12. Guokui

Bai Gui knelt down to salute, but Xu Xiucai did not stop him. He could bear this salute. As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father. The relationship between teachers and students in ancient times is far superior to modern times. For true disciples, they are both honored and humiliated. read

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As the saying goes: "My parents gave birth to me, and my master taught me."

But before Bai Gui could salute, Xu Xiucai coughed lightly and pointed to the portrait of Confucius hanging on the wall. "The Book of Rites said, "The beginning of etiquette lies in the right body, uniform colors, and smooth diction. . ’ You clean up first, then worship the Holy Master, and then become your teacher. Not out of order. "

Bai Gui suddenly realized that Confucianism attaches great importance to etiquette and has extremely strict requirements. He was overjoyed at the same time and worshiped the portrait of Confucius first. This meant that Xu Xiucai put him under the door wall, which was different from the teacher-student relationship he had maintained before. These are real teachers and students!

He straightened his clothes and glanced behind him with his peripheral vision, seeing that the braid behind him was quite an eyesore.

The so-called clothes and hats have been ruined.

But now was not the time for him to think about that.

Cleaning up your clothes does not mean that your current appearance is sloppy or unclean, but it shows solemnity and respect for the most holy teacher.

Should we respect Confucius?

Absolutely.

If there were no Confucius, how could untouchables like him be able to attend school and read poetry? !

A series of European countries such as England and France still have dual-track teaching systems. What is a dual-track teaching system? For example, the dual-track system in England. One track is specially set up for the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie. It is top-down. From university to junior high school, those who enter are all good schools (grammar schools), while the other track is Established for ordinary untouchables, from primary school to secondary vocational school.

To put it simply, using modern education as an analogy, after finishing junior high school, the children of untouchables can only go to technical secondary schools and technical schools, while the sons of nobles and capitalists go directly to private high schools. Untouchables are not eligible to receive university education. !

In 1933, the United Kingdom promulgated the Haddo Report, and the dual-track system tended to converge. Only civilian children could enter grammar schools and have the opportunity to receive university education.

In the morning he was a farmer, and in the evening he ascended to the Emperor's Hall!

Since Confucius began to teach privately, and after breaking the situation in the Zhou Dynasty where official schools only taught aristocrats, children from poor people can also study and become officials, and they can also become scholars. This is the greatness of the sage.

According to Xu Xiucai's instructions, Bai Gui knelt down and kowtowed nine times to the portrait of Confucius, and then kowtowed three times to Xu Xiucai.

In this way, the great gift of master and disciple can be achieved.

Xu Xiucai stroked the smooth forehead of the young man kneeling on the ground, with soft eyes. He took out a few more big red dates from his pocket and handed them to Bai Gui, "Go, go."

Bai Gui hugged the black lacquer board, bowed deeply to Xu Xiucai, and left the dormitory.

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"Analects of Confucius" records: "The morning is yong, and the evening is sun."

The three meals a day between ancient people and modern people are different. Ordinary people only eat two meals a day, while only princes and nobles eat three meals a day, or even five meals, including lunch, midnight snack and dinner. But by the end of the Qing Dynasty, I gradually started to eat three meals a day.

After the morning class in school, generally speaking, most students go home for lunch. Most of them are only seven or eight years old. They are still young and have no ability to cook for themselves. Moreover, the Bailu Village Ancestral Hall is located in the center of the village, far away from various places. The houses are not far away, and it is a matter of course to go home for lunch.

Bai Gui did not go back.

His father is a widower. Although he sometimes cooks in the stove, the food he makes is difficult to chew due to limited ingredients and craftsmanship. So most of the time, cooking was done on the Lujia stove. Long-term workers such as Bai Youde and Liu Mouer ate and drank with the cook. The owner would not eat the same food as the servants.

A half-grown man is a poor man.

The cook of the Lu family had always looked coldly at Bai Gui, bossed her around, and said sarcastic and unpleasant things. Over time, Bai Gui had become somewhat distant from Zao Shang.

So he usually makes the fire himself to cook.

After enrolling in school, as expected, the position was transferred to the school.

"Brother Zhou." Bai Gui put his study belongings back on the desk in the school, then walked to the porter of the ancestral hall and politely greeted Zhou Yuan who was cooking.

Zhou Yuan was from a neighboring village and could only cook and eat at the concierge.

"But have you finished memorizing it?"

"Sir, what did you say? You are too eager. There are only 500 words in the half-quel thousand-character essay. You are not familiar with silent writing, but you are annoying to the master."

Zhou Yuan held his tortoiseshell glasses and sighed slightly.

He shook his head and anxiously took out the dry biscuits cooked in the pot.

The steamed hot pot helmet was served with a small plate of pickles, and he ate it with relish.

"Use it while it's hot, the water inside has already boiled." Zhou Yuan bit into a large piece of pancake and said vaguely: "Just let you and me use the same stove. You cook once, and I Cooking once and spacing it out can save a lot of time throughout the day.”

"Look how fragrant this Ganxian Guokui is."

Zhou Yuan took another bite.

"Brother Zhou, it's different. The food on my forehead is all steamed buns and multi-grain steamed buns. They can't be compared with you. If I share the same stove with you, I'm taking advantage of you. Others will laugh when they hear it."

As Bai Gui said that, he took out the leftover steamed buns he had left from the past few days from the corner of the concierge and placed them on the steamer.

Qianxian Guokui exudes the fragrance of white flour.

He swallowed his saliva and said to Zhou Yuan: "Sir, I have taught you the rest of the second half now. It seems that I have passed this level."

"What?"

"You memorized the first half of the Thousand Character Classic?" Zhou Yuan was shocked. In the past few days, Bai Gui had also asked him for some advice during lunch time. He concluded that Bai Gui was too hasty this time and it was impossible for him to memorize the entire first half.

But the result was beyond his expectations.

His demeanor became much warmer. Previously, he had kindly asked Bai Gui to share a stove with him in order to save time, but he was not without some disdain in his heart.

Now, Bai Gui's performance made him look at him with new eyes.

The difference in status and position shortened the invisible distance between the two.

Is the son of a farmhand or tenant qualified to sit at the same table with him?

No!

He meant to give alms.

But is a fellow student who studies hard and is talented qualified to sit at the same table with him? There is no doubt that he is!

"Eat vegetables!"

He pushed the small jar of pickles.

Pickles are made by cutting white radish, carrots, etc. into fine cubes and mixing them with chili sauce. It was also a pickled vegetable made in Qian County, and it was the most suitable to be eaten with Qian County Guokui.

Bai Gui did not refuse this time and took a chopstick of it with chopsticks.

The salty taste was strong and sweet after eating.

However, he only took a few bites and stopped, and then swallowed his Wowotou in big mouthfuls.

If he took too much pickled vegetables, he would be disliked by the host, but if he didn't take any, he would be disrespecting Zhou Yuan. With the identity of Xu Xiucai's disciple, Bai Gui took a few chopsticks.

This... represents acceptance, and they can be friends.

Dragons don't live with snakes.

Very realistic and cruel.

Wowotou is made of corn dregs mixed with flour.

Modern people add white sugar to Wowotou and use white flour. However, the flour mixed in the Wowotou that Bai Gui ate was wheat that had not been shelled, and then ground with a stone mill, which was dry and astringent.

He ate two Wowotou and was full.