Although it had only been a few months since he moved into Zhangyuan, and he had not yet fully established a sense of identity as a home here, on the night he returned from Cangzhou, Zhang Shou, who had been tired all day, fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Moreover, the emperor gave him three days' leave. As long as he wanted to, he could sleep until he woke up naturally.
When he finally opened his eyes sleepily, he couldn't help but put his head with the back of his hand. It took him a long time to realize that he was no longer in Cangzhou, nor on the road, but at home. He noticed that it was already bright outside.
After calming down and letting his head gradually clear up, he sat up with support and couldn't help but yawned.
At this moment, a cautious voice came from outside the door: "Is the young master awake?"
It wasn't Ah Liu who was outside the door? Zhang Shou immediately recognized the difference. He was slightly startled and then asked: "Is it Little Peanut? What time is it?"
"It's me." Little Peanut quickly opened the door and came in, holding a copper basin in his hand. He put the copper basin on the basin stand, and then reached out to help Zhang Shou, but saw that he had already pulled off his shoes and got out of bed and stood up.
, he quickly took the clothes from the hanger and sent them up. When he wanted to help put them on, he saw Zhang Shou wave his hand, so he had to take two steps back and saw the man put on the robe himself.
"It's past Sichu (nine o'clock)."
Only then did he remember Zhang Shou's last question, and he quickly answered it. Seeing Zhang Shou's look of surprise, he hurriedly explained: "Sixth brother said that the young master has been running around for so many days, so it doesn't matter if he can sleep a little longer.
The lady also said the same thing, and also asked the kitchen to boil the porridge base and heat it on the stove, and wait until the young master gets up to make the sashimi porridge."
Having said this, Little Peanut couldn't help but salivate, and he remembered the breakfast just now that made him jaw-dropping.
He never thought that breakfast could be so rich and exquisite. Raw pork liver porridge with pork liver, shredded ginger and lettuce, steamed dumplings stuffed with various vegetable vegetables, sweet and soft jujube paste cake,
There were also juicy meat-filled siomai. If he hadn't thought about his new arrival, he almost couldn't eat it! And all of these, Ah Liu told him, were all Zhang Shou's idea!
Hearing that the porridge base for breakfast has been prepared, just put the fish fillets directly under the porridge. Zhang Shou couldn't help but yawned again.
It's better to go home. The cooks outside have to worry about teaching him, and they often ask him to cook by himself. As for the cooks at home... Aunt Liu and Ah Liu, who are now in a sense of crisis, don't know where they found them. They are said to be good at human flesh.
Steamed buns - ahem, Mrs. Xu, who is good at all kinds of snacks, is competing in all aspects. As long as he gives a rough idea, the two of them can make a bunch of trial products for him!
While he was washing up, he heard Xiao Hua Qi Qi Ai Ai say behind him: "Master, have you asked someone to take care of me? Today's breakfast was really too sumptuous. In fact, you treat me as an ordinary member of the family.
Just be a servant since I was young."
Zhang Shou, who was brushing his teeth, almost swallowed the salt water in his mouth and burst into laughter for a moment. He finally cleaned up his teeth in twos and twos. After rinsing his mouth, he wiped his face with a soft towel and then turned to look at Little Peanut.
He smiled and said, "My breakfast has always been full of colors and varieties. The reason is very simple. As you know, I am a foodie."
Little Peanut almost thought that what he said to Lao Xianyu in private was heard by Ah Liu, and he almost lost his mind. But when he thought about Zhang Shou's own admission, he couldn't help but asked cautiously: "Master, don't you think "foodie" is a curse word?"
"What kind of insult is this? Food is the most important thing for the people. As a foodie, you should be proud of it." Zhang Shou couldn't help laughing. For future generations, the slogan of the great foodie empire is to eat all over the world, and you foreigners will overrun it.
Whether it’s hairy crabs or crayfish, just send me a foodie empire, and I’m sure it will be steamed, fried, and cooked, and it will turn into plates of delicacies!
Seeing that Little Peanut was dumbfounded, Zhang Shou said in a relaxed tone: "As for whether I specifically asked people to take care of you, that's natural. Don't think of yourself as one of those who sold themselves into slavery, you are just employed by
I, in this case, it is only natural that I provide you with three meals a day. But there is only one meal, so as much as you eat, you have to do as much work!"
"But if you are lazy and slippery, the punishment will not be light!"
Regarding the last sentence, Little Peanut was not afraid at all, and promised with his head held high: "I can do many things, and I am definitely not lazy! I have cleaned the yard and watered the flowers early in the morning..."
Before Little Peanut could finish his words, Zhang Shou interrupted him and said, "Did you do the homework I assigned you when I set off from Cangzhou?"
He was dumbfounded for a moment when he saw the person, and he couldn't help laughing, but this time his laughter was not as relaxed as before. Instead, it brought out a bit of joking: "You have time to fight for work with those cleaning handymen, why not do it first?"
Complete all the books, calligraphy exercises, and questions I asked you to memorize one by one! You didn’t have time on the way, but you have time now. Now, turn back and go back to your room to do your homework!"
When Little Peanut thought about having to memorize a hundred Tang poems, twenty large Chinese characters, and five hundred addition and subtraction arithmetic problems for who knows how many days, he just felt his scalp numb. At this moment, he couldn't help but look at Zhang Shou pitifully.
, he could only hold on to a trace of luck and use Ah Liu as a shield: "But I asked Brother Six, Brother Six said that it is useless to do this..."
"Oh, Ah Liu said that to you?" Zhang Shou squinted his eyes, and when Little Peanut shut up immediately and looked at him with a sad face, he said in an unquestionable tone, "Ah Liu is Ah Liu, you are you,
Unless you can fight better than him, don't learn from him. Go back to your room and make up for this homework later, and then I'll tell you to do other things, do you understand?"
Seeing that Little Peanut was dejected after agreeing, Zhang Shou couldn't help but touch the growing hairs on his mouth, thinking about going to settle the score with Ah Liu.
You, a boy who has excellent martial arts but is a loser in reading, actually instigate little peanut not to study? That boy is so incompetent in martial arts that the eldest prince can almost mistake him for a girl. He has a figure and appearance that makes him too weak to be a craftsman or a sailor.
If it’s not enough, if you don’t study hard, what will you do in the future?
Otherwise, how could Lao Xianyu, who raised the man as his grandson, bear the pain and hand over the child to him? Ah Liu, don’t lead the man astray! After all, little peanut is able to read and write, and is much better than Yang Hao, Zheng Dang and their papa-tongues.
People are smart, it would be a pity not to cultivate them properly!
However, when Zhang Shou ate breakfast in a hurry and found the martial arts arena where Ah Liu was, he saw only people lying everywhere. Not to mention Yang Hao, Zheng Dang and several other village youths were lying like dead people.
Even the three concierges of different ages whom Ah Liu had recruited from whom he had met once last time, and who were all of different ages, were also lying around, only breathing.
If Ah Liu hadn't been standing in the middle, Zhang Shou would have thought that a master had come to his house and wiped out all the big and small things!
When Zhang Shou appeared, Ah Liu took the initiative to greet Zhang Shou before asking him what he was doing, and said bluntly: "I'm just checking their homework."
Master, you asked me to train them well and leave everything to them in the future!
From Ah Liu's innocent eyes, Zhang Shou could see how confident this boy was, and he immediately couldn't laugh or cry. Although he thought it was a bit simple and crude, those concierges were all chosen by Ah Liu himself. Yang Haozheng
These little guys from Rongshui Village were very envious of Ah Liu's martial arts. Otherwise, someone would have come up to complain by now, and he would have stopped talking.
Otherwise, how can Ah Liu establish prestige?
So, he nodded slightly, then looked at everyone and said: "Look at each other's injuries. If it is a bruise, remember to apply medicine or medicinal wine. If there is still any pain, then go ask the doctor. Don't leave the child alone."
Take the injury seriously."
Ah Liu suddenly muttered in a low voice: "I'm measured in my actions."
I'm afraid that your sense of propriety is different from others' sense of propriety! There is no one as talented as you who can sleep for two hours a night and not be afraid of death from overwork! Zhang Shou wished he could teach Ah Liu a few words by his ears, but
In the end, he just walked out with a straight face. It wasn't until he heard the deliberately aggravated footsteps coming from behind that he said without looking back: "Remember, don't encourage the growth of the seedlings."
"They are all very happy."
Ah Liu said something tactless. Seeing that Zhang Shou didn't say a word, he thought he was really angry, so he whispered what Hua Qi had said last night. The next moment, he saw Zhang Shou suddenly
He stopped suddenly, then turned around and walked up to him, stretched out his finger and flicked his forehead. Although he could easily avoid it, he just stood there and didn't move.
"It's such a big thing. Did you just pretend to be dumb and not tell me because I didn't come over just now and didn't ask questions?"
"I just want to..."
"Don't think about it. I've told you a long time ago that you should talk more. Say what comes to mind and don't dwell on anything." Zhang Shou interrupted Ah Liu's words. He saw that his face was covered with sweat and his clothes were stained with sweat.
Sweat stains could be seen. It was probably not because he was teaching martial arts to those weaklings. He must have started practicing martial arts early in the morning. He said helplessly, "Go back to your room, take a shower, change yourself, and then go get something to eat."
"Hurry up and grow taller and fatter, do you understand? My mother has nagged me several times, saying that I use you for everything and don't know how to be considerate. So, this is an order, not a discussion with you, go quickly, I
Still waiting for you to go out!"
For Ah Liu, the last sentence was the most important. He turned around and ran away without saying a word. Zhang Shou was dumbfounded when he saw that he was in a hurry. When he went to see Wu, he sat down for a while.
After a while, I heard Ah Liu's voice from outside the door: "Master, I'm ready."
Mrs. Wu had already learned that Zhang Shou was going out. Since coming to Beijing, she had long been used to him being busy all day long, so she immediately watched him go out with a smile. When Zhang Shou left the house, she saw that Ah Liu had indeed changed his clothes.
, his face was obviously wiped, but he still had a paper bag in his hand, and there was still suspicious heat inside. When he walked up and saw it, he became angry.
Let this kid have something to eat and rest to replenish his energy. This Ah Liu is good. In order not to delay his going out, he just grabbed a few vegetable buns and hurried over!
Knowing that the young man has such a one-sided temperament, the only thing that can make him change a little is probably the unprincipled compromise and concession when he met Zhu Ying. Zhang Shou didn't say much about Ah Liu, he just shook his head and led the way.
Out the door. When he got out of Zhang Yuan and mounted his horse, he shook the reins lightly and then said: "Go to the Imperial College."
Ah Liu didn't ask Zhang Shou why he still had to go to the Imperial College today despite having three days' holiday. He just rode his horse and followed closely behind him. When the two of them arrived in front of the university archway of the Imperial College one after another, he dismounted and stepped forward to pick it up.
Zhang Shou took the reins of his horse and took the horse to the carriage and horse shop not far away as usual. After returning again, he quietly sneaked into the Imperial College.
This is a road he has walked many times. It is not yet noon, and the classes are not over yet. You can even hear the sound of books, and he is walking like a leisurely stroll in this city that has been famous since the Ming Dynasty.
Among the highest institutions of learning, the target was very clear, it was Jiuzhang Hall. Sure enough, when he walked around to the back of the hall, he heard Zhang Shou's voice.
"Is it surprising or a pleasant surprise?" Zhang Shou appeared in Jiuzhang Hall and said with a smile when he saw Lu Sanlang sneaking down to sit down in his position as the chief of the restaurant. His face was smiling so much that even his eyes were gone.
"I heard from Lu Sanlang that your studies are progressing very quickly, so even though the emperor gave me a few days off, I still plan to come and check on your homework first."
Seeing that everyone had straightened their backs and looked fresh and alert, he saw that there was a wooden frame and whiteboard next to him that was supposed to be used for today's lecture, so he picked up the quill on the desk.
He dipped in ink, brushed and brushed and began to write questions on the spot. After writing the questions, he directly started drawing horizontally and vertically. After finishing a rough three-dimensional geometric picture, he moved the wooden frame to the front.
When he returned to the podium, he lightly knocked on the desk and said with a smile: "Okay, let's do this question. Solid geometry and trigonometric functions are tested together. Let me see how hard you have worked these days.
the result of."
Zhang Shou suddenly arrived at the Imperial Academy. He did not go to the doctor's hall to meet his superior Zhou Jijiu, Luo Siye and other colleagues, but went directly to Jiuzhangtang. This naturally alarmed many people. But most of the other doctors came to pry because of their bad appearance.
After all, Xu Heijun, the Superintendent of the Shengqi Hall, didn't care about this. Moreover, he often listened outside during classes in Jiuzhangtang, so he rushed over when he heard the news.
Then, just as he stood still, he discovered that Zhang Shou had come here to check his homework as soon as he came back!
Others might have complained that Zhang Shou was being unkind or being cryptic. However, what Xu Heijun, the supervisor of the Shengxing Hall, hated the most was that the supervisors did not do their jobs properly and the doctors had no intention of teaching. Zhang Shou's style undoubtedly suited him.
Spleen and stomach. Therefore, when he saw Zhang Shou coming out of Jiuzhang Hall with his hands behind his back, he immediately went up to him and saluted with his hands in his hands: "Dr. Zhang, long time no see."
"It's been a long time." Zhang Shou smiled and then asked, "I've already seen Jiuzhang Hall. It's pretty good. I would like to ask Brother Xu, how is Banshan Hall?"
Faced with such a question, Xu Heijun's face turned gloomy, but he said carefully: "Some people are good, and some people are bad."
Futian said
The first update... I have been focusing on fixing bugs every once in a while. As a result, the modification function is now locked. Everyone knows the reason. So there is nothing I can do about bugs. I am really embarrassed to bother editing everything.