Chapter 1074: Shameless Chapter 1074: Shameless Editor: Atlas Studios Little Treasure looked at the two of them speechlessly.
It was fine if his Second Brother thought this way, but why didn’t the smart Little An notice anything amiss?
He asked, “When Fourth Aunt asked you to make a banner, didn’t anyone object?” The two children shook their heads.
“Why would anyone object?
Everyone was so supportive.
There were even merchants who offered to sponsor us fine silk cloth to make the banners.” No matter how smart and mature Little An was, he had learned the ways of the world from the people around him.
Other than his classmates and teachers, the people he interacted with the most were Mu Yangling and his parents.
Fan Zijin only cared about his homework, while Little Madam Xia only cared about his clothes, food, acmodation, and transportation.
As for the principles of being a person and interacting with others, he was mostly taught by Mu Yangling.
The Dragon Boat Festival in Guangzhou had always been grand.
The academy would have a seven-day holiday every time the festival was held, which meant the break was even longer than the Qingming Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.
This was because every year when the Dragon Boat Festival was held, the various academies would participate.
Little An and the others were still young and could not pete outside the academy.
They could only pete with the other two junior classes in the academy.
At that time, as the magistrate of a prefecture, not only did Fan Zijin have to attend the petitions of the various academies, but he also had to host the dragon boat petitions of various counties and industries.
Coupled with all kinds of government affairs piled together, he did not have the time to care about the children.
When Mu Yangling found out that Tiger Head and Little Lion were participating in the petition, and Little An and Qi Wensu were cheering for them, she had volunteered to help them customize uniforms and banners.
This was the first time Little An and the others had participated in such a petition.
When they saw Mu Yangling e up with all kinds of slogans, they thought that making banners was something everyone was familiar with.
Because they didn’t want to win unfairly, they didn’t let Mu Yangling participate, but they accepted her guidance.
At that time, Little An and the others were still in the most junior class and were only seven years old.
Tiger Head and Little Lion were only six years old, while their classmates were all six or seven years old.
When they heard that their classmates from the Prince’s estate wanted to make a banner, they thought that this trend came from the capital and joined in excitedly.
Hence, it was passed from the junior classes to the more senior classes.
By the time the teachers heard about this, the banner thing had already spread from their academy to the other academies.
As banners had already been set up on both sides of the riverbank, it was impossible for them to stop it.
Such immodest slogans gave that year’s Dragon Boat petition a fiery atmosphere.
However, the merchants were extremely excited.
They went to the various academies one after another, offering to sponsor the expenses needed to make the banners.
They only hoped to advertise their shops or businesses.
Hence, this habit was inexplicably maintained.
In the past two years, banners flew everywhere in Guangzhou’s annual dragon boat petitions.
To this day, the university students in Guangzhou still thought that this was a tradition of Jiangnan petitions.
They even felt that the people of Jiangnan were very confident, but they liked it.
The younger children, on the other hand, thought that this was a tradition practiced during petitions all along.
As the youngest, Little An, Qi Wensu, and the others naturally thought so too.
Therefore, they didn’t think that there was anything wrong with making a banner for Little Bear and the twins.
Wasn’t this perfectly normal?
However, this was indeed not a normal matter.
On the way back, Little Treasure had been explaining to them that they did not have the habit of making banners.
He tried to dissuade them by telling them that this would make people think that they were arrogant and proud.
However, Little An and Qi Wensu, who were already deeply rooted in this idea, refused to agree.
Little An said solemnly, “This is clearly confidence and wonderful expectations.
How can it be called arrogance and pride?” “Then if Little Bear and the twins don’t get first, second, and third place, won’t they be very embarrassed?” “Why would it be embarrassing?” Little An had always accepted the educational idea of celebrating if they achieved a goal.
If they couldn’t achieve it, they would aim for it again.
“If they can’t get first place this time, they can always work harder next time.
If they can’t get first place next time, they can work harder next next time.
As long as they continue to improve, they’ll eventually get it one day.
But if they don’t set ambitious goals first, they won’t work hard and won’t achieve their goal.” Qi Wensu nodded vigorously.
Little An continued, “Tiger Head and the others are determined to be generals.
They can’t be generals now, but once they set this goal, they will work hard to practice martial arts and learn the art of war.
When they are ten years old, they will know more than they knew when they were nine years old.
With a goal in mind, they will advance further.
When they are 11 years old, they will be more capable than when they were ten years old.
They will bee more and more capable every year.
Surely one day, they will bee great generals.” Qi Wensu nodded again.
“It’s just like how Brother Crown Prince is determined to be a good Emperor.
You might not be able to be a good Emperor now, but you’ve been working hard towards this goal, haven’t you?
In that case, you’ll bee more and more capable every year.
One day, you’ll bee a good Emperor.”
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