Chapter 8: Chengmen Lixue

People are curious, people who live by the sea are curious about what's in the sea, what's on the other side of the sea, people in the countryside are curious about what the city is like, and people in the mountains are curious about what the outside world is like.

Qingshanzhai is far away from the outside world, every time you go out of the mountain you have to walk for several days, Qingshanzhai will regularly organize people to bring mountain goods to the outside world in exchange for some things that are not in the mountains, because there is no household registration, people in Qingshanzhai can not (dare not) enter the city, can only trade with farmers outside the mountain.

Children's curiosity is the most important, they want to go to the outside world more than adults, to see what the outside world is like, even if the elders describe the outside world as a "man-eater" world, but it does not stop children's curiosity.

When the child grows up, understands more things, and even takes a few looks at the world outside the mountains, his curiosity will gradually subside, and he will put more attention to supporting his family.

Since Fang Nan woke up these days, through Fang Nan's description of the modern world, the children are full of yearning for the modern world, the modern world is a new and beautiful world for children, and how they want to live in that world.

It's a pity that even Fang Nan can't go to that wonderful world again, let alone others, in Fang Nan's words,

Fang Nan let his students change from yearning for the modern world to yearning for the world outside the mountains, so that they know that as long as they read and write, they can live a good life in the world outside the mountains.

Although there is some deception in this, Fang Nan makes the students understand why they need to read and write, and only when they understand why they want to read can they read with their hearts, in this case, the efficiency of the students will be greatly increased.

Under Fang Nan's words, Hu Xiaoya and the other forty-two students' eyes became blazing, it was a thirst for knowledge! The desire for a better life!

The students have understood why they need to read and write, and then Fang Nan wants to let the students understand another truth - respect for teachers.

After the students sat down in their seats, Teacher Fang Nan's class officially started, but in the communication between Fang Nan and the students, the students called Fang Nan several times, "Anan", "Adi", "Fang Nan" and so on, these are the names of their peers.

Now Fang Nan and Hu Xiaoya are teachers, and the others are students, "one day as a teacher and a father for life", and the status of a teacher is the same as that of a father.

One thing to note is that ancient teachers are different from modern teachers, and the "teacher" in "one day as a teacher and a father for life" refers more to the master, and the student or disciple can inherit the mantle of the master, at this time, the master treats the student as if he were his own child, and the student should also treat the master like a father.

Fang Nan's identity as a teacher is between ancient and modern, and Fang Nan has no intention of raising his status as a teacher to the level of his father, but he must also rise to the level of elders, and cannot continue to be a peer of his students.

So Fang Nan told his students the first story after the official start of the class: Chengmen Lixue.

Hearing that Fang Nan was going to tell a story, the students all quieted down, and their eyes were on Fang Nan, they have now aroused their interest in reading and literacy, but the hobby of listening to stories is still there.

"Hundreds of years ago, there was a celebrity, named Yang Shi, Yang Shi was very powerful, when he was a child, he was smart and clever, known as a prodigy, he made a big name at a young age, and even was admitted to the Jinshi, and when Yang Shi was in his forties, he already had a high reputation among the people who read all over the world.

One day, Yang Shi and his schoolmate Youxing, because they had different views on a certain question, in order to get the correct answer, they went to the teacher Cheng Yi's house together to ask for advice.

It was the middle of winter, the weather was cold, they were halfway through, it snowed, when they arrived at Cheng Yi's house, it happened that Cheng Yi was sitting by the stove and closed his eyes to recuperate, Yang Shi and the two did not dare to alarm the teacher, so they respectfully stood outside the door and waited, after a long time, Cheng Yi woke up, and found Yang Shi and You Xing standing in the wind and snow from the window, they were covered in snow, and the snow under their feet was more than a foot thick. ”

A story of more than 200 words, Fang Nan told it for several minutes, during which he had to explain the nouns such as "jinshi", "prodigy" and "snow" to the students.

For example, "snow", Guangdong belongs to the East Asian monsoon region, the average annual temperature is about 19 °C-24 °C, may not see a snow in ten years, in the memory of Fang Nan's 12 years in this life, only a certain year where the Qingshan Village is located encountered a sleet weather, the snowflakes just fell to the ground and melted, it can be said that the students of Fang Nan do not have much concept of "snow scene".

After Fang Nan finished telling the story of "Chengmen Lixue", most of the students did not think of Fang Nan's intention of telling this story, and more students were discussing "snow", they wanted to see what the "snow scene" looked like.

Fang Nan's purpose has not yet been achieved, he continued to "lecture", and explained the two sentences of "teacher, preaching and receiving karma to solve doubts" and "being a teacher for one day, being a father for life" to the students in turn.

"Everyone lives in Qingshan Village, they are all brothers and sisters, but from today on, there is an extra layer of relationship between me and you, the relationship between teachers and students, when you are in class, when you ask me for knowledge after class, you must call me 'teacher', and at other times, you can feel free to call me by name, I don't mind, well, Hu Xiaoya is also your teacher."

The change in title is the first step in respecting teachers, at first I am afraid that many people will not be used to it, and when the students grow up, their understanding of "respecting teachers and respecting the way" will be deepened, and even in private, students will use "teacher" to call Fang Nan.

It's not over yet.

"Zhou Shishi, you stand up." Fang Nan looked at a boy in the penultimate row and said.

This boy's surname is Zhou, his name is Shishi, his age is the same as Hu Zhuang, he is 15 years old, his height is a little shorter than Hu Zhuang, his eyebrows are big, and the children in the village call him "Brother Shi", even Hu Zhuang is more convinced of Zhou Shishi, it can be said that Zhou Shishi is the leader of the minors in Qingshan Village.

Hearing Fang Nan's words, Zhou Shishi stood up a little dazed, not knowing what Fang Nan told him to stand up for.

"From today on, you are students in a class, Zhou Shishi is your class leader, when the two teachers Hu Xiaoya and I are not there, the class leader is responsible for managing you, you have to listen to the class leader, understand?"

"Understood!"

The students understand the matter of "squad leader" very quickly, usually Zhou Shishi is the boss, but now he just has one more title of "squad leader", and he is still the boss.