17. Calligraphy Copybook

The children in the school below suddenly made a noise, but under Xu Xiucai's stern gaze, they were silent. Read

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"Listen to the school supervisor, and you will follow the adults to build the fort later. Help in any way you can!"

"If anyone has a spoiled temper, don't blame me for being ruthless..."

Xu Xiucai scolded the children.

Hearing this, Lu Zilin also understood why Xu Xiucai secretly asked him to come here to be the villain, nothing more than to educate the children in the school.

Lu Zilin pondered for a while, "When the adults build the fort later, you will bring them food."

These are relatively easy jobs.

In the past, women and children also did it, but it was not the children in the school, but children who had never gone to school.

Building the fort is the business of the entire Bailu Village.

Three new loess stoves were built on the open space outside the village.

There was a cook in the village who was good at cooking. His movements were skillful. He cooked soup in one pot, noodles in another pot, and steamed buns in another pot.

Ever since Old Master Lu became a chef in Bailu Village, the young people in Bailu Village have followed suit, and many chefs have come out of the village.

The so-called chefs are the chefs hired by the host family for weddings and funerals. The taste of their cooking may not be as good as that of a restaurant, but the price is cheap and the cooking is above the standard.

"I think the supervisor is targeting us."

"Because I am from the neighboring village, they are targeting me on purpose..., and assigning me the most tiring work."

After Zhou Yuan finished moving a pile of hard firewood, he was a little out of breath and panting. He came to Bai Gui and complained in a low voice. Because they were the oldest and the youngest boys, they were assigned the most tiring work and helped collect firewood from every household in the village.

Before the winter, every household had spare firewood to facilitate the winter.

Piles of firewood were piled at the corners of each corridor.

"What nonsense?"

"Lu Xuejian is not that kind of person!"

Although Bai Gui agreed with what Zhou Yuan said, he still didn't take up the topic. If others knew about this, it would be a troublesome matter. Zhou Yuan's family was rich, so at most he could choose to study elsewhere, but he couldn't do that.

"Do you know Li Zhongtang? He said that this is a major change that has not happened in three thousand years, and foreigners are a disaster for China. It is the time for good men like you and me to use our martial arts. This time is different from the prosperous times of the previous dynasties. Exercise well, it will definitely be of great use!"

Bai Gui thought about it, changed the subject, and advised.

If you want to stand out from the crowd, it is not very successful to make a big splash like King Zhuang of Chu. King Zhuang of Chu was originally a prince and had natural leadership for the State of Chu. It is best to be like Mao Sui, breaking through the bag, and slowly revealing your edge. This is the best strategy.

"Li Zhongtang? Li Hongzhang, where did you hear this sentence?"

"The great changes that have not happened in three thousand years, good sentence, good sentence!"

Zhou Yuan was shocked. Bai Gui, who usually looked dull, actually had such a shocking statement. This was not ordinary.

"This... I heard it from people talking about it in the town."

Bai Gui hesitated for a while and explained.

At this time, he suddenly realized that some of his common knowledge in his previous life might not even be heard by people at this time.

For example, Li Hongzhang's "the great changes that have not happened in three thousand years" was said by Li Hongzhang in May of the eleventh year of Tongzhi when he reviewed the non-abolition of steamship manufacturing.

This was mentioned in the memorial to the emperor.

Even though it has been nearly forty years, the vast countryside outside the information cocoon has not heard of this sentence.

"Brother Bai is right. Now is the time for you and me to use our martial arts. It is necessary to exercise well." Zhou Yuan looked at Bai Gui deeply, and his expression became more serious, no longer the playful and joking look just now.

Although it sounds like Bai Gui just heard this sentence accidentally, but... you should know that even if ordinary people heard this sentence, they would not pay much attention to it, otherwise he would not have heard it for the first time.

Now Li Hongzhang Li Zhongtang has been dead for seven years.

He really wanted to make friends with Bai Gui.

After that, Zhou Yuan was more like chicken blood. He did not procrastinate at all, but regarded it as his own training.

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The fortress was built around Bailu Village. Some of the walls of the fortress were the courtyard walls of the rich families. They were indistinguishable from each other. This part of the fortress was also the strongest, and was basically built with blue bricks.

After delivering the firewood, Bai Gui patiently observed the construction of the dock fortress in Bailu Village.

First, put the straw mat in the gap of the fortress and pour cold water on it. The ground was frozen and the weather was cold. In a short time, the straw mat was frozen hard. The gap between the two straw mats was poured with cold water, and after a while, the gap was repaired tightly.

Lunch was enjoyed on the public stove.

It was better than what we ate on weekdays.

After three days of hard work, the fort was finally repaired. Because it was poured with water, the ice fort was much harder than before. During these days, the students in the school had to go to the construction site to help after morning and afternoon classes.

The children complained repeatedly, as they were children of wealthy families.

As a result, many people fell behind in their studies and were criticized by the teacher. At the same time, because of the combination of work and rest, Bai Gui, who was used to hard work and had a good memory, was praised by Xu Xiucai in public and given two calligraphy works, namely "Yan Qinli Stele" and "Duobao Pagoda Stele".

"The Yan Qin Li stele captures the essence of Yan Lugong's regular script, but it is not easy for beginners to learn. You should first learn this "Duobao Pagoda stele" and practice twenty strokes every day. After studying in the evening, give it to me for review. Do not slack off at all. "

Xu Xiucai warned.

After that day, more than 20 Meng children in the school had no idea of ​​Bai Gui's past and did not dare to look down upon him in the slightest.

After all, Bai Gui had only been in school for about half a month, and he had already surpassed many of them, and even received a copybook from his husband.

But no one was jealous.

Bai Gui deserves this.

If Bai Gui fished for three days and dried the net for two days, and still achieved the current results, then they would definitely be dissatisfied, angry at the injustice of the world, and jealous of Bai Gui's talent.

But Bai Gui is the first to arrive at school every morning and works hard.

They saw all this.

There is nothing to be jealous of such a person.

Similarly, and because of this, many Mengtong students also secretly made up their minds to study hard. So with Xu Xiucai's gift, it greatly encouraged the studious spirit in the school and wiped away the previous laziness in the school.

Inside the house, the lights were as bright as beans.

"Zhu Zi said: 'First read "The Great Learning" to determine its scope; secondly read "The Analects" to establish its foundation; secondly read "Mencius" to observe its progress; secondly read "The Doctrine of the Mean" to find out the subtleties of the ancients. '.

"In the study of Confucian classics, I will teach you "The Great Learning" first..."

Xu Xiucai sat on the stool, pressed his little finger on the corner of his sleeve, opened the yellowed book on the desk, and began to lecture.