Next comes the highlight that the Lin family has been preparing for a long time, which is to present six gift bundles according to the etiquette, which means tuition.
You can see the teacher's temperament here. If you like a lively and luxurious teacher, Liulizhu is a nickname, just like four dishes and one soup for a certain period of time - Mr. Lin's twenty cars
Gold and silver property can be pushed up, but Mr. Yangming likes simplicity and requires strict compliance with ancient rituals. So under normal circumstances, the six rituals are six things:
Celery, lotus seeds, red beans, dates, longan, and finally ten strips of bacon.
These six things are not based on the taste of the teacher, but each has its own meaning.
Celery is a homophone, so I hope teachers will educate diligently.
Lotus seeds are hard-working, and I hope the teachers will work hard to cultivate them.
The homophone of red bean means good luck to the teacher.
The homophone of jujube is to encourage students to go to high school as early as possible.
The homophony of longan means: I hope the teacher’s education will be successful as soon as possible.
The last ten sticks of dried lean meat were from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This was the real tuition fee. Students not only had to provide meat and vegetables for the teacher, but also had to carry rice to the teacher every month.
At this time, it is basically free to watch the ceremony. There are quite a lot of scholars who came to watch today, and there are also some who are envious and jealous among these people. This is indeed the case. Why can you, Lin Fengjin, worship into Yang as soon as you come?
Are you a disciple of Zhenren Ming and not me? Why can you directly become an ordinary disciple without observing or entering the outer sect?
So when people with these thoughts gather together, they will inevitably whisper:
"What ancient rituals do these country people know?"
"Can you pronounce the word "shu"?
"Look at how embarrassed this nouveau riche is. He came here with twenty carts of property. The smell of copper has turned the entire school of Xinxue into a sour one!"
"I think this businessman really knows how to get a handful of celery that smells like manure."
"What a great gift, it will definitely be defeated by the tackiness of this stinking family!"
How could Mr. Lin care about the sound of these flies flapping their wings at this time? He waved his hand with great satisfaction, and the six beautiful young maids who had been waiting outside filed forward, with the trays in their hands shining with golden light.
After opening the red silk on top, the contents inside were even more astonishing.
The first gold plate that was opened was indeed celery, but it was actually three celery plants carved from fine gold jadeite! It was so lifelike, and the three celery plants could be picked and placed separately, which can be said to be an ingenious workmanship.
The second golden plate was opened. People with advanced cultivations such as Mr. Hai and Lu Jiuyuan sensed the aura on it and couldn't help but said "Hmm" in surprise. Needless to say, Lin Feng said there were lotus seeds on it.
I wanted to give the old man some information, but the old man took out the Black Lotus Pill and showed his face, and put three of them in. It can be regarded as a lotus seed.
The third golden plate was opened, and the red beans inside were bright red and lovely. They were actually red agates of equal size. The craftsmanship was exquisite and lifelike.
The fourth golden plate was opened, revealing a box of jujubes carved from the finest Hetian jade.
The fifth golden plate was opened. The longans inside were as smooth as jade, and the branches and leaves were just like that. However, a skilled craftsman was asked to use gold to carefully create the branches, leaves, and fruit holders. As a result, the body of the longans was made of more than a dozen pieces.
A large pearl that shimmered faintly was inlaid on it.
The sixth golden plate was opened, and the rest of the people sighed in unison, because they really saw ten strips of bacon.
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After enduring the previous visual shock, it was indeed a bit uncomfortable to suddenly return to normal.
But Mr. Hai took a closer look and suddenly lost his voice:
"What's that big buck?"
It turns out that there is a straw rope tied to the top of the ten pieces of bacon for easy lifting. At this time, merchants also had a habit. For example, if several pieces of bacon were to be put together, they would rub the straw ropes on the bacon together and stuff them into the coins.
Tie a knot in the hole so that the copper coin can be used as a temporary handguard for easy carrying.
At this time, the ten straw ropes on the bacon were rubbed together and stuffed in the center of the square hole of a big coin. The sun had already come out at this time. Under the sunlight, the big coin looked a little golden except that there was nothing there.
What's so strange? But I don't know why. If I look at it a few times, it seems that there is smoke hovering above it, but if I look closely, the smoke has disappeared.
"The moon in the sea has tears, and the Lantian sun-warm coin produces smoke." Mr. Lan said in surprise: "Could this be a Lantian coin?"
"The moon in the sea sheds tears, and the warm sun in Lantian produces smoke." These two lines of poetry were written by Li Chun, a master of weapon refinement, to distinguish two very precious materials for making tools, the pearls in the sea and the sun and moon coins.
In the former, under the bright moonlight, crystal dew will appear on the surface of the pearl, so it is called beads with tears. After all the evil spirits in the sun and moon money have been eliminated, it is also called Lantian money.
The way to identify it is to emit a faint smoke under the sun. Because the person who first discovered this identification method was called Li Lantian, it is also called Lantian Money.
To be honest, the amount of Lantian money in existence is not small, but its demand is greater! Therefore, after the sun and moon money transforms into Lantian money, it is almost immediately used to cast magical weapons.
, very few can be preserved and seen by others. Most of the people present saw it for the first time and couldn't help but marvel.
In addition, under the pad of each gold tray is a piece of paper.
The content above is slightly different, but the format is the same:
On a certain year, month, and day, someone voluntarily sold a woman (a certain family name), age, characteristics, and into a slave.
Make this deed.
Signature of the official/signature of the middleman/signature of both the buyer and the seller.
There are six pieces of this paper in total, which are the deeds of sale of the six beautiful maids on the tray.
The Lin family's apprenticeship ceremony can be said to be simple, and is carried out strictly in accordance with ancient rituals. However, it is so luxurious and expensive that to be honest, the value of the apprenticeship ceremony in the history of Donglin Academy can also be ranked in the top ten.
To be honest, such a thick gift was a bit enviable in the hearts of many great scholars who were present at the ceremony. Disciples like Lin Fengjin came with the reputation of "Wind and Rain", their families were rich, and they respected their teachers very much.
I don’t know how much respect I have in my heart, but at least I’m polite!
Some people are even upset that they should have taken Lin Fengjin into their pocket as early as March and April. Why did they consider so much? A piece of fat fell into Wang Yangming's mouth in vain.
Facing such a generous gift, Wang Xunzhi was really a little uneasy and couldn't help but send a message:
"Isn't father too expensive?"
Mr. Yangming, however, accepted it calmly with a smile, and quietly responded to him:
"In the past, Qiu Shan offered half of the family wealth as a bundle, and someone accepted it. Today, Lin Fengjin offered half of the family wealth as a bundle. Why can't someone accept it?"
Qiu Shan is Wen Qiu Shan. He is now the most proud disciple of Mr. Yang Ming. Because all the disciples who can keep pace with him have died. This man's family was very poor back then and only had a small half basket of sweet potatoes, but he managed to survive with five
Wen Qiushan brought it with him for the apprenticeship ceremony. So Mr. Yangming said that Wen Qiushan used half of his family property to make the bundle.
Wang Xunzhi was at a loss for an answer. Mr. Yangming asked again:
"When the two students Wen Qiushan and Lin Fengjin entered the school, they both took half of their family property as gifts. Who do you think is more sincere?"
Wang Xunzhi smiled bitterly and could not answer.
Mr. Yangming finally said calmly:
"The student respects me with the attitude and intention of respecting his father, and I will educate him the same way I treat my children and grandchildren. Having a clear conscience is the foundation of our sect. After all, your cultivation is still one level behind."
At this time, after the students had finished giving gifts to the teacher, according to common sense, the teacher also had to return the gifts to the students. Everyone was eagerly watching what Mr. Yangming would give in return, but they were disappointed. It was just an ordinary set of four treasures of the study.
That's all, showing a calm demeanor.
After the ceremony, the teacher wanted to say a few words of encouragement, but they were mostly the same.
But just when everyone thought the apprenticeship ceremony was over, Lin Fengjin suddenly knelt down and said sincerely:
"Master, Mr. Jiuyuan once saved my disciple's life, and no matter what, the disciple also learned his unique moves unintentionally. More importantly, I still owe something to Mr. Jiuyuan (referring to Lin Fengjin)
After killing his close disciple Sun Helin), can the disciple become a registered disciple of Mr. Jiuyuan?"
As soon as Lin Fengjin said these words, everyone was in an uproar. Although there is no conflict between disciples and registered disciples, it actually depends on the person. Especially whether the arrogant Mr. Jiuyuan will tolerate himself being used as a spare tire.
?Will Lin Fengjin anger Mr. Yangming by doing this?
Of course, no one except the person involved knew that Lin Fengjin’s behavior was actually inspired by Mr. Yangming. A good teacher knows how to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. Of course, Mr. Yangming could see that behind Lin Fengjin’s seemingly gentle and elegant demeanor
, in fact, it contains a very fierce unruliness.
This kind of unruliness and the sharp edge of Lu Jiuyuan's swordsmanship are a perfect match.
That's why Mr. Yangming gave this instruction. However, Lu Jiuyuan himself didn't know about it. Based on Mr. Yangming's understanding of this old friend and his weird personality, the chance of agreeing is probably less than 10%.
30%. However, after Lu Jiuyuan refused, Mr. Yangming planned to take a step back and ask him to point out Lin Fengjin's Seven Kingdoms Sword. This must be something he couldn't refuse.
Faced with Lin Fengjin's request, Mr. Yangming nodded with a smile and looked at his old friend. Lu Jiuyuan was obviously a little surprised, but he immediately fell into silence. This was obviously news. It seemed that he was considering whether to
Agree? Of course, it is also very possible that you are thinking about how to refuse this request gracefully in this situation.