Chapter 5 Ethnology
The Zhang family only has one carriage, and the one who pulls the carriage is still a bad horse, but the Zhang family is very precious and only lets it pull the carriage, and never lets the horse carry heavy loads. When there are heavy objects, there is a donkey at home, which is specially used for load loads.
The brothers work differently, and their destinations are also different when they are on duty. Fortunately, in Chang'an City, there are already carriages similar to buses, some are specially used to recruit people and some are used to transport goods, which are not expensive and very convenient. When the brothers take the job, they ride that one.
"Uncle Six!"
As soon as Zhang Changzong got into the car, Wenyang and the younger generations hurriedly called him, and Zhang Changzong nodded. Zhang Yizhi patted the seat beside him and said, "Liulang, come and sit!"
Zhang Changzong went over and sat down, and listened to the children of the fifth brother and his nephews, and pondered silently in his heart—
The clan school only recruits children from the Zhang clan or related relatives and friends, and there are not many students. The Zhang clan east and west prefectures are more prosperous, and there are not many children who stay in the Xifu, so there are fewer children.
The two uncles, the third uncle Zhang Luoke, have two sons and two daughters, and the second sons are Zhang Wengxi and Zhang Yanqi; the fourth uncle Zhang Liangke has only one son, named Zhang Jingxiong, who is younger than his fourth brother and two years older than his fifth brother. He is the precious son that the fourth uncle has given birth to three women in a row.
The East Mansion is poor, so girls will not go to school. Otherwise, girls will also be sent to school in the West Mansion, but they will stop attending school when they are ten years old.
Zhang Changzong has a good memory. If he calculates it based on his memory, he can calculate how many students there are in the clan school at this time-
Zhang Lingde, the eldest son of his elder brother Zhang Wengxi, should be about the same age as Zhang Yizhi. The second son Zhang Lingxiang is six years old and has a four-year-old girl Ling Jiang. The other son Zhang Yanqi has just gotten married and has no children yet.
This is from the third uncle's family. In the fourth uncle's family, in addition to the youngest son Zhang Jingxiong, he is the eldest daughter's son Fang Han, and he is also the only child sent to the clan school among relatives and friends. In fact, there are more children in the East Mansion in the clan school.
As for the professor's gentleman—
My brother once told him about the situation of clanology, and Zhang Changzong also heard his brothers discussing it and knew about the situation of clanology. The clanology hired two gentlemen, one to teach music and the other to teach literature.
The teacher who teaches literature is still young, and he looks less than thirty years old, and his name is Li Qinrang. Zhang Changqi said that he was from a tribute in the village and had been a student. Unfortunately, he failed to pass the imperial examination and lingered in the capital to make a living in the western class so that he could take the exam again next year.
The person who taught music was an old musician who retired from Taichang Temple. He had already had white names and was named Wu. It is said that he knew many kinds of musical instruments and had great achievements in music.
Wen Yang whispered: "Uncle Six, be careful of Mr. Li in school, Mr. Wu is fine!"
“Why?”
"Mr. Li can beat people, and he beats them hard!"
He looked lingering in fear. Zhang Changzong was happy: "Wenyang has been beaten?"
Zhang Wenyang stopped talking, and Zhang Yizhi laughed: "Wenyang is often beaten."
Your nephew is often beaten by his husband. As an uncle, what's so funny about you!
Zhang Changzong looked at his good fifth brother speechlessly, feeling a little disheartened. I wonder if the eldest brother Zhang Changqi, who was sitting on the shaft of the car, was also ashamed of him, or he couldn't listen, and shouted: "Silence! How can the students discuss the teacher's principles behind their backs? Wulang and Wenyang went back and wrote one hundred big words each!"
Zhang Yizhi, who was very proud just now, was instantly in a hurry and agreed with his nephew: "Here!"
When he arrived at the East Mansion, Zhang Changqi sent Zhang Changzong to the school first, and then he had to visit the elders of the East Mansion--
Since we are here, we have to leave quietly. Yu Li is disagreeable. My nephew and fifth brother go in first, and the eldest brother takes Zhang Changzong to visit the gentleman.
"Ruolang, say hello to the sir."
"Hello, sir, sir."
Zhang Changzong saluted the gentlemen in a straightforward manner. He had been a soldier and had an absolute right posture and manners. Even if he was only four years old, Zhang Changzong was not inferior to others.
Mr. Li was very serious, with a face that looked like a playing card. He nodded slightly and said, "It's great. I hope you will study hard in the future and be diligent."
"Yes, the student is obeying the teacher's teachings."
The poker face was slightly relieved.
It was Mr. Wu, who was the turn to teach music, had a much more kind attitude. Seeing Zhang Changzong's eyes so kind. In addition to a simple visit, he also asked him: "Have you learned music before?"
Zhang Changzong shook his head: "Mr. I have never learned it, I have only listened to my brothers playing at home."
"Do you like it?"
"like!"
Mr. Wu nodded: "It's very good. If you like it, it's easier to learn it. If you don't like it, learn it at will. Just regard it as necessary to cultivate it and make it easier to put it in a little bit of relief."
As soon as he said this, Zhang Changzong felt a little more fond of him. This person had a clear life first, but he thought he would not force his students to do so. However, musical instruments cannot be obtained without hard practice. I don’t know if the uncles from the Western Palace are satisfied with him.
Thinking of this in my heart, under the leadership of Mr. Li, I saluted the statue of Confucius first, and then the admission ceremony was officially begun. After the process was over, I was led into the house and divided him with a table. The school was a spacious room with table tables and everyone sat on the ground.
Zhang Changzong was the youngest. Li Qin asked her to hold a ruler in his hand and pointed to the empty table on the far right of the front row and said: "Liu Lang sits here, this will be your place in the future, remember!"
"Here."
Zhang Changzong went to sit down in his position, and then the gentleman ignored him and turned to pay attention to other students, asking the children to take turns to memorize the letter one by one.
The students in the school are of varying age and their learning progress is also different. Zhang Changzong paid special attention to it-
Zhang Jingxiong from the fourth uncle's family is the oldest and is still learning the "Book of Filial Piety". A passage of filial piety was stumbling and lost. Zhang Changzong had heard several brothers recite it since he was a child, and he had already remembered it. As soon as he heard it, he knew that the child had not been remembered. Sure enough, Zhang Jingxiong was immediately beaten by Mr. Li with a stern face.
Zhang Yizhi, who is about the same age as him, and Zhang Wenyang are all studying the "Book of Filial Piety". These two are more good than Zhang Jingxiong. Zhang Yizhi also memorized them in a messy way, and Zhang Wenyang is slightly better. Although he is a little bumpy, he finally memorized them. The wrong part is that there are a few words that are pronounced incorrectly.
Zhang Yizhi was beaten twice by Mr. Li. Zhang Wenyang was not beaten, but was taught a lesson by the gentleman with a stern face, and pointed out the mistakes to him in a stern tone.
A few young people were still learning Thousand Character Classics, but their ages were different, and their learning progress was slightly different. They took turns to recite one by one and stopped after reciting one paragraph. Fang Han memorized the best, quickly and clearly, and received praise from his teacher.
Chapter completed!