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Chapter 582 Dongjia Village (413)

Dongjia Village is a small village with less than 200 households. It is not far from Yuanji County, only 20 to 30 miles away. Most of the people in the village are surnamed Dong. They all live with the same surname and belong to the same clan. Naturally, the people are simple and honest. The villagers make a living from the mountains and the water, and they also farm the fields.

On this day, the sky was gloomy and dark clouds hung low, making people feel breathless.

Seeing that the weather was not good, the teacher of the only school in the village showed mercy and asked the students to go home early.

It is called a village school, but in fact it is better to say that it is the clan school of the Dong family. Logically speaking, Dongjia Village is poor and there should not be such a school. However, the village chief here, who is also the clan leader of the Dong family, insisted on educating the next generation of the Dong family and allocated part of the income from public land to subsidize the school, so that the school can be run.

The teacher in the school was also surnamed Dong. He was an old student who had failed the imperial examination. Although he had a literary title, he could not display any extraordinary powers. It was just that the literary spirit nourished his nimble hands and feet and sharpened his five senses.

After all, he has a refined and elegant temperament. Although he is in his forties, he does not look old at all. His hair is combed meticulously and he looks a little thin.

Many students dispersed, but there was still a child about ten years old sitting in his seat flipping through a book.

The middle-aged man walked a few steps to the front of the young man.

The young man looked up and said, "Sir."

"Still calling me sir?" The man smiled slightly.

The young man laughed and said, "Didn't my father say that in school I can only call you sir?"

The man smiled slightly and pointed with his finger, "Of course it's Mr. during class. Now that school is over, what should I call him?"

"Dad!" the young man called out crisply.

The man nodded with satisfaction, then glanced at the name on the book in Li Ming's hand and suddenly sighed.

"Yong'er, I've already taught you everything I can. Now you have to learn on your own. As a father, I'm sorry."

The person called Yong'er is naturally Li Ming's reincarnation in this life. Li Ming has learned from the lessons of his previous life and kept a low profile. Although he appears to be smart, he is not too smart. Now he has lived safely to the age of fourteen. Tomorrow is the day of the county's boy's test. Others have a good impression of Li Ming, but they dare not say that this child will definitely pass this boy's test.

Even Li Ming's biological father, who is most familiar with him, does not dare to say that his child can pass the exam in one try.

In his eyes, his son had returned, and he had tried his best to teach him. However, he himself was just an old student, so naturally he was not sure about what he was saying.

Of course, Li Ming knew everything clearly. The boy's test was relatively simple and mainly tested three levels.

The first one is the simplest and most basic memory. The test questions are fill-in-the-blank questions from classics. However, there are so many classics in this world that there are a lot of things to memorize. If you make a mistake in even one word, you will not get any points.

The second volume is a discussion, which presents a real case situation for you to comment on.

The third paper consisted of a single question: writing an essay. Since it was a boy's exam, the difficulty lay in the distribution of scores. Although it wasn't based on a percentage system, if the scores for A, B, C, and D were the same across the three papers, the dictation score would have a higher percentage.

It means to give those who only memorize books a chance to succeed. Even Li Ming's father in this life, Dong Jie, was able to obtain the title of Tongsheng thanks to this.

After all, if compared with those wealthy and powerful families, they have the right to interpret the classics, and they have teachers who explain every word to them, so they naturally have more advantages in the subsequent discussions and articles.

The only thing that makes you stand on the same starting line is memorizing the original text of the classics. As long as you work hard, spend time and energy, you will always be able to remember it. This can also slightly alleviate the differences between poor families and wealthy families.

Of course, that was all. In the subsequent provincial and prefectural examinations, there were no such simple questions.

But this was not a difficult task for Li Ming, who had a photographic memory. He had already read the book thoroughly, and he learned new things by reviewing it, and comprehended deeper truths from it.

Over the past fourteen years, Li Ming has restrained his edge, showing only a little more intelligence and cleverness than ordinary people. He has also become calmer and studied harder.

"It's nothing. It's not easy for my father to provide me with two meals a day and a place to sleep, a roof over my head, and the opportunity to study. I will definitely pass the imperial examinations and become a scholar, a juren, a jinshi, and a high-ranking official. I will fight against the witches outside and keep the world peaceful at home!" Li Ming said with a smile.

Dong Jie was naturally comforted by this and laughed a few times. "Yong'er, you have such ambitions, which is far superior to what your father had in his time. Back then, your father only wanted to pass the imperial examination, which would have changed the fortunes of our Dong family and brought honor to the village. Unfortunately, your father was useless and failed ten times. Fortunately, you still have him. But don't worry, Yong'er. You are still young and have plenty of opportunities. Your father can still support you for a few more years."

Li Mingze said, "Don't worry, father. I'm confident I'll pass this test!"

Dong Jie nodded and said, "That's great. Let's go home and have dinner."

Li Ming nodded, put away the book, and followed Dong Jie out of the school.

The father and son's home was right next to them, just a few steps away. Before they even opened the door, they could already smell the aroma of food.

Li Ming put the book down first, then called to the kitchen: "Auntie Yue, we are back."

"You're back just in time. I've prepared the dish. It's time to eat." A middle-aged woman's voice came from the kitchen, and then a woman wearing a square scarf walked out. The woman was not very pretty, and she was not young at the moment. One could clearly see the traces of time on her face. She had just been cooking, and she looked even more tired. If she were thrown into a crowd of people, she would be just an ordinary middle-aged woman.

But she took care of Li Ming for more than ten years and was like a mother to him. Li Ming was born with difficulty and his biological mother died of hemorrhage on the day Li Ming was born.

Dong Jie, an old boy who is lazy and doesn't know anything about farming, is not capable of doing any housework at all. If it weren't for Aunt Yue's care, Li Ming would have to show some amazing talents early on just to survive.

Aunt Yue is a widow in Dongjia Village. She has killed three men, and the last one brought her to Dongjia Village. She also lives alone. At first, she saw that it was not easy for Dong Jie to raise the child, so she often helped to take care of the child. Later, she helped to wash clothes, and later she even took on the chores of lighting the fire and cooking.

It was just that due to their status, the two had never done anything inappropriate so far, and Dong Jie had never remarried. The two were still from different families, so Li Ming still called her Aunt Yue.

(End of this chapter)