It is still a year and a half away from the disaster that forced Meng Yunniang to self-destruct in order to protect herself. During this time, Jiang Liu must improve his status in the family, at least to make the person in charge of the family feel that he is useful. Otherwise, even if he can avoid the first catastrophe, he will not be able to avoid the second and third times calculated by someone with a heart...
At this time, the benefits of a strong clan concept are reflected.
Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and scholars have the most respected status. If Jiang Liu can show enough talent for studying and make the clan feel that he is a seed worth investing in, then the life of Jiang Liu’s mother and son in the clan will be much more comfortable.
Because once he develops, the benefits are not just his own, but the glory of the entire clan.
I don't think the Wang family is because there has been one jinshi and three juren from the clan. Now the county magistrates respect the Wang family a little bit. Every time the court calls for labor, the Wang family has the fewest people.
From small to big, if a family can have someone who can speak in the government, how much benefit will it be to the family.
In recent years, the Jiang clan has also attached great importance to the cultivation of children in the clan. However, there are too many poor people in the clan, and most of them cannot afford to study. There are few who are willing to study for their children and grandchildren, and there are few outstanding talents. After that, there were five scholars and nine children born in the clan, and three of them belonged to the Jiang family.
But when it comes to the right to speak, even one hundred talents may not be able to be effective.
Now there is a book school in the village. One of the two scholars who teach is the son of the patriarch, and the other is a poor scholar from a poor family who needs to be repaired. Jiang Liu decided to start with the son of the patriarch.
*****
Jiang Liu went to the mill in the village first, intending to say hello to his mother first, but the other party in the province did not see him in a hurry when he returned home halfway.
The mill in the village is a clan industry, and the money earned is used to maintain a series of expenses such as the maintenance of the ancestral hall. Because it provides convenience to the clan, the use of the stone mill in it is cheap, but because of the low fee, it cannot be used. The mule helps, and it all depends on its own grinding.
It was early spring now, and ordinary strong men had to wear two spring shirts to keep from feeling cold, but Meng Yunniang, who had been grinding for half an hour, was sweating profusely just wearing a single spring shirt. Her temples were sticking to her forehead, and the sweat dripped down her bun, and some wet eyelashes entered her eyes. It was salty, and her prickly eyes were hot and painful, but Meng Yunniang didn't care about wiping off the sweat, and she planned to grind all the beans. It's over, so I can go back and prepare the tofu that I want to buy tomorrow.
There are six stone mills in the mill. Except for Meng Yunniang, who is grinding soy milk, the others are all grinding flour, and these people are all men as the main force of grinding, while the women in the family help to use bags to grind the ground. The flour is put away.
In contrast, Meng Yunniang looked a little miserable.
"Dalang, why are you here?"
Seeing her son running to the mill, Meng Yunniang quickly untied the grinding rope tied to her body, relieved her tense shoulder muscles, and walked to her son and squatted down in three or two steps.
"Did someone go to the house to make trouble?"
No wonder Meng Yunniang thought so much. When her husband just passed away, people would come to the door from time to time, and she didn't dare to come to the mill to grind soy milk. .
"No one's coming to the house, mother, I want to go to the school to play with Uncle Xin."
The full name of Uncle Xin in Jiang Liu's mouth is Jiang Fangxin. He is only two years older than him. The original body plays with him very well.
"That's good, but you have to wait obediently outside the school. If the teachers are in class, you must not rush in recklessly. Also, don't go to the mountains or go out of the village. If you meet a stranger, they will give you candy. When you eat, you shout loudly and call out all the elders in the village."
Meng Yunniang also knew that it was not an option to keep her son at home all the time. After careful warning, she agreed to her son's request.
When leaving the mill, Jiang Liu looked at his mother who had re-tied the grinding rope and pushed the stone-grinding wooden handle, feeling that he had to speed up a bit.
*****
"In the beginning of human beings, their natures are inherently good. Their natures are similar, but their habits are far away... One to ten, ten to one hundred. Hundred to thousands, thousands to ten thousand."
Jiang Fangzheng came from home and was about to go to the school to teach when he was attracted by the childish voice from under the apricot tree outside the school.
Which student was not in the classroom, but went outside to endorse it, and the voice sounded unfamiliar, and he couldn't connect with any of the students he taught.
"You are?"
When he walked in, he was even more unable to recognize which of his own students he was, facing the beautiful and childish round face that was completely unfamiliar.
"Uncle Jiang."
Seeing the goal coming, Jiang Liu stopped the endorsement, stood up neatly, and bowed very politely.
"Whose child are you, what are you doing outside the school?"
Hearing Jiang Liu's name, Jiang Fangzheng realized that this was not his student, but the child of some family in the clan, but he was very curious how the other party could recite the Three Character Classic so fluently, and he looked like five or six. The age of the students, you must know that the students accepted by the school are also starting from the age of six, and those students can only recite the first paragraph of the Three Character Classic with stumbling and stumbling, and they cannot be as fluent as him.
Could it be that an elder in the family enlightened him
But there are only a few talents in the clan, and they are all familiar to Jiang Fangzheng. If there is such a smart child in the other party's family, he has no reason to know.
"My father passed away, and my mother is called Lady Tofu."
It is taboo for juniors to call their elders by their names. Fortunately, Jiang Liu was young and said his mother's nickname with an ignorant appearance, and no one would think that he was ignorant.
"My mother was grinding beans in the mill, and I was bored, so I waited outside the school for my uncle Xin to play with me after school."
Jiang Liu pointed in the direction of the school, indicating that he did not appear outside the school at will.
As soon as he said the tofu lady, Jiang Fangzheng knew whose son Jiang Liu was. After all, only the Jiang Dachun family could make tofu in the village. After his death, the craftsmanship was passed on to his daughter-in-law. Family, as the patriarch, the most important thing, Jiang Fangzheng also heard about it as the son of the next patriarch.
But if he remembered correctly, Jiang Dachun didn't know a single big character, so it was impossible for him to enlighten his son. In this case, where did Jiang Liu's Three Character Classic come from
"What were you carrying just now?"
Jiang Fangzheng bent down and asked in a tone of coaxing a child.
"I don't know, I listened to the people inside and learned it casually."
Jiang Liu shook his round head, his expression very innocent.
"Learn casually?"
Jiang Fangzheng suppressed his excitement and shock: "Apart from the few paragraphs you just learned, what else did you learn?"
He had a vague guess in his heart, but he couldn't be sure.
"what else?"
Jiang Liu tilted his head and thought for a while: "Disciple rules, sage teachings... Parents teach, you must listen carefully... Although things are small, don't hide them, and there are some things that you didn't hear clearly and don't remember."
He didn't dare to show too much, he memorized the rules of the disciples halfway and pretended not to remember, and stopped reciting.
But even that was enough for Jiang Fangzheng to look him up and down with the eyes of rare treasures.
Never forget, no, never forget.
In the past, Jiang Fangzheng had only heard of such geniuses in books and rumors. This kind of person would be chosen out of thousands of people. If he was trained well, let alone a scholar, it would be a matter of time before he was selected for the exam.
Jiang Fang was trained as the next patriarch. He was open-minded and would not hate Jiang Liu because he performed better than him. He even strangled this little genius in the cradle. Jiang Fang was thinking about cultivating Jiang Liu. , If he can go to high school, how much benefit will it bring to the Jiang clan.
Not to mention, as long as Jiang Liu passed the exam, the Jiang clan's right to speak in this area would not be comparable to what it is now.
Jiang Fangzheng took a few deep breaths, but now he didn't dare to recklessly stab his thoughts out. He patted Jiang Liu's head with relief, and planned to have a good discussion with his father at night.
*****
Although there was no immediate satisfactory result, Jiang Liu knew that everything would develop as he guessed. After dinner at night, Jiang Liu was lying on the bed and was about to go to bed when 001 ran out.
"Doesn't the host plan to study hard?"
It floated in mid-air, looking at Jiang Liu and said.
Today, Jiang Fangzheng was fooled, but the greater the hope given to Jiang Fangzheng, the higher his expectations for Jiang Liu must be. Although Jiang Liu now has the memory of his original body, it is very difficult to use it flexibly.
For example, the ancient fonts are completely different from the simplified characters Jiang Liu used to use. Due to inertia, Jiang Liu is prone to missing arms and legs when writing. According to 001's idea, from now on, Jiang Liu should get used to it and use it. new text.
"Think of those lovely girls who are waiting for you to save them."
001 cheers for Jiang Liu.
Listening to 001's words, Jiang Liu finally got off the bed in aggrieved, resignedly took a bowl from the kitchen, filled it with water and returned to the room, holding a branch on the stone brick floor to practice calligraphy.
For the lovely girls, is this lovely boy destined to endure the ravages of fate