Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 21 Winning the Leader
Yanying Academy distributed the list at dusk that day.

Fan Ning and his father sat in a tea shop and waited bored for an afternoon. Finally, it was almost time for the results to be released, and candidates and parents kept walking towards Yanqing Academy.

At this time, a group of people passed by the door of the tea shop, and suddenly a strange voice came from the crowd.

"Yo! Dumb hasn't gone back yet, he's still here in a daze!"

It was Jiang Ying's voice. There were more than a dozen people standing outside the tea shop. Aren't they the same people from the same village?

"Ning'er, ignore them!"

Fan Tiezhou turned his back in disgust, but Fan Ning quickly glanced at Jiang Agui, only to see Jiang Agui avoiding himself.

Fan Ning snorted softly, a bully guy who dared not tell his father when he was beaten.

"Member Jiang, let's go now! I think Agui will pass the exam this year, so don't waste time on this little fool."

This is Zhao Xiaoyi's father, named Zhao Qiu, just like his son, following behind Jiang Yuanwai with a flattering smile on his face,
"Let's go, let's go to the list!"

Jiang Yuanwai glanced contemptuously at the Fan family father and son, and walked quickly surrounded by the crowd.

Fan Tiezhou took out ten Wen tea money and put it on the table, got up and said to his son: "The time is coming, let's go too!"

Fan Ning nodded, carried his book bag on his back, and followed his father to the school.

At this time, the entrance of the school was crowded with people, and parents and children were discussing today's exam.

"Fanning!"

Someone was calling his official name, but Fan Ning didn't react for a while.

After a while, he turned his head and saw a black and strong boy waving to him. It turned out to be Liu Kang whom he had met at noon.

Fan Tiezhou also saw Liu Kang, and asked with a smile, "Akang, where is your father?"

Liu Kang stepped forward, scratched his head, and said, "Daddy is watching the shop, I happen to be fine, let's see how Fan Ning is doing in the exam?"

Fan Ning said with a smile: "The list hasn't been released yet, everyone is waiting!"

As soon as Fan Ning finished speaking, the crowd in front suddenly became commotion.

The door of the school was opened, and two teaching assistants came out with the admission list. They painted the list with paste and directly pasted the list on the wall.

The crowd rushed forward one after another, and Jiang Yuanwai desperately pushed through the crowd and squeezed to the front. He quickly scanned from top to bottom, looking for the Jiang surname in the list.

He suddenly saw a candidate surnamed Jiang at the back of the list, and he felt a surge of excitement. When he looked closely, he was immediately disappointed. It was Jiang Feng from Cangshu Town, not his son Jiang Agui.

In addition, there is no candidate surnamed Jiang in the admission list of 30 people.

At this time, Zhao Qiu pulled his sleeve from behind and said in a trembling voice, "Quick... look at No.1."

"No. 1?"

Jiang Yuanwai took a closer look, No.1 is called Fan Ning, who is Fan Ning?
Looking at the back, his mouth suddenly opened wide, Jiangwan Village, Mudu Town.

"How could it be a candidate from our village?"

Jiang Yuanwai was very surprised, "There is no candidate named Fan Ning in our village! Is it my son? They wrote the name wrong."

Zhao Qiu's face was so bitter that water could be squeezed out, he lowered his voice and said, "This Fan Ning must be dumb!"

"impossible!"

Member Jiang yelled, "How could it be him, a little fool, he can take the No.1 exam? He must have made a mistake!"

At this time, the teaching assistant began to register loudly, "No.1 is Fan Ning, Jiangwan Village! No.2 is Zhu Pei from this town! No.3 is Li Min from the county seat..."

Fan Tiezhou rubbed his ears, and asked his son in surprise, "Did I hear it wrong, I seem to have heard your name?"

"Daddy heard it right, it is indeed my name!"

Fan Tiezhou's face showed ecstasy, "So...you passed the exam?"

Liu Kang next to him gave Fan Ning a thumbs up, and then smiled at Fan Tiezhou, "Didn't Uncle Fan hear you clearly? No. 1 is Fan Ning in Jiangwan Village!"

"what!"

Fan Tiezhou was stunned, and suddenly he shouted excitedly, "No.1 is my son!"

People around looked at him one after another, with envious expressions on their faces, and they immediately applauded, "Congratulations! Congratulations!"

Fan Tiezhou never dreamed that his son would pass the No. 1 exam. His face was so red that he couldn't even speak. He raised his hand high and bowed to thank everyone.

At this time, a teaching assistant came out of the school and shouted loudly: "No.1, Fan Ning, Jiangwan Village, is there?"

"In the!"

Fan Tiezhou raised his hand high and shouted: "We are here!"

"Please come in! Our principal will talk to you."

The crowd stepped aside one after another. Fan Tiezhou took his son and walked towards the school. Zhang Erlang, a fellow villager with whom he had a good relationship, shouted, "Congratulations, Tiezhou!"

Fan Tiezhou quickly cupped his fists, "Thank you Erlang!"

The people around asked Zhang Erlang, "Is this kid from your Jiangwan Village? He came first in the exam, not bad!"

Zhang Erlang sighed, "I can't think of it! I can't even dream of it! Dumb..."

Walking to the gate, Fan Tiezhou suddenly saw Yuanwai Jiang. He snorted heavily, and walked into the school with his son holding his head high.

Jiang Yuanwai turned pale, and said to himself in a low voice, "Impossible, he must have made a mistake, he must have made a mistake, he is so stupid..."

Zhao Qiu sighed, "Member, we really missed the mark, that idiot has been pretending all this time!"

Member Wai Jiang felt as if his heart was being pierced by a knife, and the expression on his face was uglier than crying.

"I spent so much money on tutoring for my son, but he didn't pass the exam, but that silly boy got the first place in the exam."

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In the room, Dean Liu invited the father and son to sit down, and poured them another cup of hot tea. He smiled and said to Fan Ning, "We meet again."

Fan Ning nodded, "Master Liu loves students so much."

Dean Liu smiled at Fan Tiezhou again: "Your son is the first in the interview and the first in the written test. He can be called the best candidate in our school in the past five years."

Fan Tiezhou hurriedly said modestly: "The director is too generous!"

"I haven't won any awards, but it's really nothing to be admitted to Yanqing Academy. The child still has a long way to go, so I won't praise him too much."

Dean Liu said to Fan Ning again: "I hope you can study hard in the school, make up for the deficiencies, and achieve higher achievements in the future!"

Fan Ning blushed. The headmaster was referring to his poor calligraphy. He quickly said, "Students will definitely practice calligraphy hard."

Dean Liu laughed, this child is self-aware.

"I invite you father and son to come. There are two main things I want to discuss with you."

Fan Tiezhou was a little nervous, "Master, please tell me!"

"The first thing is actually a good thing. According to the usual practice, No. 1 can be exempted from tuition fees. You only need to pay ten pennies a year for miscellaneous fees. Compared with other students, you can save fifteen pennies a year."

Fan Tiezhou's expression was dignified. Although it is a good thing to save [-] yuan a year, the miscellaneous expenses of [-] yuan a year are also a heavy burden on their family.

Fan Ning couldn't help touching the small purple agate gourd in the book bag, and at worst, he would use this to pay off the debt.

Dean Liu saw that the father and son were both wearing coarse cloth gowns, so it is estimated that their family background is not very good.

He said unhurriedly: "In addition, this school has a reward system for outstanding students. Fan Ning is No. 1 in the entrance examination, and he can get a reward of ten pennies."

Fan Tiezhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, that's great.

Dean Liu smiled again and said to Fan Ning: "The school attached to the county school does not have such good conditions! Fifteen pennies a year, even a penny is inevitable."

Fan Tiezhou quickly said: "We will not go to the county seat, but come to Yanying Academy to study."

Dean Liu gave Fan Tiezhou a thumbs up and praised: "A wise choice, it really is that the tiger father has no dogs."

"The host has won the award!"

Fan Tiezhou blushed, and quickly changed the topic, "I don't know what the second thing is?"

"Fan Ning should come to the school on the fifth day of January next year, but I think it's best for Fan Ning to come to the school in a few days."

Fan Tiezhou was stunned, "I didn't understand what the master meant."

Dean Liu smiled: "I don't think it's necessary for Fan Ning to learn from the beginning. You can go up to the first level and start directly from the second level. In this way, Fan Ning can take classes with the students from last year."

"If I miss a year of study, will I not be able to keep up?" Fan Tiezhou was a little worried.

"In the first year, I still studied "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius", and "The Classic of Filial Piety". Does Fan Ning think it is necessary to study again?" Dean Liu asked Fan Ning.

Fan Ning shook his head, "There is no need to learn these anymore."

"That's right. In the second year of studying "Book of Songs", we will start from "Book of Songs."

At first, Dean Liu took a look at Fan Ninggao just because of the name of Biluochun tea.

In the afternoon he specifically asked about the exam, and learned that Fan Ning had actually read Guanzi, and that the poems he wrote were fresh and elegant.

As the saying goes, gold is easy to get, but a good horse is hard to find. How could he let go of such a pony like Fan Ning?
Dean Liu was actually worried that Fan Ning would be poached by Zhao Xuezheng, so he asked him to come to school first, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

He added with a smile: "The fee for these two months is also free, so report early in the morning after three days, no problem!"

Fan Tiezhou nodded silently, of course he has no problem.

(End of this chapter)