The native dog lying next to the fence gate was about to bar his teeth when a stranger came in, but after sniffing, he came to the man and licked his boots carefully.
The man knelt down and stroked the dog's head lovingly.
Zhang Yue walked up to him out of curiosity and said, "May I ask you something?"
"Are you Sir's new disciple?"
The other party glanced at Zhang Yue, then lowered his head and asked.
"Yes." Zhang Yue felt that there was a different emotion in the other person's eyes, which seemed to be jealousy.
After Zhang Yue answered, the other party was silent for a while and then asked: "What's your name?"
At this time, I saw Guo Lin running hurriedly from the hall and said, "Senior Brother Han, are you here?"
Junior brother Zhang Yue finally understood that the young man in front of him was the one who abandoned school midway as Guo Lin said before.
"Passing by here by the way! I just happened to come in and have a look. How are you, junior brother?" the young man replied.
"Are you okay? I've been busy with homework lately. How are you doing? Are you still studying?" Guo Lin asked.
Zhang Yue saw the young man biting his lip and then said, "Sir, are you accepting new students again?"
"Yes, those who came a few days ago have already finished reciting the Filial Piety Sutra."
The young man nodded, and then looked further away. Zhang Yue turned his head and saw Guo Xuexuu in the hall had walked out, and said in a trembling voice: "Is it Han Tao?"
The young man took a deep look at Guo Xuexue, suddenly turned around and ran out.
"Senior brother! Senior brother!" Guo Lin strode after him.
The two figures disappeared into the pine forest. Zhang Yue's eyes were slightly red when he looked at Guo Xuejun.
Soon Guo Lin ran back, looked at Guo Xuexuan and Zhang Yue and shook his head. Guo Lin whispered: "Dad, senior brother said that since he has said what he said, he will not come back to study here in the future."
Guo Xuejun sighed, turned his back and walked into the house silently.
Zhang Yue asked Guo Lin, "Why did Senior Brother Han come back and then leave?"
Guo Lin shook his head and said: "Maybe he wants to come back. After hearing that he failed in the county school, he also wanted to find another famous teacher. But his family is not well-off either. His mother passed away the year before last, and his stepmother was very harsh on him. In fact, except for his father, there was no one else.
There is no teacher in the county willing to accept such a lowly cultivator to teach him Confucian classics!"
"Then he just came to take Mr. Zhongqiu under his wing, so why did he leave again?" Zhang Yue asked.
"Do you care about your face? Maybe today you are going to speak out, but after looking at me, you are afraid of losing face and then changing your words." Guo Lin sighed.
Zhang Yue finally understood, and asked again: "Then why don't you move to the city to teach? Shu Xiu will definitely be better than the ones in the village! You can't even afford to eat."
Guo Lindao: "Dad has been here for a long time, so he loves the land and can't let go. In the past, when life was tight, my mother asked him to move to the city, but he said that if he left, the children in the village would have no one to teach them!"
"That's it." Zhang Yue nodded and turned to look at the hut, but saw that most of the children in the school were still laughing and playing, and few of them were serious. Guo Xuexuan was kicking his clogs and reciting a book in a rhythm.
Guo Linhu said: "Actually, if one of you and I can get into the county school, my father will be famous, and more people will come here to study in the future."
"But it doesn't matter if you don't pass the exam. My father often told me that it doesn't matter whether a person is poor or not, but one must know that loyalty, filial piety, and justice are enough. Be loyal to officials, be filial to your parents, be honest to yourself, and be righteous to your friends.
As long as scholars of our generation can talk about these things all the time, even if they live in poverty all their lives, they will still be able to stand tall and stand tall!"
Zhang Yue nodded when he heard this and said, "Senior brother, you have learned a lesson."
The summer is hot, and Pucheng has entered the scorching heat.
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Many children have to help their families work in the fields before dawn. Therefore, the children no longer come before dawn, but usually wait until after Chen time. At this moment, adults can't stand the scorching heat in the fields.
The children were sent from the fields to study in village schools.
The south is busy with farm work all year round, but the north only studies during the slack period after October, which is called winter study.
There is a poem by Lu You about winter studies: "Children study in winter and make noise among their neighbors. It is said that they are ignorant but they cherish themselves. After being taught the village book, they sleep behind closed doors and cannot see anyone face to face all year round."
Children learn to play in the winter, but the teacher maintains his aloofness as a scholar and does not associate with farmers. After teaching in the morning, he closes the door and goes to sleep, and his face is not seen from the beginning to the end of the year.
This was completely different from Zhang Yue's elementary education in the city. At that time, except for himself and Xue Ming, most people studied very seriously, and the teacher's urging was also very strict.
The children in the Guo Xuexue Village School were playing and playing, and few of them took reading seriously.
However, the parents in the village school are not stupid. Guo Xuexue's village school is cheaper. At least it allows the children to have a place to go after farming. It would be better if they could learn Braille and learn some etiquette for treating people.
, no matter how hard it is, I can still write my name neatly without any shortage of strokes.
It's not that parents don't know the truth of "if you can't endure the hardship of study, you have to endure the hardship of life", because it is really difficult to get ahead in studying, and that is something only officials can do.
There were no scholars in the Song Dynasty. To get a good reputation as a scholar, you had to offer a scholar to become a Jinshi. How could ordinary people have such capital?
Guo Xuejun looked at Zhang Yuechu in the same way. He had heard of Zhang Yue's "unclear name" in Meng Xue, and knew that he was probably someone who was not serious about studying. He thought that this time he came to study the scriptures, probably in the name of the system.
, fool the family.
This is also normal. If Zhang Yue doesn't study at his age, he will have to work in the fields. Zhang Yue probably plans to study to escape from the hard work of farming. However, when Zhang Yue memorized the Filial Piety Classic, he changed his mind.
A few days ago, Zhang Shi brought Zhang Yue a bedding and his most cherished mosquito net. Before leaving, he stuffed Zhang Yue with three hundred dollars, telling him to buy whatever he needed, to study with peace of mind, and not to think about his family.
Zhang Yue has already read the Classic of Xiaoxiao, and then the Analects of Confucius. These days have benefited Zhang Yue a lot. He no longer has nothing to do. Every day he feels that his mind is full of things, and his homework is also a day.
Rapid progress in one day.
After reading, Zhang Yue likes to lie on the big rocks in the pine forest with grass roots in his mouth, watching the white clouds on the ridge drifting past his eyes so leisurely, and the fresh air in the pine forest is intoxicating.
Not far away, the scholar's native dog was lying in a sunny place, turning his head lazily and licking the bald hair on his back.
The lame slave opened a field behind the village school, watering it and growing vegetables every day.
The children continued to play after arriving at the village school. They would rather squat under the tree and watch the ants fight than study. The days in the mountains are so unconcerned with the world, and the years are wasted. Apart from being a little more miserable, it is really calming.
, all troubles disappear.
After being awakened by the noise of children playing, Zhang Yue walked around the thatched cottage for a while and did the eighth set of radio gymnastics in the pine forest. Feeling a little thirsty, he returned to the house to scoop water from a gourd.
Down.
The water in the tank was very cold, so when he drank the water, Zhang Yue drank in small sips.
Zhang Yue understood these principles of caring for the body but did not use them in his previous life, but in the Song Dynasty, when medical treatment was underdeveloped, he had to pick it up. As far as mosquito nets are concerned, they are a must-have in the south.
How many people died from malaria in ancient times. Having a mosquito net can save you a lot of worry. As for getting up early to exercise, it is also a must. Studying for exams is not only mental work, but also physical work. How can you study without a good body?
"Junior brother, what do you do in the forest every day?" Guo Lin asked curiously.
Zhang Yue hummed and replied: "I won't be able to learn some farming skills in the future, and I will always go back to farming. I'm afraid that I will waste my time, so I got up early to practice in the woods."
Guo Lin felt relieved after hearing this, and then scolded him again: "Junior brother, I have told you that if you don't sleep during the day, with your talent and hard work, you will definitely be able to..."
Zhang Yue already let out a long yawn: "Senior brother, I'm so hungry. What should I have for breakfast?"
"Having tea soup this morning... Where did I talk just now? Junior brother, junior brother! I haven't finished talking yet, why are you leaving?"
But I saw that Zhang Yue had already walked to the kitchen of the West House, and his scholarly wife was making tea soup.
As soon as the Hun family saw Zhang Yue, they said: "Sanlang, come and have a bowl of tea soup."
"Okay!" Zhang Yue took the tea soup from the scholarly Hunjia and drank it.
The scholarly Hunjia smiled and said: "You came from the county before, and I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to get used to living in the mountains, but I didn't expect that your life is getting better and better."
Zhang Yue laughed. In fact, he felt bitter in his heart, but he didn't say it.
"How can I leave when my wife can cook such good tea soup?"
The scholarly Hunjia smiled brightly and said, "You are the only one with a sweet mouth."
Zhang Yue finished the bowl of tea soup that was thicker than porridge, then pretended to wash the dishes, and said smoothly: "Thank you, Master."
"Hey, put the bowl down. It's your turn to wash the dishes. Do you want to eat again?"
Zhang Yue touched his belly and said: "This tea soup is like porridge but not like porridge, like tea but not like tea, but it is really delicious when the wife cooks it, but I ate too fast just now and haven't tasted it yet..."
"Now that it's cooked well, let's have another bowl." The scholarly wife looked indifferent.
The pedantic Hunjia put the green beans, green onions and other ingredients for the tea base at the bottom of the bowl. First, he added some cold water to make a paste, and then rinsed it with boiling water.
Zhang Yue brought it over and drank it, and couldn't help but sigh again: "It tastes good! It tastes so good! It feels warm all over my body."
"Don't be polite to me, just treat this place as your home!" the scholarly Hunjia said seriously.
Guo Lin, who was following Zhang Yue, couldn't help but murmur in his heart that his mother was usually very polite to others, and he and his father always had to look at her face at home.
But not only was Zhang Yue not afraid of her, but he was also able to please her from time to time. Outsiders could not understand and thought that Zhang Yue was just like her own son.
After drinking two bowls of warm tea soup, Zhang Yue had returned to the room and was about to study.
At this time, Guo Xuexiu pushed open the door and saw a twelve or thirteen year old woman following behind him.
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin were wondering, but they saw Guo Xuexue said: "These two people will be your senior brothers from now on, and they will also live here on weekdays. If you don't understand something in your homework in the future, you can ask them for advice."
Zhang Yue was surprised, did girls' shoes still exist in this era?