Chapter Twenty-Six: Fooling Around
After Spoon took out all the books and put them on the table, Gu Zheng found that Mrs. Tai had prepared three books for her, "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text", not the books "Female Commandments", "Female Training" or "The Legend of the Martyr" that she imagined were specially for women.
Although Gu Zheng had heard of these books in his previous life, he had never really read them, so he chose "Thousand Character Text" with some interest to read, but Mr. Lin, who had only turned a few pages to teach, arrived on time. Several girls from the Cen family got up and blessed Mr. Lin when they saw it, and Gu Zheng had to kowtow to Mr. Lin to recognize the teacher and bow to the teacher because it was the first time for him to come back to class.
After receiving Gu Zheng's salute, Mr. Lin motioned for Gu Zheng to sit back in his place, twisted his beard and asked, "Can you read and read?" β
Gu Zheng wanted to say that she studied all the way from kindergarten to college graduation when she was a child, and reading and literacy were no problem, but when she thought that she had Gu Liniang, a mother who didn't even know the word "one" when she fell to the ground, Gu Zheng finally silently chose to hide it, and replied in a low-key and humble manner: "Mr. has never read a book, but he has only recognized a few words with the poor show in the village before." β
Gu Zheng's answer Mr. Lin was not surprised at all, but he immediately picked out the "Hundred Family Names" according to Gu Zheng's situation, turned to the first page and pointed to the first few lines of words and ordered: "The surname is the easiest to remember, you first look at the surname in the first ten lines of "Hundred Family Names", and if there are words you don't know, circle them one by one, turn around and ask me together." β
Gu Zheng didn't dare to say that she recognized the surname on it, so she could only obediently hold "Hundred Family Names" and look at it "seriously...... During this period, Gu Zheng also respectfully "consulted" Mr. Lin about several surnames that he did not "know", and finally spent an hour to recognize all the surnames on the first page.
Because Gu Zheng had previously said that he had only recognized words with Poor Xiu, Mr. Lin did not think that she was very smart, so he only asked Gu Zheng to follow him to read through the surname on the first page, even if he recognized the words, he could read the words out.
Mr. Lin saw that Gu Zheng was reading correctly and well, and he had a look of approval on his face, and soon entered the next tutorial, picked out a few words from the first page of "Hundred Family Names", and wrote them down in regular script, and asked Gu Zheng to cover the paper and follow the description, and asked her to trace until she could write the words alone without copying.
This first time in class, Gu Zheng didn't dare to be lazy, so he immediately beckoned the spoon to come over to help lay the pen felt and grind the ink, and he took a thin piece of rice paper and covered it on the word written by Mr. Lin, and fixed it properly with an imitation circle, before he dipped the pen in ink and traced the words meticulously.
The other girls of the Cen family have been reading books for a few years, such as "Hundred Family Names", "Thousand Character Text", "Three Character Classic" and other enlightenment books they have long stopped reading, and now they are all reading "Female Commandments" and "Female Training" under the teaching of Mr. Lin.
Mr. Lin's method of teaching them is also very simple, first Mr. Lin reads a paragraph, the girls read a paragraph, and after reading Mr. Lin, he briefly explains the meaning of that paragraph; After the explanation, I will continue to read a paragraph, read a paragraph, and repeat it over and over again, until Mr. Lin finishes speaking, and let the girls read it again from the beginning, and ask him if they don't understand something.
This kind of teaching method will inevitably be a little boring, Gu Zheng secretly glanced at a few girls, and saw that in addition to Cen Yuanniang, she was also sitting respectfully listening to Mr. Lin's lectures, Cen Erniang had already changed to other books she was interested in and read them in her hands, and she did not hide it at all, and she was not afraid of Mr. Lin seeing and blaming her;
Cen Sanniang and Cen Siniang, who were sitting next to each other, chatted in whispers, while Cen Wuniang held her chin and looked at a few Xiangfei bamboos outside the window in a daze, knowing that she was in fugue space. Even the timid and cowardly Cen Liuniang held a book to cover her face, and secretly dozed off on the table.
However, although the girls played and slept together, they immediately became the spirit of Ryoma and chattered together during the rest time of one to half an hour...... Gu Liniang appeared during the intermission of the girls, and as soon as she arrived at the hall where the girls were studying, she strode to Mr. Lin's bookcase, and touched the things on Mr. Lin's desk with devotion and adoration.
Gu Liniang's actions immediately made a few girls who looked down on her on weekdays a little more disdainful, but Gu Liniang didn't care what others thought of her at all, she still babbled, put it on her aunt's shelf and asked the girls to give her a gift, and after receiving the gift, she swaggered to the bookcase where Gu Zheng was sitting, pointed to the words written by Gu Zheng, and asked excitedly: "Nan, these words are written by yourself?" β
This Gu Liniang has been idle for many years, and she will only do that trick and abduction, and she doesn't know a single word! Therefore, she subconsciously admires those who can read and write, and thinks that those who can read and write are very remarkable!
Therefore, when Gu Liniang saw Gu Zheng nodding to indicate that the word was written by her, she immediately slapped her thigh and praised Gu Zheng in an exaggerated tone: "Alas! We're so smart, we've just been reading for an hour and can write! If this continues, my nannan will soon be able to give my mother a top prize in the exam! β
Gu Liniang's words made Cen Sanniang laugh out loud, and stabbed Cen Siniang with her elbow, and said, "Fourth sister, if you can read a few words, you are smart, you are really laughing to death!" Those who don't know are ridiculous! β
Cen Siniang also looked down on Gu Liniang, the village aunt, and immediately picked up the conversation with a disdainful face and sarcastically said unceremoniously: "How can a woman refer to the imperial examination?" Even if you can, you can only write a few words and want to be the champion? Then the champion of our Dafeng Dynasty is too worthless, right?! Auntie, no one will blame you if you don't see it, but if you don't know it, then don't come out to embarrass people and make jokes! β
Gu Zheng, who was praised by Gu Liniang's exaggerated shouting, was full of black lines, and when he heard Cen Siniang's words, a few familiar "warning words" subconsciously appeared in his mindβββ this Cen Sanniang and Cen Siniang are really fashionable!
The words of the two of them are translated into modern words, but one of them says that Gu Liniang is "it's terrible to be uneducated", and the other says "Gu Liniang's stupidity is not her own fault, it is the brain given by her parents, but if she is stupid and embarrassed, that is Gu Liniang's own mistake".
Gu Zheng also obeyed Gu Liniang's ability to make a fuss, so she decided to pretend to be dead and ignore everything that happened in front of her, first moved to the window quietly, and then began to pretend to enjoy the scenery outside the window when she moved to the front and back of the window, in this way she said that she didn't know what was going on in the house at all.
Cen Yuanniang on the side saw Gu Zheng's cute appearance, a thick smile welled up in her eyes, and she quickly spoke out empathetically to relieve Gu Liniang: "Fourth sister, how can you talk to your aunt like this?" β
Cen Yuanniang is the eldest sister, so she has the responsibility of disciplining her younger siblings, so as soon as she saw Cen Siniang's words so mean and ugly, she reprimanded her solemnly, and took the initiative to apologize to Gu Liniang for Cen Siniang: "Auntie, the fourth sister will be open-mouthed when she is young and ignorant, I hope you don't blame her a lot." β
"Alas, how can I bother with you girls?"
Gu Liniang waved her hand at Cen Yuanniang very generously, indicating that she would not be angry!
After praising Gu Zheng loudly for a few words, Gu Liniang suddenly felt a little thirsty, so she saw that the green jade peach-shaped cup on Gu Zheng's case was filled with water, and without saying a word, she picked up the cup and drank all the water inside, and after drinking, she did not forget to look at the cup in her hand while sighing: "Make this green jade into a peach-shaped cup, and there is a pattern of monkeys picking peaches engraved on it, which is really exquisite and beautiful!" β
Gu Liniang's actions made the corners of Gu Zheng's mouth twitch subconsciously, and they didn't know what to say for a while, Cen Yuanniang and the others were even more frightened by Gu Liniang's actions, their eyes widened, and they were stunned for a while......
In the end, it was Cen Sanniang and Cen Siniang's unbridled laughter that broke the silence, and Cen Siniang even unceremoniously pointed to the "cup" in Gu Liniang's hand and kindly introduced: "Auntie, this thing is not a cup, but a pen wash!" It's not drinking water, it's water for washing pens! Hahaha, I'm laughing to death! β