Knowing this, Minghua went to find a book about musical instruments to read.
Silence returned to the study room again, Minghua didn't speak, and Ji Jin and Cui Changhe also looked at it seriously.
When Xu Shoufu returned from the morning, the housekeeper who was waiting in the courtyard immediately greeted him, "Master, you are back. Master Ji, Master Cui, and Miss Minghua have been here for a while."
"Okay, I understand, let's serve some tea." He walked past the housekeeper, walked straight into the outer study, and said, "Ji Jin, Chang He, Minghua, how long have you been here?"
The three of them put down their books at the same time, stood up and saluted, "Master/Master."
"Get up." Xu Shoufu raised his hand, and the three of them stood up together. Xu Shoufu went to sit down at the desk. The butler brought tea and placed a cup in front of each person. Xu Shoufu took a sip of tea and said lightly, "Ji Jin and Chang He's homework will not be tested in school for now. , you continue your unfinished homework; Minghua stays, I will test your progress first."
"Yes, Master."
Ji Jin and Cui Changhe respectfully exited the study.
Minghua stayed where she was, and Xu Shoufu asked, "Have you read the Book of Changes?"
"Already finished reading."
"Is it understandable?"
"Back to master, it's almost time."
After Minghua finished speaking, Xu Shoufu took the test for more than a dozen questions; Minghua answered them one by one, and the answers were perfect.
Xu Shoufu nodded with satisfaction, "With a solid foundation, we can start the next stage of study; in the study there are "Erya", "Spring and Autumn", "Guan Zhi", "Interpretation of Ancient Prose", "Standards of Articles", and "Fu Xue Zhenghu" , "Selected Works of Zhaoming", "Wenji of the Six Dynasties" and other books, you should read them first, and if you don't understand, you can ask your teacher at any time."
Minghua nodded in agreement and started searching in the study. She found the eight books according to the master's instructions, carried them out of the study, and let the housekeeper lead the way to find the two senior brothers.
The place Xu Shoufu arranged for his disciples to study was a separate room. It was not too big and was enough for about ten people. After entering, Minghua discovered that there were four young men of different ages inside.
The oldest is twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest is only eight or nine years old.
"First senior brother, second senior brother."
"Junior sister is here, come sit here with senior brother." There is an empty seat next to Ji Jin, and everyone else is sitting next to him.
Cui Changhe sat alone because he was in a special position, close to the window; there was only a single set of tables and chairs by the window.
"Little Senior Sister." The four young men stood up and bowed to her with different expressions.
Minghua responded with a smile, "Hello fellow nephews."
"Hello, Senior Sister."
After everyone said hello, the four teenagers took their seats after Minghua sat down. Ji Jin helped her put the books on the table, "Why did you bring so many books?"
"Master asked me to read them. There are eight books in total." Minghua picked them up one by one and showed them to him. "They are all what I want to learn."
"Are you learning so fast?" After reading it, Ji Jin felt shocked; he also learned these books, and so did his junior sister.
The junior sister is several years younger than him. Is this the difference between geniuses and ordinary people?
But he was also known as a young and talented man in the past. He was good at reading, had a top-notch family background, and had good character. Many people said that he was a role model for young men in the capital.
In his opinion, he really can't afford the word model.
"Master thinks I can learn, what's wrong?" Ji Jin's face looked strange.
Ji Jin shook his head hastily, "It's okay, my second junior brother and I are also studying these books, but we have already read "Spring and Autumn" and "Erya"; we can't read them with our junior sister."
"It's okay, I read books very quickly." I'll catch up with them soon.
With a good memory and strong understanding, she never feels that she will fall behind anyone; as long as she wants to do something, no one can stop her upward momentum.
Ji Jin was speechless.
Throughout the morning, Ji Jin, Cui Changhe and the four young masters of the Xu family saw what true genius is; it takes less than half a cup of tea to turn a page of a book, and it only takes a stick of incense to read the entire book.
She thought that this was the most she could do. However, after she finished reading one book, she started reading the next one even faster than the previous one.
I was forced to refresh my knowledge again and again, and finally, I got numb.
Especially the four young masters of Xu Mansion looked at her flipping through the book with numb eyes. When the housekeeper came and told them they could have lunch, everyone realized that they had not read a word of it.
A few people's throats moved slightly. Don't ask. If you ask, you will be severely shocked.
The housekeeper looked at the few people, not knowing what was going on, with a confused expression on his face.
"Master Ji, Master Cui, and the other young masters, what are you..."
Ji Jin came to his senses and shook his head quickly, "It's okay, little junior sister, it's time for us to have lunch; take a rest after lunch and then continue reading."
Darling, my junior sister has read six books in one morning.
That's right.
It's six books.
"I know, I'll finish reading the last bit." After Minghua finished speaking, she continued reading.
Ji Jin sighed helplessly. After reading this book, there were seven books. After reading seven books in one morning, who has such a terrifying record?
Cui Changhe suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for everyone present.
The eldest of the four grandchildren of the Xu family held their foreheads and said, "Uncle Xu, I have a headache. I'm going back first; I won't have lunch."
After saying that, without waiting for the official's response, he ran away as if running away.
The other three young masters were secretly resentful that their eldest brother was unloyal and ran away without them; he looked at the aunt's despair in studying, weren't they despairing?
It's a pity that the great opportunity was used by the eldest brother, and they couldn't find the opportunity to slip away.
"Miss Minghua, can you continue reading after you finish eating?" No longer looking at the others, the housekeeper stepped forward and spoke to Minghua with a slight bow of respect.
"immediately."
Minghua persisted in reading the last three pages and stored them in the memory layer of her brain; she stood up without finishing her thoughts, "Sure enough, the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own beauty like jade; reading the book every day makes people fulfilled."
The housekeeper smiled and said: "Miss Minghua is right, the master once said the same thing."
"Master also said that?"
"No, the master was only in his early teens at that time." The housekeeper answered with a kind smile, "A bit older than you, but he studied with his book every day. At that time, several of the master's brothers still laughed at him; they said he was a Nerds, don’t make people stupid by reading.”
Minghua shook her head and couldn't help but secretly curse; look at Xu Shoufu's efforts back then, and then look at his current status.
None of the masters and uncles can compare with him. Efforts may not necessarily yield rewards, but if you don’t work hard, there will definitely be no rewards. Looking at the senior master now in a high position, it can be seen that efforts and rewards are equal.
"Then I have to learn from the master."
"Ahem." Ji Jin coughed hurriedly and stepped forward: "Little junior sister, go and have lunch quickly. The master is probably waiting for us."
"good."
As soon as Minghua responded, both Ji Jin and Cui Changhe breathed a sigh of relief; a person with excellent talents was willing to spend more time studying hard than ordinary people. As people with not particularly good qualifications, they really had no shame in being lazy.
