jdhmnovel Chapter 278 Scholars
Chapter 278 Scholars
"Let's eat first."
Lin put the account book aside, set the table and prepared to eat, and the children also sat down.
There were too many people eating at the Cui family, so they had to split into two tables. Old Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Lin took their two maids and Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi to eat at the small table, while Old Mrs. Cui led a group of boys to eat at the big table.
Old Lady Cui leaned over to take a look and said in surprise, "Second girl's handwriting is quite beautiful. Look how straight the horizontal stroke is, and the left stroke is also beautiful."
Lin nodded indifferently. After all, he had been writing for twenty years, so the difference couldn't be too great. However, he couldn't say this directly.
"Jingwen taught her when she was in the city before, and she also practices on her own."
"This handwriting is more beautiful than the one written by the head of the village. There are so many children in the village learning to read from our Jing Wenxue, but I think the second girl's handwriting is the best." Old Mrs. Cui also learned a lot from them and had some knowledge in it, so she gave her comments in detail.
Although she didn't learn much, she was much better than other older sisters in the village. She could tell at a glance whether the handwriting was good or bad.
Take the name Eryatou for example. Jingwen is not counted, and all the boys in the village combined can’t compare to her.
Old Mrs. Cui was proud of it, and the more she thought about it, the prouder she became.
Cui Zhaozhao lowered her head and pretended to be shy.
Old Lady Cui glanced around, scaring the other children so much that they quickly buried their heads in their food, fearing that Old Lady Cui would call on them and ask them to write a few words too.
Old Mrs. Cui also knew their own strengths and weaknesses, so she didn't let them embarrass themselves in public, but she didn't let them go either.
"You kids, pass this around and don't just focus on learning to read. Learn from Erya and write beautifully."
After saying that, Old Lady Cui handed the account book to Xiaoliu and asked him and Xiaoqi to read it first, and then pass it to Old Man Cui's table.
The account book that Cui Zhaozhao wrote casually was regarded as an excellent homework by Old Mrs. Cui and circulated among the whole family.
......What is this?
"With Jingwen and Eryatou as your role models, you should all learn from them seriously." Old Mrs. Cui was full of ambition.
For dozens of generations, there has not been a single scholar in the Cui family. Who would have thought that there would be two scholars in this generation? Although the second girl is a girl, it does not affect the result at all.
It seems that the Cui family will embark on the path of scholars in the future.
Old Lady Cui took a look and thought that Erlang was a little old, so if Silang and the others trained him well, maybe there would still be time.
"I'll try my best..." Shiro scratched his head.
"I will study hard with my third brother." Xiaoliu took Xiaoqi's hand and patted his chest to promise.
"Okay, okay, grandma will be waiting for you to come back and become the top scorer in the imperial examination." Old Mrs. Cui was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
Although the Cui family had never supported a scholar, they knew how expensive education was. The cost of buying paper and pens alone was staggeringly high every year.
Old Mrs. Cui covered her pockets, calculated her daily wages, and asked somewhat unsurely, "Second girl, what kind of pen and ink do you use to write? It doesn't look like ink. Is it expensive?"
The children in the village followed Jingwen to learn to read by scratching on the fine sand with branches.
I don't know what the words on Eryatou's account book were written with. They don't look that black, and there's black dust on my hands. I guess the quality is not good, but it should be quite cheap.
Cui Zhaozhao took out a pitch-black stick and asked, "This one?"
Mrs. Cui took it and looked at it carefully: "Isn't this burning charcoal? You always use this to write?"
Cui Zhaozhao nodded. She asked her mother to help her burn this charcoal pencil. It is very useful to carry it with her for writing and drawing. It is much more convenient than a brush.
The only drawback is that the written words are shabby.