Bai Gui knelt down to salute, but Xu Xiucai did not stop him. He could bear this salute. As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father. The relationship between teachers and students in ancient times is far superior to modern times. For true disciples, they are both honored and humiliated.
As the proverb goes: "My parents gave birth to me, and my master taught me."
But before Bai Gui could salute, Xu Xiucai coughed slightly and pointed to the portrait of Confucius hanging on the wall. "The Book of Rites said, "The beginning of etiquette lies in the right body, uniform colors, and smooth diction. .'You tidy up first, then worship the most holy teacher, and then worship as the teacher. Don't mess with the order."
Bai Gui suddenly realized that Confucianism attaches great importance to etiquette and has extremely strict requirements. He was overjoyed at the same time and worshiped the portrait of Confucius first. This meant that Xu Xiucai put him under the door, which was different from the teacher-student relationship he had maintained before. These are real teachers and students!
He straightened his clothes and glanced behind him from the corner of his eyes, seeing that the braid behind him was quite an eyesore.
The so-called clothes and hats have been ruined.
But now is not the time for him to think about that.
Tidying up your clothes does not mean that your current appearance is sloppy or unclean, but it does mean that you are dignified and respect your holy teacher.
Should we respect Confucius?
It's absolutely what it should be.
If there were no Confucius, how could untouchables like him be able to attend school and read poetry?!
A series of European countries such as England and France still have dual-track education. What is dual-track education? For example, the dual-track system in England is set up specifically for the aristocracy and bourgeoisie. It is top-down, from university to junior high school. One track is all good schools (grammar schools), while the other track is for ordinary untouchables, ranging from primary school to secondary vocational school.
To put it simply, using modern education as an analogy, after finishing junior high school, the children of untouchables can only go to technical secondary schools and technical schools, while the sons of nobles and capitalists go directly to private high schools. Untouchables are not eligible to receive university education. !
In 1933, the United Kingdom promulgated the "Hadow Report" and the dual-track system tended to converge. Only civilian children could enter grammar schools and have the opportunity to receive university education.
In the morning he was a farmhouse man, and in the evening he ascended to the Emperor's Hall!
Since Confucius began to teach privately, breaking the situation in the Zhou Dynasty that official schools only taught aristocrats, children from poor people can also study and become officials, and they can also become scholars. This is the greatness of the sage.
Bai Gui knelt down and kowtowed nine times to the portrait of Confucius according to Xu Xiucai's instructions, and then kowtowed three times to Xu Xiucai.
In this way, the great gift of master and disciple can be achieved.
Xu Xiucai stroked the smooth forehead of the young man kneeling on the ground, with soft eyes. He took out a few more big red dates from his pocket and handed them to Bai Gui, "Go, go."
Bai Gui hugged the black lacquer board, bowed deeply to Xu Xiucai, and left the dormitory.
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"Analects of Confucius" records: "The morning is yong, and the evening is sun."
The three meals a day between ancient people and modern people are different. Ordinary people only eat two meals a day. Only princes and nobles eat three meals a day, or even five meals, including lunch, midnight snack and dinner. But by the end of the Qing Dynasty, gradually Start by eating three meals.
After the morning class in school, generally speaking, most students go home for lunch. Most of them are only seven or eight years old. They are still young and have no ability to cook for themselves. Moreover, the Bailu Village Ancestral Hall is located in the center of the village, far away from various places. The houses are not far away, and it is a matter of course to go home for lunch.
Bai Gui did not go back.
His father is a widower. Although he sometimes cooks on the stove, due to limited ingredients and craftsmanship, the meals are difficult to chew. So most of the time, he cooks on the Lujia stove, with long-term workers such as Bai Youde and Liu Mouer working with the cook.
When it comes to eating and drinking, the master will not eat the same as the servants.
A half-grown man is a poor man.
The cook of the Lu family had always looked at Bai Gui with a cold look, bossed her around, and said sarcastic and unpleasant things. As time went by, Bai Gui started to stay away from the stove.
So he usually makes the fire himself to cook.
After enrolling in school, as expected, the position was transferred to the school.
"Brother Zhou." Bai Gui put his study belongings back on the desk in the school, then walked to the porter of the ancestral hall and politely greeted Zhou Yuan who was cooking.
Zhou Yuan is from a neighboring village and can only cook and eat at the concierge.
"But have you finished memorizing it?"
"Sir, what did you say? You are too eager. There are only 500 words in the half-quel thousand-character essay. You are not familiar with silent writing, but you are annoying to the master."
Zhou Yuan held his tortoiseshell glasses and sighed slightly.
He shook his head and anxiously took out the dry biscuits cooked in the pot.
The steamed guokui was paired with a small plate of pickles, which he ate with relish.
"You can use it while it's hot. The water in it has already boiled." Zhou Yuan bit into a large piece of pancake and said vaguely: "Just let you and me use the same stove. You cook once and I'll
Cooking once and spacing it out can save a lot of time throughout the day."
"Look at how fragrant this Qianxian Guokui is."
Zhou Yuan took another bite.
"Brother Zhou, it's different. The food on my forehead is all steamed buns and multi-grain steamed buns. They can't be compared with you. If I share the same stove with you, I'm taking advantage of you. Others will laugh when they hear it."
Bai Gui said as he took out the remaining steamed buns from the corner of the concierge and placed them on the steamer.
Qianxian Guokui exudes the fragrance of white noodles.
He swallowed his saliva and said to Zhou Yuan: "Sir, I have taught you the rest of the second half now. It seems that I have passed this level."
"What?"
"Did you silently write the first half of the Thousand-Character Essay?" Zhou Yuan was shocked. Bai Gui also took advantage of lunch time to ask him for some advice in the past few days. He concluded that Bai Gui was too hasty this time and could not possibly write it.
The first half of the sentence was all silent.
But the result was beyond his expectation.
His demeanor became much warmer. He had kindly asked Bai Gui to set up a stove with him in order to save time, but he still felt a little disgusted in his heart.
Now, Bai Gui's performance made him a little impressed.
The gap in status made the distance between the two invisible and shortened.
Long-term worker, is the son of a tenant farmer qualified to sit at the same table with him?
No!
He meant charity.
But is a fellow student who studies hard and is talented qualified to sit with him? No doubt, yes!
"Eat vegetables!"
He pushed the small jar containing pickles.
Pickles are made from white radish, carrots, etc. cut into fine dices and mixed with chili sauce. They are also made in Qianxian County and are best eaten with Qianxian Guokui.
Bai Gui did not refuse this time and picked up a chopstick with his chopsticks.
The salty taste is rich and makes you feel happy after eating it.
However, he only took a few bites, then stopped, and then swallowed his own glutinous rice balls.
If you put too many pickles in it, the host will dislike it, but if you don't put it in, you won't give Zhou Yuan face. With his status as Xu Xiucai's disciple, Bai Guicai picked up a few chopsticks.
This... represents acceptance and they can be friends.
Dragons do not live with snakes.
Very realistic and cruel.
Wowotou is made from corn flour mixed with rice flour.
Modern people add sugar to the steamed buns they eat and use white flour. However, the flour mixed in the steamed buns eaten by Bai Gui is wheat that has not been shelled and then ground with stones, which is dry and astringent.