dream of red mansion

Chapter 17
After taking a bath, he had lunch and tidied up, and Jia Qing went to the yard where he was studying again.

He really didn't want to read Nao Shizi's Four Books and Five Classics, and there was nothing to play in the school.But when he thought of Jia Jing who couldn't afford to offend now, he still reluctantly went.

After Yu Yuanchen taught him the "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Surnames", and "Thousand Characters", Jia Jing checked and found that Jia Qing's enlightenment was already in place, and he didn't need to learn other enlightenment books. A few as extracurricular readings will do.So I began to teach him the four books "Mencius" and "The Analects of Confucius".

While other children were still reciting the Three Character Classic at this age, he had already started learning the Four Books.In this regard, Jia Jing's explanation is: Since I have learned it before, why not learn the Four Books earlier?If you finish studying the Four Books and Five Classics early, you will be able to end up earlier in the future. If you win the Juren, the gap between a prodigy and an ordinary person will be a few years ago and a few years later.

Jia Qing didn't comment on this. He hadn't decided whether to take the scientific examination yet. He knew that it was definitely much more difficult to pass the examination in ancient times than it is in modern times to be admitted to Peking University.

Moreover, the risk of cheating in ancient times was extremely huge. I didn’t look at Jia Zheng, the youngest son Jia Zheng, who was valued by the old lady Jia, loved reading so much and had a powerful family. official.

Of course, the era when the emperor and officials were in power does not count.

However, Jia Jing and others will not care about Jia Qing's opinion.In this era of peace, studying and becoming an official is the goal that everyone with pursuit should have. This is the general trend!
Sitting on the stool in the "private school", Jia Qing opened the two books in his hand that he had studied for almost two years and was about to vomit.
Jia Jing has repeatedly explained these two books to him many times. This month is the last review time, and next month he will start studying "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "University", so he is generally the only one in the school this month.When he thought that there were still five classics to be learned later, and that such inhuman torture would last at least a few years, he was extremely troubled.

He also asked Jia Jing why he was not allowed to attend classes in the Jia Family School?
Jia Jing said in a perfunctory way: There are too many scholars in the clan, and you are too young. It is not too late to go later.

However, Jia Qing still felt Jia Jing's contempt for ethnology.Also, Jia Dairu, a gentleman of ethnology, is Jia Jing's uncle. He has been studying all his life, and he seems to be a child born with fame, not even a scholar. How can such a person teach "high disciples"?
It's just because Jia Dairu is an elder, it's not easy to cut off his "job", so he didn't give the ethnology a new teacher.But if he wants his youngest son to dawdle, that's no way!

The lazy Jia Qing flipped through the book in his hand, then threw it aside.

"It's so boring!"

He complained in a low voice, and then thought that it would be great if Xie Luan and Pei Feng were here, lying on the stool in this weather, leaning his head on Xie Luan's jade legs, enjoying the massage on the head and the little girl handed over from time to time. Pieces of fruit. That was the day of the gods.

But how dare he bring the maid here?If Jia Jing found out, he must break his dog legs!That is the unbearable taste!
He got up gently, walked to the gate of the courtyard, and looked out quietly.Hey, no one!Just to catch up on sleep.

He closed and bolted the courtyard door, quietly returned to the stool, lay down, and soon fell asleep.

Jia Zhen was not in a very good mood today. She took a nap and didn't want to do anything when she got up.Thinking of what happened in the morning, he felt that he still had to go and see if his concubine brother was someone who could threaten him, so he planned to talk to him and find out the truth.

He knew that Jia Qing was mostly studying in the school at this time, so he didn't ask anyone to follow him, and went directly to the place where Jia Qing was studying.

From a long distance, I saw that the gate of the school yard was closed.Jia Zhen thought to herself: Could it be that the second brother is on vacation today?

I came closer with the thought of finding out, and felt that something was wrong, the door was not locked from the outside.

Curious, he took a few steps forward, tilted his head slightly, and through the crack of the door, he could faintly see a child lying on the stool inside.Take a closer look and see who it is if it's not Jia Qing!

Jia Zhen smiled in her heart, she was still a child, and fell asleep in the school.

Taking a closer look, I realized that Jia Qing was sleeping very soundly, obviously used to sleeping here, Jia Zhen smiled on her face, shook her head, and walked away gently.

What can such a person do?
When Jia Qing woke up, the sun was fading, he turned up with a grunt, looked up at the sky, then ran to the courtyard gate without arranging the books, pulled out the latch, and ran all the way back to his own courtyard.

During dinner, a woman came to spread the word that a young man named Wang Shun outside the second door wanted to see Jia Qing.Jia Qing was very happy, thinking to himself that there would be news so soon?hurried out of the yard.

I saw Wang Shun outside the second gate.

"The little one has seen the second master."

"Well, tell me what's wrong with me?"

Wang Shun thought about it, and said: "Didn't the second master want us to pay attention to the movement in the west? It just so happened that we got a piece of news today. I don't know if it is the news that the second master wants."

In the morning, although the two of them didn't understand why the second master asked them to inquire about the West Mansion, they did so after they went down. They happened to inquire about a piece of news, and hurried back and forth, wanting to verify whether it was such a news, so as not to Do useless work in the future.

"Then hurry up and say it!"

"I heard from Zhang Youcai, who guards the Xijiao Gate in the west, that the aunt who married into Yangzhou's Yangzhou censor Lin's family died, and the political master sent Lai Da to Yangzhou to help with the funeral. I heard that a cousin will be brought to Beijing. .Oh, by the way, Lai Da is the manager of the west side. He is a brother of the manager Lai in the house."

Of course Jia Qing knew who Lai Da was, but now he didn't care at all.His mind was full of sister Lin's tears hanging on the verge of weeping, so he couldn't think about anything else until Wang Shun woke him up.

After regaining his senses, Jia Qing said to Wang Shun: "Your news is not bad. The second master will remember the merits for you first, and you will be rewarded later. Now you go down first and work hard. A great day is waiting for you!"

Yes, big days await.

After bidding farewell to Wang Shun, Jia Qing turned back to the back house.He has been in a good mood these past few days, and it is calculated that sister Lin will arrive in Beijing in about two or three months, so he can't help feeling even better.

Suddenly, Jia Qing thought again: It's a pity that I still can't enter the upper level of Rongguo Mansion, and I can't see the part where Sister Lin enters Jia's Mansion.Even if he managed to get in, being a green leaf as Jia Baoyu's foil is really not his style, and it's still a little sad to think about it.

Forget it, make plans when the time comes, see the best, and forget it if you don't.Thinking this way, I finally threw away the only bit of unhappiness.

(End of this chapter)