The Legend of the Farm Girl

Aunt Li knew that Yun Fangniang was new in the city and that she probably couldn't find a bookstore or where to buy the apprenticeship gift. She said to her carefully, "Bookstores are all in the south of the city. There are a lot of bookstores in the south of the city. Just ask them to prepare the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone for your child's enlightenment."

Yun Fangniang asked again: "What about the six rites of apprenticeship?"

Aunt Li smiled and said in a somewhat showy way, "These six things are very particular. The first is celery, which means hardworking and studious, and diligence is the root of success. The second is lotus seeds, which are bitter, which means painstaking education. The third is red beans, which means good luck. The fourth is dates, which means passing high school early. The fifth is longan, which means fulfilling one's merits. The sixth is dried lean meat strips, to express the disciple's intention."

Hearing Aunt Li's words, Yun Fangniang and the children were all shocked. They didn't expect that this little old lady knew so many things. They kept expressing their admiration for Aunt Li. Aunt Li laughed and said to Yun Fangniang, "Go quickly. These six things should be sold at the market in the east of the city."

After leaving Aunt Li's house, Yunfeng was confused. Was he going to study?

After being praised by his sister yesterday, he felt that studying was a good thing. Will he go to school tomorrow?

None of his friends have been to school, not even the most powerful Dafu brother, so he is going to go?

The group returned home, and Yunfang's mother took out all her savings and planned with Yunfang how to spend the money.

Including the money from the embroidery brought back yesterday, Yunfang's family still has about five taels of silver. They will have to buy the gift for their apprenticeship and prepare some pens, ink, paper and inkstone, which will cost them about three taels. The family still has some food left from the village, but salt, sugar and eggs are almost gone, so they have to buy more. And they can't just eat rice, they also have to eat vegetables, which they have to buy too.

The mother and daughter made some plans. Although there were some difficulties at the moment, who would have thought that the family would have enough money to support a child to go to school half a year ago? So the two were full of confidence.

Yunfang's mother said to Yunfang, "I'm going to go shopping. You stay at home and look after Yunfeng and Yunying. You can embroider the handkerchief when I come back."

Yunfang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll cook the meal first. It'll take a while for you to come back after buying these things. I'll cook the meal and wait for you."

Yunfang's mother nodded and went to the east of the city first and then to the south. The county town where Yunfang's home was located was called Deping County. It was a medium-sized county town with a population of about 30,000 to 40,000 people. After buying some things, Yunfang's mother took an hour to get home.

Almost all the things needed were bought. After Yunfang's mother came home, the Yun family had lunch and rested. Yunfang wanted to embroider a handkerchief for a while, but was stopped by Yunfang's mother. She said to Yunfang: "Fang'er, making money is not a matter of eating fat in one bite. You still have to take care of your health. It's hard for you to take care of your brother in the morning. Besides, you always take a rest at noon in the past, and your body is used to it. Wait for a while before getting up!"

Yunfang knew that her mother was worried about her, so she quickly agreed with her mother's words, and everyone in the Yun family took a nap.

A quarter of an hour later, Yunfang's mother and Yunfang woke up, while Yunfeng and Yunying were still sleeping soundly. After Yunfang woke up, she began to plan what to embroider on the handkerchief this time.

Yunfang felt that if she simply embroidered animals on it, it would not be able to sell for much this time. Yunfang thought of an embroidery pattern of a carp leaping over the dragon gate. Yunfang had also practiced such a pattern in the system and it was recognized by the system.

She thought such a handkerchief would be very popular during this exam period.

In addition to the handkerchief with the carp leaping over the dragon gate, Yunfang also planned to embroider some thousand-mile horses and magpies climbing on plum trees. These were all things Yunfang had practiced in the system. It can be said that Yunfang had practiced countless embroidery patterns in the system. Even if she had to learn how to embroider a quilt cover every day, Yunfang would take out half of her time to practice embroidering handkerchiefs.

In one afternoon, Yunfang embroidered a carp leaping over the dragon gate and a magpie climbing a plum tree. Before going to bed at night, Yunfang said to her mother, "Mom, I won't learn calligraphy tonight. I will wait until my younger brother comes back from his apprenticeship tomorrow. I will ask him what calligraphy he learned first, and then I will start learning."

"Okay, you have a plan in mind, then continue to practice making handkerchiefs and learn to embroider quilt covers!"

The night passed quickly.

Yunfeng was called up early. After he had packed everything, Yunfang's mother took out the book bag she had made yesterday and handed it to Yunfeng, saying to him, "Xiaofeng, study hard. When you learn something, you have to teach your sister and mother when you come back. Don't come back with the wrong words!"

Yunfeng was very nervous when she heard this. Would he have to be a teacher for his sister when he returned home? Yunfeng had always regarded her sister as her spiritual idol. She saw that her sister's embroidery was lifelike every day, and she thought her sister was the most powerful person in the world and could do anything. Didn't she expect that her sister still needed her to teach her something? In an instant, Yunfeng strengthened her belief and decided to learn to read and write well.

He said loudly to his mother: "I will definitely study hard!"

Yunfang's mother was stunned by Yunfeng's loud voice, but when she heard Yunfeng's words, she smiled and nodded.

Soon, Yun Fang's mother took Yun Feng, the prepared apprenticeship gift and two taels of silver to Aunt Li's house, and then was taken to Master Feng's house by Aunt Li.

Master Feng's house was bigger than Aunt Li's and Yun Fang's. They knocked on the door and Master Feng's son opened it. Yun Fang's mother and the others were led into the house, where Master Feng sat. He asked Yun Feng a few questions symbolically and accepted Yun Feng as his student.

Of course, there are also various steps involved in becoming an apprentice and finally paying the tuition fee.

Master Feng said to Yun Fang Niang, "I see that you have prepared all the books, so let's start the class today. You can go back first. Children of his age have two-hour classes. You can send him to class at the beginning of Chenshi every day and pick him up at the end of Sishi."

Yun Fang Niang, you said, "Okay, then I beg Master Feng to discipline him more. I will come to pick him up on time."

After saying that, Yunfang's mother and Aunt Li left Master Feng's house. When Yunfang's mother returned home, she was very anxious. She wished she could pick Yunfeng up at the end of the Si hour and ask him if he was doing well today.

Yunfang, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and said to her mother, "Mom, please stop walking around. Yunying is almost confused by you! Don't worry. Xiaofeng has always been obedient and sensible. There will be no problem."

Finally, the time was almost up, and Yunfang's mother took Yunfeng back. Seeing that Yunfeng was very happy, Yunfang's mother and Yunfang were finally relieved and began to ask Yunfeng how he was doing in school and what he had learned.