The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 89
Mr. Xu who was present also felt very honored.

Xu Liushi, who was serving the dishes, looked at Xu Xiucai differently, much softer.

She just heard that Bai Gui will go to the East in the near future.Dongyang, she has also heard of it, it is outside, it is a foreign country, and if you go there and come back, your status will be different.

"Take the word?"

Xu Xiucai restrained his mood and chose his words carefully, "From ancient times to the present, there are several points to choose characters. Emperor Wu Cao Cao's word Mengde was taken from the order of elders and younger brothers Meng, Bo, Shu, and Ji."

Bai Gui nodded slightly.

In fact, there is another person who is famous, that is, Confucius, whose name is Zhongni, and he is also derived from this theory.

Xu Xiucai did not pause, and continued: "Second, it is a synonymous extension of the name, such as the word Yunchang for Hou Guanyu of Hanshouting, and Taibai for Qinglian Layman Li Bai; the third is the antonym of the name, such as the word Tuizhi for Mr. Changli Han Yu. ..."

The examples he gave were very simple, and they were all familiar figures.

Then, Xu Xiucai smiled, "Your teacher Mr. Zhu's name is Zhao Lian, and his name is Meng Zhou. Do you know what it means?"

Without waiting for Bai Gui to answer, he said to himself: "When Mr. Zhu's mother was about to give birth to Mr. Zhu, she dreamed that Mr. Lianxi came in a dream, so she named her Zhaolian, so he was named Mengzhou, which means It means dreaming of Mr. Lianxi."

Mr. Lianxi is Zhou Dunyi, so the meaning of dreaming of Zhou is easy to understand. Did he dream of Zhou Dunyi?

"Probably choose these three points."

Mr. Xu glanced at Baigui, and said in a deep thought: "Gui characters are chosen. For example, Zhao Gui, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms of the Western Wei Dynasty, was named Yuangui, which is an extension of Gui characters, but this name can't be suppressed by ordinary people. Liu Gui, whose name is Guizhen, is too vulgar..."

Bai Gui thought about it, yes.

These two words don't sound very nice.

Xu Xiucai took a few steps and pondered for a while, "There is a saying in "The Analects of Confucius·Xueer",' the Master said: "For the purpose of propriety, harmony is the most important thing. The way of the former kings is beautiful. From the small to the big, there is something." No way. It’s not feasible to know how to be harmonious, but not to use etiquette,’”

The general meaning of this sentence is to say: The role of etiquette is to be extremely appropriate in everything that happens.When the ancient kings governed the country in the past, what can be called "beautiful" is that it is the same no matter whether it is a big event or a small matter, but there are also times when it doesn't work. , is also not acceptable.

"Therefore..., my teacher named you Meihe."

Xu Xiucai said word by word.

"Meihe? Bai Meihe?"

Bai Gui was startled for a moment, the chosen character caught him off guard, but after thinking about the meaning of the chosen character, he would feel that the word Meihe is an excellent word.

Mei, in later generations, is mostly named for women, not for men.

But Du Fu's words are beautiful.

"Thank you, teacher!"

No matter how you take it, you must first kowtow to your mentor, and there is not only one word to say.He is quite satisfied with this word.Wanting to understand this, Bai Gui immediately thanked him.

Xu Xiucai helped Bai Gui up and let him sit down.

"Teacher, this is the pocket watch I bought from a foreign shop. Please accept it. Don't refuse." Bai Gui took out a fine and precious wooden box from his sleeve, handed it to Xu Xiucai, and said.

"Pocket watch, this is too expensive..."

"Sir, I don't know how much time is in class every day. I just rely on estimates, and mistakes are inevitable. Pocket watches are also useful."

As soon as Xu Xiucai heard it, he wanted to refuse. A pocket watch is the cheapest, and it costs dozens of taels of silver. It is rare in the whole Bailuyuan, and even in Zishui County, but seeing Bai Gui's sincere expression, he also sighed slightly. He took a deep breath and put away the pocket watch.

Seeing this scene, whether it was Mr. Xu or Mrs. Xu Liu, they all looked at Bai Gui with extra kindness.No matter how many gifts you give, there will be a time when they run out.

But a good pocket watch is almost unbreakable.Even if the family is in decline, some money can be offset. It can be said that a pocket watch is a treasure of the family heirloom.

On this day, the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

The Xu family also had no reason to push Bai Gui and the uncle from Bailu Village out, and stayed overnight.

The next morning, the two left quietly.

Not long after Bai Gui left, the ancient county magistrate and a group of yamen servants rushed to Xu's homeland with drums and gongs along the way, and directly read out some rewards given to Xu Xiucai by Governor Fang for his outstanding cultural and educational achievements in the imperial examination. , and [-] acres of school land allocated.

Don't think this is a school field, but it's all in the hands of Xu Xiucai, and it's all up to Xu Xiucai to give more or less.

"Xu Sheng taught a good student!"

The Gu county magistrate was also very happy. Although Bai Gui won three yuan in a row, it was inseparable from Bai Gui's own hard work, but who gave birth to the white pheasant in the Bai family, which greatly increased the reputation of auspiciousness and brought him great happiness. There are few benefits, at least last year's tax deficit has been completely wiped out. Recently, I got news from the provincial government office that he will be transferred to other places, so he should be promoted.

"The county honored... the students are just doing their best, it's all about beauty and hard work."

Xu Xiucai didn't dare to take the credit, although he had his teaching, but he treated all the Mongolian children in the school almost equally, and he didn't see other Mongolian children with this ability.

"Meihe?"

The county magistrate Gu couldn't help but smile, he is also a person who has read a lot of poetry and books, and when he heard these two characters, he thought that they were probably Bai Gui's characters.

……

Not long after returning to Bailu Village, Bai Gui rushed to Zishui County without stopping.

There are many husbands, many contacts, and there are also many entertainments.

Although Mr. Zhu's status is much higher than that of Xu Xiucai, Bai Gui will go to visit Xu Xiucai first, and then Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu will praise this matter after learning about it.

Bai Xiaowen also went with him.

A few days ago, about a month ago, the patriarch Bai Jiaxuan's mother Bai Zhao died, and Bai Xiaowen took a leave of absence from Xianning County to go back to the funeral.The Bai Zhao family is also considered a joy and mourning. He passed away at the age of 70 or [-]. It is rare to live in the [-]s. Being able to live in the ancient countryside and live to this age is considered a blessed person.

White Deer Academy, back house, living room.

Zhu Baishi was much more haggard than Bai Gui when she left. Although she also went back to the village, she couldn't stay for long. Seeing Bai Gui and Bai Xiaowen now, she looked much happier and started to cook.

The meals are simple and plain.

"I'm old and slow to learn, otherwise I would like to go to Japan to see why people in their country can catch up..."

Mr. Zhu sighed and spoke for the first time while eating.

"When I went to the south to give lectures, the southerners mocked my accent. I was very angry. After returning from the south, I went to climb Mount Hua. After climbing, I felt refreshed, but I always had a heart disease."

He rambled on.

(End of this chapter)