Chapter 45 Pair
The daughter has learned everything by now, and two little things can prove it.
The first thing was that Zhou Zhi drooled when he was a child, but his mother didn't take it seriously. The niece came to visit her grandma at home, and took a piece of dendrobium and soaked it in water for little Zhou Zhi to drink, and it was cured immediately.
Another thing is that when Zhou Zhi was a little older, he developed severe prickly heat, which later developed into skin ulcers. My mother hurriedly went to find her niece to prescribe medicine.
The niece said that there was no need to prescribe any medicine and asked Uncle Yao to take Zhou Zhi to the Yangtze River to learn how to swim.
Remember, it is the Yangtze River, not the Hongshui River.
The water in the Yangtze River was cold, so my father taught Zhou Zhi how to swim for a week, and it got better as expected.
And every summer, Xiao Zhouzhi would pester his father to go swimming in the river. After that, he never had prickly heat again.
But when Zhou Zhi went to the doctor every time he was a child, it was embarrassing because he had to call people in their forties or fifties "sister."
Now this daughter has become the deputy director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of the County People's Hospital. The fourth cousin's sons are all abroad, and it is her daughter who usually takes care of them more.
The fourth cousin's uncle's house is very beautiful. It is an independent small courtyard, quiet and elegant. The walls of the courtyard are full of orchids.
Unlike Mr. Yu’s house, the orchids were not placed on the ground, and the orchids were not placed on the ground, but steamed pine needles and pine bark humus. They were all made of coal and sand pots, which were very light and could be hung on On a wooden stand against the wall.
It’s strange. With this planting method, the orchids bloom better than Mr. Yu’s, and they don’t take up much space.
This small courtyard, and the habit of raising flowers and fish, only came into being after my fourth aunt suffered a stroke.
My aunt was a people's teacher. She suffered a stroke and was paralyzed not long after she retired. So my fourth cousin bought this small courtyard, tidied it up, planted flowers, raised fish, and took my aunt out to bask in the sun when nothing happened. The sun, watching the yard, reading to her.
After taking care of her for twenty years, the fourth aunt has no physical or mental problems. This is not something ordinary men can do.
Because my fourth cousin, Orion, was born in good health and had first-rate skills in fishing, catching shrimps, and planting flowers. He had a supply of river shrimps and spicy dices all year round. Many literary friends in the city often came to ask for some calligraphy seal flowers orchid seedlings. , coupled with the fact that he was a veteran cadre before liberation, with a very long service life and a very high retirement salary, this is how my fourth aunt can enjoy this blessing.
Of course, Zhou Zhi believes that the most critical and important thing is that there was a drag on the fourth cousin's side at that time, and other girls were afraid to avoid it, fearing that they would be the mother of other people's daughters after they got married;
< br>However, through this incident, my cousin took a fancy to the fourth cousin's character and decided to stay with him without hesitation.
One drink and one peck have consequences and causes. The fate in between is also wonderful.
This small courtyard is not big, with about a hundred square meters, and a layout of two rooms with two sides.
The main room has now become the fourth cousin's creative room and reception room, with two side rooms, a master bedroom and a guest bedroom, two side rooms, a storage room and a kitchen and bathroom.
In today's Jiachuan, most of the similar courtyards are dilapidated, and people just want to move into buildings. My fourth cousin put a lot of effort into renovating this courtyard, and it is considered a great independent courtyard in Jiachuan.
There is a couplet posted at the door of the small courtyard, which reads, "The blue moon prefaces the present and the past, and the red spring returns."
"This couplet is perfect! The words are also good!" Dad couldn't help but praise when he saw the couplet.
There was laughter in the courtyard: "Yuanjiang is not happy with this. How can I praise my son first when I go to someone else's house?"
The father was stunned and turned to look at Zhou Zhi. : "Did you write it?"
Zhou Zhi murmured silently in his heart: "I run a joint stall well, but I also encounter someone who comes to kick me out. I have to fight it all. The sentence came out and asked me to save it, which ruined a lot of my brain."
The fourth cousin was already standing at the door, with silver hair and a strong spirit: "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and it's impossible to save the Yangtze River. Do you understand?”
Dad quickly said: “Knowing it means knowing it, and not knowing it means not knowing it. Fourth brother, please tell me.”
The fourth cousin smiled and said: "This is a very special usage in Wuyan, which is called a couplet."
"My first couplet was deliberately arranged to embarrass this boy. Preface to Biyue In "Jin Gu", the three characters "Xu Jin Gu" are two squares and one is flat. This is called Gu Ping. "
"What should I do? Save, to ensure the smoothness of the rhythm. "
"So the third character of the next sentence, 'gui', should have been used in oblique tones, but now it has to be used in flat tones to save the character in the previous sentence. 'Preface'."
"In ancient poetry, this move has an elegant name, called 'koi flipping the wave'."
"The koi breaks the waves, which is a last resort in the creative process. The water cannot be leveled, so it becomes waves."
Zhou Zhi was very angry: "I obviously changed the word 'preface' to a flat tone. Just words will do. Fourth cousin, you did it on purpose. Yes, this is not called making waves, this is called making waves!”
“Hahahaha…” Fourth cousin ignored Zhou Zhi’s complaints and continued to explain to his father: “This is the first level of difficulty! , then comes the second difficulty, 'Jingu' are antonyms to each other, which is also called 'linked self-pairing'. "
"And these two words together just describe the scope of the verb 'preface' in the sentence. This is. Three difficulties.”
“So. You must find the three characters Ping, Zeping and Ping. Similarly, the last two characters must also be self-aligned, and together they must express the range of the previous verb. At the same time, the content must conform to the theme of the New Year. Then this couplet is yours. Right.”
"All the requirements together are not an ordinary test level."
"What did you think of it at the time?" Dad looked at Zhou Zhi in surprise. He thought the couplet was good at first sight. Only after I got down did I realize how difficult it was.
Zhou Zhi simply pretended not to hear and didn't even bother to answer the question.
"Yuanjiang is talking in layman's terms again. This is called inspiration, and he can pick it up at his fingertips."
The fourth cousin smiled and said: "'Come back, come back, the countryside will never return' , seems to be picked up off the shelf, but it is actually Xiao Zhouzhi’s ancient literary foundation that he has accumulated for ten years, and he is just trying his best.”
"Take the word 'Danchun' used for 'Bi Yue'. It is difficult for ordinary people to think of it. Because this allusion only appears in very few poems."
"Except for Wen Tianxiang's 'Wanjin Jie' A knight spends a lot of money to buy songs and dances. Dan Chun shines in the house, and the follower blocks the road." The only thing I remember is "The illusion of Dan Chun is far away, and the dream is also magical."
"Beimenmen City The place is not "Sequ Road", and writing couplets is not for "Ying Di Zhai"! This is called making good use of allusions."
"To be honest, even if you have a bachelor's degree or a master's degree in ancient Chinese. If you come to the scene, you may not be able to do it as neatly and skillfully as you do. Hahahaha..." Dad was completely stupid. He did have "Wen Tianxiang's Poetry Collection" at home, but he couldn't even recite "Song of Righteousness".
"Fourth cousin, my family has agreed that I will transfer to liberal arts next semester!"
"You kid! You are opportunistic again!" Fourth cousin scolded Zhou Zhi, got into the wheelchair, and said to grandma: "Third aunt, you It’s rare to come here, I recommend you to visit my small courtyard!”
Grandma smiled! Narrowly said: "The fourth child and the good grandson are the serious scholars. Seeing you chatting, the third aunt just doesn't understand and feels happy." I quickly added: "Yuanjiang also counts."
Now it was Dad's turn to scratch his toes in embarrassment.
Mom, you might as well not ask for compensation, don't pull me, I really can't count in this aspect!
Also, what does it mean that they are serious scholars?
The fragrance of orchids lingers in the fourth cousin's yard. Watching goldfish and admiring flowers here makes people forget all the tackiness.
My aunt is also in the yard. There is a leopard skin on the wheelchair and a skin of an unknown animal on her legs. She is about to shed tears: "Third aunt, I have been unable to move for a long time. I don’t see you anymore.”
“Don’t cry, don’t cry…” Grandma quickly stretched out her hand to comfort her, “Isn’t it true that you are still in good spirits? I feel relieved. ”
"So many years have brought trouble to Xiucheng. If it had been another man, Third Aunt, I'm afraid he would be gone long ago."
"That's also your ability, you know how to choose men! Don't drop the beans when you're celebrating the New Year. Ah! ”
We have an older child in the joint room. In terms of age, my grandmother is not much older than my fourth cousin. In terms of seniority, she and my aunt are aunt and nephew, and in terms of relationship, they are two sisters.
Grandma and aunt were left chatting alone in the small courtyard, while the fourth cousin took Zhou Zhi and his family to the main room to chat.
The first thing Zhou Zhi said when he sat down was: "What's that piece of leather on my fourth aunt's knees to keep out the wind?"
"Oh, that's a lynx."
The fourth cousin's family used to be hunters, and a lot of good skins were passed down. Zhou Zhi liked to come here to play when he was a child, and there were skins here that were extremely rare to see in other homes at that time. Peacock feathers, pheasant feathers, porcupine quills.
Also rhino horns and ivory.
The fourth cousin even used that big leopard skin to scare Xiao Zhouzhi, saying that the ring on it was open. The open rings on the leopard's body meant that the leopard had eaten people.
Zhou Zhi shrugged his nose: "What smells so fragrant?"
"Bamboo rats stewed with soybeans." The fourth cousin said with a smile: "Teacher Jiang from your school sent it."
Mr. Jiang, a biology teacher from Jiachuan Middle School, often followed his fourth cousin across the mountains to learn hunting when he was young. Now there are two eldest herbaria in the laboratory building of Jiachuan Middle School. There are more than a thousand specimens of animals and plants in them, which were collected by these two strange people in those years.
After my aunt suffered a stroke, my fourth cousin stopped going to the mountains and switched to fishing.
The eldest sister was busy in the kitchen. Now she came out to say hello to everyone, and then went to the kitchen again.
Dad saw that mother had already sat down, so he had to stand up again: "Then I will help with the cooking."
A smile appeared on the fourth cousin's face.
My mother did not notice these details, and asked her fourth cousin: "Fourth brother, just now you said that Zhou Zhi changed to liberal arts as a cheat. What do you mean?"
Fourth cousin My uncle smiled and said, "Because with this kid's level, it shouldn't be too easy to get a bachelor's or master's degree in literature and history in the future. "
"Fourth brother, I still don't understand. Please explain it clearly."
The fourth cousin was a little helpless: "Let's put it this way, as long as Zhou Zhi can enter the university, if he chooses to study. If you study ancient Chinese literature, ancient Chinese history, etc., then he will have an easy time.”
"Even if he idles around in school and plays like crazy for four years, his grades will be at the top of the class. Even if he is the last in school, he will have to give him a diploma even if he pinches his nose!"
"Huh?" Mom They were all frightened: "You mean...you mean...Jiuzi is now...at the level of a college graduate?"
"It's just liberal arts, ancient Chinese The fourth cousin said: "And you have to advance first!"
"If you can't cross this threshold, you still have nothing."
"Of course, I don't mean to just go in and sit idle. You still have to make systematic deductions, but compared to other students, it's not too easy."
"Oh." My mother was a little startled: "But...even if I can read it easily, what can I do? Come back to teach Chinese? Teach history?"
"Come back? Why come back?" Si Biao My uncle felt puzzled: "Can't I continue to study further?"
I can’t finish my research in a lifetime.”
“Can’t I finish my undergraduate degree and study for a master’s degree, and then study for a doctorate and stay in school as a teaching assistant, a lecturer, or a professor?”
"Ask this kid of yours if this is what he has in mind?!"
My mother was completely shocked. Could this be the truth predicted by the old divination master of Baimi Township? !
I guarantee that this child will live until he is sixteen... I won't worry about you anymore. Whatever he wants to do, he can do it by himself... Anyway, what he will do in the end will be beyond your imagination... …
“Hahaha…Actually, museums, archives, and libraries are all officially established.” Zhou Zhi smiled and said: “Mom, so studying liberal arts is not useless. There is a way out, but the threshold is a little higher than studying science.”
“But don’t worry, Mom, I will never waste my time doing what my fourth cousin said. I will definitely work hard to reach my goal. I will try my best to reach whatever level I can reach.”
(End of Chapter)