Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 46: Actions are made through thinking

The old man looked at Li An suspiciously and said, "Wait a moment, I will go in and inform the Lord."

"Excuse me."

The old man closed the door and walked all the way to Liu Xuewen's study.

There are not many servants in the Liu family, so the concierge has to be responsible for reporting.

He knew that as long as Liu Xuewen did not go to the academy, he would read in the study after eating in the morning.

"Master, there is a young man named Li An outside who said that the master promised to accept him as his student and come to apprentice." The old man said outside the study.

As soon as the old man finished speaking, the study door was opened.

"Where is he?" Liu Xuewen asked.

"Go back to the master, people are waiting outside." The old man said.

"Go and bring people to the main hall." Liu Xuewen said.

"Yes!"

The old man bowed, returned to the front yard, and opened the door.

"Young gentleman, please come in quickly. The master is waiting for you in the main hall." The old man said with a smile.

"Thank you, old man." Li An said with cupped hands.

"Haha, the old man is just a concierge. Just call me Ah Fu." The old man said with a smile.

Li An and his father entered the Liu family under the guidance of the old man.

As soon as Li Nan entered the courtyard, he looked around curiously.

The old man led the father and son all the way to the main hall, bowed his hands to Liu Xuewen, who was sitting on the main seat, and said, "My lord, we have arrived."

Liu Xuewen waved his hand and said, "Go on and stay."

The old man bowed, bowed his hands to Li An and his son, and retreated.

"I have met Liu Xuezheng." After Li An saluted, he introduced: "This is my father Li Nan."

"I've met Liu Xuezheng." Li Nan saluted in a panic.

The biggest official Li Nan had ever seen was Sheng Hong. It was when Sheng Hong went to inspect the countryside and he took a look at him from a distance.

Although Liu Xuewen is not as high as Sheng Hong, he is still an out-of-reach figure in the eyes of ordinary people.

Liu Xuewen smiled and waved his hand and said, "Please sit down."

"Thank you Liu Xuezheng."

After Li An thanked him, he saw his father standing there with some restraint and didn't move, so he pulled him.

Li Nan came back to his senses and said: "Liu...Liu Xuezheng, I heard...I heard my A Niu say that you are willing to accept him as a student, and brought him here specially to become your teacher."

After saying that, he took off the bamboo basket from behind and said, "This is the bundle I prepared."

Liu Xuezheng smiled and said: "I am willing to accept him as a disciple because I see that he is a piece of rough jade, so I can avoid these false gifts."

"That's not possible. Liu Xuezheng can teach my Aniu how to read. Our family is very grateful. How can we not even accept the apprenticeship ceremony?"

Hearing this, Li Nan thought that Liu Xuezheng thought the courtesy was too light, and thought about buying some things to send over later.

"Liu Xuezheng, if you don't accept it, my father will think that the gift is too light and you won't accept it. Moreover, the apprenticeship was decided by Saint Kong." Li An said with a smile.

He could tell that Liu Xuezheng's refusal to accept him was not because he disliked Shu Xiuqing, but because he really didn't want to accept him.

Through yesterday's contact, he found that Liu Xuezheng was not a rigid person, so he was not restrained in front of him.

"Aniu, what are you talking about?"

Li Nan glared at his son, offered his hand to Liu Xuewen and said, "Liu Xuezheng, my Aniu is ignorant, please don't blame me."

"Haha."

Liu Xuewen smiled and said: "Okay, then I will accept Shu Xiu. Is it time for you to change your tune?"

"I haven't performed the apprenticeship ceremony yet, so I can't change my words now." Li An said with a smile.

"Haha, you're right. Come on, follow me to the study to pay homage to my teacher." Liu Xuewen said with a smile.

If he wanted to accept Li An as his student before, it was because of that poem, but now he really likes Li An as a person.

He is free and easy by nature and dislikes people who are reserved in front of him.

Li An pulled his father who was still stunned and quickly followed him.

"Generally, to become a disciple, you need to find some people to watch the ceremony and hold a banquet and so on. I don't like those false ceremonies, so I won't find anyone to come." Liu Xuezheng said with a smile.

The Lord of Heaven and Earth is a personal teacher. Becoming a teacher is different from those who go to the academy to study.

The teacher-student relationship is a very strong relationship in the eyes of the ancients.

Therefore, when accepting a disciple, it is very grand. Not only will friends be invited to watch the ceremony, but a banquet will also be held to entertain the guests.

"I don't like it either." Li An smiled.

He suddenly felt that becoming a disciple of Liu Xuewen was a very correct choice.

As a time traveler, he hates these red tapes in ancient times. However, in this era, he must constantly restrain himself and allow himself to accept them.

He wanted to separate the family, but due to the rules, he could only endure it.

He hated his aunt, but he never showed it.

"Haha, interesting." Liu Xuewen laughed after hearing this.

Liu Xuewen led the father and son to the study, put a stick of incense on the enshrined portrait of Confucius, turned to look at Li An and said, "I don't like it, but some etiquette cannot be avoided. Come and kowtow to Confucius and offer incense."

Hearing this, Li An put away his smile, knelt down on the futon in front of the portrait of Confucius, and followed Liu Xuewen's instructions to kneel down and burn incense.

"Okay, get up."

Liu Xuewen asked Li An to get up, sit down on the imperial chair beside him, and said, "According to the rules, you have to kowtow to me three times."

Upon hearing this, Li An took a few steps back, knelt down, and kowtowed.

"Okay, get up."

Liu Xuewen nodded with satisfaction. Disliking and disrespecting etiquette are two different things. The etiquette that should be observed must be followed.

Li An did a very good job in this regard. He asked Li An to worship the portrait of Confucius and kowtow to him. Li An did it very seriously without any perfunctory.

"Good work comes from hard work, but waste comes from play; success comes from thinking, and failure comes from following. Since I'm learning from you, I hope you can be diligent and thoughtful, do you understand?" Liu Xuewen admonished.

"Thank you teacher for your teaching, students understand." Li An bowed.

Liu Xuewen nodded with satisfaction, stood up and went to the table beside him, picked out a writing brush and an inkstone, packed them in a box, handed them to Li An, and said, "This inkstone was used by me in my early years, and the writing brush is my favorite." One, and I’ll give it to you as a greeting gift.”

"It's a gift from the elders and I dare not refuse it. Thank you very much, student, teacher." Li An bowed and took it.

Liu Xuewen gently stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I see you look tired. It must be because you didn't sleep last night. I will go back to rest today and come to my house at midnight tomorrow."

"Yes, then the student will go back first." Li An bowed.

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When Mrs. Liu was working, whenever she heard something moving outside, she would stop and listen with open ears, but she was disappointed every time.

At this moment, there was another sound of someone passing by outside, and the movements of Liu's hands slowed down again.

When she heard the footsteps stopping at the door of her house, and then the sound of the door being pushed, Ms. Liu stood up quickly.

"Why have you been here for so long? Has Liu Xuezheng accepted it?" Ms. Liu asked.

"Take it, take it." Li Nan said with a smile on his face: "Liu Xuezheng is very easy to talk to. He has already accepted A Niu and asked him to study at home tomorrow."

"Great, you go buy some good fabrics and come back later, and I will make two sets of clothes for A Niu. Now that he has become a disciple of Liu Xuezheng, he can't wear shabby clothes, which will make others look down upon." Mrs. Liu said happily.

"Mom, there's no need. The teacher knows everything about our family and won't take it lightly." Li An said.

"I'm afraid that you will embarrass Liu Xuezheng. Okay, you can go to bed. You don't have to worry about this." Mrs. Liu waved her hand.

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