Chenjiawu round earthen fort leans on the mountain and builds, the mountain is Jiuyao Mountain, Jiuyao Mountain is the name taken by Chen Caozhi's father Chen Su, it is said that it is the moonlit night to see the mountain peaks such as clusters, like the sun, moon and stars are listed, so it is called Jiuyao Mountain.

Jiuyao Mountain is not high, but the four-mile mountain road that climbs from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the peak also makes Chen Caozhi breathless, and it rained last night, the mountain road is slippery, and he almost slipped several times, but along the way, the lush forests and bamboos, wild flowers and old vines, as well as the chirping of mountain birds and birds, are all refreshing, and the mountains around the West Lake are really not beautiful.

But the fatigue of the body is still very real, climbing to the top of the mountain, Chen Caozhi is almost so tired that he can't straighten his waist, his legs are shaking, and he quickly finds a mountain rock to sit and rest.

Laifu's youngest son is one year older than Chen Caozhi, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, slightly shorter than Chen Caozhi, but thick legs and thick arms, very strong, Laide is grazing cattle under Jiuyao Mountain in the morning, and seeing that the little lord is full of interest to climb the mountain for fitness, he followed all the way.

Chen Caozhi saw that Laide was not sweating or breathing, and he was very envious on the rugged mountain road, and asked: "Laide, do you know martial arts?" ”

Laide scratched his head and said: "Laide can only herd cattle and dig the ground, not martial arts." ”

Chen Caozhi smiled "hey" and asked: "Are there any reclusive masters in this neighborhood who can do martial arts or five bird plays?" ”

Laide responded: "Yes." Climb up to a big stone on the top of the mountain, look north, and point to the vast Jinniu Lake in the distance: "There is an old fairy on the gem mountain on the north side of the lake, who can refine the elixir of immortality, and the old fairy can soar through the clouds and mist, which is very powerful." ”

Chen Caozhi asked, "Have you seen it with your own eyes?" ”

Laide shook his head and said: "That's not true, but the nearby villagers all say so, and some people want to ask the old fairy to be an apprentice, and the old fairy ignored it for three days and three nights, and sat and ate the elixir by himself——"

Chen Caozhi laughed loudly, stood up, looked at the West Lake in the north of the mountain, I don't know who the old immortal that Laide said is, it should be a cultivator of the Heavenly Master Dao, from Jiuyao Mountain to bypass the West Lake to the gem mountain There are almost more than 20 miles of road, after a while, when he has trained his foot strength, he will call Shangde to visit the old immortal together, maybe it is a historical celebrity.

The north of Jiuyao Mountain is the West Lake, and the south to the Jade Emperor Mountain is a large area of fields, about more than 3,000 acres, which are all the fields granted by the Qiantang Chen's family, and there are fine ridges separated between the acres, and there are more than 20 households distributed at the border between the mountains and the fields, which are all tenants who rent Chen's fields.

Lai Dehan said with a smile: "Little lord, look, this large piece of land occupies more than half of our West Building, ho ho, it looks really exciting!" ”

Chen Caozhi's right hand drew a circle in the air, and said with a smile: "If the area around this Jinniu Lake is all our West Building, it will be wonderful." ”

Lyde remembered something he heard when he heard his parents muttering last night, and then asked: "Little lord, I heard that the North Building wants to occupy the land of our West Building, is it true?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "No, no one can occupy the field in our West Building." ”

Laide clenched his two big fists and said in a rough voice: "Yes, whoever dares to occupy it, I will fight with whoever I come to Germany!" "Lai De grew up in Chenjiawu since he was a child, and he has long regarded the Chen family in the West Building as his home, joys and sorrows, life and death.

The mountain wind gusts, the bamboo and trees are Xiaoxiao, the West Lake between the shadows of the mountains and rocks and trees seems to be within reach, and the eastern sky, the glow of the sun, a round of red sun is about to erupt.

Seeing that Chen Caozhi didn't speak, Laide stood silently on the side, and the first rays of sunlight in the early morning shone at this time, which seemed to shoot directly into Chen Caozhi's deep eyes.

"The sun rises as usual."

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In the next few days, Chen Caozhi insisted on climbing Jiuyao Mountain twice in the early morning and dusk, although his legs and stomach were sore, but for him, a senior traveler, such a little hardship was nothing, and he knew that the first few days were a little difficult, and the back would be fine, and his body would gradually become stronger.

Every morning, Chen Caozhi read through Zheng Xuan's "Mao's Poems", then practiced calligraphy for half an hour with his wrist, read Ma Rong's "Analects of the Analects" in the afternoon, and then practiced calligraphy for half an hour.

When Chen Caozhi was reading and practicing calligraphy, his pair of nephews and nieces sat obediently on the edge of the reed mat, two pairs of black and white eyes stared at this handsome young uncle, very admirable, especially when Chen Caozhi practiced calligraphy, the left and right hand fonts were different, the two little guys stared at the boss, and their small mouths gently "clicked" to express their admiration.

Run'er is very smart, no one has taught her to read, when her grandmother taught her brother Chen Zongzhi to read, she leaned on her grandmother's arms and watched and listened quietly, as long as Zongzhi recognized the words, she also recognized, the enlightenment reading of the brother and sister turned out to be "The Analects", just recognize the words, it doesn't matter if you don't understand the meaning, and you will explain it in a few years.

What's funny is that because Run'er was sitting opposite Zongzhi, Zongzhi took the scroll and read it word by word according to what his grandmother taught, Run'er looked at it on the other side, and the words were recognized, but they were all recognized upside down, and it took a lot of effort to correct it.

Zongzhi was eight years old and Run'er was six years old, and he recognized all the words of the Analects, but he didn't understand the meaning of the book at all, so Chen Caozhi explained the meaning to the two.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, official learning declined, private learning prevailed, and the young all relied on their fathers and brothers to enlighten them, the so-called family learning originated from this, Chen Caozhi's "Analects" was taught by his brother Chen Qingzhi, and now he teaches it to his nephews and nieces, of course, Chen Caozhi's understanding of the "Analects" is more thorough than his brother Chen Qingzhi, and the explanation is even more in-depth.

Chen's mother Li stood outside the window and listened to the sound of a son and two grandchildren in the study, her eyes moistened, there are such studious children and grandchildren, why don't I worry about the Chen family in the West Building!

What makes Chen Caozhi feel a little distressed is that there are too few books, he is now thirsty for knowledge, but he suffers from no books to read, books in this era are very precious, not to mention the previous bamboo slips, that is, silk books, paper books are quite rare, there is no place to buy them, all rely on borrowing and hand-copying, Chen Caozhi's study in the hundreds of volumes of "Mao's Poems" and "Analects of the Analects" were copied by Chen Su himself back then-

People in this era do not seek more refinement, and there are few opportunities to read a wide range of books, so as long as they are proficient in one or two classics, they can gain a foothold in Shilin, Chen Caozhi has now memorized the two classics annotated by Zheng Xuan and Ma Rong, and the righteousness is basically clear, but Chen Caozhi is by no means satisfied with this, because only the "Analects" has dozens of commentaries since the Qin and Han dynasties, searching for Xuanxuan hooks and sinking, each expressing their own opinions, and the Wei and Jin dynasties prefer to use metaphysics to explain the Confucian classics, the metaphysics master He Yan's "Analects of the Analects", the founder of the Xuanfeng of the beginning of the genius boy Wang Bi's " If Chen Caozhi wants to be accepted and appreciated by the Gaomen scholars, it is not enough to study the Han Confucian classics, he must study the annotations of He Yan and Wang Bi, and the dual communication of Xuan and Confucianism is Chen Caozhi's goal.

But there are no books to read, what can I do?

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