The cold rain can't be heard through the window, and I get up in the morning to read the books of the sages.

The autumn rain never stopped, it rained all day and night yesterday, and this morning at dawn, the rain outside the house was still falling unhurriedly.

The younger brother Zhou Shaocheng was still asleep, and Zhou Zhi gently opened the cloth bag given to him by Wang Ding, which contained Mengxue's reading materials. Zhou Zhi had read these Mengxue books in later generations, but in the final analysis, he was not proficient in it, as the old Xiucai Wang Ding said. Since Wang Ding gave him these reading materials, he simply read them carefully a few times, which can be regarded as review.

"Hundred Family Names" and "Three Character Classics" are naturally the most familiar, followed by "Thousand Character Text". Although he does not have the ability to read and recite, his memory ability is also super good, and after reading these three books only twice, he firmly remembered the traditional characters in the books, and all of them can recite the full text.

In addition, many of the stories in "Mengqiu" are also very familiar in later generations, so it is not very difficult to memorize.

Zhou Zhi was very tired of the habit of most readers in ancient times to close their eyes and shake their heads and endorse books. He loved to recite silently. After reading the book twice, I silently recited it in my heart, and when I couldn't continue to recite it, I opened it to look at it, and then continued to close the book and recite it.

At the end of such a morning, Wang Ding gave him several Mongolian reading books except for "Primary School", which he had not yet read, and he could memorize the rest.

If you can't chew too much, you'll be here in the morning. There was a noise in the stove house, and my mother and sister began to prepare breakfast.

Zhou Zhi put on his shoes and got off the kang. Glancing at the little brother, one of the little brother's little heads curled up in the warm quilt, two beautiful little eyes were looking at Zhou Zhi, and seeing that Zhou Zhi was about to leave the house, he asked softly, "Brother, you just read?" ”

This little brother still has very sharp eyes. Zhou Zhi smiled at him, walked over and gently stroked his little face, and said, "Does the little brother also want to study?" ”

"I don't want to study, I want to be a rich man!" Zhou Shaocheng replied hurriedly without even thinking about it.

"Hehe, okay, my family doesn't study!" Zhou Zhi smiled and comforted softly.

Anyway, now that the younger brother is still young, the child's mind changes three times a day, and he doesn't want to read today, maybe he wants to read tomorrow. Besides, the younger brother is studying, and according to what his father Zhou Tie said, when next year's life is a little better, he will be sent to social studies to study with Wang Dingwang and the old master.

In the stove house, my sister Zhou Luyun was pulling the bellows to light the fire with a happy face. Seeing Zhou Zhi come out, he glanced at Zhou Zhi very respectfully, and said, "Xiaozhi, I still can't do it when it rains today, let's go into the house and rest, and my sister will call you after a while." By the way, my father and mother said that because the time for farming has passed, my family will have two meals a day from today onwards. ”

Zhou Zhi nodded slightly.

This is the case with poor peasant families, who eat three meals a day when the farm is busy and two meals a day when the farm is not working. Because they only eat two meals a day, their stomachs are always shriveled, so many people stop moving and just rest in the house. In this way, you will consume less physical strength, and you will not feel too hungry.

"I'll go to the stables." Zhou Zhi greeted his sister, and then left the stove house and entered the stable in the westernmost room.

The barley horses are carefully fed with good forage every day, and the barley horses are getting fatter day by day. Counting today, it is the day when the head of the group wants to check the breeding status of the official horses. Seeing that the black barley horse is so strong, I think that the head of the group today will definitely not embarrass the Zhou family.

Today, Zhou Zhi deliberately put more soybeans and black beans in the feed, and put a lot more rice bran than in the past. When the group leader came to check, the group leader would be even more at ease with the Zhou family's official horses.

After a busy time in the stable, I went back to the house for breakfast, and then continued to study.

Zhou Zhi almost never saw "Primary School" in later generations, but Zhu Xi remembered a sentence very clearly, "Later students are new to school, and read the book "Primary School", that is what it looks like to be a person." ”

The book is divided into six volumes, two parts. There is no need to memorize "Primary School", but it is also necessary to study it carefully, know the things in the book, and experience the thoughts of Zhu Shengren.

At the end of the morning, Zhou Zhi had only read one-fifth of "Primary School", and he was already a little dizzy at this time.

Reaching out and gently pressing the skull of his head a few times, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, reading the books of the ancients is really a hard work, and the road ahead of reading the imperial examination is really boundless.

At this time, Zhou He, his mother, shouted outside the courtyard, "Xiaozhi, come out quickly, Wang Quntou has arrived." ”

Zhou Zhi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran out of the house to greet him.

Although the head of the group and the leader of the group are insignificant officials, they hold the right to supervise the officials and horses, and they cannot be neglected.

Speaking of which, although there are more than 30 official horses in Baiyue Village, there is no group leader and group leader. The Wang Quntou, who was in charge of supervising Zhou Zhi's official horses, was a native of Zhaozhuang in a neighboring village.

Wang Quntou is the seventh in the family, so he has a name called Wang Qi, which is only one number less than Wang Ba.

Wang Quntou had been to Zhou's house twice, but when he came twice, Zhou Zhi was working in the fields and didn't see him, so he didn't know him.

At this time, the king and the seven kings stood upright in the courtyard, about forty years old, wearing a small hat on their heads, and a gray and white gown on their bodies, although there were no patches on the clothes, but they were also very shabby, and in his hands he was carrying a small cloth bag, which was bulging and I don't know what it contained.

There is no one else in the courtyard, he must be the head of the king, Zhou Zhi hurriedly stepped forward, and said, "The kid has seen the head of the group." ”

Wang Quntou glanced at Zhou Zhi, rolled his eyes, snorted from his nostrils, and said, "Don't be polite, lead me to the stable." ”

Zhou Zhi was in front, and Wang Quntou entered the stable in the back. He first looked at the feed for the horses, nodded and said, "Well, that's okay, but there are still fewer soybeans and black beans, and some rice will be put in the future." ”

Zhou Zhi nodded in agreement, and secretly scolded Wang Quntou in his heart, is this still too little? My family has raised officials and horses for three years, and eating will be a problem.

Then Wang Quntou circled around the barley horse, stretched out his hand to touch the horse, his face became gloomy, and said, "Although this horse has shiny fur, it is still a lot thinner, Zhou family boy, are you feeding this horse?" ”

It's like picking a bone in an egg, this horse is a lot fatter than when he was first brought back, but he also said that he was thin, what is his intention.

But in any case, the head of the group is also a petty official, and the people don't fight with the officials these days, he says no, he still has to respond.

Zhou Zhi's face was as usual, and he said, "What the group leader said is that the kid will definitely be more attentive to serving this horse in the future." ”

"Humph! Let's talk about the future in the future, let's talk about how it is today, right? Wang Quntou glared at Zhou Zhi fiercely and shouted.

The head of the group has this right, he said that the official horse is not well raised, and it is common to reprimand him.

Zhou Zhifu said with a smile, "Lord Quntou, this horse is not sick now, the kid will take care of it in the future, is there any other way?" ”

"Hmph, although the horse is not sick, but the head of the group sees that it has lost weight, and it will also be fined two coins." Wang Quntou rolled his eyes, and said in a dark voice without looking at Zhou Zhi.