After thinking about this, she found Fu Yu the next day and told her about this, "Miss Fu, can I practice calligraphy with you?"
"Do you want to read?"
Fu Yu was a little surprised when she heard Ye Chuqiu's words. These days, there are many people who want to study and practice calligraphy, but she has never seen an old lady who wants to study and practice calligraphy.
"I used to recognize some words, but after living in the countryside for so many years, I forgot some of them, so I thought about getting familiar with them again."
Ye Chuqiu said: "Anyway, during our escape, apart from guarding against some dangers, the rest of the time was wasted. We might as well use it to practice calligraphy. Of course, if you teach me, I will not accept it in vain. Two meals a day."
, how about I cover it?”
Fu Yu looked at Ye Chuqiu, wondering if she really wanted to learn calligraphy from her, or if she just wanted to take care of her face and give her better charity, so she made an excuse to learn calligraphy.
Of course, she didn't ask. No matter what, they always meant well, so she nodded and agreed.
"However, Granny Ye, everything we brought with us was robbed during our escape this time, including the pens, ink, paper, inkstones and books." Fu Yu added.
"It doesn't matter, let's just take a branch and make signs on the ground."
Ye Chuqiu said, found a branch, sharpened it with a hatchet, and handed it to Fu Yu, "Just use this to write."
"Then what words do you want to learn?" Fu Yu asked.
"You just start by writing about the dark and yellow sky and the earth, and the vastness of the universe, and then just follow the Thousand-Character Essay and write it all the way down." Ye Chuqiu said.
"OK."
Fu Yu nodded, started making gestures on the ground, and quickly wrote eight words.
Ye Chuqiu nodded secretly at the side. These words were similar to the traditional Chinese characters she had used in her previous life. Some of them might be different, but as long as she paid attention, she could remember them quickly.
"Grandma Ye, would you like to try?"
After Fu Yu finished writing, he handed the branch to Ye Chuqiu. Ye Chuqiu quickly started making gestures, and not long after, several neat words appeared on the ground.
Fu Yu was dumbfounded, and Fu Tong and Xiao Cui on the side also felt strange, because Ye Chuqiu's handwriting was no worse than Fu Yu's.
Of course, this refers to the characters drawn on the ground with branches. If it were really writing calligraphy, Ye Chuqiu would definitely not be as good as Fu Yu.
"Grandma Ye, are you really illiterate?" Fu Tong couldn't help but ask.
"I used to know two words, but after living in the country for a long time, I can't remember many words. I'll find your sister and learn them again." Ye Chuqiu said again.
"Oh." Fu Tong nodded, still a little confused.
However, Fu Yu finally understood that Granny Ye must be literate. She just wanted to take care of her own face and did not want to treat herself with the word charity, so she made an excuse to learn calligraphy from her.
If this is the case, then you should also be careful, so that Grandma Ye's hard work will not be in vain.
In fact, when it comes to the characters here, Ye Chuqiu really doesn't recognize a lot of them. The original owner said in the past that she knew a few characters, but she could only write her own name and copy two acid poems. That was the result of the former young master Xingzhi
Whatever happened, he taught her.
Just like that, she was allowed to brag in the village that she could write and do math.
Anyway, not many people in the village can read, and no one will expose her. Of course, compared to ordinary villagers who are completely illiterate, she is indeed top-notch in the village.
But Ye Chuqiu is different from the original owner. She has a long life ahead of her. She doesn’t want to be illiterate. It just so happens that Miss Fu is here. She can learn from her. Moreover, she has experience in her previous life. In addition, many Chinese characters nowadays are the same as those in her previous life.
The words are almost the same, so she learns them quickly.
Another thing is, if you learn calligraphy from Miss Fu, you can ride in Miss Fu's carriage. The carriage is still more comfortable than the ox-cart. Although Miss Fu's carriage has been looted, at least the carriage has a roof on the head to block the sun.
The seats are sewn with cushions, making them much more comfortable than bullock carts.
Lin Dahu and the others had no objections to Ye Chuqiu's practice of calligraphy with Miss Fu, and they did not dare to have any objections.
Just like this, a few days passed in the blink of an eye, and the refugees became more and more dense again. Ye Chuqiu knew that they were going to a new city soon.
To be honest, if it were not for the company of these children, Ye Chuqiu felt that he might go crazy in this wilderness and loneliness.
It's not like now. Although the conditions are difficult, she can occasionally tease a few children and talk to Miss Fu and others along the way, which is how she got over.
Miss Fu felt very uncomfortable because she had never been so slovenly. She had never taken a bath since she was rescued by Ye Chuqiu. Occasionally, she could find some streams on the road, but due to the drought, the water resources were too small.
Too rare.
Generally, wherever there is water, there will be a lot of refugees gathered, and everyone has to grab water to drink. However, Lin Dahu and the others are physically strong, so they are not necessarily losing when it comes to grabbing water.
Miss Fu and the others also benefited from it. Otherwise, just by relying on Xiao Cui, Xiao Sun and the coachman beside her, they would definitely be bullied.
At first, she thought the water was dirty, but later on, it was nice to have something to drink.
She likes to drink the water that Ye Chuqiu gave her the most. The water that Ye Chuqiu handed her was very clean at first glance, and there was no strange smell when she drank it. However, Ye Chuqiu had to wait for her mouth to become dry every time before drinking it.
She would give her some water, so every time she taught Ye Chuqiu, she was very serious.
Ye Chuqiu took a basin with some mud in it. Each time they used branches to write on the mud, and then smoothed it out. It was very convenient and could be learned while sitting in a carriage.
At first, Fu Yu just taught Ye Chuqiu to recognize some characters. Later, she couldn't remember other uncommon characters for a while, so he started to teach her the poems and essays at that time, and then mentioned the uncommon characters in the poems and essays.
Come out and let Ye Chuqiu learn.
In this way, she had fun teaching, and Ye Chuqiu also learned about some of the current culture.
Books such as The Analects of Confucius, The Great Learning, and The Doctrine of the Mean that existed in the previous life are all available in this Dayue Dynasty, but many of the familiar literati from the history of the previous life are missing.
Ye Chuqiu asked Fu Yu, Li Bai, Du Fu, Li Shangyin, Du Mu and others, but Fu Yu had never heard of any of them, and Ye Chuqiu had never heard of the poems she taught Ye Chuqiu.
This discovery made Ye Chuqiu very happy at first, as it made her job as a copywriter easier.
But then, she thought, she was just an ordinary old lady, and she couldn't enter the imperial examination. She just knew how to recite poems, so what's the use?
Can you get rich if you can recite poems correctly?
Let’s not talk about others, let’s talk about Du Fu. Such a great poet, but he was depressed throughout his life. He was even more miserable in his later years, and was even bullied by the naughty children next door.
This is a truly knowledgeable person. For someone like her who doesn't have a lot of money in her belly, it's better to forget about it and think about her farming plan. Knowledge is just the icing on the cake.