“Alright, everyone gather!”
The assessment for both Chin Yue and Dai Tu was the last one, so with a loud voice ringing out, everyone’s one-month pre-academy training finally reached its last stage - the branch school.
Following the sound, everyone saw a man with brown short hair, wearing a high-collar blue fan robe, looking to be in his twenties, standing in front of the children.
For the entire pre-academy training class, the Uchiha had arranged five teachers, one main and four assistants. The one who had just served as the judge was one of the four assistants, while the man in front of them was the head of this pre-academy training class.
Uchiha Hachidai, born in the Year of the Leaf 14, 27 years old this year, was the second person Chin Yue had met who appeared in the original work, besides Uchiha Dai Tu, after coming to the Uchiha clan lands.
Soon, the children lined up in five neat rows in the training ground, ten in each row, making a total of fifty.
With the increase in the Uchiha clan’s population in recent years, the number of eligible students each year has also increased, exceeding forty for several consecutive years. This year, it reached a new high of fifty.
Of these, the vast majority would eventually enter the family clan school and receive elite education within the clan, only a small number would be assigned to the village ninja school.
And specifically for this year, the numbers were forty for the clan school and ten for the ninja school.
“The people whose names I call out will be going to study in the village.”
Uchiha Hachidai took out a scroll, looked at the names on it, and read aloud: "Uchiha Chin Yue, Uchiha Yan, Uchiha Yan... Uchiha Dai Tu.”
Ten names were called out, and the ten children who were finally chosen to enter the village school were confirmed.
The ten children chosen were not surprised, because they had already known about it beforehand.
For most Uchiha clan members, sending their children to the clan school to receive elite education within the family has always been the first choice.
And for those who go to the village school, except for those directly descended from the main branch who have special circumstances, families need to talk to the parents of those children, and ultimately the family needs to provide some kind of compensation.
For example, because the Uchiha clan lands are quite far from the Ninja School in the Upper District, the family needs to provide free food and accommodation for children studying in the village. The family residence located in the Upper District has a dedicated dormitory for children studying in the village.
In addition, the family also needs to arrange for special teachers to provide tutoring during vacations to make up for the education lacking in the Ninja School.
Therefore, the children already had a clear idea of where they would be going to school, the announcement was just a formality.——————
Night, the Uchiha residence in the Upper District.
Chin Yue was back home again after a month.
Although the First Branch also had a residence in the clan lands, with a dedicated room for Chin Yue, it was still more familiar to be back in the place where he had always lived.
Maybe because they would be going to school officially tomorrow, or maybe it was to celebrate Chin Yue’s return, or maybe to welcome the children from the clan lands, the house was unusually lively that night.
Many clan members who Chin Yue had met before and those he hadn’t came, the banquet lasted until the ninth hour of the night before finally calming down.
But Chin Yue’s rest time hadn’t come yet.
After most of the guests left, his grandfather, Uchiha Ken Tai, took him to the same room, but this time, it wasn’t just him, his great-grandfather and his grandfather in the room.
His maternal grandfather, Uchiha Sho Ta, his maternal uncle, Uchiha Yo Suke, the security guard, Uchiha Ryoichi, whom he had met at the entrance to the residence, and his training partner, Uchiha Yan, and his companion, Uchiha Yan, who would also be going to the Ninja School together, were all there.
The spacious tatami room became a little crowded with so many people suddenly flooding in.
“Child, come here.”
The old man at the head patted the cushion next to him, gesturing that his place was here.
Uchiha Ken Tai, who had brought Chin Yue in, sat on the right side of the head, followed by Uchiha Ryoichi, and Uchiha Yan and Uchiha Yan.
Across from his grandfather, on the left side of the head, was his maternal grandfather, Uchiha Sho Ta, followed by his maternal uncle, Uchiha Yo Suke.
Sitting next to his great-grandfather, looking at everyone sitting on the left and right sides, Chin Yue couldn’t help but straighten his back, a sense of inexplicable pride surged in his heart.
“Child, you don’t need me to introduce your maternal grandfather and uncle, now let me introduce this uncle to you.”
The old man pointed to the security guard he had met before, and said to Chin Yue: “His name is Ryoichi, he is your father’s friend, and next to him is his child, I should not need to introduce them.”
"Maternal grandfather, maternal uncle, hello, Uncle Ryoichi!"
Chin Yue bowed his head and greeted them one by one.
He certainly knew his maternal grandfather, Uchiha Ken Tai, and his maternal uncle, Uchiha Yo Suke.
The two families were not far apart, and they often visited him, his grandson (nephew). During holidays, especially on his birthday, they always gave him presents.
Uchiha Yo Suke, born in the Year of the Leaf 15, was the son of Uchiha Sho Ta, the older brother of Chin Yue’s mother, Uchiha Tsuki, and the current heir to the Fourth Branch.
As for Uchiha Ryoichi, his great-grandfather said he was a friend of his father whom he had never met, not a member of another branch, so it seems that he was not from another branch.
But why would a member of the main branch be guarding the gate?
Finally, he looked at Uchiha Yan and Uchiha Yan, the siblings. They were obviously seeing such a scene for the first time, and they had been sitting upright and looking very nervous. They only relaxed a little when they saw Chin Yue looking at them and saw a familiar face.
The boy, Uchiha Yan, even winked at Chin Yue, seemingly trying to convey some message, but he didn’t understand.
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