Chapter 7: Madam
Chapter 7: Madam
Inside the waterside pavilion, the young students who had just submitted their papers were staring intently at a white wall. Behind this wall was a room filled with bookshelves.
In the center of the room, there was a black wooden desk where Mr. Shen and Steward Wu stood, reviewing the students’ answers.
After a while, they exchanged a glance and sighed.
“Most of them barely remembered a tenth of it. The better ones probably retained two or three tenths,” Steward Wu said with a bitter smile.
Mr. Shen picked through the stack of papers and pulled out four of them.
“These few managed to remember around forty percent. They’re decent prospects.”
Steward Wu glanced at these answer sheets and nodded, but then sighed. “You’re right, these belong to the three scholars, plus one who’s studied for six or seven years already.”
“That’s to be expected,” Mr. Shen said without surprise. “Besides true prodigies, the more you study, the more you retain. Just from a few years of elementary studies, you learn methods for memorizing text to some degree.”