On a rare sunny day, the Xie family went all over the mountains and fields looking for crickets. When others asked, they used the excuse of mowing the grass to fool them.
Xie Shi's operation of "exchanging a cricket for ten coins" is like throwing a huge stone into a deep pool, causing waves that linger for a long time.
The Xie family was greatly shocked and inspired.
They saw a way to make money other than farming that they had never thought of before - selling crickets.
Ordinary crickets are naturally worthless, but special and valuable species are different. For example, General Jin Jia, if they catch another cricket like this, wouldn't it cost another ten coins?
They are not greedy either. They know that such valuable crickets are not weeds in the field. They can catch a lot of them, but even if they only catch one, it is an extra income of ten thousand dollars - this does not cost anything. net profit! It’s more than what a whole family can earn after working hard for a year!
Knowing that his family wanted to catch crickets in exchange for money, Xie Shi taught the whole family the methods of raising crickets and identifying cricket species that he had learned in his dream without saying a word.
With the help he gave, even the two sisters who usually didn't like to deal with bugs ran out with fresh energy, looking for hidden crickets in the fields, trying to put their fresh and warm knowledge to use.
Others also studied very seriously. The humble crickets in the past have become lively coins in their hearts.
Unfortunately, autumn has passed, and the sound of crickets has almost disappeared. The crickets active in the fields have disappeared with the autumn wind. Everyone has a lot of ideas for "raising crickets and identifying crickets", but there is no target. Unable to cast.
The Xie family seemed to have been poured cold water on their heads. After waking up from the frenzy, they could only wait until next year before taking action.
The last leisurely time just flowed by.
The winter solstice has passed and the weather is suddenly cold.
A cold wind passed by all night, and the windows rattled. When I opened the door in the early morning, I saw that the persimmon trees in the yard were covered with frost.
In the second room of the east chamber, Xie Shi, who had his eyes closed, was pulled out of the quilt by Mrs. Yu and put on a new cotton-padded coat. The navy blue fabric and cotton were bought by Xie Shi not long ago.
As soon as he was wrapped in cotton clothes and matched with his round little face that was flushed from sleep, he became a veritable little dumpling.
In previous winter days, he was still sleeping in. But starting this year, it won't work, just because today is the day he goes to school.
For this reason, the whole family got up before dawn.
"Brother Shi, go ahead, study hard, and remember to listen to your husband..." Mrs. Xu hugged her sweet grandson and recited for a while. After she finished reciting, Mr. Yu took the baton from her again.
Finally, Mrs. Yu stopped reading. Seeing that Mrs. Liu was about to make a move, Xie Shi hurriedly picked up the book bag, staggered to his father's side, and urged:
"Dad, let's go quickly."
This book bag was made by two sisters, Xie Mei and Xie Lan, to celebrate their little cousin's studies at school. There were cute little ducks embroidered on the surface of the bag. Xie Shi fell in love with it at first sight and hugged him. The book bag refused to let go and gave "sweet words" to the two sisters.
Xie Lin nodded silently, scooped up the little dumpling with a long arm, and held it in his arms. He picked up the little guy's book bag with his other hand. He looked back before turning around:
"Dad, Mom, let's go."
"Go, go, don't miss the time."
The family silently watched the figures, one large and one small, push open the courtyard door and walk away in the cold wind.
…
The cold wind in winter was so biting that it made people's skin hurt. Xie Lin was wearing cotton bought by his son and a winter coat sewn by his wife. He didn't feel cold. Instead, he felt that this winter was much warmer than usual. He lowered his head and glanced at the little boy in his arms. Tuanzi moved the person's face into his arms: "Is it cold?"
Xiaotuanzi shook his head, his furry head arched back and forth in his arms, and hummed: "These clothes are warm, not cold at all."
Xie Shi was held in his father's arms, feeling swaying, and the sleepiness that had not been dispelled came back unknowingly.
The growing child already felt tired, but the cold wind was blocked by the cotton-padded clothes and his father's back. The warm feeling made Xie Shi couldn't help but yawn, and his eyelids gradually became sticky.
It wasn't until he suddenly lost weight and was put down from his father's arms that the little dumpling, who was not yet awake, stepped softly on the ground with his soft feet. He spun half a circle in a daze before sitting down on the ground with a daze. open one's eyes:"???"
The cub's innocent and confused eyes met the other pair of eyes, and he vaguely saw a fleeting smile.
When he stretched out his little hand to rub his sleepy eyes, he looked again, but he suspected that the smile he just saw was just an illusion.
In front of him is a scribe who is nearly thirty years old. He is wearing a blue and white patched straight dress, and his head is wrapped in a square scarf. He is tall, with sharp eyes, a straight nose, and a "one" haircut. He had a mustache shaped like a Chinese glyph, his face was blown white by the wind, and everything from his hair to the corners of his clothes was meticulously neat.
In short, at first glance, he seems to be a strict teacher who is not easy to deal with.
Xie Shi was still confused when a melon was knocked on his head.
Xie Lin saw that his son's first appearance as a disciple had gone wrong, and he was stunned again. He was not as smart as before. He was worried that the promised master would be gone, so he hurriedly urged: "This is Master Xu, why are you still standing there?" , why don’t you hurry up and become a disciple?”
Recalling the apprenticeship procedure mentioned by his third uncle, Xie Shi, who was wrapped in thick cotton clothes, immediately stood up straight. Master Xu stretched out his hand to tidy up his clothes and led him into the entrance hall.
Worship the statue of Confucius first, and then worship Mr. The chubby little dumpling looked like a clumsy little duck when he slowly performed the apprenticeship ceremony.
Xie Lin on the side quickly and diligently offered the six gifts of Shu Xiu.
The so-called "six rites of repair" are celery, lotus seeds, red beans, red dates, longan, and ten strips of dried meat.
The system is always trying to instill knowledge into Xie Shi's little mind and harvest every ounce of energy. It diligently popularizes science, regardless of whether Xie Shi understands it or not:
[Celery means diligent work, lotus seeds mean hard work in education, red beans mean good luck, red dates mean early high school, and longan means perfect merit, all for good luck. ]
[As for dried meat? Ten strips of dried meat are bundles of dried meat. It is recorded in "Zuo Zhuan" that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhao Dun, a doctor of Jin Dynasty, was hunting in Shou Mountain. He saw someone dying of hunger under the shade of mulberry trees and gave him dried meat. The latter took the dried meat but did not eat it. Instead, he said that he would take it home and leave it to his mother, so Zhao Dun gave him two more bunches of dried meat. Later, this man became a soldier beside Jin Linggong. When Jin Linggong wanted to kill Zhao Dun, the soldier turned over to repay his favor and protected Zhao Dun from death. ]
[Since then, "gird breasts" has become an example of showing kindness and getting rewarded. In ancient times, the apprenticeship ceremony only consisted of tying breasts. As time went by, it gradually developed into the "six rites". ]
Master Xu took off his bouquet and repaired the six rituals, and slightly chinned his head.
Then comes the final step of apprenticeship: cleansing the hands.
Xie Shi put his hands into the small basin next to him to wash and rub them clean, then he raised his head obediently and looked at Master Xu eagerly.
"..."
The serious-looking Master Xu paused for a moment, then picked up the ink pen and tapped the tip of the pen gently in the middle of Xie Shi's eyebrows.
——"Mole" means "wisdom", and "pointing the mole" means "opening up wisdom".
A round cinnabar mole appeared in the middle of Xiaotuanzi's eyebrows. He couldn't help but look down at the reflection in the basin. He found that it was just right and not askew, and he immediately relaxed and curled his eyebrows.
At this point, the apprenticeship ceremony has been completed, and the status of teacher and student has been determined. Xie Lin turned around and left, making an appointment to pick him up after school.
Xie Shi was still standing in front of the basin, admiring the reflection in the water, feeling that his appearance had improved to a new level.
Master Xu noticed this move and suddenly understood. I finally understood what he meant by staring at me eagerly just now.
At a young age, you still love beauty?
Master Xu took a deep look at him, stretched out the ruler from his sleeve, and knocked Xie Shi on the shoulder gently, waking him up.
"A saint cultivates his foundation internally and does not embellish his defects externally. His appearance is given by his parents. Self-cultivation lies in studying." Master Xu said with a straight face, "Now that you have entered my school, you must be careful in the future."
"Ah?" Xie Shi blinked and looked at him.
"Snapped!"
The ruler waved gently in the air, whipping the air, and made a sound that was enough to make every child's face change color.
Master Xu looked serious: "Do you remember?"
"Remember what?" Xiaotuanzi raised his face with an innocent and confused expression, "Master, I don't understand."
For him, a "little illiterate" who has not yet been enlightened, it is too advanced for Xu Master to start reading.
Master Xu's serious face froze slightly, and he was silent for a moment before saying: "...You just need to remember it and study hard in the future."
Master Xu stood up and walked out. Xie Shi quickly followed behind him. The two of them turned into the room in the middle of the main hall of the house. There were already several Meng boys sitting in it, all around seven or eight years old. Only the one sitting on the third floor was sitting there. The child in the middle of the row looks smaller and has a rounder face.
"One, two, three, four, five." Xie counted it with his fingers, and finally pointed to himself, "Six!"
Including him, there are now a total of six students in the private school.
Master Xu arranged for him to sit in the empty seat on the right side of the little round face. Just as he sat down, the little round face next to him came over excitedly.
"Are you the new junior brother?" The little round-faced man stretched out his hands to show Xie Shi's height, with a look of amazement on his face, "You look so young, are you five years old?"
Without waiting for Xie Shi to answer, he introduced himself: "My name is Xu Shouwen, I am six years old this year. I will no longer be the youngest junior brother." As he spoke, Xu Shouwen couldn't help laughing. When he smiled, his round face suddenly became even rounder.
Xie Shi also has a familiar temperament, and does not reject Xu Shouwen's familiarity. On the contrary, he likes this round face. He showed his invincible and sweet smile: "Hello, senior brother, my name is Xie Shi, I am four years old this year." He tilted his head and asked uncertainly, "Is it right to call me senior brother?"
Xu Shouwen smiled so brightly that he showed his snow-white teeth: "That's right, that's right, I will also be a senior brother from now on!"
The two children, who are similar in age, have similar interests and hobbies, and they chatted animatedly without realizing it.
"Crack!" The ruler struck the table and made a sound.
It turned out that the two of them were making too much noise. Master Xu, who had finished checking the homework of the other older children, came over at some point with his hands behind his back. He directly called them by name: "Xu Shouwen."
Xu Shouwen stood up quickly, his round face tightening: "...Master!"
"Jingxing is a virtuous person, and he can be a sage by suppressing his thoughts." Master Xu randomly selected a sentence from "The Thousand-Character Essay" and said, "Continue to memorize it."
Sweat suddenly broke out on Xu Shouwen's forehead.
He stumbled and continued to recite: "Virtue and morality build a reputation, and the appearance is upright. Sounds are transmitted in an empty valley, and people are accustomed to listening in an empty hall..."
After only memorizing a few sentences, he couldn't recite it anymore. Master Xu glanced at him, and he stretched out his left hand with a round face.
Snap, snap, snap. Three hard blows.
The sound of the ruler hitting the palm of his hand made Xie Shi next to him feel pain. He was stunned and trembling.
Are you going to be beaten if you can't recite the book?
... Wuwuwu Going to school is so scary, I want to go home.
