Chapter 24 There Is a Little Sister (II)

If it weren't for the little maid who slipped away quickly, Wang Shu still wanted to say to her: The weirdest thing should be you, a few days ago she was a little maid who didn't even have a well-fitting work clothes, and today she dared to say that she was her little sister. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But Wang Shu thought about it and felt a little wrong, you must know that this is the Western Han Dynasty, even the era when merchants wore silk clothes and even rode horses were severely punished, that is, no matter how tolerant his teacher was, but today's family is full of people from the officialdom of Xindu, if this little girl is really a maidservant, she can't be bold enough to wear silk clothes.

Could it be that his teacher saw that this little girl was very smart, so he accepted her as a disciple, then it should be said that he was his senior sister, after all, the teacher said that she was a closed disciple, but she clearly said that she was her little junior sister, so the more Wang Shu thought about it, the more strange she felt, and she couldn't figure it out anyway, so she simply asked the teacher.

returned to the front hall and saw that Kong Xiu was still discussing the poems he had "made" with a few people, Wang Shu wanted to return to his seat, but who knew that Kong Xiu called over: "Zhongsun, where did you go just now, come over quickly!" When Wang Shu heard Kong Xiu calling himself, he hurriedly walked over, and saw Kong Xiu pointing to the sentence in the poem "Extravagance and evil are great, thrift is common virtue" and asked: "Just now everyone said that you were born in the family of the princes, and you didn't expect to be able to say such a thing, tell everyone what you think." Wang Shou shouted in his heart, how do I know why Cao Cao came up with this sentence, but he said: "Although some of our Wang family have too extravagant lives, but you and your father have always advocated simplicity, and they are the most unaccustomed to things that are too extravagant, so the younger generation has feelings about it." ”

In order to prevent them from continuing to be entangled in this song "Duguan Mountain", Wang Shu changed the topic and said: "Teacher, just now the disciple went out and met a little girl, she said that it was my little junior sister, and I don't know if it's true. Who knew that when everyone heard Wang Shu say this, they all looked at Kong Xiu. Wang Shu thought badly, if the teacher just refused to accept other people's children under the pretext that he was a closed disciple, and then really accepted another apprentice, who was still a woman, wouldn't he be embarrassed by his own teacher.

Who knew that Kong Xiu smiled slightly after hearing Wang Shu's question, and said to him with a smile: "That should be the little girl Yuyan, this child was spoiled by her mother, and she has always been very naughty, since she said that you are a junior sister, when you go to visit your master, you will take the appearance of a senior brother and discipline her for the teacher." Hearing Kong Xiu say this, Wang Yu didn't dare to say anything. He said in his heart, he didn't know much about words, what to discipline the teacher's daughter, not to mention that he really didn't dare to care, if he really managed, it was estimated that he should be unlucky in the end.

I heard Kong Xiu say that he would let him visit his wife, just so that he could take the opportunity to slip away, otherwise among these people who are still reminiscing about "Duguan Mountain", it is inevitable that he will show his feet, so he told Kong Xiu that he was going to visit his wife, Kong Xiu couldn't take him with him in person because of the presence of outsiders, and he just wanted to ask him to wait and go again, but he thought that Wang Shu had also seen his wife anyway, so he sent a maidservant to lead him to the backyard.

When he arrived in the backyard, Wang Shu offered fifty catties of gold he brought, and he had to give a gift to his wife, and after both parties were seated, he really saw Kong Yuyan who pretended to be a maidservant before, but at this time she spoke and behaved very decently, showing a maturity that did not match her age, and only when Mrs. Kong was not paying attention, Wang Shu saw the cunning that occasionally flashed in her eyes when she looked at her and revealed her true nature.

"Zhongsun, I have received your wishes, but this shot is too valuable, you should take it back when you go back next time." It may be that someone has already told Mrs. Kong before, saying that the gift given to her by Wang Shu was fifty catties of gold, so when she saw Wang Shu really offering so much gold for the first time, not only did she not take any treasure for herself like the wives of some officials in later generations, but she was not dazzled by these gold.

Wang Shu saw that his wife was still unfazed in the face of gold, and he not only secretly admired it. You know, although when he heard that the apprenticeship ceremony that his father prepared for himself had fifty catties of gold, he knew that it was a huge amount of money, but when he saw the real thing for the first time, he knew that it was impossible, not only did he have the urge to put it in his pocket, but he even had the idea of no longer apprenticeing and keeping these yellow catties for himself.

"Master, you look at these things outside the body too much, the disciple saw that your face was not very good before, these gold is just the disciple's filial piety to you, I hope you can ask a famous doctor to regulate your body, in the disciple's opinion, the health of the body is the most important, lose it, everything else can only be nothing, if you have to let the disciple take it back, it is estimated that the disciple will not even be able to enter the door by then."

When Wang Shu saw that his master was about to refuse, he hurriedly said: "Besides, you and Master are usually simple and accustomed, but my junior sister is still young, but I can see that I have always been rich and ladylike, and since ancient times, I have been a young and great man, and I am still rich and good for my junior sister." Seeing that his wife still insisted on refusing, Wang Shu simply said: "Master, is it because you are not satisfied with my teacher's acceptance of me as a disciple, if so, then I will resign to my teacher now!" ”

When Mrs. Kong heard Wang Shu say this, she couldn't think of a reason to refuse, so she had to order the slave to take the gold, and the two of them gossiped for a while. Maybe it was because Wang was poor and raised his son and rich daughter that Kong Yuyan was very satisfied, or because of the presence of Mrs. Kong, Kong Yuyan not only was not as "naughty" as before, but even took over the work of making tea after Wang Huo demonstrated the preparation of Junzi tea.

After talking with Mrs. Kong for less than half an hour, when Wang Shu was about to get up and say goodbye, he met Kong Xiu, who had just bid farewell in the front hall and came to witness the collection of disciples, Kong Xiu not only praised Wang Huo fiercely in front of Mrs. Kong, and then taught Wang Huo's calligraphy with great interest, but when he saw Wang Huo's extremely bad hand, not only Kong Xiu was disappointed, but even Kong Yuyan also scoffed at Wang Shu's crooked words, and even wrote a few words on the spot, which made Wang Huo very embarrassed. Mrs. Kong was very generous, and said to Kong Xiu with a smile: "If Zhongsun is talented in all aspects, I will have nothing to teach him in a few days, in my opinion, it is better for you to be disappointed now than to be uncomfortable in a few days." After Kong Xiu heard what his wife said, he thought about it.

Subsequently, Kong Xiu Zhengse said to Wang Xu that he had planned to teach his schoolwork every five days, but seeing that his foundation was so weak, he had to work harder, and the gentleman should be familiar with the Five Classics and the Six Arts, so in addition to reading more, calligraphy and music must also be studied more, in order to supervise his studies, he was required to go to his home every day, and if he had something to do, his daughter Kong Yuyan would check his calligraphy and music learning. Hearing that Kong Xiu was going to let an eleven or twelve-year-old girl be his counselor, Wang Shu was not only blushing and red, but Kong Yuyan was overjoyed.

In the following days, in addition to the daily exercise that could not be shaken by thunder, and the daily telling of Journey to the West to his younger brothers and sisters, Wang Shu also had to fight with the brush and strings every day, these are not the most difficult, the key is that he has to face the "contempt" and "lesson" of a little adult for four out of every five days, in order to make his life less hard, Wang Shu began to take a few pieces of ice every day to bribe Kong Yuyan, who knows that she will not eat this set at all. In desperation, Wang Shu used Journey to the West to attract Kong Yuyan's attention, but he didn't expect his life to become more difficult, because Kong Yuyan increased the amount of homework for him, and asked him to write down a chapter of Journey to the West neatly every day. In this way, Wang Shu began a life of hard work.