Chapter 21 Finally Earning Some Money
At noon that day, the poisonous widow came to the study room later than before. Although she tried her best to hide the bills, her expression was no longer as natural as before. Not only did she often make mistakes when reporting the bills, but she also stared at Tang Que from time to time. Several times while talking, she looked at Tang Que in a daze. The information in her eyes was extremely complicated and unthinkable.
Because of Tang Que's appearance and the stimulation of Lancao's words at noon, this woman who had already felt like a dead tree once again ejaculated the spring qing hidden in her bones. Perhaps, her spring qing has never disappeared, but it was too deep and too cruel. Once it exploded, it would burn everything like a prairie fire.
Tang Que could only pretend not to know about the special situation in front of him. He faced such a beautiful and plump master and servant every day. It would be false to say that he was not moved, but it would be impossible to do anything at the moment.
In the final analysis, the situation is stronger than that of a person. With his current situation, he can have such thoughts? There is a saying in later generations that is actually very classic: a man's kidney function is proportional to the fullness of his wallet. It is difficult for a man with a shrunken wallet to take the initiative to hook up with a beautiful rich woman, especially a man like Tang Que who has a strong self-esteem.
What happened at noon seemed to pass by in a calm and gentle manner. Only the three people involved understood and understood the real taste and influence.
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"At this time, the world is very happy, listen to the wind, and transform with the flow. The flowers are prosperous and the Tao changes their righteousness, and the punishment is wrong without using it. The virtues are prospered by the Three Emperors, and the merits are envied by the Five Emperors."
In the study of Mr. Yan in the village school, Mr. Yan pointed to Sima Xiangru's "Shanglin Fu" in "Wenxuan" and shook his head and recited it, talking freely. Tang Que stood on the side of the desk and listened intently.
With the help of the book "Shuowen Jiezi", Tang Que completed the study of the "Poetry" volume in "Wenxuan". After all, "The Book of Songs", "Chu Ci" and many other famous poems were learned in later generations. The system of poetry is simpler, and it is easier to learn by yourself with the help of dictionaries. However, once you enter the "Fu" volume, it is not that easy. The method of self-study is not feasible, but it takes too much time, so Tang Que chose the current method, and went to the village to study every morning and spent some time listening to the teacher's explanation. After reading the sentences and correct pronunciations and correct characters, he took time to study by himself. In this way, the progress was much faster.
Alas! If possible, Tang Quezhen was unwilling to learn Fu. After all, in various literary systems, the achievements and value of "Fu" are far from high. Unfortunately, this was the Tang Dynasty. Fu was extremely high. Not only in the scholars, but also in the imperial examinations, "Fu" was also a must-take subject. If you want to use learning as a level of advancement, you can't avoid the learning of "Fu" no matter what.
"Zixu Fu" and "Shanglin Fu" are both Sima Xiangru's representative works, and are also the best and most influential model work in Han Fu. The creation of these two fu has been ten years ago, but the content is connected and it is consistent. You can actually read it in a complete article. Reciting the complete and gorgeous "Shanglin Fu", Master Yan smacked his lips as if he had eaten something delicious, "Did you remember the sentences and sounds of this fu?"
Hearing Tang Que say this, Master Yan nodded, "Good, 'I don't care about the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, correct the etiquette of the princes, and fight for the joy of the game. The greatness of the gardens, I want to win with extravagance and debauchery. This cannot be made famous and famous, but is enough to be defamed by the king.' To study this tribute, Master Yan needs to understand this section to truly understand." While speaking, Master Yan has already collected the books and closed the volume, and today's homework explanation ends here.
"The rise and fall of the world depends on one person's likes and dislikes. As long as it is a human being, there is no one who is not good at traveling gorgeously. In the final analysis, this is still a system issue. Even if the words of admonition are gorgeous, it is probably useless..." Before Tang Que could put out the sentence "Absolute rights equal to absolute corruption", he was criticized by Master Yan, "False! Because the king has the desire to be extravagant, the sages set it up to teach him and set up officials to assist him and advise him. As you say, isn't the setting of the court's officials false?"
Listening to Master Yan opening his mouth and closing his mouth, Tang Que closed his mouth with a sage. The interest in discussing issues that had just arisen disappeared. After more than a thousand years, his educational background, outlook on life and worldview were different. Such discussions were destined to be the result of a bad person talking. At this time, the relationship between master and apprentice was far more rigid than that of later generations, and there was no room for free discussion at all.
"Tang Cheng, you can say this to prove that you have made great efforts in studying these days, but when you are studying, you must remember not to fall into the Taoist corruption of "reaching the world and doing nothing". No matter now that you are in the Holy Dynasty, even if you are in the world of Jie and Zhou, our scholars should be very generous and live up to the teachings of saints. "You know that you cannot do it, but a gentleman should take the righteousness of the official!'" Mr. Yan picked up the tea next to him and moistened his throat, and said to Tang Que with an extremely solemn attitude: "Tang Cheng, you need to remember that what we scholars have been asking for in our lives is not only cultivate, equilibrium, governance, and peace, and self-cultivation and family. If you really have the opportunity to enter the path of officialdom, you must not be mediocre. If you have such a heavy responsibility, you must not be broad-minded and resolute!"
Since the discussion was not completed, Tang Cheng would not discuss it. He just nodded and agreed to what Master Yan said.
After the main lesson, Tang Que handed over the calligraphy he wrote yesterday to Master Yan for review. After many days of continuous practice, he could at least write some words in a normal manner. Although he still looked ugly, he could at least recognize what he was writing.
After reading the three-page brush calligraphy practice, he circled four red circles. After finishing the pen, Mr. Yan saw that Tang Que had never resigned. He was slightly stunned and said, "What else is there?"
"I want to ask the teacher for help in some things," Tang Que picked up the tea cup and poured water for Master Yan. While telling him what he helped to do the accounting at the Poison Widow's House, he then told him his request.
He asked Mr. Yan to help him cover up the matter. Although Mr. Zhang of Tang and his wife never went to the village to study, and the poisonous widow Zhuangzi was almost isolated from the world, they were all in the same village after all, and after a long time, they would inevitably be exposed. For this matter, Mr. Yan could not ask Mr. Yan to help cover up the matter.
"Doing accounts at the Poison Widow's House? Are you good at calculating?"
Seeing that Mr. Yan did not have a very special expression on his face, Tang Que was secretly happy, "I can't say I can do it, I can still handle it with a simple calculation."
Upon hearing this, Master Yan looked at Tang Que, pondered for a moment, and nodded slowly.
Mr. Yan agreed so readily, which was beyond Tang Que's expectations. When he decided to say this, he repeatedly thought of many persuasion words when he came this morning, but now he couldn't use a single sentence.
Master Yan saw Tang Que’s face was strange, “What’s wrong?”
"No...no? I just didn't expect the teacher to agree so readily. The poisonous widow is...hehe!"
"I have never believed in the sayings of gods and ghosts like 'resher'. Besides, as long as I have righteous spirits, even if there are gods and ghosts, you cannot collide with them. Your actions are to be filial. This is a great human relationship, and a teacher should help you." What Mr. Yan is most satisfied with the student in front of me is that he can abide by filial piety, which is the first of all virtues. "However, Gao Li is a person with little blessings after all, and this person has caused a lot of trouble in the village every day. It is really a loss of morality in the wife. It's fine if you help in her village, but remember to be careful to get along with the gentleman's way."
"Yes, I remember, my disciple." Tang Que felt relaxed when he left the village to study. With Master Yan, he was willing to help cover up, so he no longer had to be afraid that the two elders would find out about this. While walking, Tang Que also sighed that scholars were really different. After all, real Confucian scholars like Master Yan, were different from other half-baked men who had only read for a few days, and their perspectives on the Poison Widow were different.
Chapter completed!