning at the end of last year, Zhao Xiuwen began to clean up a group of bastards who had stayed in the county school for a long time and refused to study hard, and ordered them to leave the county school by the end of March.

Fan Ning's fourth uncle, Fan Tongzhong, was one of the bastards who were purged. The county school couldn't stay any longer, so he began to think of a way out.

There were at least [-] bastards in this group. After they were cleared out, many dormitories and classrooms were vacated, which created conditions for the expansion of enrollment.

Therefore, the county school decided to conduct a supplementary examination in May and recruit another [-] new students.

Fanning was overjoyed, "This is good news!"

While chewing on the steamed buns, Su Liang mumbled, "I have a cousin who didn't pass the exam this year. He is studying at home. He originally planned to take the exam next year, but now it seems that he doesn't have to wait until next year."

Duan Yu took a sip of the soup, put down his chopsticks, wiped the soup stains from the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and smiled at Lu Youwei: "Now you've got your wish!"

Fan Ning turned around and asked in surprise, "Do you want to take the exam again?"

Lu Youwei nodded, "I'm an auditor, and I have to pay 100 taels of silver. The burden on my family is too heavy. If I re-enter the county school in May, I can save [-] taels of silver for my family."

"Then what are you going to do, drop out of school and go home to study?" Fanning asked again.

"If I quit school, Daddy will beat me to death."

Lu Youwei scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I plan to find a cheaper cram school and go to class at night."

Fan Ning's heart moved, he thought for a while and smiled: "You look for it first, if you really can't find it, maybe I can help you make it up for free."

Fan Ning originally planned to make up lessons for Ming Ren and Ming Li, and it would not be a problem if there was one more Lu Youwei.

Lu Youwei was overjoyed immediately, "Well, if I can't find it, I'll ask you!"

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At noon the next day, Fan Ning hired an ox cart and headed for Changqiao Town.

The bullock cart slowly passed the second uncle's former Lao Fan grocery store. The sign of the store had been removed. Several Lao Fu were dismantling the shelves in the store, and a middle-aged man complained loudly beside him.

The second uncle's house has withdrawn the lease and moved to Mudu Town. This middle-aged man should be the landlord and is planning to rent out the house again.

However, a group of adults surrounded the entrance of Chaiji grocery store diagonally opposite the store. When the bullock cart passed by, they saw several old men complaining with resentment on their faces.

"The price will increase by [-]% starting at noon, and this shop is too dark."

"People say that the preferential price is over and the original price will be restored."

"But the original price is more expensive than Lao Fan's grocery store! If I knew it, I would have gone to Lao Fan's grocery store."

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Fan Ning shook his head secretly, and squeezed out his second uncle's store by dumping low prices. Now, of course, the original price must be restored, or even raised. This is the only way to compete in business, and it has been the case since ancient times.

The bullock cart walked forward for a while, and slowly stopped in front of a large yard. The yard was surrounded by long high walls, and the entrance and exit gate was in the middle. The sign on it read a line:

The government-run Changqiao Town School.

It was here, and after giving the coachman ten cents, Fan Ning jumped off the bullock cart and walked into the school.

The gate of the school was open, and no one was guarding the door, but Fan Ning entered the school, and an old man chased after him, "Little official, who are you looking for?"

Fan Ning was wearing a white satin scholar's uniform, a gauze hat, and a folding fan in his hand. He looked like a son of a wealthy family, and the old gatekeeper was very polite to him.

"I'm looking for Fan Mingren and Fan Mingli, a pair of twin brothers, does the old man know them?"

Hearing these two names, the old man at the door suddenly looked resentful.

"Those two guys, who here doesn't know each other? Just wait!"

The old gatekeeper walked quickly into the school, and for a moment, Ming Ren and Ming Li appeared out of nowhere like two ghost bats.

The two grabbed Fan Ning's arm, one from the left and the other from the right, and his fan was also snatched away by one of them.

"Ah Ning, lend me the topaz ring on your hand to wear it for a few days!"

"A-Ning, why isn't your fan made of ivory?"

Fanning snatched the fan and hit each of them on the head.

"I have been in the county school for more than half a month, and you two bastards don't come to see me?"

"Isn't it just a little nervous?"

Another person smiled and said, "Why don't you lend us some money, and we'll go see you now."

"Come on! I'll treat you to lunch."

"Second boy, this kid is not sincere, he came here after we had eaten."

"That's right, why don't you invite us to dinner!"

Fan Ning said angrily: "You guys have eaten, I'm still hungry, okay, shall I go?"

"Go! Of course!"

"If there are pigs that are not slaughtered, why not keep them for the New Year?"

The two brothers talked nonsense, surrounded Fan Ning and walked out of the school.

There were three snack shops opposite the school, and Fan Ning found a slightly cleaner one.

Fan Ning ordered a dish of fried fish and rice, and another plate of salted dried bamboo shoots. The two brothers each ordered a plate of Taorou Noodles, and another plate of roasted eel tubes, and the three of them ate.

After lunch, Fan Ning ordered three bowls of herbal tea before talking to them about business.

"I asked Xuezheng in the morning. About mid-to-late May, the county school will recruit [-] county students. This is your chance."

Of course, Fanning hoped that his two cousins ​​could also enter the county school.

In late January, the two brothers went to the county school exam together, but they both failed the exam. They were three years older than Fan Ning, and they were now the upper-level middle school students, in the fourth grade.

With their current level, they are still a little short of the county school exam.

Of course, the learning gap can be made up for. The key is whether the two of them want to go to the county school?
Ming Ren and Ming Li looked at each other, and they immediately smiled and said, "You mean to get two places for us, and we can go to the county school without taking the exam?"

"nonsense!"

Fan Ning glared at the two of them, "Of course there is an exam, and there are thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge, and one in 20 people will be admitted."

The two of them froze immediately, and Ming Li muttered, "There's still an exam, doesn't that mean you didn't say anything?"

Mingren's eyes lit up, "A-Ning, have you prepared the cheats?"

"There are no cheats, but I plan to make up lessons for you!"

Fan Ning calculated the time in his mind, "There are still two full months, I will spend some time and energy, and finally bet on the questions, make up your grades, and strive to be admitted to the county school."

Ming Ren and Ming Li looked righteous, and they said in unison: "I don't want you to waste time and energy, just bet on the title in the end!"

"no!"

Fan Ning flatly rejected the two of them, "If you don't make up your foundation, you won't pass the exam even if you win the exam."

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Ignoring the protests of Mingren and Mingli, Fan Ning set the first make-up class for tomorrow night.

Now that he has decided to start a cram school, Fan Ning also needs to prepare.

Fan Ning then got on the bullock cart and came to the bookstore in the Confucian Temple.

Fan Ning looked at the shop sign: 'Jiuyue Shuxiang', that's right here, last time he took a copy of "Pingjiang Fu Zhi" here.

"Fan Shaolang, long time no see!"

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the smiling face of Dong Yuanwai, the proprietor of the bookstore. Fan Ning bowed and saluted, "I'm here to trouble Dong Yuanwai again today."

"You're welcome, just tell Fan Shaolang if you need anything."

"That's it!"

Fan Ning tentatively asked: "I want to buy county test questions from previous years, how much can I buy?"

"Hehe! Fan Shaolang has come to the right place. There are only two places in Wu County that have the most complete county examination questions. One is the county school, and the other is the shop. Fan Shaolang, please come with me."

Fan Ning followed Dong Yuanwai to the warehouse at the back, where various books were piled up like a mountain, and two assistants were sorting out the newly arrived books.

The ground was also full of books, and Fanning had nowhere to go. He had to push aside a few books to reveal an open space before he could reach in.

"Bookstores everywhere are similar. In fact, selling books doesn't make money, it's just for fun."

Director Dong also walked cautiously, always reminding Fan Ning, "Fan Shaolang, walk this way, be careful of the stairs next to you, don't bump your head!"

The two of them went up to the second floor of the warehouse. On the second floor were books that were slow to sell and expired, such as government annals, county annals, exam questions from previous years, and so on.

Director Dong pulled out a large dusty sack and said with a smile, "The county's 20-year county test questions and solutions are all here, and they are useless. If you want them, I will sell you all the usual money."

Fan Ning was overjoyed. He opened the sack and looked through it, then asked, "What about this year's?"

"This year's is downstairs, and I'll give you a copy later."

Director Dong was a little puzzled, "Fan Shaolang is the No. 1 county magistrate, and he has already entered the county school. Why do you need the county test questions?"

Fan Ning smiled and said: "There will be a county school supplementary exam in mid-May this year. I have two cousins ​​who want to take the exam, but their foundation is relatively weak. I just want to spare time for them and try to let them take the exam Go to county school."

Director Dong's eyes lit up, and he said hastily, "I have two friends whose children will also take the supplementary exam in May, Fan Shaolang, see if you can..."

Fan Ning scratched the back of his neck, he was really a little embarrassed, it was relatively simple for him to make up lessons for Ming Ren and Ming Li, the time was arbitrary, and he planned to put it in his dormitory.

But if you still add other people, it will become a commercial supplementary class, how to charge the fee, find a place, and the time is fixed, which is very troublesome.

"Mr. Dong, as far as I know, there should be quite a few preparatory classes for the county exam! I remember that there is a preparatory class for Liu Daru's county exam in the Wenyuange Inn opposite the county school, which is very famous!"

Director Dong shook his head, "Liu Daru's cram school is not good. This year, only four of the fifty students passed the exam. Last year was also very bad. My friend's children are all students in the school affiliated to the county school. They have to attend classes during the day and want to spare time at night. Supplementary lessons."

Fan Ning quickly smiled and said, "I'm not a professional make-up class. I make up a class every five days at most. I'm afraid it's not what they want."

Dong Yuanwai's friends have been asking him to find a good student to make up a supplementary class. Dong Yuanwai thought of Fan Ning at that time, but he was too embarrassed to ask.

Since Fan Ning himself mentioned this matter today, Yuan Wai of course would not let go of this opportunity, and raised his expectations to Fan Ning again with a sincere face.

"Once every five days is fine. I won't let Fan Shaolang make up lessons for nothing. According to the highest price for making up lessons, half an hour is [-] yuan. In addition, the place for making up lessons is arranged in my bookstore. I don't charge any fees. What do you think of Fan Shaolang?"

As far as this is concerned, Fan Ning can't refuse anymore, two more will be two more.

He thought for a while and said, "Two months can only make up ten classes at most. Since Yuan Wai provides a place, the money will not be charged. Just treat it as a favor from me."

"no no!"

Director Dong hurriedly waved his hands, "My two friends are from rich families. To them, a few pennies is just tea money. Follow the rules. You must not be polite. You decide the specific time, and I will inform them."

Fan Ning had no choice but to say to Yuan Wai: "Since Yuan Wai must ask me to make up lessons, I can agree, but I have to say my ugly words first:
First of all, I can't guarantee that they will be admitted to the county school, I can only do my best; second, if the students have poor conduct, I will not accept them. "

Director Dong said happily: "I will definitely make it clear, then the first class time..."

Fan Ning pondered for a while and said, "I made an appointment for the first class time for my two cousins ​​at [-]:[-] PM tomorrow night, so according to this time, the place will be gathered at the entrance of the bookstore."

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(End of this chapter)