Chapter 3 Reminiscing about the Past at the Beginning of a Serious Illness

Everything is as the old man said.

Three days later, in the morning, Wang Xu finally got out of bed with the help of Xiao Ling! After a few activities in the house, Wang Xu asked Xiao Ling to help him wash and dress, and finally cleaned up after a stick of incense, Wang Xu walked to the bronze mirror to see himself after reincarnation, only to see the young man in the mirror with a small shirt and a pleated shirt with wide sleeves, a wide belt tied around the waist, a knee cover in front of the belly and blown to the calf, and the feet wore hemp shoes, according to the name of the ancients, it should not be called hemp shoes, it should be called "not borrowed" The young man has a delicate face, thin lips, and a very handsome nose bridge, If you look closely, you will find that the corners of your eyebrows are slightly upturned, your eyes are slightly round, and you have a kind of spirit that is not angry and self-imposing! It's just that the cheeks reveal a sickly paleness, and the body is like a skeleton, as if it will be blown away by a gust of wind.

Wang Xu sighed secretly in front of the bronze mirror, not used to it! From physical fitness to dressing, the gap is too big!

Out of the house, Wang Xu went to greet Yang's father and Yang's mother.

According to normal etiquette, when the juniors greet each other in the morning, they only need to bow down, and only if they haven't seen each other for a long time, they will kneel and bow, Wang Xu has to do a solemn kneeling salute because his parents have worked too hard for himself these days, and he feels guilty to bow solemnly!

After seeing her son's movements, Yang's mother said distressedly: "The pheasant has just recovered from a serious illness and is weak, so you don't have to worry about red tape, just follow the usual etiquette!" ”

Wang Xu said: "Child, I have been seriously ill recently, and I have made my parents white-headed, and I am already unfilial, if I don't respect my parents anymore, how can I let my children survive in the world!" ”

When Mother Yang heard Wang Xu say this, she didn't dissuade her, she was full of distress and looked at her son who was serious about saluting!

Father Yang looked at Wang Xu but was a little surprised! In the past, Pheasant's favorite thing to say was the speeches of celebrities such as Ji Kang and Wang Rong in China and North Korea[Note 1], and occasionally imitated their behavior of not respecting etiquette and law! After this experience, the pheasant's temperament has changed! It's really a blessing and a curse!

Wang Xu knelt down, bent over, lowered his head and hands to the ground, and bowed three times to Yang's father and Yang's mother. Secretly sighed: "This skin bag is too weak, and it can't help it!" It seems that I will strengthen physical exercise in the future! Then Wang Xu was accompanied by Xiao Ling to know his future home!

The small courtyard of the Yang family is really big for Wang Xu, who is used to living in buildings in the 21st century, but Yang Jia's evaluation of his own house is narrow and shabby. The small courtyard of the Yang family sits east and faces west, and next to the gate is the house of Tianke Li and his wife, and the door is closed, and it is estimated that the husband and wife are going out to farm! It's Xiaoling's boudoir. Yang Jia and Yang Wu's huts are connected together, and the easternmost side is the main hall, with two side rooms on both sides of the main hall, and Yang's father's study. There is also a kitchen, firewood room, backyard, etc., of course, there is no pavilion in the small courtyard of the Yang family, and these buildings that only the Gaomen clan will have!

After Wang Xu saw the Yang Mansion, he felt very strange about the existence of Tian Ke! Because Tianke does not have to serve as a servant to the imperial court, this has to explain the origin of Tianke. The predecessors of Tianke were tenant farmers in the imperial court during the Cao Wei period, that is, tuntian households, and they did not have to serve the government! After the Sima clan usurped power, they gave these tuntian households to the scholars below the minister's level! Of course, these tuntian households still enjoyed the privilege of not submitting to the conscription, but over time, the privilege of disobedience to the conscription spread to all the landowners of the princess and the nobles, so that many small farmers who were afraid of serving voluntarily joined the gates of these large landlords and served as fielders in order to seek refuge. Of course, the imperial court did not want too much labor to flow into the scholars, so that the imperial court had no requisitioners, so it strictly stipulated the number of households owned by the scholars (the specific regulations will be discussed later), but will these scholars spit out the meat they ate? Of course not! As a result, those who exceeded the provisions of the law were called 'hidden households'.

Unconsciously, Wang Xu walked into Yang's father's study, looked at Xiao Ling and smiled, and gently pushed the door and walked into the study. The study is very clean and tidy, with desks, bookcases, pen and ink...... It was placed in an orderly manner, and there was not a trace of dust on the bookcases and tables. It seems that Father Yang cherishes these books very much! I clean the study every day, and there are only five books on the bookcase! They are "The Book of Poetry", "The Book of Rites", "Spring and Autumn", "The Book of Great Dai Li" and "The Book of Filial Piety", Wang Xu couldn't help but sigh secretly: Chaimen is a cold person, and even reading is a luxury! Nowadays, movable type printing has not yet been introduced! If the poor wanted to read, they had to borrow and copy from the wealthy families. Where are the wealthy families of the scholar family willing to borrow books!

Wang Xu carefully took down the "Book of Songs" from the bookcase and opened it to read carefully, Xiao Ling saw Wang Xu engrossed in reading the Book of Poetry, so he quietly withdrew from the study. This book was copied by Yang's father in Lishu, and Wang Xu couldn't help but shake his head when he saw half of it, although Yang's father's words were neat and neat, but there was no aura injected into it. Father Yang's handwriting feels like the words of the small officials in the state and county government who transcribe the text of the order, and he has not achieved anything in calligraphy at all! This can't be blamed on Father Yang's lack of talent, after all, there is no one to guide him, and there are no posts from those calligraphy masters for Father Yang to copy!

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Ling suddenly pushed the door and walked in, and said, "Xiao Langjun is really hard at study!" I don't know how many hours have passed! It's time to eat, Xiao Langjun, your body is still very weak, you can't delay eating! ”

When Wang Xu heard this, he couldn't help but smile, he really forgot the time when he was fascinated by reading! got up and said, "Is this hard?" What is the third calculation of Confucius Ziwei!? ”

After speaking, he laughed and walked out of the study, and the confused little spirit followed out of the study.

When I came to the main hall and saw a family, I sent Wang Xu! Wang Xu said: "Let my father and mother wait for a long time!" Father Yang smiled and said, "It's okay!" When everyone is here, let's eat it quickly! When the food is cold, it is delicious! ”

I saw several meat dishes on the table, and Yang's mother was full of love to put meat dishes in Wang Xu and Yang Wu's lacquer bowl [Note 2], Wang Xu couldn't help but blush slightly, pity the hearts of parents all over the world! Yang Jia's memory used to be full of soup cakes (that is, noodles) when he ate, and his parents made so many meat dishes for Wang Xu in order to replenish Wang Xu's body, regardless of the family's economic embarrassment! However, Wang Xu is not a pedantic person, his parents hope that he will recover as soon as possible, and Wang Xu will not stop eating meat and vegetables for the sake of the so-called filial piety, and leave them all to his parents! Since my parents hope that I will recover soon, I can only be worthy of my parents' hard work if I recover soon!

After the meal, Wang Xu cautiously said to Father Yang: "Father, I think my body is too thin, I want to divide the time for morning reading a little bit from tomorrow to exercise?" After speaking, he carefully observed Father Yang's expression, afraid that Father Yang would be angry! It's normal for Wang Xu to have this idea! During the Wei and Jin dynasties, most of the people in the world admired the feminine beauty of men, and the six arts of a gentleman: etiquette, music, archery, control, calligraphy, and mathematics. I don't care about shooting at all, pilot! It is not as important as in the Qin and Han dynasties, such as riding horses and taking arrows! Father Yang didn't speak for a long time, Wang Xu thought that Father Yang was angry, so he didn't dare to say anything more! Suddenly, I listened to Yang's father.

"Pheasant, after this serious illness, she has become mature and stable! Good health is the top priority! I support you if you have such an idea, but you can't waste your studies! ”

Wang Xu thought that his father would not agree! But when he heard his father say this, he said happily: "The child knows that he will not waste his studies!" ”

[Note 1] During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the world called the Western Jin Dynasty as the 'Middle Dynasty'

[Note 2] During the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was no porcelain, and lacquerware was used. Mainly when I think of Wu Qilong's starring movie "Zhu Liang", there is a scene where Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo are drinking with porcelain, which is hereby explained