Chapter 139 Teaching
Li Xiu's death in his previous life caused him not to want to live in a busy life anymore. It's good to live so lazy every day. Over time, he has engraved this laziness into his bones and seems a bit procrastinated in his work. For example, before moving, he planned to give Qi Niang a lecture so that she could learn something, at least be a woman with independent thinking. After all, he could not protect her for the rest of his life, and women with his own ideas would not suffer any loss.
However, Li Xiu had a good plan, but after the move, a lot of things happened, which made Qi Niang's education be thrown away by him. It was not until today that he suddenly remembered it. However, before he could start speaking, Princess Pingyang came and told him that Li Chengdao was coming to ask him for advice. This made Li Xiu a little reluctant. After all, he didn't even have time to teach his own sister, so how could he have time to care about Li Chengdao?
Seeing Li Xiu's reluctant expression, Princess Pingyang couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, Dao'er doesn't come every day. He still has his own studies to complete. He can only come every three or five days, which will not delay your time. Moreover, the father is worried that he will abandon his studies, so he asked me to supervise more, so every time Dao'er comes, I will follow you!"
"No problem, isn't it just teaching something? I'm going to teach Qi Niang too. Prince Anlu wants to hear it, so let him come!" Li Xiu immediately agreed with a righteous look when he heard Princess Pingyang's last words. In order to avoid suspicion, Princess Pingyang and Li Xiu were also restraining their feelings, and even tried not to meet each other as much as possible to avoid causing any rumors. However, with the excuse of Li Chengdao, there is no need to worry about these anymore.
Seeing Li Xiu's disagreement, Princess Pingyang couldn't help laughing out loud. Because it was getting late, she couldn't stay at Li Xiu anymore, so she chatted for a few words and stood up to say goodbye, while Li Xiu personally sent her out of the door.
Looking at the direction of Princess Pingyang's carriage, Li Xiu's smile slowly calmed down. Li Chengdao actually planned to study from him. This was something Li Xiu had never expected in advance. From his heart, he had a good impression of this smart child, and it was nothing to teach him something, let alone he could meet Princess Pingyang.
However, Li Chengdao is Li Jiancheng's son. The deeper the entanglement between Li Xiu and him, the more difficult it will be to get out of it when the two brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin clashes in the future, and may even be implicated.
Even if he takes a step back, even if Li Xiu is confident of protecting himself, as he gets along with Li Chengdao, he will definitely have a certain relationship. Will he really watch Li Chengdao die at the hands of Li Shimin?
Li Xiu had thought of the above just now, but he couldn't tell anyone that even Princess Pingyang could not do it, because he could not tell Princess Pingyang that in the future, Li Shimin would ambush and kill his brothers at Xuanwu Gate, and even his nephews would not be able to keep any of his nephews afterwards. I'm afraid Princess Pingyang would not accept such a thing.
"Forget it, take one step at a time, thinking so much now only adds to your worries!" Li Xiu thought hard for a long time, and finally shook his head suddenly and said, "Everyone wants to grasp his own destiny, but unfortunately, there are too many uncontrollable factors in reality. Sometimes we can only learn to relax and comfort ourselves that there must be a way before the car arrives at the mountain!
Back at the inner house, Qi Niang was playing cards with Yue Chan and Liu'er. Li Xiu did not interrupt them immediately. Instead, he walked over and stood behind Qi Niang and looked. He found that although this little guy was not big, he played cards well. After playing a few games, he actually won more and lost less. Liu'er had the least mind, and was obviously not enough to play cards. As a result, he lost the most, and his little mouth was so pouting that he was almost slapped.
"Qianniang, do you know all the numbers on the cards?" Li Xiu interrupted them with a smile.
"I know, isn't it just one to ten?" Qi Niang said without raising her head.
"Then do you remember that I was going to teach you some knowledge just now?" Li Xiu said with a smile again.
"Remember, brother, what do you want to teach me?" Qi Niang finally looked up and asked.
"What I want to teach you is very simple. It is the numbers on the cards. You can recognize them best, but you must have never written them yet. Now go get a piece of paper and write each number ten times. I will check it after I finish writing it!" Li Xiu finally changed into a serious expression and said, "Being a teacher must look like a teacher, and you must not be soft-hearted when it is time to be strict."
"Ah? Now, but I've just started playing. Can I start writing tomorrow?" Qi Niang said reluctantly when she heard this. After all, she was having fun and really didn't want to write.
"No, today's work is done today!" Li Xiu said with a stern face at this time.
Seeing the eldest brother's serious expression, Qi Niang finally knew that the eldest brother was not talking and playing. She had to put down the cards, silently turned around to the desk next to her, and then picked up the ink and started grinding the ink to prepare to write.
Yuechan and Liu'er were at a loss when they saw Li Xiu's serious look. They were about to stand up, but Li Xiu suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, Qi Niang is going to study. I'll play a few games for her, let's continue playing!"
"Hmph!" Qi Niang behind her saw that the elder brother didn't let him play, but he sat at the card table and started playing. She was also very angry at the moment. After picking up the pen, she did not write, but drew a big pig's head first and wrote the elder brother's name. As a result, she laughed "giggled".
Although Qi Niang is only seven years old, she can actually write a lot of words. Some were taught by Li Xiu, and some were learned from Princess Pingyang after she came to Li Xiu. She even wrote good words. What surprised Li Xiu even more was that Qi Niang could recite thousands of characters, which was even better than his brother.
Qi Niang has a certain foundation, so it is much easier to learn. Li Xiu could not teach Qi Niang too much about literary literacy. At this stage, he could only teach her to write some common words and tell her some historical and cultural stories to expand her cognition. The focus of teaching is mathematics. Mathematics is known as the "mother of all natural sciences" in later generations. Only by laying a good foundation in mathematics can Li Xiu teach her other things based on Qi Niang's interests.
The ten Arabic numbers 0 to 9, Qi Niang has already known them from cards, and she already has some arithmetic foundation, so at the beginning, Li Xiu also taught them very easily, just to teach her some mathematical principles and then give her some questions to do.
At the beginning, Qi Niang learned it very easily and got full marks in every test. She was a little proud of this, but as the questions deepened, she was a little troubled to learn it. Especially after Li Xiu added Xiao Ming, Xiao Hong and Xiao Qiang to the question, Qi Niang was obviously scratching her head when she was doing the questions.
"Brother, isn't Xiao Ming sick? Why do you have to put water out while adding water to the pool?" Xiao Ming had been working on the topic for several days, and Qi Niang finally couldn't help but burst out. If Xiao Ming really appeared in front of her, she might poke him to death with a brush!
"Maybe, but this is how my teacher taught me before, and don't care whether he is sick or not, it will be over to finish the question!" Li Xiu lying on the recliner under the shade of the tree, he said leisurely. In fact, he was already very surprised by Qi Niang's progress. The most basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division have long been difficult for her, so Li Xiu had to start asking Qi Niang to do some one-yuan equations, which made Qi Niang feel a little difficult. However, according to her learning progress, it may not take long to teach new content.
Qi Niang bulged her mouth very dissatisfiedly when she answered her brother, but she was not a person who gave up easily. She began to think hard about the solution to this question, which also made Li Xiu next to her nodded with satisfaction. She was worthy of being her own sister, and this perseverance alone was not comparable to an ordinary child.
"The weather is so hot!" Li Xiu sighed and picked up the fan next to him and shook it a few times, but only felt a hot wind. It was already very hot in May, but now after June, the weather is even hotter and I can't stand it. He could not stay in the house at all. He had to move the teaching place to the garden. It was quite cool, but at noon, the garden began to become hot, which also made him miss the air conditioner in his previous life.
Just as Li Xiu was missing his previous life in his mind, he suddenly heard a sound of light footsteps outside the garden. Then Princess Pingyang walked in with a smile. Seeing Li Xiu on the recliner, she couldn't help but smile and said, "You really know how to enjoy it. Let's see who I brought?"
Princess Pingyang said as she turned sideways, revealing Li Chengdao behind her. He immediately stepped forward and bowed to Li Xiushen. A few days ago, he received news from his grandfather's agreement to come to Li Xiu. He was extremely excited at the moment. Although Li Jiancheng was not easy to stop, he ordered him to complete his studies before going out. He also doubled his homework all at once. He did not complete it until today, and then he couldn't wait to run.
"You don't have to be too polite to Prince Anlu. Princess, come here to sit here. It's too sunny in the sun!" Li Xiu hurriedly greeted them when he saw this. Since it was Li Yuan's order and Princess Pingyang also made peace, he really couldn't refuse, so he had already prepared. Anyway, one of Qi Niangs is also a teacher, so it doesn't matter if he has one more Li Chengdao.
Princess Pingyang walked over with a smile on her face. Only then did she find that Qi Niang was lying in the pavilion next to Li Xiu, which made her ask curiously: "What is Qi Niang writing?"
Chapter completed!