If worries are eliminated and only poetry is left, then Chenjiawu on the banks of Mingsheng Lake and at the foot of Jiuyao Mountain is simply a paradise, with roosters crowing, dogs barking, smoke curling from cooking stoves, and the sound of books making up the tranquility of a mountain residence after snow.
Chen Cao's uncle and nephew were studying and practicing calligraphy together as before. Zongzhi wrote down the reading problems accumulated over the past two months on a roll of paper. Now Chen Cao was answering them one by one, and Run'er was also there.
While listening.
Ran Sheng was full of confidence when he returned from Wujun. He had already recognized all the characters in "The Analects of Confucius". He was eager to show it in front of Run'er. In the first two days after returning to Chenjiawu, Ran Sheng knew what Xiaolangjun had taught him.
, Run'er was busy playing with the toys that Chen Caozhi bought for her, such as the nine-link ring, a white porcelain whistle dog, and a small ceramic house. She was having so much fun that she didn't bother to take the exam. Ran Sheng was anxious.
Ah, on the third day, Runer remembered it and asked him to read "The Analects" from beginning to end——
Ran Sheng's reading sound was so loud that the whole Wubao could hear it, and the more he read, the louder he got. He was not reading, but simply shouting. If Master Kong had a voice like his, it would really be deafening and shocking.
Confucius has more than three thousand disciples——
Ran Sheng roared: "Confucius said: 'You, Mei (teaching), you know what you know! Knowing it is knowing it, not knowing it is not knowing, this is knowing.'"
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Ran Sheng roared: "The Master said: 'If a person is not benevolent, what is the courtesy? If a person is not benevolent, what is the use of medicine?" Lin Fang asked - "
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Run'er reminded him: "Xiao Sheng, please speak softly. You have already pronounced eight characters wrong. You will make the uncles in the East Building, South Building and North Building laugh."
Ran Sheng's face suddenly turned red and he couldn't read anymore.
The little beauty Run'er smiled sweetly and said: "Xiao Sheng, you are already very good. You have read "The Analects" so well in only two and a half months. Please speak softly and read it to me. I will tell you any words you missed.
Remember, I will teach you later."
After all, Run'er is now a teacher. She no longer calls herself "Run'er" but "I" in front of Ran Sheng. However, she still calls herself "Run'er Run'er" when talking to her grandmother, uncle Chou, and brother.
Ran Sheng was happy and started reading in a low voice. As he read, his voice gradually became louder——
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After the heavy snowfall on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, it cleared up for five or six days. The snow on the road gradually melted. Chen Caozhi took Ran Sheng to Lai De for a trip to Baoshi Mountain. Lai De drove an ox cart.
It contained some rice, noodles, preserved vegetables, etc., which were given to the two Taoists who stayed behind at Chuyang Taoist Temple.
The two Taoists were also very happy to see Chen Caozhi. Chen Caozhi was a disciple of Master Ge and half the master of Chuyang Taoist Temple. Moreover, the two Taoists were really grateful for the rice and noodles they sent in this cold and freezing weather.
Chen Caozhi put back the twenty volumes of "The Biography of Gao Shi", "New Book", "On Morality" and "Dazhuang Lun" that he had borrowed before on the bookshelf. He also found ten volumes of "Mai Jing" and "Fa" by Yang Xiong.
Thirteen volumes of "Yan", two volumes of Wang Bi's "Book of Changes", and Dong Zhongshu's "Three Strategies of Heaven and Man" were brought back to Chenjiawu to copy and study.
In addition to studying and practicing calligraphy, Chen Caozhi painted every day, pondering the "Six Methods of the Wei Family" left by Wei Xie, recalling the brush and ink methods used by Wei Shi and Gu Kaizhi when painting, and learned through exploration.
Zongzhi and Run'er were very impressed when they saw that Uncle Chou had learned to paint again after a trip to Wu County. When Uncle Chou was painting, they stood on the side and looked at each other, mouthing from time to time.
A "tsk" sound expresses exclamation and praise.
It took Chen Caozhi seven days to paint "Mountain Dwelling in the Snow". It was the first time he used the panoramic composition method from multiple angles to paint. After the painting was completed, he felt that the overall composition of the painting was quite stiff, and it was different from Wei Shi's "Huan".
"I Give a Flute Picture" and Gu Kaizhi's "Moonlight Night Pounding Clothes Picture" are really far behind. I thought that I was too weak in composition and layout. I only painted one mountain, one stone, one flower and one tree, which is still impressive. I painted like this
The panorama skill is not enough.
But Zongzhi and Run'er were so happy that they went to ask their grandmother to see it, and asked Aunt Ying to see it, saying that it was Jiuyaoshan painted by Uncle Chou, and it was really realistic.
Run'er was very studious and begged, "Uncle Chou, please teach me how to paint?"
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "Run'er wants to be the first lady in Wu County——"
Before I could finish the sentence, I thought of Lu Weirui. That day at the back hill of Zhenqing Taoist Temple, Lu Weirui said that she wanted to see the lovely Runer.
Run'er said: "Uncle Chou said that if Run'er wants to be the first lady in Wu County, he should learn to paint, right? Then Uncle Chou, hurry up and teach me."
Zongzhi was naturally unwilling to lag behind and wanted to learn painting.
Chen Caozhi said: "Uncle Chou hasn't learned how to paint yet, so what can he teach you? Run'er will only be seven years old after the New Year, which is too young. He will practice calligraphy for another year to develop his brushwork. Chou will be eight years old.
Uncle started to teach you painting, Zongzhi and Runer learned at the same time, they will be more interested together——"
When he said this, a thought flashed through Chen Caozhi's mind, and he thought: "Wouldn't it be good to let Lu Weirui teach Run'er how to paint?" This idea was fleeting and he didn't think much about it. When he was in Wujun, he felt that Lu Weirui was
It's not far away from him, and it's even closer when checking for a patient's pulse. We can smell each other's breath and touch it with our fingertips. But now that we are back in Qiantang, the distance in space also highlights the disparity in status between the two parties. It feels like the beauty is separated by flowers.
In the clouds, the beautiful and innocent Lu Weirui is out of reach.
Chen Caozhi seldom thinks about this. He is studying diligently every day, including Confucian classics, metaphysics, calligraphy, music, and painting. He feels that there are too many things that he needs to learn. The soul of his previous life has given him a learning method that can get twice the result with half the effort.
His comprehension ability far exceeds that of his peers, and it also gives him a clear direction for his efforts.
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, loved to listen to her son Chen Caozhi playing the flute music "Chang and Dan Qing". Every day after dinner, Chen Caozhi would go to her mother's room to play a piece, and her mother would say, "Your sister-in-law used to play the konghou very well."
Now Run'er often plays with the harp, but unfortunately no one teaches her.
On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the west building of Chenjiawu was bustling with activity. Laifu's second son, Laizhen, married the daughter of Huang's tenant farmer. The festive atmosphere continued until the Chinese New Year. During this period, Liu Shangzhi visited once. They had a pleasant conversation and made an agreement.
Set off for Wujun on the sixth day of February next year.
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, two days before the Chinese New Year, the patriarch Chen Xian came to Chen Caozhi and said that his sixth brother Chen Man begged to let his second son Chen Liu return to Chenjiawu. He said that as the New Year was approaching, Chen Liu had no clan and no clan, which was very desolate.
I regretted my past actions so much that as long as I could return to my clan, I would be willing to accept any other punishment - what do you think of Chen Cao?
Chen Caozhi sighed in his heart: "Fourth uncle is really too kind and soft-hearted. The people who just expelled the clan want to take him back!" After thinking about it, he said: "Fourth uncle, it is better to invite the sixth uncle and other uncles and brothers to the ancestors.
Let’s discuss it together. Some things are better explained in person. After all, the expulsion of Chen Liu from Chenjiawu was approved by the clan members. Now, if we want to return him to the clan, we also need the clan members to discuss it together. What I, the Chen family in Xilou, need is
Let's work together, I don't want Uncle Six to resent me."
Chen Xian immediately went to summon the men over the age of 16 and the elders of the clan to discuss matters in the ancestral hall. In the "Youxu Hall", there are four floors on the east, west and south floors, and there are only two people in the west floor, Chen Caozhi and his mother.
, looks like a weak force, but because Chen Caozhi is about to obtain the exemption from being a sixth-rank official, the Chen family in Xilou plays a decisive role in the clan.
Chen Manyaizi made his speech with tears streaming down his face. Most of the people in the "Youxu Hall" felt pity, thinking that although Chen Liu had all kinds of shortcomings, he was a descendant of the Chen family after all. He was homeless during the New Year and had no ancestors.
Ke Ji is really desolate. Now that he has repented, he should be given a chance to make a new start. Therefore, they all looked at the patriarchs Chen Xian and Chen Caozhi.
Chen Caozhi knew that it was difficult to go against public opinion. He had discussed it with his fourth uncle in advance and said: "But it depends on the clan leader's decision."
Chen Xian nodded and said: "It is a big deal for Chen Liu to expel him from the clan. It would be too much fun to accept him back into the clan in a hurry, and it is not enough to punish the stubborn. It is for the sake of unity that we allow him to return to the clan without remembering his old evil."
For the sake of the clan, I, the Chen family of Qiantang, will never fight against each other. I have decided that it will depend on what Chen Liu does next year. If the county superiors improve his opinion, he will be allowed to recognize his ancestors and return to the clan. If he continues to do evil, he will never be punished.
He is not allowed to return to Chenjiawu!"
The clan members in the "Youxu Hall" nodded repeatedly. Chen Manyuan was worried that Chen Caozhi would not let Chen Liu go, but now he was satisfied with the result. He quickly thanked the clan leader and thanked Chen's mother, Li Shi.
