Chapter 5: Little Devil's Hair Is Difficult
Early in the morning, as soon as the sky was dawning, Song Qing got up and finished washing, and saw that Xiu'er in the same room was still asleep. Afraid that he would be late for the first day of seeing the master, he quickly woke up Xiu'er, and the two of them packed up and went to see the teaching master early.
As soon as I arrived at the door of the study, I saw Qin Zidui taking Qin Chaoyang and a man in his forties into the courtyard. The man was of medium stature and had a goatee. The previous master had already been angry with Qin Chaoyang and ran away, and this should be the new master.
"Song Qing, come and see Master Yang" Qin Zidui approached and beckoned to her after seeing Song Qing.
When Song Qing heard this, he walked over and made a gesture to the master: "Song Qing has seen the master. ”
Master Yang nodded to Song Qing, and said with a smile to Qin Zidui: "Brother Zidui, don't worry, Brother Fool will live up to your trust." ”
Qin Zidui entrusted the three of them to Master Yang and left in a hurry, Qin Chaoyang seemed relatively silent today, he was very angry with a few words yesterday, and he didn't look at him carefully, just after a careful look, he found that Qin Chaoyang was a miniature version of Qin Zidui except for his eyes. Qin Ziwan has been in business for many years, and his eyes reveal a kind of vicissitudes and wisdom; And Qin Chaoyang's eyes are soft, he should be like his mother, but he is young and vigorous, and he has the kind of rebellion of a teenager in his bones, which makes his face show a kind of rebelliousness.
If it weren't for the fact that Song Qing had seen his poisonous tongue skills with his own eyes yesterday and heard Xiu'er say his "great achievements", he would not have been able to associate this obedient Zhengtai with the bad boy before. Thinking that Qin Zidui should have taught him a lesson yesterday, Song Qing was a little gloating in his heart.
When I walked into the study, I saw a large bamboo mat spread on the ground, on which was placed a low square bookcase, and a wooden tray was placed on each side, which was filled with sand, and a truncated branch was placed on it. During the Warring States Period, papermaking was not yet invented, and most of the books and letters were bamboo slips and cloths. These sand tables and branches have become the simplest teaching tools.
The four of them knelt around the table, and Master Yang asked about what they had learned on weekdays. Among the three, only Xiu'er is the most literate, Qin Chaoyang knows a few words, and Song Qing, a high-achieving undergraduate student in the 21st century, has become illiterate here. The master took into account the situation of the Song and Qing dynasties, and taught the most basic characters.
Watching the master write those crooked characters on the sand table really made Song Qing, a modern person who is accustomed to horizontal and vertical folding, very difficult. Fortunately, when I was in school, the teacher used to talk about hieroglyphs and the like, and for college students in the modern cramming education system, rote memorization is completely a strength. In order not to be illiterate in ancient times, the Song and Qing dynasties studied very seriously.
Time passed quickly, and when Master Yang finished today's lesson, Song Qing found that his legs were numb, and he almost fell when he got up, but fortunately, Xiu'er helped him in time by the side.
It was really inconvenient to sit without a chair, and Song Qing cursed fiercely in his heart a sentence of evil and backward BC. When you have the conditions in the future, you must improve your life, and if you kneel and sit every day, your legs will break sooner or later.
As soon as he stood up straight, he heard a cold snort from the other side, and when he looked up, he saw Qin Chaoyang squinting at him coldly, turned around and walked outside the house. Song Qing was a little inexplicable, when did he provoke this little devil? provoked him to be so hostile to himself.
"Have you offended Chaoyang?" Xiu'er looked at Song Qing suspiciously.
"I've only been here for a day, and I've only seen him twice, and I haven't even spoken to him, so how can I offend him?" Song Qing was a little speechless, this little devil had been quiet all morning, why did he suddenly have hostility towards himself?
"Don't worry about it, let's go eat first, I'm going to starve to death" Song Qing rubbed his legs and pulled Xiu'er towards the door.
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The Master only taught for a few hours every morning. In the afternoon, Song Qing helped to do some work in the house, and began to practice calligraphy and endorsement. Occasionally, I was taken out by Yu's mother with Xiu'er, and I just walked around the small shops.
In ancient times, when commerce was underdeveloped, especially BC, shopping was a very boring thing, and it was far less interesting than the modern society with a developed material civilization. I really don't know how these ancient women liked shopping so much, even Xiu'er at such a young age, it can probably only be said that women's desire to shop is innate, no matter what period it is.
After only following one or two walks, Song Qing refused to go out with Xiu'er again, just doing some work every day and practicing calligraphy, and Qin Ziwan would often call her over to ask about life or studies.
After a few days, Song Qing felt as if he had returned to his student days, in addition to eating and sleeping, he was studying. Although it may feel a little boring, it is not as fast-paced as modern society, there is no intrigue, and it is also leisurely. Except that Qin Chaoyang often snorted coldly and rolled his eyes, but he really didn't feel sorry for himself, and he wouldn't care about these things with a child as an adult.
Song Qing sometimes thinks about it, do you know what it does matter in which period of the Warring States Period, he is a happy rice worm in the Qin Mansion, but it is good to live an ordinary life. I just think of my mother who is still in modern times, I don't know if she has walked out of the sadness of her death, and my heart is inevitably a little gloomy.
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Qin Ziwan stayed at home for more than a month, and was going out with Steward Yu again. Early in the morning, the people in the house sent Qin Zidui to the door, and Qin Zidui left Master Yang with something to say, so he asked them to go back to the study first. It's just that he didn't expect that after returning to the study, as soon as he started practicing calligraphy, Qin Chaoyang began to make trouble.
"You also call it a word, it's as ugly as a worm." Opposite the bookcase, Qin Chaoyang knelt on the ground, his face full of disdain.
Song Qing was speechless, he hadn't spoken for a month, and his first sentence was ridicule. I thought that this child would start to be sensible after reading for a month, and he changed his sex, but it turned out that he thought too well. It is estimated that Qin Zidui was there some time ago, so he didn't dare to be so arrogant, and now that Qin Zidui is going out, no one can control him, so he began to attack himself. It's just that Qin Zidui is still at the door, and this kid is too composed.
As a rational and mature adult, Song Qing chose to ignore it. Keep your head down and smooth out the words on the sand basin and continue to practice, the writing habits of more than 20 years are really difficult to change suddenly.
"When I first started learning calligraphy, it was all like this, and I didn't write well after practicing for so long." Xiu'er saw that Qin Chaoyang was embarrassed by Song Qing, so she came out to speak for her.
"I didn't talk to you." Qin Chaoyang missed a blow, like a punch on cotton, and suddenly became even more angry: "She is still so ugly when she writes, my father often says, seeing words like people, she looks so ugly, and the words she writes will not be beautiful." ”
Ginseng! Red fruit's provocation!
How can she be ugly! Although he was relatively thin and had vegetables on his face, people knew that he was a poor child at a glance, but after coming to Qin Mansion for more than a month, his living conditions were very good, and he obviously grew a lot of meat. Although there is still a long way to go from the pearl round and jade, her complexion is already a lot ruddy, and with her big watery eyes, she is still a cute little Lori.
In modern times, she was praised for her cuteness when she was a child, and although she was not at the level of a beautiful woman when she went to school, she could also be counted in the ranks of beautiful women, and there were several suitors. In this damn ancient time, the aesthetic concept should not be so bad.
Be calm, be calm! Song Qing comforted himself a little in his heart, then raised his head and glared at Qin Chaoyang, and continued to bow his head to write.
"You look so ugly, don't you know, you've never looked in a bronze mirror, right?" Qin Chaoyang saw Song Qing glaring at her, knowing that those words had a reaction, he couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Reading to you every day, I am scared and have nightmares at night." ”
It's tolerable, it's unbearable! I can't bear it, I don't have to endure it anymore!
"Young Master Qin's handwriting must look very beautiful!"