Mrs. Xing of the Red Chamber

In view of Jia Amnesty's current worries about the future of the Jia Mansion, Li Mo also made some preparations according to the situation, of course not in the space, and also prepared some jewelry and silver coins outside to hide in a specific place outside.

In this way, if the cost is relatively large in the future, it will be excused that it was prepared secretly at this time, so that it will not arouse suspicion.

At night, when Hengan and the others were leaving school, Li Mo had someone call them over.

Heng An and Jia Zong were a little surprised when they heard their mother calling them over. They hadn't done anything out of the ordinary during this period of time, and they had learned their homework well. Shouldn't they be called over to teach them a lesson?

"Mom, did you come here because you want us to have dinner with you? But it's still early for dinner. Is there anything wrong with calling us here so early?"

After Hengan experienced this period of tempering, his temper is not as naive as before, and Li Mo's requirements for him are also much stricter.

"Well, it's been a long time since I haven't carefully checked how you two are studying. If you have time today, you two will take turns to report to me about your study progress during this period of time!"

Li Mo looked at Hengan and Jia Zong, and said to Jia Zong first:

"Zong Er, come first!"

Jia Zong stepped forward and said:

"The master said that my brain is about the same as that of ordinary people, so I arranged the learning progress according to the learning progress of ordinary people. According to my mother, my son has now learned "Mencius", "The Analects of Confucius", "Book of Rites", recited "University" and "Doctrine of the Mean",

There are still "Poems", "Books", "Zhou Li", "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn" that have not been learned yet. The master said that you can't chew too much. According to the progress of your son, you can go step by step in the future. The test children come back and continue their studies. "

Li Mo nodded after hearing what he said, and knew that if they didn't understand thoroughly, it would be difficult for most people to memorize and learn these books well.

However, Li Mo still took the book "Book of Rites", flipped through it casually, found a page and asked him to recite it to himself, "What is the next paragraph after the sage is respectful?"

Jia Zong went on to recite very smoothly: "The sage loves and respects him, fears and loves him. Loves and knows his evil, hates and knows..."

Li Mo's understanding of these books is not very clear, so he just randomly checked how he recited according to the scriptures, whether there are any mistakes, etc., and checked a few places. Although Jia Zong didn't recite some places fluently, he was able to do it smoothly. back down.

"Well, okay, you recite it well, Zong'er, but you should recite the parts that are not very coherent. You should go back a few times and try to recite them as familiarly as possible."

After Jia Zong finished speaking, Li Mo turned his gaze to Hengan and asked, "What about you, Hengan?"

Hengan was fed a lot of space pool water by Li Mo since he was a child, and his memory is very good. Li Mo only asked him to briefly talk about what he learned.

Hengan was not afraid of Li Mo's homework inspection at all, and he didn't dare to say anything else, he had memorized everything in the book.

"Mother, don't worry, the master has asked me to recite all the four books and five classics, so you can do random checks!"

Seeing Heng An like this, Li Mo wanted to make things difficult for him, and asked:

"Since your master has said so, mother, of course I believe your master's words, then I will not randomly check your recitation of the original text of the Four Books and Five Classics, but you can recite the master's annotations to each chapter of the Four Books and Five Classics. Explain your understanding of them!"

Heng An's confident face was suddenly crushed by Li Mo's words, and he could only stumble and recite his master's explanation of those books. As for his own understanding of those books, Heng An hesitated a bit Can't tell.

"That mother, what does the master say that I don't know and understand, I first memorized his understanding of the books according to the master's request, and said that when I grow up, I will understand those books. What do you mean by that!"

Li Mo said meaningfully:

"You, don't think that just having a good memory is something to be proud of. You still have a lot to learn. During this period of time, I will ask your master to explain some things related to the imperial examination to you.

You can memorize as much as you can, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, you can first write down what the master said, and you will always need it later. "

"Yes, mother, we understand!"

Jia Zong was a little confused by Li Mo's unusual behavior, and asked a little incomprehensibly:

"Mother, has something happened recently? Why don't you let the master tell us when we go to take the imperial examination later?"

Seeing that Jia Zong realized something was wrong so quickly, he is indeed a child who is more sensitive to things. Compared with Hengan, he still needs to be tempered!

"It's not very peaceful in the mansion recently. You don't usually go out. If you have time, learn more from the master. It's hard to say whether we can afford a master for you in the future. I don't know what the situation was like at that time!"

Hengan and the others were startled when they heard Li Mo say these somewhat vague words. Jia Zong said a little uneasy:

"Mother, what happened, can you tell us? We have grown up."

Hengan also nodded along, proving that he has grown up and sensible.

It is not easy for Li Mo to tell the two of them in detail now, lest they accidentally leak it out and cause unnecessary panic. He just said roughly:

"You also know that the situation in our mansion is getting worse and worse, no one is supporting us, who knows what will happen to our mansion in the future?

Look at the Jiangnan Zhen family who has old relatives in our house. They were strong and blessed before, so that other families had to avoid the edge, but look at how they are living now, the family is not copying- - just copied it. "

He glanced at Heng An and Jia Zong, and said:

"Other things are things of the body. From now on, you still have to rely on the real skills you have learned from yourself, which only belong to you."

Li Mo felt a little guilty after saying such a glamorous sentence. If there is no other way, who would not want to have more things outside of the body, at least he can live a good life without being busy every day for life.

Li Mo said this because many people do not have such good innate conditions, so they have to rely on their own ability to make a living. In fact, Li Mo believes in this truth, otherwise he would have to collect a lot of materials into the space , And don’t forget to learn some embroidery, medical skills, exercises, etc. in your spare time.

Blacksmithing still depends on one's own physical strength. Those who are capable can quickly find their foothold wherever they are, and continue to survive and develop.

When Jia Zong heard Li Mo mention the Zhen family in Jiangnan, he guessed in his heart, would the Jia family become like that in the future?

Asked her mother, she would definitely not tell herself directly, Jia Zong could only observe slowly by herself.However, Hengan only understood the superficial meaning of Li Mo's words, but couldn't understand the deeper meaning.

Li Mo looked at the expressions of the two children. Anyway, the two children are not yet ten years old. It is not bad to know so much. Anyway, how can I protect them from growing up? It depends on what kind of life they like.

The next day, Li Mo asked his master to come over after his master had finished teaching Heng An and the others. After inviting his master to come in, Li Mo asked Qiu He to serve him tea, and then began to ask about Heng An's homework.

"Speaking of which, the master and I would like to thank the master for teaching the two children with all his heart after all these days. Now they are much more sensible and polite than before. This is probably due to the master!"

Li Juren didn't dare to put on airs of a scholar in front of Li Mo, and said very politely:

"Where, if it weren't for the two students who are smart and eager to learn, even if the old man teaches like this, it will be in vain. The old man would like to thank Madam for sending me such two good students!"

As a parent, Li Mo's smile suddenly became more real when he heard Mr. Li praise his two children so much.

Li Mo asked Qiuhe to present the gift he had prepared to Li Juren face to face. Li Juren saw the generous gift and quickly declined:

"Ma'am, you are too polite. You don't get rewarded for nothing. You can't afford to send such a big gift to this old man suddenly. You'd better take it back!"

Since the things that have been sent out, Li Mo will certainly not take them back, saying:

"I still have something here that needs your help. If you don't accept these things, I won't be able to speak."

"What's the matter, ma'am, you can just say it, the old man who can do it is undeniable." Li Juren's family is not very well-off now, and it would be a lie if he said that he was not moved by the things Li Mo sent.

But in order not to damage his reputation as a scholar, Li Juren is still very willing to accept such an expensive gift, but if he can get these things to improve his family's life by asking himself for help.

"It's not something to embarrass you. I discussed it with my master. I hope you will pay attention to the things that need to be paid attention to every time in the imperial examination.

And your understanding and explanation of the various books related to the imperial examination can be sorted out, so that Hengan and Zong'er can memorize them attentively. It doesn't matter if they can't understand for a while, I just ask them to memorize them first Just live. "