After hearing the news, there are all kinds of things to say, but needless to say, most of them have nothing good to say, and the light words only say that he is phlegm, and he doesn't know what his life is for a few pounds and taels...... In short, the good impression that the villagers had accumulated on Tang Que in the past three months suddenly disappeared with this incident, and he suddenly became another representative of the idle bastards in the village.

Tang Que didn't know these discussions, even if he knew, he wouldn't care, at this time he was putting the meat strips and gift box in his hand on the table, and he was speechless to see that he was doing all this An old man who was over sixty years old with gray hair.

The old man had a clear face, and he was also wearing a strict regimental collar robe and Confucian clothes in the summer, and every button was tightly buttoned, and when he saw him for the first time, what appeared in Tang Que's heart was the words "dignity of the teacher".

This old master Yan is the scholar recommended by the public in the village school, and Yan Qingchen who returned to his hometown from the position of Jinzhou Taoist scholar.

"You really didn't go to school before?" , After Tang Que put away his things, Old Master Yan looked at him carefully again, and then asked with a thick doubt.

It's no wonder that Old Master Yan is puzzled, the temperament of people who have gone to school and those who have not gone to school are very different, not to mention that Tang Que in front of him is in this small village, even if he is put in the state school, no one can see the abnormality, such a person has never been to school for a day, isn't it weird?

"I grew up in the village since I was a child, and I really never studied, because some time ago I heard my playmates in the village school say, 'It is enough to die at night', so I had the heart to learn, and I asked the master to include it."

Tang Que's answer made Old Master Yan more and more surprised, whether it was from the eyebrows and eyes and the invisible bearing on his body or the words in his mouth, the young man in front of him seemed to be gentle and moderate, he had never been to school to have such a look, that is the talent brought by the roots, such a person is really rare.

Old Master Yan was surprised and thought about Tang Que's age, but he couldn't help but secretly shake his head in his heart and sigh pity, but it was a pity that he entered school too late, and he really failed to live up to his good reading roots. After the teachings have been done for a long time, the most unseemly is the current situation, thinking of this, the old master Yan is a little excited, but he still said: "The ancients died at night, and your future is acceptable, and the great trouble of people is not established, as long as you are willing to work hard, God rewards hard work, why are you afraid of making your name unremarkable?" ”。

The source of this passage of Master Yan Tang Que is known, it is said that this is still the text he learned in junior high school in his later life, talking about the Jin Dynasty famous ministers Zhou Chu, this Zhou was fierce and strong when he was young, and was regarded by the villagers as the three major evils with the white-fronted tiger in the mountains and the mixed dragon under the bridge. At this time, what Old Master Yan said was almost exactly the same as what Lu Yun said to Zhou Chu that day, and it was very suitable for the current situation, the only difference was that Zhou Chu was because he had done too many bad deeds before, and Tang Que himself was too old.

Tang Que saw that Old Master Yan was full of regret when he said this, and he knew that Old Master was just talking, but he didn't care, after completing this routine admonition and exhortation procedure, Tang Que thanked Yan Xuezheng and walked out.

At this time, there are many sub-disciplines in the education system, such as the official school, there are nearly ten kinds of Jinshi department, Ming Jing department, Taoist department, law department, arithmetic department, calligraphy department, etc., but at present, there are only two kinds of Ming Jing and arithmetic in this small village school, and it is very different from the official school is that there are more students studying mathematics here than Ming Jing. There is no other reason, or the villagers are just trying to do it.

Hearing Tang Que say that he wanted to read the Ming scriptures, the elderly handyman in the village school led him to the backyard warehouse to receive the textbooks, which were divided into three categories. Confucius's grandson, the Zhenguan Dynasty Confucian Kong Yingda personally proofread the "Five Classics of Justice", which is the textbook prescribed by the imperial examination and official schools, and is also the most important homework of Ming Jing students; In addition, there is also a set of "Zhaoming Anthology", which has become one of the necessary textbooks for ancient scholars to seek academic qualifications since it was compiled and published. The whole set of more than 2,000 pages was printed in three volumes, and the weight was quite light.

In addition to the above two sets, because Tang Que had never gone to school, he received another "Rabbit Garden Book" and "Thousand Character Text". "Thousand Character Text" is not unfamiliar, as for "Rabbit Garden Book", also known as "Rabbit Garden Book", it was originally an enlightenment textbook written by Jiang Wang Li Yun in Zhenguan Dynasty and his staff Du Sixian, because this book was compiled in the Rabbit Garden in Jiang Wang's Mansion, so it took such a strange name. This book, like the later "Mengqiu" and "Kindergarten Qionglin" in the Ming and Qing dynasties, is the first book that students learn when they become literate.

Because these books were recruited from wealthy merchants in the county, and students were not charged a penny, the effect of both paper and engraving printing was very poor, but they could barely read it.

The students in the village school are not neatly arranged, so the rotation teaching system is implemented, just like the students in the poor mountainous areas in later generations, there are first, second and third grades in a classroom. Tang Shi's students' enlightenment time is quite similar to that of later generations, six or seven years old early, at the latest is only eight or nine years old, like Tang Que is sixteen or seventeen years old in the first grade of primary school, it can be said that it is unique, seeing that he was brought in by the handyman with a bunch of books, those little children suddenly stared at it with curiosity, and then some students laughed, and even the gentleman who was teaching was stunned.

The next class was not available, and the students in the room kept turning their heads to look at Tang Que who was sitting at the end, some snickering, some grimacing, Mr. Ren took the ring ruler and punished four students in a row without suppressing it.

This situation made Tang Que also awkward, he took advantage of the break after class to find Mr. directly, the purpose was to ask him to explain the "Rabbit Garden Book" to himself alone, and then go home and study it by himself, Mr. only needs to check once every five days.

That gentleman is also worried about this, Tang Que's proposal can be said to be exactly what he wants, as for the effect after returning home? Anyway, a person who only became enlightened at the age of sixteen or seventeen will not have any benefit, and he has no need to delay others for him alone.

Later, after Mr. assigned homework to the other students, he led Tang Quedan to the simple study and recited "The Book of the Rabbit Garden". After Tang Que marked the sentence reading, and marked the traditional Chinese characters that he didn't know in the simplified Chinese that he learned in later generations, Mr.'s task was completed, and he didn't delay getting up and saying goodbye at the moment.

Even if "Rabbit Garden Book" is simple, it is also mixed with some allusions, although these allusions are familiar to readers, but Mr. does not think that Tang Que, who has just been enlightened, can know, and originally wanted to wait for the first time to talk about these allusions after the first orthography, but was blocked back by Tang Que's words of resignation.

Seeing Tang Que go away with a thick stack of books, Mr. shook his head and sighed, he was completely hopeless about this student.

Tang Que did not go home after leaving the village school, but went into the forest behind him and took the mountain road directly to the Zhuangzi of the poisonous widow.

Although she lives in a village, there are still many people in the village who occupy her fields, but since the next few families moved away, the poisonous widow's Zhuangzi is almost isolated from the village, except for the annual rent payment, no one in the village wants to come here, as for the Zhuangzi, except for the gossip that the poisonous widow sometimes can't help but hear to go out to "seduce" men, other people are also unwilling to go to the village to recruit people, so that Sister Lan has been here for three years, and she still can't recognize the people in the village.

When Tang Que walked into the courtyard, Sister Lan was coming out with a wooden basin to pour water, and when she saw him holding a large stack of books, she hurriedly put down the wooden basin in her hand and came over to help, "What is this for, how can you buy so many books?" ”。

Hearing this, Tang Que smiled and didn't speak, and after entering the study and putting down the book in his hand, he didn't care about the sweat on his body, so he went straight to the bookshelf, and after a while, he pulled out the two books of "Holy Sect Void" and "Lanting Collection Preface" with a smile on his face.

These two books are the book of the sage Wang Xizhi's law, the reputation of the "Lanting Collection Preface" is naturally great, but its law is not easy for beginners to grasp calligraphy, but the structure is strict, the pen is standardized and inclusive "Holy Order" is more suitable for the beginning of the writing brush Tang Que.

Now that there are textbooks, calligraphy, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, stable income, and even a study, after everything is ready, Tang Que has also made up his mind to study hard in addition to doing accounts. He has always been an honor student since he was a child in his later life, so he does not feel bitter when he thinks of studying, but has a faint expectation like before the college entrance examination back then.