The North Park is the main garden of the entire Guogong Mansion, where the old Guogong and Mrs. Qiu live. In addition to the cloud holding courtyard where the master bedroom is located, there are many places such as "Guitianju", "Tiger Roaring Hall", "Frog Singing Pavilion", "Hefeng Pavilion", "Carved Bow Building" and so on. There are even a few vegetable fields and a few thatched huts in the north garden, just for the old lady's occasional pastime.

This Shinkoku Mansion is a royal residence, which was originally the residence of the prince of the previous dynasty, and was given after repair. After removing some violations that could not be used by courtiers, and changing some layouts, this mansion is still one of the few mansions in Beijing.

There is also a small study in the temple of Zhiyun, but there is nothing in it. The old lady in this mansion is different from the old feudal lords of other mansions, and she doesn't even read Buddhist scriptures. There are no shrines in the Buddhist hall. Celebrity calligraphy and paintings are also hard to find. There are some embroidered screens or something in the study.

So after Gu Qing sat on the soft sedan chair and spent an hour circling the North Garden, he decided to put the place where Li Rui taught in the "Carved Bow Tower" in the East Wing.

"Carved Bow Building" was originally called "Leaning Painting Building", and the old man thought that the name was too fat, so he changed it to "Carved Bow Building". Open the window in front of this building is a lotus pond, the light is bright, you are tired of writing and look into the distance, you can also rest your eyes, it is most suitable for reading and learning words.

There is also a collection of books in the carved bow building, which was left by the old prince back then, and most of them are some military books and history books. Lao Guogong was just an ordinary lieutenant from Long Qian, and he couldn't even marry his daughter-in-law, and he didn't marry Qiu until he was in his twenties. His ability to go to high places step by step is inseparable from his diligence and eagerness to learn.

Gu Qing flipped through the books left by the old man, and there were some bookmark-like notes in them, mostly "stupid as pigs and dogs" or "inhuman" and the like, which caused her to smile a few times. It seems that this old man is also an interesting person.

Think about the old man in the old lady's memory, he is just a veteran ruffian with a little knowledge, rough but not rough, straightforward and good at employing people. The old man is not handsome from young to old, but he is also a burly and good man, and he is also quite charismatic.

Thinking about Li Mao's boxy face, Gu Qing probably knew who Li Mao looked like.

Mama Hua looked at Mrs. Qiu and laughed for a while, and then took the old man's book in a daze and coughed vigorously. When she came back to her senses, she gently persuaded:

"Mrs. Tai, excessive mourning hurts your body, so you should come and see if the prepared calligraphy and pen, ink, paper and inkstone are suitable."

"I'm not sad, I'm just feeling a little emotional." Gu Qing put the books back in the bookcase and followed Mama Hua to the temporary study near the lake.

In the study was a wenge desk, and the snow-white rice paper was cut and set aside, pressed with a paperweight. There is also a red sandalwood case next to it, on which are all kinds of celebrity law slips and several treasure inkstones. In addition to the pen holder on the desk, the pens in the pen holder on the desk are also inserted like a forest.

Gu Qing smiled as soon as he saw the pen holder.

"How do you get so many pens?" Is this to teach her to learn calligraphy alone, or to teach the entire Zhiyun Courtyard to write? From the smallest brush to a brush as thick as a wrist, there are all of them. She just wants to learn how to write!

"The old woman thinks about preparing more, be prepared!" Grandma Sun, who was in charge of tidying up the temporary study, answered with a smile.

She was also bitter in her heart. The old lady wants to learn to write with her grandson, and they all think that the old lady is bored and has some fun, but none of them knows which pen the old lady will use to write.

It stands to reason that those who are learning to write for the first time generally write in block letters, starting with the use of sheep's hair. Sheep is easy to wet ink, and the writing is round and plump, which is suitable for beginners to exercise their skills. When you are proficient, you can switch to wolf or both.

But this, Master Derui knows how to teach people to write.

Mama Sun used to follow the eldest young master Li Meng, and later Young Master Meng became Master Meng, and she was also assigned to Li Fang, who was in charge of the carriage and horses in the front yard when she was twenty-eight years old. After getting married, she came to the old lady's courtyard on an errand. Before getting married, Mama Sun served in the study, and she was coarse in writing and ink, so after Gu Qing asked, she asked her to prepare the four treasures of the study and other things.

But after all, she is a slave, and she can't mention one by one what pen Qiu Lao Taijun uses first, and what pen she uses later, she shouldn't be a slave. She could only put those few sheep's hairs in the most convenient and conspicuous position, and took a few of the other types of pens and put them farther away.

If Mrs. Tai thinks that poor handwriting is the reason for the pen, so many kinds of pens are enough for her to change.

Mama Sun felt that Mrs. Tai learned to write, and she broke her heart.

Li Rui's class this morning was all soulless.

The old lady said that she wanted to learn to write from him, but it must not be a joke. Last night, my uncle also sent a good pine smoke and ink, and told him to practice calligraphy in the North Garden and not be naughty.

He remembered that when he was a child, he was also held in his arms and praised his writing with aura, who was it? Is it a father, or a grandfather? He couldn't remember exactly.

When his father was there, his enlightened Mr. was Uncle Zhou, a good friend of his father in Hanlin. Later, Uncle Zhou was transferred to other places as an official, and his father passed away again, and his uncle was afraid that his homework would fall behind, so he specially invited a few Confucians to teach him to read.

Those great Confucians first heard that he was the son of "Li Gesheng", and they all agreed. But he didn't understand most of what they taught. At that time, he was only four or five years old, and he hadn't even finished reading the sentences, so how could he understand their "Zhihu also"?

It didn't take long for the gentlemen to resign, and he also left a reputation for "dull qualifications" outside.

Later, his husband changed like flowing water, obviously they were some erudite gentlemen, but few of them could teach for three months. He has been reading a book of "Elementary School" for three years, and he is still very unfamiliar, and every time he changes a gentleman, he has to teach from scratch, and he is tired of listening, so he simply sleeps in class.

Later, even his uncle shook his head and sighed when he saw his homework.

He also felt guilty and felt that he was not the material for reading. Unlike Cousin Ming, Mr. is just an editor in the Hanlin Academy, but his knowledge is very solid.

Fortunately, his uncle and aunt did not complain about him, and they kept comforting him: "People like us don't necessarily have to take the road of the imperial examination, it doesn't matter if you are sparsely educated, take people and treat things more thoroughly, and in the future, my uncle will dredge and dredge for you, and it is no problem to find an errand in the court." Taking a step back, even if you can't write it, you can still learn martial arts. ”

It's a pity that he couldn't control his mouth, and he became bloated day by day. Now, I can't even learn martial arts.

He could not care about the opinions of his uncle and aunt, or the opinions of people, but he could not disappoint his grandmother. Grandmother was knocked unconscious by him, and she was willing to forgive him. For him, he also painstakingly came up with a method of "teaching and learning from each other" to take care of his face, and he couldn't let her down.

It was rumored outside that he was going to Zhiyun Courtyard and learn to write under the supervision of the old lady, but only he knew that he was going to teach the old lady to read. Thinking about his typographical "Morning Glory", he was going to go back after class to translate the three-character scripture, the thousand-character text and the hundred family names.

In the carved bow building, an old man and a young man stood in front of the desk and watched Grandma Sun grinding ink on the side.

Li Rui took out a copy of the "Three Character Classic" from his book bag and put it on the desk, and said seriously: "Grandmother, let's start with the Three Character Classic today." You always know the numbers from one to ten, and you also know hundreds, thousands, and thousands, so I won't teach you numbers. Let's start with the basics. ”

Here it comes! The ancient enlightenment must have the "Three Character Classic"!

Gu Qing watched with embarrassment as Li Rui peeled off the first page of the "Three Character Classic" with his little fat hand. I don't know if it was wet or something else, the pages were all connected.

"I'll teach you how to hold a pen first." Li Rui picked up a sheep's hair on the pen and handed it to Mrs. Qiu.

Brush, although I haven't written, I still know how to take it. Gu Qing skillfully pressed the pen with his thumb, and then hooked the pen with his middle finger next to his index finger, posing as "I am very skilled".

Li Rui sighed.

I knew I had a difficult task.

He stepped forward and reached out to help the old lady put her little finger against the inner and lower side of her ring finger, teaching her how to exert herself. After about a few minutes, Gu Qing was already able to hold the pen decently.

One afternoon, Li Rui was teaching the old lady how to hold a pen and how to carry a pen. Then he began to teach her to write words like "person" and "zhi". Li Rui has a bad reputation inside and outside the house, and they all say that he is a "tiger father and dog", and the friends are all the sons and daughters of various provinces, and his personality is arrogant and arrogant, and he is not a big deal. But he was very patient in teaching Mrs. Qiu to write in the Zhiyun Courtyard, and he was also talking about how to hold the pen, how to split the structure, etc., which surprised the big girl and a few grandmothers around the old lady.

As everyone knows, Li Rui was also very surprised in his heart.

He found his grandmother smart tight. No matter what he taught her to write, he could do it once, and he could say exactly what it meant. Although the characters are a little crooked, words can be written well as long as they are willing to practice hard. But memory and understanding are innate!

'My grandmother was born to the wrong family, and if she was reborn in an official family, she might be a talented woman of a generation. I can't imagine that my father's talent did not come from my grandfather, but from my grandmother. Sure enough, there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people. Those who say that grandmothers are vulgar women should really let them see what grandmothers are capable of. ’

Thinking of this, the little fat man Li Rui decided to teach his grandmother to read, which surprised those people.

Gu Qing regretted it a little.

She thinks it's a pity that she can't learn anything in ancient times, it's a bit strange for an old lady to play the piano, and she can't play chess alone, so she wants to learn to write. But if you start with the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text", when do you have to learn? Do you really want to spend all her time learning words she already knows?

She still wants to kill herself! Isn't there a quick fix?

Gu Qing casually asked Li Rui if there was any quick way.

Unexpectedly, Li Rui really thought about it carefully.

"If you say that it will be done quickly, I am afraid it will not be possible. But you can start with the most common words. Grandmother, you ......."

"Call me grandma." Woo woo woo, can you call her sister, no matter how bad it is, her aunt will be successful!

"Yes, grandma, you learn words very quickly, if you start with common words, you can indeed shorten the time for literacy." Li Rui said with a smile, "When my grandson goes back at night, I will choose some commonly used words for you, and we will pick them up first." When you've learned that, we'll learn something else. ”

"What a good grandson." The more Gu Qing looked at this little fat man, the more pleasing he became, and praised with a smile. "But don't be so hard, you choose here tomorrow afternoon, children don't stay up late, don't sleep enough, don't grow tall."

"Grandchildren remember." Li Rui bowed gratefully, his eyes hot.

What a good child, his personality is still very soft, how can he let that couple be disabled?

Gu Qing was going to talk to Mama Hua.