The official road of the farmer

The strange yet somewhat familiar scenery came into view, and Ye Junshu couldn't help but linger to look at it. The appearance of the private school has not changed much from before, and it is still the same as in memory.

The husband's house is next door to the private school. The yard is not big, but it is very elegantly taken care of by the teacher. His yard is full of vegetables, but the husband's house is full of flowers and plants. The feeling is different.

Just as Ye Junshu and Qin Yaoliang stepped into the room, an object flew out of it.

The two of them subconsciously dodged to the left and right, and the flying thing passed between the two of them, and finally fell to the ground.

Almost at the same time, a shout came from inside, "Nizi, dare to come back!"

Qin Yaoliang picked up the weapon that attacked them, and walked over, "Father! Don't be angry, let's see who I brought!"

Ye Junshu was suddenly a little nervous for some reason. The teacher in his memory taught him harshly, and he went to Yejia Village to try to persuade him to continue his studies without hesitation. It was a pity to learn that he would not go to school again. eyes...

The name of Mr. Qin Kangtai is taboo. He was a Juren in the 28th year of Xingyuan. It is said that his personality is too straightforward and he doesn't know how to be roundabout. He seemed to offend some dignitaries when he was in the Imperial College. I don't know what happened at that time. Anyway, Mr. never went to Beijing again. , did not go to the entrance examination.

He stayed in his hometown wholeheartedly, opened this private school, and taught countless students.

Mr. is a very serious person. Probably due to frequent frowning, the nasolabial folds on his forehead have deepened a lot, and the corners of his mouth have been turned down all the year round, with a serious expression.

He was still holding a ruler in his hand as he strode out.

Ye Junshu reflexively felt a pain in his palm when he saw it. In his memory, he was often beaten on the palm...

"Students greet you, sir!" Ye Junshu took a few steps forward and was about to kneel down.

"Is it Zizhou?" Qin Kangtai strode up to Ye Junshu, helped him up, and looked at him carefully.

"It's an unfilial student." Ye Junshu was very excited when he saw his husband.

"Okay, okay!" Qin Kangtai kept nodding his head, seeming very excited, "It's good to be here."

Qin Yaoliang winked at Ye Junshu from the side.

"You, go into the room and copy [-] sheets of big characters, and you are not allowed to come out until you finish copying!" Qin Kangtai glared at Qin Yaoliang, who had a playful smile on his face.

"No! We haven't eaten yet!" Qin Yaoliang shouted exaggeratedly, and quickly ran inside.Qin Kangtai was so angry that he blew up his beard and stared at him.

"Is Zizhou here?"

"Master!" Ye Junshu looked at the middle-aged brother who came out of the back room.

Shimu is a very bookish person, and he has been well maintained. He hasn't seen him for a few years and nothing has changed. He took a closer look at the younger generation he hadn't seen for many years, with gentle and loving eyes.

"Thin."

"I will come here often in the future. Although your husband doesn't say anything, he misses you in his heart." Master said.

Ye Junshu nodded with a smile.

"Why don't you see other children?"

"I'm in a hurry today. I will definitely bring the children to see you and your husband some other day."

After talking with Ye Junshu for a while, Shimu went to the backyard. Since the children hadn't eaten yet, he had to go to the kitchen to watch.

Mr. Nian Xu sat aside for a while, then said: "Then go to the study to find me." Then he left with the ruler.

Ye Junshu sat on the chair and took a sip of water. After a while, Qin Yaoliang looked out, "My father is gone?"

Ye Junshu squinted.

"Hey! I'll just say it! Father won't punish me when he sees you!" Qin Yaoliang moved to Ye Junshu's side in a few steps, very proud.

"But how do I remember, sir punished you for copying five hundred sheets of big characters just now?" Ye Jun wrote.

Qin Yaoliang: "..."

"Don't mention these disappointing things." Qin Yaoliang waved his hand, then looked left and right, and when he didn't see him, he lowered his voice and asked Ye Junshu mysteriously: "Do you still have paper and ink?"

Ye Junshu raised his eyebrows and said knowingly, "Yes, don't worry, it's enough."

In previous years, the senior brother felt that his letters were so short in order to save paper and ink. From time to time, the letters would bring a large stack of blank paper, and he couldn't stop them.

"It's not enough to tell me! My father just gave it to me the day before yesterday..."

"What are you chatting quietly about?" Shimu came out with a plate of dishes in her hands, and seeing the two senior brothers chattering and whispering, she couldn't help asking amusedly.

"No, no, we didn't talk about anything." Qin Yaoliang waved his hands again and again, jumped over to take the teacher's plate, "Em, don't ask so many questions."

"You!" Shimu nodded Qin Yaoliang's head, "Be calmer, and be so evasive, your father will say it again when he sees it."

"Hey! Isn't there still you, Amu?" Qin Yaoliang turned to his Amu for a while.

Four dishes and one soup were all on the table, and Shimu was afraid that Ye Junshu would not be able to let him go, so she took the waiter down.

The two half-grown boys devoured the food voraciously, and within a short while all the food was gone.

Qin Yaoliang rubbed his stomach and exhaled contentedly.

Ye Junshu sat for a while longer before talking to Qin Yaoliang, and went to his husband's study by himself.

Ye Junshu used to come to his husband's study often, and was stared at together with Qin Yaoliang for copying big characters and endorsing books.

"Come in."

Ye Junshu pushed the door open, turned around and closed the door before stepping in.

In front of the desk, the gentleman was writing with a serious face. When Ye Junshu came over, he looked up, and then pointed to the blank paper spread out on one side.

"Write a few words to the old man."

Ye Junshu: "..."

He hasn't practiced calligraphy for many years...

Ye Junshu had no choice but to pick a brush that matched his hand, and wrote four words: Tranquility and far-reaching.

Qin Kangtai didn't know when he had put down his pen, and was watching Ye Jun write, his brows gradually frowned.

Ye Junshu put down his pen, looking ashamed.

Qin Kangtai refused to comment. After reading the words, he took the test of the Four Books and Five Classics.He obviously knew that Qin Yaoliang had given Ye Jun a complete set of manuscripts.

After the examination of the Four Books and Five Classics, the topic discussion and poems are also tested, and the questions are answered immediately.

Once the answer was finished, Ye Junshu went from being able to handle it with ease to stuttering, and then he was barely able to answer it. Just like that, he was sweating all over his head in the test.

Qin Kangtai sighed, all the good seedlings were delayed!

Ye Junshu was ready to be scolded, but he just sighed and asked, "You have delayed the most important four years of laying the foundation. If you want to continue the scientific examination, you have to study hard for a few years to consolidate your knowledge." Basically, after seven or eight years, I will take the scientific examination, and then I will be a little bit sure of being a scholar." With better luck, you may be able to be admitted to Juren.

Qin Kangtai is so sad that his heart hurts. Ye Junshu is the most plastic seedling he has met for many years of teaching. He has high hopes and teaches the most attentively. Old friends, cultivate well, go to the government to study, go to the Imperial College, and you will have a bright future.

For this reason, he has not formally accepted Ye Junshu as his disciple, fearing that he will be delayed. With Ye Junshu's talent, he will definitely win the favor of a more respectable gentleman.

But now...

If you go all out, you won't have a fight, but Ye Junshu is not thinking about this at all now.

Ye Junshu didn't think it was a pity, he didn't think much about this, it's strange to say that the strongest obsession left to him by the ancient version of Xiaoye Junshu was to take good care of his younger brothers and let them grow up safely, while It doesn't have to be famous.

He lowered his eyes and said solemnly: "Sir, if there is a chance in the future, the students will try it, but at this stage, the students will not consider it." For him, the children's affairs are more important.

"However, sir, I have a cousin who is very clever. I have taught him the enlightenment, but the deeper students can't do anything. I don't know sir..." Ye Junshu hesitated.

When Qin Kangtai heard this, he first reprimanded him: "Nonsense, I am ignorant and ignorant, and dare to teach and educate people? I don't have to mislead others!" Then he said with his hands behind his back, "Bring it to the old man some other day. If it is a good Miaozi, the old man will accept it, but if not, there is no need to discuss it."

"Yes, if the child doesn't get into the teacher's eyes, the students won't have the face to force him into the school." Ye Junshu said respectfully.

Qin Kangtai squinted his eyes. He probably felt that Ye Junshu was an eyesore at the moment, so he waved him out after a while.

Ye Junshu walked out of the study, and just took a few steps when he saw a very familiar hem protruding from the corner in front of him.

He quickened his pace and walked over, and saw a lump of objects leaning against the corner of the wall.

Ye Junshu squatted down to watch, and the senior brother fell asleep directly against the wall. When he listened closely, he could still hear snoring...

So, should he wake him up?

If the husband came out and saw his brother sleeping here, he would probably end up miserable...

Ye Junshu decided to wake him up.

So he moved closer and whispered in Qin Yaoliang's ear, "Mr. is here!"

Qin Yaoliang suddenly opened his eyes, jumped up and looked around in a panic: "Where is there?"

After looking around for a while, he didn't see Father's figure. He exhaled exaggeratedly, and then saw Ye Junshu's smiling face.

"What a boat!" He rushed forward, wrapping his elbows around Ye Junshu's neck, "Thanks to your senior brother, I was waiting for you to come out, so you dare to scare me!" As he said that, he was about to stretch out his white bone claws to scratch him itch.

Ye Junshu hastily interrupted, "Sir is still in the study!"

He pointed to the study room a few meters behind him. It was so close that if there was too much noise, the husband would definitely be able to hear it.

Qin Yaoliang glanced nervously, for fear that his father would come out suddenly.

So the two left lightly and ran to the front hall.

Ye Junshu looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late, so he said he wanted to leave.

Qin Yaoliang was very reluctant, "So fast? It's still early, let's wait later!"

"It's getting late, I still have some things to buy, and I have to go back to the village in a bullock cart at the next hour." Ye Junshu said, looking around, "Where's my backpack?"

"It's inside, wait a minute." Qin Yaoliang quickly went in and took out the pannier he placed casually, "How about I go shopping with you."

"No, no, I'll leave after shopping. You should copy the words quickly, or the husband will be angry again."

Qin Yaoliang was still reluctant to leave Ye Junshu so soon. He was a good brother whom he regarded as his own brother, and it was the first time seeing him after so many years.

If it wasn't for the fact that Ye Jun's calligrapher was in a filial piety and it was inconvenient to pick up guests, he would have slipped to Yejia Village to find Ye Junshu.

"When will you come to the county again? Remember to come to me!" After a pause, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Or I can go to you!"

Ye Junshu looked down at the things in the back basket, nodded casually, "It's all right." He took out the things inside and put them on the table.

"What are these?" Qin Yaohao curiously picked up a red finger-sized fruit.

"These are the wild vegetables I dug up in the mountains yesterday, and some wild fruits. I didn't bring the meat because I can't bear it this season. These are wild things in the mountains. I remember that when Shimu comes to this season, it will be bitter summer. If you don’t have an appetite to eat, use these wild vegetables to make a soup, which can appetize, these wild fruits are not sold outside, you can eat them fresh.”

While listening, Qin Yaoliang put the fruit into his mouth, chewed it, and the juice overflowed his mouth in an instant, it was a little sour and sweet, and it was quite delicious.

He reached out to eat some more, but when Ye Junshu saw it, he slapped it away, "Eat after washing." He didn't think it was dirty.

Ye Junshu was hesitating whether to go to Shimu to say goodbye, but Shimu came over with a bag of things in his hand.

"Zizhou, are you leaving?"

"Teacher." Ye Junshu yelled, and then responded, "Yes, it's getting late, the students should go back." Seeing that the teacher's gaze was on the pile of things on the table, he repeated what he had just said to Qin Yaoliang again.

There was always a gentle smile on Shimu's lips, and he nodded from time to time, "You have a heart." Then he handed him a package of some heavy and beautifully packaged things in his hand, "This is what Shimu just made today. Dessert, you can take it home and taste it with the children."

Ye Junshu thought about it, and didn't refuse, "Thank you, Master."

"The student is leaving first, and I will visit you and sir when I have time."

"Ok."

Under Qin Yaoliang's reluctant eyes, Ye Junshu left Qin's house with a basket on his back.

The sun outside was still high, but Ye Junshu guessed that it was almost You hour, so he walked quickly to the market.

After finally finding a place that sells pork, Ye Junshu glanced at it, and there were only two that sold pork, one was almost sold out, and the other had quite a lot.

He subconsciously walked towards the stall with more meat, and when he saw the fierce face of the stall owner, he stopped, thinking, this face must be the reason why the pork is not sold much, right?

Before he reached the stall, the vicious boss bared his teeth and greeted in a rough voice: "Little brother, let's have some meat! The pigs just slaughtered today are fresh!" With the big knife in his hand, The impact of this picture is really...

Ye Junshu was so hung up that he was not scared away, he stood firmly in front of the booth, and tried to ask naturally, "How do you sell it?"

When the boss heard this, he greeted him more enthusiastically, and swung the big knife in his hand vigorously, "Hey! Seeing that you look energetic, I will sell you white board for thirteen cents a catty, pork belly for eleven cents a catty, and lean meat for nine cents. How about a catty of pennies, isn’t it cheap? How much does the young man want?”

When Ye Junshu heard it, it was indeed a penny cheaper each, which was a good deal. He resisted the urge to turn around and run, lowered his head to confirm carefully, and confirmed that it was today's fresh pork, then said: "Then five catties of white board, three catties of pork belly, Take a catty of lean meat."

"Okay!" The boss heard, yo!Big business!While skillfully chopping it open, he chatted cheerfully: "Little brother, you are born! Where are you from?"

"The boy is from Ye Family Village." Ye Junshu replied.

"Ye Family Village! That's a good place! People in your village often come to me to sell meat! Every time you come to buy meat, you come here! Why haven't I seen you before?"

"It's not convenient to come here in the past." Ye Junshu responded, looking down at the stall to see what else is available for purchase.

"Oh, that's it!" The boss didn't ask much.

"Boss, how do you sell these bones?" Ye Junshu pointed to a pile of pig bones in the corner and asked.

"Those, I will let you take away the two cents." The bones and meat were all cut off, but some people also like to buy these bones to make soup to smell the meat. Seeing that the little brother buys a lot, they sell them cheaply.

"Then I want it all."

"Okay!"

The boss cut the meat, showing his teeth, "A total of one hundred and nine Wen."

Ye Junshu calculated in his mind that it was indeed the number, so he nodded, took out the money bag, counted the copper coins, and handed it to the boss.

The boss took the money and saw that Ye Junshu was going to put it in the back basket, so he helped put it in very enthusiastically, and said, "Little brother often comes here!"

Ye Junshu nodded with a smile, "Yes."

Then he picked up his backpack and bid farewell to the boss.

When it was time to meet up, Ye Junshu realized that there were still a lot of things he hadn't bought, and if he went now, it would definitely be too late.

I can only buy it next time I come to the county. Anyway, he will come more frequently recently, so it's not a big problem.

He hurried to the assembly point.

When he returned to the village in a rickety bullock cart, the sun had already set, and only the afterglow of burning clouds remained in the sky. Ye Junshu gave the money, bid farewell to the villagers, and hurried home.

I was away from home for a day and didn't know how the children were doing.

From a distance, he saw Xiao Shan waiting at the door, walking back and forth from time to time.

Ye Junshu's heart tightened, and he ran over faster, "Xiaoshan!"

"Brother! You are finally back!" Xiao Shan greeted him excitedly.

"What's wrong? What happened at home?" Ye Junshu asked anxiously.

"There's nothing wrong at home." Xiao Shan said while taking Ye Junshu's back basket, "That's right, we can't coax five or six children anymore, so go and have a look!"

Hearing that nothing happened at home, Ye Junshu felt relieved, and also heard that five children and six children were making trouble, so he was also anxious and hurried to the house.

Fortunately, there was no crying in the room, so Ye Junshu hurried in.

On the mat spread out on the ground, five children and six children were sitting with a small wooden horse, seemingly listless.As soon as they heard the movement, the two almost identical dolls quickly turned their heads and saw that it was Ye Junshu.

Almost at the same time, the twins flattened their mouths, with tears in their eyes, raised their heads and cried loudly with a wow.

"Hey, don't cry anymore! Big brother is back..." Ye Junshu was sweating, ran over to hug him, and coaxed him quickly.

Hearing the hoarse crying, it seems that he cried a lot today, and Ye Junshu's heart aches.

Being hugged by the kissing elder brother, Wu Wa hiccupped aggrievedly while crying, "Big brother... woo... Big brother... disappeared!"

Liuwa also cried: "I can't see my big brother anymore..."

"Didn't the big brother come back? Be good, don't cry anymore...it will turn ugly..." Ye Junshu coaxed in a low voice.

The twins still felt aggrieved, and when they saw the second brother coming in, they complained, "Second brother is bad! You lied to my fifth child!"

Liuwa also complained: "I didn't see my brother when I woke up!"

Wuwa: "Didn't see big brother after dinner"

Liuwa: "Woke up and didn't see big brother!"

Xiao Shan shrugged his shoulders. There was nothing he could do. The older the twins were, the smarter they were. It was really hard to coax them. He tried his best to trick them into crying until the afternoon...

Ye Junshu smiled, and kissed the twins, "Second brother didn't lie to five babies and six babies, didn't you see big brother?"

He was also anxious. The twins hadn't been away from him for a long time since they were young. In the past, Ye Junshu would come back soon after going out. This time, he couldn't see anyone after looking for him for a day, so he would definitely cry.

Ye Junshu asked Xiao Shan to take out the package of snacks in the basket, and then took out two pieces of snacks, "Look, what big brother brought you! It's delicious!"

The twins looked at it curiously with their red eyes wide open, took it with their small hands, and took a bite with their small mouths. It was their favorite taste of candy.

So the twins stopped arguing, and grabbed the pastry with both hands, biting it.

Finally coaxed, Ye Junshu wiped off his sweat.

Turning his eyes to the younger brothers, Ye Junshu waved to them and told them to come over and share a piece with each other.

He rubbed the little heads of Brother Lu and Brother Qin, and hugged Brother Qin, "Brother is back."

Brother Lu smiled and said, "It's good that brother comes back."

Brother Qin grabbed the corner of Ye Junshu's clothes with his small hand, leaned towards him relyingly, fixed his eyes on the pastry in his hand, and ate it in small bites.

"Brother went to visit Mr. today, and this is the pastry made by Shimu himself. This time, the time is a bit rushed. Next time, brother will buy you delicious food." Ye Junshu apologized.

"It's okay, big brother's business is important." Lu Ge'er is very considerate and sensible.

Xiao Shan also said: "Yes, um... Brother, you should try it too, it's delicious..."

Ye Junshu said with a smile: "Eat more if you like, there are many more."

After calming down the children, Ye Junshu went to the kitchen. He had to dispose of the pork he bought. Boil all the white boards into oil. A small part of the pork belly was mixed with lean meat to make meat pies, and the rest was cut into pieces for Brother Lu to make braised pork , Tonggu soup, everything is ready, put the braised pork in a few days and eat it.

The twins hadn't seen their eldest brother for a day, but when they finally saw each other, they became Ye Junshu's little tails. They stared intently. Wherever Ye Junshu went, they followed. Anyway, they could see their elder brother just by looking up. .