Chapter 5: The Book of Demons
This was a big disaster, the Yi family brothers and sisters were dumbfounded, stunned for a while, and hurriedly went to help extinguish the fire with the villagers who rushed to hear the news.
The academy is far away from the river, so they can only rely on the well to draw water, and before two buckets of water can be filled, the academy has been burned to the ground, and the brother and sister stand in the distance and watch the academy be burned to the ground, and then run back home in disgrace.
Yi Jiaren wiped the "Dictionary of All Nations" snatched out of the firepower and hid it in the cabinet.
Thankfully, the book is in perfect condition.
After half an hour, Yi Ming and Lin, who went to help put out the fire, came back, and the brother and sister didn't dare to say anything, and consciously knelt in the house and thought about it.
"Beauty, I heard that you set this fire?" Yi Ming sat on the top spot, not angry and arrogant.
"It was the gentleman who scolded first." Yi Jiaren was not convinced.
"What did he scold you?"
"He scolded me for being frivolous, scolded my mother for being incapable of teaching, and scolded my husband for being a rotten wood."
"Scolding is scolding, what are you doing burning his academy?"
Mr. Chen is proud and scolds him for nothing. Because Yi Linfeng was disobedient, he, a father, had already been invited to the academy and scolded twice.
"Father," Yi Jiaren frowned and blinked, "He was the one who wanted to burn my book first, and I accidentally threw the fire breaker out." ”
"Yes, it was the gentleman who scolded the beautiful woman first, and then burned her books, which caused these things." Yi Linfeng also spoke for his sister.
"Alright." Yi Ming shook his robe and stood up, and said to the Lin family: "It's all your goddaughter, don't let the beautiful woman go out these days, let her copy the "Lanting Collection Preface" in the room a hundred times, when will she finish copying it, and when will she come out." ”
"Father... Father, what about me? Yi Linfeng asked in fear.
"You, you can memorize the "Beitang Book Money" for me."
"Ahh It's better to copy the "Lanting Collection Preface" a hundred times.
The brother and sister immediately complained bitterly.
This time they were too naughty, and the Lin family didn't intercede for them.
After being locked up for a few days, Yi Jiaren was going crazy, and she didn't have the heart to copy what she wrote, so she threw it to Yi Linfeng to help her copy.
Yi Ming and the Lin family went in and out, very busy. first paid Mr. Chen 50 taels of silver to rebuild the academy, and then paid 2 taels of silver to each of the students.
The loss of money is a small matter, Mr. Chen said that he would not accept Yi Linfeng, a student, and even the gentleman who invited Yi Jiaren before heard about this matter and returned the money, and he didn't come to give her a lecture again.
The brother and sister were secretly happy, but they made Yi Ming and Lin half angry.
I went to find a few academies in other villages, but as soon as people heard that it was a baby from the Yi family's burning school, they didn't accept it. Especially Yi Jiaren, who is famous in ten miles and eight towns, no one dares to teach this female student.
The sisters who used to be good friends with Yi Jiaren are now less here, and the people in the village say that she fell into evil spirits in the months since she disappeared, and her temperament has changed greatly.
Her book is also very evil, people will lose their minds when they read it, or someone as virtuous as Mr. Chen would not burn her book for no reason.
Every family teaches children not to associate with the children of the Yi family, especially not to come into contact with the Yi family.
These rumors reached the ears of Yi Ming and Lin, they were very anxious, the two children had been idle at home for half a month, and there were matchmakers who came to talk to Yi Linfeng before, but now they are all taking a detour.
On this day, Yi Ming went out to find his son again, and came back with a frown on his brows when it was almost dark.
"Master, how is it today?" Lin asked.
Even so, she already had an idea in her mind.
If you can't find Mr. again, send Yi Linfeng to Uncle Ning'an's house, and let him find a academy over there to continue his studies, and the child's future cannot be delayed. As for Yi Jiaren, now everyone knows that she beats her husband and burns the school, but I am afraid that it is impossible to choose another good son-in-law, so I can only wait for the Xiao family to marry.
Yi Ming frowned, thinking the same way.
"Beauty, show me your book."
"Yes."
Yi Jiaren promised to hold the "Dictionary of All Nations" in front of his father.
Yi Ming spread out the book and read it for a long time, his eyebrows tightened.
"Dad, you don't think it's an evil book, do you?" Yi Jiaren asked.
"Nope." Yi Ming shook his head and pointed to a text in the book: "When I went to Yingzhou to collect fairy grass, there was a country nearby that used a similar script. ”
After turning a few pages, Yi Ming pointed to a text again: "I saw this kind of text when I and Mrs. Xiao went west to the Great Food Country. ”
"It's like a lion country."
"It's like a terracotta country."
"And this ......"
Yi Ming read the entire book in one go, and he could make out no less than ten kinds of words.
Lin and Yi Linfeng also gathered around him and watched.
Yi Jiaren, who was standing on the side, instantly bowed to this father and admired him so much. Ancient and modern foreign languages have undergone thousands of years of change, and he can still recognize them.
"Father." Yi Jiaren suddenly propped his hands heavily on the case, startling Yi Ming.
"Beauty, what's wrong with you?"
Yi Jiaren looked into his eyes and said, "Father, I have decided, you will be my idol in the future." ”
"Oh... Well..."
Although he didn't know why, Yi Ming was still very happy, his daughter worshiped her father, glorious!
Lin also praised his old man for his knowledge.
Only Yi Linfeng is more worried about whether this book is really as rumored in the village, and it will make people lose their minds when they read it, "Father, do you have any problems reading this book?" ”
"There's no problem, it's just a Chinese dictionary." Yi Ming replied.
Now they don't ask Yi Jiaren about the origin of this book, and if they do, they will only say that they don't know. It's okay if you don't know, as long as the child isn't stupid.
After dinner, Yi Ming and Lin called Yi Linfeng to him.
"Linfeng, you've been at home for half a month, right?" Yi Ming asked.
When his father asked like this, Yi Linfeng was a little nervous, thinking that he was going to check the article he had memorized before, and hurriedly replied: "My son is not idle, the article you asked me to memorize has already been memorized, and I will recite it to you now." ”
Yi Ming waved his hand: "Father is not here to check your homework today, but to tell you something." ”
Yi Linfeng breathed a sigh of relief: "What's the matter?" You say. ”
"Now that the academy gentlemen in the four towns and eight neighbors are unwilling to accept you, your mother and I are going to send you to Uncle Ning'an's house to live temporarily, so that they can find you a academy to study, do you have any opinions?"
What's the opinion? How can there be an opinion. Yi Linfeng felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and he wanted to rush out immediately to dance a sword.
He had long wanted to leave Daliu Village to take a look outside. When my father was young, he had seen a lot of the world, and he also wanted to be a well-informed person like his father.
"My son doesn't have any opinions, but since there is no husband to teach us, won't my sister's studies be wasted, so it's better to let my sister go to Ning'an with me."
In the past few days, Yi Jiaren sighed at home, he, who is an elder brother, is also in a hurry, so it is better to take this opportunity to take her out for a walk.
"You don't have to worry about your sister, your mother will take care of her affairs."
Yi Linfeng turned to Lin again, waiting for her reply, hoping that she would agree.
Lin smiled: "You really think about your sister for everything, but the beauty can't go with you, she has already hired the Xiao family, just wait to get married." You can go to Ning'an just in time to ask when the Xiao family will come to ask for an appointment. ”