Meng Yao arranged a small desk for Ren Zi'an and set his brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone on it.
A copy of "Thousand Character Classic," a copy of the "Student Rules," and a calligraphy practice book.
"Brother An, where have you got to in these two books?" Meng Yao asked.
"I've finished them, but my father said, 'Reading a book a hundred times, its meaning will naturally appear.' I haven't read them a hundred times yet!" Ren Zi'an replied, "My father said, the principles spoken in books are not fixed; everyone has their own understanding."
This County Magistrate is certainly not an inflexible reader.
"Your father is right," Meng Yao said.
"Mother, why do you and father not live together? Other people's fathers and mothers all live together," Ren Zi'an asked the question that puzzled him most.
