Chapter 203 Qin Xiaowu: Almost getting yelled at by the eldest sister
Qin Liuxi stayed at the Taoist Temple for one night and went shopping again after returning to the city. Although he had to pay his last respects to the old man in the coffin, he saw that the time had not come yet, so he went home to show his face.
Entering the small courtyard of his house from the corner door, Qi Huang was sewing under the eaves. Qin Mingchun, who had moved a small table and bench to the side, was holding a book and reading, but he was quite absent-minded. When he heard the movement at the courtyard door, he jumped up even more.
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"You're back." Qihuang smiled and put the needlework in his hand back into the small basket, stood up and greeted him.
Qin Mingchun also bowed his hands to Qin Liuxi and saluted: "Please greet me, eldest sister."
"Hmm." Qin Liuxi walked over, picked up his book and read it, still referring to the disciple rules, he flipped through it twice and said, "Why are there no comments? Don't you understand or are you just lazy?"
Qin Mingchun exclaimed: "I just took it out to read. I'm not lazy. I understand everything and have it all in my head."
Qin Liuxi glanced at him and said: "If you understand, you understand, but you have to annotate what you understand. That is your own opinion. In the future, even if you read this book yourself or circulate it, the other party will be able to see your opinion and be able to
Compare the two based on your own experience. Even if you don't circulate it, keep this book to yourself and read it again later. Maybe your opinions will be different. This is called the state of mind of each age."
"Different ages have different moods when looking at things. Only with notes can you make comparisons. If you say you remember it, then when you grow up, will you be able to remember everything no matter how big or small? A good memory is not as good as a bad writing. Reading requires more
Take notes, understand?”
Qin Mingchun nodded and timidly said: "I understand." He lowered his head, raised his eyelids and glanced at Qin Liuxi, but stopped talking.
"Speak directly if you have something to say. Men, don't be hesitant like little girls."
Qin Mingchun whispered: "Sister, our home has been confiscated, and my grandfather and father have been sent into exile. So we can be regarded as the family members of criminal officials, right?"
"uh-huh?"
"Can a son of a criminal serve as an official?" Qin Mingchun asked.
I understand, I’m afraid this brat thinks that he can’t get a job even if he studies hard, so he’s blind!
"Do you think that since you are the son of a prisoner and you will never have the opportunity to take the imperial examination or become an official in the future, it is useless to study hard?" Qin Liuxi cracked his phalanges.
When Qin Mingchun heard the crisp sound, chills ran down his spine. His intuition told him that if he said yes, his eldest sister would probably scold him.
"I, I just don't understand."
"You'll understand after I beat you up!" Qin Liuxi smiled and began to roll up his sleeves.
Qin Mingchun knelt on the ground with a bang: "Sister, spare my life, please give me some advice."
Qin Liuxi: "..."
She hasn't beaten her yet.
Qihuang glared at her and said, "Don't scare him, he's such a young boy." She said, reaching out to Qin Mingchun, and said, "Master Xiaowu, please get up, the eldest lady is teasing you."
Since Qin Mingchun was sent by Qin Liuxi to study in this courtyard, Qihuang has gotten along with him more, and he likes this simple and good-looking child.
Now that he saw that he was frightened by Qin Liuxi, he couldn't bear it anymore.
Qin Mingchun also knew how good Qi Huang was, so he hid at Qi Huang's feet and looked at Qin Liuxi with a pair of big black and white eyes.
"Stand still." Qin Liuxi glared at him and said, "How is Twinkle shrinking?"
Qin Mingchun felt aggrieved, but he was afraid that you would beat me.
"It is true that the son of a prison officer cannot serve as an official, but Qin Xiaowu, how old are you this year?"
"Five, five years old."
"Yes, five years old, an age when you still wet the bed at night..."
"I didn't!" Qin Mingchun blushed, Shi Ke couldn't be humiliated, and said he couldn't bear to wet the bed.
Qin Liuxi glanced at him with a half-smile, which made him feel guilty. He lowered his head and said, "Not really now."
Qin Liuxi snorted and said: "The son of a criminal officer cannot serve as an official, but you are only five years old and you are still studying the discipleship rules. Not to mention that there are still many years before you grow up. It is hard to say whether you can obtain the meritorious title.
Do you still want to serve? Are you a scholar or a civil servant? How dare you think about such a far-off thing? Why don't you go to heaven!"
Qin Mingchun was scolded so much that he dared not say a word.
"You are only five years old, but you think about such long-term things. Why don't you think that the future is the most unpredictable and highly variable? You only think about the Qin family's defeat and the son of a criminal who cannot serve as an official, so why don't you want the Qin family to make a comeback?
What? If you have no knowledge then, how can you become an official?" Qin Liuxi stretched out a finger to poke his forehead: "Little one, do you know that opportunities will only be given to those who are prepared?"
Qin Mingchun pursed his lips, tears hung in his eyes, and he dared not shed them.
"Studying is not useless. After reading, even if you can't become an official, you will be able to understand, and you will be able to distinguish right from wrong. Even if it is the simplest thing like doing business and settling accounts with others, you will have to be able to write, do math, and understand the signed deed.
What's the content? You don't know anything, so you're just waiting to be taken advantage of and be tricked? Qin Xiaowu, there are so many miserable children in this world, and those who can read are lucky, you have to know what's good and what's good."
"I, I understand, it's not that I don't want to study, I just want to ask." Qin Mingchun said with sobs.
"What's the question? Who stipulated that the son of a prison official cannot study, and who stipulated that if he passes the examination, he must become an official? There is no one in this court who has passed the Jinshi examination and not become an official? You will not be treated badly by studying.
It’s your own, let alone reading it in vain. What you learn from the book is yours and no one can take it away. Again, the simplest thing is that you should be able to read and write
You can read! You can’t do anything else. If you hold this face in your face, it can still write for you?"
"From now on, you are not allowed to ask such silly questions. I can't answer them even if you ask them. It shows that you have a low IQ. You, go to school for me from now on and don't think about anything as ambitious as becoming an official. You are not worthy of thinking about it! Just be serious."
Read it to me, or I'll beat you up." Qin Liuxi raised his fist.
"oh."
"Go back." Qin Liuxi stepped into the house.
Qin Mingchun bowed his hands in salute, put the small table and bench in place, then picked up his book and said goodbye to Qihuang.
Qihuang stuffed him with a few candies and said: "Fifth Young Master, don't be angry with the eldest lady. She is doing this for your own good. Studying is hard, but if you study well, there will only be benefits and no harm."
"I understand, Sister Qihuang."
"My servant will take you out." Qihuang took his hand and walked out of the courtyard, watching him go towards the main courtyard. Then he turned back to the house. Seeing that Qin Liuxi had changed his clothes, he said, "He is just a
My child, why are you so strict?"
"Is it possible that I'm still trying to coax him? Think about how hard it is for his brother-in-law. He's so blessed that he doesn't know how to be blessed. Sooner or later, he will lose all his blessings." Qin Liuxi said: "Don't spoil him either.
He is a bastard to begin with, and if he acts foolishly, he will be useless."
"Okay, okay."
Qin Liuxi said: "I'm going to the main courtyard to show my face. I have to go out soon. Please prepare some hot water for me to take a bath."
"how?"
"It's time to close the coffin shop."
Qihuang was stunned for a moment, then sighed again.
