Chapter 4: A New Life
"Forget it, it's too early to think about this, let's live the moment first. No matter what the future holds, if you want to survive in this troubled world, your body and mind are essential, well, so be it. Zhang Hao turned over, smiled and shook his head helplessly, as if he had made some kind of decision, and fell asleep deeply.
"Knock-knock! Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of a slow and fast watch came from far and near, and slowly went away, Zhang Hao rubbed his eyes and said, "Is it the fifth watch?" (One slow and four fast is five watches, that is, now three o'clock to five o'clock)
After quickly getting dressed and washing briefly, I walked out of the house, and before dawn, I took two breaths and walked to the yard to start exercising. Zhang Hao didn't know any systematic exercise methods, just a simple warm-up, opened the joints, and after the warm-up, the sky was already bright, and he walked out of the yard to the street.
This is the first time Zhang Hao has walked out of Zheng Xuan's house since he came to this world, and there are not many people on the street at this time, look left and right, and find the reference in front of the door, so as not to find a home when he comes back, it will be embarrassing, Zhang Hao saw that he ran along the street.
"Alas, this robe is really inconvenient to exercise." Zhang Hao complained in his heart as he ran. He was wearing a knee-length gown with a cloth bag tied around his waist, which was particularly uncomfortable to run.
"What, I can't stand it for a while." This body is too thin, obviously malnourished, plus this child must not have exercised, yes, he can't even eat, how can he be in the mood to exercise.
Turning around, he kept running back, he didn't have the strength to run further, and he ran too far to find his way back.
insisted on running to Zheng Xuan's mansion, the sky was already bright, and when he walked into the courtyard, Zheng Xuan was teaching Zheng Yi in the small pavilion in the courtyard, and when he saw Zhang Hao coming back, he raised his head and smiled at him.
"Come back, go and eat, I didn't see you in the morning, I left you food." Zheng Xuan said slowly, although his eyes were full of doubts, there was no trace of displeasure.
Zhang Hao was slightly embarrassed, and he forgot to tell Zheng Xuan when he went out in the morning.
"Uncle, my nephew was negligent, I went out to exercise in the morning, and I forgot to ask my uncle." Zhang Hao scratched his head and said embarrassedly.
"Oh? You mean you're out and about? Zheng Xuan asked, admiring Zhang Hao more and more.
"Yes, uncle, my nephew is in poor health and needs more exercise." Zhang Hao said.
"Yes, yes, yes." Zheng Xuan praised.
"Uncle, the little nephew has one more thing to ask uncle."
"What's the matter, let's talk about it"
"I don't know if my uncle's collection of books can be borrowed by my nephew." Zhang Hao asked expectantly. Because ancient books are so precious, most people don't borrow them to avoid damage.
Moreover, it is necessary to "cherish" the classics, and to sit and read books to "clean a few cases"; Walking and reading should be "carried on a square board", and the sweat of the hands should not be soaked in the book or the brain of the book should not be touched; When turning a book, it is necessary to "twist and turn the pages lightly, and not pick it up with the fingers and claws."
Zhao Mengfu, a calligrapher and painter in the Yuan Dynasty, collected more books, and he paid attention to the collection of books, "do not roll the brain, do not fold the corners, do not invade the words with claws, do not expose the width with spittle, do not use it as a pillow, do not use it as a prick, repair it with damage, and cover it with opening".
"No problem, you can check the books in the old man's study at will, but ...... Forget it, you don't need to talk about it, you should know how to cherish books. ”
"My nephew will cherish it." Zhang Hao hurriedly responded.
"Alright, let's go eat first."
"Oh" answered, and Zhang Hao retreated.
Looking at the simple meal, Zhang Hao's heart was warm, although he left his familiar environment, left his parents and family, and came to this strange environment, but there were still people who cared, Zhang Hao couldn't help but feel very lucky, and began to slowly integrate into this "home" and into this era......
After eating, Zhang Hao found Zheng Xuan, asked for instructions, and came to Zheng Xuan's study.
"Great Confucianism is great Confucianism, there are really a lot of classics in the collection, and there are a lot of books here that have been lost in modern times." Zhang Hao looked at the books in Zheng Xuan's study, muttered while reading, and then picked up a book and began to study.
"Well, is there anything you don't understand?" Zheng Xuan stood at the door and watched for a while, looking at Zhang Hao's serious reading, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and walked into the study and asked with concern.
"Ah, uncle." When Zhang Hao saw Zheng Xuan coming in, he hurriedly got up and gave a salute, you must know that in this era, people pay great attention to etiquette, especially scholars.
"It's okay, the old man just came to see if there was anything you didn't understand." Zheng Xuan smiled lovingly and walked to Zhang Hao's side.
"Back to my uncle, a small part of the nephew of the book Chinese characters does not know, and some do not understand very well, as for the chapters and sentences in the book, he only understands seven or eight out of ten, and I hope that my uncle will teach me." Zhang Hao said, he didn't know some rare words, coupled with the changes of the past dynasties, and some words have undergone some changes, which need to be learned, and he took out a few pages of paper while speaking, and respectfully handed them to Zheng Xuan.
It is full of words that Zhang Hao didn't know during his reading, as well as those words and sentences that he didn't understand, Zhang Hao recorded these together, just to find time to ask Zheng Xuan.
"Don't worry, I'll explain this to you later, the old man is going to give a lecture to the students in a while, do you want your nephew to listen to it together?"
"Can my nephew go and listen?" Zhang Hao asked excitedly, Zheng Yi, his own son, has never heard of it.
"Of course you can, Yi'er is still young, I need to teach him alone, I can't learn it if I study with everyone, although you are the same age as Yi'er, your knowledge is above him, you can study together." Zheng Xuan answered the doubts in Zhang Hao's heart.
With a promise, Zhang Hao walked out of the study with Zheng Xuan, came to the place where the class was held, and began to study with Zheng Xuan.
After taking class, Zhang Hao took out those words and sentences that he didn't understand to ask Zheng Xuan, until the first watch ended soon, and it didn't end until the second watch.
"Okay, let's stop here today, there is one more thing that the old man wants to discuss with you."
"Uncle but it doesn't matter, nephew must be ruined." Zhang Hao said on his lips, but his heart was tight, thinking: Could it be that he was driving me away.
"That's right, the old man wants Yi'er to move over and live with his nephew, and when his nephew gets up early to exercise in the future, he will take Yi'er with him, I don't know what my nephew thinks."
"Uncle commanded, nephew should obey, but my younger brother is still young, with me, I'm afraid I can't support it."
"It's okay, you are the same age, your nephew is still like this, Yi'er can't be slack, the four bodies are not diligent, and the grains are not divided, won't you become a nerd." Zheng Xuan waved his hand.
"It's all up to my uncle."
That night, Zheng Yi was sent to Zhang Hao's room by Zheng Xuan.