Since Tang Qing'er's marriage was put on the agenda, the Li family began to actively express this intention to the people who were good friends, there was no impermeable wall, and soon many people came to the Tang family to propose, but they were all beaten away by Jiao'er with a broom, she crossed her waist to the person who came to ask for marriage, and said without a good face: "Just the crooked melon and cracked jujube in your family still want to marry my eldest sister, dream!" I don't look in the mirror when I get up in the morning and see what kind of virtue I have, I bah! "Although she usually has some opinions about the eldest sister, if anyone takes the eldest sister away, she will not let her.

Li's angry hands trembled, seeing Jiao'er holding a broom, she chased her directly with a pickaxe and was about to beat her, scaring her to throw the broom, and ran out of the broom.

This time and two times, all the people in ten miles and eight towns know that the second daughter of Tang Tiezhu's family is a tough one, offending her can keep chasing you with a broom, every time Li hears it, his eyes will become cold arrows, Jiao'er is like a kitten at this time, arching in her mother's arms to be coquettish, Li is no matter how big the fire is, she has also lost the fire.

Tang Qing'er also reasoned with Jiao'er, her behavior was wrong, but this girl waved her hand every time to indicate that she knew that she was wrong and would change it next time, but in a few days, the people who came to the family to ask for relatives would sprout, and no one in the Tang family would take her!

Zhou Xuan is now preparing for the exam, if he is admitted to the exam, he will be one step closer to the champion, he has read a book for a day and has a little tightness in his chest, so he walked out of the hall and went for a walk, and accidentally heard the Tang Yang brothers talking to a little girl, he hid behind the house and saw that the little girl was the little daughter of the Tang family, Tang Jiao'er, although eavesdropping was not done by a gentleman, but he still couldn't help but want to hear what they were saying.

Tang Jiao'er said to Feng Xiao proudly: "I beat away the suitor again today, it's amazing!" If you're at home, hmph, you won't dare to be angry,"

Tang Yang reprimanded with a straight face: "Didn't my mother and eldest sister say that you have been like this many times, why are you still like this, don't you want your reputation in the future?" ”

Although Jiao'er is small, she still has her mind, and she said crisply: "If the man in the future doesn't dare to marry me because of my reputation, what's the use of me marrying her, hmph, it's not that you can't live without a man, you think a lot." ”

Tang Liang had a lot of tricks in his heart, and he rolled his eyes and said, "Why did you run away again from the person who asked for marriage this time." ”

"Hmph, it's not that I like our family's background and the appearance of the eldest sister, if someone comes to ask for a kiss, I won't beat people with a broom."

"Who, who is the man you are talking about?" Feng Xiao didn't speak, and at first glance, it turned out that she was already the future husband of the eldest sister.

"Tell you what to do, hey, I came here to avoid the limelight, when I ran out, my mother came to chase me with a pickaxe, I didn't dare to go home, or I would wait for you outside the academy, we will go home together at night, you will say good things for me in front of my mother, how about it?"

The three Tang Yang brothers directly skipped her request, and directly skipped her people to go into the house to study, leaving Tang Jiaoer to grit her teeth and scold them for being ungrateful.

Zhou Xuan heard the conversation between the four brothers and sisters of the Tang family, and was immediately stunned by the news, turned to his senses, and hurriedly ran to her mother's room, and his brain kept saying: Sister Qing'er wants to marry someone...... Sister Qing'er asked for a match, pushed open the door of her mother's room, knelt down and said, "Mother, the child begs you something." ”

Cao's recent spring breeze is proud, many outsiders in the town, have come to the door to ask for marriage, she did not agree, her son will be the champion in the future, can not marry the woman in this town, to marry a lady who is also a high-ranking official at the foot of the Son of Heaven.

Suddenly frightened by his son's action, he became overwhelmed, saw that his face was pale, his forehead was sweating, and he hurriedly said, "Son, what's wrong with you." He quickly stepped forward to help his son, but he couldn't get up no matter how he pulled him, and hugged her thighs with both hands and said, "Mother, my son will beg you for this one thing in his life, please." ”

Cao Shi couldn't pull up his son but was dragged by his son, and said anxiously: "What are you talking about, it makes me straight,"

Zhou Xuan said with tears in his eyes: "Mother, Sister Qing'er is going to marry someone, son...... My son wants to marry her, can you go and help me go to her house to propose? ”

"What! Do you still miss her? I didn't tell you no. As he spoke, he was holding Zhou Xuan's arm, and just stood in the room listening to his son's crying.

Zhou Xuan saw that her mother was indifferent, and said sadly: "Mother, the child has listened to you since he was a child, if you want the child to take the top prize, I will read it every day and at night, in order to give you a top score, my son has such a wish in this life, can't you agree to your son?" ”

Cao Shi listened to his son's questioning words one by one, his heart ached like a knife, and he said with tears in his eyes: "You are still young, when you meet someone you like, you think it is a lifetime, how long is a lifetime, can your momentary joy be worth a lifetime?" ”

"Mother, then what do you tell the child to really like?" Zhou Xuan lay on the ground with tears streaming down his face, and said tremblingly: "My son's heart is pounding when he sees Sister Qing'er, and he doesn't speak very clearly, when he can't see her, all he thinks about is what she looks like, for her, his son steals his father's books, and for her, his son deliberately befriended her younger brothers, mother, do you think I'm happy for a while?" Zhou Xuan looked up at her mother without turning his eyes.

Listening to his son's words and tears, Cao's bones sat on the ground like a scattered shelf, and his eyes were full of tears: "Do you know why I have been letting you take the top prize?" Why do you have such great hopes on you, why do you break your mother's heart so much. ”

Zhou Xuan said intermittently: "Mother, if the child marries Qing'er's sister, he will definitely study hard and be admitted to the top prize, the child swears,"

Seeing that his son was still insisting, Cao wiped his tears with his hands, and said coldly: "You are crying with me here, and I will ask you, if Tang Qing'er is the same as you, you will not marry," If this is the case, then the Tang family would have come over to talk to her about courtship, instead of asking around who has a good man.

Zhou Xuan saw his mother say this, his tone was a little loose, and he hurriedly said: "The child doesn't know yet, but if you go to ask for a kiss, her family will definitely agree," Although his family is not a wealthy family, he has a good reputation, and he and Qing'er's sister are childhood sweethearts.

Cao sneered: "You don't know what people think, just like this in front of me, you are really a good son I raised." ”

"Mother, my son really likes her, please fulfill my son!"

"I like what I can do, I like it to make you get admitted to the top prize, I like it to make your official road smooth in the future, I like you to endure your three wives and four concubines in the future," Cao Shi poked his words at the tip of Zhou Xuan's heart mercilessly, letting him think for himself and choose between officialdom and women.

Zhou Xuan said bitterly: "Mother, the child will be able to support the sky in the future by her own ability, and the child will not have three wives and four concubines, as long as she is alone." ”

"Hmph, do you know the darkness of the officialdom? Do you know how deep the water is in the officialdom? You know that you are a poor boy in the countryside, even if you are admitted to the top prize, offending people is not the same as being pinched to death. "After the prime minister was admitted to the exam, he didn't continue to take the exam, not because of the darkness of officialdom, why she always wanted her son to marry a young lady from a wealthy family in the official mansion, not so that his future road could be smoother, but he didn't understand her hard work.

"Mother, do you have to let me choose one of them?" Zhou Xuan scratched his hair in pain, looking at her mother with a little hope, hoping that she would not push herself so much.

Even though Cao Shi was full of strength, he still stood up slowly with his chair, no longer bothered with his son, and walked out of the room step by step, to find her husband, she was so aggrieved and helpless, today, she will be complained by her son in the future, and there will be a gap between mother and son, but her son can't understand her hard work as a mother.

Zhou Fuzi is talking about Xunzi's "Persuasion to Learn" in class: "The gentleman said: You can't learn, what does this sentence mean, Tang Liang, you come to explain this sentence." ”

Tang Liang stood up and said sonorously: "People with moral cultivation say: learning cannot be stopped. ”

"Well, yes, the translation is very correct, but you know that it is impossible for people to learn every day, we must not only learn from the poetry of the ancients, but also learn from life," Zhou Fuzi put down the book and explained slowly.

turned around and called Tang Yang and asked him to recite the next sentence, Tang Yang didn't knock and said: "I try to think all day long, it's better to learn what I have to learn." I try to look at it, it is better to climb the heights of the broad. Ascend and move, the arm is not lengthened, and the one who sees is far away; Blowing with the wind, the sound is not a disease, but the hearer is prominent. Those who fake horses are not profitable, but thousands of miles; Those who fake the boat are not able to water, but the rivers. A gentleman is not different, and he is good at things. ”

Master Zhou nodded with satisfaction, and continued to teach them the principles of how to behave in the world: "If you check and reflect on yourself every day, then you will become smart and witty, and your behavior will not be wrong. Thinking all day long, but it is not as great as the harvest of a moment of study, there is no difference in the nature of qualifications between people, but it is just whether to learn or not, whether to work hard or not. "Knowing and acting" and "being good and false in things", how can you know if you don't learn "Ming"? This requires you to work learning, in other words, learning is the foundation and reliance for people, self-cultivation and doing things. ”

Everyone in the hall nodded in agreement, and the students all turned their backs to the door, and they couldn't see the teacher who was pale and trembling when they walked outside, looking down at the book, thinking about what the master said.

Master Zhou originally wanted to continue to speak, but he saw that the lady's face was not good, and she looked at herself with tears in her eyes, where could she still take care of the lecture, and said to the students: "You are here to recite the study chapter, I will go out, and I will come back to test you in a while, if you are not punished for copying five times, it will be handed over to me tomorrow morning,"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but scream, but they were stopped by a look from the master, and they all bowed their heads and recited to persuade them.

Zhou Fuzi saw that the students were seriously endorsing, and hurriedly went out, seeing that the lady was about to lose her position. As if he was about to fall, he hurriedly grabbed her and asked softly, "What's the matter, what happened?" ”

Cao Shi dropped his eyes when he opened his mouth, and said intermittently: "Xuan'er...... Xuan'er ...... "He......