Zhang Yuan gasped for air when he returned home. These two guys were really weird. He reminded Su Su not to go to Hushan in the future, so as not to cause too much trouble!

He also found an opportunity to talk to Zhang Daoling about what he had seen and heard today, and asked about these two people. Finally, he was reassured when the master said, "It doesn't matter if you don't offend the well."

The business of Qingxinzhai opened by Su Su and him was getting better and better, and it didn't take long for its reputation to spread throughout the Jewelry Town. On the one hand, it was because the pastries were really delicious. In fact, there was another reason. There were many bachelors in the town.

She has rarely seen the world, so when she sees a beautiful girl like Su Su from outside, she cannot help but take a few more glances. Even though she is too old, she still wants to find such a girl for her son.

That’s good too!

At first Zhang Yuanyi didn't see what these old perverts were thinking, but once he saw a young man taking the opportunity to wipe a handful of oil when Su Su handed him a pastry. Zhang Yuan was so angry that he jumped up.

Beat the man up.

The current Zhang Yuanyi is still the same Zhang Yuanyi two years ago. He is much taller than the average young man in the countryside. When the man saw Zhang Yuanyi's tall and straight appearance, he said, "Wait for me!"

"This kind of cruel words that are neither painful nor itchy are gone.

Zhang Yuan looked at the man's back and spat, "If you dare to have such crooked thoughts again, I will beat you every time I see you!"

After that, Su Su never appeared at the front desk of the shop again, but went to settle accounts in the back. The responsibility of selling things in the front fell on Zhang Yuanyi's shoulders.

As a result, Qingxinzhai's business dropped by a large margin in an instant, but fortunately, at least there was still a surplus, which was more than enough to sustain daily life, but it was just not as good as before.

It was only in this way that Zhang Yuanyi could clearly see the faces of these guys. They all looked like drunkards who were not interested in drinking. Thinking about it made him angry. The only ones who were serious people who wanted to buy pastries were still watching.

Feel more comfortable!

The two of them have been operating like this for half a month, and the harvest is still very rich.

A carriage came to the town that day. Carriage is still very rare in a small town like Jewelry Town. After all, not everyone would bring a carriage to such a remote place in the countryside.

A handsome boy who looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old stepped out of the carriage. No one had seen that boy before, but after getting off the carriage, Gu Nianzhou led him to Grandma Gu's grave. Only then did everyone understand what had happened.

It’s the Zhou family’s single seedling!

I have long heard that Grandma Gu has a handsome and handsome grandson. He is also a child of reading at a young age. This has made the old man proud for a long time. In a small town, such a person is someone else's child.

A parent who beats his or her own child with his own stick is like, "Look at that kid from the Zhou family!"

Then it will become a shining star in the eyes of other children or a thorn in the eye of resentment.

Zhou Niangu has not had much interest in relationships in his life. This is due to his childhood experience. His father died early, so he has never experienced fatherly love. However, he is not the kind of person who will act coquettishly about such things.

As a child, he learned how to hide his thoughts very well at an early age.

Besides, he really didn't have any longing for father's love. Instead, he resented his father for leaving so early and causing his mother to suffer so much. Of course, he didn't express these thoughts, otherwise he would cause trouble again.

My mother is so sad!

Therefore, although he and his wife appear to be affectionate and loving in front of outsiders, in fact they are just respectful to each other and treat each other as guests. It cannot be said that they love each other passionately, but they never give people the feeling of family disharmony. Fortunately, neither does his wife.

Again, these are the people who fulfill their duties and fulfill their duties as a wife.

But in Zhou Niangu's heart, no matter how ruthless he is, his mother will always come first, and then his son who is still only in his prime.

The purpose of bringing my son here this time is to entrust the child to Zhang Shi and study here. After a few days, he will leave here and go to the imperial court.

Zhou Niangu’s son is called Zhou Yuan. Although this little guy looks very polite at ordinary times, secretly he is actually a hot-tempered little bastard. No wonder, Zhou Niangu is busy arranging and arranging plans for the future every day.

After the funeral, the mother of the child, Mrs. Li, was a down-to-earth ordinary woman. Apart from doting on her, she would not teach her child anything about how a man should pay attention to his manners.

But at least this little guy still has some conscience and often comes to visit Grandma Gu. After all, he knows that besides his mother, this grandma in Jewelry Town loves him the most. Now he looks at Grandma Gu who has been lying in the tomb for a while.

I was so sad that I cried bitterly in front of the grave.

After paying homage to Grandma Gu, Zhou Niangu sent Zhou Yuan to Zhang Shi for the apprenticeship ceremony. Anyway, Zhou Niangu, who had always done things vigorously and resolutely, did not give the child a chance to recover. In one day,

All done.

This made the little guy have mixed feelings while lying in bed at night, and he was so tired that he fell asleep immediately!

Zhou Yuan's apprenticeship caused quite a stir in the town. Although Zhou Yuan came back in the past, he only came back to see his grandma. But now it's different. To apprentice here is to live here for a long time.

Yes, this is a great opportunity.

Fathers still regret those trivial things back then and refuse to let go of them, leaving no chance for those of them who want to curry favor. But children are different. After all, they are children who will be with you right away as long as you give them a little sweetness.

We are brothers. So for a long time, I have had countless reasons to come to the academy to visit my children and "incidentally" care about Zhou Yuan. Fruits, cakes, and even fresh chicken, duck, and fish are sent to me.

Zhou Yuan was a little confused.

Until Zhang Shi couldn't bear it and made a rule that he was not allowed to visit his children during the teaching period. Otherwise, parents and their children would be kicked out of the academy. Although Zhang Shi had a hot temper many times, he still maintained his temper in front of these small town residents.

Zhang Shi had a pleasant attitude, but several people saw Zhang Shi's tough attitude and no longer dared to drink.

The teaching process was able to continue, but those children still wanted to get the same requirements as their elders. Each and every one of them wanted to make friends with Zhou Yuan. When they talked about the brotherhood, it was so moving that Zhou Yuan was moved.

When Yuan's things dropped, they all rushed to help pick them up. Especially when Zhou Yuan showed that he was enjoying himself very much, those guys worked even harder. Zhou Yuan was like a little emperor in the entire academy, and the last one had

People with this kind of treatment are called Wu Xuenen!

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"One pound of pea yellow, and half a pound of poria cocos sandwich pancakes!"

The most famous Qingxinzhai in the town is jujube paste cakes, pea yellow and poria cakes, which are known as the "Three Wonders of Qingxin". Among them, except for the pea yellow, the other two items have never been seen before.

I have never been able to make the same pastry. As for the pea yellow cake, although the process is complicated and everyone can make it, the feeling of making it is still quite different from that made by Su Su.

The visitor immediately ordered two of the three specialties. He must be very familiar with the characteristics of Qingxinzhai.

"Okay!" Zhang Yuanyi was lying on a chair reading a book at this time. He quickly put down the book when he heard the sound, stood up and picked up the oil paper to put the pastries. When he handed the things out, he found that it was Zhou Niangu, and in his heart

Overjoyed, he quickly asked Su Su to bring a stool from the back room to entertain Zhou Niangu.

The two have been selling pastries for about a month. Because the business was good, they simply expanded the original palm-sized shop by themselves. They first expanded the space in the front and then built a small wooden hut in the back.

It was used as a place to store pastries and settle accounts with Su Su. Now it has been renovated and now looks like a small shop.

Zhou Niangu was not polite, took the stool and sat down. Originally, he came this time because he had something to talk to Zhang Yuanyi.

Zhou Niangu first picked up a piece of golden pea yellow, tasted it, and praised: "Yeah! It's really different. No matter how many times I eat it, I can't forget the taste. It's soft, glutinous and elastic, cold and refreshing. It's a pity.

It’s winter now, so it would definitely be more popular in summer!”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "It's all Su Su's craftsmanship. This little girl got the name of the movie really well, and she has the bonus of her own pastry skills."

Zhou Niangu laughed, while Su Su blushed and returned to the cabin inside.

Zhou Niangu saw the book "Book of Southern Qi" that Zhang Yuanyi had put down again, and his eyes lit up, "Yuanyi likes to read the Twenty-Four Histories?"

"Here, Su Su made the green tea herself." Zhang Yuanyi took out a cup of tea and replied, "I don't think I like it, but the master only showed me these."

He has always liked reading, and the more books he reads, the better. He can only read what Zhang Daoling gives him. In the past, Zhang Daoling only gave him books on craftsmanship, mixed with a few absurd miscellaneous books.

After returning to the small town, Zhang Daoling started to read some classic books about various schools of thought to him. First it was boring books like "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Surnames", then it was Four Books, which was pretty good, and then it was "Hundred Schools of Thoughts".

Among the books, the last one is the Twenty-Four Histories. Now Zhang Yuanyi has read the seventh book of the Twenty-Four Histories. So it is understandable that he reads books very fast.

Absurd.

"Oh~! Master Zhang Daoling?" Zhou Niangu took a sip of tea, "He is a very knowledgeable gentleman!"

The most difficult thing about teaching is the fear of overthrowing talents and wasting talents. It is not good to be exposed to things that should not be available at this age too early or to be exposed too late.

For example, let's let your children see the thoughts of Buddhism and Laoism early in the morning. That's okay. It's ridiculous and pitiful to threaten to see through the world of mortals at a young age. If you have a single idea and feel the suffering of the world, it will only make people laugh.

If you always allow your children to develop freely, you may become a genius if you are lucky, but if you are almost lucky, they will go to evil ways, leaving deep-rooted weird ideas in the children's mind. In fact, if you think about it, they are just some clownish clowns who are trying to make things right and wrong.

I purposely shook off half of the ink in my stomach!

What books you read are very important, and what books you read at what time and age are also very important. You cannot ask people to put down everything and become a Buddha immediately when you are young.

He disagreed with many Confucian views. He wanted to cultivate one's moral integrity, manage one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world, but also required people to be willing to be poor, humble, unequal, and so on. What should we use to cultivate one's moral integrity, manage one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world? How about Qingfeng Stone?

So what he wanted to do was to break this extreme class relationship. In addition to the imperial power, the following positions should each rely on their own abilities!

This is also the reason why Zhou Niangu admires Zhang Daoling sincerely. He knows Zhang Yuanyi's situation and can slowly guide Zhang Yuanyi to wait until the time is right before letting go and letting Zhang Yuanyi explore the way on his own!

But these are not the purpose of his coming here!

Zhou Niangu picked up another piece of pea yellow, smashed it and said, "Yuanyi, do you want to go to the academy to study?"

Zhang Yuanyi, who was still drinking tea, almost spit out all the tea. If he hadn't seen Zhou Niangu here and the pile of pastries here and forcefully swallowed them, he would probably have sprayed him in the face with all the pastries.

It will all be invalidated.

He bent over and coughed, and while coughing, he asked intermittently: "Brother Zhou, are you kidding me?"

Zhou Niangu nodded.

As soon as Zhang Yuan recovered, his expression was solemn and he was lost in memories.

I still remember that the first time I heard about the academy was from Brother Dayong. Later I was caught eavesdropping outside the academy. His fate may have quietly changed since then.

He has mixed feelings about the academy. From the beginning, he liked it almost fanatically, and envied those children who could study, but then he hated it, and now he may have no feelings at all.

He hesitated for a moment and then said what he was thinking, "I think the academy is of little significance to me now. All the masters I can learn from the academy can teach me."

"But the atmosphere is destined to be different." Zhou Niangu said, "There are many new people and things in the academy that you can meet, which you can't meet by yourself!"

Zhang Yuanyi picked up a piece of pastry for himself. He would never taste these things when he was managing the shop. "It's not necessary. I have met a lot of people. It doesn't necessarily mean that I have met more people."

My life will be more exciting now, and I am quite satisfied with it now."

Selling cakes and reading books every day, he was very satisfied with his carefree life. He was not a person with great ambitions in his heart, so a plain life was a good enjoyment for him.

Just waiting for him to grow up a little longer, he will go to a distant place to see Brother Dayong who lives in Dead Leaf City, and see Zhu Zhiwen in the Imperial City. Just taking a look at him will still come back, because he is very satisfied with the life here.

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Some people want to be generals, but there are always people who want to be small soldiers. Big people have the style of big people, but they also have to bear many troubles that ordinary people cannot bear. Although small people are a bit vulgar, they also have simple happiness.

No matter what, you will always smile, and every step you make will bring you happiness.

Zhou Niangu originally thought about letting Zhang Yuanyi go to the academy to take care of Zhou Yuan, so that Zhou Yuan would not be led astray when he was still young, but since Zhang Yuanyi had his own ideas, forget it.

In winter, he held the pastry in his hand, looked at the snow on the mountains in the distance, and took a long breath, "Then it's up to you."
Chapter completed!