In the ancient Yanhuang Dynasty, when children were four to seven years old, they generally had to go to private schools to study, or to study with teachers, which was called "opening books", "breaking schools" or "breaking Meng".

And before that, there will be a very solemn apprenticeship. In ancient times, the apprenticeship ceremony was highly valued, to what extent? The so-called four major rites of life: the apprenticeship ceremony is on a par with the coming-of-age ceremony, wedding, and funeral ceremony.

In the previous dynasty, the apprenticeship was still a very important event, and it could be described as a first-class event in life.

Although the emphasis of the sentence "the master leads you in, and the cultivation is in the individual" emphasizes personal effort and diligence, when it comes to the fundamentals, at least you need to be brought in again.

Until the end of the previous dynasty, Yanhuang entered an era of ideological outbreaks, and all kinds of new ideas and concepts collided with each other, as if the whole world had been transformed in just a few decades. Many of the rituals that have been passed down for thousands of years, including the apprenticeship ceremony, have gradually been forgotten by people because of their cumbersomeness or obsolescence.

It is true that there are some stereotypes and bad habits in these forgotten things, but there are also some contents that have their existential value. Take the apprenticeship ceremony as an example, in ancient times, it was difficult to study, and it was even more difficult to find a good teacher, so there will be a solemn and solemn apprenticeship, which represents people's yearning for knowledge and the awe of the teacher.

Today, when compulsory education has been implemented for many years, the matter of reading and going to school has long become commonplace, just like eating and drinking, like walking and standing, no one will pray before drinking water. Based on this, the decline of this ancient apprenticeship is also in common sense.

But it is precisely because reading has become too commonplace that people have gradually lost their original awe, and truancy, absenteeism, cheating on exams, and verbal abuse of teachers are not uncommon among students of different ages.

Therefore, Hu Lei felt that it was a very meaningful thing to let Du Xiaoxiao carry out a real Yanhuang Gu apprenticeship at his current age.

Du Xiaoxiao was led into the room by Sun Guifen to change clothes, and in a short time after coming out, she had already changed from a quirky little girl to a polite little Confucian student.

Hu Lei was immediately happy, but he didn't expect Liu Hongquan to specially prepare the clothes of the former Confucian students for Du Xiaoxiao, not to mention, it looked quite decent. It's just that in the previous dynasty, only men were eligible to enter and receive education, and this Confucian dress naturally only had men's clothes and no women's clothes, so that Du Xiaoxiao now looks like a little Zhengtai.

A group of people looked at Du Xiaoxiao with a smile, especially a few big guys with love on their faces. Looking at Du Xiaoxiao in front of them, they seemed to see the scene of them wearing Confucian clothes to apprentice decades ago.

It's good to be young!

Du Xiaoxiao naturally didn't know that he had evoked distant memories at this time, and the bear child pulled the clothes on his body with a disgusted expression, "Master, this is worn by a boy, I'm a girl!"

"Little girl, this Confucian dress is not specially worn for girls!"

"Why?", Du Xiaoxiao blinked and looked at Liu Hongquan.

"Because in the previous dynasty, it was still not allowed for girls to study. Liu Hongquan patiently explained.

Du Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and cut off, "Master, I didn't expect you to be an old-fashioned person, this kind of stereotype is not encouraged." ”

Hey, don't say it, this bear kid really makes a point. It's just that Liu Hongquan is speechless, why am I old-fashioned!

Looking at his stammering appearance, everyone burst into laughter, it was rare to see him deflated, and several bigwigs were even more unhappy in their hearts.

"Master, Master, I think the skirt of the previous dynasty is very beautiful, is it good for you to let me wear the skirt. Du Xiaoxiao pulled Liu Hongquan's arm and began to be coquettish.

"That's not going to work. Liu Hongquan's eyes widened, "The apprenticeship ceremony is to wear Confucian clothes, what's the matter with wearing a skirt?"

"Master is so stingy......", Du Xiaoxiao wrinkled her nose and snorted, looking unhappy as a baby.

"Little girl, after the apprenticeship, will the master give you a beautiful skirt? ”

"It's a deal!"

Looking at Du Xiaoxiao's happy appearance, Liu Hongquan almost suspected that this child deliberately wanted to cheat himself into a set of skirts. Hey, I'm thinking too much, it's just a child, how can there be so many twists and turns in the stomach. He laughed self-deprecatingly, then shook his head to expel superfluous thoughts from his mind, for now, let's finish the apprenticeship first!

Under the leadership of Liu Hongquan, everyone walked into his study, which was the place where Du Xiaoxiao's apprenticeship ceremony was held.

The area of this study is very large, and a group of people did not feel crowded after coming in.

The door is facing a whole wall, and in the middle of the wall is a portrait of Confucius. Hu Lei knew that one of the ancient worship rituals was to worship the ancestor, and Confucius, as the ancestor of all the scholars in Yan and Huang, had no problem appearing here.

In fact, the most formal worship ceremony in the previous dynasties was to go to the local Confucian temple to make a statue of the ancestor Confucius and perform nine bows. But today, although there are still many ancient Confucian temples in Yanhuang, they are all included in the historical and cultural relics without exception, and they are either key to protection, or they have become tourist attractions to visit and take pictures.

So if he wants to hold an apprenticeship ceremony in this kind of place, although it is not impossible to do it with Liu Hongquan's status, he doesn't want to make such a big fuss.

At this time, the statue of Confucius was hung in the study to pay homage, although it was a little simple, but the respect for the master was not inferior to half a point.

Under the statue of Confucius, a Taishi chair is placed in the first place, which is the location of Liu Hongquan. On either side of him, several identical Taishi chairs were lined up.

Since entering the room, everyone's expressions have unconsciously become solemn, and even Du Xiaoxiao, the bear child, no longer pulls the Confucian clothes on his body.

Liu Hongquan and the bigwigs walked out first, saluted respectfully to the statue of Confucius, and then sat down in order of the eldest and youngest.

And Shen Suihai stood beside Liu Hongquan, looking like he was the host of today's apprenticeship as Senior Brother Du.

As for Hu Lei, the others stood on the other side of the study as observers. Hu Lei, Gu Qianqian and Lu Zhiang are okay, after all, they were born and raised in Si, although the ancient apprenticeship ceremony is not common, but they still have a certain understanding.

But Summers and Cole are different, and the sudden solemn and solemn environment of the scene gives them a mysterious and unpredictable feeling. Summers didn't even consciously lower his breathing rate, as if he was afraid of accidentally ruining the atmosphere in front of him.

Cole gently nudged Summers, who was standing beside him, and whispered, "Summers, do you have ......?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the other party glaring at him fiercely, and made a silent gesture, "Shut up, I feel it." ”

"Feel what?", Cole looked confused.

"There are yellow spirits watching over us. At this moment, the expression on Summers' face was quite a god's posture.

Seeing that everyone was already in place, Shen Suihai took a step forward, then cleared his throat and said aloud, "Bow to the teacher, begin." ”

Du Xiaoxiao's cleverness is indeed gratifying, after hearing Shen Suihai's voice, she walked towards Liu Hongquan without waiting for anyone to remind her, and finally stood one meter away from Liu Hongquan.

"The first item is to be dressed. ”

Liu Hongquan stood up and walked in front of Du Xiaoxiao. Looking at the little girl in front of him, he was also full of emotion, this is the last disciple he has accepted in this life.

Many years later, Liu Hongquan always recalls today's scene with emotion.

In his memoirs published on his 100th birthday, he wrote, "Before that, I never imagined that my last disciple would be a seven or eight-year-old girl. But fate may be so wonderful, this master-apprentice relationship is an extraordinary encounter for Du Xiaoxiao. Not so far as I'm concerned!"