Reincarnation of Soul Cultivation 2

Liu Shi'an taught Liu Shi about ten characters every day. After one year, Liu Shi had learned about five hundred characters, and even memorized the Three Character Classics smoothly.

Because they were often together, Liu Shi could sense something unusual about Liu Shi'an.

For example, even if Liu Shian's family is a scholar, he should have started enlightenment at the age of three, but the things he taught Liu Shi, such as the explanation of the Three Character Classic, made people feel that Liu Shian was like a great Confucian who had studied for many years.Liu Shi himself has been a great Confucianist, so he knows that a person who reads a lot, after reading intensively, will have a special state, as if everything is clear in his chest.

Liu Shi'an didn't have any hobbies for fun, except for calling Liu Shi out at a fixed time every day to teach Liu Shi how to read, he basically didn't go out at other times, reading and writing at home.

Occasionally, Liu Shi'an's eyes don't look like the eyes of a child, but the eyes of an old man who has experienced many vicissitudes.

Of course, in Liu Shi'an's eyes, Liu Shi is a pure and smart child.In order to arouse Liu Shi's interest in learning, he often takes some maltose or sugar buns from home that children will like, and rewards Liu Shi when he performs well.

Liu Shi himself planned to take the imperial examination, so even if there was no reward, he would certainly study hard.With the existence of a trader, Liu Shi can of course buy any snacks and desserts at any time.But his parents and grandparents who love him are still saving eggs for him, and he has no reason to buy any food for the family. How can he have the nerve to secretly eat good food by himself?Therefore, the maltose and sugar buns given by Liu Shi'an were not unattractive to him.

After saying goodbye to Liu Shi'an, Liu Shi ran home with the candy buns in his hands. At this time, the whole family gathered in the kitchen, and Liu Shi handed the candy buns to his grandma, "Grandma, the candy buns from Brother Shi'an."

Grandma disapproved, "Why did you take what Shi'an gave for nothing?"

"I'm good at reading and writing, this is a reward from Brother Shi'an," Liu Shi said as if he was not convinced.

"You're still reasonable," grandma said with a smile, "you can eat what's given to you."

"Let's eat together", Liu Shi took the buns in his hands and placed them in front of his grandma, insisting that she take a bite.

Grandma pretended to take a bite, but she didn't even bite into the bun stuffing.

Liu Shi disagreed, and must let her bite into the candy filling.

Grandma laughed, but she couldn't resist him, so she took another bite, and this time she got the stuffing of the bun.

"Is it sweet?" Liu Shi asked his grandma.

"So sweet!"

Liu Shi took the steamed stuffed bun, let his grandfather and parents take another bite, and then ate the rest of the steamed stuffed bun by himself.For a person like him who can't taste sweetness all year round, it is really delicious enough.

"Shitou is also four years old, why don't we let him study with a scholar this year?" Liushi's grandmother said to his grandfather, "Shitou is so smart. He has learned so many characters from Shi'an, why not let him Going to study in a serious way? I still have some eggs at home, and I will send them to Xiucai’s house tomorrow. Shi’an always gives Shitou something good to eat, but our family has nothing to give him. It’s embarrassing to keep doing this Why don't you just pay the tuition in a serious manner and pay homage to Mr.

Liu Shi's grandfather thought for a while, and nodded his head in agreement, "Shitou's father still has the sand table, take it out for Shishi to use."

Liu Shi's grandparents are in charge of everything in the family, and Liu Shi's parents naturally have no opinion on what they decide.That's how Liu Shi went to study seriously.

The next day Liu Shi's grandma took Liu Shi's hand with a basket of eggs and took him to Liu Xiucai's home to learn from him.

Liu Xiucai knew that this child was his son's only good friend in the village, so his attitude towards him was naturally different.Half an hour after the exam, let him study with Liu Shi'an every day.

There are children of all ages who study in the village, and the learning process is of course different.Because there are no books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, they are almost all in batches.When there is no class, the children of the farm family naturally have to help the family with some housework and farm work.

Liu Shi'an is Liu Xiucai's own child, not to mention smart, there is no shortage of books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones.To let Liu Shi study with him is to take care of Liu Shi intentionally.It was also Liu Shi's cleverness that made Liu Xiucai feel that he could be a companion for Liu Shi'an.

From this day on, Liu Shi studied with Liu Shi'an at Liu Xiucai's house.

After finishing the daily lessons, when Liu Xiucai went to teach other children, Liu Shi'an also kept him at his own home and asked him to practice calligraphy on the wall or desk with his old writing brush dipped in clean water.

Sometimes after Liu Xiucai finished his lecture, Liu Shi'an would give him a little advice.Liu Xiucai is at the level of a rural scholar, and he has not passed the examination for many years, so his knowledge is actually very average.What Liu Shi'an said was different, what he explained was at the level of a famous teacher and a great Confucian.Even if Liu Shi didn't need it, he was very grateful for his kindness.

If we say that when he was a child, Liu Shi'an used things like sugar buns to lure Liu Shi to study hard.When Liu Shi began studying with his teacher seriously, Liu Shi'an instantly became a strict teacher.

It's not just a joke to practice in summer and practice in winter.But Liu Shi'an has such high demands on Liu Shi!

When Liu Shi's little hand was able to write clean and neat calligraphy in this life, he, through his father Liu Xiucai, took over the job of copying books for Liu Shi at the bookstore in the county.

So at a young age, Liu Shi bought himself a pen, ink, paper and inkstone by copying books, and slightly improved his family's life.It's also the envy of other people in the village.

It's a pity that the job of copying books is not so easy to handle. First of all, the characters must be written squarely and crisply.One word cannot be wrongly written on a page. If one word is wrong, the page will be useless.

Secondly, the paper for copying books was paid in advance by the bookstore.If it weren't for an acquaintance in the bookstore, no one would advance an unknown child.That's why Liu Xiucai was famous, and used to help the bookstore copy books, so he had this face, and led Liu Shi to the bookstore to write a few words for the owner to see.

Finally, the pen and ink spent should be prepared by yourself.That's when Liu Xiucai came to tell Liu Shi's grandma that Liu Shi could make money with this, so his grandma gritted his teeth and sold the saved eggs and food, and bought him the cheapest pen and ink.

After that, Liu Shi gradually relaxed his life by copying books.Buy more stationery for himself, and hand over the extra copper coins to his grandma for saving.

This is thanks to Liu Shi'an letting Liu Shi hang his wrists to practice calligraphy every day, allowing him to gradually regain the feeling of writing with his new body.His handwriting can satisfy Liu Shi'an, and he recommends it to Liu Xiucai to copy books to make money, which is naturally not bad.

Copying books has another advantage, that is, it saves money on buying books.Books are very expensive, even more expensive than pens, ink, paper and inkstones.Of course one can afford a book, but one has to take the imperial examination, so how can one book be enough?

When copying books for a bookstore, the bookstore advances the paper with a few extra pages, which is to prepare for copying mistakes.In addition, Liu Shi bought more paper with his income from copying books, so that when he copied books for the bookstore, he could copy a copy for himself as well.For the copied paper, grandma used the thread used to sew shoe soles, and sewed it into a book like in a bookstore. The cover was made of a harder paper to protect the pages of the book, and it looked almost the same as the books sold in the bookstore.

Of course, he has everything in his head, but in this age of ignorance, if he is not to be regarded as a goblin by the people around him, he should not be suspicious of anything he does.

Liu Shi's grandparents and parents often read these books cherishedly, and it's not like they suddenly want to read.But the books are really expensive, and these books are now the most precious property of their family besides the fields.

Before he knew it, Liu Shi's grandparents and parents changed his life orientation.It turned out that they were no different from other villagers. They thought that when Liu Shi was older, he would go to the fields and learn to do farm work.Liu Shi is strong and tall. After studying hard for a few years, he will be a good hand in the field in the future.

Now he is regarded as a scholar like Liu Xiucai's family, because he can copy books to make money, not only can meet his own study needs, but also save copper coins to subsidize the family's life.

Naturally, they would not think about telling Liu Shi not to study, but to go to work in the fields.

Liu Shi's characters are written in the same size, square and square, which is quite beautiful.Even if the owner of the bookstore doesn't know calligraphy, the books copied by Liu Shi are selling very well, and people who are not short of money are willing to buy them back and put them on display. Some people even use these books as copybooks.The bookstore owner also charged Liu Shi a higher price than others, so Liu Shi didn't find other ways to make money, so he kept copying.

When he was 12 years old, Liu Shi'an went to take the Tongsheng examination and took Liu Shi with him.Then both of them passed the exam as Tongsheng.

This is nothing unusual for Liu Shian's family.Liu Xiucai is a scholar himself, of course he knows how far his son and Liu Shi have reached in their studies.It is normal for them to pass the exam.

But for the rest of Xiahe Village, that's something worth talking about. At the age of 12, they were admitted to fame, which shows how smart these two children are.

They are still calm about Liu Shi'an, they don't know about reading, but Liu Shi'an's family has been studying for generations, so it makes sense that he is the seed of reading.

But for Liu Shi, they were taken aback.

Generations of farmers in Liushi's family are still honest farmers with no flamboyance.I really didn't see that their family could produce a scholar.

However, some villagers immediately said that Liu Shi had played well with Liu Shi'an when he was a child, and someone saw Liu Shi'an teaching Liu Shi to read at that time.Those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black. Even if the villagers can't explain this truth, they understand the meaning.He thinks that Liu Shi is close to scholars, so he learned to read without knowing it.

It was at this time that Liu Shi's grandparents and parents made up their minds and let Liu Shi concentrate on studying in the future.Even if Liu Shi won't get any fame in the future, he can support himself now by copying books.In addition, they can still work now, and there is no shortage of Liushi's labor force.

Besides, Liu Shi was only 12 years old and was able to pass the Tongsheng exam. According to Liu Xiucai, even if he was a scholar, he might not fail the exam.That is to say, he thought that Liu Shi'an and Liu Shi were too young, and he was afraid that they would hurt Zhong Yong if they gained a reputation as a child prodigy, which would not be good for their hearts.They were asked to wait for three years, until they had solid knowledge and were sure of passing the exam, and then went to the scholar exam.

Liu Shi'an didn't have any opinion on this either, he was a man with a story, and he had his own plans for the future step by step.There also seems to be little vanity about the prodigy's reputation.

Of course Liu Shi himself would not object.

Now Liu Xiucai still teaches Liu Shian and Liu Shi every day.But the real essence was taught to Liu Shi by Liu Shi'an after class.Liu Shi'an taught Liu Shi to have no selfish intentions. After Liu Shi had copied too many books, he would sometimes discuss with Liu Shi'an, put forward some opinions and confirm each other with Liu Shi'an, so that Liu Shi'an could also gain something.

Confucianism is like this, and there are too many places that can be extended.It is said that learning is old and living is old. Even a great Confucian who has studied for many years will not stop studying in his later years.At that time, if you study again, you will still have different gains and feelings.

It's always Liu Shi'an's unilateral contribution, and Liu Shi feels uncomfortable.When he has a suitable excuse, he will naturally study and make progress with Liu Shi'an.

No matter what Liu Shi'an knew because of the relationship between the artifact fragments, it made him cultivate Liu Shi as if he was cultivating his own nephew, but Liu Shi really got this kind of heart.