Chapter 42 Paper

After the new rain, the autumn sun shines brightly, and the weather is both cool and not cold. On the Jing'an Caotang, Chen Xiu was telling the meaning of the words. A group of children raised their heads, with a solemn expression but not dull, and they listened very seriously. There were more than 30 children in the Caotang, and the location was arranged according to their height. The small boy sat in front, Lin Zhi was only four years old, so he was naturally the youngest, so he sat in the first row, just under Shen Xiu's nose. Lin Nan was taller and sat in the middle. Since Chen Xiu chose to open a Caotang to teach, he naturally would not care about the identity of the student. Even Qinglin, the eldest son of Duanhe County Prince, did not receive any special care and sat among the crowd according to his height. Coincidentally, his position was next to Lin Nan.

After Lin Wu and the Lord of Jing'an Zhai Chen Xiu had a tea tasting on the open space in Houlu, the matter of Lin Nan and Lin Zhi studying in the grass cottage was solved without any suspense. Since then, they have gotten up early every day and took a carriage to study in Jing'an grass cottage in the suburbs of the city. Although Lin Wu has not come since then, the teacher's gifts he deserves have been delivered long ago.

Reading in the literati is a very important thing for literati. The literati teacher is to some extent an important figure second only to his biological parents. In the process of growing up in the future, he plays an important role and has a profound influence. For example, when one becomes an official and meets another, they talk about their life experiences, and most of them will ask the literati teacher. On the one hand, they are looking for close relationships, and on the other hand, they are also intimate with each other and compare who has a higher level of teaching.

If one of them asks the other who Teacher Mai Meng is, and the other person can't answer it... it will be a joke. People who can't answer it will not only make people laugh, but will even lose their posts and dismiss them because of it. It may sound incredible, but at that time, "respecting teachers and respecting the truth" was not just a talk. Even the teacher who can't answer it, is a big thing that cannot be tolerated!

Therefore, the ancients attached great importance to reading, and respected the teachers who taught their children very much, and even had special rituals. However, the master of Jing'an Zhai Shen Xiu did not pay attention to these things. He did not pay attention to the children of poor families, nor did he pay attention to the children of wealthy families, and treated them equally. There was no ceremony, no teacher's etiquette, he accepted it when given, nor did he take the initiative to ask for it, and he looked like a casual teacher, so Lin Wu did not force it, but the teacher's etiquette was a bit heavier.

Duanhe Prince is a second-class prince. He has a strong family background and naturally gives more gifts to the teacher. It’s just that the father spends money, but his son doesn’t buy it. Qinglin looks like he listens carefully on the surface, but in fact he doesn’t listen much. When Chen Xiu is here, Qinglin never makes any noise, but just occasionally gets confused and sleeps. Once Chen Xiu is away, Qinglin immediately changes his appearance.

At this time, Chen Xiu finished talking about the meaning of the words and arranged for the children to figure out for themselves. He went to Houlu to have tea and watch the scenery, and went to Xiaoyao. As soon as Chen Xiu left, Qinglin immediately became energetic. He picked up a small piece of ink and grind it in the inkstone, then grabbed a brush, dipped it in, and wrote and scratched it on the paper next to him.

After a moment, Qinglin smiled on his face, and then he touched the child on his right hand with his arm. The child turned his head and looked at it. When he saw what Qinglin painted on the paper, he couldn't help but laugh a few times.

"Is it fun?" Qinglin asked with a gloomy face.

"This...hehe, it's well drawn." The child named Baozhu praised, but his expression seemed a little bit reluctant. Qinglin was even more proud when he heard this. He reached out and thrust, took the paper in front of Baozhu to his table, spread it open, picked up the brush and continued to paint it. Baozhu felt that Qinglin stretched out his arm and felt like he was about to get it. Seeing that he grabbed the paper in front of him, he wanted to reach out to stop him, but after thinking about it, he didn't have the courage...

Who is he? The prince’s son! I can’t afford to offend him... Baozhu looked at a piece of paper that was extremely precious to him, and sighed in his heart, so he could only let Qinglin paint. Qinglin splashed ink and brushed it, and then used another piece of paper in an instant. Then he looked at it for a long time and showed it to Baozhu with compliments. Baozhu looked at the paper that had been dyed with ink at this moment, and felt a pity, but he had to smile on his face and said compliments. Qinglin Jing Baozhu praised him and could not hide his qualities on his face. He turned around and took the two pieces of paper to Lin Nan on the left, and said, "Oh, look, is it good?"

Lin Nan was concentrating on reading, thinking about the reason in his mind, but was a little unhappy when Qinglin interrupted him. He turned to look at Qinglin's two pieces of paper, and couldn't help but be stunned. It turned out that Qinglin had two big turtles on the two pieces of paper! However, the one I drew before had no patterns on the lid, and the one I drew at the back seemed to be better than the previous one.

To be fair, Qinglin's other aspects are not very good. These two turtles were drawn very vividly. Lin Nan took a look and felt that the Duanhe Prince's mansion must have many turtles. Without meticulous observation, Qinglin would definitely not draw such a realistic turtle! But... Lin Nan looked at the two pieces of fine paper and felt a sense of disgust in his heart.

The four treasures of study, pen, ink, paper and ink, were not affordable to ordinary people in the early days. For poor people, each of the four treasures of study was particularly expensive. It is easy to say that the other three can be used for a long time, but the straw paper was used one by one, which was extremely expensive. Therefore, in ancient times, many people used square stones to practice calligraphy and stone walls to practice calligraphy... It sounded beautiful in artistic conception, but in fact it was forced by life.

Now that it has developed into the Dajian Dynasty, things are no longer expensive, but they are subdivided into grades. The rich naturally have to use good ones. The poor cannot afford good ones, so they can make do with it even if they buy a cheap four treasures of study. Of course, even the cheapest ones are still unaffordable. The papers in the Jian Dynasty have also been subdivided into many, including coarse, fine, and fine. Coarse paper is equivalent to the earliest straw paper, and even more refined. It used to be used to write, but now it has fallen into daily necessities, such as wrapping paper and toilet paper.

As the name suggests, fine paper is finely crafted paper. It is not only whiter in color, but also softer, and is generally used in calligraphy and painting. Fine paper is the best paper at that time. It has pure white color, smooth and shiny surface, and the paper has a more texture. This type of paper is tribute paper, which is specially used in the court to write imperial edicts, edicts, various classics, etc.

The paper used by Qinglin was fine paper. This fine paper was originally made by Shen Xiu according to the human hair and prepared to practice calligraphy after silent writing for a while. At this moment, Qinglin used a few strokes to paint it randomly... Although fine paper became more popular at this time, it was still not a bargain. However, the son of Duanhe County Prince obviously did not know what was wastefulness. The white paper used to practice calligraphy silently made him draw a turtle...

"It looks good, right?"

"Well... well... good-looking..." Faced with Qinglin's inquiry, Lin Nan nodded without comment and responded calmly.

"Hehe, these two are for you!" Qing Lin loosened his hand and threw two turtle pictures on Lin Nan's table. At the same time, his hands shrank back, but he was grabbing the white paper on Lin Nan's table...

Bang! Before Qinglin's hand could be taken back, Lin Nan's right hand was pressed on the table.

"This is my paper, I can't use it for you randomly." Lin Nan's face looked a little bad, and his tone was not as kind as the beginning. The movements and voices of the two attracted the attention of the children next to him. Baozhu and some poor children dared not speak, but they all looked at it intently. When Qinglin saw Lin Nan talking like this, he couldn't help but shouted angrily: "Your paper? Joke! All the paper in this straw shed is given by my family! If it weren't for my father, you, you, you... which one of you can afford these!" Qinglin pointed at the children around him, and finally pointed at Lin Nan: "Your paper? Calling Grandpa, this is your paper!"

Bang! Lin Nan slapped Qinglin's fingers open and said word by word: "Without your family's charity, our Lin family can still use fine paper. Let me tell you that paper is used to write, not like you."

"I just use it, I'm using it to wipe my butt!" Lin Nan was so calm that it made Qinglin angry. After so many people watched, Qinglin was a little excited. "As long as I'm willing..."
Chapter completed!