Chapter 71: I'm Cheap and Cheap
"Okay? How is it good? Just sit at home and don't work, and you're fine? Lege accused.
"Woooooooooooo Songs! Say no more! We didn't expect things to be like this! Isn't it? Unexpected! ”
Auntie explained: "Qiu used to live well, isn't it? He thinks he is a scholar, but the people of the Ji family don't recognize him as a scholar at all, saying that he is a Confucian scholar. Isn't it? Qiu couldn't get angry, so he decided to change his image and change his identity......"
On the other side of the kitchen, the sound of Confucius cooking soon came.
When you hear the knife work over there, you can tell that Confucius's cooking level is okay. The kitchen knife makes a "clattering" sound on the cutting board, which is very rhythmic.
The aunt told Lege about Confucius's past.
Confucius's father, Uncle Liang Ji, was a hero of the Lu State and a scholar. But he had nine daughters, and no son inherited the title. He was not convinced, so he renewed the room. Outcome! He gave birth to a lame son named Meng Pi. Because he was a concubine and a disabled person, he couldn't inherit the title. So! Another room was renewed, and Kong Qiu was born.
But! Before Kong Qiu grew up, Kong's father died of old age. Confucius was only three years old at the time and could not inherit the title. Furthermore! The matter of Confucius's father's continuation of the room was not allowed by the main room. So! After the death of Confucius's father, Confucius's mother was kicked out of the house.
The main room did not recognize it, and Confucius's identity was doubtful, so he could not inherit the title.
Confucius's mother brought Confucius (Confucius) here, and with the help of her grandfather and others, she bought land here and built a row of thatched huts to settle down.
In order to give Confucius a source of livelihood, a loom was also added to Confucius Mother. Confucius's mother made a living by weaving cloth and maintained the life of mother and son.
But! In troubled times, there is no way for the poor to live, and the weaving business is not easy to do. Furthermore! Single-parent families also have to take care of young Confucius. Outcome! After a long time, Kong Mu's body collapsed.
In this way, Confucius's life as a child was quite superior.
When he was a teenager, Confucius not only received the education of his mother, but also went to private school.
As Confucius's health deteriorated, Confucius gradually grew up. He saw that his mother's health was getting worse and worse, and he no longer had the heart to study. He didn't dare to drop out of school, so he secretly learned funeral music.
Funeral! It is the music that is played at the funeral.
Because people are diligent and very popular with others. So! Wherever there is a funeral, others are willing to take this child with them.
Confucius was big, so he didn't cause dissatisfaction among others. Opposite! When others saw that the child was very diligent, they accepted him.
In this way, Confucius learned many musical instruments. He can play not only funeral music, but also festive music. He's musical, he's very talented.
Because he often followed others to handle funerals, Confucius had a very good understanding of funeral etiquette. And that's not all! He was also interested in other etiquette.
Later, when Confucius mother learned about this, she was very angry and scolded Confucius fiercely. But? scolded and scolded, but the real problems made Confucius unable to face! The difficulty of life is indeed a problem.
What if Confucius continued to study and did not blow the trumpet to others? She alone couldn't sustain herself at all. Her health is not good, and she is becoming more and more unable to earn money. She can't support herself by herself, so how can she provide for the cost of Confucius's study?
Faced with reality, Confucius accepted it. But! She still hopes that Confucius will work and study at the same time.
Confucius! He was the first to work and study!
After the death of Confucius's mother, Confucius completely gave up his studies.
He became a full-time funeral musician and a funeral celebrant for the entire city.
Because he could play funeral music and knew funeral etiquette, Confucius became a celebrity in this industry. The people around Qufu, in case of funerals, will invite Confucius and his group to come over.
Because Confucius knew everything, and he was diligent and honest. So! He also works the most and gets paid more than others. In the past two years, he not only paid off the cost of burying Confucius's mother, but also saved a sum of money.
But! Confucius didn't rest on his laurels!
Father Confucius is a scholar! He should also be a scholar. Engaging in the profession of Confucian scholars is forced to be helpless.
But! In this hierarchical society, if you are a scholar and engage in the profession of a Confucian scholar, you will be looked down upon.
This year! That is, in the year that Confucius's mother died of illness, the Ji family was a scholar, and Confucius thought that he was a scholar, so he went. Outcome! was rejected by Yang Hu, a retainer of the Ji family.
Feast! It is the aristocratic leaders who feast on first-class figures and take the opportunity to select talents from them.
This year! Confucius was seventeen years old.
He thinks that he is an adult, can participate in social activities, and can accept the selection of the state. But! Yang Hu didn't give any face, so he didn't let him in. Moreover! also laughed at him: Do you want to eat roast suckling pig?
Legendary! Confucius liked to eat roast suckling pig when he was a child, and Confucius's mother was willing to buy him roast suckling pig. Outcome! It may be that the roast suckling pig is unhygienic or expired, and Confucius has a small diarrhea and a high fever.
Although there was no major problem in the end, this incident became the laughing stock of others.
Visible! The identity of Confucius's taxi, Ji knows. The retainer of the Ji family, Yang Hu, knows Confucius, doesn't he? It must have been Ji's investigation, but Yanghu didn't accept it. So! He stopped Confucius at the door.
Confucius held funerals for people back then, and he was already very famous. So! It should have caught Ji's attention. Ji's Feast must have done an investigation before.
Yang Hu used this incident to mock Confucius, making Confucius unacceptable. From that time on, he was determined to change his image and no longer be a Confucian to blow the trumpet to others.
But! The real problem, he can't survive without this profession. Furthermore! This profession is still a very good career for him. Not only can he satisfy his hobbies, but also earn money.
That's it! Confucius persevered until he was nineteen years old.
This year! News came from the Song Kingdom and asked him to go to the Song Kingdom to marry the daughter of the Qiguan clan and complete the marriage contract.
Confucius took this opportunity to decide to say goodbye to the past, change his image, and become a real scholar.
The ideal is beautifully! The reality is cruel!
When Confucius returned from the Song Kingdom with his wife Qi Guanshi, he began to prepare for running a school and opening a private school. But! But there is no source of life.
During the Song Dynasty, with the help of the old patriarch and others, Confucius successfully taught his students for several months.
For the wise Confucius, running a private school was no longer a problem.
But the question is not whether you can teach students? Do you have what it takes to teach students? But! Students! There is no source of students, do you run a Mao school?
You say you can teach students, but others don't believe you. You say you are knowledgeable, but others don't believe you.
Anyway! I just don't believe you!
That's it! The private school was not completed, and he was unwilling to blow the trumpet for others again. So! I was idle at home.
But now! Not only is he alone at home, but he also has a pregnant wife.
The two of them sat and ate empty, and after a few months, Confucius's old book had almost eaten. If he hadn't brought back a lot of money from the Song Kingdom, the money he had saved before would have been used up long ago.
Exactly because of this! Confucius's heart was in a panic. And Auntie! That is, the Qi Guan's family is also very worried.
It's not a matter if you don't have a source of livelihood! Soon there will be one more person, and if it goes on like this, it will not be able to live.
So! The aunt and the official family that Le Ge saw felt that she had changed.