Chapter 24: The New School
The time to play is always short, and Xia Yuanding is a little envious of the girls of this era, unlike when he gets up early and has to go to class after breakfast. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This time, the location of the class was not in the narrow place of grandpa's house, and Du Yuanwai gave away a house near the water. Previously, Xia Yuanding was dragged by a few cousins to take a look first, why did he say it was a circle, because this mansion was surrounded by a high courtyard wall, and they could only see the white wall.
There is a row of willow trees planted outside the courtyard wall, the green silk is drooping, leaning against the willow trees and the courtyard wall, several people stack Arhats, Xia Yuande and Xia Yuanchu are at the bottom, the two of them look the strongest, Xia Yuanming is on the second floor, Xia Yuanjie is on the third floor, so that the people on the top can reach the edge of the wall and see the scene inside.
This kind of dangerous behavior has nothing to do with Xia Yuanding, and afterwards I just heard a word or two from Xia Yuanjie's mouth, and they all praised it for being good-looking. In this regard, Xia Yuanding didn't believe it, just in early spring, what could be good-looking, it was nothing more than some ordinary tree species like peach blossoms, I really thought that Xia Yuanding had never seen the world.
"Mother, I'm going to school!" Xia Yuanding said hello and was about to go out.
"Go ahead, come back early after school, and don't play outside." Xia Li's instructions have become a daily fixture.
"Got it!" Xia Yuanding walked away.
Watching her younger brother go to the school, Xia Yingxue was a little envious, if she was at her grandfather's house, she could go with her, but unfortunately this was in the school, and her grandfather didn't allow her to go, and she was afraid that the impact would be bad, it seemed that she could only stay at home, learn to weave, learn embroidery, and learn to be a daughter's home.
"Yingxue, go see if the chickens have laid eggs, why is there one less today!" Xia Li's words brought Xia Yingxue back to her senses.
"Oh, I know my mother, I'll go!" After Xia Yingxue replied to her mother's words, she immediately rushed to the direction of the chicken pen.
Xia Yuanding went out to the east this time, the new school is located in a quiet place, and the villagers live at a certain distance, the courtyard gate is planted on both sides of the tear bamboo, there are several rockeries in the yard, winding paths are secluded, small bridges and flowing water.
Xia Yuanding knew that no matter how good the location was, it would only be temporary, and it wouldn't be long before he was ravaged by these students, so don't think about keeping it as it was.
"Du Yuan!"
Seeing the two words on the courtyard door, needless to say, Xia Yuanding had arrived at his destination at this moment. Do you want to go in first, Xia Yuanding was still a little hesitant, after all, this is a strange place, and he has never been in it before, so let's wait and see.
Looks like he's here early today. Xia Yuanding complained a little in his heart, why didn't you say that grandpa didn't take them to visit in advance, although he knew that the school was inside, but he didn't know where it was, this was really a mistake.
"You're here for class, why don't you go in when you arrive?" Xia Yuanding, who was sitting on the stone by the courtyard gate, happened to be seen by the servant who went out in the courtyard, so he asked curiously.
Hearing the inquiry, Xia Yuanding said without thinking: "I'm waiting for the others to arrive, and then go in together!" ”
"Whatever you want, Master Xia has been here for a while, and he is drinking tea, so you have to follow along when the time comes, don't annoy Mr." The servant's words may have been unintentional, but Xia Yuanding felt as if he had been educated again.
Do you know who I am, the old man Xia in your mouth is my own grandfather, do I still need to teach, I have already been able to teach myself, these ideas are coiled in Xia Yuanding's mind, but the servant is nowhere to be seen.
The village is so small, and there are still people who don't know him Xia Yuanding, why is his popularity so low, but he is also an intellectual, when will he be able to reach the heavens.
Lowering his head, Xia Yuanding watched the ants on the ground working hard to carry the food, but it was quite fun, the little ants were so industrious, Xia Yuanding couldn't bear to trample them to death, or let them go, thinking that he had done another good deed, the next time he was reincarnated, he hoped to be able to go to the rich and noble, there was a large group of people waiting, living a life of food to open his mouth and clothes to stretch his hands.
Thinking about these impossible things, I finally waited for a few cousins.
"Little Liu, are you waiting for us?" Xia Yuande asked uncertainly.
Xia Yuanding hurriedly put on a harmless smile and said in a clear voice: "It's better to go in together, lest grandpa misunderstand a few brothers because of this." ”
"It's still Yuan Ding who thinks about it carefully!" Xia Yuande was a little moved, and his palm was placed on Xia Yuanding's shoulder unconsciously with some force.
said it well, but didn't get cheap, Xia Yuanding secretly scolded himself in his heart, but he didn't tell the truth, and finally endured a wave of cousin's moving behavior.
"Brother, no, why are there just a few of us, aren't there other people, is it that our Xia family is studious, and they all came so early!" Xia Yuanming looked at the surroundings and asked questions.
"We didn't come early, did Yuan Ding see someone else?"
Xia Yuanding shook his head first, and then said, "No, I didn't see anyone else coming!" ”
Xia Yuanding didn't notice this before, Xia Yuanming said, he also felt strange, he really didn't see other people coming, didn't other villagers want their children to come to the school to study, not to mention that this is a good deed of Du Yuanwai, and he doesn't charge them money, which is incomprehensible.
Xia Yuanchu didn't think about these troublesome things, he took his younger brother Xia Yuanjie's hand and walked towards Du Yuan, saying as he walked: "It's not early, let's go in first, just ask grandpa!" ”
Hearing this, Xia Yuanding had no choice but to follow in, just entered the garden before he had time to see anything, a gust of breeze sent a refreshing fragrance of flowers, not to say anything else, just say that the foothold of this bird song and flower fragrance, it is suitable to be a school, Xia Yuanding gave a score of ninety.
"I heard that the merchant came yesterday, it's a pity, we all had something to go yesterday!" Xia Yuanming talked to Xia Yuanding again about the merchant who came to the village yesterday.
Xia Yuanding is still strange, the two cousins of the second uncle's family like to join in the fun the most, why don't they even come over to see if a merchant comes.
Early yesterday morning, Xia Yuande and Xia Yuanming followed Xia Shouyi to the market town, went to the pawnshop and used the jade they picked up as a large sum of silver, and this time they went to the market town to prepare for building a house.
"Are you here for the Academy?" Xia Yuanchu led the way in front like a headless fly, but fortunately, the people in the garden saw it and led them in the right direction.
After crossing the small stone bridge, I saw an unknown evergreen tree in all seasons, there was a wooden independent house, with open doors, rows of windows, carved railings, and towering eaves.
"This is there?" After a few people stopped, Xia Yuande asked.
"Yes, the school is located inside, the scenery here is excellent, open the window, the surrounding scenery can be seen clearly!" The servant said with a smile, and did not take a few people in, but brought them here and left.
No one else needs to take it, at this time they have already seen the grandfather who is sitting on the Taishi chair to recuperate. For the furnishings in this courtyard, Xia Jizu didn't think there was anything unusual, when he was in the ancestral house of the Xia family, the furnishings were much more extravagant than this, although he was in the countryside at this time, he couldn't treat him as an uninformed person, after all, he had been brilliant!
A few people tacitly walked into the hall gently, saw that the windows here were bright and clean, and the mood was good, and then looked at the furnishings inside, the tables and chairs were neat, the paint was very smooth, and the indoor light was very good.
On each desk, there is an inkstone, a pen holder, a brush, and white paper is tiled. There is a book in the upper left corner of the desktop, with a blue cover and a black title. In front of the grandfather sitting, a podium stood quietly, exuding a majestic atmosphere.
"Grandpa!" Several people shouted at the same time.
"It's all here, one person and one seat, let's all sit down!" Xia Jizu looked at his grandsons and said happily.
What happened, after Xia Yuande said that he would find a seat to sit down, he took the lead in running back and got down to a position by the window. Xia Yuanming and Xia Yuanchu consciously kept in line with Xia Yuande, and the three of them were in the front and back rows, connecting in a line.
Only Xia Yuanding and Xia Yuanjie sat honestly in the front row, Xia Jizu didn't say anything, but Xia Yuanding knew that sitting in such a corner was completely an ostrich strategy, and he really thought that he could get rid of his grandfather's surveillance in this way, and he was a fool!
"Grandpa, are there just a few of us, aren't you waiting for others?" Xia Yuanding raised his hand to ask, as for the action of raising his hand, it was completely subconscious, but he didn't expect it to be adopted by Xia Jizu later, whoever wants to ask questions in the future must first raise his hand and ask for his consent. Inadvertently, Xia Yuanding has made a little contribution to the educational progress of the Ning Dynasty.
"Grandpa thought about it, it would be better to give you a lesson in the morning, and you will also study here in the afternoon, saving yourself from running around. Those new schoolchildren, come back in the afternoon, there are some things not ready yet! Xia Jizu replied.
"I see!" Xia Yuanding felt very powerless in his heart, his grandfather was really far-sighted in doing this.
Of course, this is only temporary, and when the progress of those schoolchildren who have just arrived comes up, Xia Jizu plans to divide into two groups, the group with fast progress and the group with slow progress. Anyway, his idea is that no one can be missing, and no one can be lazy.
"Grandpa, teach us how to read!" After Xia Yuanjie got the simple reading book given to him by his grandfather, he felt that he didn't know many words, and his desire to learn was strong.
"Okay, if you two have words you don't know, grandpa will tell you!"
After speaking, he guided Yuan Jie and Yuan Ding on the side, Xia Yuanding didn't do it well, so he had to pick a few strokes and ask about it with a little more complicated. For a whole class, Xia Yuande and the others seemed to be free-range, and a few of them were uncomfortable in this school.
"You say, did grandpa give up on us!" After school at noon, Xia Yuande looked at the sky and said with a sigh.
"Brother, why do you say that!" Xia Yuanming said, thought about it and continued: "Although I think so too! ”
"Didn't we say okay, we want to be generals on the battlefield, and we don't need to study to do it!" Xia Yuanchu said nonchalantly.
"Yes, we are generals, and we will be much more powerful in riding horses and swords in the future!"
The three of them left Xia Yuanding and Xia Yuanjie behind, and they were dreaming of being a general, and they must know that the general must also be able to read military books!