"Where have you gone?"
Stepping into the courtyard gate, she was caught by Xiao Leshi. Minghua smiled obediently and said, "Mom, I'm just playing outside. Where are the eldest and second brothers?"
"Your eldest brother and second brother are reading in the study. You go to them and read together. You can't relax even after taking a bath. You have to study hard. Your father often said that you can learn new things by reviewing the past, but you can't return all the things you have learned just because of the bath. Give it to Master." Xiao Leshi gave him an angry look.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Minghua smiled playfully and ran past her mother and quickly ran into the study. Seeing her two brothers reading seriously at the desk, she didn't interrupt and quietly picked up a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" to read.
The study was quiet. Minghua finished reading "The Analects of Confucius" and then picked up "Zengguang Xianwen" and "Enlightenment of Rhythm" to read.
Thanks to her excellent memory, she has excellent reading and memorizing skills, and three books are not difficult for her. She also read these books with her master in the previous world, and it is easy to pick them up again.
Xiao Zhengning walked into the study room and saw his three children learning about each other, and nodded happily. Seeing the speed at which his daughter was flipping through the books, he couldn't help but step forward and lean over to look behind her. Only then did he realize that after reading a line of words, his daughter had already read half a page; by the time he finished reading a paragraph, his daughter had already turned the page of the book.
"Sanya."
Minghua calmly raised her head and looked at him, "Dad, you are here."
"Well, you read so fast, can you remember it?" The daughter was holding "Rhythm Enlightenment" in her hand, and there were two books next to it, one was "The Analects of Confucius" and the other was "Zengguang Xianwen".
"Remember." He nodded solemnly and affirmed.
Xiao Zhengning raised his hand and picked up the book in her hand, "Since you said you remember it, I will test you for my father."
"Okay, dad, just take the exam." Minghua sat upright.
"Start the test from the first volume and recite "East"."
Minghua cleared her mind for what she was going to use at the moment, and started reading aloud in a childish voice. The sound of her reading attracted the attention of Xiao Hongkang and Xiao Hongping.
"The clouds are against the rain, the snow is against the wind, the evening sunshine is against the clear sky..."
She recited the entire article fluently, except for normal pauses for breaths and segmentation. She recited it word for word. Reciting and reading aloud made Xiao Zhengning truly realize how powerful her daughter's talent was. The two sons are actually inferior to each other. No, perhaps neither of them can catch up with their daughter's talent.
"Recite "Micro"."
"Come and fro, close to sparse, the swallows dance to the orioles. The wind is clear to the moon, the dew is heavy to the mist..."
After testing seven or eight articles in this way, I stopped when I reached the position Minghua read.
The two younger brothers were already in a trance, and they seemed to be really inferior to their sister; she was only five and a half years old, and had already learned three hundred thousand, and now she had memorized most of "Rhythm Enlightenment".
"You can recite very well, but to read, you must not only be able to recite and read, but also understand the meaning; otherwise, it is blind reading, which is how people call nerds." Nerd is a complimentary term, but also a derogatory term.
Minghua nodded and said seriously: "I know, Dad, I have read carefully and tried to understand. There are annotations in the book, and it is easy to understand when combined with reading."
"So, you think you understand everything?"
"Then let me explain some of the articles I just tested you on." Xiao Zhengning put the book on the small table next to Minghua, moved a stool over, and waited for her to tell her.
"East is Dongyun, also called rhyme, which is rhyme; for example, Pingshui rhyme has 106 rhyme parts, among which there are many Ping tone characters, so it is divided into upper and lower parts..."
Minghua explained his self-understanding and what his master taught him one by one. Xiao Zhengning sometimes frowned and sometimes nodded as he listened. After he finished interpreting the eight chapters, he was enlightened. It turned out that these things can still be so different.
The teaching in this era was relatively rigid, and the understanding of things remained at one level; people who could truly interpret things in depth were those from noble families and truly scholarly families, and it was difficult to meet them outside. Therefore, the importance of having a famous teacher explain things in ancient times was reflected.
Xiao Hongping felt dizzy after listening, but Xiao Hongkang listened carefully and combined what he had learned before. Only then did he realize that he was not as good as his sister. Although he had studied for a few more years, he was not as good as her, which was really embarrassing.
"My sister is really smart."
Xiao Zhengning never said a word, "Sanya is young and needs to guard against arrogance and impatience. You can help find whatever my sister needs. But you cannot praise her. There are many people who are smart when they are young but do nothing when they are older. You should take her as a Quit.”
"Yes, dad." Xiao Hongkang stood up and bowed.
Xiao Hongping didn't think so. His sister was just better than him and read quickly. Not to mention how much he learned after entering school, at least he didn't finish three hundred thousand, and now he only learned a hundred surnames.
"Dad, my sister is smart. If we praise her more, she will become even smarter."
Xiao Zhengning's eyes twitched, he couldn't keep this son.
Xiao Hongkang gave his younger brother a hand and said, "Dad said this for my sister's good. Sister, you are great, keep working hard."
"Okay, brother, I will continue to work hard." After Minghua said childishly, Xiao Hongping had no intention of arguing.
Xiao Hongkang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, wondering why his brother, who was usually quite clever, was so confused about this matter. They couldn't praise in front of their father, but they could praise him behind his back.
Do you know that what you are doing is contrary to what you are doing?
Xiao Hongping really didn't know.
At this time, the clan leader came over, and Xiao Zhengning left with the clan leader to go to the private school arranged by the clan.
Xiao Hongkang pulled his brother to his sister, picked her up and put her on his lap, "Sister, don't be angry, we listen to dad. From now on, your brothers will only praise you in private; just don't let dad hear it. My sister is indeed very smart. My eldest brother is much smarter. When my eldest brother was your age, he only finished reading Three Hundred Thousand."
As the eldest son of the eldest son, he was taught by his father in his arms since he was a child. Xiao Hongping loved to play with leather since he was a child. Xiao Zhengning thought that it would be okay for the eldest son to stand up in the family, and it would be okay for the second son to play more, so he never initiated the education himself.
When it was his daughter's turn, he thought the same thing; girls grow up pampered and will leave their side when they grow old.
"Brother!"
I didn’t expect you to be like this, brother.
Xiao Hongping was shocked.
Xiao Minghua also looked at him strangely.
Xiao Hongkang coughed uncomfortably, "Dad is afraid of delaying my sister, so let's talk to her in private. If you are smart, praise her! Just don't let dad know."
"Is this okay? Brother, you also said that dad is doing it for the sake of my sister! We are doing the opposite..." If dad finds out, his legs will be broken, right?
Minghua tried her best to blink her eyes, she was in a trance. She really wanted to say: Brother, your character is ruined.
"Appropriate praise will make people more motivated; when Master praises me, I hope to do better and not let Master down." After Xiao Hongkang finished speaking, his ears were burning and his face was flushed; he felt that he was in trouble. It's shameful to say this in front of my siblings.
Xiao Hongping recalled carefully that he was never praised by his wife. Instead, his mother often praised him for his cleverness. What did he think at that time? I thought it would make my mother happy to be so clever all the time.
Thinking of this, Xiao Hongping nodded heavily, "Brother is right, sister, we praise you secretly and can't tell dad."
