Three-room courtyard.

Shen Dashan was helping Mrs. Jin chop wood, and the scattered wood was piled up all over the ground, when his father Shen Ping walked in with a pot of freshly burned soybean milk.

Under the eaves, Shen Kan stood with hazy eyes, Shen Dashan looked at him strangely from time to time, and saw that the fifth young master was wearing shorts made of yellow coarse cloth, and a short-sleeved shirt with lapels made of white muslin on his upper body, revealing white and red skin.

Shen Dashan once asked Cai Dong, and Cai Dong said that it was the style of the Franc machine, and the young master thought it was simple and easy to wear, so he specially asked her to sew it.

It looks really good, but it's out of place, but fortunately, it's the largest of the five young masters in this courtyard, of course, it's behind closed doors.

Shen Kan's long black hair was unkempt, his hands were copied back, and he yawned repeatedly.

Shen Ping put down the small pot, stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Brother Mu didn't sleep well?"

Shen Kan stretched his waist and said with a smile: "I haven't slept enough, but even if I lie in bed, you have to wake me up."

"Look what it is." Shen Ping took the cloth bag behind his back, walked into the room, put it on the table, and unbuttoned it......

A pair of pitch-black and shiny leather shoes, a pair of clean and smooth fine gauze socks, and a set of white as snow.

"I've been busy for a week, and I've done it all for you." Shen Ping smiled.

"Thank you, Uncle Shen." Shen Kan looked around, and reached out to caress it.

Cai Dong hurriedly said: "The clothes are too white, I'll put them away first, they don't get dirty."

As he was talking, there was the crowing of a rooster in the distance, Cai Dong picked up things cleanly, and Shen Ping quickly walked out to bring in the small pot, lifted the lid, and the steam of soy milk spread upward.

Shen Kan sat down and blew into the bowl, Shen Ping noticed the muscles on his two arms, and couldn't help laughing: "This martial art is not practiced in vain, and the meat is not eaten in vain."

"Huh." Shen Kan smiled, and then sighed: "But after all, it won't work, you can't kill the enemy."

"Why?" Shen Ping asked, "Isn't the young master practicing the formation these days?" The people in the village say that you have trained in a disciplined manner, and in the face of the Japanese people, we will fight one of the five and we will not suffer. ”

"It's useless, it's all shows." Shen Kan shook his head, seeing Uncle Shen's puzzled expression, he explained: "The practice is unremitting all year round, although one day of training will have the effect of one day, but for two hundred years, the warriors of the Japanese Kingdom have all practiced martial arts since childhood, and everyone is proficient in swordsmanship, so I trained them to fight in battle, hoping to develop their strengths and avoid weaknesses, the problem is that I am not good at this, not to mention that they are not sergeants, even if I am a layman who has practiced for a thousand years, what is the use?"

Shen Ping said with a smile: "To protect the family and defend the country, I see that the children are very obedient and very serious in their training, and they will look good in time, and everyone also says that these children are much better than those officials and soldiers who do not do their jobs."

"Without the courage to charge and kill, strict discipline, good military literacy, everything is in vain."

Shen Kan was not optimistic at all, in fact, he didn't expect anything at all, it was just a justifiable exercise with them, the game is greater than training, otherwise if you really take out the things in the art of war, you can run more than half of it in a few days.

And the children of southern Jiangsu who grew up in the land of fish and rice are actually not very suitable for being soldiers.

At this time, Cai Dong came out of the bedroom and asked, "Godfather, is it delicious?"

"Of course it's delicious." Shen Ping smiled and scooped a bowl for her, "I'll give your mother another bowl." ”

"My mother said she wouldn't drink soy milk." Cai Dong said and walked to the door, looked up at the sky, there was some fish belly color in the east, and the stars above his head were faintly visible, but there were only a few of the brightest ones left.

Shen Gui's father and son left for Shanghai County last night to find a suitable house for Shen Kan.

Shen Ping also walked out and asked at the door of the stove room, "I spent a lot of effort to cook the soy milk, why don't you drink it?"

"It's getting a little hot." Aunt Jin said.

Shen Ping looked at her, touched his beard and said with a smile: "Shen Gui came back, even you were energetic, you have been tossing a lot in the past two days, right?"

"Fuck off, you're not serious." Aunt Jin scolded with a smile, and there was an unconcealable stretch between her eyebrows.

"Haha." Shen Ping laughed, turned back to Cai Dong and said, "Dong'er, how about you study with the eldest lady?" It's a good thing, right?"

Cai Dong leaned against the door and said, "Godfather, I want to study all the way with the young master." My mother said that she had saved me a dozen taels of silver, so you can do me a little favor. ”

Shen Ping suddenly smiled bitterly: "Can I afford to help you?" Dashan said that he must go to school next year, God knows how much it will cost a year, but how can I have money? You are honestly at home, as long as the fifth young master can be lifted, we will all be fine, go in and serve, it's time to go to school. ”

Suddenly, Cai Dong walked up to him, bent down, took his green cloth pants up, and said with a smile: "Godfather, your pants are torn with such a big hole, why don't you take them off and make up for them?"

"I'm a worker, so I'm just going to wear it." Shen Ping said with a smile.

Just as he was saying this, there was a thudding sound of leather shoes, and when he saw Shen Kan walking out in snow-white, Shen Ping and Cai Dong's eyes immediately lit up.

"Oh, what a handsome dress!" Aunt Jin in the stove room hurriedly dried her hands and walked out to watch.

"Yes, sure enough, people rely on clothes and horses on saddles." Shen Ping also praised, and Cai Dong didn't know what to say, so he blindly circled around Shen Kan.

"It fits perfectly." Shen Kan was very satisfied, "But you can't wear it every day, the school still has to wear a scribe's shirt, I'm afraid you can only wear it once and a half once in a while." ”

Shen Ping said: "You can't wear it out, just wear it at home, isn't it?"

"Absolutely." Shen Kan said to Cai Dong, "How is it?" Is it good-looking? I'm going to take you to the lake?"

"It's so pretty!" Cai Dong nodded again and again, and then said in surprise: "Really?"

Seeing this, Shen Ping said, "Dong'er! That's what's wrong with you. Just now you said that you want your godfather to help you so that you can study with the young master, and now when you hear that you are going to swim in the lake, you immediately get energetic, is this what a scholar looks like?"

Cai Dong didn't speak, his hands turned behind his back and pinched the braids, secretly circled in the palms of his hands, and grinned on his face.

When a ray of golden sun just shone on the high wall of the courtyard, the students in the classroom were already shaking their heads and reading books.

Shen Kan stood outside alone, and it seemed that he had been blessed by the widows, he became the leader of the children in the village, and with power in his hands, he took the opportunity to make some changes to the school.

There are two large flags erected in front of the door, one is a clear flag symbolizing the national flag, and the other is a fire regiment flag representing the youth of Shenjia Village, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the flag has a special symbolic meaning.

There are some slogans on red and green paper pasted around, some of which say that there are aspirants, things can be done, the cauldron is broken, and the one hundred and two Qin passes belong to Chu after all; Hard-working people, the sky is not bearable, lying on the salary to taste the gall, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu.

If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas, and if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach thousands of miles.

The big things in the world must be done in detail; Difficult things in the world must be done easily.

Qingxiao has a way to go, and the gold list is nameless and vows not to return.

Aim high and care about the world.

I am determined to move forward; The more frustrated you are, the more courageous you are, and make persistent efforts.

Industry is good at diligence, and absurdity is frolic; Actions are made in thought, and destroyed in follow.

No one asked about the cold window for ten years, and once he became famous, the world knew it.

In the room opposite the classroom, Wang Qianzhai and Shen Jiaji sat cross-legged, and Shen Zuo and the chubby Shen Xiangdao stood outside the door.

Shen Jiaji asked, "My brother called me, what do you have to say?"

Wang Qianzhai said: "Invited by you, these days to teach hard, found that the nephew Daozhang has become a talent, and although the foundation of Daogu is not solid, but it is also extraordinary, I think of the second son has a long future, this year is just the time of the written exam, I am ashamed of my talent, if there is no teaching, will not mislead people?" In my opinion, the second son has to choose another famous teacher. ”

"Why did my brother say that?" Shen Jiaji was puzzled, "You have been educated for three winters, and your foolish nephew still needs to rely on guidance, how can you consider mistakes?" Or is the elder brother disdainful of teaching? Could it be that they did something wrong?"

"Definitely." Wang Qianzhai shook his head with a smile, "Being a teacher, although it is expensive to know people, it is also valuable to know yourself." For example, Daozhang, its qualifications are like gold and jade, although in the county to learn to send love poetry and wine, indulge in chic, you deliberately sent him to polish, but do not follow the rules, can be a famous man under the spring, to be sharpened in the future, it is not difficult to become a talent. As for Daogu, galloping like a horse, changing like a dragon, every high argument is eloquent, which is incorrect, to be honest, I am often ashamed of myself. Besides, the article is a big deal, although I don't know the text, but I am ashamed to have been idle for many years, and I feel that I am at odds with the times. Therefore, I will say bluntly so as not to ridicule vegetarian food. ”

The more Shen Jiaji listened, the more incredible he felt, to say that the fourth brother Shen Zuo was talented, and it was understandable that Brother Wang was afraid of delaying him, why didn't the fifth brother dare to teach?

But when I think about it, Shen Kan has indeed changed too much recently, and his words and actions are all refreshing.

Sure enough, the right person was invited, Shen Jiaji once again respected Wang Qianzhai, so he muttered: "The township test is coming, let them learn by themselves." Daogu is still missing even the four books and five classics, and he has to be urged by his brother from time to time. ”

"That's nature." Wang Qianzhai nodded.

What he means is that Shen Ju and Shen Kan are both rare talents, of course, they must be sent to better famous teachers to study, and they don't want to mislead people's children.