Chapter 45:
Aunt Li came over with a food box and saw her son punching in the yard. She didn't disturb him, and sat under the gazebo, watching him punching with a smile.
Half an hour later, after Song Cun finished punching, he walked to the gazebo and sat down. Aunt Li took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat. Song Cun quickly took the handkerchief and wiped it himself. After wiping his sweat, he asked with a smile: " What to eat?"
Aunt Li said: "Tremella and lotus seed soup, and a plate of mung bean cake are all your favorites. I see that you have been sitting in the study all morning. It is time for you to grow your body. Now is the period of filial piety. You can't touch meat and eat it all at once." Some vegetarian food, if you are not hungry, I will send you some food."
Song Cun said with a smile: "Just ask the little girl to bring it over. I don't need you to go alone."
Aunt Li just wanted to come over to see her son, she smiled and said, "It's only a few steps away. I won't be tired."
Song Cun said: "I punched, and my clothes are wet with sweat. Let's eat after taking a bath."
Aunt Li said to him: "In the kitchen, hot water is always prepared, ask the servant to bring you water."
After Song Cun washed and dressed, he sat in the gazebo. Aunt Li brought the food box and filled him with a bowl of white fungus soup.
Song Cun read the book all morning, and punched again. He was really hungry, so he took it, drank it in a few mouthfuls, and ate a few pieces of mung bean cake before giving up.
Aunt Li watched him hesitate to speak, Song Cun asked her: "What's wrong?"
Aunt Li asked him: "After the filial piety expires, if you really want to take the scientific examination, do you want to invite a gentleman?"
Song Cun said: "No need. Besides, we are keeping our filial piety now, and we can't find a suitable husband."
Aunt Li hesitated and said, "You can ask the old lady to help you find it!"
Song Cun looked at her seriously, and said: "We have already separated, and the money that we three brothers and sisters get married in the future, the second brother gave us all, they obviously don't want to talk to us anymore, why should we bother them?"
Aunt Li frowned slightly, and argued: "Yes, but you are also the blood of the old Marquis, even if you are a concubine, even if the family is separated, they can't just leave it alone?"
Song Cun said to her: "Auntie, since the family has been separated, there are two families. If there is a little problem, I want to ask others. I am the only male in our small family. I have to learn to solve problems by myself. I have to learn to be independent, otherwise I will never be the pillar of the family, nor will I be able to rely on you."
Song Que is the son of the eldest son, the eldest son, and the son of the main house. Unless there is any accident, it is only natural to inherit the title.
Song Cun didn't know how to take concubines, and had no opinion on concubines. It was just the result of the ancient social system where men were superior to women.
Aunt Li is the concubine of the old Hou Ye, the concubine who gave birth to heirs. After the death of the old Hou Ye, the main house wants to separate them from the concubines. As Aunt Li's son, he won what should be won, no Not only would he not think about whether it was his, but he would also persuade his aunt and sister not to think too much about it.
What's more, what others give you will never be earned by your own ability, so you can feel at ease.
Aunt Li felt ashamed at her son's words, ashamed that his son had grown up quickly after his father passed away and became the backbone of her and her two daughters. If his son was still as naive as before, their lives would be She really didn't know what the situation would be.
But she didn't see the current situation of the few people clearly at all, and she was still immersed in the idea that she was still the concubine of the Hou Mansion.
She forced a smile: "I know, I will get used to it slowly"
Getting used to not being favored by the Marquis, and learning to be a good aunt to a few children, can't help them, at least can't hold them back.
Song Cun knew that those words were cruel. After all, Aunt Li used to be the concubine of the old Marquis. In the Marquis’ mansion, she wanted wind and rain, even though she used to be a peasant girl and was loved like this for more than ten years. , Once you fall to the bottom, you will not adapt. Aunt Li is just a little uncomfortable, which is already a good reaction.
But he had to wake her up, let her see clearly their current situation, and her own situation, so that she could live a new life.
After lunch, I took a nap for about half an hour. Get up in the afternoon and continue to practice calligraphy with a pen, and write down what you learned in the morning several times, which is equivalent to practicing calligraphy.
After practicing the characters, go out for a walk, come back and continue to study the next paragraph. In the same way, first write out their definitions, and then recite them from memory. so repeatedly.
The number of words in "University" is the least among the Four Books and Five Classics. There are only more than 1,750 characters. Song Cun planned to spend ten days studying them thoroughly, which was not too much time, after all, he could not only study this book, but also read other miscellaneous books, about one or two hundred words a day, and he could read four books in three years. After reading and studying the Five Classics.
For three years, even if he kept his filial piety at home, there would still be some unexpected situations, such as fever, illness, cold, etc., to avoid accidents, he had to overfulfill some tasks. Otherwise, the task will definitely not be completed as planned.
On the first day, he learned about two hundred and fifty characters, more than a hundred characters in the morning, and more than a hundred characters in the afternoon. In the evening, he accompanied his aunt and two younger sisters for dinner. After the meal, he asked, "What are the eldest sister and the second younger sister doing today?"
The eldest sister Song Shuqing said: "I'm working as a female celebrity. I plan to make a dress for my brother."
Younger sister Song Shulan also said: "I am not good at being a female celebrity, so I will learn from my sister."
Song smiled and boasted: "That's right, I know I'm looking for something to do."
Hearing his brother's praise, the faces of the two younger sisters flushed slightly.
Song Cun went on to say: "It's not good just to be a female celebrity. You can read more books and practice calligraphy. Didn't you all learn calligraphy from your husband in the Hou Mansion before? Why don't you like reading books when you come here?"
Song Shuqing said: "We don't have any books here. Those books have already been studied."
Song Cun asked them: "What have you learned? Can you tell me about it?"
Song Shuqing said, "The Four Books for Women."
Song Cun nodded and said, "I have books in my study. You can go to my study to get books to read."
Aunt Li frowned subconsciously: "Will it disturb you?"
Song Cun shook his head and said, "Why would it bother me? If they can study with me, and someone is chasing after me, I start reading. I feel more nervous and more serious."
Song Shuqing smiled slightly and said, "Brother, those are all books for the imperial examination. Where does our girl's family need to learn those things?"
Song Cun asked with a smile: "Did you think of this yourself? Or who told you?"
Song Shuqing said: "Mr. said it. My mother also said that she told us to study, not to learn some messy things. Let us study the Four Books for Women and the virtues of women and women, so as not to embarrass the Song family in the future."
Song Cun asked again: "There is nothing else. Didn't you learn to play the piano and draw?"
Song Shuqing shook her head: "Mother said we don't need to learn that."
Song Cun nodded and asked, "Then do you want to learn?"
The two sisters looked at each other. Song Shuqing said: "I want to learn. I want to learn to draw. I like drawing."
Song Shulan said: "I like playing the piano."
Song Cun said: "Follow me to study first. After the filial piety is over, I will ask you to teach you how to draw and play the piano."
The two sisters smiled happily.
After dinner, it was still early, and Song Cun read the legal books for two hours. He arrived at a place and wanted to quickly understand this place, and he wanted to take the imperial examination. Knowing the laws and regulations here is very necessary.
After reading the book, I washed and went to bed, and the next day, I got up to do boxing exercises before dawn. After washing, follow to have breakfast. Then continue reading.
While reading a book, Song Shuqing and Song Shulan came over
They said slightly apologetically, "We came here to disturb brother."
Song Cun said with a smile: "It's okay. Go find an interesting book and read it first, and wait until I finish studying this morning."
After finishing speaking, he no longer cares about the two younger sisters. Get involved in your studies.
Song Shuqing and Song Shulan looked at each other, walked lightly, tried not to disturb her brother, walked to the bookcase, looked at it for a while, and each took a travel book to read.
Song Cun's study room is very large, besides the press tables used by Song Cun, there are tables and chairs for guests beside it. Song Shuqing and Song Shulan sat on the chairs and leaned over the table to read. These two travel notes are about the scenery of mountains and rivers in some places, some local customs and habits, and there are also strange stories.
The two had never read such a book before, and they were immediately attracted by the contents. When Song Cun finished the task in the morning, the two were still immersed in the book.
He didn't wake them up, and let them watch. He went out for a walk, rested his eyes, and moved his body.
He wandered outside for about ten minutes, and when he came back, he found that the two younger sisters were still engrossed in the book, and they didn't realize that he had gone out and came back again.
He taps on the table.
Song Shuqing and Song Shulan woke up like a dream and saw their brother standing next to them. They said apologetically: "This book is so beautiful. I forgot it was in my brother's study for a while."
Song Cun said with a smile: "I just remind you that reading and studying is a good thing. You should also combine work and rest. Read for half an hour and rest. Go out and walk around."
Song Shuqing said with a guilty conscience, "We know brother."
Song Cun nodded, "Then go out and walk for a while. I'll tell you when I get back."
Song Shuqing and Song Shulan took a look at their elder brother and walked around the garden. Be back soon. Honestly
Stand beside my brother's case.
Song Cun didn't say anything, and took out the paper he wrote silently yesterday. Give each of them a copy, "My brother learned this yesterday, if you can finish them in one day, my brother will be very happy."
The two sisters looked at each other.
Song Cun said to them: "Check to see if there are any words you don't know."
The two quickly glanced around. At the same time, he shook his head and said, "I recognize them all."
Song Cun nodded: "You recite it. Let me know when you're done."
The two sisters were obedient and obedient, sitting on the chair next to them and carrying their backs.
Seeing their well-behaved appearance, Song Cun smiled and sat down to continue reading.
Half an hour later, Song Shuqing said: "Brother, I have finished reciting." In fact, she had already finished reciting, but she just watched her sister who was still reciting. Didn't say it.
Song Cun raised his eyebrows and said, "Recite it to me."
Song Shulan speeded up when she heard that her sister had finished reciting.
Song Shuqing began to backtrack: "The way of the university: to be clear about morality, to be close to the people, to be the ultimate good..."
She quickly finished reciting and looked at Song Cun.
Song Cun nodded, "Very good. Faster than my brother."
After speaking, he looked at Song Shulan, who blushed and whispered, "I, I haven't recited it yet."
Song Cun smiled and said: "It's okay, take your time. Don't worry, learn as much as you can, just try your best."
Song Shulan knew that she was not as good at studying as her sister, so she was not discouraged. Listen to your brother and try your best to learn as much as you can.
Song Cun looked at Song Shuqing and said, "Here is the definition, you can check it out."
Song Shuqing took it, and sat beside her and looked at it seriously. After a while, she finished reading it.
Song Cun was resting at the moment, seeing her movements, he asked, "Are you meeting?"
Song Shuqing nodded, and Song Cun said, "Then try to explain."
Song Shuqing didn't memorize the explanation given by her brother by rote, but explained it based on her own understanding combined with her brother's explanation. After explaining, she looked at Song Cun.
Song Cun was a little surprised. Song Cun never felt that he was a genius. All his achievements in reading and study were obtained through hard work and hard work. He didn't expect this younger sister to be quite talented in studies. He felt a little sorry. If she was born in modern times, with her talent and hard work, she would definitely achieve something. If it was a man, he could take part in the scientific examination in ancient times, but as a woman, he could only stay in the inner house, which made her a little bit wronged.
Song Cun looked at her, not knowing what to say. Song Shuqing found that her brother was deep in thought, but she didn't make a sound.
After recovering, Song Cun looked at her and praised: "You are very talented in reading, even more talented than your brother."
Song Shuqing can think about it, she likes to read, that is, the old Four Books for Women, she has read them repeatedly, several times, she really didn't have much to read, so she didn't read them again. For her, as long as she has books to read, what does it matter if she can take the scientific examination like a man?
Song Cun looked at her expression and smiled: "Okay, no matter whether you can take the imperial examination or not, it is always right to read more books."
In the afternoon, Song Shuqing caught up with Song Cun's progress.
Song Cun: "I'm not sure about the interpretation of some words. You can check the information for me. This can save a lot of time and allow me to read more books."
Song Shuqing smiled and said, "It's good to be able to help brother."
She knew in her heart that after her father passed away, they moved out from the Hou Mansion. She was no longer the daughter of the Hou Mansion, and without the Hou Mansion to rely on, she could only rely on her elder brother when talking about marriage. accomplished.
With the help of Song Shuqing, Song Cun wrote the interpretation much faster. He could learn more than 250 characters a day, but now he can learn about 350 characters a day. In just five or six days, I finished reciting "The Great Learning" silently, and sorted out their interpretations.
Song Shuqing was more careful, copied the explanation again, and bound it into a book. She also said: "It's bound like this, and it will be much easier for my brother to review in the future."
Song Cun said appreciatively, "Very good."
Song Shuqing smiled smugly, and Song Cun smiled smugly at her face, although this girl is smart, she is young after all.
But he still said to her: "I plan to show the interpretation to the master of the Imperial College, and then revise it again."
Song Shuqing's face collapsed, and then she cheered up: "It's okay, there are not many words anyway, I just copied it once."
Song Cun nodded, and after two days of pondering, he wrote a policy theory, wrote another letter after thinking about it, put the policy theory and explanation in another envelope, and handed it to the housekeeper: "Just give the things to Zhou Qilue directly. He saw My letter, I will understand how to do it."
Zhou Qilue was puzzled when he received Song Cun's letter. After seeing the contents of the letter, he was quite surprised. In the Imperial College, he lived in the same room with Song Cun and Wang Hongyi. No one knew Song Cun better than him. This kid doesn't like reading that much. Now it is almost unprecedented for him to take the initiative to send a policy theory to his master.
Looking at the words on the paper, he was surprised again, even the writing has improved so much.
He sighed, he didn't know what Song Cun had gone through to change so much. Thinking of his father's death, he was separated by his aunt and brother. Could it be that his aunt tortured him because of his father's death? So he wants to work **** his own to fight against his aunt?
As he sat there, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that was the case. Otherwise, how to explain Song Cun's handwriting will improve a lot in a few days. If he doesn't look carefully, he will suspect that it is not Song Cun's handwriting. Fortunately, he knows Song Cun's writing habits, so he has no doubts.
The next day, when he went to the Guozijian, he took the letter Song Cun had given him to Mr. Liu. Master Liu saw that Zhou Qilue rarely came to look for him, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is the northwest wind blowing today?"
Zhou Qi smiled awkwardly and shouted: "Master!"
After finishing speaking, he put the letter Song Cun gave him on the master's desk, and dropped a sentence: "This is Song Cun's review for you. I still have arithmetic class, so I'll go first." Then he ran away.
Master Liu narrowed his eyes and looked at his back, snorted, picked up the envelope and tore it open, took out the paper inside, and spread it out. The first thing that caught his eye was the beautiful, clean and tidy pavilion. He subconsciously praised: "Good word."
Then I went to read the content again. The whole policy theory has a purpose, and the idea is quite novel. After reading it, people suddenly feel that the writing format needs to be improved. This must be because they did not listen carefully in class. He frowned Thinking about it, I read it twice again, is this written by Song Cun? So much progress in just a few days?
After class, he went to the school, called out Zhou Qilue, and asked, "Are you sure Song Cun wrote the strategy theory?"
Zhou Qilue nodded affirmatively: "Song Cun is being kicked out by his aunt now."
Seeing his master staring at him, he immediately changed his words: "Song Cun has already separated from his brother, and he is keeping the door closed at home to observe his filial piety. He has not asked Mr. to teach him to read. Apart from his own writing, what else can he write?" Who wrote it? Master, look at Song Cun's writing, has it improved a lot? Just from that writing, you should know how diligent Song Cun is."
Mr. Liu already knew it well, looked at him and said seriously: "Song Cun already knows how to study hard, how about you? When will you improve?"
Zhou Qi scratched his head slightly, and suddenly covered his stomach: "Oh, master, master, my stomach hurts, I'm going to the latrine." After saying that, Sa Yazi ran away.
Master Liu shook his head, "Dead wood cannot be carved."
Song Cun studied and practiced calligraphy at home every day, and wrote a policy theory every two days, and gave it to Zhou Qilue, who asked him to send it to Master Liu for his review.
For this reason, Zhou Qilue often wrote to complain, roughly speaking: "Because of your diligence, Master Liu seems to have misunderstood. It’s also okay, who made us like each other? (What kind of misunderstanding is this?)
They force me to read books and write policy theories all day long. Now when I read books, my head hurts. Can you ask Brother Wang to help send a few policy discussions? Let go brother.
Forget it, brother Wang's house is complicated, your housekeeper may not be able to enter the gate of his house, so let's go brother. For you, brother is going up the mountain of swords and going down into the sea of fire, so what does it matter? "
Song Cun couldn't help laughing when he saw his reply.
Three months later, Song Cun has finished studying "The Doctrine of the Mean" and is now reading "The Analects of Confucius". This progress is not unpleasant. Part of this is due to Song Shuqing. If it is not for her help to find information, his efficiency would not be so high high.
One day, Song Cun was reading a book in the study, and the boy came over and said, "The old lady sent someone here."
Song Cun knew that the old lady he was talking about was his aunt, so he asked, "Where is it?"
The boy said, "In the living room."
Song put down the book in his hand and said, "I'll come over later."
Because he was reading in the study, Song Cun was wearing more comfortable clothes, so he went back to the inner room to change his clothes and went to the living room.
In the living room, Aunt Li was already sitting there, and he sat down and asked, "You are the housekeeper Hu who used to be by father's side, what are you doing here?"
Butler Hu saluted Song Cun and said, "It's the little one."
Song Cun nodded, "Is there anything going on with the mother or the second brother?"
Butler Hu took out a letter from his armband and handed it to Song Cun, saying, "Young Master Six will know after reading it."
Song Cun took the envelope, and immediately opened it to see. Inside was a jade pendant and a divorce document. He frowned and looked at Housekeeper Hu: "What's the meaning of this?"
Housekeeper Hu said: "Mrs. Zhang said that they recalculated the horoscopes of you and Miss Zhang. They said that the horoscopes do not match, which may be detrimental to future marriages. For the sake of you and Miss Zhang, we can only call off the marriage."
Song Cun narrowed his eyes: "When did I book the marriage?"
Aunt Li didn't know either, she felt uneasy.
Housekeeper Hu lowered his head: "This is what the old Hou Ye ordered for you when he was alive. They agreed that the marriage will be announced when the girl from the Zhang family is married. Originally, the old Hou Ye wanted to give you a surprise and planned to wait for Aunt Li's birthday." tell her when."
Unexpectedly, before the girl from the Zhang family got married, and within two months of the engagement agreement, Old Hou suddenly fell ill and passed away.
Song Cun fixedly looked at Steward Hu: "So I got engaged without knowing it, and got divorced without knowing it? Since I have divorced, why bother to tell me, anyway, I don't know about it .What does it matter if you tell me or not?"
Butler Hu lowered his head and said nothing.
Song Cun waved his hand, "I know about this, you can go back."
After Housekeeper Hu left, Aunt Li pulled Song Cun's hand anxiously, and suddenly said: "Ms. Zhang's family once came to the Hou's mansion as a guest. I mentioned something to your father, but I didn't expect him to remember it. Let you make an engagement with her, if your father is still alive, the Zhang family will definitely not resign at will, and those who spoil you at will are all villains who are in power."
The more she talked, the angrier she became.
Song Cun said: "You can't say that. I think the Zhang family is willing to let the second daughter of the family get engaged to the concubine of the Hou family. One is because of my father's love for me, and the other is that my father actually promised them some conditions for this door. This is Marriage of interests, father's death, the chain of interests is broken, and we are separated from the Hou's family, how could the Zhang's family let the pampered prostitute daughter marry a **** with no future?"
Aunt Li looked at him and felt sorry for him. Everyone would be sad when the engagement was annulled for no reason, "That girl has no eyes, I will find you a better one in the future."
Song Cun laughed again: "What's the relationship with Ms. Zhang? I don't even know about this marriage. We haven't even met each other. They are almost strangers. I don't know if she knows about this marriage. Even if we know, we have no friendship, so what if we divorce a fiancé who has no future and no friendship?"
Aunt Li is still not convinced, her son is so good, why do you dislike her son? The little favor she had for Miss Zhang also disappeared because of this incident.
Seeing that she was still sulking, Song Cun comforted her, "If this matter were changed to Shu Qing or Shu Lan, do you think you would let them get engaged to such a man with no future?"
"Of course I don't agree." Aunt Li said without thinking. Then he added: "But you are different."
Song Cun laughed: "That's it."
Aunt Li looked at her son embarrassingly, and Song Cun comforted her: "I'm really not doing well now. People can't see the future, they can't blame others, it's just human nature."
Aunt Li nodded, "I see. In the future, when my son is admitted to the Juren Jinshi and becomes an official, let them regret it."
Song Cun smiled.
There was no such part in the plot, presumably it was something the college student did that attracted everyone's attention, and also the Zhang family's attention. Did not divorce.