Chapter 29: Apprenticeship

The fourth young master originally wanted to go to the study to work hard, but the study was not as warm as the warm pavilion, Gu's mother was afraid that the fourth young master would be cold, so she had to burn the brazier in the study, but the fourth young master couldn't, so she had to go to the warm pavilion to study.

Lin Shuang lay on the kang table to play with toys, these things are delicate but exquisite, but Lin Shuang doesn't like it, although she is a toddler, she is indeed an adult in her twenties, even if she pretends to be interested. She was bored for a while, crawled next to the fourth young master, and stretched her neck to read the book in his hand.

Gu's mother was afraid of disturbing the fourth young master's hard work, so she wanted to come over and pick her up, but the fourth young master thought it was funny, stopped Gu's mother, and asked Lin Shuang: "You can't read and write, what are you looking at?" ”

Lin Shuang said: "I am literate, and my father taught me to read." ”

The fourth young master spread the book on the kang table and asked her to read, most of the words in the book Lin Shuang could even guess and recognize, but she was not very good at breaking sentences, and she didn't understand the meaning of these articles. And it can't be too showy, so Lin Shuang found out the words taught by Steward Lin and read them to him.

Although he only knew a few words, it was enough for the fourth young master to be surprised.

"Do you want to learn to read?"

Lin Shuang nodded, looking at the fourth young master with wide eyes.

The fourth young master smiled: "Then you recognize me as a gentleman, and I will teach you to read and write." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Shuang was very simple, fell down on the kang like a little squirrel, arched his little short hand and said in a glutinous voice: "Sir, please accept the disciple's worship." ”

The fourth young master laughed, but he didn't expect her to understand this, so he pretended to be serious and said: "The apprentice has to fast for three days, burn incense and bathe, and kowtow to tea, you can't just kowtow." ”

Lin Shuang was dumbfounded, she didn't know that ancient etiquette was so troublesome, so she hurriedly beckoned to Gu's mother: "Gu's mother, help me boil water!" ”

Gu's mother clasped her hands and said aside: "Fourth young master, let's keep everything simple as a family." ”

Lin Shuang hurriedly nodded in agreement: "The form is not important, just get your mind." ”

The fourth young master was moved by what they said, and finally nodded, and couldn't remember what to teach for a while. His enlightenment was taught by his second wife, and he has been learning little by little since he can remember. When he was old enough to go to school, he fell ill again, so he didn't go to school, before the second master invited him to invite a gentleman to teach at home one after another, and then the gentleman returned to his hometown to keep filial piety, and never came back, he could only read at home by himself, and asked the second master if he didn't understand.

Gu's mother saw that he was embarrassed, and prompted: "I heard that when female dolls read, they all read "Women's Rules" and "Women's Commandments". ”

Lin Shuang was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again: "The fourth young master hasn't read those books himself, if he wants to teach me, he has to read them first, it's not cost-effective." It's better like this, Fourth Young Master, when you are studying, I will listen to it on the sidelines, and you will teach whatever you want, anyway, I don't want to take the imperial examination. ”

The fourth young master also felt that he would do this for the time being, and when he was free, he would consult his mother to see how his mother had taught her.

The fourth young master originally wanted to go to the study to study, because he wanted to "read", but now he has accepted the disciples, and he just reads them out for the disciples to learn. The fourth young master shook his head and read a sentence, and Lin Shuang learned a sentence in the same way.

"The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection."

Lin Shuang's immature and soft voice: "The way of university is in Mingmingde......

When it was time to finish eating, the fourth young master stopped sitting in a sedan chair, wore a large jacket made of sheepskin, wore leather gloves, and took Lin Shuang's hand and walked to the lotus courtyard.

The second master has gotten off the office, changed into home clothes and talked to the second wife in the house.

The fourth young master led Lin Shuang into the door, and at a glance he could see that the second wife's expression was wrong.