It was raining, and the children were not in high spirits. Mister Liu had only taught half of the class when he caught three children who were in a daze. He looked at the listless faces below him and blew on his beard. He tucked the divinatory disk under his armpit and said, "Teacher,
"How about this, we will stop here for today's divination. For the rest of the class, we will have a small test. I will set the question, and you will answer it. If you can't answer it, you will be punished to go back and copy the general principles of the Qimen Dunjia. How about it?"
Hearing this, the faces of the students immediately fell. Someone made an "ah" sound, and Mister Liu glanced at them. They quickly shut their mouths and sat up straight. Although they were all unwilling, no one dared to object.
Yu Shu was secretly revising the words that Cao Zixin taught her yesterday. When she heard that there would be a test in class and that there would be a punishment if she couldn't answer, she turned to look at Yu Xiaoxiu. She had an idea. She quietly stretched out her leg and kicked him. She deliberately teased him.
"I'll be counting on you later."
Yu Xiaoxiu reached out and pulled her leg to the side. He nodded without anyone noticing.
"Okay, then I will ask the first question." Mister Liu crossed his arms and looked at the children in the class. He called out names and said, "Ji Zhu, you answer."
"Yes, Mister."
Yu Shu saw Fifth Miss Ji, who was sitting in the front row, stand up. Her pomegranate-colored skirt and blouse were clean and dry, unlike them who had walked in the rain. She was probably sent to the door of the study by a carriage. She only walked a short distance, but her skirt was still clean.
"You need to use the Yin Yang Escape Disk to calculate how many games are there during the Summer Solstice?"
Ji Zhu thought for a moment and answered, "It's the three games of the Yin Escape."
"Good, sit down." Mister Liu nodded with satisfaction. Before Ji Zhu sat down, she looked around with pride.
"Zhang Yi, stand up and answer."
"Yes, yes, Mister."
"Liu Yi and Xin Long escaped, Liu Xin and Yi Tiger ran wild. What is the next sentence? "
Please, please watch. "
Mister Liu's face darkened. "You can't even remember the general principles. Copy it three times. Sit down."
The student sat down with his head down.
"Liu Qinxue, stand up."
"Yes."
.....
After asking ten questions in a row, Yu Shu figured out Mister Liu's calling pattern. Every time he called a proud student, he would call a poor student. The types of questions were different. Similarly, Yu Shu could not answer any of them. She was not worried about embarrassing herself. At most, she would just copy the general principles of Qimen Dunjia a few times and treat it as if she knew how to read.
Speaking of literacy, she thought of Shopkeeper Cao. This afternoon, when she went to work, she would ask Cao Zixin to buy some cheap paper to copy her textbooks. Although she wasn't interested in Yi Xue, she couldn't always go to class without books.
Also, he had to get a new brush for Xiaoxiu. It would be best if he could get a square inkstone. The ink on the hook was too sparse, and it would be a waste of Yu Xiaoxiu's neat handwriting.
Mister Liu had just praised a student. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a little girl in the last row staring out the window in a daze.
He was not happy. He knew the origins of these two children. They were the step-children of a concubine under the name of the third son of the Ji family. They were not related by blood to the Ji family. He belonged to the orthodox school of Yi Xue, and he was not willing to let the family of Yi Xue, which had been established for generations.
However, it had been twenty years since Yiyang City had produced a Great Yi Master who could enter the inner office of the Celestial Commissioner. Ji Huaishan and Kong Weizhen did serve in the Celestial Commissioner, but both of them were old. It would take at most three to five years for them to step down. Once they stepped down, there would be no one in Yiyang City who could stand firmly in the Celestial Commissioner. Not only would the three families fall, but all the people in the city would be implicated.
As a result, the three families were of the same breath and branches. In order to produce another Great Yi Master, they had no choice but to increase the number of Yi Xue students in their families. They sent all their relatives and descendants into the Sanjue Study House. These old men tried to pick out talented students from among them. Even if they taught them everything they had, they still had to fight for a few places to study in the Taishi Study House.
The Ji family was lucky. They had produced Ji Xingxuan in this generation. The Kong and Liu families would probably fall into the awkward situation of having no successor.
Thinking of this, Mister Liu looked at Yu Shu again. He became more and more displeased with her. He put on a stern face and said in a loud voice,
"Next question. Yu Shu, get up and answer it."
Since she was already mentally prepared, Yu Shu calmly stood up when her name was suddenly called. She looked at Mister Liu, who was looking at her with a pained expression, and cursed in her heart.
[I know you don't want to see me, but you still deliberately called me up. Aren't you just making trouble for yourself?]
"What are the Nine Stars of the Heavenly Disk?" Mister Liu thought that he knew Yu Shu's level. There was no need to deliberately make things difficult for her, so he chose a simple question to ask her.
Sure enough, Yu Shu's eyes were blank. What Nine Stars of the Heavenly Disk? She only knew the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper.
"Well, the Nine Stars of the Heavenly Disk is …" Yu Shu looked up at the sky and thought about it.
Yu Xiaoxiu did not have any hope in her from the beginning. He had already covered his mouth and nose with a book, ready to be the sniper.
"Tian Peng, Tian Ren, Tian Chong …"
Listening to the whisper, Yu Shu was amused. She was joking with this guy, but he really helped her to cheat.
Yu Shu couldn't let down his good intentions, so she cleared her throat and replied, "Let's go.
"Tian Peng, Tian Ren, Tian Chong …"
She said the wrong word, but when she saw Mister Liu's face, she quickly corrected it. The two siblings were sitting at the back of the room. Mister Liu was old, so he could not hear what Yu Xiaoxiu was saying.
However, Mister Liu was deaf, but it did not mean that others were blind. When Yu Shu answered the last two questions, she was suddenly interrupted by a loud voice.
"Mister Bing, Yu Xiaoxiu is secretly teaching her!"
After this shout, the private school fell silent. Yu Xiaoxiu almost choked to death on his saliva.
Yu Shu looked at the righteous young man beside the railing and recognized him. She could not help but feel depressed. It's this pretty boy again. What did I do to provoke him?
Master Liu was enraged. He was an old-fashioned person and couldn't stand fraud. His face darkened and he walked towards the siblings. He pointed a finger at Yu Xiaoxiu, but before he could reprimand him, his finger was snatched away by someone else.
"How did you know he was teaching me?"
Yu Shu deliberately widened her eyes and stared at the young man. Her eyebrows were unique, and she looked quite imposing when she was angry.
Xue Wenzhe didn't know why he lost his confidence when she glared at him. He braced himself and said,
He braced himself and said, "He covered his face with a book and secretly read it to you. I heard it all."
"Tsk, no one else heard it except for you. Why are your ears so long? Are you a donkey?"
"You are cursing people?" Mister Liu pointed at him angrily.
"You are a donkey!" Xue Wenzhe angrily cursed.
The two voices sounded at the same time. Yu Shu put away her fierce expression. She pointed at Xue Wenzhe and said to Mister Liu, feeling wronged, "You heard it.
He is the one who cursed me. "
Mister Liu frowned and looked at Xue Wenzhe. He felt that this child was too rash today.
Master Xue's face turned pale. He glared at Yu Shu and said, "Mister Liu, if you don't believe me, you can ask her again. This time, there is no one to teach her. She will not be able to answer."
After all, Mister Liu was biased towards his favorite student. He looked at Yu Shu and said, "Then you will recite the Nine Stars of the Heavenly Disk again. If you can't answer it, then go back and copy the general principles of the Qimen ten times."
The general principles of the Qimen Dun Jia was more than 1,600 characters. If she really copied it ten times, she would not be able to sleep that night.
Yu Xiaoxiu anxiously looked up at Yu Shu. However, he saw her indifferently glancing at Xue Wenzhe. She opened her mouth and said,
"Tian Peng, Tian Ren, Tian Chong, Tian Fu, Tian Qi, Tian Ying, Tian Rui, Tian Zhu, Tian Xin. Mister Liu, did I recite it wrong?"
Listening to her fluent answer, Mister Liu was surprised. Yu Xiaodi's jaw almost dropped. Master Xue was dumbfounded.
"Mister Liu?"
"Ahem, you are right. Sit down."
Yu Shu was not in a hurry to sit down. She pointed at Xue Wenzhe and said, "Mister Liu, do you not need to be punished for disturbing the class?"
Mister Liu felt embarrassed. He had no choice but to say, "Xue Wenzhe, go back and copy the general principles."
"Mister Liu, I..." Xue Wenzhe wanted to argue, but the student in the back seat pulled his clothes. He finally remembered that he was in a private school and could not argue with the Mister Liu. He nodded with an ugly expression. Then, he gritted his teeth and glared at Yu Shu.
Yu Shu sat back down and rested her chin on her hand. She looked at his profile calmly and smiled.
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