Chapter 6: The Sting (I)

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Smooth weather means a bumper harvest for agriculture, and the handover of winter and spring is the time of lack of rain, even in the solar term known as "rain", it is not easy to encounter rainy days, and this difficult dry weather is the most unpleasant for tenant farmers. It's just that today is a little different, there is no need for Huan'er to knock on the door to urge, Wang Ningzhi has woken up early, his hair is not combed, he stretches his waist, and looks out along the window of the room, the sky is low, and the cold carries a trace of moisture blowing from the open window.

"It's going to rain." He took a deep breath, refreshed by the cold wind, there was no embarrassment with Xie Daoyun yesterday, he slept well and was full of energy.

There was the sound of Huan'er preparing breakfast outside, squirming, cautious, as if he was afraid of waking Wang Ningzhi, and after a while, the little girl's silver bell-like urging came in with a belated knock on the door: "Erlang, get up." ”

Wang Ningzhi opened the door for her, let her in to clean up the bed, and waited for herself to wash, only two or three days, she had already adapted to the life of being served and cared for, so he couldn't help but sigh that privilege is always the catalyst for laziness, and unfortunately, laziness is the root of all evil.

"Madame I'm afraid I won't be able to come back today, looking at the weather is going to rain, although it's a short distance, but I can't brave the mud ......" Huan'er chattered about Xie Daoyun in the back, the world seemed to be so small forever, only surrounding the small courtyard of the Wang family, which made Wang Ningzhi want to laugh unconsciously.

The little girl is the son of the Wang family, and she was sent over because she got married, but she has already learned the skill of serving people, no worse than Qing'e, who originally served by Xi Xuan's side, and for her, because her parents are slaves of the Wang family, she has never thought of leaving the Wang family, and now she is sent to Wang Ningzhi's room, naturally everything revolves around Erlang and Mrs. Erlang, so the words are mixed with the deep meaning of saying good and obedient words to both the male and female hosts......

As a personal maid, of course, Huan'er can see that the relationship between Erlang and Mrs. is not very harmonious, and I think it is also, Mrs. is a talented woman who is famous all over the world before leaving the cabinet, and Erlang is modest-minded and introverted, and his name is not obvious, Mrs. has just married, and it is normal for there to be conflicts between husband and wife.

Wang Ningzhi spit out the mouthwash, wiped his mouth with the handkerchief next to him, and said with a smile: "It's not that serious, it's going to rain, and it will only be a drizzle, the lady is sitting on the ox cart, safe and steady, and Qing'e is taking care of it, don't worry, but we have to eat breakfast quickly today, and I will prepare for class after eating, my father approved my request to be Mr. Xuetang yesterday, and I will give a lecture today, if the lady comes back, you let her go to the school to find me." ”

Huan'er responded, but she knew in her heart that Madame was afraid that she would not take the initiative to find Erlang.

In this regard, Wang Ning naturally understood in her heart that one of Xie Daoyun's fame in her memory was the case of Yongxue, and the other was the case of complaining about her husband's mediocrity after returning home...... Go home? It should be this time to go back to her parents' house, whether it is sleeping directly without a round room on the night of the wedding or the drinking refusal at the Lanting small party is a little mediocre, it is not something that Xie Dacai can bear, it is normal to have complaints in her heart, but she went back to her parents' house yesterday...... Hey, it seems to have said something like "there is a king in the world", which does sound a little embarrassing.

In the future, I am afraid that the relationship between husband and wife will get worse and worse, since Xie Daoyun's words can be passed out, it means that many people at least the people around them are clear, even if they don't care, with Xie Daoyun's pride, I am afraid that they will become more and more alienated from themselves in the future, so it seems that the relationship really needs to be improved, after all, to get along with the other half of a lifetime, Wang Ningzhi does not want to be too harsh.

After breakfast, Wang Ningzhi went to the study, and went with the small harvest.

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In the past two days, Fengshou has felt more and more that he is favored by Erlang, and he is happy but also a little doubtful in his heart. He grew up with Erlang, and he knows Erlang's habits well, but Erlang has changed somewhat in recent days, unlike the image of a Taoist who didn't hear anything outside the window in the past, and even began to have a bad relationship with Wudou Midao, and he had to explain himself every day to check the big and small things up and down the palace. It feels good to be valued by the master's family, unlike the previous one, which was only a nominal companion but was rarely sent by the tribe, which made Fengshou have the illusion that Erlang would be in charge like Dalang when he grew up...... Although Fengshou still likes to steal a little lazy, he is happy about Erlang's progress, if he can be a certain official and a half-job, his future life must be improved.

It is based on this that he works diligently, and the slaves and maids in the palace have never seen a good harvest in the palace, and they get up early every morning to run around to inquire about things, which is a change that occurred after Erlang got married.

Fengshou stood beside Erlang, watching Erlang flip through the textbooks needed to teach in his middle school in the study, etc., and opened his mouth to tell the things he heard one by one, including trivial things and thefts from other granges in the distance, but the most important thing is closely related to Wang Ningzhi: "...... It's strange to say, after Lang Jun promised Erlang to be Mr. Xuetang yesterday, I heard that there were a few Taoists in the house, and they were received by Lang Jun to live in the house. ”

Wang Ningzhi, who was sorting out the textbooks, stagnated for a moment, and returned to normal after a while: "It's okay, forgive them for not having that ability......"

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The students in the school in the words of later generations, that is, the students of different grades of one, two, three, four, five and six are mixed together, and the teacher will speak a general sentence on the stage during the lecture, and there is no need to care whether the students understand or not, and only after the lecture will explain to the students the words and sentences of their personal progress will be discussed and assigned homework, no wonder Sun Xiang said that the previous general words were about the theory of the five buckets of rice and no one stopped them, probably did not intend to let the students understand at all.

In addition to a cousin Xi Daomao who lives here, the students are all children of the Wang family, because they have done their homework, Wang Ningzhi can probably call them by name, and the predecessor is more familiar with this group of children, and now coupled with the experience of speaking around in the previous life, it has added a lot of confidence to him, although it is that the future generations have never learned the textbooks of this era, but experience is experience, whether it is a thousand years forward or a thousand years backward, an adult teaches children according to the textbook, there will not be too many problems.

The school is very small, because it is only the Wang family's Wang Xizhi's lineage, Mr. plus himself There are only three people in total, one of whom is the principal or something, and there are more than 20 students, which is easy to teach. Yesterday, Wang Ningzhi reviewed the lesson that Sun Xiang gave some time ago that he wanted to replace, and knew what he wanted to talk about. He walked up to the stage, glanced around at random, and saw the elder brother, the principal and a few Taoists who were listening to the lecture behind him, and after thinking for a while, he spoke: "Since I am the successor of Mr. Sun Xiang, then I will continue to talk about what Mr. Sun Xiang said, the day before yesterday I heard him talk about the relationship between saints, celebrities and Taoists, among which the words and words will be famous Taoists are very high, thinking that Taoists are celebrities, they refine muscles and bones, take medicine to ascend to immortals, from the bones are superior, even saints are not in their eyes, and also said' Everything he says is a holy word, and everything he does is a "nonsense that confuses people's ears and eyes, confuses the public and makes people laugh, so everyone can laugh and laugh after listening to it, and don't care." ”

The beginning is to completely deny Sun Xiang's intentions, Wang Ningzhi glanced at it and basically knew that it had attracted attention, the students listened very carefully, and the people who listened to the lecture either shook their heads or nodded, hovering between approval and disapproval.

Ignoring the somewhat ugly faces of the Taoists, he continued: "The so-called true celebrities should be self-efficacious. A truly elegant character does not need to be pretended, and his every move can naturally show a high taste that is beyond the vulgar and free. If the Taoist is really as talented as he says, has immortal bones, cures diseases, saves people, and guides the country at his fingertips, then he does not need to be a Taoist to correct his name. In ancient times, Shennong tasted herbs and used his fragile body to taste medicinal properties to save the dead and help the wounded; During the Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu rode a bull to the west, passed through Hangu Pass, and made 5,000 words, leaving valuable spiritual wealth for future generations...... Are they suspected of superiority? Can there be a funny face of the princess who sells melons and boasts? No, those who jump up and down to show their presence by monkeys, and get the pleasure of being on top by suppressing others, are just small people after all...... Of course, I don't mean that all Taoists are like this, like Qiantang Du Zigong, who is lenient, that is a person with real talent and learning, and does not need to publicize it himself, and those who have received his favor will pass on his morality and his personality by word of mouth, so that a person can be called a celebrity......"

The more Wang Ningzhi spoke, the more excited the people below became.

This era is an era of openness and inclusiveness, which can accommodate madmen who disdain the sky, and can also accommodate women to study, perhaps what Wang Ningzhi said is the vernacular of later generations, which makes the people below sound a little awkward, and some places even need to be chewed repeatedly to understand the meaning, but Wang Ningzhi, who applied the speech skills of later generations to the lecture, did not think of it, and often sought a refreshing speech to tell things that were different from others' thoughts in a sharp tone, and those Taoist priests who listened to the lectures, but they all understood.

Time passed quickly, and Wang Ningzhi's lecture finally came to an end, he went from refuting Sun Xiang's admiration for Taoists and mocking children and commoners, to Buddhism's emphasis on the equality of all beings, and finished the general speech here, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, slow down, and let the people below savor it.

He knows what he is talking about, and since he came back from Lanting yesterday, he has been thinking about how to give lectures so that he can not have unique opinions, and whether he can completely detach himself from this era, so as to become deviant remarks...... Although what I talked about this time will cause a small impact, the taste of the people who have read poetry and books below will only be regarded as a small good idea, and they should not care too much.

Before coming, Wang Ningzhi asked Huan'er to boil a pot of tea for himself, but now it has cooled down and turned into a thorough herbal tea. In this process, he carefully looked at the Taoists who were whispering underneath, there were five in total, although they were much better dressed than Sun Xiang, they were also the classic appearance of Taoists in wide-sleeved robes. When he observed the Taoists, the Taoists were also looking at him, and one of the leaders arched his hand at him and said, "Sir, listen to your words, it is better to read for ten years...... However, when Mr. said that all beings are equal, we have some objections, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

"Say."

"Since all beings are equal, why is there a distinction between high and low, for example, sir, born in a high-class family, how can he be compared with the son of a lowly outcast, so how can there be equality?"

This is a broad but difficult question to answer, class itself is a phenomenon unique to aristocratic society, but few people study this phenomenon, after all, those who have the strength to think about this kind of problem are generally well-off, and naturally do not make research on digging their own graves...... Wang Xuanzhi and Wang Xian's faces showed displeasure, and they didn't understand why Wang Xizhi would let the Taoists come in and suspend the class.

The students are not much better, although they are young, but under the influence of Zhilan Yushu, they have opinions since they were young, and many of them write poems and essays at the age of seven or eight, and understand things. Wang Ningzhi's general words are reasonable, since it makes sense, they still agree with it, after all, the Sun Xiang in front of him is really hateful, and he actually wants to bully Xi Daomao in front of everyone, think about it, they can't take care of such a cute and cute girl, but they almost ...... Naturally, he didn't have a sense of agreement with Sun Xiang's remarks, but he never thought that another group of Taoists would come to make things difficult, and he had already stood up impulsively, such as Wang Huizhi, the little young man's sharp eyes stared at the Taoist who asked questions.

"Don't be hasty and be impatient, and sit down first." Wang Ningzhi waved his hand to let his younger brother sit down, and didn't care about the Taoist's questions, since he said it earlier, he naturally had a way to deal with it, and the remarks about "equality" were really hard to talk about in this era, but he couldn't stand him from the future, so he didn't hesitate much, he threw out an argument beyond the times, "Now it seems that some families are powerful, and some commoners are lowly, but push up one or two generations, or even three or four generations, the ancestors of many families are also mostly civilians, my Langya Wang family is from the Yellow Emperor's great-grandson Houji, but further forward, But they are just civilians...... People go to high places, water flows low, the ancestors of the Wang family made a struggle when he was still a commoner, to provide good conditions for our children and grandchildren, I have a word here to summarize, called 'evolution', just like in ancient times, people drank blood, food was not enough, and could only rely on teamwork to hunt food, which was equal. That's what I'm talking about equality, equality going backwards—"

"As for what you say, it's nothing more than natural selection and survival of the fittest!"

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