return to the garden

Zhang Xiaoli nodded hesitantly, and Liao Qing rubbed the child's head, but the poor child basically didn't go out much.

It just so happened that he came here for retirement, and he would have time to take Zhang Xiaoli around the world and eat all over the world.

……

The next day, Liao Qing got up early and went to the mountain to see the person Uncle Zhang was looking for.

Sure enough, none of the people on the list were included, and even some people were not on the list, and the list was a little unreliable. Liao Qing found out that they didn't come either.

Liao Qing nodded and outlined the request.

"Try to finish it in two days. When it's done, I'll ask the chef from the big restaurant in the county to greet everyone." Liao Qing was in a good mood.

The voices from below became louder. You know, the wages paid by Liao Qing's side were several times higher than the average person's. He also said that he would treat them to a good meal, and the men who came to help were all happy.

Liao Qing smiled gently and didn't stay long. He nodded at Uncle Zhang and went back directly.

The fog in the morning was quite heavy, and Liao Qing's hair was covered with fine dew droplets, and he slowly walked out of the fog, really like a mountain elf and wild monster.

But when he got home, Zhang Xiaoli took a cloth towel and wiped Liao Qing's hair carefully, looking like a good wife and mother.

Liao Qing coughed lightly. Seeing the child looking up at him nervously, she couldn't help herself for a while, and left a fluffy kiss on Zhang Xiaoli's face.

"It's so early, have you eaten yet?" Liao Qing patted the child's head as if nothing happened.

Only then did Zhang Xiaoli come to his senses, with a shy blush on his face, he replied: "Not yet, wait for brother Liao."

Liao Qing stopped, and waited for Zhang Xiaoli to come over, then went to hold Zhang Xiaoli's hand.

The two sat at the table holding hands, and then Nanny Song brought over breakfast.

Zhang Xiaolin was also there, but he was so used to the loving behavior of brother Liao and his brother that he didn't even bother to look up, so he kept his head down while eating, pretending he didn't see it.

For breakfast, fried buns with soy sauce and hot and sour soup.

The hot and sour soup is still very simple and delicious. Thin meat, tofu, soaked fungus and soaked winter bamboo shoots are shredded. Add sesame oil into the wok and stir-fry shredded carrots until soft and fragrant. Then add shredded black fungus and stir-fry together. Add the ingredients, add soy sauce and salt, bring to a boil, add a little starch to thicken the sauce, add shredded tofu and shredded pork and cook until cooked. Before serving, pour in white vinegar and make an egg drop.

Eating hot and sour food early in the morning is still very appetizing, and it happens that the sauce cake is also very good, Liao Qing is still very happy to eat it.

The sauce pancakes are crispy on the outside, but soft on the inside. The thin layer of sauce on the top is salty and delicious, and it is the most delicious.

I have to say that Nanny Song's cooking skills are still very good, and the sauce is very good. Most of the sauce cakes that Liao Qing had eaten before were ordinary and salty, but the sauce that Nanny Song made was different. Slightly spicy, very fragrant, not delicious, especially Zhang Xiaoli and Zhang Xiaolin both have appetites, and the spiciness is less, it doesn't matter if you don't like spicy food, it just adds a taste.

Liao Qing decided in his heart to raise Nanny Song's salary.

After dinner, Liao Qing didn't go out, and took Zhang Xiaolin to the study to test his homework.

"Knowing stop and then having steadiness; steadiness and then being able to be calm; being still and then being able to be at peace; being at ease and then being able to worry; thinking and then being able to gain. Things have their beginnings and ends, and things have their beginnings and ends. Knowing the sequence of events is the shortest path. Source and understanding." Liao While writing with a pen, Qing did not forget to question Zhang Xiaolin.

Zhang Xiaolin was still a little nervous. Liao Qing usually didn't teach him many lessons. Mostly, he read more and asked more questions. He was afraid that his understanding might be neglected.

"If you know what you should achieve, you will be able to have firm ambitions; if you have firm ambitions, you will be calm; if you are calm, you will be able to have peace of mind; if you are peaceful, you will be able to think about Zhouxiang; and only when you think about Zhouxiang will you be able to gain something. Everything has its roots and branches. Everything has a beginning and an end. If you understand the principle of the beginning and the end, you will be close to the law of the development of things." Zhang Xiaolin glanced at Liao Qing while talking, seeing that Liao Qing's expression did not change, he could only bite the bullet Let's go on.

Liao Qing nodded. Zhang Xiaolin himself is a very smart child. Liao Qing didn't take it with him when he learned characters at the beginning. Most of the time, Zhang Xiaolin came to ask him if he didn't understand. Never expected, This way of relying on his own epiphany, Zhang Xiaolin learned very well.

With Liao Qing's affirmation, Zhang Xiaolin finally felt a little more at ease.

"A gentleman has three joys, but the king does not exist in the world. Parents exist together, brothers have no reason, and there is one joy. Look up to the sky, and the house is not shameful to others. Two joys. To get the world's talents and educate them, three joys. A gentleman has three joys, but kings and empires do not exist with them." Liao Qing picked up another passage from "Mencius".

"A gentleman has three things to be happy about. Being king is not one of them. Parents are still alive, brothers are not sick or disaster, this is the first happy thing; raising one's head is not ashamed of the sky, bowing one's head is not ashamed of others, this is the second happy thing The third joy is to acquire the best talents in the world and educate them. A gentleman has these three joys, and unifying the world with benevolence and virtue is not included.” Zhang Xiaolin thought about it carefully to make sure he didn’t miss anything. Open your mouth and answer.

"The virtuous and virtuous are easy to look at; serving parents, you can do your best; serving the king, you can do your best; making friends, you must keep your word. Even though you haven't learned it, I must say you have learned it." Liao Qing took the "Analects of Confucius" "By the way, I picked one.

"Uh... But "The Analects of Confucius", I haven't read it yet, I..." Zhang Xiaolin looked at the cover of the book Liao Qing was holding.

"Then try to understand it, and I'll read it to you again." Liao Qing nodded, but didn't skip it just because Zhang Xiaolin said he hadn't read the Analects.

"Well... it means that a person can respect the virtuous and despise women; he can do his best to serve his parents; he can sacrifice his life to serve the king; He himself said that he has not learned anything, and I must say that he has learned. "Zhang Xiaolin was a little hesitant.

"That's right, come here, I'll have a look at writing a poem." Liao Qing stood up and made room for Zhang Xiaolin to write.

Zhang Xiaolin didn't want to move anymore. He had just started practicing calligraphy and hadn't made much progress. That is to say, his writing was no longer crooked, but if he wanted to say it looked good, he definitely couldn't say it.

"Looking eastward from the hometown is a long road, with long sleeves and long bells tearing up. We will meet soon without paper and pen, and report safety with the words of the king." Zhang Xiaolin wrote a poem he recently read.

It's a pity that the poems are good poems, but the characters are not satisfactory, especially when they are placed next to the characters that Liao Qing used to test the pen just now, they feel even uglier when they are set off, and Zhang Xiaolin's face is burning red.

But he didn't know that Liao Qing was a calligrapher in his lifetime, so it was natural for him to write well.

"The time is still too short. It's not bad for you to practice to this level. Then I will write some posts for you. You can watch the copying. After a while, you will be able to practice your handwriting. Good or bad is still very important, of course, fonts are equivalent to a person's second face, even if you don't take the imperial examination, it will be beneficial if you practice well." Liao Qing pointed to Zhang Xiaolin's writing and read it carefully before saying .

"Come here, I'll take you to write a word and feel it. If you practice again, you should understand something." Liao Qing beckoned to Zhang Xiaolin, who was standing beside him with his hands tied, and asked someone to stand in front of him.

"Be gentle, don't use force, just follow my feeling of force." Liao Qing held Zhang Xiaolin's hand and slowly wrote the word "Lin".

"Look, it's finished like this. How about it? Do you understand anything?" Liao Qing let go of his hand.

"Hmm..." Zhang Xiaolin felt as if he understood something, but also seemed to understand nothing.

"'Ri Yue Shui Huo Huo Shi Tian', you can practice these basic characters first," Liao Qing told Zhang Xiaolin the skills of practicing calligraphy, "I will find copybooks for you later, you can choose the fonts you like to copy, choose Don’t change it at will when you’ve decided, keep copying a typeface, and keep practicing for several months to years. At the same time, don’t be greedy for too much every time you practice calligraphy. It’s enough to practice a few characters each time, and it doesn’t necessarily take a long time each time. Long, it is required to copy as hard as the original post, do not innovate and change, and play freely. You must carefully figure out the characteristics of each word, and engrave every word you write in your mind, so that after a few years of practice, you can Copying someone else's handwriting."

"Go on, write more characters in the future, and your own style will come out." Liao Qing put the brush aside.

"Okay, I will practice calligraphy well." Zhang Xiaolin vowed.

He really wanted to take the road to heaven through the imperial examination, brother Liao also praised him for being smart, didn't he?He also wants to be a master, he doesn't want to be called "Sangmenxing", "short-lived bitter gourd", "thief" and so on behind his back all the time, he wants to be respected...

Liao Qing could see Zhang Xiaolin's determination, but nodded in relief, and explained in detail the precautions for calligraphy practice and font structure, etc., talking from time to time, Liao Qing began to demonstrate a certain stroke that should be done. How to write it up.

Zhang Xiaolin benefited a lot from the whole morning. After all, Liao Qing's good handwriting can be regarded as a master level. Time also passed quickly, until Zhang Xiaoli came to ask the two of them to have dinner, and it was already noon when they came back to their senses.

"Then Brother Liao, go wash your hands and get ready to eat. I'll clean up here before going over. I still have something to think about." Zhang Xiaolin was not in a hurry to eat, but wanted to write out all the inspiration in his mind and try it out. .

"That's ok, but hurry up, if you haven't seen you after eating half of the meal, I will tell you less next time." Liao Qing saw the child's thoughts at a glance, shook hands and went to the courtyard with Zhang Xiaoli first Went to eat.

And Zhang Xiaolin naturally tried to seize the time to practice the thoughts in his head. After all, Brother Liao had already talked about it, and if he didn't go after half of the meal, he wouldn't tell him more next time...