Notes of Lanxi Crossing

Chapter 5 The Study Room
With the support of the emperor, Song Qinnian did not hold back, and finally pulled a large number of officials off his horse. He himself was promoted two ranks and became the third-rank minister Dali Siqing.

This is a third-rank official, and her father is finally qualified to enter the palace during the imperial court!
Seeing her mother's overjoyed appearance, Lan Xi also became happy.

"Great, I'm going to tell Big Brother them!"

Liu Yunyao scratched Lanxi's little nose, and laughed: "You don't want to tell your elder brother, you think mother doesn't know, you obviously just want to play around, and now you're still thinking about the front yard."

"Mother, please, let me go. I'll stop by and have a look and promise to be back right away."

"You skinny monkey, have you forgotten why you came here? You won't cut your hair?"

"Hmm..." Lan Xi hesitated, she knew in her heart that if she really went to the front yard, she would definitely come back so soon, "Why don't you cut it when I come back?"

"Do you believe this?" Liu Yunyao glanced at her.

"Hey!" Lan Xi acted foolishly, turned around and ran out of the house.

Liu Yunyao waved her hands and called out to the girls: "Follow up quickly and take good care of them."

"This child!"

Liu Yunyao looked at the back of Lan Xi who had run away, smiled and shook her head.

Front courtyard school.

A scribe in long robes sat in front of the desk, and Song Lanzhang stood beside him grinding ink.

Mr. nodded and put down the hair brush.

"Your article has a good idea, brilliant writing, and innocence in your words." Mr. boasted.

Song Lanzhang was not complacent, and listened respectfully with lowered eyes and ears.

Sure enough, the disciple was modest and stroked his long beard to satisfy the master: "However, Zhang Er, you lack practical experience, and your insights in this area are still not deep."

Song Lanzhang said with embarrassment: "Disciple is ashamed!"

"You don't have to underestimate yourself, Zhang'er, if you can have such a literary talent at this age, you don't think you have fallen into your father's name."

"Compared to my father back then, my disciples are still far behind."

"Big brother!"

Song Lanzhang, who was discussing with his husband, vaguely heard the call of his younger sister Lanxi.

Song Lanzhang shook his head, how could there be the voice of the little girl in the front yard, it seems that the little girl was really making a fuss during this time, which made him even have auditory hallucinations.

"Brother, where are you?" Lan Xi called out from afar.

"This..." Song Lanzhang was surprised.

"But Miss Fourth is here?" Cheng Yuan, Mr. Robe, turned his head.

Song Lanzhang paid a salute: "Little sister is young and naughty, she must have come to the front yard to look for me."

"I remember Miss Fourth just turned three years old this year?" Mr. Cheng recalled the situation in the Song Mansion.

"Exactly, my little sister just turned three years old in Chunri."

"You're still a baby! Forget it, you don't have to worry about your essay for the time being, just study it every day. Since the Fourth Miss is here, you can go and read it."

Mr. Cheng waved his hand and sorted out the manuscripts on the table.

Song Lanzhang resigned, and as soon as he left the room, he saw a short man with two short legs rushing to him.

Song Lanzhang bent down skillfully, picked up the little man, and carefully wiped off Lanxi's thin sweat with his sleeves after running.

"Why did you come to the front yard by yourself, have you talked to your mother?"

"I've said it, it's from my mother."

Lan Xi raised her head cooperatively to wipe off her sweat, and then asked, "Brother, where are the second sister and third brother? Aren't you going to class together?"

"We are not together, I have finished studying the commonly used bibliography, and now I am studying with my husband."

Oh, just like the upper grades are not in the same class as the lower grades.

Lanxi automatically converts it into an understandable explanation.

"Then let's go find them." Lan Xi couldn't wait.

"No hurry, you haven't told me why you came here suddenly today."

Lan Xi didn't bother to hold back anymore.

"Mother just received an invitation from the Princess Mansion, inviting us to the Lotus Flower Banquet!"

"It turned out to be like this. It is indeed a good thing that my father's official career is prosperous and respected by others! But you can't bother Shu'er and the others because of this."

It's not that Lan Xi insists on seeing them now, she just wants to find an excuse to visit the front yard.

Since Song Lanzhang said so, Lanxi took advantage of the opportunity and asked him to take her to visit the study.

Song Lanzhang has read a lot of poetry and books, and he not only has a literary spirit, but also a kind of arrogance of a noble son.

The layout of this study is just like his person, simple yet casually elegant.

Visitors can see it as soon as they step in. There are several freehand landscape paintings hanging on the wall of the study room, and the bookshelves beside the scrolls are full of books neatly and orderly.

In front of the bookshelf is a red sandalwood desk with a stack of white papers stacked on it, a row of brushes of various colors hanging from the pen holder, an inkstone on the upper right corner, and a bucket full of Song Lanzhang next to the desk Everyday paintings.

Looking at the other side of the study near the window, there is a low couch in front of the window, a small table about half a foot wide is placed in the middle of the couch, and a wooden chessboard is placed on top of it.

Lan Xi walked to the desk curiously, and there was still a picture of unpacked words on the desk.

She doesn't know much about words, but she can also see its excellence.

"Brother, your handwriting is really good!"

Although Song Lanzhang is used to being praised, but now he is very happy when he is looked at by his younger sister adoringly.

"Xi'er also knows what good characters are?"

Lan Xi refused to accept it, but she couldn't tell the truth, so she could only play tricks: "Of course I know, it's a good word to see you feel comfortable!"

Song Lanzhang was taken aback, thought for a moment, and tapped his forehead in agreement.

"Your words are not unreasonable. Some good words can really make the viewers happy!"

"However, this is not the case in all cases. The meaning in the work is closely related to the state of mind of the person who wrote it."

Song Lanzhang recalled the scene when he was a child, and his face showed admiration for his father from time to time.

"I was taught by my father when I was four years old. I have been practicing calligraphy for nearly ten years, but I still can't reach one or two tenths of my father's skills."

"When you've seen your father's handwriting, you'll know what it means to be floating like floating clouds and charming like a frightened bird."

Speaking of this, Song Lanzhang looked at Lan Xi who was tilting his head to the side, and a brilliant idea came to his mind——

"Xi'er, you will be enlightened in two years, if father is not free by then, why don't you let elder brother teach you calligraphy?"

Lan Xi hurriedly refused, she didn't want to start school at such a young age.

It was said that although Song Lanzhang was slightly disappointed, he did not force it. Lan Xi was afraid that Song Lanzhang would teach her to write, so he changed the subject.

"Brother, why don't we play chess! Can you teach me how to play chess?"

Song Lanzhang readily agreed and took Lan Xi's little hand to sit down on the low couch without breaking Lan Xi's small thoughts.

Since you want to play chess, you must first learn the rules. Song Lanzhang explained the rules in detail sentence by sentence.

Lan Xi had never played Go before, and he was a real novice at this time, so he listened very seriously with his small face up.

After Song Lanzhang repeated it twice, Lan Xi said that he already understood, and they can start to try now.

Song Lanzhang's fingertips holding the chess froze, and he felt emotional - Xi'er is very smart at such a young age!

(End of this chapter)