Self-struggle starting from Douluo

The next day, Qinghuan kept the content of the conversation with the old man in her heart and no longer paid attention to it.

What he needs to focus on now is his studies.

Take good care of your family and manage Shanghe Village.

If Shanghe Village remains the same as before, it means that Qinghuan's ability is about the same as that of Butler Hu.

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Qinghuan ran up the mountain for three days in a row, and then walked along the river to inspect the entire Shanghe Village.

It was not until the fourth day that Butler Hu was called to the study.

Sitting upright in front of the desk, Qinghuan wrote each word stroke by stroke, very carefully and slowly.

After Butler Hu waited for a long time, Qing Huan put down his pen, exhaled, handed him a piece of paper, and said, "This is where I marked an area on the mountain. You hire villagers, provide tools, and cut down all the trees in this area."

Butler Hu was stunned: "Have they all been chopped off?"

The reason why the mountains are productive is because of the forests. Now if we require to see the trees, isn't that like draining the pond to catch fish?

Qing Huan smiled and said, "We cut down the trees and sold them as timber. We used part of the money to pay the villagers and the other part to buy some chickens, ducks and saplings.

I have marked the types. According to the price of wood, the silver income and expenditure should not be much different."

Butler Hu understood a little and asked, "Young Master, are you planning to plant fruit trees on the mountain?"

"Not only will we plant fruit trees, we will also raise chickens on the mountain, ducks in the river, and fish in the fish pond..."

Qing Huan said casually, "I'm still working on the follow-up plan. Butler Hu, please take care of the current affairs first."

Butler Hu nodded in agreement.

After he left, Qinghuan picked up the pen and continued writing.

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People who are just starting to learn calligraphy often cannot write well with a brush. Their handwriting comes out crooked and looks extremely ugly.

As I kept writing, I became irritated, and my writing became worse and worse, until I simply stopped writing. The reason for this was my restless nature.

It is difficult for ordinary people to persist in doing something if they don’t see results in a short period of time.

Writing is like this, it requires persistence over a long period of time.

If the mind and body are not right, which leads to disharmony between body and mind, it would be strange if one could write well!

Qing Huan had a righteous heart and sincere intentions. He was able to calm his body and mind and was not impatient. He wrote very slowly, stroke by stroke, but he was fully focused on making each stroke the best it could be.

Don't be anxious, don't be impatient, calm down and take it slow.

Slow down so you can speed up later.

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In addition to developing Shanghe Village, Qinghuan's studies also officially began.

If you have a positive attitude and focus on studying, your memory and thinking abilities will improve.

When a person concentrates, distracting thoughts will decrease, the mind will be pure, and the ability to understand will be enhanced.

With "Book of Rites" in mind, every move has rules to follow. With a righteous heart and sincere intentions, Qinghuan's learning efficiency will soar.

People often say "ten years of hard study", but if you just read the book thoroughly, read it in depth, and understand its meaning, it will not take ten years at all.

One year is enough!
But to learn these things into your body, into your bones, into your heart, is a lifelong task.

Because the knowledge in the book is easy to remember and understand, but the principles in the book are difficult to put into practice for a lifetime!

Because Confucian knowledge is all truth!

It is easy to understand the truth, but difficult to put it into practice.

Qinghuan learns very quickly.

But the faster he learned, the more the old master taught him, and it seemed that he didn't have any free time at all.

Medicine, divination, astrology, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, mechanical work, trade, migration and planting, drinking and singing, guessing riddles, the Five Elements and Gossips, Qimen Dunjia, farmland irrigation, economics and military strategies... Qinghuan finally realized the extent of the old man's erudition!
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Three years later, Shanghe Village has completely changed, like a paradise.

The mountains are no longer covered with messy vegetation, but with rows of fruit trees laden with fruits. The villages are no longer filled with low mud and thatched houses, but with large blue brick houses. Chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep are raised in front of and behind every house.

There are three new fish ponds in the village, which are built by drawing water from the river. Fish jump out of the water from time to time.

The villagers are no longer timid about their hard work, but are full of energy and vigor, without any sign of sadness.

Old Master’s house.

In the courtyard opposite the gate, the fifteen-year-old Qinghuan had completely lost his childishness and turned into a refined and elegant young man with outstanding temperament. He was sitting face to face with the old man, playing a game of chess.

Butler Hu sat by the door, his face wrinkled with smile, and in front of him were abacus sticks divided into two piles.

After a child ran and jumped past the door, Butler Hu put a counting stick into the pile, counted them, and said with a smile: "The master has thirteen, the young master has twelve, so the master is slightly ahead now."

Qing Huan remained calm as she pressed down a chess piece and said, "The daughter of the Qianfu family is looking for a husband recently. The matchmaker has come seven or eight times. Calculating the time, it's almost time for her to arrive. So I guess the next person passing by the door should be Matchmaker Wang!"

The old man smiled and threw back a chess piece, saying, "Matchmaker Wang should have come at this time, but the second son of the Qi family is also getting married, so he is waiting to intercept the matchmaker. On the contrary, Old Man Liu didn't sleep well last night and had a quarrel with his wife. He went up the mountain angrily this morning. The next person passing by the door should be Old Man Liu."

Qing Huan frowned, put down the chess piece, and said, "Old Man Liu went up the mountain to inspect the orchard, so he should have come down the mountain from another road. Logically, he shouldn't have passed by the door..."

The old man smiled but said nothing.

The two played chess in silence.

Not long after, Matchmaker Wang, wearing a big red flower, passed by the door happily.

The old man was slightly startled.

Butler Hu picked up a counting chip and said cheerfully, "Master thirteen, young master thirteen, now it's a tie."

Qing Huan smiled and said, "Teacher caught a big carp this morning, and the Qi family's eyes were not right... The old Qi family should be inspecting the fish pond now, and I'm afraid he doesn't have time to intercept Wang the matchmaker."

The old man laughed and shook his head, saying helplessly, "Can I still go to his fish pond to catch fish? No wonder you hid the fish behind you when you were carrying it, deliberately arousing the suspicion of the Qi family's wife, right?"

"I can only blame the teacher himself. He has returned empty-handed too many times. He finally caught a big fish, but he hid it... Anyone would be suspicious."

Qing Huan smiled and said, "Besides, Qi Lao Er is only sixteen years old. His family makes a lot of money from selling fish. He has high standards. Why would he be in a hurry to get married? Unless someone said something to Qi's wife... For example, someone else has taken a fancy to the girl she has been eyeing for a long time?"

Butler Hu looked away guiltily.

"cough--"

The old man decisively started a new game and said, "The next person passing by the door should be Old Man Liu."

Qing Huan pressed the chess piece and said, "The next one should be Brother Niu Er, go straight in."

The old man put down the chess piece immediately and said casually, "Niu'er went out just now, and I asked him to go to the town and buy some medicinal herbs."

Qing Huan grinned and said, "Brother Zhang San found a hundred bucks at the gate of Old Man Liu's orchard... Fortunately, Old Man Liu didn't pick it up, otherwise, given his tendency to take advantage of others, he would have not even bothered to inspect the orchard and would have returned the same way."

The old man's hand holding the chess piece froze for a moment, and he said helplessly, "This will hurt both of us, okay?"

Qinghuan smiled but said nothing.

A moment later, Niu Er ran in excitedly, not even bothering to greet Butler Hu, and said cheerfully, "Master, I bought the herbs you asked me to buy halfway."

The old man dropped the chess piece and glared at Niu Er, leaving him confused.

Butler Hu counted the chips and said happily, "The old master is thirteen, the young master is fourteen, the young master is the last one to come out on top!"

Qing Huan smiled and said, "I met the shopkeeper Shang Yitang yesterday and casually asked him to send some medicinal herbs over today. Calculating the time, he is almost halfway there."

The old man asked curiously, "How do you know what herbs I want to buy?"

Qing Huan smiled and said, "I saw a prescription for marrow washing fluid in the study a long time ago. The prescription was moved yesterday."

Niu Er was dumbfounded and said in a daze: "Master, I just picked it up and copied it, and you know it?"

Qing Huan said with a smile: "I am fifteen years old now, and I can start learning martial arts." (End of this chapter)