Chapter 91 Mrs. Cui has an invitation
After Yicui lit the lamp, Xu Xi stared calmly and carefully practiced a word. As expected, he heard the announcement of "Congratulations to the host, the wisdom value is 4". At this moment, without Xu Xi's instructions, the system cooperated very cooperatively to lighten the lamp.
The screen appeared in front of her, and the points on it turned into "150" as expected.
"Host, I will check it for you right now. However, because the scope is too large and the age is too far away, it will take me a little longer, maybe a day, maybe a month. You have to be patient and prepare." The system said.
"Well, okay." Xu Xi could understand this. No matter how the system tried to check it, it was not easy to check such old events.
"In addition, if the person cannot be found or is found dead, the points deducted will not be refunded." The system said, and with a "swish" sound, the points on the light screen changed to "0", and the movement was very fast.
Xu Xi didn't even react.
Xu Xi was speechless for a moment: "If you don't retreat, you won't retreat, but you must try your best. If you let me know that you are being cunning, then I will really die. You also know that I keep my word."
"No, no. I also hope that you can get rid of the housework and concentrate on your studies. In addition, if it is as you guessed, you are the daughter of the eldest lady, then aren't you the eldest daughter of the Hou family?
My father’s biological daughter? How can Zhao Ruyu compare with this status? So what if she is admitted to the Capital Women’s Academy? How can an adopted daughter from a foreign concubine compare to you, the eldest daughter-in-law? By then she will be married to a commoner.
What about the second son of Nanhou? You can definitely marry someone better than her."
Xu Xi was speechless again. Who set up this system? How come his mind is full of residual feudal ideas? Do women have to marry? It's boring to compare the status of the married man with the status of the married man. Is it boring for you to cry in a BMW?
Laughing behind a bicycle, who is happier?
"Okay. If you want to think so, just think so." She said helplessly. As long as she can seriously investigate her life experience.
Looking at the light screen that turned into zero eggs, Xu Xi wrote two more words and changed the number into "8" before she washed up and went to sleep. At this time, it was only Xu Shi, which is the modern eight or nine.
At one o'clock, the entire Hou Mansion was completely quiet, and everyone had fallen asleep.
She went to bed early and got up early. Xu Xi slept until she woke up naturally, ran to the old lady to say hello, had breakfast with her, and took a carriage to the academy. She was still half an hour ahead of class time as yesterday.
"Miss Xu, why are you here so early?"
The woman guarding the door was Grandma Jiang and Grandma Tao who were chatting with Xu Xi that day. When Xu Xi came yesterday, she gave them two packs of snacks. Now she was particularly enthusiastic when she saw Xu Xi.
"I came here when I had nothing to do at home. It's quite peaceful to practice calligraphy in the teaching building." Xu Xi said with a smile.
She purposely didn't bring any snacks to these women today. It's not a good habit to form a habit. If you give some occasionally, it's enough to express your gratitude.
When she entered the academy, the classroom was empty, but she was not afraid. She spread out the paper, rubbed the ink, and began to practice calligraphy.
I don’t know how long she had been practicing, but suddenly there was a knock on the door. Xu Xi came back to her senses, looked towards the door, and saw Mrs. Cui standing there.
She quickly put down her pen, stood up, and called out: "Master Cui."
Mrs. Cui walked in, looked at the calligraphy she had practiced, and nodded: "Yesterday, Mrs. Xiao praised your good handwriting. It seems that what she said is true. You have also put in a lot of effort, not bad.
"The serious face became gentle.
"Thank you for your encouragement, Master." Xu Xi saluted.
Seeing Xu Xi's neither arrogant nor impetuous appearance, Mrs. Cui's expression became a little gentler.
"I heard from the lady on patrol that you arrived early, so I came here to find you."
Xu Xi had a puzzled look on his face.
Looking for her? What's the matter?
Mrs. Cui looked outside: "Someone will probably be here soon. Why don't we come to my place to talk?"
"Okay." Xu Xi naturally agreed.
After following Mrs. Cui out of the teaching building, she saw Grandma Yun and Xiaoru standing outside. The group walked forward for a while, and Mrs. Cui took the lead into a courtyard.
There is not just one courtyard here, but a courtyard. There are three courtyards in total, in the shape of a Chinese character. These courtyards are not close to each other, but are separated by several meters.
"This is where Mrs. Chen and I do business." Mrs. Cui took the initiative to explain.
Princess Shangde only came to visit occasionally, and she, Mrs. Chen and others took care of the specific affairs. These places were just for them to work and rest.
After entering the main room, the two of them sat down in order, and a maid immediately served them tea.
"I called you here because you got an A-A on the Four Books and Five Classics test yesterday." Mrs. Cui said straight to the point.
The so-called Jiajia means perfect score.
Seeing that Xu Xi didn't show surprise and seemed to have a plan in mind, Mrs. Cui was slightly surprised, but there was admiration in her eyes.
"Do you know anything about the fact that women can take the imperial examination?" Mrs. Cui asked.
Xu Xi quickly shook his head, stood up and saluted: "Master, please tell me."
When she read the novel, she only knew that the time-travel queen came up with such a system, but she didn't understand the details.
"Do you know how many women took the imperial examination in the past, how many women passed the exam, and what kind of officials they became?" Mrs. Cui asked again.
"Students don't know."
Mrs. Cui nodded and motioned for her to sit down: "I called you here today because I want to tell you that since Queen Shengyao fought against men all over the world to win this opportunity for a woman, there have only been twenty-three women in her life over the years.
The women took part in the imperial examination, and in the end two of them were admitted as scholars, and one of them was admitted as a scholar."
Because the time-travel queen made great contributions to this era, after her death, she was given the posthumous title Shengyao, which means that she was like a holy light shining on the earth.
Xu Xi was surprised: "That's it?" But after thinking about it, he understood.
Changes in traditional concepts do not happen overnight. In modern times, from the Republic of China to the time before her time travel, for hundreds of years, many families in rural areas believed that sending a girl to school would mean losing money, because sooner or later she would belong to someone else's family. This was also because the country had implemented this for nine years
Compulsory education was made mandatory, and every village school-age child was required to go to school. Village officials and schools kept coming to do their work, so those parents who were unwilling to send their girls to school succumbed to reality and had to do it.
In ancient times, the cost of studying was expensive. The Xu family was well off. Xu Yongyi ran a small business, and the family had land that was tenanted, so they reluctantly sent Xu Chongwen to school. Xu Xue wanted to study like Xu Chongwen, so that the Xu family
It is impossible for a couple to love their daughter so much.
So here, those who are able to study will not be allowed to take part in the imperial examination, and they have no motivation to fight; and those from poor families who want to change their destiny through their own efforts cannot even buy pen, ink, paper, inkstones and the "Three Character Classic"
How can I take part in the imperial examination?
Women's colleges seem to provide women with the opportunity to receive education, but in fact, they are just a bargaining chip for women in this era to increase their social status and marry into a good family. Girls from poor families cannot enter, and the fees are even higher.
Chapter completed!