farming female castellan

Chapter 51
They went back to Lanxiangyuan together.Xiao He asked Chen Fan: "Do you want to put the seeds in the car into the wing? It would take up too much space in the bedroom and it would affect the girl's sleep." Chen Fan agreed, and the four of them moved all the seeds into the wing.

Huaishan said that she would go back to the hospital and change her clothes, and then meet in the study later.Chen Fan washed his face and hands, changed his clothes, and followed Xiao He to the front yard.

Xiao He left after announcing outside the study, and Liu Huaijin came out to greet Chen Fan.

Chen Fan saw that Master Liu Er was also there, so he saluted Master Liu Er.The bookboy made tea for Chen Fan, and Chen Fan took it after thanking him.Not long after, Huaishan also came.

Huai Jin said: "The second uncle showed me the handwriting written by my sister that day. I admired it very much, so I wanted to ask my sister for advice." Master Liu Er nodded beside him.

Huai Jin picked up a piece of paper and handed it to Chen Fan: "Please help me, sister, how can I improve my handwriting?"

Chen Fan was in a bit of a dilemma, she hadn't given any serious instructions to anyone yet.Liu Huaishan is mostly self-taught and has no foundation, and there is still a lot of room for improvement. This Liu Huaijin has been taught by a husband for several years. How should she comment?

Chen Fan naturally praised Liu Huaijin's handwriting first, and then asked him which font he liked.Huai Jin pointed to the fonts of Xiu Suiliang, Yan Zhenqing and Wang Xizhi.

I like quite a lot.

Chen Fan asked Liu Huaijin to choose a favorite to practice first.

Liu Huaijin pointed to Wang Xizhi's: "I like this kind of character the most. It's chic and elegant. But we can't write cursive script in our homework exams, we have to write regular script. Cursive script can only be displayed during our poetry meetings."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Brother has such a good eye. This is the calligraphy of the sage of calligraphy. If you see the whole calligraphy, you will feel more chic."

"Sage of Calligraphy!" Both uncle and nephew's eyes lit up, "Sage of Calligraphy, Wang Xi?"

Uh, this book is not that holy.

"He is the sage of calligraphy in my hometown, named Wang Xizhi."

"Then can I mention Wang Xizhi to others?" Huai Jin's eyes were still bright.

Chen Fan shook his head: "If you practice well, you can only say that you are copying a teacher's copybook. I will write a copybook for you when I find time, and you can choose the content."

Huaijin happily opened a "Shangshu": "Sister, help me write an article of "Shangshu", one is fine." He then pointed to Sui Liang's, "Let me practice this first, this font is also good It’s very chic, with both hardness and softness, and the more you look at it, the better it looks.”

Chen Fan said: "This gentleman has also learned the fonts of many famous teachers, integrated and innovated them, and formed his own style. He helped the emperor identify the authenticity of many calligraphy works, so that no one dared to forge."

Chen Fan wrote a passage of Analects in Hu script, explaining as he wrote: "These words are his sharp and vigorous style, these few words are his ethereal and straight style. For both purposes, pay attention to the ups and downs of the strokes, and write a sense of rhythm." Then, she wrote the passage in running script, "The running script should pay more attention to changes, and it must be well-proportioned." The master also watched attentively.

After Chen Fan finished writing, Liu Huaijin couldn't wait to pick up a pen and started writing. As expected, it was the running script that he wrote first, and he was undoubtedly Wang Xizhi's loyal fan.

After finishing running script, he wrote regular script again, compared his and Chen Fan's characters together, and then wrote it again.

Master Liu Er looked at Chen Fan's handwriting: "How many years have you learned the handwriting of the girl?"

Chen Fan wanted to say 12 years, but what he said was six years.

"You can write to this level in six years! The girl is really smart. Such strong and strong characters are actually written by a 12-year-old girl." Master Liu Er sighed.

"It's because that gentleman has a high level of calligraphy, and I have only learned a little bit." Chen Fan answered truthfully.

These modern people have the advantages of the times, smooth information, rich cultural resources, and thousands of years of cultural achievements can be learned.You can buy dozens of word stickers, hundreds of volumes of poetry collections, a bunch of painting textbooks, and musical instruments you can choose at will; teachers can be hired, training classes can be taken, and later there are online learning; various chess competitions and talent competitions It is in full swing, and after a few years of serious study, the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are more or less like.In ancient times, communication and transportation were not so developed. Under the conditions of limited time, space and resources, people who can learn poetry, calligraphy and painting are indeed masters.

"Your sister can recite "The Analects of Confucius"?" Liu Huaijin wrote the words twice, and then began to ask Chen Fan about the recitation.

"I can only recite a few paragraphs. I read it when I was a child, but I didn't remember many of the contents." Chen Fan replied casually.

"When you were young?" Both uncle and nephew were puzzled, "You are only 12 years old this year."

"Ah, I just swallowed the whole book and memorized a few paragraphs. It's not as good as my brother, who memorized the whole book."

"We have to memorize it. I haven't finished studying "The Analects of Confucius" for a few years before I started learning "Shangshu." Huai Jin was a little depressed.

"I haven't read "Mencius", "University" and "The Doctrine of the Mean". My brother has already read the Four Books of Filial Piety at the age of 16, and read "Shangshu", which is very good!" Chen Fan praised sincerely.

"My elder brother is the one who can study best in my family. We all count on him to be a Jinshi." Huai Shan was very proud.

Master Liu Er also smiled and said: "Jin'er is indeed the best student in our Liu family. The other children can only read a few words. Don't put too much pressure on you. Some people won the first prize when they were less than twenty. You can’t pass the Jinshi exam in your life. It’s gratifying to make progress every day.”

Liu Huaijin smiled: "Sister, do you know? This year's Xinke Tanhua is only 16 years old. He can be hand-picked as the No. [-] pick, but because he is so good-looking, it is really impossible to name the other two as Tanhua."

"Really?" Chen Fan was very surprised, "You are only 16 years old and you are already in the top three?"

"He has been famous all over the country since he was a child. He was called a child prodigy when he was six or seven years old. He is smarter than his two older brothers. Both of his older brothers are also Jinshi." Liu Huaijin looked admiring.

"Whose child is so good?" Chen Fan was curious.

"The youngest son of Zhongshuling's family, after a famous family, Zhongshuling himself is also Tanhuaying. But it's a pity, the sky is jealous of talents, I heard that the Xinke Tanhua died of a sudden illness not long after." Liu Huaijin looked sad.

Chen Fan's heart trembled: "Why is this happening? How is that young master's health?"

"The body is very good. The six arts of a gentleman, he is superb in everything. Probably God likes him too much, so he called him away."

Can you still understand it this way?Isn't this some kind of modern joke?

Chen Fan looked at Second Master Liu, who was also full of grief.

"Has it spread throughout the country?" Chen Fan asked.

"It has spread in several surrounding countries." Master Liu Er said.

You also know this?News from abroad is not slow to spread.It will be two or three months before the exams are released, and it is only the end of May now. It will be sent to a distant place in two months and then fed back. Is it so fast?

The atmosphere in the study has gone astray, and I can't get back to writing.Until Chen Fan and the others left, there was still a sad atmosphere in the study.

Huaishan walked all the way, her face was also sad: "They are better today. When they heard the news, my uncle and father were beating their chests. My brother cried several times, saying that the person he admired most Gone."

Chen Fan poured her a cup of tea: "That Xinke Tanhua really has such a big influence?"

"Really," Huai Shan looked at Chen Fan: "A family of four Jinshi, father and son are both Tanhua, they are like gods. Although the two elder brothers are not Tanhua, they are also among the top Jinshi. The men of their family went out, That is called a rich god and handsome, admired by thousands of people."

"Will there be a lot of people watching?"

"Of course there is! His carriage was followed by many people from a distance. If they saw the real face, they would be stunned, and they would just scream." Huai Shan stared at him.

"Didn't scream?" It shouldn't be.

Huaishan shook her head, and her voice became softer: "I didn't dare to scream, for fear that the scream would startle them and desecrate them. Everyone didn't dare to get too close. First, they were high-status and didn't dare to collide. It is very respectful and does not bear to offend."

"Zhongshu orders Qingzheng to love the people?" Chen Fan probed.

Huai Shan nodded straightly: "Very upright! And very gentle. Duke Hu is so domineering, and he restrains himself when he sees him. Their family also stipulates that men are not allowed to take concubines! All the noble girls in the capital want to marry."

Chen Fan lowered his voice: "Didn't the emperor reward him with concubines? Didn't other officials give concubines to their father and son?"

Huai Shan also lowered her voice: "I guess it happened, but it didn't work out. Zhong Shuling must have various solutions. His wife is a daughter of five surnames."

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(End of this chapter)