Zi said: "When you learn and learn it, don't you also say that there are friends from afar, and you are happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen......."

"Ancient scholars must have teachers. Teacher, so preaching and receiving karma to solve doubts is also ......"

"The gentleman said: You can't learn. Green is taken from blue, and green is blue, ice, water is for it, and cold is for water......"

No matter how majestic the wind and rain outside the bamboo window are, the sound of reading in the study is still so hearty.

Next door, Mrs. Zhao held her husband's relics, resting on the window with one hand, listening to the sound of the wind and rain and reading, I don't know what she was thinking.

Maybe it's because this sound in her ears is too similar to the voice that has disturbed her for sixteen years, and she can't help but feel a little nostalgic.

Suddenly thinking about whether his little grandson would cause any trouble to his husband again, he couldn't help but worry. Seeing that the wind and rain outside are getting stronger and stronger, what if you get wet when you come back.

His brows just furrowed, and he remembered that his house was next door, and if he walked through the back door, he wouldn't even be able to blow much, so he was relieved.

Zhao Xiaopang's way home is no longer a problem, but what about the other children? Seeing that the rain will still fall for a long time, I am afraid that there will be fewer children who will come to study tomorrow.

However, this is not something that Mrs. Zhao will worry about, just be fine.

When he returned to the inner room, he put her husband's relics back in place, and found that it was stained with a little rain, so she quickly wiped it distressedly, smiled slightly bitterly, and went back to bed to rest.

......

"Analects", "Teacher's Sayings", "Persuasion", and "Disciple Rules", etc., etc., are all students have to read repeatedly every day, and they have already become compulsory courses.

As a result, the students, both men and women, were full of energy, kept their eyes wide open, and read seriously for fear of mispronouncing or missing a word, even if they had read it through more than 100 times.

The taste of this ring ruler is not pleasant, even the most naughty Zhao Xiaopang, after 30 strokes of the board, he had to wipe away his tears while enduring the pain and obediently finished the book.

It wasn't until it was getting late and the rain was thinning that he finally couldn't bear the loneliness and wanted to say something.

It's not like he usually just says naughty and mischievous stupid things, but this time he asked a question, which is quite interesting.

"Excuse me, sir, what is a gentleman?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and everyone looked at him, thinking that this dead fat man could actually say serious things!

Zhao Xiaopang twisted his fat waist, stood up and bowed, and looked at Mr.'s mat with obvious doubts and sincerity on his immature face.

I saw that instead of a middle-aged scholar with a dignified appearance, or an old man with gray hair and profound knowledge when he looked at it, it was actually an old woman with gray hair and wearing a dark cloth robe.

The old woman was over 60 years old, but her face was rarely wrinkled, and her eyes were especially bright, as if she could distinguish between right and wrong.

The gentleman put down the scroll in his hand, looked back, stared at Chubby with his eyes, and asked, "Why do you ask?"

Zhao Xiaopang suddenly felt that his body was weak, and he fell directly to his side, and immediately sat upright, holding the bookcase with both hands and refusing to relax, and said: "I suddenly thought about this last night, and I was even more puzzled when I read today." ”

The gentleman leaned back, gathered his momentum, and said, "Ask." ”

Zhao Xiaopang let go of his hands, his chest suddenly loosened, and he didn't have time to think about when Mr. became so terrifying, and continued: "There is a cloud in the book: 'People don't know and are not ashamed, and they are not gentlemen?' Is it true that a gentleman is a person who is bullied and abused and does not fight back? Green is taken from blue, and green is blue. So where did they learn? Are their teachers all gentlemen? Are there so many gentlemen? Are everybody gentlemen? Isn't there a limit to what a gentleman can do? So what is above a gentleman?"

Zhao Xiaopang moved out, bowed down, and said, "Sir, the student is confused!"

The atmosphere was silent here for a while.

The gentleman put down the scroll in his hand and said, "The so-called teacher is nothing more than preaching and teaching to solve doubts. When the student had doubts, I replied that there was no need to do the salute, but to sit up first. ”

Seeing Zhao Xiaopang sitting back on the seat, Mr. nodded with satisfaction and continued: "To have such an idea means that you have a little understanding of the ten knacks, and if you can continue to study diligently and move forward in the future, you will definitely be able to do something." But you are only eleven years old, and the gentleman's words are too profound for you. Even if I tell you, you won't necessarily understand. If there is a misunderstanding, it will not be good for your future. So I'm not going to answer you. ”

Zhao Xiaopang lowered his head in disappointment, and the unwillingness in his eyes was a little heavy.

Seeing this, the gentleman said: "Zhao Chong, you don't need to be discouraged, the previous question already contains some Dao truth, which is what you have realized and felt, I believe that it will not be long before you can understand what a gentleman is." ”

What they said clearly aroused the interest of the other children, and one by one they were eager to try and move.

The gentleman looked around and said solemnly: "The so-called gentleman is a person who everyone wants to achieve, everyone can achieve, but no one can become it." Above the gentleman is the saint. I didn't know a thousand years ago, but there has only been one saint since the founding of the Tang Dynasty for a thousand years. Not now, and not again. ”

Zhao Xiaopang's eyes just lit up, but he heard it.

"The rain is over, class is over!"

......

In the evening, the old woman always likes to sit alone under the eaves with her knees crossed, looking at the sparse people coming and going at the entrance of the old street, as if waiting for something.

The evening breeze blew through the ends of her hair, fluttering gently, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, she seemed to be the innocent girl.

The only difference today is that there is an extra bench, which her little granddaughter has moved in.

It had just rained, and it was impossible to sit on the ground, and it was impossible to go back to the house with grandma's stubbornness, so she couldn't be allowed to stand all the time.

With the sound of clattering footsteps, a little girl with two small mustaches ran up to the old woman, vigorously lifted a large cloak, and said, "It's cold, grandma wears it." ”

The old woman took her hand, wrapped it around her body, pulled her little granddaughter into her arms, and said with a smile on her face, "People are big ghosts. ”

The little girl rubbed on her grandmother, suddenly showed a hateful face, and said, "That Zhao fat man is really hateful, he actually bullied grandma in class." ”

The old woman was slightly surprised and said, "When did he bully me?"

"I saw it!" said the little girl, with a straight face, "and it's because he said so many strange questions that grandma became so sad." ”

The old woman smiled and said: "You are just over seven years old, what do you know? Then Zhao Chong is a good boy, but he is playful by nature, and when his grandmother has honed him a few times, it is not bad for you to marry him when you grow up." ”

The little girl blushed and said, "The stinky fat man can't even wear his pants, so it's impossible for me to marry him." ”

"Who can predict the things in this world? Maybe he will become a handsome man in the future, so that you can't get out of sight. ”

"Even if he's good-looking, I don't like it. The little girl pouted and said, "Grandma is so bad, she always bullies me." ”

"How could Grandma bully you. ”

"It's just that my grandmother is not good and says she wants me to marry. ”

"Then grandma won't talk about it, grandma will tell you a story, okay?"

"What's the story?"

"It's a story about your grandfather. ”

"Grandpa, I haven't seen grandpa yet, what kind of person is grandpa?"

"You'll know when you hear it. ”

The little girl sat gently on the old woman's lap and waited for the story of her grandmother.

The old woman's eyes looked at the old street, and she thought, sir, when are you going to come back after almost fifty years?

"It was the winter of the first year of the Calendar......