In a farming society with underdeveloped productivity, writing is a cultural inheritance reserved only for the upper class. It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to learn to read. What's more, the writing in Tianyuan State is also a complex stroke pattern, not letters.
It is very difficult to learn.
It was obviously not possible to be self-taught. Yin Ruxing tried to find a few books on the shelf and read them. It was like the sky, clouds and mountains were covered with mist. Then she began to inquire whether there were any literate maids in Su Lei's courtyard.
The answer was very frustrating. Not even half of it. Not only did the maids not have any, but even the few servants living in the front yard were illiterate. Yin Ruxing was depressed. The promotion of writing here was even more backward than she thought. Thinking back later
After reading about Dream of Red Mansions, I feel calm again. It seems that there are not many maids there who are literate. Even our young lady Wang Xifeng was illiterate when she was in her parents' family.
Fortunately, Yin Ruxing was lucky. After working as a second-class maid for ten days, Su Lei, who left early and returned late every day, set foot in the room for the first time. Yin Ruxing quickly closed the book in his hand, stood up and saluted: "Second Master." He felt a little uneasy.
Su Lei glanced at her: "Don't you know you can't just look through the things in the room?"
Yin Ruxing Nuonuo replied: "This slave has never heard of this rule." She deliberately took advantage of it. Zisu did not specifically say not to read it. Because except for those who are curious at first, no illiterate people will read it every day.
I can't understand it at all.
There was no anger on Su Lei's face, so he took out the book in her hand and turned it over: ""The Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers", what, do you understand it?"
Yin Ruxing shook her head: "I don't know the words here. I'm looking at the pictures here." In fact, she was guessing some of the words based on the pictures.
Su Lei had an inscrutable expression on his face: "Well, there are several pictures here. Since you don't know the words, can you tell where the pictures are?"
Yin Ruxing said: "Chen Wu told me about some of Tianyuan's topography. I can guess some of them."
Su Lei walked to the back of the case and sat down, beckoning her to come closer: "Tell me, what places have you guessed?"
Yin Ru walked over, bent down and flipped through a few pages, and found a painting. The painting was of a turbulent river between two mountain peaks: "This is about the Mianjiang River. With the Mianjiang River as the boundary, the Izumo Mountains are divided into two parts: the east and the east."
Clouds and clouds in the west."
"Is there any more?" A voice that could not tell whether he was happy or angry came from his ears.
What a stingy man, he didn't even say what was right or wrong. Yin Ruxing slandered a few words and continued searching. He flipped through a few more pages: "I remember Chen Wu once said that both the sacrificial site and the blessing site are close to the sea. What is painted here should be
.I just don’t know whether to offer sacrifices or blessings.”
The slender fingers fell on it, and a faint voice came: "If you can see Donghuan Island across the sea, it is a sacrificial place."
"Oh? These three characters are Donghuandao?" Yin Ruxing was overjoyed and pointed at the three characters eagerly. She was so busy that she didn't notice that her fingertips brushed the other person's fingers: "What is Dong?"
, what is Huan?"
The voice next to my ears suddenly deepened: "East, refers to the east of the southeast, northwest and northwest. ~ Huan, refers to the huan of the universe."
Yin Ruxing quickly memorized it silently and pointed to another word: "This is the sacrifice to the place of worship?"
"Yes." Su Lei replied hoarsely.
Yin Ruxing was startled by his voice. She raised her head suddenly and realized that she was too close to Su Lei. Their sleeves were close to each other. She could clearly smell the faint smell of sweat on his body. She
He hurriedly took a step back and clearly saw the flames in Su Lei's eyes.
She was not unfamiliar with this kind of flame. Yin Ruxing turned around and ran away, but suddenly his waist tightened. Su Lei retracted his arms and brought her into his arms. Then, his soft lips pressed against hers.
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The rough tongue forcefully pushed open her teeth, frantically plundering the sweet fragrance in her mouth. The tip of her tongue tasted a faint taste of wine, and the thin smell of sweat contained the smell of grass. The man's arms hugged her so tightly,
Yin Ruxing suspected that her bones would be broken.
The warmth on his lips suddenly disappeared. Su Lei pushed her away hard, his eyes full of disgust, and he uttered two words coldly: "Get out!"
Damn! Just forget about being treated as a substitute. You still find yourself too dissatisfied! A childish man. Yin Ruxing took a deep breath and calmed down. She stretched out her right hand and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand in front of him. She turned around and left.
Opening the door and walking out of the room, he immediately saw Ziyuan standing in the courtyard. He said hello seriously: "Sister Ziyuan."
Ziyuan looked at her suspiciously. Seeing that her face was calm and her clothes were neatly dressed. She looked a little better and asked stiffly: "Why were you in there for so long?"
"A few books were thrown around, and my father-in-law said something to me." Yin Ruxing lied without blushing. He went back to his room, got a sewing dustpan, and sat on the steps outside the door to start picking up the soles of his shoes.
Zi Yuan stared blankly as she went and came back, sitting down on the stone to pick up the soles of her shoes. There was a strange expression on her face: "Ru'er, you either go to work or do needlework every day. You never play with everyone. You are just like that
Love needlework?”
Yin Ruxing's hands kept moving: "No. Practice more and your hands will become more familiar."
"Are you familiar with it?" Ziyuan looked at her smooth bun with only two silk threads tied in it, and then looked at her clothes without a trace of embroidery, and reminded her in a subtle way: "You can learn embroidery with your current skills."
"No need." Yin Ruxing replied, "I don't care about these things."
Ziyuan wanted to say something else, but the door of the room was pushed open from the inside with a bang. Su Lei stood at the door with an unkind expression: "Ru'er, come in."
"Yes." Yin Ruxing put down her needle and thread, took the dustpan and entered the house. Zi Yuan's pale face was locked outside the door.
Su Lei patted a piece of paper on the desk and wrote ten words on it: "You should know these ten first. After you have learned them, I will teach you new ones."
Yin Ruxing was immediately elated. It turns out that it is good for a man to be childish. See? Isn't this a disguised apology? She quickly walked to the table, took the brush from the inkstone, and asked happily: "What do you read these ten characters?"
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"Heaven, earth, people, sun, moon, stars, east, south, west, north." Su Lei looked at her face with confusion and read out the pronunciation of the ten words.
Yin Ruxing listened and quickly commented in Chinese characters.
It is a family rule that all children in the Yin family should study the Fa. Yin Ruxing only started starting out when she was twelve years old and could not even hold a pen. Yin Ruyan held her hand and taught her one stroke at a time...
Taking a deep breath, Yin Ruxing put down the brush and said, "If I learn it tomorrow, can I ask you to teach me again?"
Su Lei walked out of the room without looking back: "No, I will come to check in two days. If you pass the test, you will learn new ones."
The door was opened, and Ziyuan appeared in the sight of the two people again. The expression of jealousy on his face was mixed with surprise before he could put it away.
Su Lei walked by indifferently. Yin Ruxing once again explained to her seriously: "My father-in-law said, it's better to learn to read a few words when serving in the room." He calmly shook the paper in his hand, folded it and put it away.
Ziyuan calculated the time just now, and the jealousy on her face faded slightly. She gave her a stern look: "Don't think that the public teaching you to read is just because you value you. Do your job honestly. Don't have any inappropriate thoughts!"
Yin Ruxing twitched the corner of his mouth: "Yes."