Teaching is a tiring job these days.
For Zhang Xi, it was especially tiring.
Teaching in this era started with recitation.
You have to recite the whole text first, and after you recite it, your husband will interpret the meaning... You are familiar with it, right? Modern society teaches you to recite ancient Chinese poems, which is also a routine.
But when it comes to endorsements, you have to recognize every word first.
"Book of Rites" was written in the early Han Dynasty, but it records the etiquette standards from the pre-Qin period to the present. People who have not studied this book really don't know some of the words.
Zhang Xi just took advantage of the memory of this life. After all, this is what he learned after enlightenment, and he studied it for ten years until adulthood. The memory is too deep.
Otherwise, how could his soul in later generations remember the content of the "Book of Rites", let alone teach Deng Ai word for word, and explain the source of some rare words.
After all, Deng Ai is just an eleven-year-old child who has just completed his enlightenment education.
Deng Ai could recognize some common words, but that was all.
If nothing else, let's just say that in the first sentence of "Qu Li Shang" at the beginning of "The Book of Rites", he doesn't recognize the word "俨" in "No disrespect, Yan Ruosi".
And if Zhang Xi wants to teach Deng Ai the word "俨", he must not only tell him how to pronounce the word, but also what the meaning of the word is and where the allusions are from... And this must be used Another book - "Erya".
"Erya" is actually a dictionary that tells the meaning and usage of words. It was compiled and summarized by Ban Gu in the former Han Dynasty. It is also a dictionary that is commonly used today.
But it is not a dictionary, and the explanation of a single word is not adequate.
In fact, there was a dictionary in this era, and it was very famous. It was called "Shuowen Jiezi" and was compiled by the great scholar Xu Shen.
However, it has only been eighty years since this book was written. During these years, it has basically been circulated within the aristocratic family. Of course, Zhang Xi, a young man from a poor family, had no chance to gain enlightenment through this book. He did not dare to mislead his children, so he had to Use the traditional "Erya" instead.
But "Erya" is a dictionary after all, explaining vocabulary, not individual words. Moreover, the explanation of "Erya" is not very easy to understand. It was troublesome for Zhang Xi to explain it and tiring for Deng Ai to learn it.
For an article called "Qu Li Shang", it took Zhang Xi just two months to teach him how to read, and it took Deng Ai another ten days to memorize the entire article.
No way, this article is too long... almost a thousand words.
Deng Ai was able to memorize it in ten days, which was considered a genius in this era.
Just when Zhang Xi was about to formally explain this "Qu Li Shang" to Deng Ai, Xu Shu came.
"Yuan Chang is quite comfortable teaching classes and apprentices at home!"
As soon as he entered the door, Xu Shu teased Zhang Xi.
Zhang Xi naturally stood up to greet him, and Deng Ai also came over to salute Xu Shu and say hello.
It was not the first time that Xu Shu came, and it was not the first time that Deng Ai met him, so after Deng Ai finished his salute, he stood beside Zhang Xi and watched his master and Master Xu talking.
"Brother Yuan Zhi, why do you have so much free time today to come and sit here?!" Zhang Xi ignored Xu Shu's joke and directly asked the reason for his visit.
Early spring has arrived. Xu Shu should be responsible for coordinating farming in General Zuo's Mansion. How could he have time to come to see him? !
Unlike Zhang Xi, Zhang Xi has a military position, and there really isn't much to do in the military recently. Zhang Fei has begun to think about going to the mountains to hunt rabbits when spring comes.
At this time, the rabbit was so thin that there was no more meat left. Zhang Fei was still thinking about hunting, which showed that he was bored to a certain extent.
At this time, a person who should be extremely busy comes to find someone who is extremely empty... Is this because he is looking for something to do for himself? !
Sure enough, Xu Shu smiled first, and then said, "The spring plowing has just begun, and the Lord is about to leave for Wollongong... I am here to ask Yuan Chang if he wants to go with him?!"
No, this is about it...you ask me? !
Our lord went to invite Zhuge Liang to come out. Isn't it decided by the lord who will accompany him? Why did he suddenly ask me if I was going? !
"Brother Yuan Zhi, what do you mean by this?!" Zhang Xi didn't understand and asked directly.
Then Xu Shu told the whole story.
Xu Shu wrote a letter to Zhuge Liang, telling him that Liu Bei would visit him on the first day of March. Zhuge Liang wrote back, saying that he would greet General Zuo on the first day of March.
Even if we make an appointment, we won't have the embarrassment of going to visit but being absent again.
But this time Xu Shu had to arrange spring plowing in Xinye, and at the same time he had to guard against Cao Jun from the Wancheng direction taking advantage of the spring plowing opportunity to make a sneak attack, so he could not leave Xinye for the time being, and therefore could not accompany his lord Liu Bei.
But if Xu Shu did not go, Liu Bei would lack an introducer, which was not justified in terms of etiquette, so Xu Shu wanted to ask Zhang Xi to accompany Liu Bei.
At any rate, Zhang Xi has met Zhuge Liang several times. Although the relationship is not as strong as that of Xu Shu, it is still better than Liu Bei, a person he has only met once.
Furthermore, in Xu Shu's opinion, this matter is just a formality, and it doesn't mean much whether he goes or not - no matter how powerful Kong Ming is, you can't fail to invite him three times, right? !
If the three invitations are really not received, it means that Zhuge Liang has no intention of assisting Liu Bei at all.
But obviously, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang were communicating with each other during this period, and the most discussed matter was about Xinye and Jiangxia. This time Liu Bei went to invite Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang would definitely come out.
Since he already knew such a result, why did Xu Shu put down his official duties and go on such a trip? It would be better to let Zhang Xi accompany him. Anyway, the person Zhuge Liang wanted to meet was Liu Bei. Who should be the ceremonial introduction? No one cares.
There was naturally no need to say anything from the lord Liu Bei's side, only Zhang Xi's side. Xu Shu planned to come over personally and ask for Zhang Xi's opinion.
After all, Zhang Xi is being used as a tool.
Of course Zhang Xi has no objection to this. Anyway, it only takes three to five days to go back and forth to Wollongong, which does not delay Deng Ai's educational work.
Besides, if it doesn't work, just leave it to Xu Shu. Anyway, Xu Shu seems to like the look of little Deng Ai.
By the way, we can also take the opportunity for Deng Ai to learn something good from Xu Shu.
Deng Ai wanted to learn the art of war, but Zhang Xi really didn't know how to do it.
You can ask Zhang Xi to talk about some classic battle examples, but if you ask Zhang Xi to systematically teach Deng Ai's art of war, Zhang Xi really can't do it.
The only military book he knew, "The Art of War", was lent to him by Zhuge Liang. Without Zhuge Liang's consent, he was not even qualified to let Deng Ai touch the scroll, let alone preach.
So, Zhang Xi agreed to Xu Shu's request on the spot and was willing to accompany his lord on his third visit to Wollongong.
But similarly, Xu Shu had to help take care of little Deng Ai during Zhang Xi's absence.
Although Xu Shu will definitely be very busy these days, busy with farming matters, he probably won't have much time to give detailed guidance to little Deng Ai.
However, it would be of great benefit to little Deng Ai to be able to handle official duties with Xu Shu, even if he was just studying ink and watching.
People of this age started serving as officials early, and it was common for people to become officials at the age of sixteen or seventeen. For Deng Ai, it was only five or six years later. It would only be good for Deng Ai to familiarize himself with grassroots government affairs in advance.
In this way, seven days after entrusting Xu Shu, Zhang Xi packed his luggage and accompanied his lord to Wollongong for the third time.
But Zhang Xi didn't expect that this time, there would be two more unexpected but expected characters.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
When Liu Bei visited for the first time, he brought Zhang Xi and Xu Shu with him. Zhang Xi was still wondering why it was not Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people... The history books only say that Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, but there is no record of who accompanied him there.
But now, Zhang Xi is a little surprised.
Forget about Zhang Fei, the black guy. He has nothing to do in the military camp anyway. He spends all day thinking about how to harm the mountain birds and wild beasts that have just passed the winter... It is understandable that he will follow.
But Guan Yu is different.
We just moved to Fancheng last year, and now we are busy with spring plowing. You are guarding the town and are not coordinating the work in Fancheng. Why are you here in Wollongong? !
"I heard that eldest brother is coming to invite this Mr. Wolong, so I came to see what kind of person he is, worthy of eldest brother's humiliation." The second master squinted his eyes, stroked his beautiful beard, and spoke with dissatisfaction. said.
I almost forgot, Fancheng is quite close to Wollongong.
Well, Second Master, with this temper... no wonder Kong Ming will send you to guard Huarong Road in the future, and also ask you to issue a military order to run against you.
But it's not bad. Although the second master was angry, he still knew the importance of talents to Liu Bei. Although his tone was not very good along the way, he didn't show much impatience when he arrived in Wollongong.
At least it didn't say that Zhuge Liang had the intention of treason by using the dragon as his nickname... Otherwise, the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand would really be unexplainable.
But our third master... has a bad temper.
Along the way, Liu Bei repeatedly told Zhang Fei to restrain his temper and not to get angry easily, but our third master still couldn't bear it.
Especially after they arrived at Zhuge Liang's Cottage in Wollongong after a long and dusty journey, only to learn that Zhuge Liang was taking a nap and Liu Bei did not allow anyone to wake Zhuge Liang, the angry man almost jumped up.
I really don't blame Zhang Fei for this, it's mainly because of Zhuge Liang's behavior, which is really rude.
This time is different from Liu Bei's sudden visit in the novel. The two parties have made an appointment in advance to meet. How can you take a nap? !
Another one is that Liu Bei is the general of the left, leading the shepherd of Yuzhou and the marquis of Yicheng Ting, while Zhuge Liang is just a white man.
The nobles came to visit. As a white man, Zhuge Liang did not say that he would fast and bathe from yesterday. At least he had to stand at the door of his house and wait until the sun went down... How could you take a nap at home at noon? statement? !
Zhang Fei had reason to be angry. Regarding this matter, Zhang Xi felt that Kong Ming was rude first.
But Zhang Xi also knew that this was Zhuge Liang's last test for Liu Bei, and it was also to gain enough say after joining Liu Bei's team... If Liu Bei turned around and left, Zhuge Liang would wake up immediately, But it’s hard to say whether he will do his best in the future.
Liu Bei obviously understood this, so he remained patient enough, showed enough respect for Zhuge Liang, and waited outside the door.
As for Zhang Xi, the extra person in the novel, he first looked at Liu Bei's calm look, then looked at Guan Yu's disdainful expression with his eyes closed, and finally fell on Zhang Fei, who was spinning in circles to express his dissatisfaction.
Zhang Xi thought about it and suddenly wanted to prank her.
Moving quietly, without alerting Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Zhang Xi approached Zhang Fei and whispered, "Third General, why don't you go to the backyard and set a fire to see if the Zhuge villager is still asleep? Get it?!”
Zhang Fei's eyes suddenly widened.
