Apprentice

Xie Mancang stepped forward and buckled the door, and soon a boy about seven or eight years old came and opened the door.

"What is the matter with your guests?" The cute boy asked seriously, showing an old-fashioned and polite appearance.

Xie Mancang immediately bowed forward and replied, "The master is in the house, and the naughty boy at home hopes to recognize some words from Mr., so he comes to disturb." ”

"You wait here for a while, the master doesn't know if he will accept students, so I'll go and tell you first." When the boy had finished speaking, he trotted away.

The three members of the Xie family were anxiously waiting outside, and Xie Yanqing couldn't help but complain in his heart, it was really difficult to go to school in ancient times.

Not only do you have to pay a high tuition fee, but you also have to see if the master looks at you well, and if you like it, you will naturally accept you, if it is not pleasing to the eye, then you should go home obediently.

After a while, the boy came to the door again, "Come with me." As he spoke, the boy led the way.

The three members of the Xie family followed the boy into the courtyard, turned east after entering the gate, passed through an east-west hall, and after the south hall, the large courtyard in the Yimen was three large main rooms and two small rooms.

There was a bamboo forest in the courtyard, and the whip-like knotted bamboo roots hung down from between the walls. There is a big well below, and it is now the season of mid-July, when Xie Yanqing just walked here, he heard a few intermittent frog chirping and the sound of reading aloud.

This seclusion gave Xie Yanqing an attraction, and if nothing else, this would be the place where he would study.

The boy brought the Xie family to the master and slowly withdrew, the place where the three members of the Xie family are now is Liu Fuzi's study, Liu Fuzi is fascinated by a book and is reluctant to let go, and their arrival is indifferent.

"Is this kid trying to read?" Suddenly, after the three of the Xie family waited for a while, Liu Fuzi spoke up.

"Back to the master, it is the boy who is not talented, I want to know braille so that I can support myself, and I hope that the master will be perfect." Xie Yanqing bowed as he spoke.

Xie Mancang and Xie Dawei suddenly heard the question because they had been waiting for so long, and they didn't react for a while, Xie Yanqing also wanted to behave well, so he immediately seized the opportunity to answer.

"Well, it looks good, you and I take it." Liu Qingyun was also quite surprised, he knew that they were peasant families as soon as he looked at their dress, this child was still four or five years old, he actually knew some etiquette, and he was clever, and he didn't lose anything if he accepted it.

"Xie Fuzi is complete, and the boy is grateful." As soon as Xie Yanqing heard this, he immediately burst into laughter, bent down and thanked him.

As soon as Xie Mancang and Xie Dawei reacted, they were stunned by such a big surprise, and naturally they couldn't close their mouths together.

"Come with me to the teacher." As he spoke, Master Liu led the three of them out of the study and came to a house with a statue of Confucius and incense.

Liu Fuzi first helped Xie Yan to straighten his clothes, and then asked Xie Yanqing to kowtow to Confucius like nine, and then kowtow to him three times.

As soon as Xie Yanqing saw that Xie Yanqing had completed his kowtowing, Xie Mancang immediately handed the master's gift he bought to Xie Yanqing, and then Xie Yanqing handed it to Master Liu.

In ancient times, the Confucius ceremony was exquisite, and it was generally celery, lotus seeds, red beans, red dates, longan, and dried lean pork strips.

In ancient times, the entrance ceremony was relatively important, which generally included the four steps of knocking on the statue of Confucius and the teacher, sending the master's gift, washing hands and purifying the heart, and cinnabar enlightenment. As a history major, Xie Yanqing still knows a lot about these.

Finally, Xie Yanqing's entrance ceremony was completed with great vigour, and Xie Yanqing was very happy, because he took the first step to become a scholar.

He thinks that with his extra life, he should be able to walk in front of a large number of people, and at least one talent he should be able to pass the exam. His current goal in life is not to seek to be rich and wealthy in the future, but he can also be a teacher to support himself and his family first.