Zhu Guoxiang was still talking about astronomy in the courtyard, and when he was bored, Zhu Ming went to the study to get the "Book of Changes" to read.

The "Analects" and "Mencius", which are required for the imperial examination, are all in Zhu Ming's mind, and they are also Zhu Xi's annotated version, beating most of the current scholars.

With this plug-in alone, he can pretend to be half a Confucian master.

If you want to become an official through the imperial examination, you have to choose one of the remaining scriptures as this scripture.

"Book of Songs", although Zhu Ming has read it, but he read the modern annotated version, and taking it to the exam is more serious than handing in a blank paper, and it will be judged by the examiner as having a problem with his thinking.

"Zhou Li", I'm sorry, Zhu Ming hasn't touched it.

"The Book of Rites", although Zhu Ming has also read it, but he only jumps and flips around, and only turns over the chapters in his mind.

"Shangshu", the beginning is too boring, Zhu Ming picked it up several times, but failed to finish reading the three chapters of Yao Shunyu.

There is only the "Book of Changes", and Zhu Ming has seriously read the part of the Book of Changes in the "Five Classics" of the Ming Dynasty. Although it involves cosmology and ideology, Zhu Ming feels that most of it is bullshit, but he endured it in order to make a video.

Why bullshit?

Because of the "Five Classics" officially compiled by the Ming Dynasty, many contents are detached from the original meaning of the Five Classics, and it is far-fetched to rely on science. The outer skin is still the outer skin of the Five Classics, but it is full of Cheng Zhu Lixue's thoughts.

The book of Changes in my hand now is called "Zhou Yi Justice", which was annotated by Wang Bi of the Wei and Jin Dynasties and sparse by Kong Yingda of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Ming carefully flipped through the book and compared it with the Ming Dynasty version.

Good guys, it's refreshing!

To use an inappropriate analogy, the Ming Dynasty's "Zhou Yi Daquan" is like a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup, while the Tang Dynasty's "Zhou Yi Justice" is a young girl in the flower season who comes out of hibiscus.

This time, Zhu Ming really watched it with relish, and suddenly forgot the passage of time.

When Zhu Ming came back to his senses, Mrs. Yan had finished work and went home, cooking in the kitchen.

Shen Yourong entered the house and put the clay pot on the stove.

While adding firewood, Mrs. Yan asked, "Zhu Xianggong is still teaching Brother Qi to study?" ”

"I've been teaching, from noon to this time," Shen Erniang said happily, "Zhu Xianggong is very patient, what we don't understand, he repeats it one or twenty times, and he doesn't dislike us for being stupid." ”

Mrs. Yan was overjoyed when she heard this, and asked again: "Which one is better learning, Zhu Xianggong or his son?" ”

Shen Yourong thought about it carefully and said: "It should be about the same, but Zhu Xianggong is willing to talk about it in detail, and Zhu Dalang only talks about it." ”

"Young people are more impetuous, and they can't bear that urgency." Mrs. Yan said.

Shen Yourong suddenly whispered: "Auntie, this father and son are very powerful, they know astronomy and geography. Zhu Dalang talked about astronomy, ordinary scholars can learn. But Zhu Xianggong talked about astronomy, I am afraid that even my father has never heard of it, and he knows how the stars in the sky turn. Zhu Dalang should also understand this, and when he listened to Zhu Xianggong's lecture, he was not surprised at all. ”

Grandma Yan was shocked: "You still know the secret art of astronomy, isn't it a figure like Immortal Master Chen?" ”

Under the deliberate propaganda of the imperial court, and through the interpretation of legendary novels, Chen Kuan Ancestor has long been a household name in the Song Dynasty, and even rural women have heard of it.

"Anyway, it's not an ordinary reader," Shen Yourong whispered, "Zhu Dalang has been reading the Book of Changes." ”

Yan's son, Shen Yourong's deceased husband, is governed by "Zhou Li". He used to tell his family that the "Book of Changes" was too mysterious and profound, and he could only read it casually, and if he wanted to study it, he had to have a famous teacher's guidance.

Therefore, in the hearts of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, those who can read the Book of Changes are very powerful!

After cooking the meal, Shen Yourong went to move the tables and stools, and Grandma Yan went to get the dishes and chopsticks.

When he came to the yard, he saw Zhu Ming squatting on the ground and throwing out a few sticks made of dead branches.

Mrs. Yan asked curiously, "What is Da Lang doing?" ”

"Fortune telling, I haven't counted it for a long time." Zhu Ming replied casually.

He really knows how to calculate hexagrams, this thing is not difficult, you can learn to know addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, the difficult thing is how to calculate accurately.

Occasionally, Zhu Ming will also start a live broadcast to tell those sand sculpture netizens.

Mrs. Yan hurriedly ran to her daughter-in-law's side and whispered, "I can also tell hexagrams." ”

Zhu Guoxiang didn't like the things that the gods were chattering, so he helped Shen Yourong set up the table and stools, stood there and shouted: "Stop engaging in feudal superstition, come over and eat!" ”

Zhu Ming walked over and sat down, arranged small sticks of different lengths on the table and said, "I'm measuring our fortune and future, don't you want to hear it?" ”

Although he doesn't believe in feng shui fortune telling, but this kind of mysterious thing makes people dare not completely ignore it, Zhu Guoxiang looked at those little sticks: "Tell me." ”

Zhu Ming arranged all the long and short sticks and began to talk about the hexagram: "This hexagram is Zeshan Xian. There is a river in the mountains, the mountains and rivers are sympathetic, and a gentleman should be humble and humble to accept the suggestions of others. If you marry a wife, you will be lucky. The original text of the Xian hexagram is, Heng, Lizhen, take the female auspicious. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Yourong's face was flushed, and Grandma Yan was smiling toothy.

Zhu Ming continued: "If you want to do big things, you must not be impatient, you should wait for the opportunity to move. If you hit something, you will know the time. ”

"So, don't mess around, farm and develop with peace of mind." Zhu Guoxiang reminded his son not to think about fighting and being an emperor all day long.

Zhu Ming said: "The full meaning of this hexagram is to have great ambitions, not blindly follow, be humble and wait for opportunities. ”

After saying this, Zhu Ming began to change the hexagram, breaking the fourth long stick from top to bottom into two short sticks and putting it back: "Ninety-three moves and changes the hexagram into Zedi." This hexagram floods, the sea flows, the flood floods the earth, and all living beings are in strife and danger. Be sure to be virtuous and take precautions. Only by being prepared and doing it with the times can you be lucky. ”

Zhu Guoxiang thought of the troubled times in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and said in surprise: "So evil? You made it up. ”

Zhu Ming continued to explain the hexagram: "This changed line, the image is: salty stocks, and there is no place. The ambition is to follow the people, and the obsession is also. ”

"What do you mean?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Zhu Ming explained: "It probably means that your eyebrows are burned, don't think about living in a quiet place, and don't think about self-restraint." But if you don't restrain yourself, you will follow the crowd and follow others to act recklessly, and you will be tied by others. Therefore, we must stick to our own hearts, do not follow the crowd, and do not be hindered by others. When you should be restless, you should be restless, follow your ambitions, and fight as you like! ”

Zhu Guoxiang was silent for an instant, becoming more and more suspicious that his son made it up, and wanted to fool himself to change the dynasty and fight for the world.

Zhu Ming smiled: "I also feel quite evil, believe it or not." This hexagram is called Cui Hexagram, which means gathering and uniting. If we want to succeed in the future, you and I must unite, and preferably gather more people. ”

"Unity, I understand, this is the most important thing." Zhu Guoxiang nodded and said.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law listened to the side, half-understood, and vaguely felt that they wanted to do something big.

But no matter what, the Zhu family will definitely tell hexagrams, plus he also understands astronomy, most of them are not ordinary people.

Mrs. Yan originally wanted to recruit money, but she was inevitably a little weak at the moment.

The small dilapidated temple of her family may not be able to accommodate the great Bodhisattva, and the better Zhu Ming's father and son, the more Grandma Yan dare not mention marriage.

Putting away the long and short sticks of the fortune teller, Zhu Ming began to do business: "Old lady, my father and son are penniless, and only a brush is still valuable, and I want to sell it to the old white man for some coils." But the concierge of the Bai family doesn't know the goods at all, how can he see Bai Yuanwai himself? ”

Mrs. Yan said: "The old white staff had a serious illness last year, so they don't go out much, and we don't see it often. On the second day of the fourth month, it is the ninetieth birthday of the old lady of the Bai family, and she must have a big flowing water banquet. Not only the neighbors can go to the banquet, but also the guests passing by, and you may be able to meet them. ”

"What day is today?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Shen Erniang said: "February 27. ”

"There is still more than a month," Zhu Ming thought about it seriously and asked, "Old lady, can you stay in your house until the second day of the fourth month?" Wait for the pen to be sold in exchange for entanglement, and then pay for room and board. ”

Because the father and son were too knowledgeable, and at this moment they said that they had a good pen to sell for money, and Mrs. Yan didn't dare to mention the matter.

After all, to the point of exhaustion, which capable man is willing to get rich?

Mrs. Yan said: "I read for a few days when I was young, and although I didn't know much about it, I also knew the truth, and I wasn't that kind of philistine. Although the two gentlemen lived, they didn't have to give me much money for room and board, and they could take the time to teach my brother Jiaqi to study. ”

Zhu Guoxiang arched his hand and said: "I promise to teach carefully." ”

Zhu Ming asked curiously: "Isn't there a village school or private school around here?" ”

Mrs. Yan said: "Lao Bai's family has a private school, and he invited a Mr. Xixi, but he only teaches his own children. ”

Shen Yourong said: "A few miles west of the county seat, there is a big village, and there is a village school there. My father is Mr. Village School, and when Brother Qi is two years older, he will live in his grandfather's house to study. ”

"It turned out to be a family history, disrespectful, disrespectful." Zhu Guoxiang flattered.

Shen Yourong said again: "My father is only a teacher in the village, and he has never won the test in his life, so it is natural to teach Mengtong, and if you want to learn scriptures, you have to go to the county." If the family is rich, they even send their children to Yangzhou, where the academy teachers are very famous. San Langjun, who is from the old white family, is studying in the academy in Yangzhou, and he will definitely go home to celebrate his grandmother's birthday this time. ”

Mrs. Yan said: "San Langjun and I are classmates, every time I go back to the village, I have to come to visit me, and I also send paper and pen to Brother Qi'er. ”

Father and son looked at each other and had an idea.

It seems that there is no need to wait for the birthday banquet on the second day of April, and the son of the Bai family will come back in March.

A scholar studying in the state city must be more knowledgeable, and that lake pen can also be sold at a higher price!

Just when the father and son were secretly happy, suddenly a voice came from outside the yard: "Yo, they all live in, and they still give laundry, Mrs. Yan is going to recruit a son-in-law?" I've seen a person who recruits his daughter, but I haven't seen anyone who recruits his daughter-in-law. ”

Zhu Ming turned his head to look, but saw a man in his thirties, standing on the path outside the courtyard with a hippie smile.

Mrs. Yan's face instantly darkened, she got up and went to get the wooden stick for washing clothes, and scolded with the stick: "Bai Fude, you are a thousand-knife killer, you occupied a ridge of land in my family last year, and the old woman hasn't settled accounts with you yet." If you dare to chew your tongue again, the old woman will fight with you if she gives up her life! ”

Bai Fude ignored Mrs. Yan, but looked at Shen Yourong: "I have a dead wife, Erniang, you have no husband, I am a good match for the two." You look down on me for not having read a book, and you want to find a white-faced scholar to remarry. But what do you mean by finding two broken houses? These two strangers, like Hanako, went from house to house yesterday to beg for food. Don't raise this kind of man if you raise a man, it will make people laugh if it spreads out. ”

Shen Yourong sneered: "Don't pretend, who doesn't know your thoughts?" Isn't it just thinking about my family's 20 acres of land? I will marry a beggar, and I will not marry you, and I will die of that thief before I am too late! ”

"Don't get out of here!" Mrs. Yan roared angrily.

Anger crossed Whiteford's face, and he felt that he was being underestimated. didn't mess around anymore at the moment, but turned around and walked away quickly, and when he walked to a nearby house, he suddenly opened his throat and shouted: "Shen Erniang raises a man, pick up two called Huazi and recruit them to ......the house."

"Shameless!" Shen Erniang was so angry that she trembled.