Ordinary people's rice bowl

Chapter 183
The first thing Mu Zhen, Hu Guoqing, and Mu Bao did when they got home was to look through the dictionary. What disappointed the three was the rare words. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do?
Mu Bao put his hands on his cheeks, blinked his eyes, and said as if thinking of something: "This word can't be found in the dictionary, and no one knows it at all. Just guess the pronunciation!"

"Isn't this fooling people?" Mu Zhen strongly objected, and then thought for a while: "If you don't know it, you don't know it. If you just say that there is no dictionary, there is no need to fill it up. Besides, if Mr. Zhao recognizes the truth, then we Isn’t it just asking for embarrassment?”

Hu Guoqing looked at Mu Zhen's earnest expression, and just nodded silently.

"Then, what can we do?" Mu Bao muttered in a low voice.

"There is a way!" Hu Guoqing said as if he understood something.

As soon as the Mu Zhen brothers heard that they had a solution, they immediately became excited like a stimulant, and hurriedly said in unison: "Quickly talk and listen!"

"He must not be isolated from this word, specify which book he copied it from, find that sentence, and then follow it up, even if he guesses the pronunciation, he can guess the pronunciation very well!" Hu Guoqing's words did not let Mu Zhen The two brothers were happy, but neither spoke immediately.

Mu Zhen looked out of the window, then turned around and said, "The method you mentioned is a good one, but if we go to find Mr. Zhao again, it's hard to say whether we can find it right away. Besides, if we can get it right, he already has the ability to recognize him. There are so many words, many of them are not from the old three articles? Those who have this ability are probably at a higher level than ours. I can’t find it in the dictionary now. It reminds me of what Kong Yiji mentioned. Are the four ways of writing Hui' a variant of a certain character?"

"Probably, if that's the case, it's really difficult for us to find out the pronunciation of these words!" Mu Zhen recognized Hu Guoqing's answer.

"Look at our father and see if he recognizes it?" Mu Bao suggested.

"Okay, you go and find him!" Mu Zhen immediately agreed to this proposal when she heard it, and thought that I have my own skills, maybe he can find out the source of these words, so I will ask Lao Mu about it. The task was given to Mu Bao.

Mu Zhen felt as if she was embarrassing her father when she asked her father with a few uncommon words. She was afraid that her father would not be able to recognize the embarrassment, so she could only entrust this task to Mu Bao.

Mu Bao didn't think too much, just copied Lao Zhao's writing method on the paper himself, and then ran to find Lao Mu, who was not in the main room, so Mu Bao guessed that he must have gone to school. After saying hello on National Day, he went straight to the school. Because there were no students in the school, it was quiet. Mu Bao went straight to the office. After all, he was a child. He pushed the door in without knocking. The teachers were writing something, Hearing the sound of the door, they turned to the door in unison, and when they saw Mu Bao rushing in, they all showed surprised expressions.

"Didn't you go out with your brother, why did you come here?" Old Mu asked directly.

"I'm here to ask how to read these words, but I can't find them in the dictionary, so I'm here to ask you?" After speaking, Mu Bao ran forward and placed the copied words in front of Lao Mu.

Lao Mu glanced at it with his eyes, frowned, and didn't recognize any of them, but how to say this sentence, Lao Mu didn't express it immediately, but asked directly: "Since there are none in the dictionary, where did you read it?" Arrived?"

"Uncle Zhao from the pig farm asked us, but we didn't find it in the dictionary!" Mu Bao responded hastily.

"It's this old Zhao again, how could he come across such a rare word?" Old Mu seemed to be talking to himself.

The teachers in the office immediately became interested when they heard the conversation between Mr. Mu and Mr. Mu. They talked about the matter of Lao Zhao learning calligraphy. This matter has long been fermented news. People questioned him at such an age, but also learning to read, what's the use?What's more, what about these rare words that are rarely seen at all?
Old Mu listened, but didn't answer. Suddenly he came up with an idea, and said to Mu Bao: "Let your brother go to Ma Sanye's house and ask, he will definitely recognize it."

After hearing this, the other teachers kept saying, "Good idea!"

Mu Bao looked at everyone, nodded, grabbed the paper in front of Old Mu, and ran out of the office without looking back.

"Brother, I went to ask the teachers in the school just now, but no one recognized it. My father told you to ask Mr. Ma, he will definitely recognize it!" Mu Bao said while panting.

"Mr. Ma!" Mu Zhen repeated, she hadn't been to him for a long time, and just happened to go to see this old scholar whom he admired. Thinking of this, Mu Zhen said to Hu Guoqing and Mu Bao: "You two are here Wait, I'll go find Mr. Ma."

When Hu Guoqing heard that there were still people in the village who knew such rare characters, he immediately said with great interest, "Let's get to know such a powerful person!"

"Then you come with me, Mu Bao?" Mu Zhen asked, looking at Mu Bao.

"You two go, I don't want to see that 'Ghost Seeing Sorrow'!" Mu Bao whispered.

"Ghost seeing sorrow?" Hu Guoqing repeated, and then asked: "What ghost seeing worry?"

"Don't listen to his nonsense, Mr. Ma usually doesn't talk to children and is usually very serious, so many children in the village are afraid of him, but he is actually very kind to me!" Mu Zhen explained hastily.

"You go, I'll wait for you at home!" Mu Bao said while picking up the homework book he was writing before going out, bowed his head and began to write seriously.

Mu Zhen hurried to the village with Hu Guoqing. When the two saw Mr. Ma, they found Mr. Ma was boiling water around the stove.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you nervous about studying these days?" Ma Sanye didn't feel unfamiliar with Mu Zhen's arrival at all, as if an old friend who had "forgotten friends" reunited after a long time. , Mr. Ma didn't seem to pay attention, Mu Zhen didn't introduce, and Mr. Ma didn't ask.

"Well, third grandpa still understands me!" Mu Zhen replied in a low voice.

"What book are you going to borrow?" In Ma Sanye's impression, Mu Zhen couldn't find any other reason to look for herself besides borrowing books.

"I'm not borrowing a book this time, but I want to ask you to read a few words." Mu Zhen said as she took out a piece of paper and handed it over.

When Ma Sanye heard that there were new characters for him to read, he immediately picked up the reading glasses and put them on, looked at them carefully for a while, pointed to two of the characters, pronounced them to Mu Zhen, and explained their meanings, and then said : "I will also look up the rest in the dictionary."

As he spoke, he stood up, pulled out the bookcase from under the bed, and found a thick, yellowed book wrapped with a layer of kraft paper. On the paper was clearly written "Kangxi Dictionary" in small letters with a brush. Seriously, after a while, he pointed to one of the characters, gave the pronunciation and explanation, and then gave the pronunciation and explanation of the other words one after another. Finally, Mu Zhen found that these characters were not variant characters, but they had not been used for a long time. used, or ancient characters that are not commonly used in modern times.

Hu Guoqing, who was standing by the side, really saw the level of an "old pedant". He could still recognize these uncommon characters, and judging from his seriousness in explaining and reading the dictionary, he seemed to be a meticulous gentleman. The "old pedant" in front of him praised and applauded.

After Mu Zhen marked the answer given by Ma Sanye on the paper she brought, Mu Zhen briefly reported her study situation to Ma Sanye, and expressed her gratitude to Ma Sanye again and again, so she pulled Hu Guoqing , Withdrew from Mr. Ma's house.

(End of this chapter)