Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 16 The Problem of Habit

After remembering the banging sound, the academy instantly became quiet.

Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and an old man in his sixties walked in.

Because of his age, the old man is a little stooped, but he is in good spirits.

Li An inquired yesterday and found out that the master who taught them was the master named Zhou. He was the oldest and most old-fashioned among the three masters.

When Master Zhou entered the school, the students immediately stood up, bowed and shouted in unison: "Hello, Master!"

Master Zhou nodded and sat down in the front seat.

After Master Zhou sat down, the students sat down.

Master Zhou looked around, and finally his eyes rested on Li An.

"This student should be new here, right? Get up and introduce him so that everyone can get to know him."

Li An stood up after hearing this. He bowed to the Master first, then straightened up and said, "My name is Li An, from Lijia Village. I will be classmates with you from now on. I hope you will take good care of me."

Master Zhou nodded, motioned for Li An to sit down, and said, "We have new classmates today. Let's learn "The Thousand Character Essay" from the beginning. Everyone, please turn the book to the first page."

Hearing this, Li An quickly took out "The Thousand Character Essay" and turned to the first page.

"The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, and the universe is primitive." Master Zhou shook his head and started reading.

When he stopped, the students below also shook their heads and read it again.

Seeing this, Li An could only learn to shake his head and read along.

"The Thousand Character Essay" is one of the best enlightenment books in ancient times. It is coherent throughout, very rhyming, and catchy to read.

Because the whole article has only one thousand words, it is called "The Thousand-Character Essay".

In his previous life, Li An specifically investigated why he shook his head when reading in ancient times.

It is said that it can improve concentration, promote blood circulation, and increase memory. It is also said that there was no sentence segmentation in ancient times, so it is convenient to segment sentences.

All in all, there are a lot of benefits.

But Ang Lee did not feel these benefits. Halfway through "The Thousand Character Essay", he felt dizzy.

Of course, Ang Lee didn't think it was the ancient methods that were wrong. He thought it must be that he wasn't used to it yet.

By the time he finished reading one article, he could no longer tell the difference between east, west and north.

"Pah~pah~"

Just when Li An was a little confused, a few crisp sounds brought him back to his senses.

Li An looked around and saw Master Zhou holding a ruler and knitting... No, it was in the palm of classmate Mao Xian's hand.

Tears welled up in classmate Mao Xian's eyes after being beaten, but he resisted and did not dare to cry out.

"Listen carefully and don't meet Duke Zhou again. Sit down." Master Zhou finished speaking with a straight face and returned to his seat with the ruler in hand.

Li An was excited when he heard this. It seemed that he was not the only one who was still not used to it.

It seemed like he had to get used to it as soon as possible, he didn't want to get slapped on the palm.

Master Zhou returned to his seat and started reading again.

After reading it for the second time, Master Zhou asked them to write the four words "Heaven, Earth, Xuanhuang" on the sand table.

The sand tray on the table is equipped with a wooden stick about the same thickness and length as chopsticks, which is the 'pen' for writing.

Li An picked up the pen and instinctively used the pen-holding method of later generations. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and adjusted quickly.

In his previous life, he also learned calligraphy with calligraphy when he was in elementary school, and he could still hold a pen.

After Li An got used to it, he started writing.

Master Zhou came down to inspect. He nodded slightly when he saw something good, and whispered a few words of advice when he saw something bad.

Unknowingly, he came behind Li An and was slightly surprised to see Li An's pen-holding posture. However, he had no background, but slowly came behind Li An. After Li An finished writing four words, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Have you read before?"

At this moment, Master Zhou's voice sounded from behind.

Li An turned his head and looked around, wanting to stand up and salute.

"No need to salute."

Master Zhou waved his hand and asked again: "Have you read before?"

"Master, the student has not read the book." Li An replied.

"I see the way you hold the pen and the words you write, it's impossible that you haven't learned it before." Master Zhou said with a somewhat unhappy look on his face.

Although Ang Lee's posture of holding the pen is not very standard, there is nothing wrong with it.

He has been teaching for so many years, and many people who have never read a book have to teach him many times before they can learn it when they first hold a pen.

Even if Li An has a strong learning ability and can learn other people's pen-holding postures instantly, how can he explain the words?

People who write for the first time tend to write crookedly and crookedly. The words they write are either big at the top or small at the bottom. Anyway, the crookedness is very ugly.

However, Li An's handwriting is very neat, and although his writing is ordinary, he is very straight, which is very rare among the students in Xiashe.

If you say you haven't practiced before, he won't believe it.

Master Zhou was not bothered by the fact that Li An had never read a book. What he was dissatisfied with was that Li An actually lied.

Li An was stunned and quickly guessed what Master Zhou was thinking, and secretly cursed himself for being careless.

"Back to Master, it is true that the student has not studied, but the student's cousin is studying. Usually the student watches him practice calligraphy, but he has practiced secretly in private." Li An quickly made an excuse.

He didn't believe that Master Zhou would ask Li Fu specifically for such a trivial matter.

Even if I asked him, he was not afraid. They all said that he practiced secretly in private. It was normal for Li Fu not to know.

Master Zhou's face softened after hearing this, nodded, and said: "Very good, this shows that you like reading very much. Now that you have the opportunity to study, you must work hard and not slack off."

"Thank you for your teaching, Master. The student has taken note of it." Li An cupped his hands and said.

Master Zhou was very satisfied with Li An's attitude. He encouraged him a few words and asked Li An to ask him if he didn't understand anything, and then left.

Li An breathed a sigh of relief, now he has passed this level.

When he came to study, he still thought that since he had a foundation in his previous life, studying should not be difficult for him.

Now it seems that having a foundation in his previous life may not be a good thing for him.

In his previous life, he only learned some calligraphy in elementary school, so his handwriting was very average, and he could even cover it up by practicing it in private.

What if one day when he writes, he habitually writes in simplified Chinese?
  Unknowingly, the class was over, and the master left the school amidst the cheers of everyone.

The students in the lower dormitory were arranged according to their distance, and they gathered together to play and fight. The quiet academy suddenly became noisy.

Li An ran to the toilet, and when he came back, he met a few 'friends' under the introduction of Zeng Chuan.

Zeng Chuan invited him to play, but Li An refused.

After all, he has the soul of a thirty-year-old uncle in his body, and he really can't play with these little brats.

Qingfeng Academy has two classes in the morning and two classes in the afternoon.

There is no lunch at noon, but there is a lunch break.

Master Zhou taught two classes of "The Thousand-Character Classic" in the morning and "Hundred Family Surnames" in the afternoon.

After finishing his schoolwork for the day, Li An did not go back to his dormitory, but left the academy and went to Yangzhou City.

　I signed the contract yesterday, but the status has not changed over the weekend. It should be changed tomorrow. If you are not invested, hurry up.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)