Chapter 20 Learning the Eastern Native Language
"The second one is much simpler, and there is also a great shortage of materials. You see, what's that?"
The old Confucian pointed to a few clumps of aquatic plants in the corner of the small pond and said.
Gongliang looked in the direction of his finger, only to find out what kind of aquatic grass it was, it was clearly a bunch of dragon whiskers!
"This dragon beard was originally unique to your Great Wilderness, and now it has been brought to the East by the merchants of the East and planted in large quantities by the farmers.
But I don't know if it's because of the soil, after the original spirit seed dragon whisker was born in the eastern soil, it faded into mortal things. Although the taste is not as sweet as that of the Great Wilderness, it is very popular with ordinary people.
The recipe for the second osmanthus cake is dragon whisker and honey osmanthus.
First of all, take the dragon whisker and peel and grind the pulp, filter out the impurities in the slurry water with a muslin cloth, and dry the pure powder pulp obtained, which is the main material for making osmanthus cake. In addition, osmanthus should also be made, first of all, take the clean osmanthus to dry and grind the powder, and then take honey and it, put it in the jar and seal the storage, and take it out after 7749 days, it is the honey osmanthus.
This substance has all kinds of wonders, it can dissolve phlegm and relieve cough, can relieve pain, can disperse blood and stop dysentery, and can also get rid of the odor in the mouth.
To make this dragon whisker powder and honey osmanthus flowers, you only need to use a can of dragon whisker powder and a can of more than a little water to synthesize the pulp powder, and then melt the honey osmanthus with almost five cans of hot water, and rush into the dragon whisker powder while it is hot.
When rushing in, remember to stir constantly to let the two merge. Finally, pour it into a basin, put it on a large pot, steam it over high heat for more than a quarter of an hour, take it out, and then take it out after cooling. ”
Gongliang listened to the old Confucian man talk about the production method of osmanthus cake, and his brain was flying, and he felt that the production method of osmanthus cake was not very difficult, it was very simple.
The method of grinding and extracting starch from the dragon whisker is actually the same as making yamsa flour before, and the honey osmanthus is not difficult.
The production of this kind of osmanthus cake reminded him that the method of making powder fruit at home in the past was not much different.
In fact, osmanthus cake is not only this method, there are many more, such as grinding flour mixed with fried flour and steaming in a mold, and it can also be wrapped. You don't have to follow his method, you can study a few more, and you can't eat the dead anyway.
"Xiaoyou, did you hear clearly?" the old Confucian man asked when he saw that his conscience was in a trance.
"Understood, understood. Gongliang hurriedly replied.
"I really understand. The old Confucian asked again.
"Naturally, I understand, what's so difficult about this?"
Although the old Confucian was skeptical that Gongliang remembered his words, seeing his sworn appearance, he didn't say anything more, and instead asked, "I just saw Xiaoyou wandering outside the door, but what's the matter?"
"The boy does have something to ask for, I don't know if the master can teach me the Dongtu script. But I don't need to learn the classics, just teach me to recognize the pronunciation and learn the Dongtu language and script as soon as possible. In fact, Gongliang has long intended to learn the Dongtu script, but he has never had the opportunity. Now I can take advantage of my free time to learn, so as not to go to Dongtu in the future and not know the language there, and I can't read, but I will become blind.
The old Confucian thought for a moment and responded, "This... Yes. ”
In fact, there are many wasted people who will temporarily learn the Dongtu script when they want to go to Dongtu to practice.
Some Confucian scholars from Dongtu saw the opportunity and took the opportunity to open a bookstore to teach the poor people to learn Dongtu characters temporarily, just like a short-term training class, and they earned a lot of money one by one.
"Then thank you, Master. Gongliang respectfully thanked him.
The two chatted a few more words, and Gongliang said goodbye and left, and followed the old man named Mo Li to dig tea seedlings.
After digging the tea seedlings, when he came to the golden osmanthus tree to pick osmanthus flowers, he found that there were some small osmanthus trees under the tree, so he was greedy enough to ask the old Confucian for a few trees, which can be said to be invincible.
That is to say, the master has a good heart and does not care, otherwise he would have been kicked out of the house a long time ago.
When he returned home, he yelled to eat osmanthus cake, and was kicked aside by Gongliang.
This fool doesn't know how to lose face, so he shouts at other people's homes. Gongliang grabbed its big fat face and kneaded it, and said: "If you dare to yell at me in someone's house in the future, be careful that I clean you up, you are not ashamed just now!"
Yuan Bilan is usually abused by Gongliang, and he didn't feel at all about being scratched by him, but shouted: "Gongliang, I want to eat osmanthus cake." ”
This gluttonous guy is really speechless.
I had to explain: "I can't do it now, it will take a few days." I'll give you a few pieces of bread first. I'll wait for a few days to be ready, and then I'll give it to you. ”
There is no osmanthus cake to eat, and I don't dislike it when there are moon cakes, so I sit there with the moon cakes and bite them. Gongliang took advantage of the time to plant tea seedlings and golden cinnamon in the space, and then went to find a few pieces of charcoal, took the charcoal core and sharpened it into a long shape of a pencil lead, and sandwiched it between a small finger-thick bamboo to make a pen. Otherwise, the calligraphy brush is too soft, he has been useless for too long, and it is difficult to adapt to it for a while, so he can only use this instead, and then slowly practice the brush writing later.
The next day, Gongliang came to Qingyang Book House with a new charcoal and a stack of animal skins.
"Hey, what is this?" said the old Confucian strangely when he saw him bring charcoal.
"It's made of charcoal, and I call it charcoal. The boy really can't write that soft brush, so use charcoal instead, and then slowly learn the brush later!" Gongliang explained.
"That's a way to do it. The old Confucian touched his beard and said, "Since we're here, let's start!"
There were other schoolchildren in the library, and in order not to disturb them, the old Confucian specially placed the position of Gongliang in the corner of the library.
But the children in the book house don't have the same heart as the old Confucian, and they are not surprised to see Gongliang and Miya and the others.
All the little guys are curious about the fact that people as big as Gongliang still come to the bookstore to study. Especially when I saw the rice valley with wings and a colorful tail and the cute roundness, I liked it even more. For a while, these little guys' minds were all on Mi Gu and Yuanluan, and they had no intention of reading.
Seeing this, the old Confucian hurriedly asked Gongliang to move to the back courtyard, so as not to disturb these schoolchildren studying.
"He asked: 'The scholar of the 'University', Xi Ru thought that adults were learning. Dare to ask why the learning of adults lies in the knowledge of virtue?'"
Above the waterfront pavilion, the old Confucian held a new book, pointed to the Chinese characters of the book, and taught the public to read it one by one. While reading, he also wrote the corresponding absurd text next to it, so that he could recognize it.
This way of teaching may be good for others, but Gongliang has his own ideas.
So, he suggested to the old Confucian: "Master, I don't know if you can please teach me to read and write in order of pronunciation, such as Ah Ah Boiling Concave, Oh Oh O Ou Nag, etc., and teach them in the order of phonology. In this way, I will be able to arrange the words you teach in phonological order and compare them with the absurd texts, and I will not have to learn them all and end up remembering nothing. ”
"According to the rhyme, you also understand the rhyme?" said the old Confucian in surprise.
"I've read books on this before. Gongliang explained casually.
In fact, he didn't know any rhyme, he just wanted the master to teach him to read and write according to the alphabetical order of aoe and iuu in the Xinhua dictionary in his previous life, and then he wrote the Dongtu script he learned on the animal skin in the order of these letters, and compared it with the absurd text.
In the future, it can be compiled into a dictionary of absurd and Dongtu languages, and it is also saved that you can't remember the Dongtu language, can't understand the Dongtu language, and don't know who to ask if you can't understand the Dongtu script.
After hearing Gongliang's words, the old Confucian said, "If it is taught according to rhyme, it will be simple. It's a pity that you don't know my Dongtu characters, otherwise you can take a look at the absurd rhyme compiled by my Dongtu Confucianism. That's a classic compiled by my Eastern Confucianism for students who don't know how to write absurdly, and it's exactly what you want, but you can use it for reference. ”
After saying that, he went to the house and took out some books about twenty centimeters thick.
Gongliang opened it and saw that it was full of dense Dongtu characters, and he couldn't understand any of them.
These Dongtu characters look very similar to the ancient seals of the pre-Qin period, but they are plausible and seem to be more elegant.
After a few glances, he found that there were absurd texts on it, and next to them were relatively small Dongtu characters, which should be used to explain or compare, and there was a radical search behind it, which looked very standardized. It's a pity that he doesn't understand the text at all, but as the master said, this absurd rhyme can be used for reference, but that will be for later.