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Chapter 9 How can I become a son?

"Liuzhen, my mother said that when you sweat, you can't blow it on the air vent, it's easy to catch cold."

Shen Liuzhen woke up from the dream, and when he turned his head, he saw Xie Yuan's little boots on the threshold next to him, the boots turned down, and he bent over to tie the trouser legs inside.

While wrapping his trousers with a drawstring, he said, "Go take a shower and come early after dinner."

After finishing speaking, he lifted up the black boots neatly, jumped over the threshold, and ran away quickly.

Shen Liuzhen rubbed his eyes and looked into the yard in a daze, but just in time to see his father shaking his head disappointedly at him.

Shen Liuzhen pursed his mouth in dissatisfaction, and the sour air that had just dissipated rose back again.

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After breakfast, Shen Liuzhen took the Analects of Confucius given to him by his father, softened his legs, and walked slowly to Xie's school.

There are two tables side by side in the school, and the pens, ink, papers and inkstones are all ready to be placed on the tables, the windows are bright and clean, and the atmosphere is as if.

Shen Liuzhen stopped at the half-open door, staring at the room in a daze.

He likes this atmosphere very much. The room is filled with the faint smell of paper and ink, which seems to hide something that he can't explain clearly, but clearly loves to admire.

But what exactly he likes, he can't say clearly.

Suddenly, Xie Yuan appeared like a gust of wind, pushed open the remaining half of the door, passed him and ran in, then pretended to sit down obediently, staring blankly at the door with a pair of red phoenix eyes. Shen Liuzhen at the door took a while, and finally reminded:

"What are you doing standing at the door? The servant girl told me that my father will be here soon."

Only then did Shen Liuzhen react, and ran in quickly.

After sitting down, he saw that Xie Yuan was full of energy, but he seemed to have lost half his life. He remembered the sour food he had eaten in the morning, so he said strangely:

"If you can run then, you must have no time to study, right? No wonder Mrs. Shi said that she wants a son like me."

Xie Yuan frowned upon hearing this, making the powerful pair of phoenix eyes more slender, like an adult.

She stared at Shen Liuzhen's nonchalant side face, and her anger rose.

Just about to say don't think she forgot what happened the day before yesterday, Father Xie came in and sat down quickly.

He watched with satisfaction as the two babies stood up, bowed to salute, and said "Morning" respectfully.

"With Liuzhen here, the school here looks like a school." Father Xie said with a smile, "Let's talk about the Analects of Confucius today. The Analects of Confucius is a collection of the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples. It is a Confucian school. The classics, as a minister, as a gentleman, in order to stand up and do things, you must read..."

Xie Yuan stood up suddenly and said, "Father, I have learned the Analects of Confucius, and I want to learn other things!"

Shen Liuzhen froze immediately, just now he ridiculed Xie Yuan for not studying well, now he will be slapped in the face immediately?

Oh, he forgot, when he was forced by his father to learn martial arts, he was beaten all day long in order to be able to study.

Xie Yuan guarded the unique conditions of the Xie family, no matter how bad it was, it was better than him who couldn't touch the books.

What a shame this time, he thought gloomily.

I only heard Father Xie say quite sternly:

"Learning means you have learned it. Have you learned it? You can't write well until now, and you still talk about other things. When you can practice your characters well, copy a copy of your own Analects, and I will teach you other things!"

When Shen Liuzhen heard this, he almost laughed out loud.

"Father, look at him laughing at me!" Xie Yuan pointed at Shen Liuzhen and said angrily.

Shen Liuzhen quickly stopped laughing, pretended to be sorry, and blinked.

"What's wrong with you laughing?"

Xie Yuan was so stalked that he couldn't speak.

Why doesn't anyone in her family stand by her side? !Xie Yuan thought angrily.

Looking at Shen Liuzhen again, it was obvious that he was holding back his laughter, with that kind of successful look, he really wanted to beat him up.

Father Xie sighed, walked to her side and said softly: "...Weifu doesn't ask much of you, just practice your handwriting well, and that's all you need to do."

After finishing speaking, he turned to ask Shen Liuzhen seriously how he was watching yesterday, and if there was anything he didn't understand, then he began to correct some pronunciation mistakes for him very seriously, and patiently explained all the handwriting and gestures.

After the questioning, according to Shen Liuzhen's progress, he led the reading for two pages, and then asked them to start the morning reading recitation.

Xie Yuan looked at these with cold eyes, feeling a little sour in his heart.

No matter how much she doesn't like reading, she can see that when her father taught her, it was completely different from when she taught Shen Liuzhen:

When teaching Shen Liuzhen, he was more serious, more meticulous, and more demanding.

In normal times, his father told her that he didn't expect much from her, as long as she practiced her handwriting well.

Then she probably jumped three feet high, thinking it was her father's tolerance and love for her, so she ran out to play a long time ago.

Because she really couldn't bear to sit in the house for a long time.

There are surprises everywhere in the great world outside, which is much more interesting than repeatedly competing with these square characters.

But now with Shen Liuzhen's comparison, she vaguely felt that his father's tolerance towards her was not necessarily good.

The Xie family was passed on to the family through poems, books and classics. In the family tree, there were several civil servants who were highly respected and famous in history, and there were countless less famous ones.

They are all people with autobiographies on the Xie family tree, writing the glory of the Xie family for thousands of years.

All Xie family members, regardless of men, women, old or young, will learn to read and write.

Father said that books are the honor of the Xie family and the foundation of the Xie family's existence.

He attaches great importance to books, when it rained on the road when he moved, he would rather get his valuable furniture wet, and cover the books with more layers to prevent the rain.

He naturally likes reading very much, and he also likes children who are good at reading.

But why, when it comes to studying, don't you ask her too much?
If it's because of her naughtiness, it's not justified, because Dad never forced her to study.

But Shen Liuzhen didn't like to practice martial arts, wouldn't his father force him to practice martial arts anyway?

In order to make him practice martial arts, he was beaten so hard.

It must be because she is not a son, Xie Yuan thought.

But what's so great about the son?One day, she will become a son!
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"Master, how can I become a son!"

As soon as this remark came out, Father Shen, who was gargling with his head up in the morning, swallowed his saliva in one gulp.

He lowered his head, and by the dim light, he saw the six-year-old Xie Yuan clenched his fists and raised his head with an air of ambition.

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and subconsciously wanted to ask: Aren't you a son?
But after thinking about it, Xie Yuan definitely didn't mean that when he asked.

So after thinking about it for a while, he asked, "Do you want to ask how to become a man?"

Xie Yuan thought for a while, and replied seriously: "Yes! I want to grow up like my father!"

Father Shen smiled heartily and said, "Why are you becoming like your father? You are my apprentice, so you can become like me, okay?"

(End of this chapter)