Although Man Bao can read a lot of characters, she still can't understand the too complicated stories, she can only understand these stories by feeling.
Fortunately, these books are different from the books on Mr. Zhuang's bookshelf, because they are in vernacular. As long as you can read the characters and read the whole text, although you may not understand all of them, you can probably understand the story.
Man Bao became excited, holding the book and reading with relish.
Although it was written about a scumbag father, I didn't see the tragedy at the beginning. The first story was ranked tenth, an emperor named Kangxi.
It is about that he raises his sons like a gu, and in order to protect his own rights, he deliberately makes his sons fight and strike a balance.
At the beginning, Man Bao didn't see how this father was so bad, he just read it as a story, and the system reminded her: "Look at the fate of his sons, don't they all suffer?"
Man Bao was stunned for a moment, and asked, "They are all princes and emperors, what's the matter?"
Keke gave him an analysis, "Look, they are princes, but most of them were imprisoned and exiled in the end. Do you know what imprisoned and exiled are?"
Man Bao said confidently, "I don't know."
The system choked for a moment, and explained to her in detail the confinement and exile. In the final analysis, it was imprisonment and serving a sentence.
Man Bao was stunned, "My father is the emperor, and my brother is the emperor, so they still go to jail?"
Ke Ke said: "That's why I call him a scumbag."
Man Bao pouted, thinking that this father was really not very good, she read it back and forth twice, and figured out a little bit of the meaning of the story.
This is actually a father who wants to keep his rights. In order to balance, he deliberately let his sons fight back and forth. In the end, he banned three sons, and then he chose a son to be the emperor, and the emperor's son circled a few more times. One and several were exiled, so his sons were miserable.
Man Bao didn't like this story very much, and reading this story gave her a headache, and she didn't recognize the names of several people in it, so she pointed to Ke Ke.
Keke said, not only taught her how to pronounce the word, but also explained the meaning of the word by the way.
Man Bao turned to the next story and cried.
This father is much worse than the previous one, because he actually starved his daughter to death, just because his daughter accepted a piece of cake from a neighbor.
Man Bao was still a kind child, she was crying so loudly, and said angrily to Ke Ke: "This father is really too bad, why is he still an upright official?"
Keke: "He is an upright official and a scumbag father does not conflict."
Although it seems that honest officials are good, Man Bao still decided to hate him. That little girl was about her age, and she was starved to death, how uncomfortable it must be.
Man Bao cried until his eyes were red.
When Mr. Zhuang came back from get out of class, the system immediately confiscated the book in Man Bao's hand when he saw the person at the door, so it seemed that Mr. Zhuang saw Man Bao sitting on the steps crying alone, with red eyes.
Mr. Zhuang's grandson is only a little older than Man Bao, and he likes her the most on weekdays. He felt very distressed for a moment, so he took two steps forward and asked softly, "Man Bao, who bullied you?"
Man Bao wiped his tears and grabbed Mr. Zhuang's sleeve, raised his head and asked, "Sir, are you a good father?"
Mr. Zhuang was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Man Bao, my grandson is older than you. Even in terms of seniority, he should be grandpa."
"Woooooo, sir, are there a lot of bad fathers in this world who just bully children?"
Mr. Zhuang asked, "Did your father scold you?"
Man Bao shook his head, "My father treats me very well, he is not a bad father."
Mr. Zhuang heaved a sigh of relief, looked at Man Bao, and knew that she was still young, so he sat beside her and asked patiently, "Then why do you ask such a question?"
"I read a story about an upright official who didn't have enough food at home. His daughter was hungry. When the neighbor saw her, he gave her a piece of cake. His daughter ate it. When he knew it, he was very angry, so he killed his daughter. Locked up and starved to death."
Mr. Zhuang twitched his cheeks and said, "How can there be such an official?"
Man Bao trusted the book Keke brought out, and insisted: "It is there, I saw it with my own eyes."
Mr. Zhuang knew that he couldn't be serious with children, so he said, "Yes, there are such officials who try to catch their reputation. They are called upright officials, but they are not worthy of the name. It's just a piece of cake. Why is it so bad? If you are really honest, you can pay the neighbors two pieces."
"Huh?" Man Bao blinked, tried hard to recall what was written in the book just now, scratched his head and said: "It seems that it is not only because of eating a piece of cake, but it is because his daughter has contact with a foreign man, sir , what is a foreigner?"
Mr. Zhuang laughed, "That's even more nonsense. The outer man is what I am to you, and the students in the school are to you. Although there are differences between men and women, it is not necessary to strictly guard against it to such an extent. If there is, then it is not A madman is a devil."
Mr. Zhuang said: "The former is insane. I really think so. The latter is doing it deliberately, exchanging his daughter's life for a reputation. From such a person, you can hide as far away as you want in the future. But I never I've heard such a story, where did you read it?"
Man Bao immediately said: "It's a book called "Ten Evil Fathers in History"."
"Since it's history, it must have been recorded. I don't know which dynasty and generation the upright official you just mentioned is from?"
"People from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't help laughing out loud, touched her little head and said, "It can be seen that all the characters' experiences are fabricated. How can there be such a Ming Dynasty in this world?"
Man Bao blinked, but still believed in Keke, and asked it in his heart: "Keke, did you lie to me?"
The system that has been silent for a long time actually produced a pleasant emotion, and it said: "No, host, you don't have Da Ming in this dimension, it doesn't mean that there are no other dimensions, and it doesn't exist now, it doesn't mean that there won't be any in the future, just like me, in this dimension, in this era. , and only you have me, but in the era when my inventor lived, I was not uncommon, and I dare not say that everyone has one, but as long as they have money and are willing to buy, everyone can buy one."
Man Bao seemed to understand, but still summed up her understanding, that is, Keke did not lie, but Mr. Zhuang was right, so she decided to listen to both.
She looked up at Mr. Zhuang and asked, "Sir, do you know any bad fathers in our history?"
Mr. Zhuang asked, "Why are you interested in this? You know, a son never speaks of his father's faults. Even if his father is wrong, few people will publicize it to the world, which will make the father lose face and the family. What good is it for me if I lose face?"
As soon as Man Bao was in a daze, Mr. Zhuang simply took this opportunity to salute her, and after a while he said: "Man Bao, you are a smart child, I know you love to read, if that is the case, then study hard, "Thousand Characters" You have finished studying Wen, now it's time to learn "The Analects of Confucius", and when you finish studying "The Analects of Confucius", the teacher will tell you about "Li".
Man Bao was stunned, and the system couldn't help reminding her: "Host, why don't you thank your teacher soon?"
Man Bao came back to his senses and immediately knelt down on the ground, "Sir, teacher!"
Man Bao kowtowed to Mr. Zhuang.
As soon as Mr. Zhuang said that, he regretted it for a moment, but seeing her kneeling on the ground with a happy face and calling him teacher, that trace of regret disappeared again.
Forget it, although she is a female apprentice, but she is smart, cute, let's talk about comfort.
Mr. Zhuang helped the child up and said, "Go back and tell your parents what happened today."
"Why, didn't the teacher never let me tell my parents what happened here?"
Mr. Zhuang touched her head and said, "Since you are made to bow down, it is natural that you should be justified."
Mr. Zhuang touched her head and sighed quietly.
When I saw Man Bao for the first time, she was just a little girl who could just stand up against the wall. It seemed that she was only eight or nine months old, and she could barely stand on the wall.
Xiaoqian came to cook, because she just took over the job, she cherished it very much, and always came early, not only to clean the inside and outside, but also chop firewood to cook and cook.
So I couldn't help neglecting this child. At that time, Man Bao climbed to the threshold of the classroom, turned over and hugged the door to listen to his lecture.
At first, Mr. Zhuang was a little angry, thinking that Xiao Qian could not do things, so he put down the book, hugged her and went to find Xiao Qian.
Originally, she wanted Xiao Qian to take care of her child, but she saw that she was chopping firewood profusely with an ax in hand.
Mr. Zhuang was invited by Landlord Bai to teach in such a mountain village. Naturally, his family is not rich. In fact, he also came from such poverty.
In his memory, that was how his mother took him, so Mr. Zhuang hesitated for a while, and instead of calling Xiaoqian, he turned around and carried Man Bao back, and let her sit on the threshold.
Fortunately, this child is also good. She just sat on the threshold, didn't cry or make noise, and ate whatever was given. When she saw the students reading aloud, she also talked like herself.
Later, the first word she said was "Sir", and Mr. Zhuang insisted on this statement.
This child is really smart. As soon as the one-year-old child could speak, she read "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang..." with the students
The youngest student he taught was six years old. He read it ten times, remembered it, and then forgot it the next day, but this child's small head remembered it very clearly.
Of course, she can only yell, but can't read.
So Mr. Zhuang copied a thousand-character text and gave it to her.
Later, Mr. Zhuang liked her even more, because he found that Man Bao not only memorized books quickly, but also had a good memory, and he could also recognize characters quickly.
After facing it several times, she will be able to remember that word.
Such a smart, cute, and kind child, how could he not be a boy
Mr. Zhuang expressed regret more than once.
Then he couldn't help but teach her, taught her how to read, taught her the truth, and even found some books to practice calligraphy, and then gave the manuscript to her for her collection.
Although the words of accepting her as an apprentice came out suddenly, the thought had not lasted for a day or two. It was just because she was a girl that he hesitated.
In fact, he is just a scholar who was expelled from the government school. After all, his knowledge is limited, so why should he care too much about those false names
Do you really want to be famous like the bad father she said
Mr. Zhuang rubbed Manbao's head more vigorously, and made up his mind: "Go to your sister-in-law now, and let your parents choose a good day to bring you home."
Man Bao left in a daze.