Chapter 4 Uncover the Reason
Lying on the bed, Liu An carefully thought about all of this, but he couldn't remember many of them at all.
"I'm only nine years old, and these people are so vicious! Could it be my unknown father who caused this? Or is it a grudge between the big families?"
"That's not right. There were opportunities before, so why now?"
Liu An's head hurt from thinking about it, but he couldn't think of anything. Liu An decided to be more careful in the future, and because he was frightened in the afternoon, he insisted on working, so Liu An fell into a deep sleep.
"Get up!" Fatty Yan shouted loudly from the window again.
Liu An got up in a daze, and then rushed to the pool to wash his face. The cool spring water made Liu An sober up a lot.
Grinding soy milk, then selecting and washing vegetables, Liu An recalled who else was walking behind him yesterday.
It turned out that I couldn't remember clearly.
"Liu An, what are you doing!" Fatty Yan shouted loudly like a supervisor.
Liu An quickly stared at his hands and finally had lunch. Today's lunch was fried tofu stewed with vermicelli, stir-fried vegetables, cold bean sprouts, steamed buns, and porridge.
After lunch, some people went to chop firewood, Liu An was sweeping the floor in the yard, Hu San and Yan Fatty were instructing the four handymen to knead the noodles, and they still kneaded the noodles by hand in the evening.
Liu An is a foodie. He ate three meals in the past two days. Liu An thought the sauce was too fragrant, but it was a pity that there was no meat.
Of course, for pure hand-made noodles, the most important thing is kneading the noodles, not rolling the noodles.
Therefore, apprentices must start from kneading noodles. Whether it is ramen noodles or hand-rolled noodles, kneading noodles is the most important.
Liu An was quick and diligent, and the yard was cleaned up quickly.
Then Liu An was ordered to move the wood, that is, to move the wood behind the courtyard gate into the fire place.
In the woods behind the yard, the wood is separated. This actually makes sense. Once there is a fire or something, it is not easy to fix it.
Liu An looked around with vigilance. After all, no one here knew whether someone might be doing something secretly.
Liu An looked at the wood, which was seventy or eighty centimeters long.
Liu An found two long sticks, placed them on a pile of wood, and pulled them from the front.
This is more labor-saving, and the wood on top can be fixed slightly with some branches.
After going back and forth seven or eight times, Liu An was almost ready.
"You're smart, let's take a break. What happened yesterday?" Fatty Yan had seen it a long time ago, but didn't say anything.
"I don't know either. I don't know why I suddenly..." Liu An said.
Fatty Yan pondered for a moment and said, "I went to see it yesterday, so you should be more careful."
"Thank you, Manager Yan." Liu An's heart skipped a beat when he saw Fatty Yan speaking with such an expression.
"Work hard. No one dares to touch you in this yard." Fatty Yan then patted Liu An on the shoulder.
Liu An was muttering inwardly, sitting on the bench and watching the two handymen kneading noodles in a huge wooden basin.
Hu San and Yan Fatty shouted from time to time.
Fatty Yan cooks sauteed rice. Tonight, we have eggs, tofu, and a big pot full of shredded rice.
Hu San rolled the noodles, and the water was boiled here. The woodcutter also came back, and the cooked noodles were passed through the spring water and then put into the sieve.
Several large pots are continuously boiling, and the sesame seeds in the other one are also cooked fragrantly.
More than a dozen sieves were carried back and forth. Fatty Yan and Hu San separated the noodles on them, and then put the sauerkraut on the cold noodles.
It took more than ten minutes for more than a hundred people to be divided, and then Fatty Yan took the kitchen staff back to the kitchen to eat.
"Liu An, I heard that something happened to you?" Yuan Xing came back this evening carrying the bowl, and after finishing it, he asked.
"Yeah." Liu An hummed. The work here has been done. The remaining things to soak the beans and rinse the bean sprouts are not needed by Liu An. After all, Liu An is only nine years old.
"Hey, I bet you didn't fall by yourself." Yuan Xing said.
"What's wrong?" Liu An asked.
"You are a timid person. When you see a cliff, you must be as cautious as a turtle climbing. How could you fall?" Yuan Xing said.
"Then do you know who it is?" Liu An asked.
"There are many people doing this. After all, there are only so many places for the Lower House to be promoted to the Intermediate House. Some will be killed and some will be killed." Yuan Xing replied.
Liu An was agitated and cursed in his heart. This is just a Taoism. Why is it so dangerous?
"The students from the Intermediate School went to Qingfeng Temple outside Changfeng City to study for three years. It was the imperial capital, and Qingfeng Temple was a Taoist temple designated by the royal family. Just meeting a noble person while walking in and out would be enough for those of us who want to get promoted and make a fortune.
." Yuan Xing saw Liu An's appearance and said again.
When Liu An heard this, he suddenly understood. With such benefits, no wonder someone was doing something dirty. Taoist priests were very popular in ancient times.
"And the seats in the Lower House are full. The rules of the Lower House are that if you are twelve years old and unable to go to the Middle House, you will be demoted to a handyman or find a way to make a living on your own. It is estimated that it will be difficult for us to be promoted to the Middle House. But if you die, the Lower House
Then we can recruit new people." Yuan Xing said.
"Yuan Xing, can you give me a copy of what Master Sun said?" Liu An asked.
"I don't have it here, but you can ask for it from Master Sun. Master Sun is a very good person, and Master Sun's medical skills are very famous. But I don't plan to learn medical skills. I plan to learn physiognomy and find high-ranking officials in the future.
Just follow the dignitaries." Yuan Xing was also a young man. He was a little frustrated at first, but later he talked about his future plans.
Liu An asked: "Are you not good at medical skills?"
"Why is the medical skill bad? Of course it is better, but my memory is not good... And why is Master Sun so famous for his medical skills? He wants to come back here. If he can be cured, he will be a miracle doctor. If he can't be cured... Those dignitaries can't afford to offend him, and
Medical skills require memorizing so many prescriptions, I can't remember them. Do you want to learn medical skills?" Yuan Xing asked in disbelief.
"Then, I'll learn mountain magic." Liu An said, thinking that he could be a Feng Shui practitioner.
"This is also possible. I heard that those high-ranking officials would be given a thousand taels of silver for a feng shui check." Yuan Xing said.
"But Liu An, Shanshu is not just about this. Do you understand the five elements, yin and yang, and landscape?" Yuan Xing asked.
"And it also involves fortune-telling. Everyone's fate is different, and Feng Shui is also different. There are also astrology..." Yuan Xing added.
Liu An felt his scalp numb and said, "How about I think about it again?"
"Hey, think about it, I went to do evening classes." Yuan Xing sighed.
Chapter completed!