That little fly

After getting to know Su Xiaopang, Shui Qingqian realized that at his age, there is still such a thing as going to school.

Thinking about it carefully, when he was in his hometown, there was also a school in Zhuangzi. There were teachers in the school, and many friends in Zhuangzi wanted to learn how to read... Why have I never been to it?Shui Qingqian was at a loss and could not remember at all.

Since when did life start to deviate?

Master Shui buried himself in the documents to collect clues to find his father, and when he looked up, he saw his son's expression of bitterness and hatred.

Father Shui, "What are you thinking?"

The water is clear and shallow, "thinking about life."

Shui Daddy: ...

Shui Qingqian also went to school when he was very young, he may not even remember it.

Because of Fei Tian'er's aptitude is good, the owner of Shui Zhuang and his wife thought that there would be nothing wrong with their son's early enlightenment. At that time, Shui Qingqian was too young, and the owner of Shui Zhuang and his wife coaxed him without explaining to him what going to school was all about. It's a new game, go play it with your children.

Rural children go to school, that is, they can read and write, and understand filial piety and etiquette.So on the first day of school, the teacher would fill the children with the Thousand-Character Classic and the Three-Character Classic. He would read a sentence above, and the students would read a sentence below. After reading, the class is over.The other children were so happy that their mouths were dry and they didn't understand anything, and Shui Qingqian was also silly and didn't understand, but they remembered everything.When I got home, my parents asked casually: Luzi, I went to play with the children today, did you hear anything interesting?

Shui Qingqian memorized the Three-Character Classic of the Thousand-Character Classic from top to bottom. Did the master just talk about it? After reading it until his mouth became dry again, he was puzzled. What the hell was going on when he kept repeating it over and over again?

The owner of Shui Zhuang was also a bitch at the time, holding the little Luzi happily, comparing the copybooks of the Three-Character Classic, and explaining the story word by word. After ten days of hard work, the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Classic were listened to by the little Luzi as stories. It's over, because there are copybooks for literacy, I know everything.

But people's schooling is not so fast. Just "at the beginning of human beings, nature is good, and sex is similar, □□" was nagged by my husband for a whole day.One day, two days, three days... Then the little Luzi became irritable.

He knows what it means!

He can recognize these words!

He can't write yet! ! !

Because the brush is so heavy! ! !

He doesn't like the old man!

Well, the story of going to school ends here.

Probably because of the inheritance, the owner of Shuizhuang and his wife don’t care whether Shui Qingqian has to learn a collection of classics and history. In addition to literacy and calligraphy, Shui Qingqian’s enlightenment content is more on astronomy and geography, numerology, five elements and eight trigrams. Even Qimen Dunjia, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are used to cultivate temperament... I didn't expect the old scholar in Zhuangzi to teach him such knowledge.With the guidance of his parents, Luzi has always had a good time.

Su Xiaopang originally went to school step by step, but some accidents happened a few days ago...

"I really gave the homework to Zhuang Ming, and then they insisted that they didn't have it, and then shirked it, making it look like I lied to my husband... Maybe the homework was lost." The little fat man said here, obviously Unhappy, but shrugged pretending not to care, "Why should I be framed by them? My husband didn't punish them. I'm not willing to go to a broken school!"

Shui Qingqian poked Su Xiaopang's face, and stuffed a piece of baked rice into his mouth, which was comfort.He felt that the little fat man wasn't telling the truth, because Shui Qingqian heard Xu Ao say that day, "Make amends to Mr., and go on to school or something." "Su Xiaopang didn't go to school, the reason may not be glorious.

Su Xiaopang, "But it's okay, I'll go there to study after I pass the assessment of Laiyi Academy. Let me tell you, Laiyi Academy is great, it's the best official school in the imperial capital." Su Xiaopang is now talking to his family Mr. Xue, probably in the spring of next year, he will go to participate in the assessment of the academy.

Laiyi Academy has a great background and reputation, Su Xiaopang doesn't know much about it, but he also praises it to the top of the world, anyway, he must be number one, number one, number one!The water is clear and shallow, but when he really went to the academy, he immediately fell in love with it.

Laiyi Academy is just two streets away from Pumpkin Hutong. There are seven rows of nails on the two vermilion lacquer gates, several stone steps, and two majestic stone lions squatting at the gate. It looks like a government office from a distance. It is wide open, and you can see a bluestone road leading to the depths, and the inside is shaded by trees.

There was no one guarding the gate, but there were also no traffickers coming in and out.Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the academy was built in the North District, where the rich and the rich gather together. They don't pick up lost things on the road, and they don't close their doors at night.

"It's random." Su Xiaopang went in with Shui Qingqian. The road was very familiar. Laiyi Academy occupies a huge area. People around here often come for a walk or go fishing, and even when they go outing in spring, some people come from afar.

"Ruan jujube?" Shui Qingqian just took a few steps into the door, and saw the fruit on the big tree by the roadside, and recognized it at a glance.

Su Xiaopang: "Huh? What?"

Shui Qingqian pointed to him.

When Su Xiaopang saw the dusty, finger-sized fruit on the tree, it didn't look very good, but he blurted out the classic three questions:

"Can I eat it?"

"Is it tasty?"

"how to eat?"

Of course it can be eaten, and if it is really ripe, it is also moderately sweet and sour, which is very good.This is a kind of wild fruit in the countryside, so Shui Qingqian has seen it before, but Su Xiaopang has not.And Shui Qingqian was even more surprised to find that almost all the surrounding flowers and trees can grow delicious food!It looks like a pile of weed-like grass over there, with lantern fruits on it!sour.And those few dwarf trees, are they Shanlihong?And that purple ball on the grass, sweet!Ooooh, and hazelnuts, that's hazelnuts!Pine tree, does the pine tree bear pine nuts?

That's an elm tree. The elm tree in spring is delicious, isn't it?

That's a locust tree, the locust flower in spring is edible, right?

Pomegranate, needless to say pomegranate, right?

Ah, and chestnuts, chestnut trees!Those are definitely chestnut trees!

……

The two identified each other all the way, until they walked to the Wolong Lake in the academy. If they took a quick look, they could see a big carp swimming around in it.In the end, Shui Qingqian took Su Xiaopang's hand and said solemnly, "Little Fatty, it's really a good place to come to Yi Academy!"

Laiyi Academy is very good, but it is not so easy to get in. It is said that the head of Laiyi Academy and the gentlemen are all from Hongwen Academy.People's academies accept elite scholars recommended by academies all over the country.For those with ordinary qualifications like Su Ping, the annual enrollment fee is as high as a hundred taels of silver, and how many middle-class families have not saved enough for several years to save a hundred taels.And it's not just that you can get in by paying a fee. There is a formal entrance assessment, which is in February every year.It's autumn now, Su Xiaopang often studies hard at home, not every time he can run out to play with Shui Qingqian.

In autumn, the harvest season, opportunities are fleeting.

Even if Shui Qingqian is willing to wait, the fruit on the tree can't wait!So, under Su Xiaopang's salivating expectation, Shui Qingqian took Wei Wu to the academy to play.

When chestnuts are ripe, you don’t need to climb trees, you can pick up a lot from the ground, kick them with your feet, the ripe shell will crack, and then peel off the burrs on the outside to get chestnuts.Shui Qingqian and Wei Wu picked up while playing, the two little things were having a good time chirping and cooing.Then I raised my head inadvertently, and there was a jujube tree slanting over there. When the sun shone, the top of the tree was glowing red, which was very beautiful.

"Wei Wu, over there, let's go over there!" Shui Qingqian pointed and directed Wei Wu to run over together.

Uh, there is a stone pier under the tree, and then there is a grandpa playing chess.Shui Qingqian didn't expect that there were still people here, so she took a look and moved in the opposite direction, it's best not to disturb them.

Well, it's a conundrum.

The jujube tree is a bit tall, and it is not a problem for birds to climb the tree, but the treetops where there are jujubes are too thin to support him. If the trunk is shaken, Shui Qingqian also has experience with this, and the jujubes will definitely crackle down If it falls, the range will be large, and it will definitely fall to that grandfather, but he plays chess.

If you want to be targeted, you'd better hit it with a pole, but if you want to find a pole...

"Hello grandpa."

Master Zhong raised his head, and squatted in front of him was a little doll and a black dog with its tongue sticking out. The two little things smiled at him with big blinking eyes, so cute.

"Grandpa, go further to the left, and I'll reach it in no time... just a little bit, reach it! Hey! Look at my big move. There is no dog in the world!" , beep...

"Ai yo, ai yo."

It hurts to drop the dates.

"Did it hit you?" Master Zhong put the child down, "Does it hurt?"

"It's okay, grandpa, go sit down. I'll pick it up...Grandpa, help me look mighty."

"Okay, Grandpa Zhong will help watch the dog." Mr. Zhong sat on the stone pier leaning on a stick and looked at this beautiful child who didn't know whose family he was smiling.The child looks so good, it makes people like it when they see it.In order to borrow a cane from him, the child just sweetly gave him the bag of fruits.Seeing that this child is dressed in a rich and noble manner, it is really hard for him to know so many wild fruits, um, maybe he doesn't know him, he just picks them for fun.

When Shui Qingqian was still squatting on the ground to pick up dates, someone else came over, but it was Lord Zhong's chess friend who had arrived.

"Yo, what's the matter?" Mr. Xie saw the dog next to the old friend and the child not far away. He had never heard that the old friend had such a small grandson, and the great-grandchildren still eat The age of milk.

"It's from someone nearby."

"Oh, he's just a child, no one follows?"

"Here, here's another dog."

"Sound and a good hound."

"interesting……"

I didn't realize it just now, but now I'm chatting with my old friend, and the more you talk about it, the more I feel that this child is special.The people who live in this area are all from wealthy families, and the child is so young and looks so good, why didn't the chief guard follow him?Whose children are not precious.Or, a relative or child of a nearby servant?This may explain why Shui Qingqian recognizes and picks wild fruits correctly.It's not that the two elders would think so, most of the children in the city don't work hard and don't know the grain, and the children from rich and noble families are even worse.So, don't look at the trivial matters of picking a chestnut or smashing dates, you can tell at a glance whether there is a way to do things.Such a conjecture seems reasonable, but there are still doubts, because this child does not seem to be humble at all, and this hunting dog, in this Sifang City, only the rich and powerful will specially raise hunting hunting dogs, because every autumn , Royal Autumn Hunt...

At this time, Shui Qingqian was sweating profusely, carrying back the jujubes in his skirt, and ran back, "Grandpa, grandpa, try it, it's so sweet... Uh," there's a new grandpa coming?

"This is my friend, surnamed Xie."

"Thank you, grandpa." Shui Qingqian saluted generously, and then greeted warmly, "Thank you grandpa for eating the dates, I just picked them."

Mr. Xie has lived in the temple for a long time, and his majesty and majesty are integrated into one body. Officials are usually afraid when they see it. It is not like Mr. Zhong who is always dedicated to education and always has an image of an amiable scholar.Even so, Shui Qingqian didn't seem to be affected in any way, her eyes were still clear, and she acted politely.

While talking, Shui Qingqian grabbed two handfuls of dates and handed them to the two grandfathers respectively, but she didn't pay attention to her sleeves, and she took several rows of chess pieces on the chessboard as she went back and forth. I looked down for a while, carefully stretched out my fingers, and straightened the misplaced ones one by one.

Not a cent was off.

The two old men saw it in their eyes, and their eyes were full of surprise: This child is definitely not something that ordinary people can teach.