The next morning, Xiao Zheng, who was asleep, woke up to the sound of birds and dogs barking in the village, and listened to the sound of mooing cows in the courtyard behind him. Xiao Zheng's mother and son walked out of the gate of the courtyard, and suddenly smelled a strong smell of medicine. I saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl decocting medicine next to the well in the yard, and when I saw the mother and son, my face was a little shy and panicked, but I quickly calmed down again, and the girl saluted Xiao's mother and said, "Good guest."

Xiao Zheng was stunned for a moment when she saw this girl's appearance, this girl was not a person from the Central Plains at first glance, although she was only a teenager, she was obviously a head taller than Xiao's mother, with thin eyebrows and a high nose, a slightly pointed chin, a pair of diamond-like blue eyes on her fair face, a blue top, and a dark gray cloth skirt. The morning breeze blowing slightly in her hair, the morning mist on the tips of the trees slowly drifted towards her, and disappeared without a trace before she arrived, the girl was wearing a cloth dress and hairpin, quite a three-point orchid spring solitary charm, and suddenly there was a feeling that this girl was more like a Persian cat. When Xiao's mother was talking to the girl, she saw the old gentleman she met yesterday walking in slowly after walking outside.

When he saw Xiao's mother and son getting up, he pointed to the girl and said to the two with a smile: "This is the old man's daughter, her name is Jin'er, the old husband and wife died the year before last, and now it's just our father and daughter who depend on each other." Xiao's mother also hurriedly introduced herself and Xiao Zheng to the old gentleman. The old gentleman said with a smile: "The old man's surname is Li Ziwenbo, I see that the two of you are running around for days, and after all, there is a lot of fire in my heart." I prescribed two doses of decoction, let Jin'er fry it early this morning, you two drink it while it's hot, and it's good to go to the fire on the way, Xiao's mother hurriedly thanked her after hearing it, and then the medicine was decocted, and Jin'er brought the medicine with two clean white porcelain bowls. After Xiao's mother took the medicine, Jin'er turned her head and handed the rest of the medicine to Xiao Zheng, Jin'er smiled shyly when she saw Xiao Zheng, Xiao Zheng's heart throbbed, took the bowl and stabilized her mind before relieving herself, Jin'er walked away with a red face after handing over the medicine.

Xiao Zheng glanced at the medicinal residue in the frying pan, smelled it and tasted the medicinal soup lightly, with his rich experience in pharmacy in his previous life, he felt that there were yellow lotus, lotus seed core and mint and other Chinese medicines to remove fire in the medicine, so he raised his head and drank it all, after the medicine entered the abdomen, he felt that the medicine was prescribed in a peaceful but not losing its effect, and he couldn't help but glance at Mr. Li. After drinking the medicine, Jin'er has prepared the meal, the two sides have knelt around the table after a few polite words, after the meal the old man said to Xiao's mother: "The old man has lived here for a few years, and he also saved some savings when he was a member of the previous dynasty, but the old man never did the greedy things, and now there is only one daughter in the family, and he will teach the children from several nearby villages to come to me to study in his spare time, one to teach these children to know the words of the saints and understand the principles of the world, and the other is to let the old man have something to do to spend the rest of his life, and the old man in the backyard also bought two cows, and the people in the village use who leads them." It's just that the grass feeding needs a favor from the people in the village on weekdays. The old man is confident that his medical skills are okay, usually there is a disease in the surrounding townships and come to me, yesterday was the day of the old man's rest, which coincided with your mother and son, I see that your mother and son are also lonely and helpless, and now even if your mother and son go to Luoyang to find Mr. Dong, but where do you go to find him in Luoyang? What's more, Luoyang City is still occupied by Wang Shichong, and there are swords and soldiers all over the way, how to avoid soldiers and bandits along the way? The old man doesn't do dark things, if you don't dislike it, you can live with me temporarily, I see that this baby in your family is also born with clear eyebrows, if he is willing to help, you can help me clean the courtyard, herd cattle when you have nothing to do, be a scholar, if he doesn't want to, your mother and son can also live with me, and then make other plans later."

After hearing this, Xiao's mother hurriedly got up and thanked her and said: "Thank you Mr. for taking me in, now my mother and son have nowhere to go, thanks to Mr. for not giving up, my son also studied for a few years a few years ago, as long as Mr. doesn't dislike it." When Li Wenbo heard that Xiao Zheng had been reading for a few years, he said in surprise: "Do you already know how to read and write?" Xiao Zheng replied: "The younger generation has been reading for a few years, but this year the family has changed and I haven't read much, but most of them still have impressions." The old gentleman said, "Then memorize a few paragraphs of the book you used to read."

Xiao Zheng settled down and said: "Zi said: If the name is not right, the words are not good; If you don't go well, you can't do anything; If nothing happens, then the etiquette is not happy; If the ritual is not happy, the punishment will not be successful; The punishment is not ......", "Why does Confucius call it 'Wen'? Zi said: "Sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask, because I think that the 'text' is also ......." Xiao Zheng memorized a few famous sayings of "Zilu Chapter" and "Gongye Long Chapter" in the Analects from memory, and after memorizing it, he paused for a moment and memorized a few poems by Tao Qian, Li successively listened to it and asked him about his understanding of these Analects and poems, Xiao Zheng also answered one by one, after all, it is a summary of people after a thousand years, and the old gentleman closed his eyes and nodded again and again when listening to Xiao Zheng's interpretation. After verifying Xiao Zheng's knowledge, the old man turned to Xiao's mother and said: "Your baby is a good material for reading, and it is not a loss to follow the old man, if you are willing to give lectures to other children, he can also listen to it, so as to review the original homework." When Xiao's mother heard that Mr. was willing to teach Xiao Zheng to read, she immediately left the table to pay homage, Mr. Li hurriedly picked up Xiao's mother, Xiao's mother thought about it and turned back to the courtyard, and brought yesterday's gift to the old gentleman and said: "These things were originally intended for Mr. Dong, but now Mr. Dong is no longer here, these gifts are honored to Mr. as a gift for Zheng'er, and Mr. Wang's smile is accepted." Seeing Xiao's mother like this, the old gentleman's face was a little gloomy, and he said to Xiao's mother: "The old man is not trying to help him read and write, not to mention that taking advantage of people's danger and collecting money from people is despised by a gentleman, give it back to me!" Xiao's mother saw that Mr. insisted on not accepting the gift and took it back, during the chatting between the two families, seven or eight children entered the yard one after another, each child entered the door and respectfully greeted Mr., and then greeted Xiao's mother, it can be seen that these children taught by Mr. are quite thoughtful, these children entered the main hall and knelt at the table and whispered, the old gentleman saw that everyone was there, so he picked up a stick of incense from the offering table in front of the statue of Confucius, and took the children to pay homage to the statue of Confucius, After the ceremony, he began today's schoolwork, Xiao Zheng also sat at the last side table and listened carefully, the old gentleman was talking about the "Thousand Character Text" compiled by Zhou Xingsi during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, although Mr. Li was teaching a lecture, but the words he spoke out were simple to understand, so that every child could understand, the gentleman with the book in his hand exuded a quiet and peaceful temperament, and his bones revealed a kind of majesty that made people read seriously at a glance, this majesty was not deliberately pretended, this aura was far more than the "brick and beast" after a thousand years Incomparable, Xiao Zheng suddenly realized the true meaning of the phrase "there is poetry and books in the belly"!

Taking advantage of Mr. to drink water and rest, Xiao Zheng saw that the oldest of these children who were studying was eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest was only six or seven years old. In this era, it is not possible to find one or two literate people in a village, let alone the children of the peasant family who read, and the children have no books in their hands, two or three children are on the same table, and there are only one or two books on the desk.

Xiao Zheng felt that there was movement next to him, turned his head and saw that Jin'er had come in at some point, and he also sat on the edge of another table listening to his husband's lecture, and when he saw Xiao Zheng looking at him, his face turned slightly red, and he smiled at Xiao Zheng and still listened to the lecture seriously.