EBE Chapter 160 Moral Kidnapping
Chapter 160 Moral Kidnapping
The meal, with the greetings between Hu Hua and Han Zi, helped everyone calm down from the excitement, and both the host and the guests enjoyed themselves greatly!
After dinner, the third child returned to the mountain with Mo Sang, taking the two books he had learned in school. He said goodbye to his parents and brother in the eager eyes of them!
The woman wiped her tears, and the man comforted her: "The child is in the yard halfway up the mountain. If you miss the child, you can go and see him anytime!"
"Don't cry, this is our little son's good fortune. As his parents, we should be happy for him!" The man clumsily wiped his wife's tears with his rough fingers!
"I am happy for him too, but I feel that the child has never left us since he was young. Now that he has left, I feel empty inside!" The woman cried and then she laughed. She was not sad, she just felt a little reluctant!
Sooner or later, this grown-up eagle will leave its nest and fly into the blue sky!
Mo Sang and Hu Hua brought their third child to where they lived!
The servant has already repaired the gate with the villagers who brought us here! This way, we can sleep peacefully at night! No need to worry about whether something from the mountain will break in!
In the kitchen, the servants and villagers got some food, enough for them to eat for a few days!
Moreover, the servant cleaned up all the rooms and even set up a study room. After all, Mo Sang and Hu Hua are both scholars. Even though they are away from home, they cannot forget their homework!
So Mosan took Xiao Sanzi to the study and asked questions about the two books he brought!
At the beginning, Xiao Sanzi was very confident. He had memorized the two books given in the school by heart!
But when Mosan asked him about the meaning of some articles, he spoke haltingly and haltingly!
Indeed, all the content in the book was memorized by rote. The teacher only asked them to memorize it and told them to read it more. After reading more, they would understand its meaning!
So he figured out a lot of the meaning of the text by himself! But now that the master asked him questions, he felt a little embarrassed! He was afraid that this new master would think he was too stupid and return the questions to him!
So his little face turned red because of the embarrassment he caused himself, and he looked so pitiful!
Mo Sang didn't care. At this age, some teachers were indeed unwilling to teach students these things, fearing that students would be exposed to them too early and their minds would easily wander, so they kept asking them to recite the poems repeatedly to hone their minds!
But Mo Sang is a person who has received private tutoring, and he knows very well how important it is to have a teacher who can answer questions and resolve doubts!
So I explained to Xiao Sanzi the parts he didn't understand! In about an hour, I explained to him the parts that Xiao Sanzi didn't understand! Xiao Sanzi didn't feel awkward when reading these articles again!
It is true that those who cannot do it cannot do it, and those who can do it cannot do it!
The third child looked at the teacher with admiration and reviewed his books twice more!
Mo Sang let Xiao Sanzi go back. It is never too late to learn. One should not be too hasty in studying. The more solid the foundation is, the easier it will be to study later!
I made an agreement with Xiao Sanzi that he would come in the morning and go back in the afternoon these days, and Xiao Sanzi respectfully agreed!
After Xiao Sanzi returned to the village, when the villagers knew that Xiao Sanzi was accepted as an apprentice by Mo Sang, especially when they talked together yesterday, there was a scholar in the family!
His thighs were almost blue from slapping them, and he secretly hated himself for not insisting yesterday. If he had insisted on inviting the two of them to his house for dinner, his own child would have come out to greet them, and maybe his child would have been accepted as a disciple by the two of them!
I regretted it so much! At the same time, I felt that I was not a decent man. When faced with such a situation, I only cared about my own children!
But nowadays, the families that can support scholars are those that have surplus food. Otherwise, how can they let their children study if they can’t even fill their stomachs?
While regretting, look for opportunities to make amends!
They gathered in groups of three or four and came to the village chief's house, hoping that the village chief would come forward!
When the village chief heard these people's request, he was so angry that he yelled: "What a joke! Who the young master wants to take as his apprentice is his own private business!"
"You went to school and paid tuition, and now you are paying respects to the teacher. Do you think you are paying respects with empty hands? There are three festivals and nine ceremonies, and which one can be missed?"
"Old man Zhang, your kid has only studied for a few years, but he can't even write an article. Would they accept him?"
"And you, you, you! Don't you know what your children are like?" The people who were pointed out by the village chief blushed and felt a little ashamed. They did know what their own children were like!
How could they not know that their own children were not as talented as the third child? They just felt for a moment that the third child had taken advantage and their own children did not, so didn't that mean that their family was at a disadvantage?
So I was a little excited for a moment and followed everyone else. What if I could get an advantage? Right?
As for other families with similar financial status to Xiao Sanzi, they were also willing to spend money on their children, but they just couldn't find a way. They looked at the village chief and started crying: "Village chief, it's not that we have to embarrass you!"
"Since those two young masters have already accepted the third child, what if they see that our child's qualifications are also good and accept him as well!"
"But if we do nothing, and the child misses this opportunity and his future is ruined, I won't be able to face my ancestors even if I die!"
"That's right, Village Chief, I'm just going to ask, in case the two gentlemen are willing to charge more!"
"When there are more promising scholars in the village, who wouldn't say it's all your credit, village chief?"
"That's right. When the time comes, let the other village chiefs next to us see who dares to look down on our village!"
Although the village chief was unhappy that these people came to cause trouble for him, these words really touched the heart of the village chief!
Why does the village chief next to him have a higher status than him? It’s because he has been praised by the county magistrate. There are many children studying in their village, and there are indeed some good seedlings!
So whenever he goes out, he basically holds his chin up and is fawned over by other village chiefs!
Thinking of this, the village chief's expression eased a little. As for just talking about it, what's the difficulty!
The worst that can happen is that you get rejected! It won't hurt you at all!
So he asked everyone to go back first, and he went up the mountain to talk to the two young masters!
So the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Under the moonlight, the village chief took some dry goods from his home and walked up the mountain!
After dinner, Mo Sang and Hu Hua were enjoying the moon and chatting in the yard. When they were talking excitedly, they heard a knock on the door! The two stopped talking, and the servant who was adding grass to the horse in the yard heard it and went to open the door!
The servant led someone in, and it turned out to be the village chief with something in his hand!
After the village chief handed over the things and explained his purpose, Mo Sang began to wonder if this was moral kidnapping.