On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a very lively day, an old man in Dongchengfang went out to celebrate his birthday, invited a big play to perform, the venue was selected in the open space one hundred meters east of the market street, and a large platform was built, and the best position under the stage was separated by a large tent with a cloth curtain, and there were seven or eight red braziers burning inside, and the old and young families were sitting in it and laughing and watching.

Five steps behind the curtain, seven or eight small servants lined up in a row, looking back at the lively people, three layers inside and three layers outside, watching the performances of the people on the stage intently, but they did not dare to cheer loudly.

Because the old man said that he could come to see it in vain, but he was not allowed to disturb his interest, and whoever made noise would be driven away.

Therefore, the people who came to see had to cover their mouths, so as not to make a sound and be driven away by the little guy who was staring at them, and finally grabbed the position inside, if they didn't finish reading, wouldn't it be a loss.

Here, the dog only needs to stand at the door to see the singing stage, and the hazy can also see the four artists on the stage jumping powerfully, and from time to time there are small gongs and drums.

The time has come to the end of noon, to the shop to learn the children, there are only about forty children, seeing that there are a few excuses for stomach ache baby, holding the stomach and running quickly to the stage to see the excitement, the dog sighed: "Sure enough, it doesn't cost money to feel distressed!" ”

As soon as I turned around and closed the door, I listened to the sound of running outside, and opened the door suspiciously to see the people, and my mouth was happy.

"I said Qi Shu, it's rare for you to come earlier!"

Qi Shu held a small futon in his left hand, and a wooden board used as a sand table in his right hand, respectfully gave the dog a salute, raised his head and said with a smile: "I ran and jogged all the way, but I was still shut out by Mr. ”

The dog laughed and said, "Today is not your late, because I think no one is coming again and closed the door in advance!" ”

Qi Shu was stunned and said, "How can no one come!" ”

The dog coughed and explained, "I mean, those who have come have already come, and those who have not come will not come." ”

After listening to the dog's explanation, Qi Shu was even more confused, and the dog pointed to the stage in the distance and said to him: "Where is the big show today, many people have gone to see it, by the way, do you want to watch it?" ”

Qi Shu frowned and said: "What's so good about singing, it's more important than writing, these people are so confused!" ”

The dog praised and went into the house, and today there were few people, except for more than thirty little beggars, only fifteen or sixteen people came outside, and only half of the room was sitting.

The dog stood in front of the counter and looked at the forty or so people, and asked loudly again, "Is there anyone else going out?" ”

The rest shook their heads and said, "Let's not go out!" ”

The dog nodded, turned to the little beggars sitting in front of him, and asked, "Do you still want to go out?" ”

A group of little beggars hurriedly covered their hands and shook their heads in unison, "We don't want to." ”

The dog nodded and said, "Even if you know each other, if you dare to go out to play, it won't be your palms that fight!" ”

All the beggars shivered in unison, especially Dasha, who was shaking even more, and his two hands were all red.

The dog coughed and cleared his throat and said loudly: "Today we learn surnames!" ”

"What do you all say about your last name!"

One by one, they replied loudly, surnamed Li, surnamed Wang, Sun, Zhou, Zhao and so on.

The dog raised his hand to stop them and said, "Since there are surnames and everything, then let's learn them slowly one by one, and the surname Li raised his hand?" ”

Seven or eight people were raised by Hula below, and the dog nodded and said, "Then I will teach you to write the word 'Li' today!" ”

After speaking, he turned his head, erected a man-high plank, and then pasted a piece of white paper on the top, dipped some ink with a brush, and then turned his head and said to them: "Look at my strokes, write step by step!" Write the top first, then the bottom, you see, that's it......"

The sticker on the board was forced out by them, because the dog found that most of the people did not know where to start writing, and if they showed them over and over again, it would be too wasteful of paper, and finally there was no way to write it to them.

There is no cushion, and the paper is soft and always can't be written well, so I found a wooden board to block the back, but I didn't expect the effect to be good.

In the past, when my father was teaching, every time it was time to write, he would call them to him and write in front of them, but there were only a few people, and there were more than 30 beggars here alone, plus outsiders, ten in a wave, and they had to write seven or eight pieces of paper, and at the end of the day, they had to use some sheets of paper alone, and the paper was not cheap, sighing, still poor!

"Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng Wang......

This song of 100 schools, you have to remember well, all your surnames, are in this, now sent to your hands on the paper written on the name of each of you, today, just write these words, if you can write your own name, write the name of the person next to you, I will check in a while, if there is not, raise your hand and ask me! ”

Everyone nodded, Dasha looked at the palm-sized note in his palm, Liu Xiaowu's three words, written squarely on it, the first two words know, the back of a word, many strokes like centipedes, look left and right are busy writing their names, and no one comes to take care of themselves, the small stick in his hand pinched and pinched, still don't know how to write the stroke first, for a while, he pulled a little beggar next to him.

This little beggar is a girl, people were writing quietly, and suddenly they were dragged by Dasha like this, and they were stunned for a while, where did this Dasha know how to pay attention to people's looks, and asked people viciously how to write words with her mouth open, and the scared little girl cried out.

The angry dog raised a stick and beat him on the back, with rough skin and thick flesh and a lot of clothes, the beating did not hurt, and the scolding had no effect.

also explained to the dog with a hippie smile, saying that the girl is thin-skinned, so she pinched it gently, and it didn't hurt, so she was embarrassed to cry.

Afraid that Dasha would disturb others to write, he carried him to the counter and asked him to guard himself.

Write your own name first, and then write the name of others, a total of about 40 people, if they are all written, they can also know the old and young.

Surrounded by friends, when others asked for their names, one by one excited and enthusiastic to teach him, the answer was happy, the learning was also happy, an hour down, the effect was not bad, the least can also be left and right to remember four.

Seeing that it was time to end the class again, the dog knocked on the table and said: "Stop, that's all here today, teach you the song "Hundred Family Names", remember it well when you go back, the name you learned today, and when you get home, you will write your father and mother to read, you know?" ”

A group of babies nodded one after another.

The dog said, "That's it, pack up your things and go home!" ”

With a shout, a group of little babies happily ran out with the sand table, and some of them ran fast and spilled all the sand in the bag.

Watching them run away, the dog shook his head, turned around and took a broom to clean the ground, thinking that it would take another half a month, this heart was tired.

The big first month of the month of the year I can't run out to play, and I have to sit here to teach them to learn words, the point is, there is no penny, just bought a knife of paper, only a few days, it has been used for more than half, the cautious dog, began to calculate again.

The eastern capital of Lin'an Prime Minister's Mansion, the Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty Qin Hui, kneeling in the study, next to the two pairs of golden flower hollow incense burner, from time to time wafting out wisps of fragrance, Qin Hui shook his head, stood up, slowly walked to the incense burner on the left, lifted the lid, with a light press of the golden spoon next to it, extinguished a piece of sandalwood burning inside, and then buckled the lid, beckoning to the maid who was waiting carefully.

Two beautiful maids wearing red brocade jackets and green winter skirts walked in, squatted down first to make a blessing, and then raised their heads and asked softly, "Is there anything wrong with Xiangye?" ”

Qin Hui nodded and said: "The financial situation of the country is tight, and I am the prime minister of a country, so I should think of being thrifty for the country, lest someone sue me for being extravagant and wasteful, and I can light one of this incense burner in the future!" ”

The two maids, Shi Yili said, "The slave family remembers!" So he got up and walked out.

Qin Hui nodded, brushed off his beard, turned around and walked back to the bookcase, picked up the wolf brush next to him, and then pressed the corner of the rice paper with an emerald green jade lion head, and wrote down the words "diligence and thrift, for the country and the people".

I threw several paper balls in one breath, and finally I was satisfied, looking at the eight big characters like a peerless beauty, holding her beard and nodding her head.

Listening to the sound of footsteps outside to the door, followed by the voice of the old housekeeper Qin Fu.

"Xiangye, the banquet outside is ready, your favorite prawn tail has also been prepared, and the little ones ask if it can be served?"

Qin Hui accepted the words in his hand, handed it to him and said, "Are all the people who came?" ”

The old housekeeper said as he rolled the words: "Several big businessmen from the southeast have come, but those from the north and those who go to the west have not yet come!" ”

Qin Hui was stunned for a moment, stopped and asked him, "What's the matter?" The old housekeeper hurriedly said: "They sent a little servant to say that there are some important matters in the trading house, and there are some important things to be discussed, and it will take about an hour in the evening!" ”

Qin Hui slapped the table and said fiercely: "A bunch of slippery profiteers, even my banquet dares to be late!" ”

The old housekeeper on the side hurriedly said: "Don't be angry, no matter how cunning these profiteers are, they can't escape your palm!" ”

Qin Hui nodded, and the body that was about to set off stopped again.

The old housekeeper asked suspiciously, "Is Xiangye going to wait any longer?" ”

Qin Hui nodded and sighed: "This time, the dynasty will raise taxes again, and the 200,000 yuan will be apportioned, and I will promise 100,000 yuan, and the money will come from the heads of these big businessmen, it is always difficult to say if they don't come, so let's wait!" ”

The old housekeeper nodded, stretched out his hand and beckoned a little servant, and asked him to go to the kitchen to tell the cook, and then wait for the food to be served, then turned to Qin Hui and complained: "Xiangye, what should you promise for the old emperor for no reason, you will be affected, and you will have to give face to these businessmen, which will be underestimated in vain!" ”