Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 84 Yunxiao Befriends Children (2)
Mrs. He arranges a middle-aged servant to guide Li Yunqing's uncle and nephew.

Qu's, He's, and Li Lao were chatting and laughing in the hall, Li Jingjing thought it was hot outside, and didn't want to follow Li Yunxiao to play by the pond, so she went to the study.

He Huishu had specifically ordered before that the children of the Li family liked to read, so they could read in Qin Minye's study.

The servants in the yard did not dare to stop Li Jingjing, she walked into the study, looked up at the four bookshelves piled high with books, and flipped through Qin Minfeng's essays and paintings on the desk drawing case, secretly marveling at the The strength of the domineering cousin.

"Mochizuki, take down the third, fourth, and fifth books from the left on the second row of the bookcase." Li Jingjing pointed to the three travel notes on the top of the bookshelf.

She is not interested in political history, she only knows that the new dynasty is the Ding dynasty, what the names of the emperor and empress are, and she doesn't bother to remember the rest.

What she likes to read are relaxed and lively travel notes. Through the author's words, she can imagine the beautiful mountains and rivers, understand the folk customs and culture, make her feel comfortable, broaden her horizons, and relax her life so that she can study and develop medicines.

Li Yunxiao was catching dragonflies by the pond to play, when a red ball flew in from outside the wall, landed on the ground in front of him with a plop, and rolled towards the pond. Seeing the fun of the ball, he ran forward to chase it.

"Second young master of the Li family, don't fall into the water and get wet. You are really frightening the servant." The middle-aged servant who was guarding him yelled. Thanks to his skill, he picked up Li Yunxiao quickly and quickly. With a quick kick, the ball that was about to roll into the pond was kicked aside.

Li Yunxiao ran down to the ground, hugged the red ball, and ran towards the direction where the ball was flying, and said kindly, "Whose ball is this, do you need me to throw the ball over?"

For a long time no one responded.Li Yunxiao kicked the red ball as his own toy, sweating profusely in the backyard.

After a while, a servant girl came from the front yard and said, "Second Young Master Li, Fifth Young Master Niu from the dean's family said he kicked a red ball into our courtyard and wanted to take the red ball back."

Li Yunxiao has become addicted to playing the red ball, so he reluctantly carried the red ball to the front yard hall. He saw a five or six-year-old boy wearing a half-armed blue shirt and green trousers, with white lips and red teeth. He was following behind him. Two [-]- and [-]-year-old servants said disgruntledly, "I'll give you back your red ball."

The fifth young master of the Niu family didn't go to catch the ball, his lips curled up into a smile, and he spoke with a Chang'an accent, and said: "This young man looks good, I have several friends, why don't you come with us to play ball outside?"

Doctors and teachers of Tanzhou Academy all speak the official Chang'an dialect.Their children have learned Chang'an dialect since childhood, and their accent is very correct.

Li Yunxiao giggled with joy, but did not forget to say hello to He Shi.

The fifth young master of the Niu family walked forward and bowed to He Shi, and said, "Auntie, please rest assured, we will not cause trouble, nor will we bully your Xiaolang."

He's heart praised that it is no loss that it was cultivated by the Niu family of an aristocratic family for hundreds of years, and it is so comprehensive at such a young age.He smiled and said, "What a clever young man. My Xiaolang has just arrived here and is unfamiliar with the place. He will go out with you, so you should take care of him."

The fifth young master of the Niu family took Li Yunxiao's hand and went out.It was still the middle-aged servant from Huiwu who followed.

Outside the other courtyard is the avenue leading to Tanzhou Academy. The roadside is lined with green trees. Seven children of similar age are standing under the tree to enjoy the coolness. They saw that the fifth young master of the Niu family not only returned the ball from the other courtyard of the Duke’s Mansion , and brought out a boy who was born with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain, and they all gathered around to talk.

Li Yunxiao was the least timid, and said: "My name is Li Yunxiao, I am five years old, born in the twelfth lunar month, and those of you who are younger than me have to call me brother!"

No need for the fifth young master of the Niu family to speak, a handsome boy surnamed Li said slowly: "We don't rank people by age, but by knowledge."

Boys in Qujia Village play together, such as climbing trees, fishing in streams, picking ears of rice, picking wild fruits, and picking firewood.

The Li family has no rice fields, so they cannot pick rice ears.Qu's family valued children very much, and they didn't let Li Yunxiao climb trees, fish in creeks, and especially in the mountains, where they couldn't pick wild fruits or firewood.

Li Yunxiao asked curiously: "Why are you ranked by knowledge?"

The little boy of the Li family said: "Each of us will give you a learning problem, and you will give each of us a learning problem. The person who loses to you will be called your brother. If you lose, you will call the opponent's brother."

The chubby Dong family boy said: "If you are not good at learning, it doesn't matter, just call us all brothers. We will play with you the same."

Li Yunxiao lost to Li Jingjing in terms of learning at home, thinking about it and said: "I learned my knowledge from my mother, I don't know if it is good or not. Let's try it today."

The youngest, a boy in rice clothes who was at most four years old, was the first to ask, "What is the 12th sentence from the bottom of the Three Character Classic?"

Li Yunxiao had memorized the Three-Character Classic upside down when he was two years old, and when it was his turn to test Mi Yi Xiaotong, he also came up with the Three-Character Classic, but asked about the meaning of the two sentences in it.

The little boy in Mi Yi only answered one sentence, but couldn't answer the second, so he readily conceded defeat and called out, "Brother Xiao."

Li Yunxiao responded and asked, "How old are you this year?"

The little boy in Mi Yi smiled and said, "I just celebrated my third birthday last month."

Li Yunxiao thought to himself: Fortunately, I have better knowledge than him.I am over five years old and he is only three years old. If I call him brother, it would be too embarrassing.

The gray-clothed boy and the blue-shirted boy lost to Li Yunxiao, and it was Dong's boy's turn, he said, "Listen carefully, how many chapters are there in the Book of Songs, how many chapters have titles but no content, and what poems are they called?"

Li Yunxiao opened his mouth and replied: "There are 305 works in the "Book of Songs", 6 of which have titles but no content. They are called Sheng Poems." (From Baidu)

The little boy of the Dong family stretched out his right thumb and said, "You got the answer right. Come and test me. If I come out too, then I will rank them according to age."

He just learned the "Book of Songs", thinking that he could catch Li Yunxiao, but he didn't expect that the young master from the other courtyard of the Duke's Mansion is so powerful, he is worthy of being a relative of Qin Minye, a genius in the academy.

Li Yunxiao asked the Dong family boy to explain the meaning of the two poems in "The Book of Songs".

The little boy from the Dong family blushed and shook his head, called his brother vaguely, and said, "Your knowledge is really good. I'm two months older than you, so I don't know as much as you do."

Li Yunxiao giggled and won two more, and only the fifth young master of the Niu family remained in the end.

The fifth young master of the Niu family asked with a smile: "Heaven is healthy, a gentleman strives for self-improvement, and a gentleman carries virtue. Where did this sentence come from, and what is the reason for it?"

Li Yunxiao shook his head thinking about it, but he was not discouraged, and said: "It's my turn to ask you. A gentleman is mean, and a gentleman is moderate; a villain is mean, and a villain has no fear. What does this sentence mean? "

The fifth young master of the Niu family shook his head slowly with an embarrassed expression on his pretty face.

(End of this chapter)