Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 288 Course Schedule

Jian Ming tactfully shared some gossip he knew before discussing the gentleman's abilities. "I heard from Jiulang that Mr. Zhang is quite knowledgeable and has enough knowledge to teach a few students. As for the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting... I think it seems that Mr. Zhang is very skilled at playing the zither and currently lives in the courtyard near the back door of our mansion."

Jiang Shangxian hadn't expected this person to have already entered Cui's residence, and was quite surprised: "Since he's already staying at Cui's residence, why do you have to make me come here every morning so hard?"

Wasn't it said that the ancients respected their teachers? She had to go to class in the afternoon anyway, so it would be better for her to report in the morning instead of asking someone to come all the way.

"The mansion has specially provided a carriage for Mr. Zhang, which is very convenient. Jiulang said that you have to teach apprentices every day. If you stay with us all day, I'm afraid it will delay things." Jian Ming smiled.

Jian Ming's inexplicable sense of pride rose again: his Jiulang was very thoughtful. Now that Mr. Zhang is here, Miss Jiang can guide the three apprentices during their break and try not to waste any time.

If Zhao Yue and Cui Shuhua had not refused to come to the house every day to teach their daughter-in-law and niece-in-law, Cui Bianxu would have been afraid that he would have to pick them up and drop them off to make them work properly.

"Jiulang said that if Mr. Zhang teaches well, she will stay in our house forever. When she has a young master in the future, Mr. Zhang will continue to teach her."

Xiao Jiang, who now has an incredibly heavy burden to support her family, was struck by lightning when she heard this. If she still wanted to help them raise their children, wouldn't she have to support Mr. Zhang for at least twenty years?

How could the cost of supporting a gentleman be the same as that of a servant? It must be several times higher than that.

Jiang Shangxian, who was under so much pressure that he wanted to make two holes in his pants and put his pants on his head to rob Citibank, weakly forced himself to say goodbye to the meeting. Even when Jiang Wangri came over and took away the class schedule, he didn't react at all.

It cannot be said that the brother and sister do not study at all. In the past one or two months, they have been using tree branches to learn the Thousand Character Classic in the sand. It's just that both of them are rather lazy and their learning is just average.

"Sister, what are you going to do?!"

In order to emphasize the twists and turns of surprise in his tone, Jiang Wangri stretched out the word "ah" and his vocal cords trembled just right in an artistic way.

In just eight words, every word is sincere and comes from the heartfelt sympathy.

But when he saw the second picture, which was about his own class schedule, Jiang Wangri looked at it for a long time before he was sure that he was not mistaken!

Every morning after he and Xia Zhenying finished selling ramen and closed the stall, in addition to studying with Jiang Shangxian and going out to set up the stall, he would continue to learn martial arts with Lao Fan every night, and he would increase the time and intensity.

He has to work and study at the same time. If he were in modern times, he would definitely be seen as a person who works part-time to pay for his studies and studies hard.

Jiang Shangxian didn't hear him say anything, so he asked, "What's the matter? Is there anything wrong with the arrangement?"

"Sister, I might be dazzled. How about you take another look?"

How many great gods in this world can be so determined to stick to their ideas?

Most of them are just ordinary people who are only enthusiastic for a short time and have to grit their teeth and motivate themselves to keep going down the same path due to many external factors.

Jiang Wangri felt that if he followed this schedule, he would be exhausted to death.

Xiao Jiang took back the schedule with trembling hands, and immediately felt calm - the arrangement was very reasonable. Every morning, Mr. Zhang, invited by Cui Bianxu, would come to her home to provide two and a half tutoring sessions. In the afternoon, the guards of the Cui Mansion would pick her up and take her to the Cui Mansion to learn housekeeping and etiquette.

One day of housekeeping class, one day of etiquette class, and during the ten-day break, he would still learn martial arts with Cui Bianxu as usual.

Jiang Shangxian looked at the course, appearing calm, but in fact he was going crazy inside and exclaimed, "Wow, high school students can have half a day or a day off every week, but she doesn't have any rest at all!"

When she saw Jiang Wangri's schedule, she felt strangely balanced again. As the saying goes, people are treacherous, and when people are in trouble together, the misfortune doesn't seem so bad.

She pulled back her aching legs and patted her little brother's shoulder lightly, encouragingly, just like a leader would encourage an ox or a horse to transform into an ox or a horse spirit. "Erlang, your brother-in-law has been so worried about you. If you can't speak eloquently, compose a poem in seven steps, beat the barbarians with your fists, and be proficient in both civil and military skills, then you are ignorant!"

After encouraging his brother, Jiang Shangxian also gave Yingzi a pep talk: "Yingzi, you have a lot to learn, but you must study hard and work hard!"

Children have good memories and learn quickly. Jiang Shangxian has decided to bring Yingzi with him no matter what class he attends.

There were two people in the class, and she still had the opportunity to copy homework!

The heroic figure who didn't understand anything but gritted his teeth, sweating profusely, and trembling with his thin legs in a horse stance finally collapsed in dismay amid Jiang Wangri's wails...

In the afternoon, many more people came to the Cui family and brought over more than a dozen books and study tools such as pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Jiang's mother was so excited that she didn't even sleep. She was as energetic as if she had been injected with chicken blood. She moved all the dowry, gifts, etc. again and again, and squeezed in again and again before she could barely clean up half of the room for study.

He hurriedly dragged Lao Fan to the street to buy tables and chairs, apprenticeship gifts, and a series of other trivial matters.

Jiang Shangxian felt that Cui Bianxu must have already sent a gift for becoming a disciple. However, as the saying goes, "the more gifts, the less blame there is." She still had some good feelings towards this teacher whom she had never met before. He was so strong-willed. He said he wanted a divorce, so he did. He said he would return the dowry to her parents' home, so he did.

If it were her, I'm afraid she would be even more troubled and heartbroken.

Madam Xia hesitated several times to speak, but Jiang Shangxian noticed that she had something to say, so he asked directly, "Grandma, is there anything wrong? If so, just say it."

"I was thinking, can I ask Jiulang to let Zhenying learn some characters along with him?" Now she has gained some experience in Chang'an City. Although there are very few common women who can read and write, if Xia Zhenying can learn some along with him, it might be a good bargaining chip when it comes to marriage in the future.

"I don't want her to read out any fancy ideas, as long as she doesn't become a blind person with open eyes like me."

Jiang Shangxian secretly regretted, why did she let her cousin go?

There are three of them in the family, all of whom are of similar age. If only my cousin is left out, wouldn't it make people feel alienated?

"Grandma is right. I was negligent. I will go find my mother and ask her to buy more things." Jiang Shangxian was also a little anxious. Classes were going to start tomorrow, and everything had to be prepared today. If one thing was missing, it would not be acceptable. He also had to ask Lao Fan to talk to Cui Bian about it.