Even the usually intelligent Lin Zhongyuan couldn't utter a word of rebuttal. He could only watch as his younger sister blinked her big, round eyes and waved at him, saying, "Brother, I'm going out to play."
Then Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu watched their sister run off to play happily, their eyes filled with envy.
However, Master Cui's ruler had already struck them in front of them, startling the two men so much that they immediately focused their attention on their books.
Master Cui nodded in satisfaction.
Now that he has decided to teach these two children properly, he certainly can't let them play around as they used to.
As for Lin Wanyue...
Master Cui still agreed with Lin Wanyue's opinion.
As the saying goes, a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent.
Although the world's understanding of this statement is somewhat biased, Master Cui did not believe that women needed to learn these strategies like men.
Moreover, Lin Wanyue was already literate and could write, which made her quite capable among women.
...
At this moment, Lin Wanyue and her friends had built a small house under the shade of a tree, completely oblivious to the three obediences and four virtues in Master Cui's mind, and were having a great time.
But they didn't play for long before they were startled by a little girl's scream.
"Ahhh—"
"What's wrong? What's wrong!" The children all gathered around, worried that they had encountered some kind of bandits.
But the little girl just pointed at Lin Diaodiao, her finger trembling, and she looked like she was about to cry.
Upon closer inspection, everyone saw that Lin Diao Diao was holding a snake in her mouth. The snake didn't seem to be completely dead yet, as it was wriggling its body.
Lin Diao Diao took two more bites, pressed down on the snake's body with its paws, and bit off the snake's head with its mouth.
Finally, the snake was completely dead.
Lin Diaodiao happily presented half a snake to Lin Wanyue, and then crunched and ate the snake's head herself.
"Thank you." Lin Wanyue understood what Lin Diaodiao meant. Snakes are meat, and meat is a good thing; it can be eaten.
It is edible, and snake meat is delicious, whether you cook snake soup or snake stew! Or you can stir-fry it with chili peppers, it tastes extremely delicious.
However, Lin Wanyue, being a human and still a very fragile three-and-a-half-year-old baby, could not possibly eat snake meat raw like Lin Diaodiao.
Lin Wanyue didn't dare to grab it directly with her hands, so she found two chopsticks and prepared to pick up the snake and take it home.
But unexpectedly, Lin Diao Diao's ears twitched, and she suddenly darted away with lightning speed.
"Could it have found another snake?!" The little girl, who had just screamed in fright, wiped away her tears, feeling even more scared.
"It's just a snake, there's nothing to be afraid of!" the other children comforted her.
The boy boasted, "That's right, it's just a snake! My family has eaten snake meat before, it was delicious, my dad caught it."
Suddenly, a commotion came from the bushes. Lin Diao Diao dragged a mouse that was even larger than herself out of the bushes, and the movement was very difficult.
The rat was already dead, unlike the snake which was struggling.
Lin Wanyue: "..."
She couldn't possibly bring a snake and a big rat home by herself, but luckily her friends were very friendly and united, and helped her bring the things home together.
That evening, while drinking snake soup and eating fragrant roasted rat meat, Lin Wanyue had already set her sights on Lin Diao Diao.
Lin Diao Diao's nose is so sensitive; I wish it could help me find herbs on my body.
The snake and the mouse were caught by the sable. As a great contributor, it naturally got a small bowl of fragrant fish soup and roasted meat, and ate happily with its eyes narrowed.
A life like this is perfectly fulfilling!
However, it's already late, so training Lin Diao Diao will have to wait until tomorrow.
…
Meanwhile, Master Cui on the other side had already finished a whole pack of cigarettes.
Even at night, Lin Zhongyuan did not relax his vigilance, keeping the lamps and incense lit.
Master Cui simply assigned him some lessons and then went to find Lin Wanyue.
“Wanwan, in my opinion, Zhongyuan’s studies are already quite solid. We can let him take the county exam first to test his character,” Master Cui suggested.
It was thanks to Lin Wanyue mentioning the imperial examination today that Master Cui started thinking about this matter again.
He has now seen many modern exam techniques and knows that in addition to a child's own learning, a child's psychological resilience is also a very important factor.
He has taken countless exams over the decades, though he has achieved little success, but he has seen a great many different kinds of test takers.
Many people, even those with good academic knowledge, tend to get nervous during exams, sometimes even trembling and sweating profusely.
Such people have very poor psychological resilience, so naturally they won't do well on exams.
But those exam preparation books say that you need to practice more, get used to it, and have confidence, so you won't be afraid.
Master Cui didn't intend for Lin Zhongyuan, who was only eleven years old at the time, to pass the exam, but it would be good to let him go out and practice.
“I don’t understand this. You should ask my father!” Lin Wanyue said to Master Cui.
Although her father, Lin Weiming, had no official rank or title, Lin Wanyue inexplicably felt that her father must understand these things.
After all, you can tell from his speech that he's educated.
Moreover, the eldest brother is Dad's child, so this kind of thing should have been left to Lin Weiming to handle.
She's still just a baby, and playing with Lin Diaodiao every day is already exhausting enough for her!
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