In the future, I often took the kind father's boat across the river to find Xin'er to play for free, and Xin'er's father and mother greeted me with a smile and treated me warmly every time they saw me, and sometimes insisted on keeping me to eat, probably treating me as a quasi-son-in-law, I thought beautifully. Often, because I have been at Xin'er's house for a long time, I am already late when I come home, and my parents will reprimand me at first, but later when they see that I go home safely every time, they don't care, especially when they learn that I am playing at Xin'er's house, they are more relieved. My father also went out of his way to find the kind captain, gave him a lot of money, as my boat fare and thanks, and entrusted him to take care of me.

One day, Xin'er and I were sitting by the river and chatting.

"This big river was originally formed by Chiyou's broken soul whip, but it was just a small ditch, and then the surface continued to extend, and the ditch slowly became a river, after thousands of years of evolution, the river became more and more magnificent, coupled with the Spring and Autumn Period Wu Wangfu dug a ditch, connecting the various small rivers and small rivers together, and finally formed the big river in front of you." Xin'er listened to me with relish.

"Brother Xiao Sheng, you see there are a lot of fish in the river!" Xin'er exclaimed, "Look, there's a big fish. ”

"Yes, it's huge!" I chimed in and said, "That fish doesn't seem to be the same color as any other fish." ”

"It's so good."

"I'll get you!" So saying, I hurriedly jumped into the river, without even taking off my clothes.

"Brother Xiao Sheng!" Xin'er shouted anxiously behind me, "Come up!" I don't want fish, I'll just take a look, you come up! ”

After the calf, I ignored the fact that I couldn't swim on a whim, maybe I could swim, but now I am in the form of a child, and I can't even make a piece, so I am confused as soon as I enter the water, and I am struggling in the water, not to mention how embarrassing it is. Really, what could I do, I really wanted to slap myself, but at the moment my hands were just flapping in the water, so that I didn't let myself sink.

"Help! Help me! Xin'er shouted for help on the riverbank.

I saw Xin'er's face full of anxiety, turning around in a circle on the riverbank and calling for help, and I saw that the riverbank was gradually filled with many people. I lost consciousness......

I felt my chest being squeezed up and down, I felt the fluid in my chest slowly gushing up my throat and spitting out of my mouth - I was rescued.

"Brother Xiao Sheng, how are you?" Xin'er knelt beside me and asked me, looking at me with an anxious look that made me feel pity, no, I should pity myself, damn it! Now I died in front of Xin'er, and so many people saw my embarrassment.

"It's fine!" I struggled to get up, the clothes on my body were soaking wet, very uncomfortable, I thought it was best to go home and change my clothes quickly, so as not to catch a cold, after all, I am still a child, and my body's resistance is not very good.

"Little prodigy, I'll send you home, if you really have three long and two short, I'm embarrassed to explain to the county order." The kind captain said to me, "That's what I want."

"Xin'er, then I'll go home first, change into clean clothes, and play with you another day." I said goodbye to Xin'er in advance and followed the captain back home.

Seeing that I was wet, my mother reprimanded me while looking for clothes to change for me, and poured me a cup of hot water for me to drink.

"What did you do?"

"I slipped into the water." I lied and said that I had just slipped into the water, and I didn't dare say that I was going down to catch fish, and if my mother knew that I had jumped into such a big river, she might have beaten me.

"Why are you so careless? If your dad came back and found out, he would have beaten you. "When my mother said this, I was a little scared, I know my father's temper, he will not get angry easily, but when he starts a fire, it is very terrible. I remember once I secretly ran to his study, ready to flip through the historical biography, to see what major things happened after my death, but I was not tall, I couldn't reach the scroll on it, and accidentally broke the inkstone that he had treasured for decades, I said many times that it was not intentional, and my mother also pleaded for me next to me, but my father didn't pay attention to it at all, and when I caught me running, I was beaten, and my ass was swollen, and it was difficult to sit down.

"Mother, please don't tell your father, I will pay more attention in the future!" I begged my mother, I didn't want to be beaten again.

"Okay!" After all, my mother was still kind, and said to me gently, "Drink this cup of hot water." ”

I picked up the cup on the table and drank it down.

The last thing I wanted to happen happened, I was sick! Yes, I caught a cold after jumping into the river to catch a fish, and now I can't hide it from my father, and he didn't hit me for the first time after he found out, maybe because my body was weak, and I couldn't bear to fight, I thought to myself.

My mother personally went to the pharmacy to prescribe some prescriptions, went home to feed me, and recuperated for two days, and finally got better, I hurriedly ran to the river bank to find a good father-in-law, ready to take his boat across the river to find Xin'er to play, these two days at home can not move, uncomfortable. I waited for a long time on the riverbank, and at last I saw the kind captain rowing over, and as soon as his boat was moored, I went up consciously.

"Playing with a little girl again?" He asked with a smile.

"Yes! I haven't seen you for two days, and I miss it so much! ”

As soon as the boat docked, I ran to Xin'er's house to play with her.

"Brother Xiao Sheng, what have you been doing these two days?" Xin'er saw me and asked.

"I'm sick, I'm recuperating at home!" I replied helplessly.

Xin'er covered her mouth and said, "Who told you to be reckless, you can't swim and jump into the river." Isn't it okay to look at the fish? You have to go down to the river to catch it, even if you can swim, can you have fish in the water? ”

"Oh, don't talk about it, it's too embarrassing."

I didn't come home until late, and when I got home, I saw a dignified old man sitting on the chair where my father used to sit.

"Xiao Sheng, this will be your husband from now on, and he will be responsible for teaching you to read." As soon as my father and mother saw me, she said, "Hurry up and call sir!" ”

"Hello sir!" I said to the old man, and gave him a trick in style.

Later, I learned that this majestic old man was Mr. Wang, a famous local man. Originally, it was supposed that I should be about fourteen years old when I was about fourteen years old, but my father and mother thought that I was a child prodigy after all, and I should have been educated earlier, so as not to waste my talents. They started restricting my playtime, and only allowed me to go out and move freely after I finished my daily study tasks, which was really frustrating.

Mr. Wang is already 60 years old and knows the destiny of heaven, and he is very knowledgeable and has a great reputation in the local area. According to others, Mr. Wang was depressed after being admitted to the school when he was young, and simply came back to teach, he began to run a school in his twenties, but later when he got older, the school could not be run anymore, in his words, "people are old, and their brains are useless".

He never married, and naturally had no children, so he rested at home after the school was closed, and this time it was my father who begged him for a long time, and my father has been taking care of him for so many years, so he was willing to pick up the textbook again and teach me to read. But Mr. Wang is inevitably still a little old-fashioned, and the knowledge he teaches is the same, which is nothing more than asking me to memorize the four books and five classics such as "The Book of Songs", "The Book of Songs", "The Analects", "The University", and "The Mean". Thanks to my mature mind and good memory, I completed the task easily every time, and then happily went to play with Xin'er.

Mr. Wang was stern. I remember one time he asked me to memorize the "Liren Chapter" in the Analects, and I had a word in my mouth - "Zi said: 'Liren is beautiful.'" If you don't choose to be benevolent, how can you know? Zi said: "Those who are not benevolent cannot be married for a long time, and they cannot be happy." The benevolent are benevolent, and the knower is benevolent. ’…… Zi said: 'Wealth and nobility are what people want; If you don't get it by its way, you won't go. Poverty and cheapness are the evil of people; If you don't get it by its way, you can't get it anywhere. ’”

"Stop!" Mr. Wang shouted angrily, "The rich and the noble are treated by their way, and the poor and the cheap are treated by their way." You're back wrong, you know? ”

I suddenly realized that I had just memorized a little in a hurry, and as a result, I made a mistake in my back, and I quickly and sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry, sir!" ”

"Copy the Analects of Confucius fifty times!" Mr. Wang said sternly, "Keep reciting!" Until you're done! ”

"The son said, 'I have not seen the good and the benevolent, and the evil and unkind. Those who are benevolent have nothing to offer; Those who are evil and unkind are benevolent, and those who are unkind are not allowed to be added to them.......' Ziyou said: 'The number of things is humiliating; The number of friends, Si sparse. I finished reciting it with trepidation.

"Copy it fifty times and then go out!" Mr. Wang said.

Hey, I don't know when I'll be able to play with Xin'er today. I reluctantly picked up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone and began to copy it, and when I copied it for the thirty-second time, Mr. Wang came over and picked up my copy and looked at it twice, and he tore it without saying a word!

"The handwriting is sloppy, copy it with heart!" He left these few words and left, leaving a "chic" back.

"Ahh My heart roared, I couldn't help it, I dared to be angry, I had to copy it from scratch again, this time I copied it stroke by stroke. I finally copied it fifty times, and it was estimated that three hours had passed. I carefully handed over the results to Mr. Wang for inspection, I was afraid that he would tear them off for me again, and my heart was in my throat, but fortunately, I finally passed, and I breathed a long sigh.

"Brother Xiao Sheng, why are you here so late today?" Xin'er saw me and asked.

"Copy the Analects at home." I said helplessly.

"Did your dad let you copy it?"

"No, my father asked me to copy it, and my father asked him to teach me to read."

"So what do you learn every day?" Xin'er's eyes were full of curiosity.

"Yes, too."

"By the way, Brother Xiao Sheng, my mother taught me to be a female celebrity a few days ago, this is for you, I will do it." Xin'er handed me a round handkerchief, with the words "Sheng" and "Xin" embroidered on both sides crookedly, but the word "Sheng" was missing a little.

"Xin'er, are you literate?" I asked.

"I'm illiterate, I still ask my dad these two words." Xin'er said in a childish but firm tone, "I want to be literate!" ”

"Xin'er, why don't you come to my house to study with me in the future, although Mr. Wang is strict, he knows a lot and is knowledgeable."

"Good! All right! Xin'er replied happily.