Shu Chen

Chapter 5 Younger Sister
During the Qin and Han dynasties, young children were taught, first to learn calligraphy.

Only after the characters and books have been identified, can they study the Classic of Filial Piety and the Analects of Confucius, and enter the preparation for interpretation of the meaning of the scriptures.

In the past, Zheng Du enlightened Xianglu and Wenshan Qiangyi children, and the calligraphy book used was "Ji Jiu Pian" (also known as Ji Jiu Zhang) compiled by Shi You, the Lingmen of Huangmen during the Han and Yuan Dynasties.

After Zheng Pu's filial piety ended, he continued to set up Mongolian schools, using the "Thousand-Character Writing" that appeared only during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The reason for choosing to be unconventional at first was not to gain fame and reputation, but simply to make the younger sister Zheng Yan more interested in literacy.

The three children of the Zheng family have a large age span.

The eldest brother Zheng Yan is nearly thirty years old, Zheng Pu is nineteen years old, but the younger sister Zheng Yan is only seven years old.

When Zheng passed away, Zheng Yan was still a child, and her family pity her for being lonely, so she was spoiled a lot.No matter what, she was reluctant to force her.

The same is true of scriptures.

When Zheng Pu first started to enlighten Zheng Yan last year, he found that she was having a hard time learning "Ji Jiu Pian". Out of doting, she searched her memory and silently came up with "A Thousand Characters" to teach her.The advantage of using "Thousand Characters" for enlightenment lies in the neat confrontation, and there are many characters' stories or allusions mixed in it.

Zheng Pu taught Zheng Yan literacy by telling stories, and the effect was significantly improved.

Therefore, he was also inspired to use "Thousand Characters" when he taught Mongolian school to other village children.It is also shameless to make up some allusions that did not appear, such as "Jiqin Ruan Xiao", etc.

For example, in ancient legends, there was a person surnamed Ji who was very good at playing the piano. Every time he played, even a phoenix from nine days away would come and listen. For example, in ancient times, there was a person surnamed Ruan, who was very He is good at ventriloquism, and when he screams, he can shake a mountain apart.

The nonsense is outrageous, and they are almost rushing to tell the stories in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Of course, most of the allusions are to persuade people to be good or in line with the moral quality of the world.

For example, "the sword is called Juque, and the pearl is called Yeguang".

Zheng Pu used the giant sword to forge five swords from Yue Wang Yunchang to Ou Yezi, and explained to Yue Wang Goujian who finally defeated Wu Wang Fuchai; Pearl, has been explained to "do good deeds, don't ask about the future," the character of life.

Such teaching is time-consuming.

Sometimes, the dry mouth speaks for an hour or two, just for the children to learn four words.

However, the effect is very good.

In the minds of seven or eight-year-old children, it is the time when they are full of curiosity about the world.

Zheng Pu made these children more interested in learning and greatly improved their literacy efficiency by entertaining them, which led to a beautiful talk.

Children's temperament, especially like to show off to the elders in the family.

The same goes for these young children who were enlightened by Zheng Pu.

After listening to Zheng Pu's narration in the Zhengjia Sangyuan, when he returned home, when his parents asked him about his schooling that day, he would also have a similar attitude.

The people of Qianshou, the sun rises and the sun sets, and there is little entertainment.It also makes the stories of those who teach young children become one of the few pastimes and interesting conversations in the countryside.

Many young men who have already started to study "The Classic of Filial Piety" or "The Analects of Confucius" are fascinated by it.

Some who thought it was a novelty actually followed the children to the Mulberry Garden to listen to the lecture.

Therefore, word of mouth has made Zheng Pu's "Thousand Characters" and novel teachings based on historical allusions into a beautiful talk in Shifang County.There are also many powerful families or scholars who come here, begging to transcribe new characters and go back to enlighten their children and nephews.

Qin Mi, who was in charge of Captain Shui in Chengdu, didn't know how to get the news. He always liked literature, and he also sent a family son and nephew to Zhengjia Sangyuan to ask for a copy.

The relationship between the Zheng family and Qin Mi has always been friendly.

When Zheng Du was alive before, he had asked his eldest son Zheng Yan to teach under Qin Mi's family. The trivial matter of wanting to transcribe documents was also a beautiful thing to enhance the friendship between the two families.

Zheng Pu was naturally overjoyed when he learned that.

He was planning to use Qin Mi's mouth to get into Zhuge Liang's eyes!

Immediately, he politely rejected Qin Mi's son and nephew, saying that many parts of his "Thousand Characters" were made up indiscriminately.

It's better to wait for him to annotate sentence by sentence, and then personally send it to Chengdu to show Qin Mi.

He also claimed that "it is better to travel ten thousand miles than reading ten thousand books", and he happened to have the intention to travel to Bashu after the spring ploughing, and at that time, he happened to take it to Chengdu to Qin Mi.

With such kindness, Qin Mi's nephew and nephew were disrespectful, and they said goodbye after saying goodbye.

Seeing that things were going well, Zheng Pu hurriedly went to the back house, informed his mother Lu, and asked for his plans to travel soon.

Lu Shi did not object to this.

It is very common for scholars to study abroad with weak crowns, and Zheng Pu has a reason for it.

He just carefully warned him to be careful when going out, and then he greeted the housekeeper to prepare the carriage and luggage for Zheng Pu, and arrange the entourage and other trivial matters.

And Zheng Pu also returned to his room, bowed his head to the record, and wrote a commentary on "Thousand Characters".

Only half an hour later, there was a burst of footsteps jumping in, accompanied by a clear child's voice calling, "Brother Zhong! Brother Zhong!"

Zheng Pu didn't need to turn his head to look, the corners of his mouth twitched.

That was his younger sister, Xiao Zheng Yan.

Due to the death of his late father Zheng Du, Zheng Pu has always acted as a brother, a father, and a childhood playmate for his younger sister.

From flying kites in spring, fluttering cicadas in summer, tasting early adopters in autumn and building snowmen in winter, to enlightening literacy and teaching things.It can be said that Xiao Zhengyan's childhood was led by Zheng Pu holding her hand all the way.

Therefore, Xiao Zhengyan always likes to stick by his side.

The same is true now, Xiao Zhengyan ran over, and before she could sit still, her two little hands had already grabbed Zheng Pu's sleeves, holding her little head up, making her big eyes glow with joy, "Hehe. Hee! Brother Zhong, when are we going to Chengdu?"

Ok?
Zheng Pu's smile stopped when he heard the words.

After a little stunned, he raised his eyebrows lightly, and said in a very kind tone, "Is it your mother who told you? But Xiao Yan'er, Brother Zhong has something to do when he goes to Chengdu, so I can't take you with me."

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xiao Zheng Yan, who was elated, with grievances on her face visibly.

The two big eyes were quickly covered with a layer of mist, which was slowly converging into water droplets.Grabbing the two little hands on the sleeves, he kept pulling slightly, his voice full of prayer, "Brother Zhong, take me there, okay? I must be obedient!"

"Xiao Yan'er is obedient, you are still young, you can't go like that."

However, before Zheng Pu's words were finished, Xiao Zheng Yan's mouth was flattened and she let out a loud voice.
"Wow~~~~~~"

Suddenly, Zheng Pu was in a hurry.

She comforted and explained in a hurry, "Xiao Yan'er, don't cry, don't cry. It's not that Brother Zhong doesn't want to take you there, but it's a long way to go to Chengdu, and you'll be exposed to the sun and rain on the way."

"Wow~~~~~ Brother Zhong doesn't hurt me anymore!"

"Xiao Yan'er is good, stay with grandma at home, when Brother Zhong comes back, will I bring you a lot of delicious food?"

"Brother Zhong doesn't hurt me anymore! Wow~~~~~~"

"Otherwise, Brother Zhong promises that Xiao Yan'er will come back soon, and will accompany you to catch Xia Chan later, okay?"

"Wow~~~~~ Wow~~~~~~"

Zheng Pu: .
Immediately, he couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead and let out a deep sigh.

After a while, Zheng Pu was stroking the little man's back, trying to slow down his speech rate as much as possible, and said softly, "That's it, Xiao Yan'er. If your mother agrees, Brother Zhong will take you with you, okay? "

"Really?"

Xiao Zheng Yan, who was sniffing, also shrugged her small shoulders, her two big eyes still filled with grievance, and stared at Zheng Pu for a while before she murmured, "Brother Zhong, don't lie!"

Without waiting for Zheng Pu to answer, he pouted again and added, "My mother said that if you lie, you will be captured by the ghosts in the mountains!"

"Well, Brother Zhong doesn't lie."

Zheng Pu nodded with a smile, reached out and rubbed her little head, and gently wiped away the tears on her face, "Brother Zhong didn't lie to Xiao Yan'er, did he?"

"Ok!"

Xiao Zheng Yan, who was affirmed, immediately nodded heavily and laughed through tears.

Immediately, two little hands wiped his face indiscriminately, then broke free from Zheng Pu's embrace, got up and ran out of the house.

As he ran, he was excited and shouted loudly.

"Mum! Mum! Brother Zhong also agreed! I can go to Chengdu!"

It also made Zheng Pu, who was about to open his mouth to speak out, reminding him not to run and fall, with a stunned expression on his face.

This little girl!

She had already got her mother's permission! ?

(End of this chapter)