Chapter 016: Enlightenment for My Cousin
Wang Lin brought his daughter over, just because Lu Cheng was also at home, so he didn't plan to take her out to fish. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
He thinks that his daughters are now 14 years old, and they are about to reach the age of leaving the cabinet, and if they go out to fish and tan with him every day, it will not be easy to get married. Those matchmakers, all of them have very vicious eyes, and the conditions of their own family are not very good, if the daughter is a little worse, it will be difficult to find a good mother-in-law.
But his wife went back to her parents' house, and he couldn't bear to leave his daughter alone at home, so he brought her over to follow Lu Cheng, and it was not bad to learn to read and write.
Not all women in this era are not allowed to read, otherwise how could there be books for women to study, such as "The Analects of Women" and "Female Commandments"?
It's just that most of the people who can afford to read are women from large families, and small families don't have this condition.
As early as a few years ago, Wang Lin had this plan, and he had to let his daughter learn to read and write and settle accounts, but it was only when the Lu family suddenly had an accident that he dispelled this idea.
"A woman is virtuous if she is not talented", in fact, it is a misunderstood sentence, just to interpret this sentence is an act taken out of context, and there is a sentence "A man is virtuous is talented".
The real meaning of the second half of this sentence is actually to make a woman talented, but also to behave humblely, supple, and not show it in front of her husband, as if she has no talent, is where a woman's virtue lies.
This is the original meaning of this statement, not that women cannot learn, as is commonly understood.
Only then did Lu Cheng know Wang Lin's plan, so he naturally agreed, anyway, he didn't have anything important to do, and he still had some free time.
After Wang Lin left, Lu Cheng led his little cousin to the study.
When you first start learning, you naturally have to start by writing your own name. However, this does not seem to be easy, just a posture of holding a pen, Lu Cheng taught for most of the day, and Wang Xueyuan learned it like a look.
But this name is not easy to write, except for the word "Wang", the other two characters have too many strokes, which is undoubtedly difficult for Wang Xueyuan to learn.
Lu Cheng couldn't help but secretly slander in his heart, his grandfather was really, how could he think of taking such a complicated name back then?
After practicing for a while, my mother made breakfast and came over to call the two of them to eat.
Wang Xueyuan had already eaten with her father at home, and she was not hungry at this time, but Lu Cheng's mother and son warmly invited, and finally she ate a little with her, and then came back to continue practicing writing her name.
Lu Cheng saw that she was studying seriously, so he didn't care anymore, and practiced regular script on the side.
At this time, the imperial examination, the writing requirements when answering the questionnaire were all in italics, also known as "Taige style". At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were even cases where the handwriting was not good and fell off the list, which shows that the requirements for writing are very strict.
It is no wonder that Lu Cheng's handwriting can be square, and the articles he writes are like printed books.
Since the Chenghua period, this phenomenon has gradually improved, and new changes have slowly taken place in calligraphy, in addition to the imperial examination answer sheets, the literati prefer to use line script and cursive script.
As a literati, it is very necessary to have a good handwriting, and in many cases, calligraphy is related to the face of a literati. Because when others look at whether you are knowledgeable, most of them will look at how well you write with one hand, which is related.
Lu Cheng practiced his calligraphy for a while, and Wang Xueyuan's cheering voice came from his ears: "Ah, I can write my name!" ”
"Well, that's good!"
Lu Cheng praised it with a smile, and as soon as his thoughts turned, the content of "The Analects of Women" appeared in his mind, and he wrote down the standing of the first article on paper, and then taught Wang Xueyuan to read it.
"Come, follow me and read: Whoever is a woman, first learn to establish oneself, the method of establishing oneself, but to be chaste."
"Come, follow me: all women ......"
"Stop!"
Lu Cheng interrupted her speechlessly, pointed to the first word and said, "This word reads 'Fan'." ”
"Oh!"
Wang Xueyuan stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, and followed him to recognize it word by word. Lu Cheng explained the content of this paragraph to her, and taught her to read it again.
Lang Lang's reading sound came out of the house, and after hearing it, Wang came over and took a look at the door, looking at the scene of the two brothers and sisters studying seriously in the house, his mind suddenly moved, and he turned around and went out of the house.
The two siblings taught and learned, and the morning passed unconsciously.
Wang Xueyuan studied seriously, after all, learning is still a very new thing for her, and she has learned the content of standing up in the morning.
Lu Cheng was very satisfied with this, so he planned to let her rest first and tell her a few fairy tales to relax.
Lu Cheng felt that the little girl should like to listen to these stories, so he first told the story of Snow White and the seven dwarfs. Unexpectedly, after listening to this, she asked: "Brother, why do all princes marry only one Snow White, my father only marries my mother, and my uncle only marries my aunt, so you say that you want to marry a group of daughters-in-law?" ”
"Uh......"
Lu Cheng touched his nose in embarrassment, he just said this casually at that time, but he didn't expect this cousin to remember it very clearly.
However, in this era, as long as there are men with some status, aren't most of them three wives and four concubines?
Yin and Yang came to this Ming Dynasty by mistake, Lu Cheng naturally had such a good wish, after all, this is something that every man dreams of, the key is that it is reasonable and legal!
Cut, what kind of fairy tales are you telling? Isn't this a problem for yourself?
"Hmm......"
After pondering for a while, Lu Chengcai smiled and said: "Promising men will marry several daughters-in-law, do you see that the landlord Zhao in our village, isn't it the aunt of the fifth room?" ”
"Oh!"
Wang Xueyuan nodded as if she didn't understand, and then asked, "Brother, if you are admitted to the Juren, will you be the same as the Zhao landlord?" ”
Before Lu Cheng could answer, his mother's reprimand came from outside the house: "Cheng'er, what are you talking nonsense with your sister?" I don't know how to teach something good! ”
"Got it, mother."
Lu Cheng hurriedly responded, and didn't dare to talk about this topic anymore. My mother was a kind and virtuous woman, and even if she scolded herself, she couldn't say anything vulgar.
Education should start from the baby, Lu Cheng decided not to tell these stories that do not fit the background of the times, and instead talked about Journey to the West: "There is a country overseas, called Aolai Country, the country is near the sea, and there is a mountain in the sea, called Huaguo Mountain......"
At this time, telling the story of Journey to the West, absolutely no one has ever heard of it, Lu Cheng searched for Wu Chengen in his head, he is still a three or four-year-old child at this time, and naturally he has not written a famous book like Journey to the West.
I have to say that Lu Cheng is a very dedicated gentleman, teaching his cousin to write names and "The Analects of Women" in the morning, and in the afternoon, he taught arithmetic, and there was also an arrangement of telling stories to relax his thinking, and the class was rich and diverse.
Wang Xueyuan is very interested in learning, but she is even more curious about the story, and the mythology created by Journey to the West is very strong, so that she is deeply fascinated.
During this period, she would ask some quirky questions from time to time, and Lu Cheng patiently answered them for her one by one.
The day passed like this, and when Wang Lin came back, Wang Xueyuan was still listening to the story with Lu Cheng, and she was reluctant to go home, and finally Wang also spoke out to stay, and the father and daughter had dinner at Lu's house.
After eating, Wang Xueyuan still wanted to continue listening to the story, and was unwilling to go home so early, Wang Lin was just about to teach his daughter a lesson, and Wang came forward to solve the siege and said: "Anyway, there is still a vacant room at home, and sleeping here for a night will not be in the way." ”
Wang Lin thought about it, anyway, his daughter went home, and he had to send it over again tomorrow, so it was better to live here, so he nodded and said, "That's it, I just have to trouble my cousin." ”
Wang was really curious, and he didn't know what kind of story his son was telling, which would make Wang Xueyuan love to listen to it so much. After Wang Lin left, she also listened to Wang Xueyuan.
Lu Cheng held the folding fan that his father had used in his hand, tapped it lightly on the table, and then followed the story of the daytime to tell about Sun Dasheng's big trouble in the Pan Tao Club.
The appearance of the painting is very much like the storytellers in the tea shops in the county. Wang thinks that this son still has some skills, even if he really can't get into Xiucai, it doesn't matter, he can make some money back by telling people books, right?