"Yes, Brother Sun, I want to learn how to read from you."
Seeing that the teacher he had chosen seemed a little dazed, Lu Yuan thought to himself that, just like the rumors, this guy did look a little stupid.
But when I thought that I was just learning to read, as long as the other party could teach me how to read, it didn't matter whether I was stupid or not, so I didn't care.
"oh oh."
Sun Siwen came back to his senses. After realizing what had happened, joy surged in his heart. He quickly stepped away, opened the door, stretched out his hand and said: "Master Lu, please come in first. This is not the place to talk. We are inside." talk."
Lu Yuan followed him through the door and looked around.
Just like the rumors, Sun Siwen's family is indeed very poor.
The spacious courtyard was empty except for a plum tree.
On the walls of the houses on both sides, large areas of the earthen mud walls have fallen off, and there are pits and mottled holes. It looks like they have not been repaired for a long time.
Walking into the living room, the empty hall has two bamboo chairs on the west side, and a bamboo table in the middle with two bamboo cups on it. Nothing else remains.
There are only a few pieces of furniture in such a large space. It can be seen that this place was not like this before.
Thinking of the rumors in the town that Scholar Sun was now living off his family's property, Lu Yuan had some idea in his mind: "With this destitute appearance, it seems that this scholar is really poor." '
"Master Lu, please sit down. I will serve you right away..."
Sun Siwen led Lu Yuan to the bamboo chair. After letting him sit down, he wanted to make tea.
But halfway through, I suddenly remembered that I didn’t even have enough rice to eat, and where was the tea.
In desperation, he could only go to the well in the courtyard to get some well water and pour it for the guests. After they were seated, he said with a little shame: "My family is poor and there is no good tea to serve, so I can only serve some well water."
"It doesn't matter." Lu Yuan didn't care about this and shook his head: "I came to visit suddenly and disturbed you."
Seeing that the other party was not angry, Sun Siwen breathed a sigh of relief. Then he remembered what he had just said and asked cautiously: "Young Master Lu just said that he wanted to learn from me. Are you serious about this?"
These days at home, it’s almost impossible to open the pot.
But it’s not the New Year time now, so there’s nothing to write couplets to myself. When I write letters on behalf of others, I don’t receive them even once in ten and a half months.
Seeing that he had no income, he planned to exchange some of his family's belongings for money.
During this difficult time, someone actually came to me to study. This was really a blessing from heaven.
However, Sun Siwen had heard some rumors about him in the town, and knew that there were no good things to say.
His family knew his own affairs, so for this rare business, he was really worried that the other party would look down on him and miss this opportunity to make money.
Um.
Although a gentleman shouldn't be so greedy for money, he can't even maintain his livelihood at the moment, and he can't take care of so much.
"Of course it's true."
Seeing the other party's anxious look, Lu Yuan felt funny in his heart and nodded with a smile.
After hearing this, Sun Siwen felt a little calmer, but still hesitated and said: "But now I don't even have the reputation of a scholar, and I am not proficient in various classics. At this time, I am afraid that I will delay the young master if I teach people and solve their doubts. .”
Although he really wanted to make money, Shusheng Sun still had some integrity in his heart.
He knew that although he had some knowledge, he was far from being able to teach others, otherwise he would not have been able to pass the exam for a long time.
I am afraid that if I teach the other person and mislead his disciples, it will be a big sin.
So I talked about it first at this time.
"It doesn't matter."
Lu Yuan glanced at Sun Siwen in surprise. He didn't expect the scholar to have such kind intentions, and suddenly felt that he had found the right person. After thinking for a while, he expressed his intention: "I didn't plan to take the exam for any merit.
This time I asked Brother Sun to learn from me, it was just about learning how to read, and it didn't involve the classics.
As for tuition fees..."
Lu Yuan looked at the poor people around him, pondered for a moment, and said, "In this way, if Brother Sun teaches me to recognize a word, I will pay Brother Sun a penny. If Brother Sun teaches me more, I will give more, how about that?" "
He had carefully considered this tuition fee.
According to previous knowledge, generally speaking, people have about three thousand commonly used words and less commonly used words.
Once you master this number of Chinese characters, you can read most articles without any problems and communicate with people fluently.
Although Lu Yuan didn't understand the characters in this world, after his observation, he found that they were similar to the Chinese characters in his previous life, except that the corresponding writing method of each character had different meanings.
By analogy, I only need to master three thousand characters in this world, which is basically enough.
Of course, you also need to know some other less commonly used and unfamiliar words, but you can learn them slowly later.
Although he had some money at this time, after deducting the expenses of buying a house, he still had twenty-three taels of silver in his hand, which was barely a huge amount of money.
But martial arts training is also expensive.
Lu Yuan was not sure whether he would need a lot of medicinal materials to practice with the secrets he had obtained.
If anything, it's a big money expense.
Therefore, for the sake of the future, if you can save a little money at this time, then you should save it.
He has already calculated that the total number of characters in the secret book in his hand is only over 20,000. Excluding the duplicates, there are probably more than 2,000 different characters in it.
As long as he learns more than two thousand words, it will be easy to understand the secret book.
According to the price of one penny per word, three thousand words are only a little over three taels of silver.
After deducting these tuition fees, Lu Yuan still had twenty taels of savings left.
'Such money should be able to support the initial expenses of martial arts training. ' He thought in his mind and looked at Sun Siwen.
This study plan of only learning Chinese characters, not classics, was specially proposed by me based on my own needs.
But whether it will happen or not depends on whether the scholar is willing to agree.
After all, if you follow this plan, you will just hire someone to teach you how to read. All other preaching, teaching, and solving doubts are not involved.
In this case, there would be no teacher-student relationship between the two.
This was something Lu Yuan had considered long ago. After all, he had never thought about finding a teacher above him who respected him like a father.
His idea is very simple, I provide the money, you provide the knowledge, we deal fairly with each other, nothing else.
"Teaching a word only costs one penny for tuition..."
When Sun Siwen heard the model proposed by Lu Yuan, he was a little stunned. Subconsciously, he felt that it was a little deviant, unruly, and a little repulsive.
But when I thought that I wouldn't be able to afford food for another two days, and that I didn't even have the reputation of being a scholar, all these rejections dissipated instantly.
After hesitating for a while, he finally nodded and said, "Okay. That's it. I'll teach you a word and charge you a penny for tuition."
But after he finished speaking, he added: "I don't teach classics, I only teach Chinese calligraphy, so you and I don't have the title of master and disciple, and we don't need to be taught the courtesy of disciples."
After all, life overwhelms ideals.
