The freshmen had only been admitted for a few days, but for two days in a row, he used the question-sea tactic to deal with them. Even though Zhang Shou was not a diligent person in nature, he still felt guilty.
So when he learned that Brother Zhu was back, he still insisted on rushing back to the Imperial College. As for the time when Ah Liu, who had gone out with him early in the morning after leaving the palace but disappeared after entering the palace, snuck up quietly, he didn't notice.
By the time he noticed such a familiar figure behind him, he had already arrived at Xiao's house. He saw that the rooms in the East and West Wings and the main room were filled with beds, just like a student dormitory. There were also three rooms with densely packed beds.
The desk was like a study room in a classroom, and he couldn't help but laugh.
After looking at Xiao Cheng, who was writing seriously in the empty study room, and Little Peanut, who had a pained expression on his face, he thought for a while, called the two little guys over and whispered a few words, and Little Peanut suddenly felt like he had been granted amnesty.
, cheered repeatedly, but Xiao Cheng was reluctant. It wasn't until Zhang Shou touched his head and had a good discussion with him that he reluctantly nodded in agreement.
When he left the Xiao family and rushed to Jiuzhang Hall of the Imperial Academy, it was just in time for the last minute before noon. Zhang Shou asked Lu Sanlang, the substitute teacher, about his progress, and then took the exercise booklet that had been thrown to Lu Sanlang on the podium.
He had just explained the two exercises in detail when the lunch break bell rang. He had to look down at the exercise booklet and considered whether to continue teaching the exercises or continue the class in the afternoon.
Of course, he didn't intend to drag the class with him. He had used such abhorred methods as the sea-questioning tactic, but dragging the class with him, which he hated the most in his previous life, was not something he was happy to do. Because it not only took up the students' time
Time, and your own time.
But just when he was immersed in clicking on the exercise book and was about to announce the end of get out of class, Lu Sanlang, who was standing aside and had just been a substitute teacher all morning, suddenly let out a startled sound.
When he raised his head, the students who were sitting in the hall suddenly turned to look at the gate one by one. Not to mention Ji Jiu, even the third prince, who was young but the most disciplined, did the same.
He immediately looked towards the door, wondering what kind of extraordinary person had come. But when he recognized the person, he was speechless. He saw Zhu Tingfang standing at the front with his hands behind his back, and there were a few more behind him.
Little brother.
In addition to Zhu Er, the real little brother, there is also Zhang Chen, who is as honest as a quail. Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu, who are more like Zhu Tingfang's followers than Zhang Chen and Zhu Er, do not know why the latter two returned to Beijing with Zhu Tingfang.
Although he originally wanted to finish class, there were these people standing outside. Zhang Shou thought of the things he had arranged before, so he simply spoke with a smile.
"I have been to Xiao's house before. I heard that apart from Ji Jiulang and Zheng Rong, there are more than a dozen people from the capital, and more than twenty other people have moved there. Xu Jiancheng from Shengzhen Hall complained to me a lot.
After passing the few dormitories in the Imperial College, now that you have settled the accommodation, he doesn't have to find a way to move around, and I don't have to look at his black face, but I heard that some people complained about charging for room and board?"
As soon as these words came out, there was a buzz of discussion below, and then an impatient student burst out and said: "The prices in Beijing are so expensive. If we live outside, we can't afford food and accommodation."
Burden, now that I’m living in the Xiao family, even if I can’t pay for it, I can still do things to compensate for it, so why do I still have to complain about this? Do you have any conscience?”
Among the crowd of echoes that seemed to be full of indignation, Zhang Shou smiled, stretched out his hand to suppress it, and signaled everyone to be silent, and then said: "As your senior, Lu Sanlang is looking for a place to arrange room and board for you, but he is short of money."
It’s a good idea that some people can work as compensation. However, after all, the Xiao family has a limited house and no money. Xiao Cheng himself used to work as a handyman in the Imperial College to support himself.”
"So, since most people are short of money, of course they can only live in a room with four people, and their food can only be simple meals. You know, even when the Imperial College students were given the annual gift, they only lived in dormitories for four people.
During this time, there are only three bushels of white rice per month, and vegetables and meat are rationed, especially in winter. Fresh vegetables are eaten every five days, and meat is eaten every ten days. It is no better than what you do in the Xiao family."
The face of the third prince suddenly changed slightly. Even though the palace was renovating the imperial dining room, it was just that everyone in Guanglu Temple in the past had falsely reported accounts. The imperial chef's skills were poor and the prices of ingredients were inflated. It did not mean that from the emperor to them,
The prince was really hungry.
How could he not be surprised when he heard that the standard of food and accommodation for the students of the Imperial Academy had always been so low?
Seeing everyone's silence, Zhang Shou said in a deep voice: "Some people complain about food and accommodation. It's not that they are unscrupulous, they just want a better life. I can understand it. But you have to know that even this kind of food and accommodation is from Lu."
As a senior, Saburo will use his own money to supplement your work. I hope you will turn this complaint into motivation to study diligently and hone your abilities."
"In the future, there will be many places in the world that need people who are proficient in arithmetic. In the future, some of you may be able to live in eight seats and make hundreds of promises, but you must remember one sentence, that is, the able will prevail! If you have time to complain,
It’s better to study hard and practice hard!”
As soon as these words came out, Ji Jiulang quickly took the lead and stood up. In response, the others hurriedly stood up and agreed. Faced with this scene, Zhang Shou smiled and said: "Okay, I have taught you so much. I have learned so much in the past two days.
Gong has slowed down the teaching progress, of course I have some shortcomings, and I should compensate you students."
"It's already noon, so I'm going to use the Xiao family's place to treat you to a good meal. Firstly, I will improve the food for you, and secondly, it will be compensation. Lu Sanlang, the ingredients have probably been sold by now.
Okay, can you find a chef right away and go to the Xiao family to show off your skills?"
Although Lu Sanlang was very surprised, this was his old profession in recent days. Naturally, he knew best what the most famous chefs in the capital were good at and where they lived now. At that moment, he patted his chest and said
Promise to complete the task. The third prince hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Teacher, can I go too?"
Most of the others were a little uneasy when they heard that Zhang Shou had just said compensation. But when they were about to refuse, they heard the third prince asking questions, and all of them suddenly fell silent. They raised their ears and waited for Zhang Shou's answer.
answer.
Zhang Shou smiled and said: "Zheng Rong, you are also a student of Jiuzhangtang, why can't you go? The world is at peace, the capital is prosperous and peaceful, and Ah Liu is following you, and your guards are also here. Why, am I still afraid that someone will plot against you?
?"
The third prince didn't hear Zhang Shou's joke at all, and hurriedly shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, I'm just afraid... I'm just afraid of causing trouble to the teacher and everyone!"
Even though some people were originally wary of the third prince and even stayed away from him, but now after spending a few days with this young prince, they felt that his personality was shy and a bit serious, and for a while they regarded him as his younger brother. There are many older students.
At this time, hearing the third prince's frightened explanation, someone inevitably stepped forward: "Teacher, Third... Zheng Rong also thinks about everyone. He is really afraid of causing trouble to everyone!"
"Teacher, Zheng Rong wanted to go to Xiao's house with us before. When he went with us that day, he saw some gangsters bullying civilian girls on the road. He stopped him on the spot. Later, he was afraid of causing trouble, so he didn't go... uh !" The second person who opened his mouth to explain seemed to find that he was getting darker and darker, and added more crimes to the third prince. His face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he was too embarrassed to add anything.
When he learned that the third prince secretly ran out of the Imperial Academy with his classmates to go to Xiao's house, which resulted in a rough encounter on the road, Zhang Shou couldn't help but take a look at the little guy.
Seeing that the third prince had no intention of blaming someone who said something wrong, but just hung his head and waited for his resignation, he couldn't help but burst into laughter. He even forgot that Zhu Tingfang and others were standing outside the hall.
He gently patted the desk with the Xingtang wood, and waited for everyone's attention to return before he said: "Okay, Zheng Rong, listen, sneak out with others, this is wrong, your The bodyguards must follow you at all times, because if something happens to you, not only will your classmates be hurt, but they will also be blamed for you. Do you understand? Let's go to Xiao's house together today, and you will bring all the bodyguards with you."
Seeing the third prince nodding vigorously, Zhang Shou clapped his hands to signal the end of class. At this time, Lu Sanlang had to rush out of the door, not even bothering to say hello to Zhu Tingfang and others, but Ji Jiu greeted the third prince and others enthusiastically. classmates,.
Zhang Shou walked out calmly. When he arrived outside the hall, he saw that Lu Sanlang had disappeared, and only Zhu Tingfang and others were still there. He smiled and said: "Brother Zhu is really cheering for you. You are here." When you return to Beijing, you even brought Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu back?"
"The wind direction is just right these days. We just go to Cangzhou to get some advice. We can take a smooth boat and follow Mr. Zhu back to Beijing!"
Zhang Lu saw the opportunity quickly and intuitively concluded that Zhang Shou and Zhu Tingfang seemed to be in tit-for-tat, so he quickly explained. Just as he was about to grab Zhang Wu and slip away to avoid the confrontation between the future uncles, he did not expect that Zhang Wu would pull him tightly. Lived him.
Zhang Wu pulled Zhang Lu and explained with a smile on his face: "Teacher, we were on the same boat with the eldest son, and we received a lot of care from him. I didn't expect that there would be water bandits on the canal road, and they almost killed us. The novel cotton seeds discovered for the first time were robbed... The eldest son is very powerful on land, but I didn't expect that he is also very powerful in the water. He led people into the water and captured seven water bandits alive!"
This explained the reason why they not only followed Zhu Tingfang back to Beijing, but were also sneaked to the Imperial College. Although it was easy to avoid the tit-for-tat situation at the moment, in his opinion, it was better to explain clearly.
Sure enough, the next moment, he saw Zhang Chen coughing dryly and saying: "Little sir, Boss Zhu suddenly sent someone to ask me to come over and talk to him after he returned home. Of course I went and talked when I found Xiao Wu and Xiao Lu coming back. Conversation. Later, when the eldest lady came back, Mr. Zhu heard from the eldest lady that you, Mr. Junior, had returned to the Imperial College, so he asked us to come together. Of course we had to listen to him."
In short, Zhang Chen and the Zhang brothers have only one implication. It's not what we think, it's because our arms can't twist our thighs, and we can't hold the big devil!
Zhang Shouzheng was dumbfounded by Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu's explanation, but Zhu Er glanced at the two with disdain, and then said arrogantly: "Brother-in-law, don't listen to the nonsense of these three guys, my eldest brother
Isn’t the purpose of his visit simple? He has obviously returned to Beijing, but you would rather send Yingying home alone, while you act as if Dayu controlled floods and passed through the house three times without entering... Oops!"
Before he could finish speaking, he received a blow on the head, and immediately took a breath of cold air and squatted on the ground. Zhu Tingfang, who had beaten his brother, was about to speak when he saw Ji Jiu coming out with a large number of people.
Let’s stop now.
I saw a lot of students coming out one after another. When they passed by Zhang Shou, most of them saluted with respect. Zhang Shou smiled and nodded one by one and watched them go. When all these young or middle-aged students had passed, the thoughtful Zhu Tingfang said
Cai clicked his tongue and said in admiration: "You have only admitted these students for a long time, but they already respect their teachers so much. Even the senior doctors from the Imperial College are not as good as you."
"Of course. What my brother-in-law just said to the students was so good. You can't find many teachers in the Imperial College who are so considerate of others - after all, there are few people who can take care of students' food and accommodation as generously as he does.
Question? Don’t tell me anything about Lu Sanlang, that little fat guy who has no profit and can’t afford to get up early. If it weren’t for my brother-in-law, it would be strange that he would be a good person and good deeds!”
Zhu Er covered his head and just stood up, but after saying that, he found that the surroundings seemed too quiet. When he looked up, he saw his eldest brother who looked like a big devil looking at him with a half-smile.
He quickly took two steps back and jumped directly behind Zhang Shou, and then said confidently: "Brother, what do you think I am doing? I didn't give my brother-in-law the title of good teacher. Everyone admits it! Can you still deny it?
"
Zhu Tingfang looked at Zhu Er with a blank expression, who was obviously planning to hug Zhang Shou's thigh. In the end, he simply didn't bother to pay attention to this stupid brother, and said bluntly: "I haven't seen Xiao Cheng for a long time, so I'm going to join in the fun today, how about it?
"
"Of course I welcome it!"
Zhang Shou's reply was simple and direct. When he saw Zhu Tingfang immediately turned around and walked out, he glanced at Zhang Chen. The next moment, Zhang Chen rushed over to him without any hesitation, and that's not all.
, after standing next to him, Zhang Chen motioned to brothers Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu with his eyes to push Zhu Er aside.
As for Zhu Er being Zhang Shou's serious future second brother-in-law... Master Zhang ignored this fact at all!
"Awu and Alu said that they accidentally discovered brown cotton when they were harvesting cotton. They claimed that it grew naturally. They collected the seeds as if they were a treasure and went to Beijing. Later, it happened that Boss Zhu came to succeed him. Although they said
One is the future consort and the other is the future guest-in-law, but I thought it would be safer to follow Mr. Zhu, so we went to Cangzhou to visit together. Fortunately, they were alert!"
Zhang Lu was pestering Zhu Er, and Zhang Wu happened to get away. When he heard Zhang Chen's luck, he smiled bitterly with lingering fear: "It's really thanks to following Boss Zhu. I really didn't expect that Lu Zhan is the devil.
He's still a big devil when he's in the water! The seven bandits on the water who were captured alive were half dead when they were dragged up, and there was blood under the water. We were in a hurry to leave, and we didn't even know how many of them were dead below!"
"At that time, I really felt that I was sitting on a boat on the River Styx and would sink if I wasn't careful!"