It took half a day to have a good relationship with Wang Ding, an old showman, and it seemed that he had become a year-old friend, which made Zhou Zhi very happy. didn't know what Wang Ding was going to give him, so Zhou Zhi smiled excitedly, "Thank you, boy!" ”

"Humph!" Wang Ding also smiled.

Wang Ding took a wooden box on the table of the Eight Immortals and handed it to Zhou Zhidao, "Boy, this is for you, open it and take a look." ”

The wooden box was very light and crudely made, Zhou Zhi opened the wooden box with great curiosity, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Speaking of which, in later generations, Zhou Zhi was an amateur calligraphy enthusiast, especially keen on Zhao Mengfu and Guan Sheng's Xiaokai. Of course, he is just a calligraphy enthusiast, and if the small script he writes is compared with ancient and modern masters, there is still a big gap.

Traveling to Daming, I always want to have pen and ink one day, but this is simply delusional for Zhou Zhi, a poor child. The family is too poor, three meals a day, firewood, rice, oil and salt are all problems, where is the spare money for him to buy pen and ink?

But now it is different, the wooden box given to him by Wang Ding is clearly a stone inkstone, a brush, and a small piece of ink.

The stone inkstone is made of irregular stones, which is obviously not a precious thing. The brush is a small regular brush, the tip of the pen is made of wool at a glance, a little bald, no need to ask Wang Ding to use it is not easy to discard. That small piece of ink doesn't seem to have much left, but it can be used for a while if you save it.

With these, it was already very good, Zhou Zhi was excited, and thanked Wang Ding repeatedly.

Oh, no, if you go home to write, you still need paper. But there's no paper at home. Thinking of this, Zhou Zhi's eyes couldn't help but dim in an instant.

Wang Ding didn't know Zhou Zhi's thoughts, but although he had a good impression of Zhou Zhi, because "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was even more about fate, but just because of this, he gave Zhou Zhi some paper for nothing, which was absolutely impossible.

You must know that Wang Ding, who has reached this age, has already looked down on a lot, but especially on yellow and white things. What do people want to live? Isn't it just to live a comfortable and prosperous life? It's right to enjoy life. Especially for Wang Ding, it is the right thing to spend his old age in peace, which is better than anything else.

If you want to spend your old age in peace and live a comfortable life, you can't do it without gold and silver. Paper is bought for money, so how can it be given away for nothing?

Wang Ding smiled slightly, "The boy of the Zhou family, the old father was poor when he was young, this inkstone and brush are not good, they are all used by the old man when he was young, although it is not easy to use now, but it can still be used."

The old man knew that your family was poor, so he gave it to you. Okay, if the Zhou family kid is fine, he can go home. ”

Obviously, he gave an eviction order and wanted to drive Zhou Zhi away.

Zhou Zhi hesitated slightly, carefully put the "University" and "Analects" into his arms, and then lifted the wooden box with one hand, but said to Wang Ding with a smile, "Master, you know that the boy's family is poor, you gave the boy pen and ink, but the boy still can't write, and the boy has no paper at home."

The master is helping the boy anyway, if a good person does it to the end, he will be a good man, and the boy will be perfected, so give the boy some paper.

The boy had already seen that there was a piece of paper in the corner where the master had practiced calligraphy? Anyway, it's useless, why don't you let the kid take it, and the kid will practice writing on the back. At the same time, the boy didn't write a post, so let the boy trace the master's true handwriting, and let the boy learn it. ”

With a smile on his face, a hippie smile, he just won't leave anyway.

This made Wang Ding really cry and laugh. said with a gloomy face, "Hmph, you kid, you really want to toss the dead old man!" Yes! Send it to you, and you can take all the waste paper with you, it's useless in the old man's house anyway. Even if it is used as toilet paper, it is not clean! ”

Zhou Zhi was overjoyed, hurriedly bowed down to Wang Ding, and said repeatedly, "The boy thanked the master, the boy thanked the master!" ”

Wang Ding waved his hand again and again with a tense face, "Take it, go quickly, go quickly!" ”

In the corner of the wall was a two-foot-thick piece of waste paper, one side of which was written, but the other side was clean and clean. Zhou Zhixuan immediately tied the papers into a small bundle, tied them with straw ropes, carried them in his hands, and thanked Wang Ding again, and then came out of the study.

The old woman Zhang looked at Zhou Zhi with a stunned expression, she didn't understand how the husband who had always been slamming the door could be so generous today.

Zhou Zhi bowed to the old woman Zhang again, and then walked to the door of the house.

There was a delay of nearly two hours at Wang Ding's house, and the wet clothes had already dried at this time. The autumn rain was still falling outside, and Zhou Zhi was worried that the rain would wet the papers, so he simply took off his shabby shirt, wrapped the paper, and carried it in his hand, before going out.

Just walked out of the door without two steps, Wang Ding shouted loudly in the house, "Zhou family boy, come back, the old man still has something." ”

Zhou Zhi went back busily. At this time, Wang Ding seemed to have a small cloth bag in his hand, he handed it to Zhou Zhi with a cold face, and said, "Zhou family boy, reading must start from the foundation, you are not familiar with the reading materials, after all, it is not appropriate." I simply lend you all these Mongolian reading materials, anyway, there are still a few sets at the old man's house. ”

The textbooks for social studies are all issued by the government, and there is no charge for them. As a gentleman of sociology, it is common sense that Wang Ding has several sets at home.

Zhou Zhi was even happier in his heart, Wang Ding, an old picker, really treats himself well, and he must think of repaying him in the future.

With a happy face, he took the package from Wang Ding's hand, and was about to thank Wang Ding and prepare to leave, but Wang Ding said again, "Zhou family boy, although the old man doesn't ask about farming, but yesterday the old man was wandering in the field, and a few farmers asked the old man, your family's eight acres of land were originally ploughed by the third young master of the Chen family, and the wheat was planted, but why did you let him leave half an acre without planting?"

Do you think that leaving half an acre without planting will not offend the Chen family? The old man told you the truth, according to the old man's guess, you have offended the Chen family, and there is no difference between you leaving half an acre and not staying. ”

"This ......" Zhou Zhi looked embarrassed and said.

Immediately, he made a hippie smile and said, "Master, please forgive the kid for selling a pass, the kid also wants to try it." The kid is gone! ”

With that, he plunged into the rain and walked towards his home.

Wang Ding in the house shook his head helplessly, but his face showed a little joy, and said secretly, this week's boy is calm but there is no lack of slippery head, hehe! Somehow, it's just that in the past half a day, the old man likes him very much.

The old woman Zhang couldn't help it at this time, and asked softly, "Xianggong lent the Zhou family a book to read, do you really believe that the Zhou family can take the imperial examination?" Xianggong really doesn't know if it's good or bad for the Zhou family kid to do this? ”

In her mind, if Zhou Zhi a poor boy embarked on the road of studying, the life of the family would definitely get worse and worse, and in the end, the family would not be able to open the pot, and even the family would be bankrupt.

Wang Ding sighed, "Alas! The old man didn't know if he helped the Zhou family kid or hurt him? ”

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Zhou Zhi was in a very comfortable mood, whistling all the way home in the rain. As soon as I walked outside my yard, I saw that the door of the house was wide open, and the smoke was billowing out of the stove house. Zhou Zhi couldn't help but be surprised, and said secretly, it's not good, could it be that there is a fire?