lying down

Ouyang frowned, and glanced at the children who were sparsely standing in front of him.

It took a full hour to take a bath, but in later generations, it would take two hours. Although it has something to do with the small place where many people bathe, it can also be seen that these children are procrastinating.

Time was running out, and he didn't have much time to wait for these people.

"The second sentence I tell you today is that what you are asked to do must be done quickly and well." Ouyang ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes." The children responded sloppily.

Obviously, discipline will be the first thing Zhao and Ju will teach these children.Ouyang glanced at Wang Chen next to him. He had explained it in advance, so Wang Chen clenched his fists and looked eager to try.Ouyang gave him some tasks for this simple and honest son of Panshan Village. He will be his follower for a few days, and he also wants to show off in front of the newcomers, so that these children know how to respect their elders.

"Wang Chen." Zhao Yuju nodded to him.

Wang Chen took out a piece of paper, took a step forward with a smile and began to read: "My boss ordered me to teach you the rules. There is a saying that there is no rule without rules, so the tutoring is as follows..."

Ouyang heard him shaking his head and chattering non-stop, he couldn't help laughing secretly, Wang Chen knew half of this text, and the other half was taught to memorize by himself within an hour just now, he was just pretending to hold the paper .But these children didn't know, seeing Wang Chen talking to the paper, they couldn't help feeling a little fearful in their hearts.

The Tang Dynasty had both civil and martial arts, and the status of scholars was not low, and those who could read were highly respected in the countryside.These children come from refugees or officials who have been fined and confiscated. Almost none of them can read, but they have long known their respect for scholars.

Two hundred words of family rules are not too long, so Wang Chen memorized them very simply, without any pause.But this family rule frightened the children into silence, for no reason other than being a bit harsh.

The first rule of the house is "If the master orders disobedience, you will be beaten twenty times with the cane and sent to the official", the second is "If you commit crimes, you will be beaten twenty times with the cane and sent to the official", and the rest are either whipped or slapped, and they will be expelled from another place. house door.Although some rich and noble families actually have very strict family rules, they still have a reputation of generosity on the surface, and it is extremely rare for them to declare it so straightforwardly.These children have all endured hardships, and it is already a great fortune to have a place to shelter and no longer suffer from hunger and cold, so they are not very afraid of sticks and whips, but they are not afraid of being sent to officials and expelled. It is like a tiger in fear.

"Men and women stand side by side in order of height, with the short ones in front and the tall ones in the back." After Wang Chen finished reading, Ouyang stopped for a while, gave the children time to think, and then ordered.

Among the children, the older ones trembled in their hearts. They knew more about things, and they understood that the house rules that Wang Chen read just now was not a joke, so they immediately started to stand in line.Seeing someone taking the lead, the little ones followed suit. Although a column stood crookedly, it was quickly formed.

This made Ouyang very satisfied. "Discipline" and "obedience" will be the basis of all special training. Although he doesn't expect to be able to calm down these children just by reading the house rules, this is a good start. He only needs to use his wrists in the future. Grasp the two typical examples and rectify them severely, then "discipline" will be deeply imprinted in the hearts of these children.

If these people are not disciplined, they will become a mess, and even have serious infighting and internal friction. If there is strict discipline, they will be able to work together and unite as one.

"It's already late today, and we'll have dinner in one hour." Ouyang didn't express his satisfaction in his heart, he said again: "During this hour, you will follow Wang Chen and Han Xi to recite the house rules, and if you can memorize Those who can't carry it will have dinner, and those who can't carry it will be hungry!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yuju turned around and left. He still had a lot to do, and he had already wasted a lot of time on these children today.

Lin Hao secretly groaned, asking him to remember people's faces and appearances, he will never forget them, but he has never tried to remember the family rules.He looked around, almost all the children's faces were dark, only Li Feng, who was first named by Ouyang, was muttering to himself.

"What are you talking about?" Lin Hao leaned over to listen curiously, but Li Feng rolled his eyes at him and moved a step to the side.

But Lin Hao had already heard that Li Feng was actually reciting the family rules that Wang Chen just recited. Although the words didn't make sense intermittently, it was better than him not being able to remember the general meaning.

Thinking of this kid being able to memorize the family rules until dinner, Lin Hao felt jealous.But I wanted to make trouble, so I took advantage of Wang Chen's inattention to hit Li Feng, but when I raised my head to look at Wang Chen, a bamboo whip "slapped" on his neck.

The bamboo whip is strong, and not only does it sound clear and loud when it is whipped on a person, but it is also extremely painful. Lin Hao yelled "ah", tears welled up immediately.He knelt down with a bang, "Brother, spare me, brother, spare me!"

Wang Chen snorted, he was originally a simple and honest boy, but he was repeatedly instructed by Ouyang today, so he put on such a vicious look.But Lin Hao is extremely treacherous, although he is not very old, he has many eyes and accurate eyesight, and he has seen through him a long time ago, once he kneels down, Wang Chen will not be able to get the next whipping.

"Go back, go back to your own position." Wang Chen raised the bamboo whip for a long time, but he didn't hit it down. He coughed dryly and shouted loudly.

Lin Hao hurriedly returned to the back of the queue, hunched his neck and glared at Li Feng bitterly.Now, with Li Feng alone and Niu Liu from just now, Lin Hao has another enemy among the children.

"I'll read a sentence, and you read along." Seeing that the children had calmed down, Wang Chen followed Ouyang's instructions.

Although he only slapped Lin Hao just now, Lin Hao's pretentious begging for mercy frightened the children, so he didn't dare not listen to his words. Every time he said a sentence, the children below followed him.After repeating it three times, the initial novelty was gone, and Zhao Yong became a little impatient, and asked Zhu Tong: "Who can memorize it?"

After a long while, no one responded, Wang Chen babbled a few words, Han Xi couldn't see it, so he asked him to drink some water first, and then lead the children to recite.

Obviously, the pleasant-looking Han Xi is much more popular than Zhao Yong, especially those boys, shouting with all their strength.After three more times, Hanxi asked who could recite it again, and the two boys responded, "Me!"

Among them, there is Li Feng.

Among the ten children, only two can recite it after six times. After all, it is not easy to meet that kind of genius with a long-term memory.

"Li Feng...Li Zihao." Wang Chen could barely recognize his name, and Li Zihao only recognized him when Han Xi reminded him.Li Zihao is a short and thin boy with a pair of huge eyes. He looks very mediocre, doesn't talk much, and always tilts his head when looking at people, as if thinking about something.

The two smartest children were both named Li, which made Wang Chen murmur, could it be said that the one named Li had a better memory than others.In his opinion, these children were bought by the Li family, and all surnames should be changed to "Li", but Ouyang disagreed.Now here, although Ouyang is the youngest, he is the out-and-out principal.

"Recite it to me." Wang Chen coughed. He knew some characters, but he recited half of it taught by Ouyang. It took an hour to memorize something, and these two children could memorize it in a while?

Li Feng and Li Zihao recited it one after another. The memory of the two boys is good.Wang Chen made a bow to Han Xi and said, "Please trouble sister Han Xi to take these two away."

Han Xi pursed her lips and smiled, beckoned the two boys to follow her, and left the yard under the envious or jealous gazes of the children.

Almost at the same time they left the yard, the children smelled a tangy aroma, not only the aroma of rice, but also the aroma of stewed mutton.Some children have not eaten stewed mutton a few times since they were born, but when they smell the aroma, they know it is a good thing.

"Do you smell it? Let's eat stewed mutton tonight!" Seeing that all the children couldn't help but look in the direction of the scent, Wang Chen said rather proudly: "It's good to memorize the family rules. If you memorize them, you can eat them. If you can't memorize it... just smell it here!"

The children were all refreshed. At first Ouyang said that they would have dinner only after they finished reciting. Although they were worried about starving, they didn't have the motivation they have now.All of a sudden, the children recited it aloud, and immediately made the yard very noisy.

Even Lin Hao concentrated on it, and stopped thinking about it—the power of the braised pork is much stronger than that bamboo whip just now!

Every time Wang Chen recited it a few times, he would stop for a while and let the children recite it by themselves. There were children who had recited all the house rules and were taken away by Han Xi. In just half an hour, there were only two children left in the yard. It was Lin Hao and Niu Liu who were at the end. They stared at each other, and both felt that the other side was disgusting. It seemed that they couldn't recite it until now because the other side was in sight.

"Hurry up, both of you, if it doesn't work then, I'll go to eat by myself." Wang Chen scolded impatiently, this is the first time Ouyang entrusted him with the task, if he can't do it quickly and surely Do it well, he consciously can't make Ouyang fancy.

Niu Liu read a few words silently in his heart, and felt that he could recite it, so he stretched out his hand to recite it.

"You carry it on your back." Wang Chen nodded.

Niu Liu himself had a bit of a hard time reciting it. When he panicked, he forgot the second half of the house rules, and he didn't recite it for a long time.Wang Chen shook his head in great disappointment: "No, you have to carry on!"

Lin Hao covered his mouth and snickered, while Niu Liu glared at him angrily, but Niu Liu was also stubborn, so he didn't say much, and went to recite it by himself.

"I can recite it." After repeating silently twice in his stomach, Lin Hao felt that he could barely recite it, and immediately shouted.Unexpectedly, Wang Chen just rolled his eyes at him, but ignored him at all, he came to his senses, stretched out his hand and shouted: "Report, I can recite it!"

After getting Wang Chen's permission, Li Ye began to recite it shaking his head, even though he stuttered, he finished the recitation, and there was only one Niu Liu left in the yard.

This made Niu Liu even more flustered. The time had come. He stretched out his hand and asked to recite it again, but in the panic, he still got stuck half way through the recitation.Wang Chen said impatiently: "Don't recite today, you will be hungry at night."

After saying this, Wang Chen quickly walked out of the courtyard gate, Ruo a large courtyard, only Niu Liuyi was left, he stood at a loss for a while, tears streaming out silently.

No matter how stubborn a child he is, he is only ten years old after all.

"Are you the only one who can't recite the family rules?" After some time, Niu Liu heard someone talking beside him. He wiped his tears and looked over, and found that Ouyang, the young master and boss, appeared in his house at some time. before.He was startled, lowered his head and said nothing, waiting for the next ridicule and scolding, but to his surprise, Ouyang didn't laugh at him, but just said lightly: "I don't raise useless people, I just memorize the family rules. If you can't even do such small things, what else can I entrust to you?"

"..." Niu Liu lowered his head in silence.

"Brother Ouyang, let him eat, this child is quite poor." Han Xi who was beside Ouyang said softly.

Zhao Yuju looked back at Xiao Cui, with some helplessness in his eyes, it is not a good thing for a woman to have a lot of sympathy.

"Today has not yet officially started. Sister, if you intercede for him, I will listen to you once. From tomorrow on... no matter how pitiful they are, don't intercede for them, otherwise it will only be bad for them and not good..." Ouyang said in a tone It's a little heavier, to make Han Xi understand her intentions.

It's not that he hates Han Xi's sympathy, but that he has high hopes for these children, and his future plans will all start from these children, how can women's sympathy interfere with it!What's more, what he has to do is unprecedented, so he doesn't want to set a precedent for those around him to intercede!

Xiaocui lowered her head, then raised her head and responded with a smile, remembering all about Ouyang, he is not a strict person, knowing that Ouyang must have deep meaning.

"Don't...don't intercede, I can recite it myself!" Niu Liu suddenly broke the calm, his voice was very low and deep.