has already shaved the hair of the widow Gu, making people look like a ghost shaving her head, and knocking out a few teeth with a knife handle, looking at the miserable appearance of the widow's blood, this is actually called acting weakly?

The people in the village saw that the Ye family was unapologetic to people, and they were indifferent to Zhang Chen and the four princes, and often sent some food and drink boxes to the sky, and Zhang Chen and the four princes were a little fierce at a group of children who listened to the class, and they usually didn't see much arrogance, so after getting along for a long time, they inevitably didn't regard them as some honorable figures.

Just now, when Widow Gu started to make trouble and make money, these villagers who were not angry that their children didn't get a chance couldn't help but have some thoughts about watching the excitement, but as soon as Zhang Shou appeared, he reacted violently and took drastic measures, and the village chief also suddenly turned his face at Widow Gu, followed by Miss Ye, who was not obvious in the past, but was just a little colder, that was actually to rectify Widow Gu to such a field, and they finally knew that they were afraid. At this moment, I don't know how many people are silent, and there is silence all around.

And the village chief was even more embarrassed, but Zhang Shou ignored him at all, and after saying goodbye to the Ye family with a smile, he saw that the person only took the girl who looked ordinary and the village chief called Xiaowei and turned away, he said hello to the angry Zhang Chen and the four princes, and saw Xiao Cheng and Xiao Peanut hurriedly pushed the two ignorant children in front of him, and he asked a few questions.

However, I don't know if it's scared, I don't know if I haven't recovered from the scene just now, Bai Shanshan and Bai Xiaoshui stumbled and didn't see any spirituality. As a result, the fourth prince woke up quickly, hurriedly rushed over, and explained in a low voice: "Teacher, Baishanshan has a good memory, but he is not a good memory for memorizing, he has a good memory for memorizing numbers." ”

"He can listen to it twice and recite the fifty digits of pi that the teacher taught me."

Since Zhang Shou officially promoted the "New Edition of Ge's Arithmetic", the first thing he did was to quickly standardize all kinds of terms and conditions that he was familiar with, so at this time, as soon as the fourth prince opened his mouth, he couldn't help but smile, and then looked up and down thoughtfully at this young man who was obviously extremely sensitive to numbers.

Of course, he wouldn't doubt the words of the fourth prince, and he wasn't interested in asking this one again on the spot, so after nodding, he asked with a smile, "What about the other one?" ”

This time, Zhang Chen, who diverted his attention from the scene of Ye's violent and hurtful people, hurriedly answered: "This kid is the most diligent and serious one...... Of course, the talent is also good, from not knowing one big character to knowing hundreds of words, although there are not so many words that can be written, but several times I have seen him learn to write on the mud floor one by one. ”

Zhang Chen paused as he spoke, and then said with a dry smile: "Many ancients have stories of practicing calligraphy in the sand, although I don't know if this kid has heard of it and then imitated it, but no matter what, this hard work is quite rare." ”

If it hadn't been for the scene just now, since the villagers knew that it was the famous Bachelor Zhang in the capital in front of them, they would have to rush forward to recommend their children and grandchildren, but just now Zhang Shou showed a bad side of bullying, and the Ye family showed a powerful side in public, so they didn't dare to mess around.

Even if someone was very dissatisfied with the so-called qualifications of the two kids, Bai Shanshan and Bai Xiaoshui, they just hid there and muttered a few times. And at this time, they only heard Zhang Shou say: "Then take them to the capital for a few days and send them back before the New Year." If the qualifications are really good, let him go to the public school to study when he goes back, and he can enjoy the scholarship when he returns. ”

Zhang Shou said so, although the village chief said that he was worried, he had no choice but to smile and say yes, and diligently kept Zhang Shou to stay and eat before leaving, but he was politely refused. So, he had to follow the drama he had prepared at the beginning, let the children who had studied for a month arrange neatly, and memorize some Tang poems taught by Zhang Chen and the Four Princes as a send-off.

The thirty or forty people stood together neatly and with their backs, but they also had their own momentum. Zhang Shou heard it in his ears, and when he found that these children were all looking at him, he couldn't help but laugh, so he asked Ah Liu to go to the car and get a large bag of candied dried meat that had been prepared a long time ago, but one person shared a piece, and for a while, a group of children were naturally all smiling.

And when Zhang Shou asked Xiao Peanut and Xiao Cheng to take the two children who had never been out of the village to the other car he brought, he called Zhang Chen and the four princes into his car. As the carriage gradually drove away from the small Baijia Village, he noticed, the big and the small, obviously a little uneasy.

Zhang Chen and the four princes did have a feeling of being separated from each other.

It's not that they haven't seen real civilian life, but they have seen it, and compared with actually living with people, and not for a day or two, but for a month, and witnessing the daily labor of eating and working, the feeling is still different.

How could they have suffered like this? Even if when teaching, I was really angry with those dull and uninformed peers, but looking at these people, it seems that there will never be changes, and they can't see any future life, Zhang Chen and the four princes, who have learned to think, can't talk about empathy, but they are also deeply irritable.

Especially before leaving, they even encountered such a scene, and they even had a feeling that this month was completely in vain - such an ignorant and selfish villager, no matter how much benefit they give, no matter what they teach, it will be in vain!

Therefore, after boarding the carriage, as the carriage moved forward, neither of them spoke for a long time. And Zhang Shou, who came to pick them up in person, didn't have to think about it to know the origin of their emotions, so he didn't speak, but sat there leisurely with his eyes closed.

After all, the practice banquet just now was neither breakfast nor lunch, and in the name of later generations, it can probably be classified as morning and lunch, so he can catch up with it when he sets off from the capital early in the morning. But he hurried all the way, even if he was not riding or walking, he was still very tired. Just when he was half asleep, he heard the weak voice of the fourth prince.

"Teacher, I have heard gentlemen say in the past that those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern others, which seems to be an eternal truth. Then, many laborers work hard in order to seek food and clothing, and after seeking food and clothing, they have the strength to continue to do things, and continue to do things only for food and clothing, and so on...... So what is the meaning of their life in the world? ”

This was also a question that haunted Zhang Chen's heart, but he didn't expect the fourth prince, who was a lot younger than him, to ask it, and for a while, Zhang Dagongzi's face turned a little dark, and there was even a sense of crisis that a little broken child was about to catch up with him. However, let him continue to expand the issue of the four princes, but he felt a little embarrassed. However, he did want to know the answer.

So, Zhang Dagongzi simply kept silent and just waited for Zhang Shou's answer. But what he didn't expect was that after a long time, he heard Zhang Shou's laughter: "Is this...... I do not know. ”

Zhang Chen had never heard Zhang Shou say the words I don't know so clearly, and he looked up in amazement. When he looked at the four princes again, the little guy was also glaring at Zhang Shou with surprise on his face, obviously not expecting such an answer

"I'm not an immortal, how can I know everything?" Zhang Shou opened his eyes and smiled at the big one in front of him, "I know more things than you because of some teachers, and my knowledge seems to be quite extensive, but that is limited, Zheng Qi, the question you just mentioned has broken through the scope of what I have learned." Of course, I can give you a little reference. ”

Zhang Shou sat up straight, and calmly looked at the two people in front of him who had slightly different identities, but had a lot in common: "You have been in Baijia Village for a long time this time, have you ever found that you are thirteen or fourteen years old...... No, children over the age of 10 who are illiterate have already developed habits and fixed ideas, and no matter how hard you put into teaching, it will be half the effort. ”

"Moreover, people at a young age have already learned the cunning methods of adults, and even if they study, they think more about being lazy, how to use the laziest way to get the reward you promised."

"And a little younger, about seven or eight years old, the ability to accept is a little stronger, whether it is learning to read and write, or learning other things, as long as they are given a little sweetness, they may really be attentive, but this mind cannot last long, because they are originally uncertain. So maybe the interest is over. ”

"And younger, four, five, five or six years old, either ignorant, confused, don't understand anything, don't understand anything, or have a strong ability to imitate and learn, with better qualifications, even faster and better than older children to memorize poems and words."

Zhang Chen and the four princes glanced at each other in unison, and they both felt in their hearts that Zhang Shou had always been concerned about the progress of their side, so he would find the situation so clearly.

So, this time Zhang Chen hurriedly said: "It's true, yes, but the Baishanshan and Bai Xiaoshui we selected this time, they are actually eight years old and nine years old, but they are all rare to be willing to ...... hard."

"Even if they put their hearts into it, you must first put your hearts into it. However, when you leave, many people will not be able to consolidate their memories, and they will forget what they have learned after a few days. This is also normal, because the memory and comprehension ability of children under the age of ten are different from those of older children, and the so-called qualifications may also be the same as Zhongyong in Zhongyong, who is likely to be obscure as they grow up. ”

"Think about it, if you didn't go to Baijia Village this time, those children who were already able to recite a few Tang poems to me just now, how many poems would they have heard in their lives, and how many poems could they memorize? And if you leave and don't come back, how long will it be before what they learn now will be forgotten? ”

Seeing Zhang Chen and the four princes contemplative, Zhang Shou smiled slowly.

"And those children whose qualifications are so poor that even those simple poems when they were just sent off have stumbled and stumbled in the crowd, and if they really start reading and writing at the age of five or six, do you think they can really read well?"

Obviously, the answer is nine times out of ten...... No. In fact, just like Zhang Chen, you don't like to read, the children of civilian homes, even if you provide them with the best conditions for reading and let them study since childhood, there are many people who can't study at all. One of my teachers once said to me that genius is 99 percent hard work plus 1 percent talent. But ......"

"But that one percent of talent is better than ninety-nine percent of effort! What is the most afraid of in this world, the most afraid of people who are more talented than you, but working harder than you! Therefore, some people are destined to work hard and are only laborers. ”

These last two sentences are very bad for Zhang Chen, who has never considered himself a genius, and the fourth prince who has determined from the actual situation that he is not a genius, and his third brother is likely to be a low-key and hard-working genius.

Zhang Shou didn't seem to see their abnormality, and leaned back gracefully.

"And even if it's a genius, there's something more genius than a genius. For example, there are hundreds of people in each subject who are admitted to the Jinshi, but how many people can be ranked in the end? And there are so many Zaifu from ancient times to the present, how many can go down in history, even street children can tell it? ”

"Most people, in fact, just like Zheng Qiang, you just said, only after food and clothing can they have the strength to work, and they work hard just to get food and clothing, and the cycle repeats. And a few people don't have to worry about food and clothing, they are born well-off, solid and even rich, but they only know that they are full of food all day long, and after three generations, their families are in the middle of the road, and there is even no difference between their children and grandchildren and the people who ask for food and clothing, but there are many people. ”

"There are people who have ambitions, but they don't have the ability to match them, and they are cynical all their lives. Some people have the ability to help the people through the world, but their virtues are different, so one thought can benefit the people, and one thought can harm one party. ...... up further"

"The change of dynasties, the occasion of the storm, some people stand out, how many of these people are actually just from remote villages, and when they are placed in the world, they will be evaluated as having low ability, and they can't get ahead in their lives?"

"Therefore, the people of the village lack vision, lack guidance, and even if you toil for them for a month, they may be gloating at the side because of the nonsense of a foolish widow, and do not know how to stand up and speak for you...... That's the reality. Because they let their sons study with you for the sake of immediate gain, not for future gain. ”

"They don't see the use of reading. The reason is very simple, I have the imperial examination, but the topic routine of the imperial examination is that those who can afford to buy anthologies of Shiwen and study and ponder every day have a way out, or are there a way out for those in the village who have only studied Shiwen for a few years with the teacher and can't afford to buy or read the articles of those famous scholars? ”

"They were born with bad luck, so even if there is a supposedly fair imperial examination, they are still too far behind the people in the city, not to mention some rich families and scholarly families. And they don't have any visionary parents, who sell their children for a little money, and they call it parents who think about them in the name of being for their sake, that also abounds! ”

"Widow Gu wants to use her stepdaughter to extort money today, so I can still find a way to treat her, but if the biological parents want to blackmail money from their children, or sell people to some unsightly place, who can control it?"

Zhang Shou narrowed his eyes slightly, and then sighed softly: "Therefore, the so-called education, in the final analysis, is to let the children be able to have more knowledge than their parents' generation, and in the future, they can teach their children to have more knowledge than them. ”