Zhao Rong had also experienced this phenomenon twice when the old gentleman looked directly at him without his eyes moving. Generally speaking, it only meant one thing, that is, the old gentleman needed him to do something.
This old man's character is really weird. He claims to be Zhao Rong's teacher, but he never lets Zhao Rong call him teacher or master, and he doesn't need Zhao Rong to salute him every day. In fact, it is to avoid Zhao Rong getting in the morning
I bowed to him when I came, and the old gentleman made a point of coming later and later every time to take possession of the house.
Generally speaking, the old gentleman disdains seeing Zhao Rong. Occasionally, when he needs Zhao Rong to give him instructions or is looking for something, he will look at Zhao Rong like this, as if Zhao Rong should be there.
There were people waiting around him. This time, Zhao Rong was still very obedient. He immediately stood up and came to the old gentleman's side, looking at him with questioning eyes.
This is another rule of this old gentleman. Try not to talk in the study. He thinks that talking will disturb his thoughts, so Zhao Rong is forbidden to talk in the study. If he has anything to say, the old gentleman also said it.
He would say it, and Zhao Rong only had to do it, but there was no need for Zhao Rong to agree or Zhao Rong to respond.
Sure enough, just after Zhao Rong stood next to the old gentleman and gave a respectful half-salute, the old gentleman said: "Go to the top row behind the first bookshelf and find me a book with a cover that's already a bit long."
Damaged ancient books.”
At this point, the old gentleman seemed to be trying to remember something. The book was badly damaged and he basically didn’t know what the title was. When the old gentleman got into the mood, he would pick up a book like that.
I studied the book carefully for a while, but because it was so badly damaged, it was so fragmented that I couldn't even read the entire sentence.
Basically, the old gentleman only reads books like that when his interest is high, and then puts them back after finishing reading them. After a while, he has the patience to read those books again.
And because there is no name on the page, every time the old gentleman wants Zhao Rong to know which book he needs to read, after all, he has to try hard to recall what is written on the first page of the book.
Something. Of course, it shouldn't be too profound. The old gentleman knew it himself. The kid Zhao Rong didn't learn many words at all, so he couldn't understand anything that was too profound.
But after all, it had been a long time since he last read this book, so the old gentleman couldn't remember clearly what was written on the first page of the book. So in the end he could only say paradoxically: "You go
Look, I remember that there were more than thirty words on the first page of the book, and there were no continuous words between each word."
The Zhao family provided more than a dozen of these books, and the old man put them all on the top of the first row of bookshelves. What he was afraid of was that someone would accidentally mess with his books. In the eyes of the old man, these books were more valuable than anything else.
Importantly, his lifelong ambition is basically to work with these books. He wants to restore these books to their original state and let future generations see these almost extinct single copies.
I really couldn’t remember what was written on the first page of the book I wanted, so I could only tell Zhao Rong something like this, and then asked him to get it for me. The old gentleman felt a little uncomfortable in his legs and feet today.
It is estimated that the weather will change somewhat, so he has been too lazy to move recently.
Besides, he had another book in his hand and he almost finished it. He wanted to use this time to read the book carefully while Zhao Rong went to find him a book. Then when he finished it , he already had the book he wanted to read at hand, so there was no time wasted at all, so he specifically asked Zhao Rong to do this.
Zhao Rong didn't resent that the old gentleman did something. Although the gentleman took the name of a teacher in vain, he didn't teach him anything. But after all, he was so old and a scholar, and he had a lot of knowledge. He is also very knowledgeable, so at least on the surface Zhao Rong respects this old gentleman very much. Although he does not agree with this old gentleman's attitude in teaching children, at least this old gentleman is still a scholar. He writes books Li Shuo still brought a lot of benefits to future generations.
So naturally, Zhao Rong bowed again, indicating that he understood what the old gentleman meant, and then walked happily to the back of the first bookshelf, and seriously began to look for the book that the old gentleman pointed to.
It's just that those books were placed relatively high, so it was difficult for Zhao Rong to pick them up. In addition, what the old man said did not specify which book it was, so Zhao Rong could only read them one by one. Looking for books that fit the characteristics mentioned by the old gentleman. So for a while, he really didn't find the book directly. And the old gentleman here also completely predicted this situation, so he was not in a hurry, but Continue reading the book that I almost finished just now.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. This had never happened before. After all, the old man had once mentioned that while he was teaching Zhao Rong, no one was allowed to come and disturb him, and no one was allowed to come. Go to the study room. Originally, in this old gentleman's opinion, the only things that should exist in this study room were stacks of books and himself. Even Zhao Rong was intolerable to him.
It's just that Zhao Rong was a necessary factor for him to have close contact with these books, so he had no choice but to endure it in the end. As for other people, the old gentleman didn't have such a good attitude, so he came to the study in the first place. At that time, he had already made an agreement with everyone in the Zhao family, actually with the head of the Zhao family and his wife, that during the period when he was teaching, no one was allowed to enter the study.
This was the first time that when they were in class, there was a knock on the door. This sound naturally interrupted the old man's thoughts. He raised his head from the book and turned to look at the door.
The person who knocked on the door stopped after knocking a few times, waiting for a reply from the person inside. After a while, he didn't hear any movement. The person outside the door was a little worried, so he knocked twice more. After a while, the old gentleman confirmed that he was not hallucinating, and that someone was indeed knocking on the door outside.
After understanding this, the old man was certainly very unhappy. He didn't want the Zhao family to dare to break the agreement between them and come to the door. He felt uncomfortable, and naturally his tone was also very unpleasant. He was angry. He yelled: "Come in."
The person outside the door probably didn't expect that after he knocked on the door so cautiously, he would receive such a response. He was told to get in.