When you come into this world naked, of course you have to seize all available resources. This has nothing to do with morality.
This was the Song Dynasty at the peak of literary rule. Nothing could make a person famous faster than a good poem. Since Chen Ke could memorize thick medical books, he could also memorize some popular poems, although he was embarrassed to plagiarize them from Da Su
, Lao Wang and other contemporaries, but there are still Lao Jiang, Lao Xin and Lao Na who can be used.
But he has been reluctant to take this shortcut to the south. Because firstly, although good poetry can be obtained by chance, it must first have a good hand. In this world where writing poems and lyrics is commonplace, it is impossible to become famous by plagiarizing poems.
Difficult, the difficult thing is what to do after you become famous... When the time comes, one will ask for poetry, and the other will be invited to participate in cultural gatherings. How many poets are waiting to pay you for singing poems, how can there be so much useful information to deal with?
Plagiarism alone will only gain you a temporary reputation, but sooner or later the secret will be exposed. You still have to rely on your own level, so Chen Ke has been studying poetry very seriously. As for those treasures, he will not take them out unless he has to.
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"Then we have to take a test on my brother." Seeing Chen Ke's confidence, the younger sister suddenly became energetic: "Writing poetry requires feeling. If you can't produce good works according to the situation, then let's make a pair."
"Let's just do it." The test of pairs is basic skills, which is much easier than writing poems. Chen Ke said with a serious face: "You can come up with the first couplet."
"Okay." The little girl rolled her eyes, smiled shyly, turned around and opened the window, looked up at the bright moon in the sky and said: "Close the door and push out the window to see the moon, the stars are sparse..." As she said that, she looked at the bright moon.
Chen Ke's eyes turned into two crescent moons and said: "It will definitely not rain tonight."
"It's not a problem for me at this level," Chen Kesong said in a relaxed tone: "Throwing stones breaks open the sky under the water, and the sky is high and the air is refreshing."
"One more thing." The little girl said softly: "It won't rain tonight."
"What kind of match is this?" Chen Ke shook his head and said.
"That's right..." the little girl said coquettishly, shaking his arm.
"What's so difficult about this?" Chen Ke curled his lips and said, "Tonight we are determined to face tomorrow. If it doesn't rain, it will turn into frost."
"Together?" the little girl said with a sweet look on her face.
"It will definitely turn into frost tomorrow..." Chen Ke said helplessly.
"Go back to sleep." The little girl's pink face was rosy. She retreated to the door like a deer, turned around and made a cute face and said: "The third brother is the worst, taking advantage of others..." After that,
He ran away giggling.
"What advantage am I taking?" Chen Ke asked with a puzzled look.
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There was nothing to say all night, and in the blink of an eye I woke up in the morning.
After all, eating in front of elders is still a formality, so the Chen brothers will have dinner in the backyard with the Su family, and have breakfast in their own courtyard.
After the Su brothers and their little sister got up and took a shower, they went to the main hall to greet their parents.
Compared with four years ago, Mrs. Cheng has more fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and there is a hint of sadness between her brows. But in front of the children, she still tried her best to be as nonchalant as possible and said: "Hurry up and make breakfast."
"Yes." The children sat down on their own, and just as they were about to move, footsteps sounded at the door. When they saw it, it was Aunt Zhang, the servant of the Chen family. She smiled and said: "My wife, an official of the Su family, my third brother asked me to come here.
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"It's milk." Su Shi took it and curiously opened the lid of the porcelain bottle. He couldn't help but wonder: "Why are you sending another one?" The Chen family brothers drank milk every morning, so naturally the Su family had to have a portion.
"It's goat milk." Aunt Zhang smiled.
"Goat milk?" Mrs. Cheng and Su Xiaomei subconsciously covered their noses, but the woman continued: "The third brother went out early in the morning, and it took a long time to get it back."
"Uh..." The mother and daughter quickly put down their hands.
"Third brother said that if you and your daughter drink goat's milk, you won't feel as uncomfortable as drinking cow's milk."
Because of lactose intolerance, some people should not drink milk, but drinking goat's milk does not have this problem, and the nutritional value of goat's milk is much higher than that of cow's milk, and it is easier to absorb.
The only problem is that the goat milk is too tangy. Mrs. Cheng and Su Xiaomei only drank it once and never wanted to take a second sip.
However, even in order to live up to Chen Ke's affection, he had to drink it while pinching his nose.
So the mother and daughter each filled a bowl of hot goat's milk, prepared to be drunk, and took a sip with dignity. To their surprise, they only felt the fragrance in their mouth, and there was no trace of it.
Any fishy smell.
"Is this goat's milk?" There was a small piece of white on the girl's lips.
"Isn't this goat's milk?" Aunt Zhang asked.
"Then why isn't it fishy?"
"When the third brother boiled the milk, he added almonds, and when he bottled it, he skimmed it all out." Aunt Zhang said with emotion: "In these years, I have never seen him be so attentive." She said ambiguously.
The younger sister smiled and excused herself.
After Mr. Zhang left, Su Xun asked curiously: "What is Sanlang doing?"
"I know." Su Shi winked at the little girl and said, "This is to help me compile a dictionary."
"..." The little girl immediately blushed and kicked him under the table.
"That's it." Su Xun nodded and looked at her daughter's pretty face for a long time before lowering her head and eating in silence.
After the children went to school, Mrs. Cheng put away the dishes and brought a pot of hot tea to the desk. Seeing Su Xun staring blankly at the book, she asked softly: "What are you thinking about, husband?"
"Madam..." Su Xun held the lady's hand and sighed softly: "I am thinking about our little daughter, who is about to be fifteen years old."
"Oh..." Mrs. Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "I always feel that she is still a child, and before she knows it, she is already in her hair." Women in this era can get married when they are fifteen years old.
Later, the hair is tied and a hairpin is worn, which is called "Ji hairpin".
"It's time to arrange a marriage for my little sister." Su Xun said slowly: "The governor of Naya Prefecture Lei has a son, Lei Fang, who is sixteen years old and a very talented son. The governor has mentioned it several times that the two families have a good relationship with the Qin and Jin Dynasties. It's just that
Because my little daughter is so young, I never let go."
"Let's ask my little sister first." Mrs. Cheng said softly, "Maybe she already has a sweetheart."
"Marriage matters depend on the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. What does a child know?" Su Xun shook his head and said, "As a mother, don't spoil your children too much."
"Husband, it's not like you don't know that my younger sister is very close to Sanlang Chen." Mrs. Cheng sighed.
"That's why I'm so angry!" Su Xun immediately revealed his secret, and said with a sullen face: "When we were young, we were together as brothers and sisters, but the two of them saw that the boy was getting married and the girl was getting married, and they still got tired of being together all day long.
What's going on!" At the end of the sentence, his voice became louder and louder.
"Keep your voice down," Mrs. Cheng quickly grabbed her husband and said, "Aunt Zhang and the others are sweeping the yard."
"I just want her to hear it!" Su Xun said with a straight face: "Pass the message to the third boy of the Chen family, a man who is a monkey spirit, who has been pretending to be stupid here with my daughter all day long." He said with a look of helplessness:
"My daughter, a girl with elves and ghosts, turns into a silly girl in front of him! Why can't she see through this kid's heart?"
"Perhaps Saburo is still in love." Mrs. Cheng covered her mouth and said with a smile: "When we first got married, weren't you just like a big monkey, you only knew how to play with birds and walk dogs, and you didn't even look at me.
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"Hey, what are you doing with me..." Old Su Xun blushed, and then said angrily: "Even if he is not sensible, I don't understand either? I think it's just that after he became an official, his eyelids have become high and he looks down on us.
A person from a small family wants to climb high!" Needless to say, all kinds of unsatisfactory things have been combined, and Su Xun has become a little extreme in the past two years.
"Well, my husband must have wrongly blamed Uncle Chen," Mrs. Cheng firmly denied: "He is not a snobbish person. It's just that after Huangyou became an official in the first year of his life, Uncle Chen never returned to Sichuan. How could he know about the new situation of his children?
Affection?"
"You don't have to speak for him all the time." Su Xunyou said angrily: "Isn't he just a sesame mung bean official? The governor of the state is begging to marry my daughter as his wife, what kind of arrogance is he putting on!"
"Since your husband is so angry, you might as well write a letter to your uncle and tell the matter implicitly." Mrs. Cheng said softly.
"Should I write a letter?" Su Xun widened his eyes and said, "You're so ridiculous." "Don't even think about it! My daughter can get married without going up to the pole to beg him!"
"Alas..." Mrs. Cheng shook her head, speechless.
Seeing that she didn't speak for a long time, Su Xun said in a twinkling voice: "Find a suitable opportunity and click on that kid. Don't let him be ignorant all day long. That kid is very precocious and he knows what to do."
"This is the right thing to do." Mrs. Cheng smiled and said, "Hurry up and drink your tea, it's already cold."
"Well..." Su Xun picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and sighed: "If my little sister follows San Lang, I won't have to worry about it like I do with Eight Niangs..."
"..." Listening to her husband mentioning her eldest daughter, Mrs. Cheng's eyebrows that had just relaxed suddenly turned dark again and said: "We have been married for a year and a half, and she is not pregnant yet. Last time I asked her for a wedding, she didn't know why.
"Say." She couldn't help but her eyes turned red as she said, "Although she keeps forcing a smile on her face, can a mother-in-law see the pain in her heart..."
"Well, what you said makes me even more worried..." Su Xun said with a gloomy face: "When I am worshiping my ancestors in Meizhou during the Qingming Festival, I won't even say hello and will go straight to Cheng's house to have a look.
What's wrong with Banniang!" He then hit the desk hard and said, "If they dare to treat Banniang poorly, I will never end it with them!"
"..." On one side is her natal family, on the other side is her own home. Whenever her husband gets angry like this, Mrs. Cheng is speechless.
