Chapter 168: Self-Contradiction

When Yan Yan saw so many people coming in, he naturally didn't dare to be casual, and hurriedly invited Li Cong to go to the kang, but Li Cong didn't shirk, first found a place to sit down, and then let Yan Yan and Lu You sit next to him, the old gentleman and Li Ji sat opposite them, and Li Sui, Li Zhen, Li Sui and Yan Zhang sat on the other kang table.

As soon as everyone sat down, Qinghe and a servant woman in his thirties came in with a tray of tea and pastries, and after putting down their things, the old woman followed the two of them out.

"Yan'er, the old gentleman is curious about what books you have studied, and who have you studied with?" Li Cong asked first.

In fact, today's Yan Yan also gave him a very different feeling, because he really didn't expect Yan Yan to have the courage to stand up and argue with Lu Ming, and in front of so many students, what surprised him even more was that Yan Yan actually defeated Lu Ming, and finally dropped a sentence "There is no end to learning, each of us is just a drop in the ocean" to encourage Lu Ming.

But this is a good thing and a bad thing, the good thing is that Yan Yan won Lu Ming, and he naturally rejoiced, after all, Yan Yan is his cousin and niece, not to mention that Yan Yan's father still died on the battlefield for him, so he also has a little guilt and responsibility for Yan Yan.

Now that he sees Yan Yan coming out, he also has a sense of relief and pride that my family has a girl who has just grown up.

The bad thing is that Lu Ming's talent is undoubtedly the first among the children of these families, in other words, the talents of these so-called children of the family are not as good as a boudoir girl, which makes him a little unable to laugh.

After all, the country of the Great Zhou still has to rely on these children of the family, if they can't do it, how will they assist this government in the future?

Therefore, Li Cong's heart was also up and down, so he even wanted to know where Yan Yan's talents came from and how much time he spent working hard than Ji Weiming.

"Back to the old man, when he was eight years old, his grandmother invited Mr. Chen Siru to teach in a private school at home for a few years, and the younger generation followed him to learn a subset of scriptures and history for four years. Yan Yan replied.

Although Chen Siru is not as famous as Ji Weiming, he is not an unknown person, and he has also been on the top list, so Ji Weiming understands where Yan Yan's knowledge comes from when he hears it, but what he doesn't understand is that a female in the boudoir actually invited a famous teacher to teach him, and he taught a subset of scriptures and history.

But what he didn't understand was why a boudoir woman would be interested in war and all kinds of miscellaneous books.

Also, from Yan Yan's argument, he could judge that this woman's talent and knowledge seemed to be no less than that of the prince of Zhenguo, but such a woman was withdrawn by the other party, should she sigh that she was making people or that Lu Shizi was clumsy?

Yan Yan saw his curiosity and suspicion of himself from the other party's scrutiny, but the purpose of her coming to see the other party today was not for herself, but for Lu You.

"Old sir, my grandson has studied no less books than the younger generation, but he suffers from not being able to express himself, and he has not been guided by his husband over the years, so he has to rely on his own blind thinking, therefore, the younger generation dares to ask the old gentleman to take the school exam, whether he can teach or not." Yan Yan shifted the topic to Lu You.

"Oh, who did you study with?" Although Mr. Ji has not seen Lu You's knowledge, he has seen Lu You's calligraphy and painting, and knows that his skills are not bad.

Lu You reported his husband's name very smoothly, but when the old gentleman took his homework exam, he stammered and answered the other party with one or two words because he was nervous, and Yan Yan had to help explain a few words, and later, seeing that the old gentleman had no impatience on his face, Lu You's courage gradually grew, and he could express his mind in three or four words, and even used one or two lines of poetry or ancient text to express his heart.

"Mr. Hui, my grandson's memory is amazing, he can recite a lot of poems, and he can also recite a complete "Analects", but unfortunately, there are many interpretations that I don't understand, so I want to worship a gentleman and study hard from scratch." Yan Yan added on the side.

"Really?" Ji Weiming ordered a passage of Analects to test Lu You.

Seeing that Lu You recited almost a word for word, Ji Weiming ordered two more ancient poems in the "Book of Songs", and seeing that this still did not stump Lu You, he ordered another paragraph of "Lisao".

After the school examination, not to mention Ji Weiming, even Li Cong and Li Ji were very surprised, because no one could have imagined that a fool who claimed to be unable to speak could actually read so many books and memorize a lot of poems, and what is even more incredible is that a person who can't even speak completely can smoothly recite so many complex and obscure poems.

"You have indeed read a lot of books, and your skills are not weak, can the old man ask, what is the purpose of your study?" Ji Weiming asked, mainly because he felt that with Lu You's knowledge, there was no need to apprentice at all.

"Fame." This time, Lu You expressed what he meant very accurately.

"Fame?" Ji Weiming looked at Yan Yan and then at Li Cong.

Obviously, this answer was unexpected to him.

A person who can't even speak completely wants to take the fame test?!

Taking a step back, even if he has fame, so what, he can't be a slaughterer for an official, so why waste this effort.

To be honest, it is better to study at home with this time, and it may not be impossible to make achievements in calligraphy and painting.

Of course, today is the first time I saw him after all, and Ji Weiming also knew the truth of talking shallow and deep, so he looked at Li Cong.

Li Cong waved his hand, "It has nothing to do with me, it's a good thing for young people to be motivated, and it's not a bad thing to read more books." ”

It is the meaning of the juniors, the juniors want to try how far the grandson can go, the final result is not important, but the process of pursuing it with heart is very important, this is a process of self-growth and self-recognition for him. At least, I don't want him to regret that he shouldn't have wasted these times when he was young, isn't there a saying that the young and strong don't work hard and the boss is sad? Yan Yan took the words.

"Haha, it's the first time I've heard that someone has said that the pursuit of fame is so fresh and refined, but please forgive the old man for being stupid, since the result is not important, why do you have to do it with your heart? Isn't that a contradiction? Ji Weiming took the opportunity to ask his doubts.

At the same time, Li Ji and Yan Zhang were also puzzled, and Li Cong understood her mind a little because Yan Yan had explained this matter.