Chapter 9: The number one scholar’s father is a charlatan who always wins in gambling!
The next day, Si Yuan specifically asked the kitchen to put a few more candied haws on his stick.
When it was time to eat the candied haws, he ate them in front of Xiao Changqing, and while eating he did not forget to express his feelings about the taste of the candied haws.
Little Changqing, who loves candied haws, was so greedy that he was drooling.
But after what happened yesterday, Xiao Changqing knew that crying was useless. He could only endure his cravings and did not cry or shout like he did yesterday when he asked for the candied haws.
But my father is so mean. He told me not to eat candied haws in front of him, but my father still put the candied haws in front of him to tempt him QAQ
Seeing little Chang Qing pouting and trying to hold back tears, Si Yuan, who didn't want to tease the child too much, held up the remaining half of the candied haws and asked, "Chang Qing, do you want some?"
Xiao Changqing looked at him suspiciously, but looking at the red candied haws covered with tempting sugar coating, he swallowed his saliva and nodded frantically according to his true thoughts: "I want to eat it!"
Si Yuan said in embarrassment: "But your mother stipulated that you can only eat one candied haws a day. You gave your candied haws to your father yesterday, so you can't eat it today. What should I do?"
Xiao Changqing lowered his head in disappointment and whispered, "Then I won't eat today."
Si Yuan suddenly passed the half candied haws to his mouth and said with a smile: "But Daddy is very happy that Changqing is willing to share his favorite candied haws with Daddy, so today Daddy will also share his candied haws with you. Come, Changqing, take a bite."
Little Changqing looked up at Si Yuan in surprise. Under Si Yuan's smiling gaze, he stretched his neck, opened his mouth and took a bite of a candied haws in front of him. Then he bit the candied haws and pulled it forward, thus pulling the candied haws off the bamboo stick.
A red candied haws fruit covered with sugar was a little too big for little Changqing. It filled his small mouth and he could not even wrap his mouth around it. Little Changqing could only raise his hands to cover his mouth and chew slowly, fearing that the candied haws that accidentally entered his mouth would slip away.
Si Yuan looked at little Changqing chewing the candied haws like a little hamster, and the smile on his face deepened.
He glanced at the four candied haws on the bamboo stick in his hand, and quickly finished three of them without hesitation, leaving only the last one. At this time, Xiao Changqing was still chewing his candied haws slowly and cherishingly, and was reluctant to finish it immediately.
Si Yuan stuffed the last piece of candied haws on the bamboo stick into the little Changqing's hand and said to the stunned little Changqing: "I'll give you this one too, but after you finish eating, Changqing, you have to come to the study and study hard."
Little Changqing held the polished handle of the bamboo stick tightly in his little hand, and nodded seriously as if he was making a promise, "Yes, I will study hard, don't worry, Dad."
My father once said that he was not good at studying, he was not smart and was not good at studying, so he had to rely on his son to study hard to bring honor to him.
Little Changqing felt as if he had been entrusted with the heavy responsibility of being a man by his father, and he was very motivated in studying. After all, he was his father's pride, and of course he had to make his father proud!
In order not to delay his studies, little Changqing finished the candied haws in his mouth and asked the nanny who took care of him to put the remaining candied haws away for him so that he could eat it after he finished his studies.
Si Yuan just watched Xiao Changqing's plan without saying anything, letting him make the decision himself.
Even when the wet nurse wanted to tell her young master that the weather was hot and the sugar coating on the candied haws would melt if left for too long, Si Yuan stopped her with a look.
Verbal instruction is not as good as letting children experience it personally, so when it comes to small things that do not concern children's safety, Si Yuan always prefers to let children experience it personally.
Si Yuan took Xiao Changqing's hand and walked towards the study.
Now, the study room that was used as a decoration by the original owner has completely become the classroom for little Changqing's enlightenment classes.
Except for the large bookshelf, other places have changed a lot. Si Yuan brought a large blackboard into the study. Now there are some commonly used words written on the blackboard, which are used to help little Changqing learn to read. There is a small desk in front of the blackboard, and there are many literacy cards on the desk, which are used for little Changqing's classes.
Si Yuan may be a slacker, but he is only a slacker in his studies for the imperial examinations. After all, everyone knows the original owner's academic level. Isn't it suspicious that he suddenly turned from a poor student into a genius?
Si Yuan, who found a suitable excuse for his bad behavior, had a very convincing argument. He said that he did this to motivate his adopted son to work hard and make progress. After all, his son is cannon fodder. As a cannon fodder, he cannot compete with the male lead and the supporting actor by relying on his father, so shouldn't he work hard to make progress himself? Do you really intend to be like him and think that a boastful wild father will fall from the sky?
Si Yuan has been daydreaming about relying on his father for so long, but even a system has fallen from the sky, not even a pretentious wild father has fallen. So, the cannon fodder son should not count on this. It is better for people to be self-reliant. Relying on mountains will only make them fall and people will run away. Only relying on yourself is the most realistic.
Little Changqing's current enlightenment classes are taught by Si Yuan himself. Although the original owner failed to pass the imperial examination, he has been fooling around for so many years, so the original owner's cultural level is enough to teach a child.
When little Changqing has passed the enlightenment stage and is six or seven years old, it is time for him to take advantage of the educational resources of the Jingyuan Earl's Mansion and let little Changqing go to school with Li Chengyuan's son at the Jingyuan Earl's Mansion.
After all, children should go to primary school when they are six or seven years old and make friends in school. They can't always receive private education at home without even a good friend to play with. Si Yuan is really worried that his child will develop depression.
In addition to Si Yuan himself, Changqing's first teacher was his mother Yu Yan.
Yu Yan is also a lady from a scholarly family. She has read the Four Books and Five Classics before. She is not proficient in everything, but she knows a little about each of them. Her knowledge level is more than enough to enlighten a young child.
So Si Yuan simply asked Yu Yan to teach little Chang Qing together. As the saying goes, parents are the first teachers of their children, and of course neither of them can be absent.
Anyway, he can't do this maddening task of teaching children alone.
Little Changqing sat upright at his desk with a very standard posture, which was a strict requirement of Si Yuan. After all, in this era, if one had a hunchback or nearsightedness, it would be difficult to solve the problem.
Si Yuan gave little Changqing an enlightenment lesson following the rule of two quarters of an hour in class and two quarters of an hour in break.
In the original plot, Xiao Changqing was able to pass the imperial examination at a young age, and he was able to do so in that kind of family environment. He was really talented in studying.
During the time of teaching Xiao Changqing, Si Yuan also felt that although Xiao Changqing was far inferior to him in talent, and could neither remember everything he saw nor apply what he learned to other situations, Xiao Changqing could memorize something after reading it several times, and would not make the same mistake again for the same question.
Although Si Yuan is a gifted genius, he is definitely not the kind of genius who has no knowledge of ordinary people. He knows what the learning ability of ordinary people is like, so he can also judge that Xiao Changqing's learning ability is excellent among ordinary people.
After half an hour of class, Si Yuan asked Xiao Changqing to sit by the window and look at the green scenery outside to relieve his eye fatigue.
Xiao Changqing did as he was told. He observed the trees, flowers and plants planted outside the study. The window of the study faced the small garden outside, and the scenery was beautiful.
But after observing for a while, Xiao Changqing suddenly pointed at a big tree outside the window in surprise and asked, "Dad, why is that tree getting thinner?"
Si Yuan looked in the direction of his finger. It was a big tree with lush branches and leaves, and there were some small trees around it. Compared to the big tree he saw last time, this tree had indeed had a lot of branches and leaves cut off.
The flowers, plants and trees in the mansion were trimmed and managed by a special gardener, so Si Yuan didn't worry about it, but he knew the reason without asking the gardener.
Si Yuan replied, "Because the big tree has too many branches and leaves, and it has grown too tall, it blocks the sunlight from the other trees around it, so that the other trees cannot get sunlight and cannot grow healthily. So the gardener cut off some of the branches and leaves of the big tree so that the other trees can also get sunlight."
Xiao Changqing nodded thoughtfully: "So that's how it is..." After a moment, he asked again, "But other trees don't grow taller and bigger quickly, why should we blame this big tree for growing too tall and too big? The sunlight is there, and other trees can't grab it, so should we blame it for stealing the sunlight from other trees?"
Little Changqing felt a little sorry for the tree: "It must be in so much pain to have its branches and leaves cut off innocently!"
Si Yuan didn't expect that little Chang Qing would think about the problem from this perspective. He stared at little Chang Qing for a while, suddenly laughed, and said, "You are right, survival of the fittest. The small trees around cannot compete with the big tree, so it is indeed not the big tree's fault that it is too tall. But Chang Qing has to consider the environment in which these trees grow. They grow in our house, and there are special gardeners to manage them. So this big tree can't bully other small trees just because it is strong. We have rules in our house, and even trees must grow according to the rules. But if it is in the wild where no one is managing it, then this big tree can grow however it wants, and it can be as tall and big as it wants..."
Xiao Changqing listened very carefully, and finally he summarized Si Yuan's words: "So the gardener is stronger than the big tree, so he can make the taller and bigger trees not bully the small trees. Then if I am stronger than the gardener, can I also make the gardener not cut the branches and leaves of the big tree?"
Si Yuan smiled and touched his little head, then confirmed what he said: "Of course."
Xiao Changqing said seriously: "Then I will eat more and grow up quickly, until I am stronger than the gardener, and then tell him not to cut down the tree."
Si Yuan told him, "You are my son, the young master of our house. The gardener is just a servant of our house. Even though you are younger and weaker than him, your status is higher than his. You can ask the gardener to stop cutting down the tree now."
Although Si Yuan had lived in a modern society where everyone is equal for decades, he lived for a hundred years in Tiancang Realm, a world of immortal cultivation where the strong are respected after he traveled through time, so the concept of the strong being respected left a deeper impression in his mind.
What's more, even in modern society, the so-called equality of all is only equality in personality, not equality in status. Classes still exist in modern society and are deeply rooted.
So Si Yuan began to teach Xiao Changqing about this society.
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