The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 9 Bullying
Having just come from the world outside the city where people were poorly clothed and hungry to the world inside the city where people were well clothed, well fed and well fed, Li Diudiu always felt like he was still dreaming.
When he woke up from the dream and opened his eyes, the master was standing in front of him, picking the hay off his head, and then asked him if he was hungry.
It’s good if you’re not hungry. If you are hungry, just bear with it.
Walking on the small path of the academy and watching the disciples coming and going, Li Diudiu still doesn't feel that he has integrated into the academy.
The place where the four of them had to take classes was right next to the small lake. There was a forest beside the lake, and the classroom was in front of the forest.
When Li Diudiu arrived, he found that he was the last one. Zhang Xiaolin and Sun Rugong came to the cafeteria early on purpose to humiliate him. It was a bit unexpected that Liu Shengying, who obviously still looked like she was still in her mother's arms, also came so early.
The four people were obviously divided into three groups. Zhang Xiaolin and Sun Rugong stood together and chatted, glancing at Li Diudiu from time to time with a look of contempt in their eyes. The two of them were whispering to each other and no one knew what they were saying. Li Diudiu thought that it was not a good thing anyway.
Liu Shengying stood timidly at the door alone. He looked at Li Diudiu and then at Zhang Xiaolin and the others, not knowing how to choose. He looked aggrieved, as if he had been bullied by three people.
They stood like this for a while and it was almost time for class. The instructor Yan Qingzhi came slowly over with a few books in his arms. Seeing him coming, Li Diudiu and the other three bowed and saluted at the same time.
Yan Qingzhi looked at the few people and threw the key in his hand to Li Diudiu: "From now on, you must be the first to come. I will leave the door to you. Prepare the hot water before I come. I want to make tea."
Li Diudiu took the key and said nothing.
Giving him this key means that he not only has to be the first to come every day, but also the last to leave.
After entering the classroom, Yan Qingzhi sat down on the rattan chair, crossing his legs, which was not like a teacher. This way of sitting would be looked down upon by respectable people, who would think that anyone who sat like this was rude and disrespectful. Normally, a teacher in an academy should not sit like this.
There were many tables and chairs in the room, and the four people could choose any seat they wanted. Zhang Xiaolin and Sun Rugong sat next to each other in the first row, and Li Diudiu also sat in the first row, but chose a seat on the side by the window.
Liu Shengying looked for a long time, his eyes becoming redder and redder, as if choosing a seat to sit down was difficult for him. Finally, he sat down in the second row, alone, looking aggrieved.
"Are you afraid of scaring me?"
Yan Qingzhi glanced at Liu Shengying and said, "Why are you sitting so far away?"
With a cry, Liu Shengying actually cried.
Yan Qingzhi frowned and wanted to say a few more words, but then he thought there was no need to waste his words on such a child.
"As is customary at Four Pages Academy, in the first class I will not teach you anything related to knowledge, but rather something related to character."
Yan Qingzhi sat down on the chair and tapped the table with his pointer: "Li Chi, go get some water."
Li Diudiu was stunned.
He stood up and asked, "Sir, aren't we going to start teaching?"
"Nothing to do with you."
Yan Qingzhi spoke calmly but every word seemed to be a hidden blade: "Poor people can be educated, although it is useless, but poor people do not need to listen to character lessons. Among a group of poor people, you may not be respected if you have good character, but you will definitely suffer. Among rich people, it does not matter whether you have good character or not, because you are not."
Li Diudiu was furious. This guy who claimed to be a top-class teacher in Grade A of the academy had been calling him a poor man since the first day he entered the academy.
Li Diudiu stood there and looked at Yan Qingzhi for a long time. Yan Qingzhi also looked at him and asked, "Do you want to ask something? Do you want to ask why poor people are not worthy of good character?"
Li Diudiu exhaled lightly and shook his head and said, "I want to ask, sir, where is the bathroom?"
Yan Qingzhi narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't expect Li Diudiu to not get angry at all, so he replied unhappily: "Go find it yourself."
Zhang Xiaolin and Sun Rugong both laughed at the same time, and what they had just whispered to each other was exactly about this.
Zhang Xiaolin was beaten, and that night his family went to visit Yan Qingzhi, the teacher of the academy, and gave him many gifts, asking Yan Qingzhi to drive Li Diudiu out of the academy.
Although Zhang Xiaolin's family had some power, the academy had its own rules. Even teachers could not expel students from the academy without permission if the students had done nothing wrong. The only way was to force Li Diudiu to leave on his own.
Zhang Xiaolin lowered his voice and whispered in Sun Rugong's ear: "See, I told you, the teacher will not treat him well. If this goes on, it won't be long before this bastard leaves on his own. The academy is not a place for people like him. He is just a toad..."
Sun Rugong smiled and nodded: "You are right, but look at his dead pig fearless look, it is obvious that he does not want to leave, and he wants to flatter the master, why not..."
He whispered in Zhang Xiaolin's ear: "Why don't you ask the teacher to come to the woods by the lake after class? I have something important to tell him. Then the two of us can provoke Li Chi. He beat you last time because the dean wanted to test your martial arts. This time is different..."
He smiled and said, "There are rules in the academy. Students who fight with each other will be expelled from the academy for any reason. It is a disgrace to the society. When you see the teacher coming after fighting with Li Chi in the woods, you can pretend to be at a disadvantage and let him hit you a few times. The teacher has taken advantage of your family and will not do anything to you."
Zhang Xiaolin immediately admired him. He felt that Sun Rugong was worthy of being his friend and that this was a great idea.
Li Diudiu picked up the kettle and walked out of the classroom. He looked back and saw Yan Qingzhi sitting there with his legs crossed, talking about something lazily. He was probably just speaking perfunctorily. That guy didn't look like a Class A first-class instructor at all.
Li Diudiu knew where the washroom was yesterday. In fact, when he was humiliated by Yan Qingzhi in the classroom, he stood up and really wanted to question him, but at that moment he suddenly thought of his master. His master had tried his best to send him to the academy and told him not to cause trouble, so he endured it.
After getting some hot water in the water room, Li Diudiu walked back carrying the kettle. The barnacle in his hand was a small luxury item for ordinary people. It could keep things warm, but of course the heat preservation time was not very long.
For ordinary people, in such a world, they would not spend money if they can avoid it.
After fetching water, Yan Qingzhi came out of the classroom holding a book and looked at Li Diudui: "Why are you so slow? I've already finished my class and you're just now fetching water. Next time, go and run back at the same time."
Li Diudiu took a deep breath and nodded: "Student remembers it."
"Don't call yourself a student. You're not one yet."
Yan Qingzhi said this and walked forward. Li Diudiu looked at the barnacle in his hand and asked, "Sir, aren't you going to make tea?"
Yan Qingzhi said without turning his head: "I am afraid that using the water you fetched to make tea will infect your poverty. The first pot of water is for washing yourself, so leave it alone."
After saying that, he left.
Li Diudiu was only eleven years old after all. He felt so helpless and angry. He really wanted to throw the kettle in his hand and leave, but he suddenly remembered the look in Yan Qingzhi's eyes he had just seen. He was waiting for him to get angry.
At this time, Zhang Xiaolin came out of the classroom, glanced at Li Diudiu and said with a smile: "Hey, is the poor water delicious?"
Li Diudiu took another deep breath and endured it.
He carried the barnacle into the classroom, but Sun Rugong smiled and said to him, "Hurry up and sit down and read. The teacher told you to review your studies. You didn't hear what the teacher said just now. Do you want me to teach you?"
Li Diudiu glanced and shook his head: "Thank you, but no thanks."
Liu Shengying opened her mouth and wanted to say, "I can also teach you," but after seeing Sun Rugong's eyes, she lowered her head and dared not say anything.
When Zhang Xiaolin went after Yan Qingzhi, he naturally told Yan Qingzhi to go to the woods by the lake for a while. He had already thought of an excuse and just said that he had something important to tell him. When he got to the woods and saw Li Chi beating him, he said, "I just wanted to thank you, sir, for helping me vent my anger." But he was afraid that others would see it and affect you, so he asked you to talk in the woods.
Everything was planned out, just waiting for Li Diudiu to be fooled.
Li Diudiu sat down and opened the book distributed by the academy. He had read a lot of it last night. The homework was very simple. His master had taught him these things when he was five years old. There was nothing new in it.
Gao Xining was sitting on the low wall of the garden about a few feet away from the classroom, watching with anger on her face. She was angry at Yan Qingzhi for bullying others, and also at Li Diudiu for not having any temper at all.
But suddenly he changed his mind and thought that if Li Diudiu lost his temper , it would give Yan Qingzhi an excuse to expel him from the academy.
"Is he really a coward, or has he thought about it?"
Gao Xining muttered to himself.
About a moment later, Zhang Xiaolin ran back, sat next to Sun Rugong, and made a gesture of success, and Sun Rugong immediately laughed.
"I talked to my husband and agreed to meet in the woods after school is suspended today."
Zhang Xiaolin looked very proud.
Yan Qingzhi came back more than half an hour later. After sitting down, he looked at the barnacles on the ground beside him and pointed at them: "Li Diudiu, the water is cold. Go get another pot of water."
Li Diudiu stood up: "Yes."
Yan Qingzhi narrowed his eyes again. He wondered if this kid was born timid and obedient, or if he was really tolerant? But no matter if it was the former or the latter, it was obvious that Li Chi would not contradict him in public, so he felt a little bored.
Li Diudiu fetched water for the second time and made tea for Yan Qingzhi, then returned to his seat and sat down to listen to the class. Yan Qingzhi was talking about mathematics, which is one of the basic subjects in the Sixie Academy, but many people don't like it because it's troublesome.
Li Diudiu took notes seriously. Before he finished, Yan Qingzhi suddenly stood up and strode over to him. His face was livid and he said, "None of you are allowed to take notes when I don't ask you to. Do you want to show off what I taught you outside the academy? Or are you too poor so you want to take the notes and sell them for money?"
Li Diudiu really couldn't hold it in anymore this time.
Yan Qingzhi picked up his notes and looked at them. His expression changed. After a moment, he tore off the page and tore it to pieces. He said casually, "Clean it up after class. If you make any more mistakes, I will expel you from the academy."
Li Diudiu took a deep breath several times in a row.
"yes."
He replied with one word and sat down, but Yan Qingzhi frowned and said, "Who told you to sit down? Stand up, and stand until you are suspended from school today."
Li Diudiu clenched his hands tightly, and the veins were exposed.
Before he got angry, a clod of earth suddenly flew in from outside and hit Yan Qingzhi on the forehead with great accuracy. The clod of earth broke into pieces and got Yan Qingzhi's face covered with dirt.
"who is it!"
Yan Qingzhi roared, turned his head to look outside, but saw no one.
Gao Xining squatted behind a low wall with her heart pounding. She was really angry. She picked up a clod of earth and threw it at the target. It didn't disappoint her, as the target was hit very accurately.
"snort……"
Gao Xining squatted there and hummed softly.
"I told you not to bully me!"
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