To Zeng Yu's surprise, there are already female students in the Yan clan, and there is more than one, one of them is Yan Shifang's daughter, ten years old this year, named Yan Wan'er, and the other is also a girl from her own clan, twelve years old, named Yan Yuexiang, Yan Yuexiang is the same age as the baby, but it is much thinner than the slim baby; In addition to Yan Shaoqing and Yan Shaoting's brothers, there are nine other Yan children who are studying in the clan study, the oldest is seventeen years old, and the youngest is nine years old, all of whom are taught by Yan Shifang. ”

At three o'clock in the morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, eleven male and female students have arrived, Yan Shifang's teaching is very strict, these students must first read aloud the books taught yesterday, read them five times, teach new books if they can memorize, and read until they can memorize them, and then take a break for a moment, and when it is time to officially start teaching new lessons-

These students are big and small, and the progress of reading is not the same, the two female students and the other four Yan children under the age of twelve have only read the "Four Books", Yan Shaoqing and Yan Shaoting are already reading "Primary School", and the youngest student at the age of nine is still reading "Thousand Character Text", when the reading starts, the people are full of voices, you read your book, I read my book, listen carefully, there is neatness in the chaos-

Of course, Zeng Yu didn't follow these students to study, he took a copy of "The Anthology of the Eight Families" to read, it was really a bit of a taste of returning to the junior high school classroom after graduating from college, Yan Shifang came over and said in a low voice: "If Zeng Sheng feels noisy, you can go back to the room to read." ”

There is only a wall away from the room, and it can't stop the boiling sound of reading, Zeng Yu said: "It doesn't matter, I'm not afraid of noise in my later life, Mr. Fang Tang is teaching even though he is." ”

Yan Shifang first asked Yan Shaoqing's older children to come to the Fati, and the "Thousand Character Text" written by Yan Song was Yan Song's handwriting, Yan Song's calligraphy was very famous in the Jiajing Dynasty, and it was a model for the children of his own clan-

When Yan Shaoqing and others came to the post, Yan Shifang taught other children to read the "Analects", and after teaching two verses, let these children write big characters in the post, and then taught Yan Shaoqing a few people "Primary School", "Primary School" is about words, phonology, and the knowledge of discipline, Zeng Yu also listened attentively, Mr. Xia Liangfeng also taught phonology in Dongyan Academy, but the knowledge of primary school is broad and profound, and he can spend his whole life to study, but now many scholars who seek fame only read eight shares, and the rest do not know, and there are few teachers like Yan Shifang who are willing to teach so comprehensively, It can be seen that Yan's family study is quite profound-

Yan Shifang taught "Primary School" for two moments, and then taught "Zhou Yi" "Dictionaries", at this time, there were heavy footsteps from the passage next to Yuqing Hall, and the students in the school turned their heads to look over there, only to see Yan Shifan, who was like a big white steamed bun, walked over, looked at the Yan children who were learning, and said with a smile: "Very good, everything is inferior, only reading is high." He said to Yan Shifang: "Eldest brother, I have something to say to you." ”

Yan Shifang agreed, and said to Zeng Yu: "Zeng Sheng, you come to teach this scripture, your scripture is "Zhou Yi", you can do it." After that, he followed Yan Shifan to Yuqing Hall.

Zeng Yu got up and sat on Yan Shifang's circle chair, and began to teach the next part of the speech, reading: "The king of the ancient Bao Xi clan is also the king of the world, looking up at the sky, looking down at the law on the ground, watching the birds and beasts, and the appropriateness of the earth, taking all the bodies near and all things from afar, so he began to gossip, with the virtue of the gods, and the feelings of all things. Make a knot rope and make a net, and use it to fish, and cover it to take all the separation. ”

Zeng Yu finished reading a paragraph, began to explain word by word, and then explained the meaning of this paragraph in a unified manner, and finally asked Yan Shaoqing a few questions about this paragraph, these Yan children were not convinced at first by the young Zeng Yu, especially the eldest one, Zeng Yu was only three years older than him, of course he was not convinced by Zeng Yu's teacher, but after listening to Zeng Yu's speech, he asked a few questions that he thought were difficult, Zeng Yutiao analyzed and answered very completely, so that he had to obey, and whispered to Yan Shaoqing who was sitting on the side: " This Zeng Xiucai hired by your father is really knowledgeable, and I think he speaks more clearly and easily than the second uncle. ”

Yan Shaoqing nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Zeng spoke very well, how can the person hired by my father be bad." ”

But listening to Yan Shaoting's "sneering" smile, the corners of his lips were hooked, as if mocking.

Zeng Yu tapped the book case with a ring ruler: "You are not allowed to talk in class." ”

Yan Shaoting raised his hand and said, "It's Yan Shaoqing and Yan Hao who are talking." ”

Zeng Yu glanced at Yan Shaoting, Yan Shaoting's round face was white and fat, similar to Yan Shifan, yesterday he listened to Yan Shaoqing's words, and knew that Yan Shaoqing, as the eldest son of the concubine, and Yan Shaoting, his sister-in-law, were not very harmonious, and said: "Be quiet in class, and raise your hand to ask questions if you have questions." Then he continued to teach the next paragraph—

Seeing that Zeng Yu did not pursue Yan Shaoqing and Yan Hao, Yan Shaoting was quite dissatisfied with Zeng Yu, rolled his eyes and looked at Liang Zhu, listening to the lecture absent-mindedly, and muttered in his heart: "What's the use of reading, my father is not from a reading background, he has no fame, but he is a third-grade servant in the official residence, and the second uncle has read books for most of his life, and he can only teach, I am a son-in-law, I can be an official, why study hard." ”

After about a moment, Yan Shifan and Yan Shifang came back, and when they saw Zeng Yu giving a speech, they stopped at the edge of the steps of the school hall to listen.

Zeng Yu hurriedly gave up his seat and said: "Mr. Fang Tang is a late student, and he can only teach people to read. ”

Yan Shifang smiled and said, "Zeng Sheng spoke very well, and he finished teaching this paragraph. ”

Zeng Yujiao returned to his seat after "taking the city in the middle of the day, to the people of the world, gathering the goods of the world, trading and retreating, each getting his own place, and taking all the devours".

Yan Shifang nodded and praised: "Zeng Sheng is proficient in Zhou Yi, and he is worthy of being the descendant of the Sanliao Zeng family." ”

Yan Shifan said to the children: "I will learn here in the morning, you all go back, Zeng Sheng and Shaoqing and Shaoting will stay." ”

The rest of the Yan family's children, together with the female student named Yan Yuexiang, bowed to Yan Shifan and Yan Shifang and went home one after another, and the ten-year-old Yan Wan'er stood beside her father Yan Shifang, waiting for her father to return to Ruizhutang together.

Yan Shifan said to Zeng Yu: "Why does Zeng Sheng live here alone, you should live with Shaoqing and Shaoting, my brother has a lot of things, and you can't manage the two of them everywhere, you have to take care of it." ”

Zeng Yuxin said: "Dare to love me, not only as a companion, but also as a nanny." said: "If the late life is living with the two Yan sons, it will be a lot of inconvenience, and the late life will be afraid." ”

Yan Shifan understood Zeng Yu's concerns, and said with a smile: "There are no female dependents here, only a few little maids and maids, there is nothing to avoid, you should move to Qishan Hall to live with them, I will return to Beijing in a few days, Shaoqing and Shaoting also want you to assist my second brother to teach more." ”

Yan Shaoting said happily: "Daddy is going back to Beijing, and the child is also going back to Beijing, and the child hasn't seen his mother for almost a year." ”

Yan Shaoting's mother Liu Shi did not return to Jiangnan with Yan Shifan at the beginning of the year because of poor health, and stayed in Beijing, Yan Shaoqing's mother Cao and Pei Lin and more than a dozen concubines followed back to Fenyi, Cao and several concubines now live in Yan Shifan's villa in Nanchang, there are six Pei Lin in Jichang Garden, Yan Shifan can't stay idle, and often runs to Nanchang-

Yan Shifan said to Yan Shaoting: "My father has an urgent matter to rush back, you must stay here and continue to serve the mourning system, and when the spring flowers bloom in the next year, I will send someone to take you back to Beijing." ”

Zeng Yuxin said: "I don't know what Yan Maoqing and Yan Shifan said, Yan Shifan wants to rush back to the capital in such a hurry, I'm afraid that he will throw himself into the net - Yan Shifan is extremely smart, but he is reckless and greedy, and defeat is inevitable, I have no friendship with Yan Shifan, and I don't want to get involved in this dark court dispute, I just want to be my Yan Mansion companion." ”

At this time, a companion came to report that Dr. Xue from Wutang had arrived, and Yan Shifan said, "Please wait for Dr. Xue, and I will go to Maple Bay with him." ”

Zeng Yu was very surprised, Yan Shifan was going back to Beijing, why did he suddenly think of asking Dr. Xue to come to treat Lu Miaoxiang, did he want to take Lu Miaoxiang and Yingzi to Beijing?

The second watch arrives, and the second watch will continue tomorrow, and the second watch will be made up for this month's owe in the next few days.