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Mother Zhang had a smile on her face: "The third young master will enter school tomorrow, and the lady is very attentive, so she asked the slave to ask the third young master to go over and choose some pen, ink, paper and inkstone." ”

"Okay." Xia Chen jumped out of bed. sneered in his heart, what kind of trick is this Qian playing again, eighty percent of them want to test themselves.

While walking towards the courtyard where the Qian family lived, Xia Chen whispered: "Mother Zhang, Chen'er doesn't understand these at all, what kind of pen and inkstone is good?" After that, he blinked his eyes and added, "I mean it's valuable." ”

Mother Zhang's smile froze on her face: "This ...... The slave doesn't even know a few big characters, I don't understand, the third young master can't be wrong to pick up the good-looking ones. ”

Xia Chen thought for a moment and said very seriously: "That's right, the better it looks, the more valuable it is." ”

Seeing Qian smiling at himself, Xia Chen actually felt a little creepy. A face covered with thick fat powder was unusually white in the candlelight, and the smile was very far-fetched, but she had always regarded herself as a thorn in her side, and her daughter was still lying in bed at this moment, which was also difficult for her.

"Chen'er greets the eldest aunt."

Qian beckoned: "Come and sit." ”

Xia Chen sat down and saw two boxes of brushes and three-sided inkstones on the table: "Auntie, this is all for me?" ”

Qian twitched the corners of his mouth: "This ...... And your cousin theirs, the aunt let Chen'er pick first. ”

Xia Chen let out an "oh", stretched out his hand to touch this and look at that, and muttered in his mouth: "This is not more comfortable than holding chopsticks in your hand." This is good, is this yellow hair made of dog hair? ”

The girl on the side couldn't help but laugh and was about to lose her breath, and Qian kept coughing lightly. Obviously, she was not lightly angry, and when she saw Xia Chen pick up an ivory pen and look at it carefully, her heart suddenly rose to her throat: "Chen'er." "This pen is the most expensive of these pens, but it doesn't look as beautiful as aventurine jade and white bamboo, is this kid so knowledgeable?

Xia Chen looked at Qian blankly: "What's the matter, auntie?" ”

"Uh, you've been looking at the pen, why don't you look at the inkstone. These parties are all high-grade Yellowstone inkstones. The Qian family pushed the cheapest party in front of Xia Chen.

Xia Chen scolded secretly in his heart, obviously stingy as an iron rooster, but he had to pretend to be generous. She picked up the inkstone pushed over by the Qian family: "Aunt must be the best for Chen'er." ”

"That's nature."

Xia Chen looked at it but put it down: "It's a pity that Chen'er can't even write." Leave this to your cousins, Chen'er can just use it for a bad time. After that, he picked up the best inkstone and handed it to Yueniang: "Take it, don't break it." ”

Qian almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his face was white and blue. If you want to laugh, you can squeeze out a smile that is the same as crying. "Chen'er. You see it's not too early at this time, you can choose two more pens and take a box of ink and go back to rest. ”

Xia Chen finally picked two white bamboo pens, although the ivory pen tube is expensive, it is expensive in the material, and it is not the best choice for beginners. This is the same as the pencil used by elementary school students when they first learn to write. The inkstone is different, the good inkstone is slippery and does not reject the ink and the ink is like grease, and the astringent water does not damage the pen, and there is no shortage of years. Always as new.

Back in her yard, Yueniang whispered, "Chen'er." If you pick this inkstone, Qian is like a piece of meat has been cut, and if you pick up that ivory pen again, she may be so distressed that she can't eat for three days. ”

Xia Chen said: "These two are also good, they are similar to the ones I used before, they will be easier." ”

Yueniang nodded, and then said suspiciously: "Since she is reluctant, why should she take it out?" ”

Xia Chen said: "My two cousins and I are studying in an official school, and it is easy to see each other's things, if she directly brings me the bad ones, I am afraid that I will find out and talk to my grandmother, then she will not only be reprimanded, but I will also get better." ”

Yueniang looked a little worried when she heard this: "Chen'er, it seems that the Qian family is also a very calculating person." ”

Xia Chen said disapprehantly: "It's not that I can't afford her, she really hasn't seen anything good." ”

Yueniang sneered: "Listening to Chen'er's tone, it's as if I've seen it." ”

Xia Chen said: "Although Huangshi inkstone is a famous inkstone, the color of these parties is very ordinary, and Brother Cen taught me how to distinguish between good and bad before." Yueniang, do you still remember the greenstone inkstone inkstone of the Taohe River that we saw in that scholar's four treasure shop? That's barely the best, and the price is already expensive, enough to buy two mansions. She found herself slipping out of her mouth and deliberately pulled back the topic. I think she has been to famous museums in various countries and places, and she has never seen any treasures. And in an ancient tomb that she and He had inadvertently stolen, there were two pairs of priceless jade bracelets, as well as dozens of exquisitely crafted jade jewelry......

Just as she was thinking, Yueniang lightly bumped her elbow and exclaimed in a low voice: "Chen'er! ”

Xia Chen saw a black shadow flashing over the wall from the mecca into Tingyuxuan, she subconsciously reached out to cover her mouth, and blurted out "Who?" "Swallow it back. Thinking that this person has a door and does not leave, but wants to climb over the wall, he must not be from Xia Mansion, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, could it be that Xia Jinghua is really a lover*person?

Yueniang came back from the shock: "Chen'er, did you see it?" ”

Xia Chen said: "What do you see?" The cat? ”

"Cats?" Yueniang was a little incredulous: "Will the cat be that big?"

Xia Chen said: "If it's not a cat, can it still be a human?" Yueniang, you are really, you have lived in the countryside for so long, and you have never seen a raccoon cat? It's not small. ”

When Yueniang heard Xia Chen's words, she also began to suspect that she had read it wrong. "Let's hurry up, why is the wind so strong tonight."

When passing by Tingyuxuan, Xia Chen had been listening carefully, but he didn't hear any special movements. But she was thinking in her heart, more and more people and things have popped up, and the water in this summer mansion is really not shallow.

After breakfast early in the morning, Xia Feiyang came over: "Are you ready?" ”

Xia Chen pretended to be in a hurry: "Okay." As he spoke, he took a piece of dim sum from the snack plate on the table and stuffed it into his mouth: "Hmm, cough cough, let's go." ”

Xia Feiyang sighed: "Don't choke. ”

Xia Huaiyong and Xia Huaiying were already waiting in the carriage, and Xia Chen got into the carriage. The two of them twisted their faces to the car window at the same time.

Xia Feiyang and Xia Chen sat on one side and instructed the coachman: "Let's go." Then he began to tell Xia Chen about the etiquette to pay attention to when she saw her husband, and reminded her that the people who studied in the official school were all children of official eunuch families. Don't offend them.

Xia Chen said: "Uncle, you mean that uncle's official is very small!" ”

Xia Huaiyong snorted: "There are also those who are younger than my father, and my uncle is warning you that this place is not better than the countryside, don't go wild casually." ”

Xia Chen nodded very seriously: "Thank you, brother lobby, for your advice!" If someone scolds me or bullies me, I tell him like my cousin - don't go wild with me. Luckily? ”

Xia Huaiyong was stunned, but Xia Huaiying couldn't help laughing: "Chen'er learns really fast." ”

Xia Feiyang scolded: "You are Chen'er's brother, and you want to set an example for Chen'er." If there is anything he doesn't understand, teach him patiently. ”

"Got it, Dad." "Yes. Uncle. ”

The official school is set up on the shore of Jingbo Lake in the northeast of Anyang City, with the green willow dancing outside the door and the green water waves at the bridge. Gray walls and green tiles, extremely elegant. The size of the area is similar to that of Xia Fu.

Enter the main entrance. Xia Feiyang asked Xia Huaiyong and Xia Huaiying to go to the school, and he said hello to a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian scholar: "Mr. Meng, my nephew wants to enroll." ”

Mr. Meng said: "It's Captain Xia, please follow me to the south study for a while." ”

The south study is located in the south corner courtyard, although it is a corner courtyard, it is extremely wide, there is a small rockery in the courtyard, and many green bamboos are planted around the rockery. Fresh and chic.

Mr. Meng invited them to the living room of the West Wing and ordered someone to serve a tea ceremony: "Has this child ever read?" ”

Xia Feiyang said: "No." ”

Mr. Meng said, "I'll go and ask Mr. Wu." ”

Wait for him to leave. Xia Chen asked, "Uncle, how many gentlemen are here?" ”

Xia Feiyang smiled and said, "Seven or eight." ”

"Why are there so many?" In modern comparison, private schools belong to private ordinary schools, and this official and private school is a public mid-point college.

Xia Feiyang said: "There are many students, and the focus of learning is different. ”

Xia Chen said: "It's much better than the private school I heard about in the countryside." ”

Xia Feiyang nodded: "That's natural, and the gentlemen here are all famous Confucians, and some of them have official positions, but their grades are not high." ”

At this time, a young man dressed in an azure silk robe walked in and gave Xia Feiyang a look: "My father is arranging the students' homework today, and he specially ordered me to arrange the enrollment of my nephew." ”

Xia Feiyang also saluted: "There is labor." ”

Xia Chen felt very familiar when he saw this young man, and his voice was so soft that he didn't look like a man, and suddenly remembered the father and daughter he met on the boat, it turned out that this young man was a woman dressed as a man.

The enrollment process is very simple, confirm Xia Chen's identity, pay the relevant fees and you're done. Xia Chen found that the tuition fee was only for lunch and books, which was completely the rhythm of compulsory education, but for ordinary people, it was difficult to afford it - what kind of four dishes and one soup could other children's children eat every day. In the countryside, private schools bring their own dry food.

Xia Feiyang left first, and Juan'er took Xia Chen from the hall to the backyard, and said as she walked: "My father is responsible for teaching literacy, writing and the Book of Rites, and the course is one and a half hours in the morning and afternoon every day, and the rest of the time is free, if you don't understand anything, you can ask at any time." ”

Xia Chen nodded: "Got it, Sister Juan'er." ”

Wu Juan'er was a little surprised: "You know me?" ”

Xia Chen smiled slightly: "We have been in the same boat before. ”

Wu Juan'er thought for a while: "Yes, no wonder I think you are very kind-faced, but I didn't expect you to recognize me dressed like this." ”

Xia Chen said: "Sister Juan'er is beautiful, Chen'er is unforgettable at first sight." ”

Wu Juan'er smiled generously: "You really haven't read?" ”

Xia Chen nodded: "No." ”

Wu Juan'er blinked her eyes: "Then you are a natural clever mouth." ”

"I'm just telling the truth."

"Huh!" At this time, when she came to the gate of the courtyard, Wu Juan'er said: "Don't tell people that I am a girl's family, except for my father and a few gentlemen, no one else knows in the academy." ”

Xia Chen said: "Then what will I call my sister in the future?" ”

"It's okay to call Senior Brother or Wu Gongzi."

Xia Chen thought for a moment: "Senior brother, be smooth." ”

The school hall was more than three times larger than what Xia Chen had seen in the private school before, dozens of long tables were arranged in four columns, and nine out of ten children were seated.

Wu Juan'er arranged a seat for her first, and then walked to Mr. Wu's side and whispered a few words.

Mr. Wu said: "The new student's name is Xia Chen, and you and he will introduce each other to each other during the break." Then he asked the others to write two hundred of the words they had just taught, and then came to Xia Chen with a thick silk book.

Xia Chen got up and saluted: "I've seen Mr. Wu." ”

Mr. Wu bowed slightly: "Sit down." As he spoke, he sat down and opened the silk book: "Don't you recognize a word?" ”

Xia Chen looked at the square words on the top of the booklet and shook his head. But I suddenly had an urge to go crazy, do I want to be like a primary school student, learning to write here every day? (To be continued......)

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