Chapter 175 Crowning
What is a middle-class young man? It is someone who is extremely self-righteous and does not know what giving up is.
The third child of the Li family was only depressed for a moment about the defeat, and then he continued to compete with Zhu Pingan with high spirits, throwing out problems one by one that he thought were very difficult to embarrass Zhu Pingan.
Word puzzles such as: "Go from top to bottom, go from bottom to top. Go to the middle from the two ends, and go to the two ends in the middle."
Zhu Ping'an had seen these puzzles on the Internet a long time ago, so he didn't have to think about it. You can give the answer.
"It's 'to', because the upper end of 'to' is the lower end of 'go', and the lower end of 'to' is the upper end of 'go'. The middle of 'to' is the two ends of 'go', and the two ends of 'to' are' The two ends of 'go', the two ends of 'to' are the middle of 'go'." Zhu Ping'an also pretended to think for a moment before giving the answer calmly and explaining the answer again.
However, this was so beyond the expectation of the third son of the Li family that the third son of the Li family racked his brains and came up with a few questions to embarrass Zhu Pingan, but unfortunately, none of the questions could stump Zhu Pingan. of.
In the end, the third child of the Li family had no choice but to come up with an almost rogue question: "If you jump into a big pit, it is very deep, and there is no one in it. The walls of the pit are very slippery and very strong. You can't scratch it with your hands, and you can't climb up with your bare hands. But with your hands There are no tools, ropes, knives, etc. There is no one outside the pit, and there is nothing inside the pit. What should you do?”
The third child of the Li family removed all the conceivable advantages. Okay, after finishing speaking, he looked at Zhu Pingan very proudly.
"Can I swim?" Zhu Pingan asked lightly.
"There is no water in the pit. As I said just now, there is nothing in the pit." The third son of the Li family emphasized again.
"I can cut a hole in my head with my hands and let the water flow out. Then I can swim and float, and then come out of the pit." Zhu Pingan said seriously.
The third child of the Li family shook his head like a rattle, "How could there be so much water in his head!"
"There was no water in my head, why should I jump?" Zhu Ping'an He glanced at the third son of the Li family and said calmly.
The third child of the Li family
In the end, it was the sinister girl Li Shu who used the name of Rich Man Li to drive the third son of the Li family out of the study.
"Thank you, Miss Li, for rescuing the siege." Zhu Pingan thanked the scheming girl with his hands. If she hadn't kicked her brother out of the study, he would probably have come up with some weird things to embarrass himself.
"Narcissism, who can help you out? I'm just afraid that my third brother will be angry and destroy my book, hum." The sinister girl looked up at the sky at 45 degrees, and at the end she snorted arrogantly. .
What a troubled girl.
I borrowed two more books from the Li family. Because Enke was approaching, I put aside the idea of reading miscellaneous books. The two books I borrowed this time were both related to the provincial examination, which is accurate. Talk about strategies and eight-part essays.
Everyone in the family is excited about the news about Enke. As for whether Zhu Pingan can pass the exam, it is not their concern. Anyway, they are excited about Enke.
Early on the next morning, Zhu Ping'an wore the clothes made by his wife and walked from his home to his mentor's house in Shanghe Village.
The clothes made by my wife fit me very well. They were made of Zi cloth and were trimmed in vermilion. They are wide and easy to move around. , but tie it on.
My wife also made a pair of shoes. The standard name of the shoes is Cai Lu, which means colorful shoes. The shoes on Zhu Ping'an's feet are red-edged shoes, which are a bit like embroidered shoes, but without embroidery. It feels weird.
The villagers I met on the road looked at Zhu Pingan with strange eyes when greeting him, and they were very puzzled. Zhu Ping'an explained that he was dressed like this because he was going to his wife's house for a crowning ceremony.
Crowning ceremony?
Country people don't understand, what is the etiquette of wearing a hat or not? People in our village don't pay attention to this. Most of the villagers felt this way, so it was no wonder that Old Master Sun wanted to go to his home to crown him.
Old Master Sun's house remained open at night as usual, and the door was not closed at all. Zhu Pingan walked straight in.
"Good morning, my teacher." Zhu Ping'an looked at Old Master Sun as he entered the door, and bowed from a distance.
"Yes, not bad." Old Master Sun was clearing away the tables and chairs in the yard, arranging tables, chairs, wine glasses, hats, turbans, etc. When he saw Zhu Ping'an coming over early in the morning, he nodded with satisfaction.
Zhu Ping'an wanted to step forward to help, but was pulled into the room by his wife who came out after hearing the sound. Without explanation, he changed Zhu Pingan's hairstyle, uh, a very shameful corner style, with two hairdos drawn on both sides of his forehead by his wife. The bun is in the shape of a ring, and the mistress also uses a vermilion brocade ribbon to tie it into a "璒".
While the wife was changing Zhu Ping'an's hair style, guests came to Old Master Sun's house. They were all Old Master Sun's old friends, including the two students who had served as guarantees for Zhu Ping'an when he took the college entrance examination. They were about Seven or eight people came, bringing pens, inks, paper and inkstones as congratulatory gifts for Zhu Ping's crowning ceremony.
They were all invited by Master Sun to watch the ceremony.
Zhu Ping'an was called to the gate by Old Master Sun, facing east, to greet Old Master Sun's friends. Old Master Sun greeted his friend with a smile, and Zhu Pingan greeted him with a long bow. Old Master Sun's friend looked at Zhu Pingan, nodded with satisfaction, then exchanged greetings with Old Master Sun at the door, and then followed Old Master Sun into the courtyard.
The mistress made a pot of tea and put it on the table outside the courtyard together with the teacup, then turned and returned to the room. Zhu Pingan picked up the teapot, poured tea cup after cup, and put it on the table.
Old Master Sun's friend entered the courtyard, washed his hands in the basin, and then sat down to watch the ceremony.
Zhu Pingan’s crowning ceremony officially began.
"If a certain student, Zhu Ping'an, the son of Zhu Shouyi of Xiahe Village, grows up, I will crown him as the first one today. I would like to..." Old Master Sun bowed his hands to the friends watching the ceremony and said .
“Like it.” Old Master Sun’s friend nodded in praise.
Then, Old Master Sun took the headscarf from the table, walked to Zhu Ping'an, and exhorted with a serious face: "On the day of the auspicious month, we will start to add yuan clothes, abandon your young ambitions, and obey them." Virtue, longevity and good fortune."
"Thank you so much, teacher." Zhu Pingan knelt down to thank his teacher.
Old Master Sun put the scarf on Zhu Pingan's head, and then said to Zhu Pingan in a gentle voice, "Go to the room and look for your wife."
Zhu Pingan nodded, He stood up, bowed his hands to the people watching on one side, and walked into the room.
"Come here, go to the bedroom and put on these clothes." The wife smiled kindly and put a bag of clothes in Zhu Pingan's hand.
"Thank you, Master." Zhu Pingan took it and expressed his gratitude to Master with a smile.
"Silly boy, why are you being polite to the teacher's wife?" The teacher's wife smiled and urged Zhu Ping'an to go to the bedroom to change clothes.
The crowning ceremony is relatively trivial, and the clothes need to be changed. Walking to the bedroom, Zhu Ping'an looked at the clothes given by his wife. It was a dark suit with a brocade belt and a pair of black cloth shoes. Zhu Ping'an took off the four-piece shirt and put on the clothes given by his wife.
After changing his clothes and thanking his wife, Zhu Pingan walked to the courtyard again.
Old Master Sun asked Zhu Pingan to stand in the courtyard for a while before starting the next process. After Zhu Pingan stood for a while, Master Sun took another hat from the table, walked to Zhu Pingan, and encouraged him again: "On the day of the auspicious month, it is time to show your clothes, be respectful of your dignity, and be virtuous. May you live long and enjoy your blessings.”
Zhu Pingan knelt down to thank his teacher. Master Sun put a hat on Zhu Pingan, and then asked Zhu Pingan to look for his wife in the reception room.
Uh
The crown ceremony is so troublesome, Zhu Pingan muttered in his heart.
However, I still obeyed the teacher's orders and walked to the room again. (End of this chapter)