Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 11 [011] Thirteen Years Old
Jia Dairu had a pitiful background. He lost his father in his early years and his son in his middle age. If he lost his grandson in his later years, he would end up alone and die without a family. It would be too tragic.

As the saying goes, "It is not a gentleman to show kindness and repay it, and it is a villain to know that it is not repaid." If you don't look at the face of the monk, you will look at the face of the Buddha. His only grandson Jerry.

However, according to the timeline of the original book, Jia Rui's molesting of Wang Xifeng happened five or six years later, so there is no rush to save Jia Rui.

However, when Jia Dairu saw Jia Rui, his face immediately became sad.

Jia Chen naturally knew why Jia Dairu was frowning.

Normally, if Jia Dairu had something to do, he would order Jia Rui to manage the affairs of the school, but Jia Rui was a person who liked to take advantage and had no bottom line.

Moreover, he was ignorant and incapable of any skill, which made Jia Dairu very anxious but helpless.

Jia Dairu looked at Jia Rui, sighed, and ordered:

"From now on, Chen'er will come to our house to study every day after school. You must treat her well and don't neglect her."

Jia Rui was slightly taken aback. Grandpa had never brought any student home before, so what happened today?
He didn't go to Jia's school for the past two days, and he didn't know that Jia Chen was brilliant in the school, his skills astonished everyone, and his grandfather admired him as a treasure.

Although he wondered why Jia Chen, a collateral child, received such courteous treatment, Jia Rui was afraid of being beaten by his grandfather since he was a child, so he didn't dare to ask, but only obediently agreed.

Jia Dairu explained to Jia Chen the examination methods of test post poems, poems, fu, policy, theory, sex theory, and imperial edict Guangxun, and asked Jia Chen to try to write a test post poem.

Test post poems are also called "Fude", which is named after the word "Fude" often preceded by the title.Most of them are five-character six-rhyme or eight-rhyme rhythms, which are produced by the influence of "Tie Jing" and "Test Tie".

In his previous life, Jia Chen had read a collection of test post poems, and all the test post poems in it were printed in his mind verbatim.

Under Jia Dairu's expectant gaze, Jia Chen unhurriedly spread out a piece of snow wave paper, then dipped his pen in ink, and wrote a test post poem eloquently:

"Yin Yin Xia Mu sings the oriole
Thousands of Zhang trees in long summer, Hundreds of twittering orioles in thick shade,
The double breasts are yellow like embroidery, and the green belt is like a curtain.

The dark leaves wait for a long time, the high branches send the sound late,
The wind scissors on the tip of the tongue, and the rain outside the body.

Sitting like a cover of mica, singing can fight snow,
A good voice is hard to sing by yourself, and Yanjing has never been known.

Yangliu Sanyi Road, Cherry in April,
Advocating the quiet feelings, writing poems in pictures. "

When Jia Chen finished writing the last stroke, Jia Dairu stared at the poem dumbfounded, motionless, like a stone sculpture.

After a while, he came back to his senses and exclaimed in a voice:
"This poem is really amazing! The first couplet is "breaking the title", the second couplet is "inheriting the title", the third couplet is "starting", the fourth and fifth couplets are "middle shares", the sixth and seventh couplets are "rear shares", and the conjunctive couplets are "closing shares". ", are all extremely accurate, flat and flat, rhyming neatly, every word is catchy, it's really a good poem!"

Jia Chen smiled modestly and said:

"Sir is overrated."

Jia Dairu smiled and said:
"Chen'er, don't be overly modest. If this poem of yours is used in the county examination, the single-round test post poem is enough to reach the top and rank first in the county.

Of course, the county test is not limited to the 'test post poem'. If you want to come out on top and become the top case in the county, you also need to be among the best in several other tests. "

Jia Chen said: "I would like to follow Mr.'s teachings. Students must sleep up at night, work day and night, and study hard."

"Okay, you have ambition! You really deserve to be my most proud student." Jia Dairu nodded with satisfaction:

"It's getting late, you should go back early and rest, and come back tomorrow."

Jia Chen took out the written "Disciple Regulations" from his briefcase, handed it to Jia Dairu, and said with a smile:

"Sir, this is the book I wrote last night, please take a look at it and correct it."

"What did you say? You wrote a book?" Jia Dairu thought he had misheard, so he quickly took the "Guidelines for Disciples" and opened it to read.

Since "Disciples Regulations" only has more than [-] characters, Jia Dairu read it quickly.

After closing the book, Jia Dairu breathed heavily, his chest heaved and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

After a long while, he took a deep breath and asked doubtfully:

"Chen'er, you really wrote this book?"

"Yes," Jia Chen replied lightly.

Jia Dairu exclaimed in surprise:

"You, a thirteen-year-old boy, can write such an exquisite book, you are truly a peerless genius!"

Jia Chen said modestly, "Students are ashamed."

Jia Dairu smiled and said:
"You are definitely worthy of being a genius. Your "Guidelines for Disciples" speaks fluently, with three characters and one sentence, two sentences and one rhyme. It is easy to understand and catchy. It is very suitable as a reading material for young children."

Jia Chen said with a smile: "It's a pity that the student's family is poor, and he doesn't have the capital to engrave it into a book, and there is no channel to sell it to the outside world."

Jia Dairu waved his hands nonchalantly, and said comfortingly:
"Chen'er, don't worry. I'll take you to meet Mr. Zheng. He looks favorably on you. If he sees this classic book of elementary school of yours, he will definitely give money from Mr. Jia's mansion to help you accomplish this."

Jia Chen's eyes lit up. His plan was to recommend "Disciple Regulations" to Jia Zheng through Jia Dairu, and then use Jia's strong financial resources to print and distribute this book to earn money.

Now, the plan has successfully implemented the first step.

Jia Dairu looked out the window and said with some regret:
"It's getting late today. At this time, Mr. Zheng may have already fallen asleep. Come to my house early tomorrow morning, and I will take you to see him."

"Okay, thanks sir!"

It seems that Jia Dairu attaches great importance to this "Disciple Regulations", and tomorrow he will not even go to Jia's school, but will recommend this book to Jia Zheng.

You know, since Jia Dairu took over the Jia Mansion Academy, he was the first one to arrive at the school every morning, unshakeable by thunder and rain or shine.

However, this time he made an exception for Jia Chen, which shows how much he attaches importance to this "Disciple Regulations".

Jia Chen bid farewell to Jia Dairu, went home and took a good night's sleep. The next morning, at dawn, he came to Jia Dairu's house.

Jia Dairu led Jia Chen and hurried into the Rongguo Mansion.

At this time, Jia Zheng also got up, and was carrying a bird cage, playing with the birds in the garden in front of Rongxi Hall.

A servant ran over and reported that Jia Dairu and Jia Chen had come to see him.

Jia Zheng hastily hid the birdcage among the flowers and urged:
"The grandpa and Chen'er in the school are both honored guests, please hurry up!"

He hid the birdcage because he was afraid that if Jia Dairu and Jia Chen saw him, they would think that he was a playboy and wasted his time.

He has always maintained an image of a modest gentleman in front of others, an elegant and dignified scholar, but in fact, he is lazy by nature, idle, and a cockfighting dog.It's no different from those arrogant and lustful dudes.

After a while, the servant led Jia Daishan and Jia Chen closer.

Jia Zheng saluted and said:
"I've met Mr. Xueli!"

As a junior, Jia Chen also saluted: "My nephew has met my second uncle."

Jia Dairu smiled and said, "Master Zheng, I have a very happy event to tell you."

(End of this chapter)