Chapter 18: Apprenticeship

Jin'er saw that the matchmaker had gone away, looked at her father, and then turned her head and said to the villagers: "The family is in this misfortune, thank you for your help today, now it's okay, all the uncles, please go back", everyone saw that the matchmaker was gone, except for a few women who stayed to comfort Jin'er and went back after a few words.

Xiao Zheng also stepped forward and helped Mr. to sit on the couch with Jin'er, Mr. drank a little and calmed down, sighed and said: "The old man has known countless people in his life, but he will eventually make a mistake and mistake his daughter for life, alas! He turned his head to Jin'er and said, "Child, Aya is sorry for you!" I saw Jin'er smile and said: "You should relax, such a daughter's daughter can't get better even if she marries, but if you break up early, his family can't marry his daughter, which means that his family doesn't have that blessing, isn't it just a housekeeper, to put it bluntly, it's a watchdog, I can't look down on such a family that tends to be inflammatory, and my daughter doesn't want to marry in the past few years, so I will serve you well."

Mr. said to Jin'er with a wry smile: "This child just talks and makes his father happy, I have watched you grow up since I was a child, what can you hide from my eyes, you just don't want to say it in your heart, forget it, wronged your daughter." After speaking, the husband took another sip of water to ease his mood, and said to Xiao's mother: "You are not outsiders anymore, it doesn't hurt to talk to you, the old man also met Tang Qi of Tangjiazhuang through his old acquaintance Dong Qi, when they were drinking together, the old man saw that his son was smart and clever, and he casually boasted, who knew that his Tang family was also beating snakes with sticks, and the old man was confused for a while, and he booked Jin'er's family affairs during the drinking, that is, his Tang family has not yet developed, I think his Tang family has some accidents, But the people are more tactful, so I didn't think about it anymore, but I didn't think that his Tang family didn't know what was going on in the past two years, how did he meet the king of Qi, his son became the housekeeper of the Qi Palace, and he built a house and bought land in Tangjiazhuang, and he couldn't get up for a lifetime, first, his family may have seen Jin'er look ugly, and secondly, he bullied the old man for having no power and powerless, so he got up with the idea of quitting the marriage, alas, the old man was confused for a while.

Xiao Zheng was stunned for a moment when he heard Mr.'s words, he didn't know that Mr. would suddenly say that Jin'er was ugly, but it was inconvenient to ask at this time. When Jin'er saw that Mr. was talking about herself, she got up and made an excuse to go outside the house to clean up the things in the scattered yard. When the children who were reading saw so many things, they sensibly left class and went home early.

After dinner, Li Wenbo asked Jin'er to close the door, and let Xiao's mother and son go to the main room and study, Jin'er lit the lamp, and when she saw the mother and son sitting down, Mr. asked Xiao Zheng: "Do you know why the old man gave you the three volumes of treasures of the Cai family?" Xiao Zheng thought for a while and said to Mr.: "The student doesn't dare to speculate, maybe Mr. saw that the student was malleable and gave this valuable thing away." I saw that the gentleman smiled and said: "You are only partially right, I have been secretly observing you since your mother and son came, and your meekness and politeness to your mother shows that you have a pure temperament; You never memorize books when you read and seek knowledge, and every time you speak to the point, it shows that you are different from ordinary people; Every time I lose my temper and am about to beat you, you are very quick to change but not cunning, the old man thinks that you have a commendable character, today I have said it, the old man intends to take you as an apprentice, are you willing? After finishing speaking, a pair of expectant eyes looked at Xiao Zheng, the flame of the wick beating reflected Mr.'s shadow on the wall, and the shadow was trembling slightly with the flames, Xiao Zheng suddenly found that Mr.'s back had already been hunched, and the hair on his sideburns flashed white through the dim candlelight. Fortunately, Mr. Wan did not abandon my mother and son to live here and no longer suffer from drifting, for the sake of saving lives, one of them; Mr. does not take the student's poor family as an evil, and sees that the student's calligraphy has a slight advantage along the way, he will give away a heavy treasure, which shows that Mr. is broad-minded, which is for the grace of support, which is the second; Mr. does not think the student is stupid, and is willing to give all your life to the student, and the student is grateful, which is for the grace of education, and the third. These three grace students are difficult to repay in their lives, ordinary people are just like their own parents and children, and the younger generations should obey Mr. Arranged, and they are willing to worship Mr. as a teacher!. ”

After listening to Xiao Zheng's words, Mr. showed a relieved expression on his face, Li Wenbo pondered for a while and then said to Xiao Zheng: "Most of these babies who come to school now have mediocre qualifications, not that the old man deliberately has a private hiding, but their level has stopped here, and as they grow older, they can only reach the level of literacy and hyphenation, and before you come, I am still ready to accept a disciple, that is, Lou Shide, who has a good relationship with you now, but he lacks your spirit and beauty, But I see this son's perseverance and determination is better than yours, he is indeed a good seed, this child will not be less successful than you in the future, you must be an example, don't mistake this child." After seeing Xiao Zheng agree, Mr. let him wait, he got up and went to the bedroom, and after a while, he saw Mr. hold a scroll more than one foot long, and unfold the scroll carefully, more than two feet long silk silk painted a middle-aged man with kind eyebrows, sitting on a stone under Panasonic with his hands folded as if preaching, Mr. carefully hung this portrait next to the statue of Confucius, looked at the portrait a little sad, and said to Xiao Zheng: "This portrait is painted on my mentor, that is, your ancestor, and his name will naturally tell you later." ”。 After finishing speaking, he lit three pillars of incense and bowed down, and said to the portrait: "The teacher is above, today's disciple Wenbo accepts Xiao Zheng, and I am willing to pass on all the things you taught me to him, and the ungrateful teacher blesses Wenbo and the disciple in the future...".

After the worship, he turned to Xiao Zheng and said: "The old man accepted you as an apprentice today, the focus is not on the mind and do not care about the procedure and etiquette, I promise in front of the teacher that I will teach you all what I have learned in my life, and you must also pass on what you have learned to you like a teacher when you accept apprentices in the future, but you must be cautious when choosing people, remember, remember." After Xiao Zheng saw that Mr. was seated, he stood up and tidied up his clothes, and said respectfully after paying homage to Li Wenbo: "The disciple has seen the teacher!" After worshipping the master, Xiao Zheng lit three incense sticks according to Mr. and inserted the incense in front of the portrait and bowed respectfully.

After the apprenticeship, Mr. asked Xiao's mother and Jin'er to go back to their room first, and after seeing the two of them leave, Mr. took Xiao Zheng to the small room where the children's books were placed, and asked Xiao Zheng to pull out the black lacquer box two feet square under the books, Mr. opened the box and divided it into two grids, and put a few books in one grid, Xiao Zheng saw that it was "Shennong's Materia Medica", "The Emperor's Neijing", "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", and other seven or eight ancient medical classics, although he had carefully studied these ancient books in later generations, But this era is nearly a thousand years before the Han Dynasty, which means that the authenticity of these classics is much higher than that of later generations! Still happy and happy, I saw that Mr. took out hundreds of neat sheets stacked together from another grid, some of them looked like they had been for some years, dozens of pages were twisted together with paper, and some new ones were stacked together, and when I looked closely, it turned out to be some prescriptions and medical cases, which clearly recorded the symptoms and treatment methods, Xiao Zheng was excited when he saw it.