Zhou Tie couldn't understand why Zhou Zhi, who had always been wooden and very hardworking and obedient, became like this. Finally, I finally remembered that it was caused by Zhou Zhi's eavesdropping on Mr. Wang's lecture outside the social school, and then he knew how to read.

In a word, Zhou Tie blamed everything on Zhou Zhi's reading.

Zhou Zhiwen was secretly distressed when he heard his father's words, and returned the borrowed books, how will he read in the future? It is my ambition to take the examination for fame and fame.

The book borrowed from Wang Ding, the prince of Wang, Zhou Zhi now only has one volume of "Analects" left and cannot memorize, but the rest can be memorized very skillfully.

Speaking of recitation, in the Ming Dynasty, the recitation of the Four Books and Five Classics from beginning to end could not be regarded as recitation in the real sense. Memorization in the real sense is not just a matter of saying which page you can recite as long as you can recite it. It's about taking out a random sentence from the book and you can continue to recite it. Or it's not a sentence from the book, it's just a few meaningless words in the book, and you can continue to recite it.

For example, there is such a sentence in "University", "The so-called peaceful world is governing the country, the old and the people are filial piety, the people are prosperous and the people are prosperous, and the people are compassionate and lonely, which is the way of a gentleman." ”

Say any of these sentences and you need to be able to recite them again. But if you say a few words connected to it, such as "long and people", you can also recite it, and this is considered to be a pass.

The imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty extracted sentences from the Four Books and Five Classics, after such a long time, so many exams, the questions have been rotten, sometimes it is not consistent to come up with a few words as a topic, and you are asked to write an eight-strand essay.

In later generations, although Zhou Zhi did not dabble much in the Four Books and Five Classics, he also had some foundation. In addition to the Analects, the memorized books reached this level.

After all, there is still one volume of the Analects left, and this book still cannot be returned. In fact, Daddy's meaning is obvious, he won't let himself study. Even borrowing it later is useless.

If you don't let yourself study, you can't promise your dad about this matter anyway.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhi looked distressed, and said to his father Zhou Tie with pleading, "Daddy, the child knows that he is wrong, he will definitely farm well in the future, and he will only read in his spare time, let the child read those books before returning them." ”

At the same time, Zhou Zhi stood with his hands down, showing a look of knowing and correcting mistakes, being cautious and careful, and very well-behaved.

Zhou Zhi spoke like this, and his mother Zhou He had already softened her heart when she heard it, and said again and again, "Yes, the child's father, did you hear it?" Xiao Zhi has already admitted his mistake, and he will farm well in the future, so let's pass it like this time! ”

Sister Zhou Luyun has been standing in the courtyard, her father is angry, she has no choice, just staring blankly. On the one hand, I was worried that my father would hurt his body when he was angry, but on the other hand, he was sweating for Zhou Zhi.

At this time, hearing Zhou Zhi admit his mistake, his mother spoke like this again, and hurriedly stepped forward and comforted him softly, "Daddy, just forgive Xiao Zhi this time." It makes sense to think that Xiaozhi left that half an acre of land.

In fact, Xiao Zhi has not been idle in the past few days, and he has played a lot of adobe in the barnyard! ”

"Humph! And you, the dead girl, also helped him speak. What is the use of beating adobe? Where does our family have the money to build a house?

Alas! It's all you who spoil this rebel like this. ”

That being said, the anger is significantly less.

Now that Zhou Tie calmed down a little, he glanced at Zhou Zhi again, and couldn't help but wonder a little. Last time, because of Chen Wenju's incident, Zhou Tie reprimanded Zhou Zhi, but Zhou Zhi stiffened his neck and didn't listen to him, but this time he was so honest and soft. It seems that the child is still saved, but he is just neglected to discipline him.

Zhou Tie no longer mentioned the matter of asking Zhou Zhi to return the book, and strode into the house angrily.

A thunderous fury is a temporary pass.

Zhou Tie had not been in the house for a long time, and two servants wearing black cloth crowns and soap clothes strode into the courtyard under the guidance of Yue Shujie.

Yue Shujie is the patriarch of the Yue family, and he is the eldest son of the old lady Yue Shunde. Because of his advanced age, Yue Shunde had passed the position of patriarch to Yue Shujie two years ago.

The Yue family in Baiyue Village is naturally a wealthy family in the village, and Yue Shujie often receives errands from the county as a squire in Baiyue Village.

It stands to reason that according to Yue Shujie's identity, he shouldn't care much about the little errand in the county office, and he won't personally lead them to Zhou's house.

There's a reason for that. The two wealthy families in Baiyue Village, the Yue family and the Chen family, have been fighting in secret for many years. They have a similar relationship in the county government, and they are even more inseparable in the leadership of Baiyue Village. In order to curry favor with the county government, the Yue family can be said to have hollowed out their minds. Even the small errand officers of the county government had to greet and entertain them in person, showing that their father-in-law family attached enough importance to it.

Of course, personally leading the yacha to the door can also make Yue Shujie show his identity and deterrence in front of the people, so that his status as the lord of the Yue family in the hearts of the people will be firmly fixed.

"Zhou Tie, the official servant has arrived!" Yue Shujie shouted indifferently in the courtyard.

Yue Shujie naturally looked down on Zhou Tie, a poor man who had always been honest and wooden, and it was very rare to be able to shout like this in the courtyard today.

Zhou Tie didn't dare to slack off when he heard this, so he hurriedly came out of the house and hurriedly met the two messengers and Yue Shujie.

He was still angry just now, but now his face is already full of panic and nervousness.

A sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked officer pouted and said, "The government has come down with a levy from the government, and this year your family will send out a man's servitude, and tomorrow you will leave to gather in Gaochang Town." ”

Zhou Tie was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and Nuo Nuo said repeatedly, "Okay, okay!" ”

Yue Shujie and the two messengers didn't look at Zhou Tie, turned around and left. As for Zhou Zhi and the others standing in the courtyard, the three of them didn't even raise their eyelids, as if they hadn't seen it.

The government stipulates that the families who raise official horses on behalf of them do not pay taxes, but they are required to serve forced labor. But after all, it was the Hongzhi Dynasty, and the government still took good care of the people who raised the official horses. Last year and the year before that, the government did not apportion forced labor to the Zhou family. I thought it wouldn't be this year, but it suddenly came.

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but be stunned, he knew that there would be forced labor this year, and he couldn't say anything about leaving that half an acre of land without planting wheat. Although my dad is sometimes very confused and violent, he is his own dad after all. Daddy's waist is just not long, and now he should not be able to use his strength, he has grown into a tall man, how can this conscription not let Daddy go?

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhi stepped forward and said softly, "Daddy, this year's conscription will be carried out by the child." ”

Zhou Tie was stunned, Zhou Zhike had never said such a thing before, he was obviously distressed about himself and worried about his waist. In this way, this kid is actually very prefectural.

A warm current swelled up in his heart in an instant.

But his face was still extremely gloomy, and he snorted, "Hmph! Don't worry about it, as long as your father is not angry with your rebel, this conscription is your father's go. ”