Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

It was so easy for Tang and Zhang to agree to this matter, and Tang Chengshi didn't want to delay any longer, so he nodded and agreed immediately.The matter of his entry into the county government was supported by Master Yao, so some necessary documents that needed to be archived had not yet been completed. The three of them were discussing the matter for the next few days and there was no rush. Let's talk about sending the intermarriage certificate and the engagement date after the matter is settled.

Chapter 74 Little breakthrough in calligraphy practice

Coming out of County Magistrate Zhang's study, Tang Cheng watched Lin Xuezheng's carriage go away, and then walked home with the gift letter in his arms. When the passers-by along the way saw Tang Cheng's appearance, many of them cast good-natured smiles.

When Tang Cheng returned to his residence and was about to enter the courtyard, his feet stopped slightly, and he conveniently hid the box containing the intermarriage letter behind his back.

As usual, as soon as Tang Cheng opened the door and walked into the courtyard, Li Yingwan greeted him from the wing room, "I've already arrived home at this time in the past, why is it so late today?" A good hot towel was handed over.

Tang Cheng was holding something in his hands, so it was difficult to take over the handle of the towel. Afraid that Li Yingwan would see something wrong, he simply stretched his face forward, and said with a smile: "I'm really tired from doing a big job today, please wipe it for me." Just rub it."

The two newly purchased maids are still in the village, and Sister Lan is busy working in the kitchen in the front yard. There is no one in the second yard, so the woman couldn't help it when she saw Tang Cheng's intimate actions. She blushed slightly, but the ripples in her eyes were full of affection and tenderness.

"This is in broad daylight..." she said something subconsciously, but the handle of the towel on the woman's hand was already flattened and wiped off Tang Cheng's face. Fascinated by such warmth, the hands are getting slower and slower.

Tang Cheng originally asked Li Yingwan to wipe his face just to cover up the box in his hand, but he did not expect that this simple action of the woman would bring back the deepest memory in his heart. Wipe your face like this?Although it is just a flash memory of childhood, it is enough to bring a harmonious warmth.

So far, Tang Cheng couldn't tell whether when he and Li Yingwan were together, there was more love between men and women, or more of this harmonious and long-lasting family love.

Although it is a simple matter of wiping the face, the woman's eyes are already rippling when she finishes it. Things between men and women are so simple. As long as there is true affection, no matter how small or ordinary things are done Full of joy and happiness.

When the woman put away the handle of the towel, Tang Cheng took a step forward and kissed her March peach blossom face, "I'm hungry, why don't you go to the kitchen to see if the food is ready?".

Hearing Tang Cheng's cry of hunger, the tender and affectionate woman immediately walked out, because she was in such a hurry, she forgot to put down the towels she wiped in her hand.

Seeing her go to the kitchen, Tang Cheng walked to the west wing where the woman lived, put the exquisite sandalwood box on the dressing table, turned and went to the flower hall.

The meal at noon is two meat and two vegetarian dishes, plus two soups, one sweet and one salty. Knife carp, this dish is to take fresh carp, chop it into thin fish fillets with a sharp knife, and dip it in seasoned soup to eat raw.

Tang people's diet especially emphasizes the word "fresh". This dish is indeed a famous dish in the south of the Yangtze River. Gao's is worthy of a good tea and rice.Of course Li Yingwan liked this dish very much, but Tang Cheng didn't move his chopsticks after only one bite. The stomach and intestines developed in later generations really couldn't help it. He really didn't like this sashimi at all.

"After eating, give the Gao family an order, and from now on, the meat must be cooked before eating." After casually instructing Sister Lan, the woman saw Tang Cheng using chopsticks to pick up the rice grains that fell on the table next to the bowl , hesitated for a while and then said softly: "Ah Cheng, you really don't have to do this."

Tang Cheng fed the rice grains that fell on the table into his mouth, smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm used to it."

What I'm eating right now is Wuxing rice brought from Jiangnan West Road. This kind of rice is crystal clear and white, and it was also called "Crystal" in the Tang Dynasty. It is many times better than the yellow brown rice that Tang Cheng ate at home. Even if it is such yellow brown rice, it takes ten days and a half months for his family to eat it once.After all, in a mountainous area like Yunxi, the main production is wheat. If there is no paddy field, rice is all bought with money. How many people in the farm are willing to spend this money?After experiencing such days and months, Tang Cheng, who came from a well-to-do family in later generations, is now reluctant to waste a grain of rice.

Tang Cheng ate fast, he finished his meal first and then went to the study without waiting for Li Yingwan and the others. A few days ago, he first went to Zhoucheng and then returned home, not only delayed a lot of schoolwork, but also practiced brush calligraphy He stopped, and he was inevitably a little anxious.

It would be better to just say these things, but the most troublesome thing for Tang Cheng is the practice of painting skills. Because he is busy these days, he has never been to Tianfu Temple. "Ancient Painting Records" explained the general theory of "Six Methods" to him. It was originally agreed that the next homework should be to learn the introductory skills of sketching in powder books. This delay of more than ten days really made Tang Cheng think that the old monk was a little bit Excuse me.

His student is too bad!

"In any case, I have to take some time to go to Tianfu Temple in these two days." Tang Cheng smiled wryly and shook his head. He wrote two lines of verses on the paper laid by the desk as he rubbed his ink and brush:

Diligence can make up for one's weakness is a good lesson, every hard work is worth every cent!

Although these two lines of poems are vulgar, but for Tang Cheng at this moment, they really came from the deep heart and then flowed into the pen. Perhaps it is because of this sloppy nature that the two lines are actually better than before. It's all good, after Tang Cheng finished writing, he was also aggressive.

After carefully looking at the fourteen characters, Tang Cheng took another piece of paper from the side of the desk. On it was the brush calligraphy he practiced before going to Zhoucheng a few days ago, and saved it for comparison. self-checking progress.

Comparing these two strokes, the difference comes out. The handwriting just written is much better than the one a few days ago. After comparing the two handwriting in detail, Tang Cheng felt happy in his heart. I also took Zhong Yao's "Huan Shi Tie" from the desk.

Zhong Yao is known as the ancestor of the official script, and in the history of calligraphy, he is called the "King of Zhong" together with the calligrapher Wang Xizhi. The biggest artistic feature of his calligraphy is the combination of rigidity and softness, simple calligraphy style, natural writing and dense and deep artistic conception.

Of course, the calligraphy of Tang Cheng in front of him has nothing to do with Zhong Shu's artistic style. The so-called artistic style is after all calligraphy is perfect, and Tang Cheng is still far behind.However, although the artistic style is unreliable, his fourteen characters have somewhat similar meanings in terms of the structure and structure of each character and the way he writes the brush. At least in the overall view, there is Zhong Yao's original " The taste of "Bafen Kaifa".

After nearly a year of hard work on Lintie, Tang Cheng has finally reached the edge of the first breakthrough. As long as he can successfully break through this level, it means that he is about to move from "Linxing" to the more difficult "Imitation". Go forward until you finally fully grasp the essence of Zhong Yao's calligraphy.

Just as Tang Cheng was holding the "Returning Posts" and carefully pondering the conclusion of the words he had just written, following the sound of hurried footsteps outside the study, he saw Li Yingwan running in holding the box, saying The distance within the same small courtyard was not far, but because she was running so fast, she was a little out of breath.

Because she didn't want to disturb Tang Cheng who was in the study, the woman went back to the west wing room directly after lunch just now. It was noon, and she was a little drunk after eating. After seeing the brocade box on the dressing table, her lazy body was startled for a moment, then tensed up, and the drowsiness from just waking up dissipated in an instant.

There were four men before and after. Although they were all in name only, the woman was very familiar with this unique gift letter. She naturally knew that what was contained in this box was a marriage declaration letter.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were no marriage certificates for later generations, but although the intermarriage certificate contained in the gift letter in front of us has a different name, it functions like a marriage certificate for later generations.

Chapter 75 See the truth in the bustling downfall!

There is a clear record in "Laws of the Tang Dynasty": "All married women who have signed up for marriage certificates but regretted their marriages will have a staff of sixty." Like a marriage certificate, it is officially recognized and protected by law.

For the past six months, what the woman has been thinking about every day is being able to achieve good things with Tang Cheng. How much self-pity and self-pity has she experienced during this period?How much despair and hope have you experienced?Not to mention everything that happened at Tang's house the night before yesterday.Although the couple Tang and Zhang have already agreed to the marriage, after all, they only agreed verbally, and what is contained in the box in front of her is her real longing.

At this moment, the woman felt as if all her strength had been exhausted. When she held up the gift letter with slightly trembling hands, the depression that had been accumulated in her heart for an unknown amount of time was finally emptied, and she gently stroked the delicate sandalwood gift letter. , Li Yingwan muttered inaudibly: "I finally have a home!".

Although she has had four husbands in name, although she has two houses in the countryside and the county seat, and the largest tung oil shop in the county, the woman who is nearly thirty has been in love since the moment she left her parents. Never really felt like home again.

Home is more than money, home is not only tung oil shop, and home is not only real estate. For a woman like her, if there is no man, no child with that man, and these people who stay together every day, Everything she has now will never make her feel at home.

When the woman woke up from her chaotic thoughts, the first thing she did was to pick up the box containing the marriage certificate and run to the study. On the way, she felt that something in her heart was about to explode, but it really When she stood in front of Tang Cheng and saw the man smiling at her, she couldn't say a word.

Seeing the woman like this, Tang Cheng put down the "Returning Notes" in his hand, and walked straight from behind the desk to the woman. He also didn't say anything. He just stretched out his arms and gently hugged the woman into his arms. inside.

After the woman snuggled into her arms, she leaned her head on his shoulder. When Tang Cheng looked sideways, he saw a smile on Li Yingwan's face that he had never seen before. This kind of smile was very calm and indifferent. Also very reassuring.Looking at such a smile, one can't help but feel a warm warmth from the bottom of my heart.

Suddenly, Tang Cheng inexplicably felt a strange feeling, as if he and the woman in his arms had known each other for a long time, and lived together day and night for a long time...

After embracing each other for a long time, Tang Chengcai chuckled in the woman's ear and said, "I have prepared the marriage certificate here, but when will you take my son-in-law to meet the old man?".

Seemingly unwilling to get out of the atmosphere just now, the woman still had her eyes closed when she spoke, and her voice was very soft, "I'll be back in the afternoon."

"Oh, then I will send the marriage certificate with you."

"You really are a son-in-law who doesn't know anything!" The woman smiled affectionately after hearing the words, "You think it's a trivial matter to send a marriage certificate? Before you come to the door with a gift letter, my house has to prepare a long couch, An incense table should be placed on the long couch, and the incense burner, water bowl and knife should be placed on it. Ah Cheng, you really don't have much clothes right now, so I just took this opportunity to buy a few more."

Seeing what Tang Cheng was about to say, the woman stretched out a hand to cover his mouth, "This dress is not only for sending your new son-in-law to our house, but also for the dignity of my family, so you don't have to refuse. It’s easy to say, it takes some time to make clothes, I’ll go back and have a look in the afternoon, and I’ll let you know when the time is set.”

Because this intermarriage letter is not only related to his own marriage, Tang Chengshi also has the idea of ​​taking this opportunity to get in touch with Zhao Huhu, so in his mind, it is natural that the sooner the better, after hearing such a series of things from the woman, he originally thought about it. I wanted to complain about a trouble, but I finally held back the words.

For a woman, every trouble in her eyes has a different meaning in her eyes. Maybe she can get full of joy and satisfaction from these trivial troubles, and if she dislikes troubles, she should be honest. Saying it didn't hurt her heart, "Okay, everything is up to you."

The woman did what she said, and went back to her home in Old West Street after she came out from Tang Cheng's place. Tang Cheng didn't spend this afternoon in the study, but went out to Tianfu Temple.

Walking into the small courtyard of the old monk Chengning, Tang Cheng looked up and saw Liu Wuya leaning over the piano platform in the courtyard.

Seeing him concentrating on scribbling something on the paper with the pen in his hand, Tang Cheng didn't bother him, and went straight into the abbot.

Cheng Ning, the abbot, was also writing something on the incense case, even though he heard Tang Cheng's entry, he didn't move.Tang Cheng paused, then walked lightly to the incense table, and saw the old monk meditating on scriptures:

The Buddha told Subhuti: "All bodhisattvas and mahasattvas should subdue their hearts in this way! All living beings: if they are born from eggs, if they are born from wombs, if they are born from moisture, if they are born by transformation; if they have form, if they are colorless; Thoughts, whether there are thoughts or no thoughts, I will make them enter the nirvana without residue and save them. In this way, there are countless and boundless sentient beings, but there are no sentient beings who can be saved. Why? Subhuti! Appearance, appearance of sentient beings, appearance of longevity, that is not Bodhisattva."

Although Tang Cheng didn't know much about Buddhist scriptures, he also knew that this extremely famous passage came from the "Diamond Sutra", but what interested him was not the scriptures, but the old monk's calligraphy.

The calligraphy of the old monk's silent scriptures is very strange. Overall, the knots are well-proportioned. Most of the horizontal strokes start with a thin tip, and then gradually become thicker.The brush is also heavy, there is no heavy pressing at the turning point, and there is no silkworm head and swallow tail commonly used in various calligraphy. In short, it does not look like a calligraphy intentionally, but it gives people a sense of simplicity and tranquility. Yes, the most obvious The feeling is peace.

Tang Cheng had never seen such calligraphy, at least not in the calligraphy posts of the former dynasty that he had seen so far.

The old monk calmly went away, Tang Cheng didn't bother him, he just watched quietly, he was not interested in the scriptures themselves, he just observed Cheng Ning's brushwork and the compositional structure of the characters, so as to compare with the Zhongshu he had learned Comparison.

I don't know when the old monk quietly put away his pen and asked empty voice: "Do you also like Buddhist scriptures?".

"Ah", Tang Cheng woke up from his contemplation, first put away the fingers that followed the old monk's brush unconsciously, and then smiled: "Students have nothing to do with Buddhist scriptures, it's just the word Master... ".

After Cheng Ning finished writing, he looked at Tang Chengzheng's withdrawn hand, and a faint and unreadable smile appeared on the face of the dead wood, "This is the 'script writing style', which is specially created for copying Buddhist scriptures, and it is different from what you have learned. ".

Seeing that Tang Cheng was puzzled, the old monk explained a few words casually, "This style was created in the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties. At that time, there was a person who specialized in copying Buddhist scriptures for believers. Calligraphy', over time, this kind of calligraphy has become its own style, and it has the name of 'Jingshengti'. There is not much emphasis on Jingshengti, as long as it is clear and proficient, serene and natural."

"Been taught a lesson".

"Using the same brush, calligraphy and painting have the same effect, just write a few words for me to see." After finishing speaking, the old monk moved away from the seat in front of him.

Tang Cheng didn't expect the old monk to come so suddenly, but since the master wanted to see it, he couldn't refuse him, so he went up to pick up a fine brush and wrote down the three characters of "Diamond Sutra".

After Tang Cheng finished writing, he looked at it himself, and felt that he had performed to his normal level. He stepped aside for half a step and waited for the old monk to comment. Although his face was calm, in fact, he still had some anticipation in his heart.

"Well, Zhong Yuanchang's eight-point regular script!", Tang Cheng looked forward to it, but the old monk only said these nine characters to him.

At this time, the silent scripture on the incense table was dry, Cheng Ning picked it up and handed it to Tang Cheng, "This scripture has 720 characters in total, and what is written under it is No. I will leave it to you, you only need to write 14 words a day, but there must be no omissions or one word of these [-] words."

There must be a reason for the old monk's explanation, but Tang Cheng couldn't understand it now. Anyway, he was practicing writing every day, and this was just incidental, so he agreed to take the silent scriptures right away.

Cheng Ning nodded, and returned from the incense table to sit cross-legged on the futon on the long couch, "You haven't come for a while, before today's lecture, let's talk about Xie Xiayang's six methods."

Xie Xiayang was Xie He, a famous painter in the Six Dynasties. According to Nan Chen Yaozui's "Continued Paintings", this person's portrayal of characters "dotted with beauty and essence, with the intention of resemblance, and nothing is lost in his eyes." He can be regarded as a master of figure painting during the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties.Because he was born in Xiayang, Chen County, later generations used to call him Xie Xiayang by his native place. The lectures of the last course were taken from his book "Ancient Painting Records". He put forward the six methods of painting skills, and the old monk's move clearly has the intention of testing the school.

"Yes", Tang Cheng agreed, and after a little thought, he opened his mouth and said: "The so-called six methods, one is vivid charm, the other is using the bone method with a brush, the third is to respond to the image of the object, the fourth is to add color according to the category, the fifth is to manage the position, and the sixth is to use the brush. It is a biography of horizontal shift writing. The six methods take the vigor and vitality as the first essence, and the vigor can be swayed vertically and horizontally without any hindrance. Requirements and specific methods, bone method with a pen refers to... ".

Listening to Tang Cheng's eloquence, the old monk nodded after he had finished speaking, pointed to the incense case and said: "There is a copy of the ancient locust tree powder book in the courtyard drawn by the old monk the day before yesterday, and you can move the incense case out. I will make another copy of this powder book and the real thing. Before writing, you need to keep in mind all the essentials of the "bone method using a pen". Go ahead. After you come out with the powder book, I will share with you one by one according to it." .

After Tang Cheng took off all the things placed on it, he moved the incense table and took the pen and ink to the courtyard to set it up. Liu Wuya seemed to have sunk in it. After Tang Cheng made such a big commotion, he bent over the piano On the stage, he didn't turn his head to look at it.

As early as in the last course, Tang Chengcheng already knew that the painting of this era is far from the traditional Chinese landscape painting as he thought at the beginning. The "breaking ink method" and "smudge method" that are well known to later generations will not be developed until Wang Wei, the founder of literati painting, comes out. It will gradually develop. The paintings before the prosperous Tang Dynasty are similar to the fine brushwork of later generations, that is, first use ink to outline the shape of the painted object, and then set the color accordingly. Color paintings of different colors, instead of just black and white like the traditional Chinese paintings of later generations.

Since then, although he learned painting without the methods of "breaking ink" and "smudged dyeing", he had to spend a lot of effort on fine brushwork and color setting.The drawing base without coloring is also called the powder base.

"If I had known that I would travel to the Tang Dynasty, how good would it be to learn sketching in future generations? Or maybe I would steal Wang Wei's limelight and get out the ink and wash techniques before that?" Tang Cheng was still restless when he set up the incense table. Sure, it's inevitable that these weird ideas will come up.

But it’s useless to think about it, and it’s definitely not possible to wear it back now. As for stealing Wang Wei’s limelight, it’s a joke. Wang Wei also made his pioneering work on the basis of absorbing the predecessors’ painters.And before that, he didn't know anything about painting techniques, even if he knew the outline of the painting techniques of later generations, he wouldn't even think about creating such a thing without any foundation.

This is like everyone in the later generations knows that Einstein's theory of relativity is very classic, but if you don't have a solid foundation of physical knowledge, even if you know the outline of the theory of relativity, you don't even try to explain it clearly.If you want to achieve this step, you must first lay a solid foundation in basic physics and then proceed step by step.

A tall building starts from the ground, which refers to the importance of the foundation.

Tang Cheng naturally understood this truth, and it was just a moment of random speculation just now. After he slowly calmed down, he started a solid and long-term laying of the groundwork for Chengning's powder book and the prototype of the locust tree.

Once a person sinks into something, time always passes quickly, not to mention that Tang Chengcheng is a person who is particularly easy to concentrate and devote himself to doing things. When he finished the last stroke and raised his head with a long breath, he realized that he was too much. With too much concentration, he didn't notice a large piece of brilliant fire clouds gushing out from the sky at some point, and the sky was almost at dusk.

An hour and a half, three hours passed in a flash.

When Tang Cheng stood up and moved his stiff and numb body, he realized that Liu Wuya, who was leaning over the piano platform in the yard, had left early. Thinking of Liu Wuya's concentration when he came, he couldn't help but smile. smile.

Move your waist and legs, rub your wrists, and after Tang Cheng has moved his body, he carried the desk and entered the abbot again.

The old monk Chengning is not only an eminent monk, but also a good master who is good at teaching his disciples. There is no unnecessary empty talk, but he only took Tang Cheng's fan book to point out the mistakes one by one, and then explained the "six methods" with examples In this way, Tang Cheng can understand what he is talking about, and the harvest will be much greater than just listening to empty lectures.

This is Tang Cheng's first picture fan book, and there are naturally many questions in it. Even the old monk singled out the most basic ones, and it took nearly an hour to finish the lecture, and then arranged a set for Tang Cheng. After asking him to bring a new picture book when he came next time, he waved him to go.

When Tang Cheng walked out of the abbot, the beautiful Huoshaoyun in the sky had long since disappeared, and a waning moon as narrow as a boat had just hung on the branch of the big pagoda tree in the courtyard.Under the hazy moonlight, the sky is elegant and quiet, and the evening class bell at the gate of the former temple comes from afar, adding a bit of ethereal meaning to this quietness.

Looking up at the crescent moon, Tang Cheng was dressed in moonlight, bathed in the ethereal bells and walked slowly out of the temple.

The street market that was noisy during the day is much quieter now. Through the wide-open doors, we can clearly see the lights of thousands of families lit up in the square area on both sides. In order to save lamp oil, these lights are not too bright, and there is no night for future generations. The neon lights are brilliant, only flickering red, yellow and orange lights on the paper window casement.

This kind of light is far from the compelling brilliance of the neon lights of the later generations, but it shows a kind of warmth that is easy to get close to. Tang Cheng looked at the windows illuminated by the lights, and listened to the faint laughter and tears coming from inside. Sounds, the sound of children playing, I can't help thinking about the people in the window and the stories in the window.

Living in the iron and concrete forests of the later generations for too long, walking at night in this small city 300 years ago, the feeling of "home" that is ubiquitous in this way moistens everything silently and warms him wrapped up.

In later generations, what Tang Cheng lacks most and what he wants most is this kind of home feeling, even if it is not gorgeous and compelling, as long as it is warm enough like this oil lamp, indulging in such an atmosphere, he was a little bit The hurried footsteps have become slower and slower unconsciously.

When Tang Cheng finally saw the light that belonged to him, a heartfelt smile spontaneously appeared on his face, especially when he saw the figure in the halo who was anxiously waiting for his return, the smile became a little bit stronger, The pace also suddenly quickened a lot.

Chapter 76 This month once illuminated the ancients!

Although the light was dim, Sister Lan recognized Tang Cheng from a distance, and ran to greet him from under the eaves.

"Didn't you say that you will come back as soon as it gets dark? Why is it so late?" Sister Lan held Tang Cheng's arm and raised her head and asked. I don't know if it was because of the moonlight that the beautiful face of this careless girl A strong innocence emerges in another way, suddenly reminding Tang Cheng of the night when he dated a goldfish for the first time in his later life.

People today don't see the moon in ancient times, but this month once illuminated the ancients.The night of the first date with a goldfish in the university of later generations was also such a crescent moon.Although one is plump and the other is thin, and their appearances are not the same, under the same moonlight, there is no difference in the innocence on their faces.

Putting the silent scripture in his hand into his bosom, Tang Cheng raised his hand to hold Sister Lan's upturned face, just like that night 300 years later, he kissed it softly.

A thousand and three hundred years later, the goldfish suddenly got up and passed away after being passionately in love. One thousand and three hundred years ago, when Tang Cheng held Sister Lan's face in the same position and kissed it under the same crescent moon again, the only thing he could be sure of was The most important thing is that the woman in his arms will be able to accompany him to grow old gradually.

Although Tang Cheng didn't answer her question, Sister Lan, who felt the deep affection, didn't ask again. After coming out of Tang Cheng's arms, she took advantage of the dim light to hold Tang Cheng's hand as if in Zhoucheng, Hands intertwined, fingers clasped tightly.

When entering the gate, Sister Lan wanted to let go of her hand, but Tang Cheng held onto it tightly. After struggling twice, Sister Lan didn't let go, so Sister Lan didn't exert any more force, but she didn't dare to look at the man who was greeting Tang Cheng anymore. concierge.

It wasn't until she entered the inner courtyard that Sister Lan's hand was freed. After giving Tang Cheng a bright smile, the girl hurriedly ran to the west wing. Madam had already sent someone to ask her three times. Now Tang Cheng Now that she's back, she has to report it quickly.

When the woman came out, Tang Cheng had to talk about the process of studying painting at Tianfu Temple in the afternoon.

"Ah Cheng, it's good to work hard, but it's really hard for you!" After the woman handed over the handle of the towel, she turned her head and said, "Lancao, go to the kitchen and tell the Gao family, Let her choose a crucian carp to stew right now, and use less spices. By the way, let me explain again, don’t rush to eat this soup, let her stew it for a while, so that she can drink it to nourish her brain.”

The bluegrass went away, and Tang Cheng took the handle of the towel and wiped his hands and face and said with a smile, "Isn't it just learning to paint? Look at you, that's what it is there!".

Although Tang Cheng said so, he also lamented that studying is not easy. This is the same regardless of the later generations or the Tang Dynasty. The students in the later generations are certainly tired, and the scholars 300 years ago were really not easy.If you want to get ahead, in addition to hard work such as scriptures, poetry and Fu, there is also a little bit of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. People's mental strength is sometimes poor, so how can it be easy to learn everything?

Why!In the final analysis, no matter what era it is, if there is no great support at home and shortcuts to take, it is not easy for ordinary people to get ahead.Don't endure hardships and suffer hardships, it's hard to endure the master!Although these words are old-fashioned, they are really wise words summed up by the life experience of countless generations.

During dinner in the evening, Li Yingwan told a prospective letterer to ask Tang Cheng to go to her mother's house the morning after tomorrow to deliver the intermarriage letter. On the morning of the same day, the woman's fourth uncle, Zhao Xianwei, will also be present.

After the matter was settled, Tang Cheng had nothing to worry about now. After eating, he accompanied the woman and Sister Lan to talk for a while, and then went into the study.

Tang Cheng sat down behind the desk. He first used the borrowed notes to make up for the homework that he missed a few days ago, and then completed the day's course load with the four books that he had borrowed for self-study according to the planned progress. I found the engraved and printed "Diamond Sutra" on the bookshelf, and prepared to complete the task assigned by the old monk Chengning.

You only need to write [-] words a day, and Tang Cheng didn't realize it when he heard about the task in the afternoon, [-] words is not easy!But at this time, you will know how powerful it is when you really do it.

Two hundred characters is really nothing, but after adding the requirement of "not allowing one word to be omitted or one word to be corrupted", it is really not easy. Originally, the scripture writing style of the old monk before was beautiful, so Tang Chengxu naturally had to type it when he came to write. Put all your energy into it, and try to perform at your best level, so as not to look too different before and after this hand-copied scripture.

The original intention, coupled with the special request of the old monk, put a lot of pressure on Tang Cheng. When he started writing, he never dared to be as careless as when he was practicing in the past. Dare to write until the structure and rules are figured out, lest one will not think about it, make a mistake in writing, and the black and white words will not be changed even if they want to.

In this way, Tang Cheng paused for nearly half a cup of tea before writing the first word in the scriptures in eight-point regular script, and the subsequent dozens of words were no easier than the first one.Everyone else is "handling the ax into the catty", but now he is actually transporting the catty into the axe in reverse, he only feels that the writing brush in his hand is as heavy as the axe, and he does not dare to be careless when transporting it, for fear of hurting himself. height.