Xia Huai slapped Xia Qi hard: "Brother, do you want to worship Master Chang as a teacher?" ”

"I can't ask for it, but."

Xia Huai directly interrupted him: "Don't do it, Master Chang, what do you see?" ”

Chang Maofeng stroked his long beard at this time, looked at Xia Qi with heavy eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You haven't asked yet, how can you not know?" ”

Xia Qi was stunned for a moment, then rejoiced, and hurriedly knelt down: "Master Chang, I want to worship you as a teacher, I don't know if the kid has a chance?" ”

Chang Maofeng stared at Xia Qi for a long time, and only when Xia Qi's forehead was sweating, did he laugh: "You are a good seedling, and the old man doesn't mind accepting an extra student." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xia Huai was stunned, and Xia Huai kicked it directly: "Stupid, quickly apprentice!" ”

Only then did Xia Qi react, and the beautiful and intelligent Pianxiu in the past knocked his head to the ground three times.

Chang Maofeng waited for Xia Fang to finish kowtowing, and then bent down and pulled him up: "Okay, get up, find me to warm the book tomorrow." ”

It's not too late, but it's actually quite normal for a reader, so Xia Qi agreed without hesitation.

As everyone knows, this is the beginning of his hard life.

The next day, when the sky was bright, Zhou Huiniang and others, under the leadership of Zheng Daqiao and others, once again embarked on the road out of the city to set up a stall.

The soldiers were divided into three routes, and Xia Dashan took Zhang Damu and Wang Tieniu to drive the mule cart to Taohua Village, ready to apply for short-term jobs.

Xia Qi got up hard to go to Chang Maofeng to report, but the pit was that Chang Maofeng hadn't gotten up yet

Can Xia Ji bother? Apparently not, so he had to stand nearby with a book and study it first.

He is not a person who follows the rules and does not know how to be flexible, thinking in his heart, yesterday Chang Maofeng asked him to wait, he came, but the other party did not get up. If he goes back like this, I'm afraid he will be criticized, but if he waits, not to mention being praised by Chang Maofeng, at least he won't be condemned!

After almost half an hour of studying, Chang Maofeng woke up leisurely.

Xia Qi muttered in his heart: This Chang Maofeng is also very good, and the movement of everyone in the morning did not alarm him.

As everyone knows, Chang Maofeng woke up early, he heard Xia Qi's voice, but he couldn't afford it, he had the mind to observe Xia Qi, and simply memorized "The Art of War", "Analects" and "Mencius" in his heart.

It wasn't until he held a position for too long and his body stiffened that he pretended to have just woken up.

Xia Qi put away the book in surprise: "Sir, you are awake!" ”

Chang Maofeng was a little unpleasant, if it weren't for this kid being close, where would he not dare to turn over? But looking at Xia Qi's sincere eyes, he was embarrassed to say the words of condemnation in his mouth, and only bowed his head slightly: "You study first, I'll go wash up." ”

After speaking, Chang Maofeng slowly went to wash his face and clean his hands, and then slowly ate breakfast, and finally walked slowly to Xia Qi.

Xia Qi was immersed in the book at this time, and he didn't realize that Chang Maofeng had arrived in front of him.

Chang Maofeng nodded with some relief, although Xia Qi is not flexible enough, but at least he is upright and not impetuous, if it was that kid without a shadow, he would have been scratching his heart and scratching his liver, and his heart would be impetuous!

"Okay, put the books away, and I'll take the exam."

Xia Qi was a little nervous in his heart, but the movements in his hand were very fast, he closed the scroll, and arched his hand towards Chang Maofeng: "Please give me advice." ”

Chang Maofeng didn't procrastinate, and came when he opened his mouth: "'Zi said: Everyone says'Yuzhi', and drives them into the traps. Everyone knows that 'to know', choose the mean, and can't keep the month. 'How do you solve this problem?' ”

This is an excerpt from "The Mean", and he is still familiar with it, Xia Ji subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, sorted out the wording in his mind, and then said softly: "'Choose the mean, distinguish the reason, in order to seek the so-called mean. Knowing the disaster but not knowing it, and being able to choose but not keeping it, are not known. Therefore, it is better to take from the poor than from the clever. Clumsy and sincere, clever but deceitful. ”

Chang Maofeng bowed his head with satisfaction: "Acceptable." If a person is not sincere and tells one lie, he must cover it up with ten lies, and the point that the clever is mistaken by the clever has happened in any dynasty. Use a utilitarian heart to manifest yourself, but in the end you fall into a cage woven by yourself."

Therefore, we must face our ignorance correctly, admit our flaws, live in the present moment, and perceive the happiness of this world. To strive for the fruits that can be reached in front of you, and the down-to-earth place can be long-term. ”

What else can Xia Qi say? He could only bow his head and say 'yes' and pretend to be a student.

A quarter of an hour later, Chang Maofeng finally stopped talking endlessly, there was no way, it had been confiscated for a long time, and at first glance, he couldn't stop talking!

He clenched his fists to his mouth and coughed in disguise: "Okay, you go to Wenshu first, focus on reviewing "University", and I will take the school exam in two days." After a silent remark, he added: "You have to be serious and calm, if the world is stable, the imperial examination will definitely be held as scheduled" As for instability? Needless to say, when the chaos is in turmoil, who will worry about the imperial examination! Life is gone, what's the use of books that don't eat and drink?

Don't look at him as a great Confucian, but his thinking is not pedantic, everything is decided to keep pace with the times, talk about things on a case-by-case basis, and prevent living in a suit!

"Yes, sir, the student respectfully follows his teachings."

"Alright, you go to Wen Shu." Chang Maofeng waved his sleeves and put his hands behind his back, ready to go to the village for a walk.

As for Xia Qi? What could a student of him do but listen to his husband? The sooner you eat the book, the sooner you can do what you love!

Hey, cooking, he likes it the most!

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

At this time, Wang Tieniu was yelling at Xia Dashan, who was in a daze: "Brother Dashan, if you want me to say, a few of us will definitely be able to enter, don't worry!" Besides, if you really don't accept us, it's a big deal to go home, go back to the stall, and still count the money until you have cramps! ”

Zhang Damu: "." I envy him, he can talk so nonsense, such courage, how many big steamed buns can he eat to get?!

Xia Dashan pulled out of his contemplation, and then realized that he was misunderstood by Wang Tieniu: "Haha, I'm not thinking about this, I'm just a little worried about Huai'er and them."

His wife and daughter are away from home, but he is not accompanied by him, it is impossible not to worry!

Wang Tieniu realized that he had misunderstood, and immediately patted Xia Dashan on the shoulder: "What are you afraid of, isn't there a group of boys from Zheng Daqiao?" It's going to be fine! Yo, there's Peach Blossom Village ahead, right? ”

The two of them looked at it with their eyes, and sure enough, they found that there was a crowd of people in front of them, and the black land was full of people!

The three of them chuckled in their hearts, and Wang Tieniu couldn't help but say the quintessence of the country: "Mother, why are there so many people!" ”

Xia Dashan was not too surprised, after all, this salary is really a lot, and the number of people is expected, but he really didn't expect so many people

(End of chapter)