Dominate the ancient academy

Chapter 312: Fight to the Death

As for etiquette, you don't need to learn it specifically to pay attention to the daily walking, sitting and lying down. In fact, the higher your status, the more you just need to avoid making mistakes in some etiquette. Your status and position are there, and no one would be so blind as to fuss about insignificant etiquette.

Of course, if your status is too low, sometimes the most basic etiquette can make you have no chance of turning over. These also vary from person to person. Shu Xiaoxiao's etiquette, no matter what, the general's wife also has an etiquette nanny since her childhood.

So Shu Xiaoxiao's etiquette, although not very standard, is definitely qualified. Although not very outstanding, it is definitely far ahead of ordinary people.

Even because of the influence of modern times and her experience of dressing as a man, she has a unique and free and easy feeling when walking, sitting or lying down, which makes people feel bright from time to time.

In terms of archery and chariot driving, she was a student of the military class after all. Although she was at the bottom of the class, she was still pretty good among ordinary liberal arts students. Considering that she was not a student of the pure military class, Principal Chu did not have too many requirements for her, so at least she was pretty good.

The most annoying thing is music. Shu Xiaoxiao has absolutely no sense of music. The first thing she learned was the flute. Shu Xiaoxiao thought about the knights who used the flute as a weapon in many martial arts TV dramas. Their unrestrained and unrestrained movements were definitely one of the coolest weapons. She had longed for it for a long time, and now that she had the opportunity, she naturally chose the flute.

But even though she chose the flute, there was nothing she could do about it because she didn't have the talent for it. No matter how hard she tried to play it at the beginning, she couldn't make any sound. When she finally made it work, the sound was so harsh and unpleasant that even Zhenzhu couldn't stand it. Fang Yuchu saw her going out to pick wild vegetables with a basket on her back, and it was obvious that he didn't want to listen.

Later, the effects of the guzheng and bixiao were not very ideal, and Shu Xiaoxiao wanted to give up. Unfortunately, Master Chu believed that music could not only cultivate one's sentiments but also improve one's character. At least one of them had to be outstanding, so Shu Xiaoxiao never gave up.

As for chess, it took her a long time just to memorize the rules. After memorizing the rules, she became a complete lousy chess player. Playing chess with her is definitely so infuriating.

As for painting, the things he drew were lifeless, formless, dull and stiff, without a trace of spirit. He was puzzled. The other two disciples, no matter what they learned, were not the best, but they were able to master it. However, the young disciple had a hard time even getting started. How could there be such a big difference between the same disciples?

The gap was so big that he couldn't bear to look directly at it. Moreover, the family's ethos was like this. They valued utilitarianism but they couldn't just value utilitarianism. Talents at banquets were also of great importance. If he didn't know anything, it wouldn't sound good to say he didn't want to go! Most importantly, the little apprentice's temperament also needed to be tempered with these, otherwise he would be too jumpy.

Besides, the apprentices had already accepted the goods and could not return them. The eldest apprentice was in Beijing and could not be free, and the second apprentice was at the border and could not be reached, so he could only teach him personally and slowly.

Shu Xiaoxiao watered the flowers and plants with some ginseng water. With the ginseng water on these flowers and plants, they should still be able to be saved, but she didn't know if she could still save them.

Learning talents in modern times requires specialization. Nowadays, one has to learn everything from music, chess, calligraphy, painting, etiquette, music, and archery. Before one has even gotten the hang of one, he starts the next one. Learning makes life meaningless.

He walked up to Master Chu and said, "Master, how about you pick an instrument for me? We can learn a piece of music first, and then we can learn other things. What do you think?"

Master Chu looked at the pitiful little apprentice in front of him and sighed: "I see that you have no special tacit understanding of any musical instrument, so you should learn the guqin. The guqin is the most elegant among all musical instruments. If you learn this, you can also be a good figure."

The little disciple's spiritual energy may be concentrated on planting. If he is not good at other things, there is no need to force it. Just bear with it. Otherwise, it will not only make things difficult for the little disciple, but for both the master and the disciple.

"Okay, I'll learn the guqin." The guqin sounds elegant when played, and it's also a great tool for showing off, so I'll just learn it. At worst I'll just work hard at it. I don't believe I can't learn it well enough.

Unfortunately, Shu Xiaoxiao made her decision quickly, but she also felt pain quickly.

The structure, range, timbre, fingering, gesture parts, tuning, and fingering of the guqin are all so overwhelming. But I have already made the decision and there is no way to regret it. I can only bite the bullet and learn it, memorizing it by rote.

After finally mastering these, when choosing the songs, Shu Xiaoxiao had another idea: "Master, I think it's good enough if I can learn one song. Why don't we just find one song and focus on it, and not waste time on the others? What do you think?"

Mr. Chu: ........

He felt, how could he feel? Just these introductory things, the eldest and second apprentices mastered them all in two days, but the apprentice in front of him has been playing intermittently for almost a month, and the things he played were as if he was terminally ill and suddenly had a last burst of vitality. He couldn't evaluate it. He felt that being able to persist was a kind of ability, and he shouldn't ask for too much.

Forget about other things, focusing on one song now is also a good idea.

"You've learned how to be lazy quite well. What you said is also a method. Tell me, what song do you want to learn?"

"Hmm...how about "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix"? When I meet a pretty girl in the future, I can play it and show it off." Shu Xiaoxiao said in a low voice.

She comes from a very ordinary family in modern times. Apart from playing musical instruments, she has no special talents to show off. As for music, the ones that impressed her the most are "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" and "House of Flying Daggers". "House of Flying Daggers" should not have appeared in the world yet, but "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" is a very famous ancient song, which must exist. Maybe it can be used in the future. It is very practical.

"Okay, let's learn this then."

Dean Chu didn't care. Since he was going to learn only this one piece of music, it would be worthwhile to learn a famous piece. Moreover, if he could get the hang of it while learning it, it would be easy to learn other pieces. If he couldn't, at least he could learn this one piece and show it to others.

The study was carried out in full swing, and the work in the fields was not delayed. With Shu Xiaoxiao around, almost all the seeds planted before survived and grew quite lushly.

Because the planting time was wrong, Shu Xiaoxiao put a lot of effort into these seedlings. When the seedlings were thirsty, they had to be watered with ginseng water, and when they were cold, they had to be covered with straw blankets. If Shu Xiaoxiao did not have the ability to communicate with plants, these seedlings might not have grown so well.

There were also collected cucumber, tomato, and pepper seeds. Because there were too many of them, Shu Xiaoxiao just sprinkled some ginseng water at the end to increase the activity of the seeds. She collected the seeds in the imperial farm and left it to the emperor to decide how to distribute them. She didn't need to worry about it.