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Li Jin arrived at the school early, and his master also came after a while.
Master Song looked at Li Jin with admiration and said, “Li Jin, I heard that you saved someone a few days ago.”
Li Jin replied, “By chance.”
Hearing this, Master Song had a better impression of him.
This boy was not arrogant or impetuous with such a great achievement. It showed his good character.
“That Song Dali is from my family, and the child you saved is counted as my grandchild. I should thank you for saving them.”
After hearing the praise, Li Jin didn’t dare to be complacent.
Li Jin said, “This is what any student should do. No matter who the person is, there are two lives involved. The student should do his best to save them.”
Of course, Master Song knew that.
After Song Dali knew Li Jin’s name and address, he heard from Doctor Wu that Li Jin was studying in this town.
Hearing that, Song Dali immediately thought of the Song Yuan in his family.
Anyway, the town was not so big that strangers had no connections with each other.
So, he came to ask, and sure enough, Li Jin was a student of Master Song.
Song Dali recounted Li Jin’s actions of saving people and leaving silently after helping.
“Sure enough, only a master can teach students of such fame and fortune!”
Hearing about the incident, Master Song was quite shocked.
He confirmed with Song Dali again, only then could he believe that the man who did that miracle was really Li Jin.
Master Song said, “You have good character, and I will do my best to teach you in the future. I only hope that you get better in the future and help more people.”
Li Jin thought that Master Song had big expectations of him.
He didn’t have such high ambitions, he just wanted to raise his two cubs well.
Master Song said, “In the future, you can take all the books I have here for copying. I can trust your character.”
“If you have any questions you don’t understand, don’t worry about others, you can come and ask me.”
Hearing this, Li Jin hurriedly thanked him.
After Master Song left, Li Jin took out the pen and paper but did not write anything for a long time.
It turned out that the most important thing in ancient times was a person’s reputation.
If you have a bad reputation, even the people from the same village would despise you, and once your reputation rises, even the scholars would think highly of you.
It suddenly occurred to Li Jin that in this place when several people have the same top score in the imperial examination, then the examiner would choose the most famous one.
Of course, there were exceptions.
For example, Li Jin once heard of an eleven or twelve-year-old child prodigy who participated in the imperial examination.
He could have been ranked first, but the examiner hoped that he would not get swayed by the limelight. So, the examiner suppressed him.
However, this kind of thing also depends on the chief examiner.
If there is an examiner who appreciates a person’s knowledge, then he will even provide some help in the next examination.
The imperial examination was divided into three exams, the county examination, the provisional examination, and the metropolitan examination.
If a person topped all three exams he was called principal graduate or Zhuang Yuan.
While Li Jin was thinking, he suddenly heard Chen Xi Ran’s voice outside talking to the children of Song’s family.
Li Jin thought, when Chen Xi Ran would come in, he would definitely tell the story of the ‘doctor saving mother and son’ in his ears for a long time.
So, Li Jin quickly chose to start copying the text, presumably seeing him working, Chen Xi Ran would not bother him.
But Li Jin was totally wrong.
Hearing the story, Chen Xi Ran was very excited, so he pulled Li Jin to talk about the matter even after seeing him preoccupied.
However, with a friend like Chen Xi Ran, Li Jin’s life was not too boring.
After Master Song gave the lecture in the class, he came over to torture the two of them.
He let Chen Xi Ran go first and then set out a study plan for Li Jin.
“Originally, I thought you had to copy and memorize the text related to the imperial examination till September, but now it seems that copying can be finished by late July.”
After a pause, Master Song continued, “In August, I will teach you to analyze the classic texts written by the previous examiners.”
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