In the evening, Li Jin went back to finish copying the book, and then continued to do the most basic writing exercises on raw paper.
The young man came over and saw that he was doing the simplest exercises, and was slightly startled.
Li Jin put down the pen, turned to look over, and asked, "What's wrong?"
The young man smiled slightly, and the cinnabar mole on the brow looked particularly beautiful under the candlelight.
He said: "When my brothers were studying before, my husband also asked them to practice the most basic horizontal and vertical skills first.
Before, I saw A Jin's writing only in red, not practicing. I wanted to tell A Jin about this, but I never found a chance. "
After a pause, the boy continued: "Now that A Jin is consolidating his writing, I don't need to say anything."
Li Jin thought that he should be talking about the original owner, so he didn't give him a chance to make small comments.
Li Jin asked, "Can you also write?"
Now that he has recalled most of the original owner's memories, he is not worried about revealing the contents.
It's just that the original owner has very little memory related to the teenager. Li Jin only knows that the teenager was bought by his own family, but he doesn't know much about the teenager's life experience.
Qin Muwen lowered his eyes and said, "I know a little bit, but it's useless for my brother to learn words, so I don't learn much."
Li Jin smiled and said, "How can it be useless? In the future, when our family makes money, we will have you to record the purchase and purchase. After I practice the words, I can come to teach you."
The boy's eyes widened and he looked at Li Jin. Back then, even his father said that it was useless for my brother to learn words.
It is better to learn some piano skills and play it for your husband.
But his husband is now telling him seriously that his brother can learn calligraphy, and he will have to be a housekeeper in the future.
Li Jin was delighted by his reaction, and smiled: "I could teach you to continue writing when I have time, but I'm still in the groping stage, so I don't plan to mislead the children.
When I practice better, I will have the confidence to teach you. "
As for the issue of life experience, Li Jin did not go into detail.
Even if the young man was born in a rich and noble family before, but now he can be reduced to this point, it proves that the family has been broken up.
Asking again is equivalent to tearing open the scabbed wound again. It hurts too much.
So Li Jin did not continue the topic.
When the young man let go of everything and was willing to tell him on his own initiative, it would be a matter of course.
Afterwards, the boy sat on the bed and coaxed Baozi to sleep. After Li Jin practiced ten big characters, he turned off the lights, washed in the yard, and fell asleep to the sound of cicadas.
On the second day, everything after getting up in the morning has made the two have a tacit understanding.
The teenager cooks porridge, roasts potatoes, and mixes a bowl of wild vegetables.
Li Jin feeds the child, washes up, and packs the basket.
In fact, after the next drug sale, he can save money to buy a bookcase, just like the one seen on TV, a scholar usually recites one when he is rushing for an exam.
It is usually made of wicker, and there are pen, ink, paper, inkstone, changing clothes and so on.
I don’t really need it now, but when I have to take the county exam in February next year, I have to go all the way to the county. It is much more convenient to carry a bookcase on the road than to carry a basket, and I can put different things in different categories.
In addition, there is a awning on the top of the book box to prevent the contents from getting wet.
It's just that book boxes cannot be brought into the examination room, only simple book baskets can be brought into the examination room.
Li Jin still arrived earlier that day. The sutras that Mr. Song gave him yesterday were divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower, and Mr. Song gave him only one.
Li Jin calculated that the "Four Books" is about 40,000 to 50,000 words, and the "Five Classics" can be a little more.
But each book is about 10,000 words or so.
Yesterday, what Mr. Song gave to Li Jin was only one third of a book, but it was only about 3,000 words.
So he could finish it in one night.
Li Jin thought that the speed at which he copied the book was about 3,000 words per hour, and he copied the book yesterday for a little over an hour. He was satisfied with this speed.
It will take at least a month to finish copying the "Four Books" and "Five Classics".
Thinking about it this way, it was really not easy for the ancients to take the exam. Just the most basic test for children requires memorizing the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", in addition to the "Sacred Encyclopedia" and so on.
Before Mr. Song came to arrange today's content, Li Jin picked up the pen and began to dictate the content he excerpted yesterday.
He didn't deliberately recite it yesterday, but after all, it's an adult's thinking. When looking at something, it focuses on understanding. After understanding a part, it will be much easier to memorize.
About a quarter of Li Jin's writing, Chen Xiran came.
As soon as he came in, he played a few ensembles of 'Ow Oo Oo'.
"Brother Li Xian, can you write the book you just got yesterday?"
Li Jin smiled bitterly: "No, I just tried to dictate it, I don't remember that familiar yet."
Chen Xiran has also learned this book before. He has a good memory and has roughly scanned what Li Jin has written.
"You didn't make a mistake in trying to dictate it! I thought my memory was born to read, but today I found out that there is someone outside. Brother Li Xian laughed."
Mr. Song came a little late today, his face was very stinky, and he didn't know what happened.
In ancient times, Mr. had a lot of power. He was angry and might say that today's class was canceled.
However, Mr. Song was obviously more self-disciplined. He took out two copies, one for Chen Xiran, and the other was the commentary on the scriptures that Li Jin copied yesterday, and he gave this to Li Jin.
"Chen Xiran, go and read by the window, Li Jin, you should copy first."
The two responded in unison, "Yes."
Mr. Song also taught students according to their aptitude. He knew that Chen Xiran had a good memory, and Chen Xiran's family was rich and there were a lot of books in the study. Don't let him continue to copy, let him go to read.
The book Li Jin has in his hand is relatively thin, and he can probably finish copying it in the morning.
However, it is also fortunate that Li Jin knows the actual situation of his family and has no heart for comparison.
Otherwise, he would definitely feel that his husband asked him to copy the book, but only Chen Xiran endorsed it, which was too discriminatory.
After Mr. Song left, Li Jin spent half an hour dictating the rest of the words. He could roughly know the shape of some rare characters, but he couldn't write them out.
Then Li Jin began to transcribe the annotations, and there are still two fonts in this book.
It seems that Mr. Song's teacher is very good, and he gave him all the books he treasured.
Li Jin saw the back, and even found that Mr. Song drew a circle next to the rare words he didn't know, and then wrote a lot of explanations.
It seems that the ancients did not know how to write uncommon words at a glance.
However, it is also convenient for him to understand and remember.
It was not even noon today, and the class next door had already disbanded. When Mr. Song entered the study, his face was still terrifyingly dark.
He didn't even say anything, and directly asked Chen Xiran to recite the book in the morning.
Then he tortured Li Jin a few more questions.
Fortunately, neither of them was lazy, and they all answered, and Mr. Song's face looked better.
After that, Mr. Song assigned the two of them homework, and they left immediately.
After going out, Chen Xiran winked at Li Jin and said, "I know why Mr. is in a bad mood today."
Li Jin: "Oh."
Chen Xiran said, "Don't you want to know?"
Li Jin: "I don't want to."
Chen Xiran's words were stuck in his throat: "You are really boring, forget it, let me tell you.
A few days ago, the husband's mother passed away. As a result, in the past three years, in order to please the husband, the people in their village actually sent a big girl to be the successor of the husband's father. "
Chen Xiran continued: "Do you think Mr.'s face can't be black? Then you have to call a girl who is a bit younger than him mother."
Li Jin frowned: "Mr. won't agree to this." Although his father married the successor, it is now obvious that Song Yuan is the one who has the potential, and his father should seek his son's opinion.
Chen Xiran said: "Of course I don't agree. To be honest, my husband's father doesn't agree either, but the family insists that the old man has tarnished the innocence of his daughter..."
This is really even jumping into the Yellow River and unable to wash it off.
Chen Xiran said: "If the old man can cultivate a scholar, he must not be confused. If he does this, he will be expelled from the title.
In my opinion, someone must have deliberately framed Mr. "
Based on the contacts with Mr. Song over the past few days, Li Jin also felt that Mr. Song was honest and credible. His father wouldn't be too old to look at someone who could be his granddaughter.
So, what is the purpose of these people
Chen Xiran sneered: "My father has already followed him to investigate, don't worry, he will definitely return his innocence.
Think about it, we are about to take part in the imperial examinations. If the husband is expelled from the title, where can we find another scholar to guarantee? "
The number of guarantors for each talent is limited.
There are only three talents in Shili Baxiang, and the other two Li Jin are unfamiliar, not to mention whether these talents are willing to guarantee Li Jin.
It's a question of whether they have other guaranteed places on hand now.
Li Jin suddenly became serious: "So, according to what Brother Chen said, the ultimate purpose of these people is the two of us?"
is this necessary
Chen Xiran said ashamed: "I learned about Li Xiandi's reputation yesterday. Those people shouldn't worry about you being admitted as a scholar. They worry about me."
Although the town is not big, there is still competition.
If a guarantor of a scholar is also admitted to the scholar, the court will also reward the guarantor for the scholar.
In this way, Mr. Song's reputation will be able to suppress the other two talents.
Li Jin thought, this intrigue is even more exciting than the book.
He had heard earlier that someone had given a laxative to Tongsheng who was in the same exam, delaying them from letting them take the exam. This happened directly beside him, and he would have to be careful in the future.
But why is Chen Xiran so confident that the man behind the scenes is worried that he will be admitted to a scholar
Chen Xiran seemed to know what Li Jin was wondering, and he said, "Li Xiandi really doesn't care about the gossip in the town, because I am a high-profile person. When our family first moved in, I said that I would definitely be admitted to a scholar in this competition..."
Li Jin was silent.
Sure enough, pretending to be struck by lightning is an eternal truth.
Li Jin said, "If you need our help over there, sir, I'll be there for you."
Chen Xiran said, "Brother Li Xian, don't worry, I won't implicate you!"