Brother Wen was aroused by his father, and he had no interest in looking at the lanterns. Xie Qian was good to his children. When he was about to go home, he even won a lantern for each of the three little ones.

Brother Wen's depressed mood was swept away. On the way back, he kept looking at the lantern that Jin Sheng carried for him. When he got home, he happily found a place to hang it up.

The Lantern Festival has passed in a lively manner. In the next few days, Wang Hua and the others will still go back to the Hanlin Academy from time to time to check in. Brother Wen and Xie Dou gather together to read Chinese characters every day and complete their homework.

Since Xie Dou had a companion, he was very enthusiastic about studying. Whenever he found a word that Brother Wen didn't know, he would happily explain it.

Later, I saw that Jin Sheng was older than him and could not write yet, so he even volunteered to teach Jin Sheng how to hold a pen and how to write.

Brother Wen sat aside and looked at Xie Dou, a senior brother who was "a good teacher", with great interest.

He counted on his fingers and found that Xie Dou's birthday was in early April. If Jin Sheng could learn how to hold a pen correctly and how to write and draw, he could customize a birthday gift for Xie Dou full of the fragrance of friendship!

Brother Wen had some concerns and set aside some time for Xie Dou to teach him every day. After returning home, he asked Wang Hua to give Jin Sheng some guidance.

Jin Sheng practiced non-stop every night with the brush given to him by Brother Wen, and he would hold it even in his dreams.

As for writing on paper, Jin Sheng was reluctant to do so. He first used a wooden stick to familiarize himself with the strokes on the sand table, and then carefully dipped his brush in water and wrote on the table, for fear of writing too much and making the brush bald.

By the beginning of February, Jin Sheng had mastered the basics of writing, could draw straight lines, and could write his and Brother Wen's names.

Brother Wen is quite satisfied with this progress. As long as Jin Sheng can be trained, whatever he wants to write or draw in the future will be ghostwritten!

Now he also felt Xie Doudou's happiness. Every day, he put his little hands behind his back and acted like a little teacher to supervise Jin Sheng's writing.

In the blink of an eye, in mid-February, another piece of good news came to the family: this time, Mrs. Zhao is really pregnant.

Brother Wen learned that his mother was going to give birth to a second child. He was a little depressed at first, but then he thought about it and thought about it.

The ancients all pursued a family full of children and grandchildren, and they all wanted to have children. It would be better to have one as early as possible. The early twenties is the best period for childbearing. If it is more than ten or twenty years later, you will be an advanced maternal age. It is not good for pregnant women and children.

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Last time when Mr. Yang was pregnant, his mother was still a little disappointed and sentimental, but now she should be happy.

Brother Wen accepted the fact that he was about to have a younger brother or sister, and became more obedient in front of Mr. Zhao.

There were two new members of the family suddenly. Mrs. Cen and her husband were very happy, and even Mr. Wang didn't show his cold face anymore.

Even when playing chess, I never give in to him, and I never play chess with him, only Go with him.

Brother Wen is so angry that he wants to pull out his beard!

Brother Wen lost to his grandfather that day, and went to Xie Qian's house to report on ten days of homework with a depressed look on his face. I didn't expect that not only Xie Qian and Xie Dou were here today, but also a familiar face——

It was Yang Tinghe whom I had met several times.

Yang Ting and Ben were just having tea with Xie Qian. When they learned that the two young ones were coming to Kaimeng during the holiday, they immediately stayed for a while with interest.

He was quite impressed by Brother Wen.

The main reason is that such a young child can understand Go, and it is hard to imagine whether he will be impressed.

Before Brother Wen arrived, Yang Tinghe joked with Xie Qian: "You are quick to act. If you hadn't accepted him as a student first, maybe he would have called me husband."

Xie Qian smiled and said, "If you like him, just ask him to call you as well."

While the two were talking, Brother Wen came over.

Seeing the depressed look on Brother Wen's face, Xie Qian said happily: "What? Did you lose to your grandfather again in chess?"

Brother Wen let out a sigh of relief and strongly condemned his teacher's teasing attitude, which did not understand the students' suffering at all.

Xie Qian said: "That's a coincidence. The Uncle Yang in front of you is the best at playing chess. You can call him 'Sir' to polish him off and ask him to give you some advice."

Brother Wen was a little confused. He had already worshiped Xie Qian as his teacher, could he still worship someone else?

Then he thought that he was still a little kid, not as particular as adults. He was probably like a bunch of teachers in primary schools and a bunch of teachers in middle schools in later generations. Anyway, anyone who could teach him something would just call him sir.

Brother Wen Maliao shouted to Yang Tinghe: "Sir," he looked at Yang Tinghe longingly after shouting, "teach me!"

Yang Tinghe has always had a very calm personality, which is very different from Xie Qian, a social expert who always smiles when meeting people and can chat with everyone he meets.

He never expected that Xie Qian would actually have a shared student.

Facing Brother Wen's sincere look of asking for advice, Yang Tinghe could only respond: "That's okay. When your husband passes your homework, I will play a game of chess with you to test your foundation."

Brother Wen was happy when he heard this, and he and Xie Dou accepted Xie Qian's assessment.

Yang Tinghe was listening on the sidelines. He was already familiar with the rhythm at the age of four, and every time he blurted out a pair, he was very neat. Therefore, his age of enlightenment was much younger than that of ordinary children.

Yang Tinghe was not too surprised when he saw that Brother Wen, although he could not speak long sentences yet, could already pronounce four characters of the Thousand-Character Classic clearly.

He himself tried to take the Juren exam when he was twelve years old, only to realize that not everyone studies at such an early age.

The two boys just learned "Thousand Character Classic", which is not a big deal.

It's just that it's quite interesting to watch the two children secretly lip-syncing each other as reminders from time to time. When his son gets older, he can let them study together, which will definitely be very lively.

Xie Qian's assessment of the two boys was quickly over. He assigned new homework to Brother Wen and asked people to bring the Go chess to Yang Tinghe for guidance to Brother Wen.

Yang Tinghe loved history books, military books and Legalist studies. The part of "Records of Xianzong" he was responsible for compiling could not even be found wrong by Qiu Jun, an encyclopedia of the Ming Dynasty. This shows that he was a person with a very strong logical thinking.

According to historical records, he was a good expert in economics. He later became the chief minister. During his reign, the grain he stocked for the capital could last for several years after his death. Even Emperor Jiajing, who kicked him out of the court, had to admit this.

It's his credit.

As we all know, card and board games most of the time test logical thinking.

For Yang Tinghe, a great university student in the Ming Dynasty, Go was just a simple pastime.

He asked Brother Wen to play first with white, and gave Brother Wen a guided chess game.

After all, Brother Wen is still a child. When he plays chess, he moves one step at a time, so someone who knows a little bit about Go can beat him.

Yang Tinghe helped Brother Wen get a feel for it, and he roughly knew what kind of thinking Brother Wen was lacking. He borrowed a chess book from Xie Qian and taught Brother Wen how to read this thing.

Since Brother Wen is literate, it's easy to do. All he needs to do is teach him to read pictures.

Brother Wen is very eager to learn when he encounters something he is interested in. His eyes are fixed on the position pointed by Yang Tinghe's finger for a moment, for fear of missing any guidance from the master.

When he learns it, he will definitely beat his grandfather to pieces!

Yang Ting and Jiao Wen Geer read a few chess scores. Wen Geer basically understood how to interpret ancient chess scores. He immediately held the chess scores like a treasure and said to his serious teacher Xie Qian: "Can I borrow it?

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Xie Qian said: "If you want to read it, just borrow it back and read it. Your father should have a few books in his study. You can ask him to show them to you when he has time."

Brother Wen has his own ideas: "Gradually! Gradually!"

He has been learning to speak for several months, but he still can't speak complete words such as "step by step" and can only shorten it casually to express what he means.

If it is not a textbook designated by the teacher, he may not be able to understand it after reading it!

Yang Tinghe couldn't help but smile softly when he heard this, rubbed his head and said: "Yes, you should do things step by step, and don't aim too high. When you finish reading, you can ask your father to bring you to my house as a guest, and I will give you a choice then.

Book."

Brother Wen nodded repeatedly after hearing this, indicating that he had remembered it.

I came to the teacher’s house, picked up a Go teacher, and made a lot of money!

You must know that tutoring classes for future generations are not cheap. The most common ones cost thousands of dollars a year. Parents have to work hard to make money, and children have to work hard to practice their skills. It is double hard work!

He, Wang Xiaowen, saved money for his family!

With this little bit of pride in his heart, Brother Wen happily went home holding the chess scores that Yang Tinghe had chosen for him.

After arriving home, he went to Wang Hua specifically to talk about it.

February is here, spring is here, the weather is warm, and Brother Wen has finally ended the arduous test of walking with heavy weights (thick cotton-padded clothes) in winter. He can walk with ease. He loves himself even when the journey is not far.

Walked over.

When Wang Hua saw Brother Wen coming back from Xie's house happily, he couldn't help but pick him up and asked with a smile: "What happy thing happened to you?"

Brother Wen showed Wang Hua the chess score that he had clutched all the way back, and danced happily telling Wang Hua about the time he picked up a Go teacher for nothing.

He couldn't remember who Yang Tinghe was, but Yang Tinghe's son was a great talent who wrote "Rolling Waters of the Yangtze River East", and he must be very powerful himself!

How can such a good teacher teach him how to play chess for free without charging a tutoring fee? How can such a good thing happen in the world? It’s rare to see a child who saves money like him. His father should set off firecrackers to celebrate!

Wang Hua and Brother Wen have been together for a long time, and even Meng Dai Guess can guess what this guy is talking about.

Looking at Brother Wen's beaming expression, Wang Hua felt that this boy didn't know what kind of destiny he was on, so Xie Qian and Yang Tinghe were willing to take the time to give him advice.

Wang Huadao: "Since Uncle Yang is willing to teach you, just study hard."

Brother Wen confidently emphasized the ultimate goal he had set early: "Win Grandfather!"

When Wang Hua heard this, he felt that the grandfather and grandson were very similar. The grandfather did not give in to his grandson at all, and wanted to see him lose chess angrily every day;

Grandpa Ying exhaled and raised his eyebrows.

It's not a bad thing for you to learn how to play chess, as long as you don't go out to play chess with others like his elder brother and forget to go home, and just follow him to learn.

Speaking of Wang Shouren, Wang Hua said with a smile: "Your eldest brother wrote to say that he has set off back to Yuyao to try to get the quota for this year's annual Gong students. I don't know if he can do it."

Originally, Wang Shouren wanted to stay in Jiangxi for another year and a half, but Wang Hua wrote a reply to Wang Shouren during the Chinese New Year.

The main content of the letter is as follows -

"Look at Yang Tinghe, he was elected at the age of twelve. You are already married, why haven't you calmed down to practice your career?"
To be continued...