OBS Chapter 1228 Fame in Xi'an
Chapter 1228 Fame in Xi'an
Chapter 1228 Fame in Xi'an
After Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin completed the admission procedures for Qin Hao and Lu Zhaopeng, they returned to Bailuyuan the next day. On the one hand, they had to go back to take care of the old and young at home, and on the other hand, most fathers and sons have communication barriers. When they are alone together, they often don’t know what to say. Instead of being embarrassed, it is better to go back early.
The next morning, Qin Hao stood in front of the gate of the new school, looking up at the square blue brick gatehouse. The big words "Normal School Affiliated Primary School" on the lintel were shining golden in the sun.
Lu Zhaopeng followed behind him. Both of them were wearing brand new blue cloth gowns and black cloth shoes that their family had specially bought for them. They looked out of place among a group of students wearing Western-style school uniforms.
"Look at those two bumpkins!" A student in a small suit pointed at them and raised his voice deliberately: "It's the Republic of China and they are still wearing long gowns. Could they be the remnants of the Qing Dynasty?"
A burst of laughter broke out all around. Qin Hao frowned, said nothing, and just tightened the bag on his shoulders.
Lu Zhaopeng's face turned red and his fists were clenched tightly.
The dormitory accommodates four people in a room, and Qin Hao and Lu Zhaopeng were assigned to the same room.
The other two roommates were named Zhao Deliang and Li Yiren, both of whom were young masters of prominent families in Xi'an.
Seeing them come in, the two exchanged contemptuous looks and deliberately threw their luggage onto the two beds by the window.
"We've taken both beds." Zhao Deliang said, crossing his legs.
"The country folk can just sleep in the two beds near the door."
Lu Zhaopeng retorted: "Why?"
"Just because my father is the largest grain merchant in Xi'an and his father is the comprador of Henry & Co. in Xi'an, is that enough?" Li Yiren said proudly.
Qin Hao casually threw the luggage on the bed out the door. Zhao Deliang's eyes widened: "How dare you throw my luggage away."
"Oh, it's your luggage. I thought it was unwanted trash, so I kindly threw it out the door for you." Qin Hao said lightly.
"You..." Zhao Deliang stepped forward and was about to grab Qin Hao's collar, but he was pressed against the bed by Qin Hao's backhand.
"You know we are from the countryside. We have been slaughtering pigs and cows since we were young. If I squeeze the necks of chicks like you, they will break."
"Anyway, we are both country folks with only one life left. Rich young masters like you have precious lives. If you don't want to trade with us, then don't mess with us anymore. Do you understand?"
Qin Hao's voice was very soft, but to Zhao Deliang and Li Yiren, it sounded like a thunderclap.
Li Yiren swallowed and nodded subconsciously. Zhao Deliang also quickly relaxed his body and stopped resisting, indicating that he had submitted.
"That's right, relax. When I'm not murderous, I'm easy to get along with. You'll understand after we live together for a long time."
After Qin Hao let go of Zhao Deliang, he put his arm around his shoulder and patted him. The latter rolled his eyes secretly. What does it mean that a person is easy to get along with when he doesn't have murderous intentions? He had already made up his mind to change dormitories later. He didn't want to live with such a person all year round.
While Qin Hao was making the bed, Zhao Deliang and Li Yiren packed their bags and ran away in shame.
"Brother Hao, you still have a solution."
In response to Lu Zhaopeng's compliments, Qin Hao just glanced at him as if he was not very familiar with him. The latter was embarrassed. He didn't know why Qin Hao never had a good face towards him even though he had been classmates with him for several years.
Not long after, Zhao Deliang and Li Yiren returned in shame again. The dormitory management rejected their request on the grounds that there was a shortage of beds in the dormitory and they could not change beds without a valid reason.
Lu Zhaopeng slept exceptionally soundly that night. Everything in the new-style school was extremely new to him, a child who grew up in Bailuyuan. However, Zhao Deliang and Li Yiren were miserable. They tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep. From time to time, they had to glance at Qin Hao and Lu Zhaopeng's beds, fearing that they would get up in the middle of the night and mistake them for chickens.
The morning sun shone on Lu Zhaopeng, who was wearing his newly issued Western-style school uniform, and felt warm all over.
In the classroom, the sound of students playing and fighting could be heard everywhere, but what made Lu Zhaopeng depressed was that none of the students around him talked to him, and the way they looked at him did not seem like they were looking at their classmates, but rather as if they were looking at some strange animal.
Ding-ling-ling, the class bell rang, and a young teacher wearing round-frame glasses walked up to the podium and first introduced himself.
From the teacher's self-introduction, Lu Zhaopeng learned that the other person's surname was Chen and that he had just returned from studying in Japan.
Japan? Study abroad? These were two new terms that Lu Zhaopeng had never heard of before. He memorized them secretly.
After the formal class started, Lu Zhaopeng found that the mathematics taught by Teacher Chen was much more difficult than the one he learned under Mr. Zhu. It was very difficult to understand, but the classmates around him looked normal.
"Can they do all these questions?"
Next, Teacher Chen wrote a few questions on the blackboard, and the students who were called all answered them correctly. This made Lu Zhaopeng a little depressed. He had been a famous prodigy in the area since he was a child. Except for Qin Hao, no one could surpass him in this aspect. He didn't expect that after arriving in Xi'an, these classmates would be so amazing.
"Student Lu Zhaopeng, come up and solve this problem."
When his name was called, Lu Zhaopeng had no choice but to walk up to the podium. However, when he took the chalk, he had no idea how to start writing.
"If you don't have any problem, come down now and don't waste everyone's time." Zhao Deliang shouted sarcastically from below. If it weren't for "these two country bumpkins", he wouldn't have stayed up until almost the early morning before falling asleep.
Teacher Chen patted Lu Zhaopeng on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. Go back to your seat and listen carefully. If you have any questions, you can come to me after class."
Lu Zhaopeng's face turned red as if blood was about to drip out, and he fled back to his seat.
"Country bumpkin, this is not the place for you. Just go back to your countryside." Zhao Deliang, who was sitting behind Lu Zhaopeng, said contemptuously.
Lu Zhaopeng gritted his teeth and glared at the other person: "In less than three months, my math score will definitely be better than yours!"
"Just you?"
As soon as Zhao Deliang finished speaking, Qin Hao was also called to go on stage. Just when he was about to laugh at Qin Hao, he saw that the other party quickly solved the problem.
Teacher Chen praised: "Well, not bad, Qin Hao not only solves the problem quickly, but also writes very well, which is worthy of learning for all students."
Seeing this, Lu Zhaopeng said to Zhao Deliang proudly, "This is what you call a country bumpkin. If nothing else, just this handwriting, you may not be able to catch up even if you practice for ten years."
Zhao Deliang's face turned pale: "Humph, the teacher didn't praise you, why are you so proud?"
The bell rang and after Teacher Chen left, the students walked out in twos and threes.
When Lu Zhaopeng was packing his books, someone touched him lightly from behind. He didn't take it to heart and was about to go find Teacher Chen to ask some questions he didn't understand.
But he found that no matter where he went, the classmates around him looked at him with strange eyes, and some were even laughing.
Lu Zhaopeng looked at his school uniform and found nothing unusual, so he even straightened it out.
At this moment, Zhao Deliang and Li Yiren came over with a few classmates, all with sarcastic looks on their faces.
"Hey, Lu Zhaopeng, why didn't I see it before? You still keep this thing?"
"Tsk tsk, don't tell me, this thing is quite suitable for your status."
"What identity?"
"The remnants of the Qing Dynasty."
Lu Zhaopeng was extremely angry. Seeing that the other party was staring at his back, he immediately reacted, reached out and pulled back, and found that it was a piece of paper with a braid drawn on it that had been pasted on his back at some point.
"You are going too far!"
Zhao Deliang sneered, "Too much? A country bumpkin like you is not worthy of studying here. If you don't leave now, something even more outrageous will happen in the future, and you won't get away with it so easily then."
"And that country bumpkin with you, he was brought up to act like a master because he was scared. Just wait and see, sooner or later I will make you both get out of Xi'an!"
Lu Zhaopeng clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "You are the ones who should get out!"
"Okay, then let's see who leaves first." Zhao Deliang and his companions left after saying this.
……
The first class in the afternoon is physical education.
The physical education teacher brought over a few basketballs. Zhao Deliang and his friends obviously had good basketball skills and they dribbled and shot in one go.
As a result, the physical education teacher passed the basketball to Lu Zhaopeng. He was completely confused and imitated the other students, rushing to the basket with the basketball in both hands. As a result, the ball he threw didn't even touch the basket.
"Haha, you call this shooting? A redneck is a redneck!"
Zhao Deliang's sarcasm and his classmates' mocking eyes made Lu Zhaopeng wish he could find a hole to crawl into.
"What? You're not convinced? Do you dare to have a one-on-one duel between men, using basketball!"
"The one who scores five goals first wins, and the loser calls me grandpa. Do you dare?"
Lu Zhaopeng was so angry that he didn't care whether he could do it or not, and agreed with gritted teeth.
"I'll be the referee!" Li Yiren volunteered.
With Li Yiren's whistle, the game began. Zhou Shichang moved agilely and dribbled the ball quickly. In the first round, he easily passed Lu Zhaopeng and scored a layup.
Lu Zhaopeng couldn't even touch the basketball at all and could only chase after it awkwardly, like a clumsy penguin, causing bursts of laughter from the students around him.
The scores quickly widened to 0:1, 0:2, 0:3. Lu Zhaopeng was panting heavily, and his school uniform was soaked with sweat. For the fourth ball, Zhao Deliang even deliberately dribbled the ball in a fancy way, knocking Lu Zhaopeng to the ground, and then made an easy shot.
"It's 4:0, country bumpkin, just wait and call me grandpa."
Lu Zhaopeng was about to grit his teeth and step forward, but Qin Hao on the side couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
"Do you dare to play with me?"
Zhao Deliang looked at Qin Hao warily. Li Yiren approached him and whispered, "What are you afraid of? This is playing basketball, not fighting. If he commits a foul, I will blow the whistle."
"Okay, but what about him?"
Qin Hao stretched his neck and took off his school uniform jacket: "Let's go with this score. If you score one more goal, we lose."
Zhao Deliang saw that there was such a good thing.
"You said it yourself. If you lose, both of you have to call me grandpa!"
Lu Zhaopeng pulled Qin Hao aside and said, "Brother Hao, this is a bet I made with him. It has nothing to do with you..."
"They are not going to hit you in the face alone, but the faces of all the people in Bailuyuan."
Qin Hao pushed Lu Zhaopeng's hand away and walked in front of Zhao Deliang.
"Is it okay to call me grandpa twice if you lose?"
"Hmph, we'll talk about it after you win."
"That won't do. What if you lose and cheat?"
"Okay, I'll call you grandpa twice if I lose, can we start now?"
Qin Hao opened his hands, signaling Zhao Deliang that he could attack.
Zhao Deliang leaned down, dribbled the ball towards Qin Hao, and was about to shake off the opponent, but his eyes blurred and the next second his right hand slapped the air.
"not good."
By the time Zhao Deliang reacted and turned around to chase him, he could only watch Qin Hao make an easy three-step layup.
"Pretty!"
"What a ball!"
The students watching couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
Li Yiren said to Zhao Deliang with a dark face: "What's wrong with you? He stole the ball so easily."
Zhao Deliang's face turned even uglier, and he shouted at Qin Hao, "Don't be complacent, you only caught up with one point, I can win if I score one more goal."
"Is it my turn to attack now?"
Qin Hao said it lightly.
Zhao Deliang snorted coldly, and then seemed to encourage himself: "I will definitely defend against you."
However, the next second, four three-pointers drew beautiful arcs in the air and went into the net.
"Wow, you hit the target every time!"
"Oh my god, is he a monster?"
Zhao Deliang's face turned pale, and his lips trembled: "This is impossible..."
Li Yiren also dropped the whistle that he had been holding in his mouth. He was ready just now. As long as there was physical contact between the two sides, he would call a foul on Qin Hao. As a result, Qin Hao did not give him this opportunity and ended the battle with four long shots.
Lu Zhaopeng excitedly gave Qin Hao a bear hug, his whole face flushed with excitement.
"You're willing to accept defeat. You can't afford to lose, right?"
Lu Zhaopeng shouted at Zhao Deliang proudly.
"You defeated general, why are you so proud? I didn't lose to you." Zhao Deliang gritted his teeth and walked up to Qin Hao, and was about to call him grandpa.
Qin Hao walked to the sidelines, picked up his coat, glanced at the students watching, and said, "Some people have braids on the back of their heads, while some people have braids in their hearts."
Then he walked away.
This sentence was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirring up ripples. The students looked at each other, some bowed their heads in thought, and some looked ashamed.
Zhao Deliang was so ashamed that he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Soon, Qin Hao's "pigtail theory" spread throughout the primary school affiliated to the Normal School. Not only the students, but even many teachers were in awe of this statement.
"Although this statement is simple, it is like a sharp knife cutting through the heart. The metaphor of the 'pigtail' directly points to the spiritual dilemma of the Chinese people during the transition from the old era to the new era - it is easy to cut off the pigtail behind the head, but it is difficult to cut off the pigtail of slavery in the heart."
With the publication of an editorial in the "Qinfeng Daily", Qin Hao's "pigtail theory" became popular throughout the city of Xi'an, and everyone knew that a ten-year-old boy had made shocking remarks.
Subsequently, another report pushed Qin Hao to the forefront.
"Bai Hao, from Bailu Village, Bailu Original Township, is eleven years old. Last year, he went to the Qing army camp with his uncle, the great scholar Zhu Chenxi from Guanzhong, to persuade Fang Sheng to withdraw."
The people of Xi'an immediately remembered this name. Last year, when the Qing troops were approaching, everyone was in a panic. It was not until the Qing troops retreated that they heard that a Mr. Zhu persuaded Fang Sheng to retreat, thus saving hundreds of thousands of Xi'an people from the war.