Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 144
After Mrs. Zhao left, Wen Shu went up the mountain with an ax in hand. Because of her great strength, it took her less than half a quarter of an hour to cut down the eight trees that were not considered strong.

The cut trees need to be dried for a few days before they can be made into wooden pillars, but the forest is foggy and there is little sunlight to come in, so Wen Shu took another quarter of an hour to transport the trees down the mountain after cutting the forked branches.

In the following days, Wen Shu tried to make various dishes and pastries that he had eaten in Cangzhou but had never made himself.

If there are good ones, they will make more and sell them the next day.Those who did not do well were sacrificed to her and her father's five internal organs temple.

Although it was a small fight like this, it also made nearly a regular amount of money.

Time passed, and as the weather gradually warmed up, it soon came to February 26, the day when the private school started.

Wen Shu, who was thinking of Shan Hai Jing, got up early in the morning to dress up.In order not to stain her clothes by cooking, she rarely made breakfast, but bought two cakes at the alley, and the father and daughter dealt with it before heading to the private school with the bookcase on their backs.

As early as three days ago, she took 30 pairs of Xiuhe and two kinds of dried fruit snacks to the private school to pay a visit to Master Li.Seeing that she was willing to continue studying, the master was very happy, and gave her an inkstone worth three guan on the spot.

The inkstone is a good inkstone, and Wen Shu likes it very much, but what makes her even more happy is that after some communication, Master Li has agreed that she go to her study to read the Classic of Mountains and Seas every day after school.It doesn't even hurt to say transcribe.

For Wen Shu, this was undoubtedly a good thing, so she went to the private school early on the first day of school.

On the first day of school, there is a ceremony of appreciating the teacher. It is necessary to dress neatly as a sign of respect. First, kneel down on both knees to the statue of Confucius and kowtow nine times, and then bow three times to the teacher who is teaching.

After the apprentice ceremony, there will be a copper basin on the desk in front of the master, and there will be water in the basin. The students will take turns to wash their hands, both front and back, implying clean hands and hearts, removing impurities and preserving essence. Concentrate on, without distractions.

Finally, there is the pen opening ceremony. The so-called pen opening ceremony actually includes cinnabar enlightening one's wisdom, beating drums wisely, and tracing red to open one's pen.

Cinnabar Kaizhi means that the master holds a brush with cinnabar in his hands and places a red mole on the center of the student's eyebrow.Because "mole" and "wisdom" have the same pronunciation, it means that students will open up wisdom from now on, with clear eyes and clear hearts, and they will be able to learn a little bit in the future.

Drumming is wise, that is, under the leadership of the master, the students beat the drums and always keep in mind the original intention of learning.

Under the guidance of the master, students learn to write the first character in life. This character is often simple in strokes, but it contains profound meaning.

After all these things, the entrance ceremony is considered to be completed.

After that, things became more relaxed. The private school kitchen prepared exquisite snacks and candied dried fruits, and the girls sat around and got to know each other.

Most of the ladies who are after school in the C-size only have the chance to enroll for one year. Wen Shu is lucky, but the other girls are not so lucky, so many old classmates are gone now, and many new faces have been added instead. Come in.

To Wen Shu's surprise, Miss Qin Shan, who was a former classmate and tablemate, was also there. After a year of getting along, the two had already become acquainted, and immediately took the lead in introducing themselves to the new faces.

After getting to know each other, everyone began chatting on twitter, but after all, they just met, they are not very familiar with each other, and the topics they can get together are only the same as the old women's affairs.

Let’s talk about the most common rouge and gouache first, then we will talk about the clothes and gowns, and then we will talk about the cooking skills of female craftsmen and going out in the garden.

"Hey, in five days it will be the first day of March. Yesterday, the government announced that the opening time of the park will remain the same this year, and Jinming Pond has also added a naval performance. How about we go swimming together?" A young woman in a yellow shirt suggested. .

"Okay, okay, I'm going to Jinmingchi. I haven't watched the dragon boat tour last year."

"I have watched Dragon Boat Tour several times, but this year I want to go to Qionglin Garden. It is said that many flowers in the garden have already bloomed, and I want to paint the flowers."

"Then divide the troops into two groups, those who go to Jinming Pool go to Jinming Pool, and those who go to Qionglin Garden go to Qionglin Garden."

After chatting for about [-] quarters of an hour, the ladies scattered away. Wen Shu and Qin Shan said goodbye at the school gate, and went back to the master's study alone.

When she arrived, the master was already inside. She hadn't seen her for a few months, and she still had that elegant and casual appearance. She was sitting behind the desk writing something.What is written under the pen is not ordinary white paper, but a booklet that has already been written.

Seeing her coming, Master Li put down his pen, smiled lightly, and greeted her, "Here, sit down."

Wen Shufu saluted and sat down in front of the case.

Master Li handed her the Classic of Mountains and Seas on the desk, and asked the maid beside him to pour a cup of tea for Wen Shu, and began to write again.

Wen Shu took the tea from the envoy, thanked her, took a sip, put it aside, and concentrated on reading.

With this book in her hand, she has been thinking about it for more than three or four months, and now that she can read it with all her heart, she has no time to drink tea.

Turning the pages of the book to the place where she saw it last time, she devoted herself to it, taking the words and pictures into her heart one by one, and imprinting them in her mind.

The time for reading always passed quickly, and before you knew it, the bright sun had risen to the center, and the warm and steamy sunlight came in from the window lattice, shining on the two people in front of the desk.

His wrist was sore after writing for a long time, Master Li put down his pen and took a sip of tea.The pen rested on the brush wash, and there was a light sound.

Wen Shu came back to his senses, looked up, and realized that it was almost noon, so he hurriedly got up and returned the book to his master, pleaded guilty, and left the private school.

After returning home, he changed his clothes and made lunch again. After eating, Father Wen went to the East Chamber for a rest, while Wen Shu went back to his room and sat in front of the desk, spreading paper and rubbing ink.

She wanted to write down everything she saw today.

Not only today’s ones, but also the ones I read last time. Now that my memory is still clear, I wrote them down and organized them into volumes, so that I can read them anytime I want in the future, and I don’t need to borrow books anymore.

And through dictation, the impression can be deepened again, so that there is no book in the hand, but there is a book in the heart.

Text description is not difficult for Wen Shu, even pictures, although she can also draw two strokes, but the painting skills are not very good.Fortunately, the book is only read by herself, so she doesn't need to draw too much detail, as long as she can understand it by herself.

After silently writing out the original text of Shan Hai Jing, accompanied by pictures that he could only understand, Wen Shu laid out the paper again and began to write a biography.

That's right, what she wrote was an autobiography, but instead of recording the embarrassing things in her life from childhood to adulthood, she recorded what she saw and heard in the world of mountains and seas.

From the mysterious beauty and frightening mountain splendor I saw when I entered the iron box by mistake for the first time, to the latest pheasant caught, I wrote it all in.These include the production process of veratrum powder and the specific cooking methods of ear mouse and ranyu fish.

Because these are all from her personal experience, it is not difficult to write, her heart moves freely, and she writes like a god.

After finishing writing, when the ink was dry, Wen Shu turned around and took out the needle and thread from the sewing basket, intending to organize these ink treasures into a book and bind them, and named the following book, "Mountain and Sea Experience Records."

(End of this chapter)