Chapter 114: Teaching
Song Xuan has been busy making plows these days, so he doesn't have time to teach these little boys, and it has been five days since the last lecture.
Seeing that Song Xuan had been in retreat, these children were still a little afraid at first, after all, the divine envoy had done such things before, and he would kill them when they were relaxed, but after observing for two days, seeing that Song Xuan was really busy with the things in his hands, he had no time to estimate them, and most of the children also relaxed.
Otherwise, Shi Pi would not have been so presumptuous in hunting birds outside, and when he went to find Song Xuan, he actually had a tentative meaning, but he didn't expect that the thing he was worried about would become a reality so soon.
Although Shuishi is not naughty when he usually listens to the class, he is obviously a little carried away in the past few days, grinding and chirping and drawing stones for a long time before writing the word "water".
"Go down, go back and practice a hundred times, and you'll write it tomorrow!"
"Yes, oracle!"
This punishment is already an amnesty for Shui Shi, and it won't take long to write it a hundred times, and it is already very face-saving if he doesn't criticize him in front of everyone.
Although Song Xuan has similar requirements for these children, it can basically be said that they are treated equally, but after all, as a late joiner, Shui Yun will take the initiative to add more weight to those who belong to Heishui, and the same is true for children, if he knows that Shui Shi has not written it, then he will definitely not be able to run away from a beating.
Jianshui walked back with his head downcast, but Shi Pi was a little gloating, lowered his head and turned his face to Shui Shi and said with some mockery:
"You can't write either word?"
These two words are actually not very difficult to tell the truth, after all, they are composed of the surnames of the two tribes, and it is relatively simple to write, but although Shui Shi couldn't write it, in view of his usual performance, Song Xuan let him go.
Everyone else lowered their heads and remained motionless, and Shi Pi's movements at this time became more and more obvious, and Song Xuan also found Shi Pi making small movements at a glance in the crowd:
"Stone Skin!"
"Hey!"
Although he was named, he still reacted very quickly, but as soon as he was about to get up, his little face collapsed, which was obviously because his brain couldn't keep up with the rhythm of his body.
Looking at Song Xuan, who was about to go out, Shi Pi also kept praying, hoping to come up with a word that he could write, but obviously Song Xuan was not as simple as he thought.
"What do you think eighteen plus six is equal?"
Arithmetic is not used too much in the tribe, and these children use even less, and most of the contact is addition and subtraction within ten, although Song Xuan has taught two-digit methods, but obviously not many people remember them, and Shipi is naturally not in this ranks
Hearing Song Xuan ask him about arithmetic problems, Shi Pi's eyes were also dark, and he hurriedly brought his hands in front of him, but when he counted them, he found that his fingers didn't seem to be enough, and his feet were in his shoes, and he wanted to take off his shoes in a hurry, but he didn't expect that the shoes didn't take off, but he almost fell.
Song Xuan saw this and knew that Shi Pi would definitely not be able to, when he first taught, he didn't learn very well, and he hadn't used it for so long, and he probably forgot it completely.
But now that he saw him laughing at the other companions, he still had to make an example of the monkeys, especially if the object of ridicule was still the person in Blackwater.
"Don't take it off!"
"Okay, oracle, then I'll write a hundred times when I go back!"
Seeing that the divine envoy asked him to stop, Shi Pi thought that it was the same as the water stone, and he could just go back and copy it a hundred times, and even rushed to answer.
Song Xuan originally had this idea, and then he could criticize it a little, but seeing that he seemed to be somewhat satisfied with this result, he instantly changed his way:
"You don't have to copy"
"Okay, oracle!"
"Tomorrow there will be a two-digit random question, and if you can't answer it, you can punish it together, okay, so be it!"
The smile that Shi Pi just showed was frozen on his face at once, this is much more difficult than copying a hundred times, and it is much more difficult to ask questions again tomorrow, and he is now barely able to get rid of mental arithmetic within ten, and the difficulty of these two digits has increased a lot.
However, since Song Xuan had already made a decision, he had no choice but to go back with a bitter face, and then looked at Song Xuan with an extremely resentful gaze, hoping that the divine envoy would change his mind.
Song Xuan didn't see it, although Shi Pi usually didn't procrastinate in his work, but he was indeed inferior in terms of reading and cognition, and Song Xuan didn't expect them to learn anything, but the things that could be used in the tribe still had to be used skillfully, and these things couldn't be remembered by Song Xuan alone, as the tribe got bigger and bigger, there weren't many chores to deal with, and Song Xuan might not be able to get busy.
"Okay, everyone is optimistic, today I will teach you how to write 'God'!"
Today's teaching conditions are much better than last year, last year they were all writing and painting on the sand, and this year they have been equipped with pottery plates, which are specially made by Song Xuan to make stones, but they are not very big, thirty or forty centimeters long, twenty centimeters wide, and ordinary white paper is about the same size.
Everyone takes a powdered stone, on which you can write the words very clearly, after writing it is easy to deal with, take it outside and wash it with water, if you are in a hurry, wipe it dry and put it next to the fire, it will dry after a while, and both sides are almost the same, basically can meet the needs of a class.
Song Xuan's content each time he teaches is not too much, only five or six words, too many of these children may not be able to remember, but it is better to have fewer quantities, so that everyone can learn more easily.
Heishui's children are still in contact for the first time, and their progress is definitely not as good as Teng Snake's side, so Song Xun will also take care of them intentionally, most of them are simple words, occasionally interspersed with one or two slightly more difficult ones, which can be regarded as specially taught to the children on Teng Snake's side.
If it was all simple, it would basically not be too difficult for them, and it would quickly become a recollection, so Song Xuan would also pay attention to this aspect when asking questions.
Even if there are not many things in the tribe now, this group of children can't be too idle, and if they don't wind them, they will really go crazy.
Although Song Xuan didn't mention today's class, Shui Shi didn't answer the question, and he was still known by the level.
After the meal, Shui Yunbian found a water stone practicing calligraphy on the side:
"You didn't answer the oracle's question today?"
Looking at the small wooden strip that Shui Yun was holding in his hand, Shui Shi knew that he probably couldn't dodge, and he didn't think about blaming others for telling the truth, he could only blame himself for not even remembering these two simple words.
"Hmm~"
"What did I tell you~ God taught, remember!"
"Reach out!"
Seeing that the leader was angry, Shuishi didn't dare to speak back, and raised his hand above his head very obediently.
Song Xuan saw that Shui Yun was really going to make a move, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said:
"Shui Yun, don't fight, don't fight, this is just the beginning of learning, take your time!"
Since Song Xuan interceded for him, Shui Yun also got off the donkey down the slope and put away the small wooden stick in his hand:
"The divine envoys have said it for you, forget it, it won't be tomorrow, let's fight together!"
Listening to Shui Yun's somewhat miserable expression, Song Xuan also slapped his palm on the door of his head.
Although the meaning can be understood, it is too unsmooth, considering that they have only been here for half a year, it is not bad to be able to say this without systematic learning, but after thinking about it, Song Xuan still said:
"You also follow along, if you can't let the children call you!"
Seeing that Song Xuan suddenly pointed the finger at him, Shui Yun was embarrassed all of a sudden, he usually spent most of his time hunting outside, although he led a small team alone, he didn't have much time to communicate, even with Shi Meng and them. And as a latecomer, it is more about listening.
At this time, seeing that Song Xuan found his own problem, he also made up his mind, he must be as smooth as others said.
As for the kind that originally belonged to the Teng Snake tribe, although most of the people didn't know a few words, it was not a problem to communicate for a long time, and it was still better in this regard, what they need to learn now is arithmetic, and most of the adults are worse than the level of the stone skin, and some people can't even figure it out.
Then Song Xuan came to the captives in the corner, although they gathered in the corner, but the work was the most large, it took a long time to grind, or the heavier work was done by them, and the winter errands were also handed over to them.
"Oracle!"
Seeing Song Xuan coming, the captives also stood up one after another, although Song Xuan was not bad to them, but for the class between the two sides, it was still very clear, even Song Xuan could only make them not too bad materially, and other concepts were not convenient to reverse for a while.
And for the captives, there seems to be no need to change, the class still has to let it exist, although Song Xuan is not a ruthless person, but it is definitely not a virgin, these people who belong to the Wuyu tribe have also participated in the war of aggression against Teng Snake before, and it is already a very benevolent thing to be able to let them live a fierce life.
But as long as they really want to integrate into Teng Snake, Teng Snake will not set too many thresholds for them, as long as the conditions are sufficient or Teng Che, there are related needs here, Song Xuan will also accept a few people from time to time.
Now there are more than thirty captives, and there are only a dozen people in this place, although the other people are not sitting in a very good position, but they don't have to stay in the corner, these people are naturally because they have contributed in a certain place, and then they join the snake.
Naturally, the captives did more work than the average person, but even so, it was not too difficult for them, most of the things had to be done at a normal pace, and they could be done in a day, and there was plenty of time to rest.
Most of the work done by these people does not involve the more important things of the Teng Snake Tribe, so they are mainly responsible for grinding weapons, and the stone axe and stone spear are in great demand for this kind of weapon, and every time they go out, they will lose something, and in most cases they can't be used, after all, they are made of stone, and it is difficult to grind them out when they are broken.