Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 9
The full name of the calling lady is Qin Shan, she is Wen Shu's tablemate, she is fifteen years old, and her home is in Guanhua Lane not far from here. The day is basically pinched.

For this reason, Wen Shu once teased her, saying that she lived up to her name, "Shanshan is late." 'Seeing her come so early today, I can't help but be a little surprised.

"There are guests who don't want to see at home, so I avoid them." Qin Shan pouted, with a sullen face on her face.

Wen Shu thought for a while and said, "But your third cousin?"

"That's him!" Qin Shan scolded angrily: "I don't know what I want to do every day I lick my face, but my mother is more and more satisfied with him, and even wants to marry me to him!"

Wen Shu knew about Qin Shan's third cousin, because Qin Shan had mentioned it several times to her, and in conclusion, he was honest and plain-looking, and his only advantage might be that he was in the same family as the Qin family, so he was a good match.

Qin Shan's family can be considered above average in the northern part of the city, and they run two grocery stores, while her third cousin's family is also good, running a carriage and horse dealership at home.

In fact, from Wen Shu's point of view, Qin Shan's three cousins ​​are not bad, at least they don't have too many character defects. Ordinary people usually look for a husband according to this standard. A girl with a face, this is how to demote people to nothing.

However, as an outsider, it's really hard for her to say much about this kind of thing, so she can only change the subject, pull her sleeve and say, "It's getting late, let's go in first."

Qin Shan didn't take this matter too seriously at first, but just said it out to vent her anger. Hearing this, she immediately turned a smile: "Yes, yes, I heard that Mrs. Ji wants us to teach fish soup today. I was at home yesterday. I tried it, but I can't get rid of the fishy smell, so I just asked her today."

With that said, the two entered the private school hand in hand.

Jingzhen Private School is located by the Qingshui River, and it is a famous private school for girls in the north of the city.

The Great Song Dynasty was established for 200 years. Under the diligent rule of several emperors, the world is now peaceful and the country is prosperous and the people are strong.

Under the influence of this prosperous environment, not only men can go in and out of the court to work freely, but women can also compete for a place in this bustling environment.

People in Tokyo love to enjoy themselves, and this kind of food is indispensable every day. Therefore, a young lady who is good at cooking nowadays will never worry about marrying.

The Song Dynasty emphasized literary style, and literary giants and capable ministers came out. Not only men can go to school, but women can also go to school as long as the family can afford the money. Rich and noble families naturally hire one-on-one professors in private seats, but like her This kind of ordinary people who want to know how to read and write, learn art to make a living, can only spend money and send them to private schools.

Although the Jingzhen Private School is located in a remote place in the north of the city, it ranks among the top five girls' private schools in Tokyo.

The private school covers an area of ​​more than ten acres. In addition to various garden views, rockery fish ponds, there are three classrooms, five tea rooms and three kitchens dedicated to teaching.

In the private school, A, C, and C have different classes, and their teaching is different, and their training is also different.

Class A classrooms teach mostly young ladies from wealthy families. Apart from cooking, they also learn poetry, calligraphy and painting, making tea and cooking incense.

The font size is the second, and he mainly studies cooking skills, plus basic calligraphy and painting and ordering tea.

C Zihao is the worst. Apart from cooking, I only learn some basic literacy and the Analects of Confucius.

At this time, Wen Shu was sitting in the classroom of Bingzi, listening to Li Jingzhen, the head of Shangtou Mountain and his teacher, teaching them the Analects of Confucius.

"The Master said: Disciple enters with filial piety, exits with fraternity, sincere and trustworthy, loves all, and benevolent. If you have spare capacity to do it, you can learn how to explain this, and someone can answer it."

Mrs. Li was over [-] years old, beautiful and elegant, but dressed plainly. He only wore a moon-white plain long gown for his daily lectures, and his headdress was also simple. There was only a white jade begonia hairpin inserted obliquely on the top of his head.

It is said that she came from a great family in Qizhou. Her father Zeng Guan worshiped Wailang, a member of the Ministry, and married the third son of Zuo Pushe Zhao's family at the age of marriage.

It's just that Zhao's family didn't know what was involved in it later, they were blamed by the officials, they were relegated to common people, and within a few years, their mother's family also declined.

A few years later, Mrs. Li's husband, Zhao Langjun, died of illness. Mrs. Li left the Zhao family sadly, but did not return to her natal family or remarry. Instead, she sold all her dowry and opened a private school by the Qingshui River .

Because she was famous when she was young, after the opening of this private school, many families sent their children to study here, many of them were from wealthy families, for example, there were quite a few maids in Class A classrooms.

At this time, Wen Shu swallowed his saliva when he heard the master's question, and wanted to raise his hand to answer but was afraid of being laughed at if he couldn't speak well.

This sentence was explained by the master in the last class, and she still remembered the general meaning, but she was afraid of making mistakes when she said it after a few days, so she was a little hesitant.

Qin Shan next to her lowered her head, as if she was afraid of being pointed out by her master.

However, she was afraid of what would happen, when she lowered her head, she stood out from all the little ladies sitting upright, Master Li saw that no one took the initiative to answer, so he nodded to her to ask.

"Miss Qin, please explain."

Qin Shan was shocked!

After being stunned for a long time, he stood up hesitantly, and said falteringly: "The saint said, disciples must be filial to their parents in front of their parents, obey their teachers when going out, be cautious in words and deeds, and be cautious." Her mind was blank, and she couldn't think of the explanation behind it.

Then she felt that everyone in the classroom was looking at her, and her face couldn't help turning red.

Wen Shu knew she was embarrassed, but because Mrs. Li was looking at this side, it was difficult to remind her aloud. After a while, seeing that Qin Shan couldn't answer, her face was already red with blood, she could only raise her hands hesitantly and said, : "Master, I want to try to solve it?"

Mrs. Li glanced at her and nodded slightly, "Okay, then tell me, Miss Qin, sit down first."

Qin Shan sat down like a pardoned court master, and looked at Wen Shu beside her with worried eyes.

Wen Shu felt that everyone's eyes were shifted from Qin Shan to her, and she couldn't help being a little nervous, and stammered: "The sages said that disciples should be filial to their parents when they are in front of their parents; Be prudent, be honest and trustworthy, keep few words, love everyone broadly, and get close to those who are benevolent. After practicing this way, if you have spare time, you can learn literature knowledge.”

After the words fell, the classroom was silent for a while.

Now Wen Shu is not nervous anymore, anyway, the words have been spoken, right or wrong, she just waits.

Fortunately, after a while, Master Li nodded his head and said: "Although the words are stuttering, the explanation is correct. Sit down."

Wen Shu heaved a sigh of relief, bowed to Master Fu and sat down. Qin Shan beside her pulled her sleeve and said in a low voice, "Thank you." Her words were full of gratitude.

Wen Shu winked at her, and the two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Next, Master Li still mentioned an Analects of Confucius and asked one person to answer, but he never clicked on them again.

　PS: Ask for recommendation, ask for collection.

　　


(End of this chapter)