Chapter Eighty-Six: Because It's Beautiful
The subjects that these four gentlemen are good at are naturally etiquette, music, calligraphy, and mathematics.
The person in charge of teaching etiquette was an old man in his seventies, with white eyebrows and white beard, a rickety body, all his teeth had fallen out, and his eyes were not very good.
However, it is said that he was very knowledgeable, and his study of etiquette was particularly thorough, and others called him "Master Cen".
Music theory is taught by a young man with a piccolo, while calligraphy is taught by a female gentleman, and the final mathematics is taught by a middle-aged scribe wearing thick glasses.
In the next three days, the above four gentlemen were responsible for helping Lin Yan and the three of them to tutor.
Lin Yan is from a small village on the border, while Mingya is from the distant Nanban, so it's okay for them to compete in the martial arts arena, but to test these things involves their knowledge blind spots.
In this regard, Li Zongsheng is much stronger than them. After all, due to his father's position, there is definitely no shortage of good teachers.
And he has been in the bustling metropolis of Chang'an since he was a child, and he has learned a lot, although he is not very proficient, but compared to Lin Yan, who has no foundation, he is very powerful!
This made Li Zongsheng feel that he had won a game, and he was a little proud in his heart. After all, in front of a demon like Lin Yan, you can't beat it, but it's good to win a little in other aspects!
There is not much time, but after a brief acquaintance, the class officially begins!
Originally, as the teacher specially selected by Master Li for his son, their professional knowledge in all aspects was naturally not weak, but Li Zongsheng usually didn't like to study, and in most cases he put them aside, and only came to pretend when Lord Li "checked".
The rest of the time, this second-generation son doesn't know where to play!
How did he suddenly change sex today! He also said that he wanted to study hard, and he even brought two classmates with him, what a hell!
Although I am very confused in my heart, after all, I still have to do my job well when I take people's money.
Among them, the happiest one is naturally Master Cen, he is old, and he doesn't care about money or anything for a long time. After all, that thing is not brought in life and not brought in death, and at his age, it may be gone one day, so what's the use of asking for so much money?
The reason why he agreed to be Mr. Li Zongsheng's personal tutor was more because he wanted to teach students and enjoyed the sense of accomplishment of "teaching and educating people"!
But this kid is really not a good student, and he often doesn't see each other, which makes him angry and a little helpless. After all, it only makes sense for him to be a professor if he wants to learn!
Yesterday, I heard this kid say that he was going to bring his classmates to study at home today, and I thought he was a "prodigal son", and I couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
Not long after the lecture started today, Master Cen found that things were not so simple.
After all, Li Zongsheng has some foundation, but the two classmates he brought really don't know anything about etiquette!
Master Cen is also strange, although the Tang Kingdom is relatively open, it also attaches great importance to etiquette. Even ordinary civilians know some etiquette more or less, and these two people seem to have come out of the deep mountains and old forests, as if they are isolated from the world, and they don't know anything!
The old master is very depressed now, which means that he has to teach these two people the etiquette from the beginning, from ancient times to the present, the evolution of various etiquette methods is like the number of sands in the Ganges River, innumerable, such a short time is obviously impossible to master, and even a general explanation can not be finished.
Fortunately, they were just trying to cope with the exam, so Master Cen focused on teaching them some basic etiquette.
Lin Yan and Mingya listened very carefully, after all, no one had taught them these things, and it was still very novel to them.
As for Li Zongsheng, these things are too simple for him, after all, for the second generation of officials, this kind of thing is like eating and drinking, it is a skill that they must master by birth.
So he listened very boringly, and after a while, he fell asleep, and Master Cen shook his head "hating iron but not steel".
After teaching etiquette for more than an hour, I changed to a gentleman in mathematics to continue teaching.
Arithmetic is also often used in daily life, for example: buying things in the market, staying in an inn, collecting taxes, etc., all need to be calculated.
Originally, Lin Yan thought that this gentleman with glasses was the kind of serious and old-fashioned person, but he didn't expect his lectures to be humorous, and even Li Zongsheng was in good spirits.
But mathematics requires a long time to turn the brain, after all, thinking and calculation is a major feature of this discipline, as time goes by, before you know it, it has reached noon, and several of their stomachs are also gurgling, because using the brain is also very tired!
At this time, Uncle Li came, the kitchen was already cooking, and he came to greet everyone to eat.
Li Zongsheng, who was listening to the lecture, jumped up from his seat happily as soon as he heard that the meal was ready, and couldn't wait to run to eat, and didn't forget to greet Lin Yan and Mingya before leaving.
As for the four gentlemen having a place to eat alone, they will not be with them, which is also a manifestation of Master Li's respect for teachers.
Li Zongsheng took Lin Yan and Mingya all the way to the dinner table, and there were already people waiting at this time.
It was a very beautiful woman, she was dressed in brocade, with her hair in a bun on her head, and a silver hairpin casually inserted, just a little powder, and she looked particularly dignified and generous when she stood there.
"This should be Mrs. Shaoyin!" Lin Yan looked at her and said secretly in her heart.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Zongsheng saw the woman, he smiled and shouted: "Mother!"
The woman nodded slightly, stretched out her hand and touched Li Zongsheng's head dotingly, and then beckoned a few people to sit down.
Today's meal was very rich, although it was not made with any precious ingredients, but it was made by Madame herself.
Originally, Li Zongsheng planned to let the back kitchen do it, but who knew that his wife heard that his friends were coming to be guests, so she had to show her hand and entertain them well.
No, sweet and sour carp, pagoda meat, braised lion's head and other delicious dishes were placed on the table, especially this braised lion's head, but the lady's specialty dish directly pinched their stomachs.
Lin Yan directly cooked two bowls of rice, and Mingya completely ignored the image of a lady, she didn't enjoy eating one, and ate another one, you must know that this lion's head is the size of a baby's fist, and the amount is not small.
I thought I was going to meet Lord Shaoyin, but today he happened to have something to do, only his wife was at home, she looked not only beautiful and generous, but also approachable, and it would not make people feel pressured to get along, so Lin Yan and they had a very comfortable meal.
After eating and drinking, it is natural to start the afternoon class.
Etiquette and mathematics were taught in the morning, and in the afternoon it was time for music theory and calligraphy.
The young gentleman taught them to play the flute, and the result was that the gentleman was depressed, and the root of the depression was Lin Yan!
He had never seen anyone blow such a terrible tune! No, it's not bad anymore, it's that it can't be heard at all!
It was as if someone had pinched the eagle's neck, and only staccato hiss could be squeezed out of the broken gong-like throat.
Unexpectedly, Mingya is quite talented in this area, and after practicing for a while, she initially mastered the trick, which made Lin Yan, who had been unable to enter, a little envious.
As for calligraphy, this is the most unlikely to be done quickly, so Mr. Lady only briefly explained the fonts of the famous masters of the past dynasties, so that they can learn from it.
Unconsciously, the day's study time was over, Lin Yan took Mingya to say goodbye to Li Zongsheng and walked in the direction of the inn.
Looking at their distant backs, Li Zongsheng became more firm in his previous thoughts, and said secretly in his heart: "These two people really have a situation!"
Lin Yan didn't care what Li Zongsheng thought, after he led Mingya back to the inn, he entered a meditative state by himself. Although this tutoring is very important, you can't slack off in your cultivation!
Ming Ya looked at this cultivation maniac, snorted, and said, "Cultivation maniac!" Nerds! Then he ignored him in a huff! ”
Originally, she was still going to chat with the other party or something, but who knew that this guy didn't know anything except cultivation, so he was dumbfounded!
After a while, I don't know if the little girl was angry or what, she said that she wanted to take a bath, and directly drove Lin Yan out, making the latter very depressed.
"You wash it, wash it, I don't look at you, as for driving me out!" Lin Yan thought helplessly at this time.
To say that the girl's bath is not usually slow, Lin Yan was about to fall asleep waiting outside, so Mingya let him in.
At this time, the girl who had just come out of the bath had her black and bright hair wet and scattered behind her, with some crystal droplets on it, and her delicate little face might look red because of the heat, which was cute!
This scene can make Lin Yan stunned!
He is still young, so naturally he doesn't think too much, but he simply thinks that Mingya is very good-looking at this time.
And the girl was stared at by him so directly, her little face turned red, and she said ashamedly: "Look at it!" Hum! ”
And Lin Yan replied with a ghostly message: "Because it's good-looking!"
When the girl was told by him, not only her face, but also the root of her neck turned red, and she stretched out her finger and pointed at Lin Yan: "You...... You ......"
Mingya didn't say anything for a long time, turned around and covered the bed with a quilt, and didn't want to deal with him for the time being.
After a while, the girl heard a sound behind her, so she turned back in confusion, only to see a white shadow "plop" and jump into the bathtub.
Mingya exclaimed and said, "What are you doing!"
Lin Yan said suspiciously: "Take a bath!"
Mingya pointed to the bath bucket and said ashamedly, "I used this water!"
Lin Yan waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's okay, I think the water is quite clean, and the temperature is okay, just right!"
The girl stroked her forehead when she heard this, and thought: This is not the problem at all! It's a bath water that a girl used, how can you continue to use it? It's humiliating!
Lin Yan looked at Mingya's embarrassed appearance, and was afraid that she would be really angry, so she hurriedly said, "Don't be angry, if you are unhappy, I won't need it."
As he spoke, he jerked himself up from the tub.
This sudden scene made the girl's eyes widen, and the air around her seemed to freeze for a moment, and then a scream came: "Ah! Stinky and shameless! ”
The girl hurriedly closed her eyes, grabbed the pillow next to her and smashed it towards Lin Yan......