Tang Shijin had already stood up, feeling a little embarrassed.
He was used to acting like an uncle, and now he was fighting for a few taels of silver, feeling extremely embarrassed.
After a while, he said: "I was drunk at the time..." He glanced at Tang Weishan and suddenly had an idea, "Besides, the ancestral school has its own regular meals, and the extra money is too much. Is it because you dislike the regular meals?"
But he forgot that Tang Weishan was, after all, a businessman.
Tang Weishan said with a smile: "A certain family only has a small fortune. It was already a hard work to build this private school. Naturally, we can only provide food and clothing for daily meals. It is hard to study. It is human nature for young men to replenish their bodies.
I won’t mind.”
Tang Shijin's face froze.
Tang Yongming frowned and snorted coldly, with a threatening look in his eyes: "Tang Shirong, if you want to do good deeds, you should also think more about it. A gentleman will not eat what he grates on. How will you put the face of all your classmates at risk if you do this!"
"Mr. Tang's words are wrong," someone stood up and said, "This is Ah Rong and Yue Xiaolang's kind deed. Although we deserve it, we are also grateful. This is a help in times of need, how can it be regarded as food that comes in need?"
"Exactly," someone else said, "The heart of compassion is the essence of benevolence. Tang Xiaolang has the heart of a gentleman. He is an act of benevolence and righteousness. We can only be grateful. However, it is a bit strange for you, Mr. Lang, to come here suddenly."
Tang Yongming forced a smile and said: "I have good intentions..."
After only half a sentence, someone whispered, "Smart words and charming words, fresh and benevolent!"
Someone said bluntly: "I heard that you once sold your niece for a low price, is this true? I heard that the husband has now married into the Cui family, is this true?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Yongming's face turned green and he said angrily: "You people, you read the books of sages in vain, but you make rude remarks and insinuations one by one. Is this the virtue that your husband taught you?"
"That's wrong!" Someone shook his head and said, "My wife will insult herself, and then others will insult her; my family will destroy herself, and then others will destroy her; my country will cut down on myself, and then others will cut down on me."
"Exactly!" Another person said, "A gentleman has his own self and then seeks others. If he has no self, he then seeks others. What he hides in his body is not forgiving, but he can express it to others. This is not the case."
After all, these young men have gone to school for several years. If nothing else, at least they have learned how to curse people without using curse words. They don't name any of them by name, they just whisper in secret.
Tang Yongming finally couldn't hold on any longer and came out angrily.
He stepped out, and someone behind him whispered: "A son-in-law, a daughter's husband, is like a wart to a son, it's just leftovers."
Tang Yongming's face changed with anger.
Tang Weishan advised: "These young gentlemen are young and energetic, and their words are somewhat thoughtless. Yongming should not argue with them."
Although he said comfort, he was actually a little gloating about his misfortune.
How could Tang Yongming not see it?
He was also a bit cunning. He just pretended not to know and said angrily: "These young gentlemen are really ignorant! Brother Zong, you spent a lot of money and time to build a private school and recruit teachers. They are used to it. Now Tang Dynasty
Shi Rong only paid two taels of silver, but they were so grateful and so protective of him that I really couldn't understand."
Tang Weishan was stunned and his face darkened.
Of course, he did not build the ancestral school because he was interested in education. It was just a kind of investment. He just thought that even if these people have a future, they must remember the enlightenment of this ancestral school and take care of them.
Naturally, he is not willing to make wedding clothes for others.
So Tang Yongming's words really made him listen.
Tang Yongming saw this and was secretly proud, then he said goodbye and left.
Tang Weishan turned around and called the steward and asked him, "What's going on with Tang Shirong?"
The steward didn't dare to hide anything, so he quickly told the story from beginning to end. Tang Weishan frowned as he listened. In his opinion, neither of the two brothers was a good person!
It doesn't matter if the conduct of the Tang Dynasty was despicable, the most important thing is stupidity! If you don't clean up the beginning and end of things, you will be caught so easily, which is very embarrassing!
But compared to Tang Shijin, Tang Shirong is even more intolerable!
How dare you use this to win people's hearts? What do you think of his boss? These students are also short-sighted, and they bought them with such a small profit! Forgot his kindness!
At this moment, he naturally did not think about it. The government also provided money for the construction of the ancestral school, and the repairs in the ancestral school were more expensive than those in the county schools. The school only cost eight taels of silver a year!
Tang Weishan said coldly: "Go back and give them a good beating! Whether it's Tang Shirong or these unscrupulous things, give them a good beating! Let them never forget who gave them a good beating!" With porridge and rice, who gave them a place to study!"
The steward responded fearfully.
When he turned around, he scolded Tang Shirong with his head covered.
Tang Shirong lowered his head and listened, waiting for him to finish scolding, and then said: "I didn't think carefully, so I will hand over the twenty taels of silver for next month to the steward, and then the steward will make arrangements for you." ?”
The steward immediately felt that the boy was quite interesting, and his anger was mostly gone, so he took the money and let him go.
The classmates were all very surprised, why didn't the manager scold Tang Shijin, but instead scolded Tang Shirong.
Tang Shirong didn't say much in front of everyone, but in private he talked to a few friends who came to talk.
In fact, all he meant was, I paid to replenish your health, but my employer is taboo. Now I have handed over next month's money. If you don't get it by then, you can't blame me.
Tang Shirong had always believed in the behavior of a gentleman: "It is not necessary for others to see you to accumulate virtue, and God will know for you to do good deeds." This was the first time that he had done something similar to "exchange favors", and he felt uncomfortable for a while.
Naturally, everyone felt sorry for him, but after all, they were studying here and they were all loyal to his employer, so it was hard to say much.
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At this time, Tang's fourth uncle's home was in Jubao Village.
After more than ten days of exhausting work, the busy farming season has finally come to an end. The wheat has been dried and put into the warehouse, and the bayberry wine has been sealed for twenty days.
As usual, everyone gathered together to taste wine.
The bayberry wine came out together. It was sweet, fragrant, and full of mellow flavor. The four people worked hard for two days and filtered out a total of more than 420 kilograms of wine. They packed it according to the instructions of shopkeeper Shen, and there were still about 20 kilograms left. catty.
Fourth Uncle Tang said proudly: "Let's keep these for ourselves and drink them!"
Madam Zhou smiled at Tang Shiyue and said, "Look at your fourth uncle, he is getting worse and worse. He drank dozens of taels of silver by himself."
"I think it's good for Fourth Uncle to do this," Tang Shiyue said with a smile, "If you can earn one tael of silver in the same way as earning a thousand taels of silver, then you won't have much motivation to earn money."
"Yue'er is right!" Fourth Uncle Tang said: "Your aunt just couldn't think about it. I bought her a hairpin a while ago and complained to me all night."
Madam Zhou spat at him in embarrassment: "Wenwen, are you drunk too? Are you talking to a child?"
Fourth Uncle Tang scratched his head and felt happy. Tang Shiyue, who was forced to eat a bowl of dog food, could only look away and pretend not to hear anything.
Four hundred kilograms of wine was not a lot of money. Fourth Uncle Tang borrowed the patriarch's mule cart and sent the two carts to the Sifang Restaurant. As soon as Shopkeeper Shen tasted it, he was delighted and said with a smile: "I knew I wouldn't see it." Wrong person!"
He readily paid the money, and Tang Shiyue said: "Next time we make ale, it will take a little longer, but it shouldn't last more than two months. We plan to brew more this time. The shopkeeper thinks How much does it weigh?"
"Not much!" Shopkeeper Shen said: "As long as it's like Guyuan wine, it's easy to sell it for three thousand catties. If it's like Jieshu wine, it's easy to sell for five thousand catties!" He waved his hand proudly: "Come on!"
Tang Shiyue responded with a smile. (To be continued)