Sun Chengzong still had a straight face, but his tone had softened a lot, and he said: "In this case, you should work hard in the future and don't pretend to have a photographic memory and just cheat."

Li Yi lowered his head and said, "Yes, master."

"Cer, Li Yi will attend classes with you from now on. As a senior brother, don't be as ignorant and incompetent as before."

Even though he was clearly standing aside due to his duty, he could still be scolded in vain. Sun Ce had a bitter look on his face and could only say respectfully, "Yes."

After speaking, he looked at Li Yi, cupped his hands and said, "Junior brother, if you have anything you don't understand, just ask me."

Li Yi turned around and saluted: "I will trouble you more, senior brother, in the future."

Sun Chengzong nodded with satisfaction and said: "I know that you have a lot of responsibilities, and you can't just give them up, so I won't force you to do it. From now on, you will come to the clan school for two days every five days, over and over again, and don't slack off."

What Li Yi fears most is that Sun Chengzong allows him to study here with peace of mind. The current arrangement will not only allow him to study in the school, but will not delay his management of Anxin affairs. It is a meticulous arrangement and considers himself.

"Thank you for your understanding, Master." Li Yi said with a grateful face.

You must know that Sun Clan Academy is one of the top colleges. Many people dream of entering. Sun Chengzong arranged for him to enter the school. It was enough. He also gave himself the privilege of only having to attend classes for two days in seven days. He was extremely benevolent and considerate.

"Don't thank me so quickly. Although you have only been in school for two days, your homework is still seven days' worth. If you don't understand anything, you have to rely on yourself. You must not slack off in your homework. Moreover, you will also be assessed every month.

To participate, although you are not required to be among the best, you must at least be qualified." Sun Chengzong put forward another condition.

This is also because he is afraid that Li Yi will delay his studies and waste time.

Of course Li Yi understood, thought for a moment, and nodded in agreement.

After a few words of conversation, Sun Chengzong asked Sun Ce to take Li Yi to the school.

As soon as the two of them walked out of the courtyard, Sun Ce immediately seemed to be a different person, becoming extremely active, which was very different from the polite and polite look just now.

"Junior Brother Zizheng, you are really not a mortal. My father actually takes the initiative to ask you to come to school for only two days every five days, which means you don't come to school for two days out of seven. You are really happy.

Ah." Sun Ce said enviously.

How reluctant are you to go to school?

Li Yi was slightly stunned and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

You must know that the Sun clan's school is one that many people would like to enter even if they lose their brains, but in the eyes of this fourteen-year-old boy, it is like hell.

But when I think about it, I can understand that things that are easy to obtain will not be cherished too much. Sun Ce has lived in such a wealthy environment since he was a child, so it is normal to have such thoughts.

Jumping up and down, he broke off a branch. Sun Ce waved it wildly and shouted to Li Yi: "Do you dare to fight me?"

Li Yi was someone who had killed people with a long gun, so he couldn't bear Sun Cerium's fussy look. He couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, and refused to play with him.

Seeing this, Sun Cerium was obviously disappointed. He looked at Li Yi and said, "You are so boring. You are obviously the same age as me, but you act like an old man. This is so embarrassing in front of your parents."

Just pretend, but if you keep doing this, you will always be wearing a mask."

Li Yi was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "Senior Brother, what you said is quite interesting. I haven't been to Ruo Academy yet, and I don't understand the rules. Please give me some advice, Senior Brother."

Although he was just a young man with a childlike innocence in front of him, Li Yi did not look down upon him at all. First, Sun Zhen was his senior brother. Although there was no sense of superiority or inferiority, due etiquette was still required. Second, in the hall just now,

Here, he once took the initiative to stand up and speak for himself, only talking about strength and weakness, not friendship. This is not Li Yi's approach.

"There are not many rules in the school." When Sun Ce mentioned the school, his face was filled with distress, and he said: "Except for observing the disciple's etiquette when facing the teacher, treating the textbooks and respecting the knowledge, there is nothing else. By the way.

, and you have to complete your homework on time, otherwise your husband will spank you with a ruler."

Li Yi wrote them down one by one, opened his mouth to ask, walked forward, and soon arrived at the school.

There are about thirty students in the school, all of whom are about the same age as Li Yi, between twelve and sixteen. Of course, these students are not at the same pace in their homework, they are just taking classes together. There are not many teachers.

We can only give lectures every day, both difficult and easy, so that everyone can listen to the lecture together, and then teach students according to their aptitude and assign different homework.

The husband has not yet arrived, but Li Yi cannot go in directly to wait for him. Instead, he has to visit him first to get acquainted with him, so that he can understand the situation.

Sun Ce also understood this and asked Li Yi to remember the location of the school and took him into the hut where his teacher rested.

Knocking lightly on the door, and after waiting for a response from the person inside, Sun Ce opened the door and entered, greeting a scholar wearing a Confucian shirt and a messy beard.

Sun Cerium introduced to Li Yi that the person he was looking for today was Wang Hexiang from the outer courtyard, who not only taught homework but also managed student affairs. He was equivalent to the dean of students in later generations.

As soon as the other party saw Li Yi, he said: "Are you the Li Yi that Sun Mansion talked about? You seem to be very talented. If you enter my school in the future, you must study hard and strive to gain fame as soon as possible."

There were words of encouragement as soon as he entered the door. Although there was nothing wrong with him, Li Yi felt that he was being pretentious.

He could only salute respectfully and said nothing.

Seeing this, Wang Hexiang felt slightly embarrassed, but he still smiled and said: "I think you are pretty good. If you don't understand anything about your homework in the future, just ask me and I will teach you carefully."

With such concern, Li Yi couldn't help but say: "Thank you sir. I have just entered the school and there are many things I don't understand about my homework. I am just about to ask sir for some advice."

Wang Hexiang nodded reservedly, looked Li Yi up and down, and said: "Since the person appointed by Sun Mansion, there is no problem. But how is your homework? To be more specific, I am well prepared and will not delay you.

homework."

"I didn't go to school before, but my mother taught me morning and night, so I could read and memorize the Analects silently. As for the rest, I haven't had time to learn yet." Li Yi said matter-of-factly.

"Are you studying with your mother?" Wang Hexiang looked Li Yi up and down.

Li Yi said: "Exactly."

He then asked: "Is your mother a relative of Sun Mansion? Otherwise, how could you come here to study?"

"no."

"No?" Wang Hexiang was stunned and said: "Then I am different. I think it is a lady from another family who can be so knowledgeable and personally teach her son."

Li Yi frowned and said, "My mother is not the wife of a wealthy family, she is just a peasant woman."

"Farmer woman?" Wang Hexiang's face showed a look of astonishment, and he asked in a low voice: "Then who are you, who can learn to read like my Sun clan?"

Li Yi said calmly: "I am An Xin Li Yi."

"Anxin Li Yi?" Wang Hexiang's expression froze and he said, "Where is Anxin?"

"Anxin is a district in Anzhou. It was abandoned due to banditry in the past, but my mother and I settled there, that is, we are from Anxin."

Wang Hexiang couldn't help but ask after hearing this: "I heard where the recent group of refugees settled, but you?"

"Exactly."

"You, you..." Wang Hexiang was surprised when he saw Li Yi admitting. Seeing Li Yi's majestic appearance, he thought he was the son of a wealthy official family, but he never expected that he was just a country man and a refugee at that.

"Before my mother and I settled down in Anxin, we were indeed refugees, but later we were resettled by the government. We got rid of the refugee status and became citizens of Anxin." Li Yi answered truthfully.

Wang Hexiang nodded in despair, and asked without giving up: "Since you come from a bad background, why can you come to study at the Clan Academy?"

"Poor background?" Li Yi was also stunned, looking at the disappointed Wang Hexiang, and said: "Sir, do you think that being born into a farmer's family means you have a bad background?"

"This?..." Wang Hexiang was also stunned. He didn't expect Li Yi to have such a big reaction to this.

But thinking that he was just a country boy who was born in poverty, he couldn't bear to explain, and said directly: "I just said it casually, why do you need to dig deeper? Besides, he didn't come from a wealthy family.

That’s right.”

Li Yi said: "May I ask why a farmer's family is inferior to a wealthy family?"

At that moment, Wang Hexiang said impatiently: "What does it mean to be a small farmer? You are almost a child of a poor family. Don't you know that farmers are the most humble? Not only are they bullied by servants and petty officials, but they also have to work hard and cannot have enough food and clothing. It is so humble.

, what’s wrong with saying that a useless person is humble?”

"Don't argue in front of me. I don't even bother to reason with a fool like you. Even if I talk to you, you won't understand. Just tell me one thing. Looking at the schools outside, according to common sense, they will not admit children from poor families.

Unless someone has really excellent academic performance, or has a letter of recommendation from the elders of the clan. A wealthy family can ask for favors, and a wealthy family can use money, but for a commoner like you, haha, it’s okay not to say anything..."

Wang Hexiang looked at Li Yi with a sneer, and suddenly realized that there was Sun Ce next to him. He coughed heavily and said gently to Sun Ce beside him: "Qianhe, this Li Yi is really rude. I'm just angry."

The words below are too strong, so you don’t need to take it to heart, let alone share it with others, do you understand?”

Sun Cerium was just a forty-year-old boy. Seeing that the angry gentleman became gentle and kind again, he felt a little more at ease and said quickly: "I know this, and I will never talk nonsense."

"That's good." Wang Hexiang said with an appreciative smile on his face: "Only the three of us know about this matter. You kept it secret for me, and I am very grateful to you."

Seeing the teacher who used to teach everyone praise him so much, Sun Ce's face turned red and he nodded excitedly.

After Sun Ce was properly dealt with, Wang Hexiang could finally breathe a long sigh of relief. For students with prominent family backgrounds, he is best at using his identity as a teacher to build relationships, and these people are also the best at deceiving him. If things go on like this, not to mention his parents.

Once you have a high-level relationship, even if you talk about it in the future, it will be very face-saving.

Turning to look at Li Yi, who was standing there, Wang Hexiang's eyes were full of disgust. He was most disgusted with such disobedient students. They were obviously from a lowly background, but they didn't know how to please their teachers and seek advancement.

"What are you still doing standing here? I'm surprised. As a member of a poor family, you are actually qualified to ask someone from the Sun family to write a letter of recommendation for you. I really don't understand this!"

With an indifferent look on his face, Li Yi opened his mouth and said, "Maybe it was my grandfather who begged Master Sun and felt soft-hearted for a moment, so he allowed me to study."

"Pleading for mercy?" Wang Hexiang was slightly startled, and couldn't help but said: "If I can get this recommendation letter from Mr. Sun after begging, it will be enough. It seems that your grandfather is also a cunning person and knows this method."

As Wang Hexiang spoke, he thought deeply about whether he should let his younger siblings pretend to be poor and beg for help so that his nephew could also enter the clan school.

Just when Li Yi was about to leave, Wang Hexiang spread the recommended books on the table and said: "Since you have obtained the recommended books, you are qualified to enter the school. However, you need to complete the course for admission, are you ready?"

"What's the meaning?"

Wang Hexiang chuckled twice and said: "In other words, you are qualified to study, but you have to pay a tuition fee. Only by paying the tuition fee can you receive the books and truly enter the school to study."

"Sir, when I came here, I didn't have any training. Why did Li Yi want it?" Sun Ce couldn't help but stood up and said.

Wang Hexiang smiled and said: "Of course, you are a member of the Sun clan and the son of Mr. Sun, so there is no need for repairs. But this Li Yi is an outsider. According to common sense, when they enter the school, they must prepare a separate copy of the apprenticeship repairs. , used to express one’s attitude toward studying.”

"In this way, does it mean that the more money you pay, the better your attitude towards entering school?" Li Yi couldn't help but said sarcastically.
To be continued...