As the group of people, each with their own thoughts, speculated without confirming anything, the three had already finished their conversation.
Ding Yujing and Yan Xingming glanced at the four people and exchanged a look.
A hint of cunning flashed in their eyes; they weren't going to say anything.
"Ahem~"
Thinking this, Ding Yujing interrupted the four, preparing to begin their formal training.
"Alright, since everyone is here, let's not waste any more time and start directly as planned."
There wasn't much time left, so they had to make good use of it.
"Okay, we'll do whatever you say."
With that, the others nodded in agreement.
Ding Yujing smiled, "Then it's settled, let's just start."
Before they came, he had already discussed with them when they were looking for people.
As it was the first day, according to their thoughts, they all planned to show their individual skills first and understand the situation.
They had stated the difficult parts upfront, saying that if it didn't work out, they might not be able to teach them.
However, Ding Yujing didn't take any of this to heart, as in his eyes, with Qiu Xi's abilities, these were not issues.
"Xingming, you're in charge here, why don't you go first?"
Ding Yujing looked at the people beside him and then at Yan Xingming.
He estimated that if he didn't speak, none of them would step forward to talk.
Upon hearing this, Yan Xingming merely shifted his gaze slightly, showing no outward reaction.
"I'll stay until the end."
Ding Yujing glanced around and understood.
Given Xingming's abilities and requirements, the questions were likely to be quite challenging, so it was indeed more appropriate to put him last.
However, everyone's areas of expertise were different, so this could be slightly overlooked.
But since people had spoken, they would proceed as decided.
So Ding Yujing turned to look at the people beside him.
Yuan Qing, who was the first to receive his gaze, looked left and right, and instinctively said, "Then how about... we go first?"
"Sure, then we'll go first."
Thus, Qiu Xi watched as her teachers, right in front of her, decided the order of her upcoming training.
Two minutes later.
Qiu Xi, holding the paper and pen handed to her by Teacher Ding, sat at a desk that had been prepared earlier.
The teachers sat about three to five meters away, watching.
Yuan Qing and the others discussed, and Li Yunxi was the first to step forward.
Her voice was gentle, and she held several sheets of paper in her hand, "My test is very simple, probably the simplest among us."
Qiu Xi looked up, did not reply to Teacher Li's words, but obediently nodded and stepped forward to take the papers.
Following her usual habit, as soon as Qiu Xi received the questions, she quickly scanned them from beginning to end.
"..."
Fortunately, she hadn't forced herself to respond earlier, or she would be facing humiliation now.
This "simple" from Teacher Li was clearly her standard, judging by the current difficulty.
If this level of simplicity was already this challenging, then what kind of questions would there be if they weren't simple...
Looking at these questions...
Simpler ones, like this vinegar jar, carbon emissions...
Towards the end, the difficulty became apparent, such as this "scar literature," (Confucian) filial piety...
The academic knowledge involved was truly vast, and there were many Qiu Xi herself was not sure about.
Time ticked by, and Qiu Xi truly had to race against the clock to barely finish the questions.
Taking a deep breath, Qiu Xi picked up the papers, "Teacher Li, I'm done."
Li Yunxi took the papers, "Yes, thank you for your hard work."
"Thank you for your trouble, teacher."
Saying this, Qiu Xi sat back down.
At this moment, Jin Qiong followed and stepped forward.
"Little student, how is it? Do you want to rest for a bit?"
She had seen Yunxi's questions and knew that for a student who had only been exposed to undergraduate textbook knowledge, it was absolutely impossible to answer them all.
She just didn't know how many of them this child had answered.
Qiu Xi looked at the teacher who asked straightforwardly and felt her heart tighten again.
This... shouldn't be too difficult... right?
Sighing silently in her heart, Qiu Xi shook her head.
"Teacher Jin, I'm alright, let's continue."
Jin Qiong smiled, her voice quite bright, "Okay, since that's the case, let's continue."
"Mine is not difficult either, here you go, take a look first."
"After you've read it, you'll first introduce and elaborate on it, including your own critical commentary."
"After that's finished, we'll have a free talk, and that will conclude my test."
Qiu Xi, "..."
How is this not difficult... it's clearly very difficult...
For one presentation, she had to provide critical commentary, she couldn't possibly just write a superficial piece devoid of thought, right?
And this free talk, isn't it just like a spoken exam, chatting with the teacher...
As for the difficulty of the essay and the oral practice, Qiu Xi immediately thought of what Teacher Ding had introduced earlier, saying that Teacher Jin studied interpretation and had been a top player in diplomacy...
So, those two words from Teacher Jin just now... "not difficult"... now suddenly became difficult for Qiu Xi.
She hadn't even looked at the short essay yet, and she was already stumped...
"???"
Can anyone tell her how this is a short essay after only two sentences?
Looking at these two lines, "The tea village in West Lake... Looking at this scene, what can you say?"
"..."
Perhaps her name should be "speechless" right now...
She didn't know if others had anything to say at first glance, but she certainly had nothing to say...