Lucky husband

Chapter 179

Lying on the scooter just now, he looked like an ordinary wealthy man wearing coarse clothes. When he opened his eyes and sat up, he immediately gave off a majestic and wise feeling. momentum.

The ox driver opened his mouth, looked at Li Chengshi, and then at the recovered old man, his expression was a little funny.

Li Chengshi's heart skipped a beat, and suddenly he felt that such a scene was a little bit familiar: once he brought Yunniang and Brother Jin back from the county seat, and picked up the baggage of the current magistrate's servant in a tea shed by the roadside.

It's all a matter of convenience. There are so many people coming and going on the official road, and it just so happens that someone from their family met. This old man, or the old man, doesn't look like an ordinary person at first glance.

Bai Zhiwen looked at the old gentleman curiously, he always felt that the old gentleman looked familiar to him after he opened his eyes.

It's impolite to stare at others, so after taking a look, Bai Zhiwen looked away, waiting for Li Chengshi, the only adult present, to make the decision.

Li Mingjin and Li Qiusheng didn't feel the aura. Li Qiusheng didn't dare to look at it because he was timid, while Li Mingjin didn't pay attention. He looked at this strange old man and asked, "Grandpa, Are you feeling better now? Do you want to go to the doctor's office to have a look?"

"If you don't have enough money, you can go to the Miaoshou Medical Clinic in Beicheng. I heard from my grandma that the medicine there is cheap and not a scam. Or Grandpa Xing who treats everyone in our village. Grandpa Xing's medical skills are also very good. Not much, but after he prescribes the medicine for you, he has to go to the medical clinic in the county to get the medicine by himself."

Children are not as careful as adults. When Li Mingjin saw that the old man was wearing coarse clothes, he subconsciously thought that he had no money.

Li Chengshi was a little embarrassed listening to Li Mingjin's words. The old gentleman looked like he was not short of money, so he pulled Li Mingjin: "Children are ignorant, sir, don't mind."

Facing Li Mingjin, who looked at the shrewd and capable old man in the blink of an eye and turned into a kind grandfather in the blink of an eye, he smiled and said: "Thank you for reminding me, old man, I will go to the Miaoshou Medical Center in Beicheng when I get sick in the future." .”

"Enen." Li Mingjin squinted her eyes happily and smiled when she saw that others were willing to listen to her opinion.

Then, the old man turned his gaze to Li Chengshi, looked at the clothes and saber on his body that were obviously government servants, and asked, "Are you a servant of Changping County?"

Although the old man no longer has the aura just now, Li Chengshi believes that the feeling just now is not his illusion, because the old man mentioned Changping County and the guards in a very casual tone, as if the whole Changping County is not a big deal in his eyes Same.

Without hesitation, Li Chengshi replied respectfully: "Yes."

The old man continued to ask: "Since you are a servant, you should be working in the county government at this time. Why did you appear on this bullock cart?"

Li Chengshi was thinking about how to answer better, his brother Jin spoke ahead of time.

Because Li Mingjin thought that he was talking about his father leaving his post without authorization, he was a little anxious and a little angry: "Grandpa, my father was ordered to send us back to the village, and he didn't slack off when he was doing things. Also, just now Saving you is delaying my father sending us back to the village!"

This was not polite at all, so Li Mingjin was stunned by Li Chengshi immediately after Li Mingjin finished speaking: "Brother Jin, how did you speak? Can you do this to your elders? Hurry up and apologize!"

Then Li Chengshi bowed to the old gentleman: "Old gentleman, I am indeed ordered to send their children back to the village this time, and I will continue to go back to the county government when they are delivered."

"Tong Yan Wuji, he is defending you, which is very good." The old man looked at Li Mingjin with a smile.

Li Mingjin also knew that he was in a hurry to say the wrong thing just now, he hesitated for a moment, then pouted slightly: "Father, I know I was wrong."

After finishing speaking, he turned to the old gentleman: "I'm sorry, grandpa. I don't know how to talk nonsense like that. Please forgive me."

The old man wasn't angry at all. Seeing this cute boy apologizing earnestly, he replied solemnly: "Okay, I forgive you."

Then, the old man asked them: "Young man, little brother, are you on your way to the village?"

"En." Li Chengshi nodded, he looked at the old man a little embarrassed, and wanted to ask him if he was going to the county seat.

The old gentleman took the initiative to say: "In this case, do you mind if I go with you to take a look? I just arrived in Changping County and I don't know much about the surrounding area. After I go, I will follow you back to the county seat."

Bai Zhiwen, who had been silent all this time, thought about the old man fainted on the side of the road just now, and asked, "Grandpa, you don't feel well, don't you need to go to the hospital first?"

"It's okay, this is an old problem, just take a medicine and it will be cured." The old man waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's better for me to follow you all alone now. If I faint again, at least someone will give me medicine."

To put it bluntly, in fact, the old man was also vaguely worried. If he hadn't been willful and refused to let his subordinates follow him today, and he happened to meet these people today, he might really have an accident this time.

Having said all this, Li Chengshi had no choice but to let the ox driver continue to drive to Shanghe Village. Anyway, he will return to Changping County after dropping off the child today, and driving the old gentleman can only be said to be on the way.

At this point, everything that happened in Li Mingjin's dream ended, and there was one more person on the bullock cart.

Li Chengshi raised his heart after a little relaxation, because he was worried that the old gentleman's background was not simple, and he was worried that he would say something wrong.

As a result, what Li Chengshi was worried about did not happen at all. The old man preferred to chat with Li Mingjin, a lively and lovely little brother. Occasionally, Bai Zhiwen and Li Caoye would also talk a few words, and he quickly became familiar with the three children.

I continued walking for about two quarters of an hour, and now I could see the house in Shanghe Village on the road. The old gentleman suddenly said: "Meeting is fate, Zhiwen boy, I think you are going to study and take the imperial examination. Little boy, what step have you learned now?"

Bai Zhiwen subconsciously continued: "I have read the Four Books and Five Classics by heart."

Bai Zhiwen was taught to him by his father Xiaobai Xiucai, because of his good memory, he was able to recite three hundred thousand by heart as early as when he was seven years old, and he knew almost all the words, and then continued to learn. After he was ten years old, he began to read the Four Books and Five Classics with his father.

The old gentleman nodded: "Not bad, I'm still wondering if your kid just finished learning the Thirteen Classics of Meng Xue."

Learn the Thirteen Classics?Li Mingjin had never heard of this term, but the enlightenment private school opened by the old boy in the next village taught everyone three hundred thousand, that is, the "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Surnames", and "Thousand Character Classics" to teach children to read.

But Bai Zhiwen, who was receiving a better education in the state city, and Li Chengshi, who was organizing students to take the children's examination and county examination in the county government, knew the word.

Li Mingjin didn't know, so he asked directly: "Isn't Mengxue three hundred thousand? What kind of book is Mengxue Thirteen Classics?"

Li Chengshi replied: "Brother Jin, the Thirteen Classics of Mengxue is a collective name. In addition to the three hundred thousand, Mengxue also has "Xiaoeryu", "Disciple Regulations", "Zhuzi's Family Instructions", "Famous Sages Collection", "A Thousand Family Poems" , "Enlightenment of Rhythm", "Rhythm of Li Weng", "Mengqiu", "Longwen Whip Shadow" and "Children's Learning Qionglin", only after reading these books can you pass the childbirth examination. .”

Hearing his father give a list of titles, Li Mingjin blinked his eyes: "So you have to learn so much for the children's exam? Big brother and third brother really worked hard."

The old gentleman became interested and asked: "Little brother, are your eldest brother and third brother also elementary school students?"

"Yeah." Li Mingjin nodded.

"It's interesting." The old man smiled.

From the chat just now, the old gentleman has already seen that Li Mingjin is literate. Generally speaking, those who can make aggravated brothers or girls read and write are either from rich families or from farming and studying families. This Li Chengshi is just a county government servant. Well, their family was a dutiful farmer before him, how could he teach his brother how to read and write.

Hastily opened his mouth to ask about the family affairs, the old man stopped talking about this topic, he touched his chin and turned to Bai Zhiwen, since this kid said that he has read the Four Books and Five Classics, then he will come to test him and see him The so-called familiarity is how familiar it is.

Bai Zhiwen has a good memory, he memorizes all the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, and he can easily recite the content of any book he asks.

After the old man confirmed Bai Zhiwen's level, he began to ask more in-depth questions, and Bai Zhiwen pulled himself together to answer every question of the old man.

In fact, Bai Zhiwen had just learned "University" and "The Analects of Confucius" from his father, Xiao Bai Xiucai, not long before his father had an accident. He has not been able to figure it out.

So, when the old man asked him questions about "University" and "The Analects of Confucius", he answered reluctantly, and Bai Zhiwen couldn't connect with other books or the contents of the two books together.

At the end of the question, Bai Zhiwen didn't even have an answer, so he just handed it over: "Mr., the student's knowledge is shallow, so he can't answer."

In the past, Bai Zhiwen followed Li Mingjin and called him Grandpa. After discovering that the old man was very knowledgeable, he changed his name to Li Chengshi and called him old man.

The old gentleman didn't nod or shake his head, just looked at Bai Zhiwen quietly for a while, and then said: "Your knowledge is not bad."

This is acceptable, based on Bai Zhiwen's age, region, and his origin. With his level, he is quite good, and he is a good seed.

Then, the old man changed his voice: "But you have to remember that you have to read the classics, as well as the annotations and commentaries of the great Confucians and sages of the past dynasties, as well as the official history books and various schools of thought, so that you can learn about it without going out. World affairs."

After finishing speaking, the old gentleman didn't know what came to his mind, he shook his head and said to himself: "Now the students are all in their own one-acre three-point land, and they are almost stupid to read if they don't hear anything outside the window. How can they read?" What is the name of the trick, if I ask the old man to say that I should read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, and broaden my mind, then I can become a tool."

The author’s gossip: The content related to the imperial examination mentioned in the article was compiled by Xixi herself based on Baidu’s data. Have fun watching it~~