Chapter 10: Copying the Book
The children made an endless fuss, and in the end, An Guogong came out to preside over the overall situation and drove the boys to the study to do their homework. When Mu Tieyi led his brothers out together, he didn't forget to gloat and pointed to the stack of military books, and instructed with a fake and serious look: "Little sister copy the books well, be obedient, don't annoy your grandmother." ”
Mu Hongshang held the book dejectedly, followed her brothers all the way out, ready to go to her grandmother's main hall to copy the book, she looked at the large stack of military books in her hand, and couldn't help muttering: "It's better to copy the scriptures......"
"There is a scripture!" Mu Jinyi, who was walking at the end, turned his head with a smile: ""Taibai Yin Sutra" and "Tiger Sutra", the second brother specially found them for my sister, and the second brother said, let's read the scriptures in the door, naturally we have to read the scriptures of the soldiers, sister, you can copy them well......"
Mu Jinyi didn't finish a sentence, Mu Hongsheng had already pulled out the thickest book in his hand and threw it at the back of Mu Tieyi's head.4 Mu Tieyi didn't look back, as if he had eyes on the back of his head, tilted his head, and the military book whistled past his ears.
"It's not a small strength!" Mu Tieyi looked at the military book that fell on the ground, and commented with a smile: "I see that my little sister seems to have improved her ability, tomorrow morning class, give her a Tieli wood spear!" I have nowhere to do it, and I always want to bully me. ”
Who bullies whom! I have never seen such a thing, bullying people has to be beaten upside down, Mu Hongsheng was so angry that she jumped to her feet, but unfortunately Mu Tieyi smeared oil on the soles of her feet and slipped away quickly, and the unlucky her book had not been copied yet, so she had to stay in her grandmother's yard and couldn't chase it out to take revenge.
An Guogong was here, Mu Hongshang naturally would not let go of the opportunity to sue, she hurriedly added fuel and vinegar to tell An Guogong that Mu Tieyi had found a lot of military books for her, hoping that her father could save herself, meaning that she would be punished for a few days to copy the Analects.
It's a pity that after an in-depth conversation with Mrs. Mu, An Guogong was sad about his daughter's future, and he didn't have the heart to listen carefully to Mu Hongsheng's complaint, so naturally he didn't reflect the focus of Mu Hongsheng's complaint. He patted his daughter's little brain melon with a pity, and comforted him with a good temper: "Red clothes, the book still has to be copied." Don't worry, as long as you obediently copy books these days, in September, your father will let your mother take you to your grandfather's house to pay homage to your birthday, okay? ”
This time, Mu Hongshang was completely dumbfounded. If you want to copy the book until your grandfather's birthday, won't it take more than three months?? For two hours a day, how many books does she have to copy!!
"Dad," Mu Hongsheng struggled unrelentingly: "The second brother asked me to copy "Sima Fa", but I don't understand it, how boring it is to copy!" ”
However, it is a pity that in An Guogong's view, the purpose of copying books is to restrain Mu Hongshang's temperament, as for what to copy, as long as it is not the category of "Female Commandment" and "Female Virtue", it doesn't matter otherwise. Therefore, he replied perfunctorily: "It's okay if you don't understand, just copy it twice." And your brother has studied all these books, if you are curious, ask him the same. ”
Ha? Mu Hongshang was dumbfounded, when did she say she was curious?! She obviously doesn't want to copy the military book! It's a pity that the matter has come to this point, and the struggle is useless, Mu Hongsheng can only go back to her grandmother's main hall with the big stack of military books in despair.
In fact, Mu Hongshang has not been punished before, but Mrs. Mu is always reluctant to be punished heavily, most of the time she opens her eyes and closes her eyes, and the meaning is forgotten. This time, Mu Hongshang thought, about the same as usual, grandmother said that the punishment for copying books is about three or five days, and after these three or five days, my mother and grandmother are relieved, and there is no need to copy books. Thinking about it this way, and she didn't need to finish copying all these books, in just a few days, copying the military book and copying the Analects were indeed almost the same, both were just as boring.
However, Mu Hongshang soon discovered that this time she had miscalculated. Grandmother seemed to be determined to let her remember for a long time, a whole month passed, and the thunder could not be moved for two hours every day, Mu Hongsheng copied almost all the military books that Mu Tieyi handed over to her, and the paper used was too many knives to count, but grandmother still did not let go and said that she would be exempted from punishment.
From the beginning of April after the Mangzhong Festival to the Dragon Boat Festival in May, even on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, my grandmother sent someone early to urge her to copy the book.
"Grandmother," Mu Hongsheng finally couldn't help but want to be coquettish: "It's been a month, and I've copied all the military books given by my brother, and you see, the words and papers I copied out are piled up." ”
"If you copy it once, you can copy it a second time," Mrs. Mu was unmoved, and glanced up at the half-copied paper in front of Mu Hongsheng: "Don't rub, how many words can be written in two hours, I know in my heart, if you rub it, copy it for a while." ”
"Grandmother!" Mu Hongshang dropped her pen and came to Mrs. Mu, holding her arm and coquettishly: "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and you still have to copy books after the festival!" ”
"That's why I asked you to copy the book earlier," Mrs. Mu patted Mu Hongsheng's tender face lovingly, but she still didn't let go of the punishment: "Today's holiday, Mr. Wai waived your morning class, you can copy it earlier before you can go to play." ”
"Isn't it possible to be exempt from punishment for festivals?" Mu Hongshang pulled the sleeve of Mrs. Mu's coat and played tricks: "I know that the second brother bought a kite from outside and came back, when I came over, I saw Jinyi going to the back garden with a kite, if I don't go again, I won't be able to catch up." ”
"Don't worry." Old Madam Mu patted Mu Hongsheng's hand soothingly: "They won't play first, they are all waiting for you, you can copy it quickly, don't make them wait for a long time." Our family will have a banquet in the back garden at noon, so that you can have enough. Now go and keep copying the book. ”
Mu Hongsheng failed, so she had to hang her head, return to the table, and continue to stand honestly copying books. Mrs. Mu picked up the tea and drank the tea while staring at Mu Hongsheng copying the book, with a little smile in her eyes.
Everyone said that she was too spoiled to be red, and she was afraid that she would have to raise this child to waste. That's nonsense! The child who grew up in front of her, she knows it psychologically, and this baby bump of hers does seem to be naughty, climbing high and low, and not very obedient. According to the upbringing standards of the noble daughters of this dynasty, they are too wild and lively. But she knew that Hongshang was essentially an honest child, obedient and well-behaved, thin-skinned, and even Sarai was easier to persuade than the children next to her.
Everyone said that she was pampered in red clothes, but she saw that the child was lively and active, and she did not deliberately deter the child from learning some needlework and female red, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and rules of behavior with the female master, so she began to say that she was pampered.