Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 142 Summoning

Zhao Xiaocui and the others looked at her in astonishment: "You can read too?"

Xiao Xiang laughed happily, "Song Ying has already taught Yan Xing and me to recognize our names. Well, I know all three of our names! There's only one character difference between your name and mine, so of course I can guess it!"

Zhao Xiaocui was a little surprised. "When did I teach you? You guys are really tight-lipped. We are together every day, and I haven't seen you reveal anything."

"I have only learned a few words, how can I show off?" Xiaoxiang said this modestly, but her face looked very proud.

Now, leaving Xu Yuzhi aside, she is the girl who knows the most words!

The girl's handwriting was relatively simple, with only two or three characters, so Song Ying finished teaching her quickly.

After looking at the way everyone's names were written, Luo Yanxing couldn't help but mutter, "Why are your names so simple? I kind of regret it. I shouldn't have chosen this name. It sounds nice, but the character '雁' has too many strokes!"

Song Ying said angrily, “They will have to learn other characters in the future, including the ‘goose’ in your name.

Besides, is this difficult? There are even more complicated characters. "

When she and Xiaoxiang were taught to recognize their names, Xiaoxiang mastered them quickly, but she always got them wrong. Later, Xiaoxiang could even write the three words "Luo Yanxing", but she still got them wrong from time to time.

Song Ying had to admit that there are differences in talent when it comes to reading and writing.

The girls were having so much fun that while they were memorizing their own names, they were also looking at how other people's names were written. Those with good memory helped correct others who had remembered them wrong.

The breeze blew, the pine needles rustled, and the girls' laughter echoed through the woods.

The time of concentration always passes quickly, and before I knew it, half an hour had passed.

Song Ying stood up and said to Xu Yulan, "Let's stop here for today. We have to collect firewood quickly.

Before you came, we discussed that I would teach you in the village from tomorrow, so you don’t have to climb the mountain. We will collect enough firewood as soon as possible and learn to read peacefully. "

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, especially in the afternoon, and the sun was very uncomfortable. Xu Yulan was happy not to have to go up the mountain under the scorching sun, so she readily agreed.

The girls breathed a sigh of relief.

On May 17, Yuan Qing once again walked into the education office.

This time, the servant in charge took him directly to Wu Tixue's study.

Wu Tixue was sitting at his desk, flipping through something. When he heard footsteps, he looked up and pointed to the chair below him, saying, "Sit down for a while. Someone, bring the tea."

Soon a servant came in to serve tea. The teacup with blue and white patterns was very delicate. Yuan Qing picked up the teacup and was lost in thought in the rising hot steam.

This time he came to the Ministry of Education because he was summoned by Wu Tixue, but he didn't understand why Wu Tixue summoned him.

He was just an ordinary schoolboy. Even if the case of the three fugitives had been resolved, there was no need for Wu Tixue to summon him from afar.

Besides, in that incident, he was just a guide, and it was Song Ying and others who actually discovered the whereabouts of the three fugitives.

Soon, Wu Tixue closed the paper and asked him, "How is your study these days?"

Yuan Qing stood up and said respectfully, "I have studied hard day and night and I dare not slack off."

Wu Tixue nodded and began to examine his homework: "The human heart is dangerous, the heart of Tao is subtle, only the essence and the unity can be achieved, and one must hold to the middle. What is the meaning of this sentence?"

This sentence comes from the Book of Documents. It is the 16-character Confucian secret message advocated by Neo-Confucianism, which fully expresses the learning of ancient kings and the teachings of sages.

Yuan Qing thought without hesitation: "Zhu Zi said: Even the wisest cannot be without human heart, and everyone has this nature, so even the stupidest cannot be without the heart of Tao..."

Wu Tixue smiled and said jokingly, "Hasn't he only read The Great Learning and only had a rough understanding of The Analects? How come in just half a month, he has finished reading The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius and has already learned The Book of History?"

Yuan Qing replied: "I have only read it aloud, and I only have a partial understanding of it. It cannot be considered as having read it completely."

"You are quite patient," Wu Tixue praised him, and then asked, "Do you have any recent articles?"

Yuan Qing's mind moved, could it be that this was going to...

He immediately stepped forward, borrowed pen and ink from Wu Tixue, and wrote down the best contemporary essay he had written in the past two days.

Wu Tixue watched him finish writing, and after a while he said, "The outline is there. He has only studied classics for half a month, but he can write such an article. It's not bad."

What I mean is that the article is still not good.

Yuan Qing felt a little disappointed, and then heard Wu Tixue say, "It's about the same as the other people's three or four years of skills."

Yuan Qing was delighted, and all the disappointment he had just felt was gone.

"Have you thought about which scripture you will take as your main scripture?" Wu Tixue asked again, as if he had summoned him suddenly this time just to show concern for his studies.

There are five classics: Book of Songs, Book of History, Book of Rites, Book of Changes, and Spring and Autumn Annals. During the imperial examinations, scholars only needed to be proficient in one of them.

Generally speaking, the students would study whatever classics the teacher taught. Jiahu Academy was newly built, and students were recruited from all over the place. Those who had already started studying classics had all the options available.

However, most of the disciples like Yuan Qing who had not yet started studying the classics planned to choose the Book of Songs or the Book of Rites, because the lecturer He Guang was good at the Book of Songs and the dean Shen Tingzhao was good at the Book of Rites.

Looking at Wu Tixue, Yuan Qing couldn't help but think of Wu Tixue's original book - Shangshu. In the spring examination that year, he was the top of the five classics in Shangshu. Looking at the whole Daqian, he could be said to be a famous scholar in Shangshu.

Thinking of this, Yuan Qing said, "I want to learn Shangshu as my main scripture, but I have no teacher to teach me."

Wu Tixue pondered for a moment and said, "There are not many people in Jinchuan who can handle Shangshu. If you really take Shangshu as your main scripture, you can ask me if you don't understand something."

really!

Yuan Qing was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Wu Tixue, saying, "Disciple Yuan Qing, I pay my respects to you, sir. I will not bother you again in the future."

Wu Tixue was very satisfied. When he first met him, he felt that Yuan Qing had a solid foundation and was a down-to-earth person. However, the last time they met, he gave him a big surprise. In just half a month, he had made great progress. When he met him today, he had already begun to understand the basics of contemporary writing.

This boy is extremely talented. Given time, he will become a great man!

After the master-disciple relationship was established, Wu Tixue's attitude became more cordial. Speaking of the three fugitives, "The identities of the three have been verified, and people from Southern Yunnan Province are on their way. After a few days, they will escort them out of the city.

This time, you have performed a great deed, especially your three neighbors, you deserve a reward..."

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It was a hot summer day and the heat was rising. Even though there were pine trees to block the view, Song Ying still felt very hot.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead and sat down with her back against a pine tree. The weather was getting hotter and hotter. She couldn't come to the mountain so early in the future. She should at least wait until the sun goes down a little. Or, she should really follow the example of the Xu family and chop wood more easily.

While she was thinking, she heard the rustling of pine needles being stepped on. Naturally, she thought it was Luo Yanxing and the others, and said without turning her head, "It's so hot. Let's go up the mountain later next time."

"It's such a hot day, we should really come out later." A somewhat familiar male voice sounded.