Chapter 40 Classmates

It's miserable.

After studying in the academy for half a month, Chen Heng seemed to have returned to his busy study days. The ill-intentioned headmaster bought a chicken from some farmer and told the students to get up and start studying when they heard the first rooster crow every day.

Pei Huaizhen said with nostalgia: This is called "hearing the cock and dancing".

This chicken is also interesting. Sometimes it crows early, sometimes it crows a little later, and there is no definite signal. It makes many students so angry that they grit their teeth and want to catch it and cook it.

But this chicken is also very cunning. It likes to fly to the attic in the academy and crow. Yes, the chicken can really fly, but it can't fly for a long time because of its fat body.

Chen Heng can accept this. When he was in Shanxi Village, he always got up at this time to study, and his body had long been accustomed to it. What makes Chen Heng feel headache is some classes in the academy.

If the Four Books and Five Classics are the built world and the mountains and rivers, then the remaining classics, history, and collections are everything in this world. Flowers blooming in the fields, fish and shrimps in the streams, and stars appearing between the rising and setting of the sun and the setting of the moon.

For example, Chen Heng usually spends the first hour of his morning reading the Four Books and Five Classics. The teachers believe that this is the root of everything. Only by reading it all the time can you gain continuous insights. The teachers will also talk about their own understanding.

From the second hour, you have to learn history. People believe that to open your mind, you must first learn history. So it is placed after the Four Books and Five Classics, and students are encouraged to open their heads while taking advantage of the good morning time.

This class is generally determined by what the teacher who teaches that day is good at. For example, Mei Hanlin is good at Han Shu, and Han Shu is usually given to him as the main lecturer.

The lecturer of "Strategies of the Warring States" is Xu Jinhou. Although this teacher is only a juren, he is very talented. In addition to lecturing on history, he is also responsible for the calligraphy and painting classes of the students. He is also a person in the medical field with superb medical skills.

Pei Huaizhen is so insidious that he even prepared doctors in the academy. If students want to ask for leave because they feel uncomfortable, this teacher will come to your house to check your pulse.

Chen Heng witnessed once that when Master Xu checked the pulse of a student with a bad complexion in public, he seriously warned the other party: do less hand-gun things, and read more books if you can't sleep.

God has pity, Chen Heng really didn't react to what hand-gun was at that time. It was not until Qian Dayou returned to the dormitory and proudly made a few gestures to explain to everyone that Chen Heng knew.

Anyway, that senior brother walked with his head down for several days.

That was so embarrassing.

Fortunately, Master Xu was very humorous. His ancestral home was Yongjia County in Zhejiang. He was born to love tossing. When he was young, he traveled to many places, and his lectures were also interesting, which made Chen Heng very satisfied.

"Records of the Grand Historian" and "Zizhi Tongjian" are two major courses, which are taught every five days by Pei Huaizhen himself. They are usually held in the lecture hall, together with the scholar next door.

But for some reason, the headmaster likes to be very strict in his lectures, and many students complain that they fall asleep while listening.

After the class, it is time to have a full lunch. The dining area of ​​the academy is opposite the dormitory building. Most of the time, a few small dishes are placed on a table, and seats are divided according to the number of people in the dormitory.

If anyone wants to add dishes to improve the food, they only need to have no objection from the people in the same dormitory, whether he pays for it himself or everyone pays for it together. As long as they are willing to pay, they can serve it to you the next day.

Now, the people in Chen Heng's room really have to thank Xue Ke. This kid is born with a clever mouth and has money in his pocket. He can always find ways to prepare some dishes that everyone has never eaten before. After a long time, even Qian Dayou is convinced of his ability.

Starting in the afternoon, the students took the Nine Chapters of Arithmetic on odd days and the Great Yong Law on even days, while the students took the opposite. The teacher who taught the former course was Jin Shenzhi, and the lecturer of the latter course was still Mei Hanlin.

The Nine Chapters of Arithmetic was the easiest for Chen Heng to learn, and the Great Yong Law was really a bit difficult. So he had completely different evaluations from the two teachers. One wanted to praise him as a genius in arithmetic, and the other scolded him: "Chen Heng, you studied for the imperial examination, are you going to the execution ground to be an executioner and kill people?"

Chen Heng had no choice but to study hard and work hard on the Great Yong Law.

After it was finished, it was the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting class that made all the students feel more relaxed. Among them, everyone had to take the book, and it would not take long. You can choose one of the piano, chess and painting. Needless to say, Chen Heng chose the most convenient and cost-saving Go.

It's not shameful to be a bad chess player, but if you are tone-deaf or draw a picture of a chicken pecking at rice, it would be really ridiculous.

Such days lasted for fifteen days, and finally it was a day off. Students who have been holding back for half a month, how can they hold back any longer? When Chen Heng woke up from his bed, he only saw Xue Ke still sleeping in the room.

It was also difficult for Qian Dayou and his friends to get up so early on a day off. Chen Heng put on his clothes and left the room quietly. He also had to go out to buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstone today.

I was not well prepared before, and I didn't expect that the things I prepared would not be enough for a few days. Later, I took advantage of the evening break every day to run out of the academy and buy some bits and pieces to supplement.

This time, I just took this opportunity to prepare everything again, and by the way, I also looked for ways to make money.

Chen Heng walked on the streets of Yangzhou City, calculating the silver on his body. When he left Shanxi Village, the teacher gave him thirty taels, and the county magistrate gave him another twenty taels, a total of fifty taels. This was his income.

After being hospitalized, I spent fifteen taels on books and gave my father ten taels of silver. In the past half month, I spent 300 Wen on pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and about 190 Wen on food for the 15th. The two together cost him another half a tael of silver.

After calculating, I still have a little more than twenty-four taels. At first glance, Chen Heng seems to be quite wealthy. At least he will be fine after finishing his studies this year.

But when he thought about how long he would study in the academy, he couldn't let his family pay all the expenses. Although Chen Heng is thin and weak, in Yangzhou, there are always more solutions than difficulties.

Chen Heng, who already had some concerns in his mind, walked through Sanyuanfang and went straight to the Chengdong Library. The shopkeeper is not here today, and the person in charge is Xiao Erhu Yuan. Chen Heng had met him several times and they were both acquaintances.

Hu Yuan is a relative of the shopkeeper. He is young, only thirteen years old. He is a very honest and enthusiastic person. As soon as he saw Chen Heng, he greeted him: "The young man is here. Do you want to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones again?"

Chen Heng nodded obediently and said with a smile: "Yes, Brother Hu. Prepare thirty more sheets of paper for me. Bring me three more brushes..."

Hu Yuan listened silently on the side, then immediately turned around to prepare the goods. He only asked when choosing a brush, "Would you like a good one or an average one?"

"Just the normal ones."

Chen Heng responded, then turned around to look for books on the bookshelf. Without much effort, he saw "Detailed Explanation of Dayong Code", "Commentaries on Dayong Code" and "Records of Cases from Various Counties" on the bookshelf.

He took down the three books and compared them one by one, and finally chose "Records of Cases from Various Counties". This kind of explanation combined with cases made it easier for him to learn.

Taking the book and walking to the front, Hu Yuan had already prepared things for him. Chen Heng handed over the book, calculated the total price, and found that it cost another two and a half.

"Brother Hu, do you still remember what I told you last time?" After Chen Heng paid, he asked quickly while the store was not very busy.

"Remember." Hu Yuan nodded, "After you left that day, I mentioned it to my second uncle in the evening. But Xiaolangjun, you know that if you want to do this, you have to read your handwriting first. You brought me this time Did you write a copy?”

"Bring it with you." Chen Heng quickly took out the copybook he had written in advance from his sleeve. After reading it, Hu Yuan felt that the handwriting was very straight and clear, so he said, "Xiao Langjun, your character can be copied directly from the "Three Character Classic" "The Thousand Character Essay".

These two books are sold in every library in the world.

Chen Heng felt calm after hearing this. The two discussed the price of copying the books, and finally settled on a price of 500 copies.

No matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat, and with this income. Chen Heng finally felt more at ease, picked up his things and returned to the academy in a happy mood.

When he returned to the dormitory, Xue Biao had already woken up and was washing and dressing. Seeing it was Chen Heng, Xue Biao asked with concern: "Did you eat outside?"

The two have been classmates for half a month. Even if Chen Heng had a slight grudge against the Xue family before, he would occasionally be moved by Xue Biao's sincerity.

This young man who was born into a well-known family did not do anything out of the ordinary except when he was eating. He is very generous and can always protect the face of others.

Chen Heng, who became familiar with him day by day, couldn't help but wonder. They both had the same surname: Xue, so how could one look like Xue Pan and the other look like Xue Ban.

"I'm not hungry yet." Chen Heng reluctantly raised his finger and pointed at the paper in his hand, "I took over a copying job in the library. Let's eat after finishing my work."

"This is a strenuous job. How about I help you think of a solution?" Xue Biao fastened his belt and walked to Chen Heng's side with a folding fan. He seemed to be in a good mood.

"Just practice calligraphy." Chen Heng shook his head and politely declined Xue Biao's kindness.

Xue Biao nodded seriously. When Chen Heng was confused, he added: "If you are famous for your books in the future, don't forget our classmates' friendship of studying hard."

Chen Heng looked at him acting mischievously and couldn't help laughing. He had no choice but to nod his head and reply: "The most you can write is "Gift to Jinling Xue Lang". Don't even think about spending a penny less."

"Thank you, Chen Xizhi." Xue Biao smiled and cupped his hands, waved his folding fan and went out.

Chen Heng happened to copy the "Three Character Classic" while no one was in the room. He didn't know how long it took, but when he was dizzy from copying, a bag of cold noodles appeared out of thin air.

Chen Heng subconsciously raised his head and saw Xue Biao, who had returned from unknown time.

The young man stood there, waving his fan to himself, "You said everything in the world is such a coincidence. I saw a pretty girl on the road, crying and saying that I couldn't go home if I couldn't sell all the noodles. When I thought about it, I was still hungry in the house. Just buy it as a favor, it will not only allow the girl to go home, but also save you the trouble of going out. "

Chen Heng smiled and thanked: "Thank you, Mr. Tao Zhu."

"It's easy to talk, but I still have to give you five cents."

"Didn't you say you want to do something good?"

After knowing each other for half a month, Chen Heng somewhat understood the other person's temper. He picked up the topic and started joking.

“If you want to do good things, you can’t have less money.”

"That won't work. You have taken all the benefits. Now you drag me to find that pretty girl. I have to tell him that I am the one eating the noodles."

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. I've read it for you. That girl is definitely not a good match for you. You'd better continue copying books, Chen Xizhi."

Ahhhh, I figured out how to upload it. It turns out that I clicked to create a new chapter.

Brothers, remember to vote on Monday.

PS: There are some typos. It's not that I didn't correct them. It seems that I used the writer's assistant to correct them, but it hasn't been updated in the background. I typed a lot in one day, and there are many things to do during the holidays. Starting from the 22nd, I will read each chapter several times before uploading it. Thank you for your patience.