Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 38
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Du Jinning's eyes slowly lit up, looking at Du Chensheng, but did not speak for a long time.

Du Chensheng could understand the "excitement" in Du Jinning's heart very well, he said with a smile: "Then Brother Ning said, do you still resent your grandfather and grandmother?"

Du Jinning shook his head: "No resentment."

"Good boy." Du Chen let out a long breath.

Finally, this matter was properly resolved.

Thinking about Du Jinning's going to school in the future, and soon being able to be admitted to the scholar or even the Juren, Du Chensheng felt his heart brightened and his spirits lifted up.

"Do you want to go to school?" he asked.

Du Jinning nodded vigorously: "I think." The word was said very loudly.

The smile on Du Chensheng's face became even wider.

He said: "I will discuss with your uncle and grandfather, and I will send you to school after the new year."

Du Jinning stood up and bowed deeply to Du Chensheng: "Thank you, grandfather."

Du Chensheng stood up, took a book from the shelf, walked back to his seat and sat down, then opened a page of the book, looked at Du Jinning: "I'll read a few words, see if you can memorize have to come up."

Du Jinning nodded, his eyes sparkling, as if looking forward to it.

"Listen." Du Chensheng held the book far away, and read with half-closed eyes, "Master said: A filial son is bereaved, he can't cry, he has no courtesy, he doesn't speak well, and he is uneasy when he hears it." Whether you are happy or not, if you are not willing to eat, this is also a feeling of sorrow."

Du Jinning squinted his eyes, and began to recite: "Zi said: the bereavement of a filial son..." That's a good word.

Du Chensheng was in the same excited and excited mood as Du Yinsheng back then. He dipped his fingers in saliva, turned to the next page, and continued to read: "Eating for three days will teach the people to die and harm life. Destruction is indestructible, The government of this saint also..."

The "bereavement chapter" in this "Book of Filial Piety" does not have many words, and Du Chensheng finished it after reading five sentences.And when he read a sentence, Du Jinning would recite a sentence along with him. Occasionally, there was no mistake or omission except that he didn't know the meaning and couldn't pronounce the words clearly.

"Okay, you can memorize the whole article now." Du Chensheng said expectantly.

Du Jinning lived up to his expectations and really recited what he taught just now.

"Okay, okay." Du Chensheng stood up excitedly, walked around the room twice, then calmed down and sat down, looked at Du Jinning and said, "Do you know what you recited just now mean?"

Du Jinning shook his head in a daze.

"Come on, come here." Du Chensheng beckoned to her, asked her to stand beside him, pointed to the words in the book, read them word by word, and explained the meaning of these sentences.Finally finished speaking, he asked Du Jinning, "Did you remember what I said just now?"

Du Jinning nodded.With her memory, no problem.

"Then repeat it."

Du Jinning repeated the explanation just now: "Confucius said: A filial son who loses his parents will cry hoarsely and cannot utter a long cry..."

Seeing that she spoke verbatim, Du Chensheng nodded excitedly, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay."

He flipped through the book, turned to a certain page, and said, "I'll read this paragraph, you look at the words and memorize them slowly."

Seeing Du Jinning nodded, he read: "Zeng Zi said: 'Dare to ask whether the virtue of a sage can be added to filial piety?' The master said: 'The nature of heaven and earth is that man is the most precious. There is nothing greater than filial piety in human behavior...'"

After Du Jinning finished reciting it, he explained the meaning again, asked Du Jinning to repeat the meaning, confirmed that she had memorized the content firmly, and handed this "Book of Filial Piety" to Du Jinning: "This "Book of Filial Piety" , take it as grandfather’s apology, and give it to Brother Ning."

"Don't dare." Du Jinning took the book and said happily, "Thank you, grandfather."

Du Chensheng looked at Du Jinning differently at this moment, patted her head kindly and said: "Go back and memorize the two passages that my grandfather said, and then review the meaning. Come over tomorrow for my grandfather to take the school exam You. You really mastered it, let’s learn a new chapter.”

"Yes." Du Jinning bowed, "Thank you, grandfather."

"Go, you, your mother, and your sister are all coming to the upper room for dinner tonight, and tell them not to cook." Du Chensheng waved his hand.

Du Jinning saluted again, and just now she came out of the room with a book in her hand. When she saw Niu Shi sitting outside, her eyes flickered, and she called out, "Grandmother."

"Mmm." Niu's attitude was indifferent, but he just answered in his nose.

As soon as Du Jinning left, she immediately went into the study and asked Du Chensheng, "You really decided, you want to send her to study?"

"En." Du Chensheng nodded.

"Let me tell you first, I won't pay a penny for the tuition fees." Niu said.Asking her to spend money would really hurt her heart more than cutting her flesh.

Du Chensheng warned: "Since I have shown my favor, don't ruin my event just for those few pennies. You just have to think about it, she will be admitted as a scholar in the future and become a janitor student. Not only will we not have to pay exemption money, but every Yue can also receive two taels of rice and silver, which is much more than the three hundred Wen you pay every year."

Speaking of this, he narrowed his eyes slightly: "Besides, with the importance my elder brother attaches to Brother Ning, it's a matter of whether he accepts this bunch of repairs. As long as you go and sing a few words to my sister-in-law, I guess he can get rid of it." Xiu. If Shu Xiu is exempted, at most he will spend some money on him, which is much less than Brother Shou. But you must not let Brother Ning hear this, otherwise even if she is admitted to the scholar, she will not let him We're shining."

As soon as he heard that it was a good deal, Niu's eyes lit up.

But she still hesitated: "Is she really that smart? Don't be like Yun Chang of the big house. If you fail the exam for more than ten years, then I will lose a lot of money in this business."

Du Chensheng shook his head: "Absolutely not. Her aptitude is even better than Yuncheng's. And this time we will definitely not let her worship some famous teacher, and let others pressure you not to take the children's examination early. She will study for three or four years at most Book, let her go to the next game to try. It is estimated that it will take up to five years before a scholar will come back."

Thinking of his third son Yuncheng's reputation as a scholar in those days and the benefits he brought, Niu finally nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Du Jinning returned to her room, looked at the "Book of Filial Piety" in her hand, she sneered, threw the book on the bed.

Du Chensheng, this old fox, really deserves to be Du Yuncheng's father. He has a pretty good mind. Today, he not only played a play with her, but also carried out a brainwashing project, trying to instill foolish and filial thoughts into her mind directly. From the beginning, I used the "Book of Filial Piety" to teach her, and I specially selected those two articles for her to recite and explain.If she was really that Du Jinning who didn't understand anything, Du Chensheng's deep scheming might be able to trick her out, and after a long period of time, she was successfully brainwashed by him.

Unfortunately, Du Chensheng was unlucky to meet her.

(End of this chapter)