"The emperor values heroes, and he teaches his sons by writing. Everything is inferior, but reading is the only one that is superior."
When Zhu Ping'an returned to the school window with a brush and a black board, the old scholar Sun was teaching the children to read this poem to encourage students to learn. It can be seen that ancient private school education had a lot of freedom. Of course, this freedom refers to the Master's
They are free to teach according to their wishes, unlike modern education which is restricted by the syllabus.
The master wanted to instill in children the importance of reading and make them proud of reading, so that they could be determined to study.
The children below did not understand the meaning of the poem, but they all shook their heads and followed the master as he read word for word.
Zhu Ping'an has long memorized this poem to encourage students to learn, and he understands better than these children the meaning of the saying that everything is inferior, only reading is superior. He has hundreds of years of experience and advantage in ancient times, but it is not that big.
As a college student, it is definitely no problem for you to take the elementary school entrance examination, but after you graduate from college, can you still be confident when you are asked to take the college entrance examination? This is the same. The ancient imperial examinations were much more difficult than the college entrance examination and postgraduate entrance examinations. Although I have seen it twice
Luck, but that's it, it's of no use, it doesn't bring any changes to myself, and besides, I can't watch my luck on my own.
Thinking of this, Zhu Ping'an once again placed the black wooden board on the stone, poured the water in the bamboo tube into the groove, and prepared to practice calligraphy. During the imperial examination, calligraphy is so important. This is the first impression on the examiner. Naturally
It's about practicing diligently.
When the old scholar Sun was reading a poem to encourage students to study, he accidentally saw the chubby naughty boy outside the school playing the game of watering stones again. He was really naughty. Alas, even a child of his age in the county town can't do it.
It’s time to learn a lesson, we are really falling behind step by step.
The master sighed endlessly, and felt more and more that these children in the school should be strictly disciplined, so he led the children to read it over and over again.
Outside the school window, Zhu Ping'an picked up his brush, dipped it in water, and practiced the traditional Chinese characters he had recently learned on the black board. He took the trouble to watch his calligraphy twist from twisting and turning to slowly taking shape.
My interest in practicing calligraphy became even stronger.
The day was coming to an end again. Zhu Pingan saw that it was getting late and it was time for the master to assign homework to the children, so he packed up his things, walked through the bamboo forest, picked up the old scalper, and walked down the hillside.
The old scalper was led by Zhu Pingan out to eat grass these days, and his fur was shiny. He also forgave Zhu Pingan for cutting its tail hair, and licked Zhu Pingan's little hand affectionately with his tongue.
Arriving at the foot of the hillside, Zhu Pingan let go of the old scalper and walked slowly to the river where he carried a basket on his back to catch fish.
The stream is clear, and the water surface flows slowly to create a natural rhythm. With bare feet, I walked to the shallow water area just below my calf and lifted the fish basket. As soon as I lifted the fish basket with my hand, I heard the crackling of fish inside.
The sound of his tail hitting the fish basket made water splash onto Zhu Pingan's face.
In the fish basket, there was a yellow catfish that was almost as thick as my own wrist. It was waving its tail angrily in the fish basket. There were also five or six white silver carp that were seven or eight centimeters long in the fish basket, and they were all jumping in the fish basket.
They jumped around, but the exit was too small and there were barbs made of bamboo, so they were helpless.
Don't be angry, you will make your outstanding contribution to enriching our family's dining table.
Seeing that you are jumping so excitedly, let’s braise it. Braised crucian carp is the most delicious.
However, seeing these fish being caught because they were greedy for the bait in the fish basket, I thought about it, wouldn't it be the same reason why I was teased by the shady little loli repeatedly? It was all caused by greed. However, think about it.
If you want delicious chicken legs, soft and crispy snacks, it seems like you are being teased a few times.
I picked up the fish basket, put on my shoes, took away my writing brush and black wooden board, climbed on the back of the cow and went home.
When I got home, dinner was being cooked at home. When I saw Zhu Pingan coming back with this basket of fish, my grandmother gave Zhu Pingan a rare compliment.
"Oh, this catfish is so big, it's good enough for a fish soup." The eldest aunt came out of the house to take a look, with a smile on her face, "Well, the catfish is awesome, I just said the catfish is herding cattle.
It must be good."
After a while, grandma put the fish in the basin, dropped two drops of oil to make the fish spit out the sediment, and then led several daughters-in-law to work on dinner.
Zhu Pingan stood in front of the basin and thought for a while. He happened to see his uncle coming out of the room. He must have heard that there was fish and that he could add meat dishes to dinner. This made his uncle, who had been vegetarian for a few days, look happy.
Zhu Ping'an rolled his eyes, trotted forward, pulled his uncle's sleeves, dragged him to the basin and said.
"Uncle, look how well the little fish swim in the basin, they are so happy." It was a child's tone.
The uncle nodded disapprovingly.
"But grandma said you like to eat fish stew and you'll have to boil them later!"
I looked at my little nephew who was about to burst into tears, and then he saw his sister-in-law, Mrs. Chen, who was looking here after hearing the sound. This sister-in-law is quite fierce, so I can't let her think that I made her cry, otherwise there will be trouble again.
"Okay, okay, don't be sad, uncle won't eat fish stew anymore."
So the uncle said perfunctorily, thinking to himself, a child's mood is like a gust of wind, this will coax him, and let his mother stew the fish later, and wait until the meal is ready, maybe he will forget it, even if he thinks about it,
, no one can say anything.
"Really?" Zhu Ping'an suddenly raised his head and ran to the kitchen and said loudly, "Grandma, grandma! Uncle doesn't want to eat fish soup anymore. I caught the fish, and I want to eat it!"
Outside, the uncle, who was still thinking of fooling his little nephew, was in a mess in the wind.
However, Zhu Ping'an still ignored his grandmother's partiality. Although his uncle had just said that he would not eat fish stew, his grandmother still made fish stew... Fortunately, it was just stewed catfish, and the remaining six small
The silver carp was braised in braised fish, which slightly helped Zhu Ping'an feel more mentally balanced.
I was speechless for a while during dinner. I caught all the fish by myself, even the braised fish. As a result, my grandmother only gave Zhu Pingan a bowl of catfish soup with only one piece of catfish meat in it.
Of the six braised silver carps, one was given to my grandfather and two to my eldest uncle, saying that it was because his eldest uncle had to work hard to study. In the same way, the other one was given to Zhu Pingjun, which made Zhu Ping'an very speechless.
It’s because my master slapped me on the palm while I was sleeping. He worked hard there and I worked hard herding the cows, okay? One of the remaining two pieces was given to the fourth uncle, saying that the fourth uncle’s illness was not cured yet. Uh, I forgot to mention it. I’m at home today.
While clearing the ditch, Fourth Uncle fell ill again, and he said it was hemorrhoids. Can you believe it!!!! Is catfish good for hair? The catfish soup that Grandma gave to Fourth Uncle was filled with large pieces of catfish. Fourth Uncle ate more than
Everyone is nice, and there is nothing wrong with them.
Grandma divided the other half into two halves and gave them to her third uncle and Zhu's father. Zhu's father gave the other half to Zhu Ping'an. Zhu Ping'an gnawed on half a silver carp and looked at Zhu Pingjun who happily gnawed two silver carp.
I have a new understanding of the extent of my grandmother’s partiality.
Next time, I will grill two fish by the river first and then bring the rest back, so as not to eat the fish even after bringing them back.