Qing Jialu

After one night, on the second day, Shen Jia planned to pay homage to Teacher Wan.Xiao Yi wanted to follow after hearing this, Shen Jia was stunned, "It's a bit strange to bring friends to pay homage to the teacher."

"I'm your subordinate, responsible for the safety of the elders in the pavilion." Xiao Yi "followed goodness" and immediately changed his identity.

"Don't, don't, I can't afford it." Shen Jia waved her hand and said, "My teacher is a traditional person, and he values ​​'heaven, earth, monarch, relative and teacher', as long as you don't kneel down and worship him. Otherwise, he won't feel at ease under the nine springs."

"Okay, I'll watch you worship from a distance, and don't interfere." Xiao Yi compromised and took a step back.

So after the two made an agreement, Shen Jia took Xiao Yi, presented a gift, and first visited Teacher Wan's home.

Xiao Yi followed Shen Jia to a simple and even low-key courtyard, the door was ajar, the paint on the door was peeling off, and it looked dilapidated.Shen Jia frowned, and knocked lightly on the door.After a while, a child heard the movement and came out.

The child looked at the two strangers outside the door, and asked timidly, "Are you here to find Teacher Wan?"

"What?" Shen Jia was shocked, "Who are you talking about, Teacher Wan?"

"That's right." The child was afraid of strangers, so he turned his head and ran to the main hall, shouting inside as he ran, "Teacher Wan, someone is looking for you."

Shen Jia and Xiao Yi looked at each other, and they also walked inside with doubts.Xiao Yi thought to himself, could it be that there is a second teacher named Wan here?

Sure enough, a young man came out from the inside. He looked at the person who came and asked in a low voice, "Both...what do you want me for?"

"You are..." Shen Jia squinted his eyes and looked at this person for a moment, quickly searched in his brain, and said after a while, "You are Wan... Wan Yu?"

"Brother Shen?" Wan Yu also recognized Shen Jia at this moment.

The two looked at each other in surprise, excited.After all, in Shen Jia's impression, Wan Yu was still a child with nothing to do.Unexpectedly, now, he has grown into a handsome young man.

"Please sit down, Xiao Yang, and go pour tea." Wan Yu told the child.

After several people walked into the door, Shen Jia realized that there were several tables and stools arranged like a study hall.It seems that Mr. Wan's private school has successors, and his son continues to run it for him.

"Brother Shen, did you come back to worship your ancestors?" Wan Yu asked, "It's been a long time since you were admitted to Jinshi."

"Yes, I'm here on business in Fujian this time, so I'll take a look at my home." Shen Jia replied.

"Is this also an adult on a business trip?" Wan Yu looked at Xiao Yi and poured him tea, "Please, my lord."

"Thank you." Xiao Yi said lightly, acquiescing to what the other party said.

"Wan Yu, didn't you get selected as a scholar, why didn't you continue to take the exam?" Seeing Wan Yu's appearance, Shen Jia devoted himself to education, but was indifferent to her own future.

"I took the exam, and I took the exam more than once. It's a pity that I didn't win the exam." Wan Yu sighed, "Maybe I don't have the life to be an official, unlike you. At that time, the middle school understood Yuan and honored the ancestors."

"I'm just a blind cat who ran into a dead mouse. Look at other people, don't they all have to pass the exam several times? There are also people who are in their 20s and have gray hair. Why do you give up?"

Wan Yu shook his head, "I know what I am. My father also said back then that I have no talent for reading. Besides, after my father passed away, my family was getting worse day by day, and I had to support my family."

"Didn't I send you money?" Shen Jia said distressedly, "Write to me if you don't have enough money."

"How dare we open our mouths to ask you for it. Besides, you are already enough to take care of our family." Wan Yu said, "If it weren't for the money you sent, I wouldn't be able to afford the school."

The school where Teacher Wan taught them had long been occupied by other people, so Wan Yu transformed his home into a private school and enlarged the main hall. The tables, chairs and benches were neatly arranged, and the room was cleaned cleanly. It is no different from other schools. difference.

If we talk about the gap, it may be that the outside of the house looks a bit dilapidated.

"Since you have made a decision, I will stop persuading you. By the way, where is Mistress?" Shen Jia saw only Wan Yu and one child in the private school, and saw no one else.

"Mom has gone to Aunt Zhang's house. When the children come to class, she usually goes out to have a party, so as not to disturb everyone's study."

"How many children have you adopted?" Shen Jia asked curiously.

"Fifteen." Wan Yu said, "Our place is small, and we can't recruit many people. Rich people hire teachers to teach at home, and ordinary people go to study ethnology. I don't have much training here, so I can only attract a few poor people. The children of the family. The teaching is also very simple, and they don't want to learn about the Four Books and Five Classics."

"How could this be?" Shen Jia asked in amazement, "The Four Books and Five Classics must be read in the imperial examination."

"Brother Shen, you are thinking too much. The children who come here, their families don't expect to be admitted to be an official, and some are even lowly, and they don't even have the qualifications to take the scientific examination." Wan Yu sighed, "I Ah, it took a lot of effort to persuade their parents to let their children read some books like "San Zi Jing", and it will be enough if they can recognize characters."

"The poor are the ones who need to learn the most." Xiao Yi suddenly said, "Mr. Xiaowan is kind-hearted, and if he teaches them to read, they will not be deceived in the future."

When Wan Yu heard this, he looked at Xiao Yi with a little surprise, "My lord, you understand the sufferings of the people. Indeed, children can read and write, and they will not be punished if they can sign, read a ledger, or read a notice in the future." Cheated."

After Shen Jia and Wan Yu talked for a while, the children came one after another.Wan Yu went to the front to attend class, and Shen Jia told Wan Yu to go to the back to pay respects to the teacher's grave.

It was not a problem for the former students to pay homage to the teacher, but Wan Yu was taken aback when he saw that Xiao Yi was going with him.Shen Jia had no choice but to explain that he was here to protect his Lord Jin Yiwei.

"It turned out to be Lord Jin Yiwei, I'm sorry." Wan Yu had heard about Jin Yiwei's reputation, and felt that his enthusiasm was not as good as before, so he looked at Xiao Yi with a bit of vigilance.

"He is a good man, so you don't have to be afraid." Shen Jia comforted, "Go and do your work. I'll take him to worship and then go back."

According to what was said before, Xiao Yi stood far away watching Shen Jia worship. He saw Shen Jia kneeling in the tomb, chanting in a low voice for a long time, then burned the paper money, kowtowed and left.

On the way back, Shen Jia was a little depressed. He thought of the past and couldn't help telling Xiao Yi about his sorrows.

"Teacher Wan saw that I was kicked out by the ethnology, so he accepted me as a student." Shen Jia recalled softly, "At that time, I didn't have the money to pay for school, so he didn't want my money, and let me stay in his house. Eat and live, and treat me like my own child."

"Without him, you wouldn't have continued your studies, right?" Xiao Yi asked.

"That's right. Either go farming, or go fishing." Shen Jia also said, "I thought about it at the time, and I will do my father's old job."

"It's a good thing you didn't, otherwise you wouldn't have met me." Xiao Yi said with emotion.Fate is sometimes so magical.If you take a wrong step, you will have a completely different situation.

Shen Jia looked at Xiao Yi, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, I met you."