"Fish, fish---" Sister Lian'er's urging voice broke the dream of the fish baby, and he was still flowing with Hala, but he had to say goodbye to his sugar gourd and wake up from the dream.

Rubbing her worried eyes, the fish baby poked her head out of the quilt and looked out the window, the sky was slightly bright, and the time to go to school had arrived.

So, I hurriedly put on my clothes and opened the door. Sister Lian'er was already waiting at the door, still holding a basin in her hand.

"Little lazy cat, it's long time to get up, my sister's hands are sore. Lian'er was a little angry, but apparently she didn't mean to blame Yu Wazi.

Since her mother found the old gentleman of the academy for the fish baby, this fish baby is like a different person. Now there are a lot of rules, and when he comes home, he knows how to read, and the little friend next door tells him to go out to play, and he rarely goes out, and he is locked in the house to read. is no longer the master who makes trouble in the village all day long, acts recklessly, and causes trouble everywhere.

One day at noon, Lian'er served Yu'er food, and saw that he was still sitting at the desk, shaking his little head and babbling endlessly, so she couldn't help but snicker, and asked with a smile: "Are books so good, don't you eat any food?" Don't be a nerd." ”

Yu'er raised her head, looked at Sister Lian'er, and said seriously: There is a golden house in the book, and Yan Ruyu is in the book.

"Can it be eaten?" Lian'er laughed, Yu'er knew that he couldn't talk about Sister Lian'er, lowered his head, and continued to read: Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, my fair lady, good gentleman--。

Lian'er knew that this baby didn't like to be disturbed by others when she was studying, so she put the food on the table in the living room, went out and closed the door, and when she walked through the window, she secretly looked at the fish reading in front of the desk in the west wing, smiled, and trotted all the way to her mother's room in the front yard.

At this time, Lian'er had already helped Yu'er pack up the bedding, light candles, and then stood next to Yu'er, carefully looking at the seven-year-old fish. The mother's tailor-made green shirt is very fitting, with a young baby face, thick eyebrows, and bright eyes, which looks like a ----。

Lian'er was a little distracted, and the fish who was washing her face seemed to be aware of it, looked at Lian'er sideways, made a grimace, stuck out her tongue, and said with a smile: "Haven't you seen me, still see?" Lian'er was a little embarrassed by what she said, came back to her senses, and hurriedly said: "Wait until you go to the front yard to eat some porridge, and go to school quickly." "The fish knows that it is a day off, but it doesn't know what to say. Now that I had gotten up, I picked up a thick book and read it, only to see that "Historical Records" was clearly written on it.

This is an ordinary family in Yanyuzhuang, although the family is not wealthy, but it is also different. The house is built on the mountain, with two wings on the east and west sides of the front yard, and a living room in the middle, which is usually a place for a family to eat. The east and west sides of the backyard are separated by a wall, and there is a round door in the middle. There is a main room and a study on the east side, and three rooms on the west side, and the gate is usually closed, and it is only opened when worshipping.

When the fish was young, they were very curious, and they often opened the door to find out, but they were always pushed open by their mother. Later, when I worshipped for the New Year, I found that there were many tablets on the main hall, and I couldn't understand what was written on them, but I just thought it was weird.

As a result, curiosity is gone, replaced by awe. Think of the fish pond in the village, the birds singing on the branches - this is no longer a rare thing for him.

Yanyuzhuang is a typical small city in the south of the Yangtze River, the land of fish and rice. There are many silkworm farmers here, and every harvest season, many merchants from Suzhou, Huzhou and other places will come here in groups to harvest silk. Later, some discerning businessmen in Suzhou simply moved their workshops here. Slowly, it changed from a raw material source for Suzhou's textile industry to a production base.

As a result, many large money banks, pawnshops and other businesses in Suzhou have also opened branches here. Merchant ships from the south to the north also came to this small town, which brought a lot of opportunities to this small city, and the surrounding farmers, tenant farmers, and workers also came. For a time, Yanyuzhuang also became a very rich city in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yu'er's family ran a medium-sized silk weaving workshop, hired some hired workers, and opened a small silk shop in Yanyuzhuang.

Although the store is small, business is always thriving. The embroidery of the mother of the fish is done well, and a stitch and thread shuttle, a delicate and realistic landscape painting is vividly silk-printed on a silk handkerchief. We are skilled and can grasp the mentality of different customers. Graceful and luxurious, suitable for the silk of dignitaries and nobles, it comes from her skillful hands. And she is also happy to pass on her skills to her apprentices, and some of the more skilled apprentices are reluctant to leave the silk village after leaving the school.

There are many large merchants who are willing to join shares or contribute money to partner with the Yu'er family to open a large silk village. However, the mother of the fish refused one by one.

Yu'er's mother always said: My shopkeeper died early, I am a woman's family, I don't know how to operate, I only want to subsidize the family, not to seek to be rich and expensive, and I hope that you will be rich.

This is true, Yu'er's father died very early, and Yu'er's impression of his father is limited to the portrait hanging on the wall of the home. Yu'er used to ask about her father, but her mother always prevaricated for various reasons. Yu'er only heard Sister Lian'er mention it occasionally, saying that her father was a very great person.

Since he was a child, he has been dependent on his mother for his life, and Yu'er has slowly faded away from the grief of losing his father at an early age, and he does not have a shadow in his heart like other children, but he has countless question marks about his father, but the family rarely mentions it.

Yu'er's childhood was spent with his neighbor's partner, he often went down to the river with his friends to catch fish, climbed trees and touched birds' nests, and ran to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots--

I didn't see anyone all day long, and when I returned home, I was sour and stinky, and my face was covered with mud. The family is busy, and his mother can't take care of him, so Sister Lian'er sometimes goes to the workshop to supervise the work, and sometimes takes care of the business in the store. In this way, the fish spent their childhood carefree.

It wasn't until one day that his mother was heartbroken, beat him with family law, and then locked him in the family ancestral hall, that he settled down. Later, my mother invited an old scholar from the village and spent money to set up a school in the village, so that the children in the village and neighboring villages had a new place to go.

Before going to school, her mother officially named Yu'er: Murong Wenpeng. After studying, he learned that he had his mother's surname.

From now on, Yu'er will study in the village school with peace of mind. Although he was a late reader, Yu'er's intelligence was well-known in the school.

When Yu'er was ten years old, he had already read poetry, Confucian classics, hundreds of schools, books of soldiers, legends, and so on. The old gentleman's teaching, he was often absent-minded.

Once, the old gentleman found that he was reading "Lu's Spring and Autumn", and he was very surprised. So, he was asked to recite one of the "Carving a Boat for a Sword", and the fish was catchy. The gentleman replied: Back to Mr. Hui's words, this article tells students what to do, not to stick to the old ways, but to move in a timely manner, the so-called things are easy to move in time. The gentleman nodded frequently.

So, he asked him what books he had read, and Wen Peng answered them one by one. The gentleman was a little unconvinced: Boy, Hugh has to talk nonsense, wait for the teacher to investigate.

Mr. mentioned the way of the university in "University", Wen Peng replied casually without thinking: The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection. Knowing and then there is certainty, and then there is stability, and then it can be quiet, and then it can be peaceful, and then it can be considered, and then it can be obtained. Things have a beginning and an end, and if you know the order, you will be short-sighted.

The gentleman interrupted Wen Peng and asked: Do you know the reason? Wen Peng thought for a while and replied: Ming Mingde, close to the people, stop at the highest goodness, righteousness, self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world. "Well, yes, yes, the children can be taught. The gentleman complimented.

Wen Peng continued: "This is the words of a sage. However, the students still thought that the way of the university was to distinguish between right and wrong, distinguish between good and evil, investigate their deeds, investigate their reasoning, promote good and stop evil, and show their heroic spirit in heaven and earth -- Wen Peng's performance surprised and delighted him.

The arrogance of the scholar made him not believe that there was such a treasure in a small fishing village, and the future was limitless. So, in the following six months, Mr. no longer restrained Wen Peng.