Chapter VII. A fork in the road in history (Part I).
On the second day after receiving Xiao Shenyan's notice, under Liu's successive instructions, Xiao Mo took Xiao Yi and walked towards Xiao Shenyan's courtyard. (The full-text novel is read on the Shilu Literature Network)
After nearly a month of cultivation, with the recovery of his body, although Xiao Mo's body was still weak at this time, at least he still recovered some strength, although he followed Xiao Yi for about a cup of tea, he was not as tired as he was at the beginning, and he felt a little relieved in his heart.
In a moment, under the leadership of Xiao Yi, Xiao Mo had already come to Xiao Shenyan's courtyard.
Xiao Shenyan's courtyard is next to the back garden of the Xiao family's mansion, before, during the period when Xiao Shenyanyan left home to serve in other places, Xiao Shenyan's courtyard has been empty by the Liu family, and people are often sent to clean it to show respect. Looking inward outside the courtyard, its layout is not commensurate with Xiao Shenyan's status in the Xiao family, and in terms of luxury alone, it is even inferior to the side branch of the Xiao family.
The yard is not big or small, a stone table, two stone chairs, there is another green pine next to it, half a bamboo forest, no other flowers and plants, white bricks and black tiles of the house, there is a light and elegant charm in the simplicity.
Although it is already early autumn, under the autumn wind and falling leaves, the environment of Xiao Shenyan's room is more elegant, and it has a great taste hidden in the forest.
It is rumored that Xiao Shenyan's courtyard was personally arranged by Xiao Shenyan when he was young, which made Xiao Mo inevitably have some more conjectures in his heart, although he had not yet entered Xiao Shenyan's room, but just looking at this arrangement, he could already get a glimpse of Xiao Shenyan's knowledge and character. And with such knowledge and character, why did Xiao Shenyan have been an official for decades, and he could only waste time in the position of the county lord?
If you want to come to it, there must be a story.
But I didn't have time to think about it, and while strolling, Xiao Mo had already come to Xiao Shenyan's study.
Knock.
"Come in."
Xiao Shenyan's voice sounded.
After Xiao Mo pushed the door in, he saw that this was a house with a width of nearly three zhang and a length of nearly three zhang, compared with the courtyard, it was not elegant or temperamental, but the three-sided large bookshelves standing against the three walls were extremely conspicuous, densely packed with books, bright and tidy.
Xiao Shenyan sat behind the largest high case, and in front of him, there were two smaller high cases, which were the positions of Xiao Mo and Xiao Yi.
As a scholar, Xiao Yi has been reading and reading with Xiao Mo, as far as Xiao Mo knows, Xiao Yi's grades are much better than him, Xiao Shenyan sighed more than once why Xiao Yi is not Xiao Jia'er.
At Xiao Shenyan's suggestion, the two sat down, and then Xiao Shenyan looked at Xiao Mo, nodded to express satisfaction with Xiao Mo's mental state at the moment, and then spoke.
"I haven't reviewed it for nearly a month, I want to know your current results first, so that you can write the "Hundred Family Names" I taught before."
Hearing Xiao Shenyan's words, Xiao Yi next to him didn't say a word, took out the paper, dipped it in ink, and although the handwriting was not good, he was also proficient.
And Xiao Mo couldn't help frowning, according to the memory of this body, the use of brushes, and the writing of ancient characters, he didn't know anything, but he was born in the era of exam-oriented education, but he never studied "Hundred Family Names", because it was impossible to get that exam, so Xiao Yi didn't learn, and the school and teachers didn't teach it. All I know is the eight words "Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, Zheng Wang" at the front, and what is next, but I don't know.
As for the original Xiao Mo, he was even inferior to him, and he had long forgotten about it.
Sighing secretly, Xiao Mo took up the pen with ink, and wrote these eight words on the paper on the high desk, which was crooked and ugly, and then got up and handed over his results to Xiao Shenyan.
"Just those eight words?"
Xiao Shenyan frowned.
Xiao Mo said frankly: "I only remember these eight words." ”
Xiao Mo thought that Xiao Shenyan would be furious when he heard him say this, but he didn't expect Xiao Shenyan to just nod slightly, put Xiao Mo's work aside, and motioned for Xiao Mo to sit back.
When Xiao Mo was surprised by Xiao Shenyan's attitude, even now, Xiao Shenyan's eyes flashed with a hint of appreciation, and he couldn't help but be even more confused in his heart.
In fact, in Xiao Shenyan's opinion, if it was the original Xiao Mo, in the case of more than 1,000 words in a "Hundred Family Names" but only eight words, he would definitely be cowering and at a loss, and even plagiarized Xiao Yi when Xiao Shenyan was not paying attention, and he would never have the bearing to face it calmly at this moment. And reading and learning words, when it comes to the fundamentals, is just to cultivate the reader's bearing and knowledge, and if you forget the article, you can learn it again, and if the bearing is gone, it will be difficult to solve it.
Therefore, for Xiao Mo's calmness at the moment, Xiao Shenyan appreciated it more than disappointed.
"It seems that after Mo'er's serious illness, he is really much more mature, and he should be impressed after three days. Perhaps he could no longer be seen in the same old light. ”
Xiao Shenyan thought secretly.
After a long time, Xiao Yi handed in his results, almost all of them were right, which made Xiao Shenyan nod with satisfaction.
Then Xiao Shenyan didn't comment on anything, but officially started teaching, still teaching "Hundred Family Names" from scratch, although Xiao Yi has already been plenary, but who let him just accompany him?
Xiao Shenyan's teaching, which is very different from the melodious frustration that Xiao Mo saw in the TV series in later generations, shook his head and shook his head, he completely explained the content of "Hundred Family Names" to the two of them word by word, and mixed with the origins, rumors and interesting facts about these surnames, which is very interesting, and can completely compare most of the so-called university professors in Xiao Mo's previous life, although Xiao Yi has already heard it once, he is still listening to it with relish at the moment. When Xiao Mo was amazed, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, why couldn't the previous Xiao Mo listen to such an interesting teaching at all? Or it can only be explained by a natural dislike of reading.
In this way, from this day on, Xiao Mo's reading career officially began, although at the beginning, Xiao Mo and Xiao Shenyan's first impression of each other was good, but in the future, for the two of them, they were undoubtedly happy, but extremely painful and even annoyed.
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Time passed only inadvertently, five months passed, and it was spring in the blink of an eye.
In the past five months, in addition to reading and reading at Xiao Shenyan every day, Xiao Mo chatted with Liu, and the knowledge and words of later generations have very much pleased Liu, and Liu has become more and more fond of Xiao Mo.
On the contrary, it is Xiao Mo's biological parents, Xiao Jiaju and Yang, Xiao Mo rarely sees. For Xiao Mo, grandmother Liu is very strict, and even others who want to see him need his approval, including Xiao Mo's biological parents, inadvertently that domineering character is undoubtedly revealed.
This is where Xiao Mo is most dissatisfied with the Liu family, in the past half a year, Xiao Mo has met with other people less than 200 times in addition to the Liu family, Xiao Shenyan, Xiao Shenxing, Xiao Yi and several people nearby. And once Xiao Mo proposes to see his parents or something, although Liu will not be embarrassed, he may be in a bad mood for a few days, putting everyone in the entire Xiao Mansion in danger, as if Liu feels that she is not as important as Xiao Mo's parents in Xiao Mo's heart.
This is where Xiao Mo is most dissatisfied with the Liu family, she almost wants to lock Xiao Mo in a golden cage and leave it to watch alone.
In addition, Liu's stubbornness is also where Xiao Mo is dissatisfied, Xiao Mo wants to open the window to ventilate and breathe fresh air, but Liu resolutely disagrees, afraid that Xiao Mo will catch a cold; Xiao Mo wanted to exercise and enhance his physique, but Liu still resolutely disagreed, fearing that Xiao Mo would hurt his body......
In short, this is a microcosm of the clash of ancient and modern health concepts.
And Xiao Mo was hindered by the fact that the Xiao family was now in the sole charge of the Liu family, so he had no choice but to compromise.
But in addition, the Liu family is really good to Xiao Mo, even if Xiao Mo makes her angry, the Liu family will never do anything to Xiao Mo, at most it makes the rest of the Xiao family frightened, and the care of Xiao Mo is even more meticulous, and the requirements are all-encompassing, but it makes Xiao Mo feel the long-lost family affection, although this kind of family affection full of control makes Xiao Mo feel very awkward.
Therefore, Xiao Mo has always had the intention of getting rid of Liu's control, but now he is too young and his body is too weak, and he has no strength and means to resist, and the time has not come. Moreover, Liu is too familiar with the original Xiao Mo, and when Xiao Mo is with her, he needs to disguise himself from time to time, and he is very tired.
And at the same time that the Liu family liked Xiao Mo more and more, Xiao Shenyan also felt the same way.
"My little foal just fell from the sky."
This sentence was mentioned more than once when Xiao Shenyan was gathering with literary friends.
It is troublesome to learn ancient characters, but after all, modern words are all evolved from ancient characters, so for literacy, Xiao Mo has become more and more smooth after a period of adaptation, the first month of literacy is three hundred, the second month is three thousand, at this moment, Xiao Mo has rarely encountered new words.
This is a remarkable achievement for a child in the age of enlightenment.
At the same time, Xiao Mo's comprehension ability is also unexpectedly strong, every article, Xiao Mo read it twice, and probably understood the meaning, this is thanks to the blessing of the exam-oriented education of the year, Xiao Mo has always thought that the ancient texts he learned in his more than ten years of student life are useless, but now when he looks at it, there is no absolute.
In addition, Xiao Mo also has a different perspective on things from others, every time Xiao Shenyan reads an article and asks Xiao Mo to explain, Xiao Mo will always unconsciously answer according to the views of later generations, in fact, he will only answer like this. Although there have been many errors and fallacies in the views of later generations after thousands of years, the way of looking at the views is different.
And after a serious illness, Xiao Mo's diligence was even more surprising to Xiao Shenyan, after the first acquaintance of 3,000 words, Xiao Mo began to consciously read the books in Xiao Shenyan's study, and there was no need for Xiao Shenyan to supervise him. Especially historical biographies, which are Xiao Mo's favorites.
What surprised Xiao Shenyan the most was Xiao Shenyan's most important literati popularity, after a serious illness, Xiao Mo's temperament became indifferent and quiet, and there was no more coquettish and crying behavior before, precocious as if becoming a * person, Xiao Shenyan naturally didn't know that Xiao Mo's seven-year-old child's body was hidden in the soul of an adult.
Although Xiao Mo has tried his best to show Xiàn's normality, people are most afraid of comparison, originally Xiao Mo is just faster in literacy, stronger in understanding, precocious, has the normal views of later generations, and occasionally forged ahead in order to know the environment and era at this time, but compared with the previous Xiao Mo, especially after Xiao Mo's various expressions surpassed Xiao Yi in an all-round way, what appeared in front of Xiao Shenyan was already a genius boy.
And under Xiao Shenyan's triumphant publicity, Xiao Mo already had a bad reputation in Changzhi City.
But after Xiao Mo read through the historical biographies and characters before and after the Chu Dynasty a few times, he seemed to be lonely for a while, and then, something that gave Xiao Shenyan a headache also appeared.
As if he had achieved all his goals in life, Xiao Mo once again became the same Xiao Mo who was lazy and didn't care about anything before, the original diligence was no longer gone, only occasionally flipped through a few idle books in Xiao Shenyan's study to play time, even when Xiao Shenyan was reading under his personal supervision, he had a lazy attitude, but Xiao Shenyan couldn't find anything wrong, and the tone of sitting and reading was exactly the same as what he taught, but with an indescribable laziness.
It is an inner temperament after returning to nature.
Coupled with the tasks assigned by Xiao Shenyan, Xiao Mo was able to complete all of them on time with quality and quantity, which made Xiao Shenyan unable to find out the mistakes, and he was extremely depressed for a while, in order to rectify Xiao Mo and reverse this kind of temperament that seemed to him to be decadent, these days Xiao Shenyan wanted to find trouble with Xiao Mo's eggs all day long, but Xiao Mo didn't do anything, and under the same standard, it made Xiao Yi miserable.
Only Xiao Mo knew that under his calm appearance, his mood was still secretly fluctuating until now, and he didn't expect that the era he came to was not any period he was familiar with, but a fork in the road of history.