I used to think that ancient knowledge was all about metaphysics, but now I have experienced it personally and found that it is not the case. There are beautiful poems, generous articles, tragic history, dark conspiracies, and things that a person needs in his life.
There is nothing lacking in the academy system of the Song Dynasty.
Arithmetic is a weak point, so Yun Zheng never took the math subject in the academy. Mr. Peng Li never reprimanded Yun Zheng for this, and even privately asked Yun Zheng to learn mathematics without damaging his secret knowledge.
We cannot also teach college students and offer a separate school building as a temptation.
Yun Zheng was a weak-willed person and simply could not bear the temptation of a separate school. After a few reserved sentences, he happily agreed to Mr. Peng Li's suggestion and taught arithmetic to the students in the academy while studying.
The scholars whose minds have been imprisoned by the Four Books and Five Classics have no way to accept Yun Zheng's new education. Whenever they mention arithmetic, every one of them will frown and lament endlessly.
Once again tortured by the crazy pool manager and two idiot craftsmen, the ecstatic student finally broke out.
"This is not something we should learn at all. As long as we can understand and count arithmetic, why should we learn these extremely boring and difficult subjects? Sir, you are not deliberately making things difficult for us, are you?"
Yun Zheng shook his fan and said with a smile: "Who said arithmetic is useless? This is a great science. The universe is huge, the mustard seeds are microscopic, the speed of lightning, the ingenuity of hundreds of craftsmen, the changes in the world, the complexity of daily use, nowhere.
No need to do arithmetic.
Arithmetic is an extremely ancient subject. It has been around since our ancestors slashed and burned. Our earliest counting method is ten fingers. My maid still uses it today. However, when the amount is larger, she takes off her fingers.
When she couldn't count the number of shoes, she would use a rope. She was very smart. As long as her family had a little more income, she would tie a knot with a rope. However, when she later started raising silkworms, she found that she couldn't use a knot at all.
When I came to express how many silkworms she had, she began to ask me for arithmetic. Now she has learned to use numbers to express her silkworms.
Arithmetic is indispensable in everything in life, from building our houses to our palaces and even pontoons. Even once you win, you will need the knowledge of arithmetic after you become an official."
Mr. Peng Li watched Yun Zheng giving a lecture in the school building with a smile. He also heard the students' discussions. He coughed in a low voice, and the school room that was noisy just now suddenly returned to silence.
The old man clapped his hands, and Yun Zheng actually saw Yun Er's little head rising from the window. Mr. Peng Li stood outside the window and pointed at the questions that Yun Zheng had left for the students. He also said to Yun Er: "Can you think of those questions?"
Solutions have to?"
Yun Er looked at his elder brother, then at Mr. Peng Li, and nodded. The old man smiled with satisfaction. He took Yun Er's hand and walked into the school building. He took the question from Yun Zheng and asked Yun Er to answer it.
They were all very simple arithmetic problems, and Yun Er solved them one by one in a short time. This child has recently lost his teeth, and his front teeth haven’t grown in yet. He doesn’t like to open his mouth very much. Now he doesn’t care about talking or eating.
, all need to cover their mouths.
Yun Zheng picked up the questions that Yun Er had done and said with a smile to his classmates: "All the answers are correct. If you have any questions, you can put the answers into the questions to check."
After saying that, he led Yun Er out of the school building. Mr. Peng Li was obviously ready to get angry. In order not to be hated by his classmates, Yun Zheng thought it would be better for him to leave.
Sure enough, as soon as he walked out of the school building, Mr. Peng Li's roar came from the school building. Regardless of the students who were suffering, it is estimated that their lunch today is probably missing. The academy does not have many punishment methods. Hit the board, and now
I don’t use it much anymore, and then I have to carry water and go hungry.
Generally speaking, it was not bad. Yun Zheng was lucky enough to carry water for ten days, which was nothing, but Cui Da didn't feel very good. These ten days were simply purgatory for him.
Yun Er brought bacon-wrapped dumplings. Yun Zheng liked them very much. Lu Qingqing didn't know how to make these. She could make white fungus soup and plain hand pastry, and the tea soup made with spices was also very good. Unfortunately, Yun Zheng didn't know how to make it at all.
I like these good things, but what bothers me the most is a grown man holding a bowl of slippery white fungus soup and drinking it slowly. The stuff is as soft as snot.
"How are you doing at home these days? I still have five days to go home to see if your sister-in-law's workshop has been completed? When you came last time, you said you didn't find enough manpower. Have you found it now?"
Yun Zheng ate a dumpling and shook his head. The dumpling was already cold, but there was no way to pay attention to this in Jinjiang Academy. There were too many stories of hard study here for the gentlemen to warn students not to be greedy.
"Sister-in-law is not very happy. Laorou has been very busy recently, so she took the time to make the dumplings for you. Lanlan also worked hard. She and Laorou were at the construction site all day long, and everyone turned black.
Brother, do we have to live such a busy life? Do you have to work hard to go to school? I always feel that there is no need. Aren’t we planning to live happily? Why do we have to work so hard? If you are not around, everyone will be unhappy.
, Monkey, Silly Cow, as long as he doesn’t work, he just lies on the haystack in a daze all day long, and Lao Liao always stands at the door watching the road, but you will never come.”
Yun Zheng sniffed and felt sore in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. He always wanted to find a way in this world without losing his prestige to future generations, but everything did not go according to plan. Now
He also trapped himself in the eyes of imperial spies, which was very different from the invisible life he imagined.
"Brother, you are too tired. There is no need to carry everything on your shoulders. I used to have the same idea as you. My father doesn't want me, my mother doesn't want me. I can't live without me. Now I'm living a very happy life."
Happy, brother, you have fulfilled all my fantasies about my parents. Now I only care about you. As long as you are here, I will lack nothing. We will live a good life in this world without thinking or doing things that are beyond our capabilities.
, live this life happily."
Yun Zheng hugged Yun Er. He regarded himself as a relative and supporter, and he was not the same. If he came to this world alone, he didn't know whether he could survive. Fortunately, those strange things did not take him away.
To be taken away from oneself, one needs to truly thank heaven for this, if he really has a spirit.
"We were actually abandoned by the original world. As I said, I never believe in fate, but what happened to us is definitely not something that can be perfectly explained by a simple scientific theory.
I am an orphan, and you were abandoned by your mother. God seems to have deliberately arranged this, letting us come here naked and without worries. We are like chess pieces, at the mercy of others.
I don't accept it. Killing the bandits in Yuanshan and the Eagle Clan means I'm challenging fate. We won, but Lu Qingqing's matter came up in front of me again. I liked Lu Qingqing, so I married her, but I
My heart tells me that I prefer the so-called sins she carries! Fighting to change fate is what I like to do most.
Less than a month after studying in the academy, I realized that I was angry with myself, little brother, I won’t let you down anymore. I can’t let Qingqing, Bacon and you down.
We have gained a lot from coming here. There are the old patriarch, Wugou, Xiaolin, and Hua Niang. Many people are very kind to us. Friendship is priceless. We should cherish them more.
, we can’t always think about the past, promise my little brother, forget the past, we can start our new life again.”
Yun Er grinned his toothy mouth and smiled very happily. As long as the Yun brothers did not provoke others, they would always live happily. Seeing that Yunda had finished eating the dumplings, he picked up the food box and said to Yunda: "I'll go
Tell them that Big Brother is thinking of us too!"
Yun Da watched Yun Er run out like a deer, and his heart was filled with happiness.
"Ah! Brother Yun, I heard that your younger brother is a first-rate child prodigy. I wonder if Brother Yun also has a bright mind?"
"Ah! Bastard, Lao Zhou, you are indeed a pure bastard. Arithmetic is a secret of the Yun family. What flows in the blood of the Yun family is not blood, but numbers. Just like you appreciating
Calligraphy and painting are average, they are family traditions, so they are naturally better than others. The child prodigy just said where did he come from?"
Zhou Tong's family owns a calligraphy and painting shop. He is the most funny man and has a very free and unrestrained temperament. He wears Yun Zheng's fan behind his collar. He learned this skill from Yun Zheng. He thinks it is very impressive. Yun Zheng
He ran away in a hurry and didn't take away the fan. This guy came here specially to give the fan away.
"Brother Yun, to be honest, Mr. Peng Li brought your brother here, which made everyone lose face. It's really hard to say that it's something that can be taught at home. It's easy to learn it because it has been exposed to it since childhood. However, everyone's lunch meal is not
I don’t know where I am…”
"Don't be ignorant. I admit this. It's all mine. But I'm afraid you and I can't get out of the high wall of the academy. Please tell me where it is easy to get in and out."
Zhou Tong raised his eyebrows and pointed at Yun Zheng and smiled: "It seems that you are not a good bird. You are used to skipping school. I could tell it when I first met you in Lujia Taolin. Fourteen people
, twenty-eight bowls of tofu curd, Qiaojia Tofu Xishi’s tender tofu, you must keep it full!”
"Come on, let's go out first, but make it clear that we are going to drink tofu pudding, not to eat other people's tofu and Xishi's tofu. We are scholars after all, and we can't lose our face."
"Come on, you'll lose all dignity when you get into a dog hole."
"You bastard, you want my dignified Chengfeng Lang to dig into a dog hole?"
"Pull him down, Zhao Yanei is still waiting to get into a dog hole, hurry up, you are hungry!" (To be continued)