Just as Zhang Yue was fast asleep, he was thinking about the night when he would be the yamen.
Over the South House.
Zhang Shi and his wife also had their own words.
The household items in the south room have long been moved away by Zhao Yasi, including the dowry that Yu brought from Jianyang as a dowry. Now there is only a small canopy bed left in the room, which can only accommodate his wife and Zhang Qiu Er.
People lay down, but Zhang Shi had to make a bed on the floor.
Now Zhangqiu has fallen asleep, Yu is fanning gently beside him, while Zhang Shi and Yu are still discussing in low voices.
"The house is not affordable, but I can save 200 yuan a month! But there is not much money left, so I need to support my uncle and Qiu'er in enlightenment and reading the scriptures. How will this poor family live a vegetarian life in the future?"
"Yu was unhappy.
“The official you met in Peng Mansion today who became an official was a good opportunity. Why didn’t you agree to it for your third uncle?” Yu asked aloud.
Zhang Shi said: "That old gentleman keeps his head high and does not tell his origins, which always makes me a little suspicious."
Yu Shi said: "As for our family now, what else can people worry about?"
Zhang Shi smiled bitterly and said: "My wife is right, but this book boy has neglected my third brother. I will agree to it if you can read with me."
Yu said with a sigh: "Shilang. This is the case for families with high-ranking officials. The scholar is the companion, and the companion is the teacher. When it comes to teachers, only the examiners during the examination may be able to write the test papers.
Only the recommended officials can be called worthy of the title."
“Is there really a shortage of bookboys in my family who can sharpen ink and wash pens? The old man invited me personally to show his support.”
Chapter Shi said: "That's not the case. What if I really went to grind ink and wash pens?"
Zhang Shi was a little confused for a moment. He paced and thought for a while and said: "My lady is right, I didn't care about it for the moment. What can I do? If I miss the third brother's schedule and blame me for talking about this in the future, what can I do?"
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Yu Shi said: "Now that I've said I won't go, what else can I do? Is it possible to go back on my word?"
"At that time, Mr. Wu Dalang said that he was not in a hurry to reply, but the old gentleman was very sincere!" Zhang Shi thought for a while, then he couldn't sit still and said: "Madam, this old gentleman is from Jianyang.
Taishan has so many friends in Jianyang, and most of us are familiar with him. How about we ask Old Taishan to go down the road, and then send the third brother to the door? "
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Mrs. Yu put away the broom and said calmly: "Since you have made up your mind to send your third uncle to study, then go ahead and do it. You don't know the situation at home at the moment, but do you have the heart to say it? Although the county government is still at a loss.
We have more than eighty pigeons, but we still don’t know when we will get them back. It’s hard to make ends meet, so your job is still not settled?”
Zhang Shi hesitated for a while and said, "Yesterday shopkeeper Xu said there was a shortage of people over there and asked me to help?"
“Help? Shopkeeper Xu runs a tea restaurant, how big a living can he make?”
“There must be someone to take care of the mats in front of the house.”
Zhang Shi answered vaguely, and Yu did not ask in detail.
That night, Zhang Shi tossed and turned on the floor, seeming to have made a very difficult decision.
Zhang Shi has been running out for the past two or three days. Zhang Yue knows that his brother is busy with his studies. He has nothing to do at home except teaching Zhangqiu Three Character Classic every day.
Zhang Qiu has a good memory. In addition, the Three Character Classic is catchy and easy to understand, and he can learn it very quickly. This makes Zhang Yue feel particularly accomplished. Zhang Yue thinks that he will go to school in a few days, and he is afraid that he will not have so much time to teach Zhang Qiu.
, so he wrote the Three-Character Sutra on paper, Jiaozhangqiu read it once, and asked him to study it by himself later.
When Zhang Qiu finished memorizing "One and ten, ten and hundreds, one hundred and thousands, and one thousand and ten thousand", Zhang Shi went home that day with a bag of things and told Zhang Yue that he had found a private school for him, and he would go to school with him tomorrow.
He carried the basket together and went to apprentice.
Early in the morning the next day, Yu got up and cooked soup.
After Zhang Yue finished his tea and rice, he saw Yu pulling the sleepy Zhang Qiu up to say goodbye to Zhang Yue.
Immediately, Zhang Shi picked up two baskets to pay homage to his master and went out together.
It is not yet bright at this moment, and there is only a little light in the east.
In Huanghua Temple, the sound of monks' morning lessons could be heard, and pedestrians gradually came and went on the Nanpu Bridge in the distance. As the only way for Fujian to communicate with the outside world, Pucheng is a place of convergence. But I grew up in a second-tier city.
In Zhang Yue's eyes, such a pace of life is still considered too slow.
Zhang Yue looked at the apprenticeship ceremony in the basket, which contained about twenty kilograms of rice, a side of cured meat, and two pots of wine.
Zhang Shi walked west along the stream and looked for a way to cross it.
Zhang Yue saw that there were many ferries on the stream, and he couldn't help but ask his brother why he didn't take one. Zhang Shi repeatedly told him, regardless of whether he was acquainted with the ferries or not, never take them privately, and this would be the case in the future.
After the two brothers sought to cross the river, they walked a long way. The further they walked, the more rapid the stream became. When the stream reached a narrow place, it was crossed by several dams and the water rolled down.
Several ditch trucks beside the Pi Dam carry water over and over again, and farmers on both sides of the bank go back and forth to water the streets.
As the sun rose, Zhang Yue couldn't help but sweat profusely, Zhang Shi even more so. The more Zhang Yue walked, the more strange he became. Mo Yue walked nearly ten miles this early in the morning. Why did the teacher live so far away? Could it be that he was living in seclusion to pursue his ambitions?
Isn’t he a great person from this world?
Will he have to commute between home and school like this in the future?
After walking for a while, the stream came to an end, and we followed a path towards the mountains.
After walking for half a mile along the path, Zhang Yue passed by several large trees surrounded by several people. He looked at the three thatched huts and thought, is this clearly a village school?
A few thatched cottages away, there is a pine forest.
In the hot summer, the mountain breeze was blowing, but Zhang Shi was a little confused when he heard the waves of pine trees and stood in the shade of the pine trees. At this time, a boy ran to the edge of the forest with his crotch in hand to urinate. Zhang Shi stepped forward and asked.
, then I realized that this was exactly where General Zhang Yue was teaching.
Suddenly, the sound of children laughing and playing came from far away from the three huts.
The two brothers strode towards the thatched cottage.
Before they pushed the fence door open, they heard several barking sounds and saw a Chinese pastoral dog baring its teeth at the two of them.
But when Zhang Shi scolded him, the native dog immediately ran away and turned back to look at the two of them from a distance.
The two brothers walked in, and there were exactly three thatched cottages, one facing the south and one on the left and one on the left. The noise of children was coming from the middle thatched cottage.
The two brothers happened to walk to the window of the thatched cottage, but they saw a woman in a cloth skirt pointing at an old man in his fifties in the thatched cottage and cursing: "Why did I have such no discernment in the first place?
You are so poor that you can't even support your wife and son."
The old gentleman smiled apologetically and said, "Madam, don't worry, someone will definitely send you a gift of apprenticeship today."
"It's your eternal dream, but you are so poor that you can't pass the exam, and you can't even teach disciples. How can anyone from a good family send their children to study with you? Now I have been hungry since last night until noon
, I don’t want to eat, Lin’er must eat.”
Speaking of this, the boy below burst into laughter, and Zhang Yue felt that something was wrong with his brother's expression. He glanced at it but had a look of shame on his face.
The old gentleman in the hall was still calm and said: "Ma'am, don't blame me. If you bear with me for a while, the food will be delivered soon. I guess I will have rice for lunch, haha."
Zhang Yue glanced at his brother carrying rice in the basket.
The woman scolded: "No grain of rice has come for more than ten days, and you say you have rice to eat? Are you still laughing?"
After saying that, the woman took the ruler from the table and hit the old man directly. However, she heard the old man scream and ran and hid while still laughing.
The children below also followed suit, dodging left and right, and even burst into laughter.
The woman was angry and annoyed, and grabbed the old man's gown. After being caught in the gown, the old man quickly said: "Madam, I won't hide. Don't tear this shirt. Otherwise, you will have no clothes. How can you be a respectful person?"
Teacher?"
The old gentleman was smiling again as he spoke.
Zhang Yue almost covered his face and retreated, but Zhang Shi pulled Zhang Yue's lapel into the hall and said, "Guo Xuetu, I am Zhang Shi from the south of the city and I am here today with my younger brother to become my disciple."
Zhang Yue, who was about to step back and go out, met the gentleman with half-shouldered shoulders.
The roar of laughter suddenly stopped!
After a while, the children all stopped laughing and sat downright in the hall.
The old man, who had already finished his clothes, said to the woman in a dignified manner: "I said someone would bring rice today, but you didn't believe it. I'm also hungry now, so I'll take the rice and cook it quickly."
When the woman saw the apprenticeship ceremony presented by Zhang Shi, she immediately walked to the left room with a smile on her face, holding the grain and rice.
Then the old gentleman looked at Zhang Yue and smiled gently: "Are you Zhang Yue?"
Under Zhang Shi's gaze, Zhang Yue performed the apprenticeship ceremony and then said: "After studying Zhang Yue, I have seen scholars."
The other party tried his best to act like a teacher, but unfortunately there were still a few nail marks on his face.
"Very good. I heard that you have become enlightened. What do you think if I give you a little test tomorrow and then teach you Confucian classics based on your studies?"
Zhang Yue thought to himself that from ancient times to the present, students will listen to whatever the teacher says. There is no reason for teachers to discuss things with students.
Zhang Yue did not think about it carefully but said: "Everything must be done according to Sir's wishes."
Zhang Shi saw that Zhang Yue didn't look strange at all, so he immediately said with relief, "My younger brother, I'll ask you to teach me."
The old gentleman stroked his beard and nodded.
Having said this, Zhang Shi stood up and said, "Third brother, you are here to stay here all night. I will bring you bedding, clothing and food after a while?"
What? I actually want to live on campus?
After finishing the chapter, I really wanted to leave.
Zhang Yue stood up in a hurry and said, "Brother, it's not far from home. I can go back and forth every day."
Zhang Yue is not a homebody, but the environment is too simple.
Chapter Shi said: "Yue'er is two hours away from home, how can you come and go? Even if I can relax, I'm afraid you'll waste your studies."
Zhang Yue felt as if he had been tricked and trafficked by his brother: "Then I will go home once every ten days."
Zhang Shi shook his head.
“Then the monthly New Year’s Eve will also be completed.”
Zhang Shi sighed: "Third brother, to be honest, in order to raise your income, I have rented the room in the north wing where you live to Aunt Xu, a fish seller, which can be worth a hundred cents a month, except during New Years and holidays."
I'm afraid you won't be able to go back, but I will visit you often in the future..."
Zhang Yue was stunned after hearing this... He even lost his place at home.
“Then why didn’t you tell me earlier? You had to tell me today?”
Zhang Shi was speechless. Zhang Yue understood that his brother was afraid that he would not be able to endure the hardship, so he deliberately did not tell him in advance. He would tell him the truth when he arrived at the place and the matter was settled.
This is looking down on yourself too much. Can’t you bear this hardship? Are you such a hardworking person?
At that moment, Zhang Yue turned his head angrily and said, "Brother, just go ahead. I can take care of myself by myself."
Zhang Yue originally thought that his brother would apologize to him in a good-humoured way. But he heard his brother's silence behind him for a while, then said, "Third brother, take care of yourself," and then left.
After hearing that his brother was walking away, Zhang Yue remembered that his brother must have talked a lot with his sister-in-law in order to allow him to study, and there must have been many gaps between the couple. Moreover, the brother wanted to support Zhang Qiu in studying, so
If he had to study there, life at home would be even more difficult. I just blamed him for not arranging myself well, which was really inconsiderate.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but stamp his feet heavily, feeling regretful in his heart.
On the side, Guo Xuexue said gently to Zhang Yue: "Your brother is leaving soon. What do you have to say? If you don't say anything, we will lose sight of each other in the future."
Zhang Yue was so full that he rushed to the door and watched Zhang Shi go away. Seeing his brother's back getting further and further away, Zhang Yue said loudly: "Brother, remember to bring my mosquito net when you get home, otherwise you won't be able to sleep properly!"
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There are so many mosquitoes in the mountains. How can we survive without mosquito nets?
Zhang Shi turned around and looked at Zhang Yue, nodded and said, "Third brother, you should concentrate on your studies, don't worry about your family, and study hard to make a name for yourself!"
After finishing the chapter, he turned his back and wiped his tears with his sleeves.