Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 14 0013 [Three Character Classic]

Perhaps thinking that the father and son are scholars, the young woman treated them differently, bowing down and welcoming them into the courtyard: "May I ask the names of the two distinguished guests?"

Zhu Guoxiang cupped his hands and said: "Miangui, my surname is Zhu. My name is Zhu Guoxiang. This is the son of a dog, Zhu Ming. I'm really bothering you today."

When he first arrived at the bandit village, Zhu Guoxiang also said a word, and Zhu Ming was busy observing the environment at that time.It is safer now, and Ju Ming finally has the leisure to complain: "You son, you are still the father of the dog. You adapt quite quickly."

The accent was heavy and whispered, the young woman couldn't understand: "What did this gentleman say?"

Zhu Ming raised his hands and bowed: "I have seen the old lady, I have seen the lady, thank you for the kindness of the meal."

Zhu Guoxiang was taken aback when he heard his son address him as "Lady", fearing that he would be regarded as a pervert if he was too frivolous.

But the young woman was not angry, but bowed back to salute: "My surname is Shen, and my neighbors call me Erniang Shen. This is my aunt (mother-in-law), and the neighbors call her Grandma Yan. That is a dog, surnamed Bai, with a single name." The word Qi, Shoukao Weiqi’s Qi. Brother Qi, come quickly and greet the two gentlemen, and use the etiquette that your mother taught you a few days ago. "

The sentence from "The Book of Songs" blurted out, and this woman seemed to have read a lot of books.

The boy named Bai Qi was very obedient and sensible. He left the table to tidy up his clothes, and bowed upright: "Boy Bai Qi, I have met the two gentlemen!"

"Good boy, he is so polite, he will be able to do something when he grows up." Zhu Guoxiang repeatedly praised him, he didn't know much about ancient common sense, and he always felt awkward when he said words.

But there is a truth, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, that is, to praise a child in front of the elders, the adults must be happy when they hear it.

Sure enough, Grandma Yan didn't want to receive strangers at first, but when she heard the other party praise her grandson, a bright smile appeared on her face, and she hurried back to the house to add two sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Shen Erniang also smiled and said: "Your honorable guest, the dog is young, less than a year after enlightenment."

Zhu Guoxiang tried his best to say: "It's been like this for one year of enlightenment, and it will be even more amazing after studying for a few more years."

Erniang Shen beamed when she heard this, and warmly greeted the father and son to sit down for dinner.

Zhu Ming shut up and didn't speak. It's okay to let him sarcasm others, but he still needs his father to be more professional when he praises others.

Grandma Yan quickly brought the bowls and chopsticks, and helped to serve the corn porridge.

Zhu Guoxiang was in charge of talking to build relationships, and Zhu Ming silently observed the situation.He found that the millet porridge in the bowls of several people was obviously different: the porridge in the bowls of the two guests and the child was thicker, while the ones in the bowls of Mrs. Yan and Erniang Shen were thinner.

In addition, Shen Erniang asked the guests to move the chopsticks first, then Mrs. Yan picked up the chopsticks, Shen Erniang picked up the chopsticks again, and finally the child picked up the chopsticks.

Family etiquette is very strict!
Zhu Ming turned his head to look at those thatched huts, feeling a little out of tune.

Moreover, besides pickles, there is also a plate of wild vegetables on the table.

Of course wild vegetables are not rare, but that plate of wild vegetables was fried!

Iron pots became more and more popular in the Northern Song Dynasty, but many farmers in the countryside still couldn't afford them. The Tian brothers only had pottery pots at home.

The adults continued to chat, and Bai Qi was a very good kid, and he abided by the principle of "eat without talking" and cooked in silence.

Under Zhu Guoxiang's language offensive, the two sides quickly drew closer, and even gradually changed their names.Ask about Ju Ming's ranking at home, and call him... Da Lang.

Shen Erniang was still thinking about Li Bai's poem, and couldn't help but ask, "Did Da Lang ever take part in the scientific examination?"

"Never." Ju Ming sounded awkward, feeling like someone was feeding him medicine.

Hearing Zhu Ming's answer, Shen Erniang was a little disappointed: "Where did Dalang see Li Taibai's original poem?"

Zhu Ming directly showed his cards: "It's just made up, for this meal."

Hearing his son say this, Zhu Guoxiang almost spit out a mouthful of millet porridge.

Shen Erniang was stunned on the spot, and Grandma Yan was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to think of Zhu Ming at all.

Call him cunning, but he tells the truth; call him honest, but he is full of lies to cheat food.

I have never seen such an inconspicuous thing!

Shen Erniang sorted out her words, smiled and said: "Dalang is full of poems and books, and he can polish Taibai poems with casual jokes. It's really admirable."

"Thank you, thank you." Zhu Ming continued to cook.

Seeing that Zhu Ming finished a bowl of millet porridge, Grandma Yan offered to help serve the rice.This time the porridge was much thinner, not because they were treating guests poorly, but because there was not much left over, and neither the mother-in-law nor the daughter-in-law had any more food for the family.

Zhu Guoxiang was so hungry that he ate the second bowl, and the sound of a wooden spoon scraping the clay pot could be heard faintly from the kitchen.

Zhu Ming felt a little bit apologetic in his heart, put down the dirt bowl in his hand that looked like it had been licked by a dog, and asked, "Madam, do you have a pen and paper?"

"Yes." Erniang Shen replied.

Zhu Ming said: "I'm penniless now, and I can't pay for meals, so I use an article instead."

Shen Erniang repeatedly declined: "It doesn't matter, it's just a meal."

Ju Ming cupped his hands and said, "Paper and pen, please."

Erniang Shen thought for a while, and felt that writing an article was an elegant thing, and even if she accepted it, she would not look like a philistine, so she went back to the house to get a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Grandma Yan hurriedly cleared the table to make room for guests to write articles.

Shen Erniang poured some water into the inkstone, took out the ink stick and grinded it carefully, and put it down gently after grinding the ink: "Please, Dalang."

Zhu Ming's brush calligraphy was learned from his grandfather when he was a child. His grandfather has been the village party secretary for decades, and even played a guest role as a barefoot doctor.

Tong Zigong, you can get it.

It's just that the computer is used a lot, and the calligraphy is a bit resurgent, and now the writing is still eye-catching.

"What poem do you want to copy?" Zhu Guoxiang asked in a low voice.

Zhu Ming said: "Copying poems is so low. I want to write the "Three Character Classic". First, it can repay the meal, and second, it can attract the attention of outsiders."

"You have a quick mind, but can you finish writing the Three Character Classic silently?" Zhu Guoxiang said, "I could recite this thing when I was a child. It was taught by your grandfather with a stick. When I grow up, I have forgotten it completely. "

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "You recite it silently to see if you still remember it."

Zhu Guoxiang was dumbfounded when he heard the words "The Beginning of Man" silently. Why did he suddenly remember what he had forgotten?

Ju Ming discovered a few days ago that as long as he has read the book carefully, he can clearly recall the details.For example, the official seal on the horse's buttocks, "A" stands for the imperial guards in front of the temple, which originated from a paper that Ju Ming had read.At that time, I searched for information to make a video, and read dozens of related papers, but now I remember all of them!

The father and son talked in dialect, and they spoke so fast that others could not understand it at all.

Shen Erniang didn't care too much, just stared at the tip of the pen, waiting for Zhu Ming to write the article.

But I saw handwriting dripping from the paper: Meng Tongshu Three Character Classic——Juming.

"At the beginning of human beings, nature is good. Sex is similar, habits are far..." Shen Erniang followed the handwriting and recited silently in her heart. The more she read, the happier she was, because this is an enlightenment article, which is of great use to her son's study.

Shen Erniang knew all the allusions at the beginning, but gradually she couldn't quite understand them.

While writing, Zhu Ming asked suddenly: "Is there any paper left? Not enough. It's getting dark, please add an oil lamp."

"Have!"

Shen Erniang ran back to the house quickly, took out all her son's practice paper, and at the same time asked her mother-in-law to light the lamp.

After receiving the new paper, Ju Ming continued to write.

When I write "Yan Song Xing, Su Zhou Zen", I skip the pen, and I don't need to write all the rest, just skip the Northern and Southern Song and Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The pen was blown on the paper, and the ink was still wet, and they were placed on the table separately.

Zhu Ming began to pretend again: "This is a book for Mongolian children written by me. I didn't show it to others. I gave it to my wife today to talk about thanking for the food."

No one else has read it, and my son is the first to learn it?
Shen Erniang felt that she had hit a big luck, bowed her head and saluted: "Thank you for your kindness!"

However, Zhu Ming dodged to avoid it and stood aside, standing with his hands behind his back: "I have a good meal, and I don't need to thank you. My lady, please get up." As he spoke, he showed his true colors, grinning and said, "I really want to thank you , my father and son haven't settled down yet, how about borrowing the kitchen tonight?"

Shen Erniang quickly said: "How can you let the distinguished guests sleep in the kitchen? I'll go clean up the main room right now."

Grandma Yan followed to clean up the house, hid in the house and asked in a low voice: "Is it really a good article?"

"It couldn't be better, and there is no other place, only my brother Qi can learn it." Shen Erniang said happily.

Grandma Yan immediately beamed with joy, put her palms together and said: "Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless you, brother Qi has met a nobleman."

Shen Erniang took out the quilt from the cabinet, and said while making the bed: "This Zhu Dalang must be full of knowledge. The article just now not only contains many allusions that I have never heard of, but also completes the important events of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to our Great Song Dynasty. Brother Qi If you can memorize the "Three Character Classic", you will be better than many children."

"That's great, that's great." Grandma Yan smiled from ear to ear.

Shen Erniang said again: "Zhu Dalang is very knowledgeable, and many of the characters are written in extremely uncommon ways. I'm afraid ordinary scholars have never seen them before. I can only recognize them by guessing."

Ju Ming was too cautious, he wrote all traditional characters, and he didn't know why he could write traditional characters, probably because he had read many books in traditional characters before time travelling.

However, some of the traditional characters stipulated in the "Kangxi Dictionary" were even uncommon in the Northern Song Dynasty!

But it just so happens that it highlights his talent even more.

(End of this chapter)