Brother so proud

He Ze's birthday is the nineteenth day of the first lunar month.

Although the He family has been extremely busy these days - because of Lin Da's pulling Bai Zhi, Mrs. Li went to the field whenever she had something to do, for fear that another bastard would take advantage of his family;

Apart from eating and sleeping, He Youcai spent most of his time squatting in the yard planing wood, imitating the blueprints drawn by He Ze for him;

As for He An, since returning home on the day of Lantern Festival, He Ze started to teach him how to read the next day. He was still in high spirits the day before, but after writing a hundred characters a day, he was so worried that he couldn't eat well after two days.

But even so, He Ze's 20th birthday was still busy.After all, this is not an ordinary birthday. There are men in ancient times who say that after this birthday, they will be a real man who can be the master of the house and needs to take responsibility.

Therefore, He Ze was also looking forward to this day.

Since he talked to He Youcai and Li Shi two days ago, he only went to the Lin family to propose marriage after the completion of the new courtyard. It was a big deal, so this time He Ze and Guan only served a few tables of wine.

But only when the He family is well-off can they have these few tables of wine. The people in the village are poor. Even if it is a big day like the children, grandchildren and crowns, they can only stew a chicken. Yes, two boiled eggs would be nice.

Of course, with money in his hand, Mrs. Li would not be willing to treat her precious son badly.At noon that day, he invited the head of the He family, several clan elders, and some people who had a relationship with each other to dinner.

As for Lin Yu and Zhang's, his future daughter-in-law and his son's future husband, there is no need to say much.

Near noon, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Zhang, and a few of He Ze's aunts and brothers went into the kitchen to help. Lin Yu wanted to go too, but He An dragged him to the room to see him." masterpiece".

"Brother Lin, let me tell you, I'm tired of writing. My brother is very cruel. He asks me to write a hundred every day, and I won't sleep until I finish. My hands are sore!"

He An rubbed his wrists, obviously in a complaining tone, but pushed a stack of paper full of large characters to Lin Yu as if offering a treasure.

——The desk was moved from He Ze's room. Father He wanted to make a new one for He An, but he didn't have time.

For the convenience of He An's practice, He Ze wrote an example word in the upper left corner of each piece of paper, and then left a large part of the blank space for He An to follow.

The small characters are round and neat, vigorous and powerful, while the big characters... are crooked, sometimes thick and sometimes thin, just like symbols.

——Since the day of the Lantern Festival, He Ze seems to have found the feeling. Although the words he wrote are not commendable, they are still not satisfactory.

After all, he had learned calligraphy for seven or eight years.

Lin Yu flipped through them one by one, and from time to time, he would praise He An on which character he wrote well, but He An blushed at the end, "Brother Lin, I just started to learn, and I will definitely write better than Brother Brother in the future." !"

"Well, Brother Lin believes you." Lin Yu nodded with a smile.

He An suddenly became energetic, and happily directed at the pen on the paper, what to read this word, what to read that word, what to pay attention to when writing, chirping like a bird on a branch.

He An spoke earnestly, and Lin Yu listened earnestly, while he was listening, he was scratching on the table with his fingers.Now He An became more active in teaching, wishing he could teach Lin Yu what He Ze taught him like beans in a bamboo tube.

Poor He Ze, who was chatting with his uncle outside, wanted to run away and find his dear little Yu'er.He didn't know that Lin Yu had been immersed in the ocean of knowledge, and he had already forgotten all about him.

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He Ze is today's protagonist, even when he was eating, he sat at the first table with Father He, he was the youngest at this table, apart from toasting or toasting, he couldn't say no to him.

He is not addicted to alcohol, usually he only drinks a couple of drinks with Father He, but he didn't pay attention at the moment, after drinking more than a dozen glasses of wine, his face turned as red as a monkey's butt, and his head became confused .

Lin Yu and Li Shi sat at the same table and kept paying attention to this side. Seeing that He Ze was a little drunk, he immediately reminded Li Shi and helped him into the room in time.

"Hey, young people still can't do it, you need to exercise more!" The patriarch He Hong sitting in the first seat couldn't help laughing when he saw He Ze's staggering steps, he didn't have the majesty of the usual patriarch at all.

Since the last time He Ze came to visit, he had a little more expectation for the young people.

It is said that people are old and mature, and he claims to have two eyesight. There are so many things happening in the Lin family these days, and he would not believe that none of them were written by the He family boy.

You have to have brains, you have to have means, you have to be flexible, you know how to advance and retreat, and you can't say that you will be a great fortune in the future.

But why don't you want to marry a student!Thinking of this, the regret that He Hong had suppressed so easily came to the fore.

However, he then remembered the transfer deeds He Youcai had brought for more than a dozen pieces of land a few days ago, and the regret in his heart just went away a little.

Maybe this kid from the He family is just not suitable for studying?Besides, even if you read the book, can you pass the exam as a scholar?Can you pass the Jinshi exam?Even if you pass the Jinshi exam, there is no one in the court, and it is not easy to get a high-ranking official title.

Thinking of this, the regret went away.

If you don't read it, don't read it. If you can earn a lot of money in the future, it would be good to help the village.

At the moment, there is no such thing as a scholar, a farmer, a businessman or a businessman. Except for the particularity that "scholar" can bring huge rights and benefits, the other three occupational classes are the second, and no one can surpass anyone else.

Therefore, He Hong's thoughts changed himself all of a sudden.

"It's more exercise, don't worry third uncle, boy, I will definitely train him well in the future!" He Youcai responded with a smile.He didn't know that He Hong had gone through so many detours in just this short time.

"Haha, that's right, you have to listen to the patriarch about the rich boy, how can this man not drink!"

A clan elder got up and poured wine for everyone at the table, and no one refused, only He Youcai got up and thanked him. ——He Ze left the table, and He Youcai became the lowest generation, and the rest were the older generation who could talk in the village.

Maybe it's been a long time since we got together, and they are old brothers of the same generation. They have wine and food, and everyone recalls the past as they talk. It is for people to help them back.

Because of the hangover soup, He Ze woke up after only two hours of sleep, but it was already night when he woke up.At that time, Mrs. Li and He An were arranging the congratulatory gifts brought by the guests, but Father He was still asleep because he drank a lot.

"This basket of eggs and this big hen are from his second uncle's family, these two pieces of dried bacon are from Liu San's family, these two catties of loach, two big carp and two coins are from his second uncle's family." Uncle sent it, quickly fill two more basins of water and put it on the cabinet, don’t let the wild cats from somewhere pick it up!”

"Got it, Eminem."

He An stomped and ran out the door just as He Ze came in, "Mum, what are you doing? When did Brother Yu and Aunt Zhang leave?"

"Are you awake? Not long ago, maybe half an hour ago. Your Aunt Zhang and Brother Yu have to stay and help me wipe the table and wash the dishes, otherwise your mother will be busy! You came just in time, here is today It was sent by a guest, and Eminem thought about sorting it out so that he could return the gift in the future."

As she said that, Mrs. Li took another look, and slipped out a package from the pile of congratulatory gifts, "This is from your Aunt Zhang, I guess Brother Yu's gift is also in it, why don't you open it?"

There was a narrow smile on her face.

"If I take it apart, I will take it apart." He Ze pretended not to see the teasing, and walked forward in three steps at a time.

There were two small packages in the package, one big and one small, and He Ze opened the small one without much hesitation.

Inside is a belt, dark blue, exactly the same color as the Confucian shirt he wore on the day of the Lantern Festival. Terrible gibberish.

Fortunately, it is the belt, if it is an inner shirt, it will not hurt people to death.Mrs. Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I said, Brother Yu didn't do this, did he?"

At this moment, He An also fetched water and came in. Seeing his brothers and sisters getting together, he hurriedly put down the water basin, "What, I want to see it too!"

"Your brother Lin made a gift for your elder brother!" Li couldn't help laughing twice, and then tapped He An's forehead, "Your Lin brother can't do the job, you can't do it, I will teach you tomorrow , you have to study hard!"

"Ah—" He An's resentment dragged on for a long time, "I don't want it, brother, brother~"

Before He Xiaopiian had time to laugh at him, Brother Lin got angry, so he had to pout his lips and ask He Ze for help.

Holding the belt embroidered by Lin Yu himself in his hand, which was the first real gift from Lin Yu, He Ze's heart had already softened into a puddle of water, and now his soul flew away.

Then He An was called back.

"Brother, tell Eminem! I've already met the needlework, so I don't want to learn embroidery!"

"Okay, it's fine if you don't study," He Ze should be very straightforward, but in the next second, he received Li Shi's eyes, and quickly said, "But add a hundred more characters every day."

"One hundred is so much?!... Thirty!"

"Seventy!" He Ze shook his head.

"Forty!" He An held out four fingers pitifully.

"Fifty, but I will give you another task. How many words will I teach you in the future, and you will go to Aunt Zhang's house to teach Brother Lin, how about it?"

"make a deal!"

He An, who had successfully halved the price, was very happy. Seeing his happy face, Li Shi also had a smile in his eyes.never mind!If you don't study, then don't study. After all, his elder brother is there, and he won't be bullied when he gets married in the future.

He Ze took the belt and went back to the room, and Li Shi unpacked another big package. There was a bottle of medicinal wine, two cans of tea leaves, two cans of donkey-hide gelatin dates, and a few bolts of high-quality cloth. Although the things were not expensive, they could be seen It was with all my heart that I came out.

Li frowned in her heart, squeezed a few dates and put them into He An's mouth, and began to plan the betrothal gift when she proposed marriage.

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Remembering what he promised his elder brother, He An felt that the task was heavy. He went straight to Lin's house after having lunch the next day. Think of the sand table.

Brush calligraphy is a bit difficult for beginners. Besides, Lin Yu and He An are not going to pursue official careers. As long as they can read and write, they will pass the test. Therefore, the sand table is the fastest and most convenient, and it is not wasted.

He Ze watched He An go out, and wanted to go with him, but then remembered Li Shi's advice.There is nothing wrong with unmarried couples seeing each other occasionally, but if they come to the house every day, they will be laughed at.

Not getting married is inconvenient!

Holding the belt made by his own daughter-in-law last night, He Ze, who had an indescribable dream all night, was full of resentment.

Seeing him like this, old man He did not hide the contempt in his eyes.He Ze rolled his eyes involuntarily, "Father, don't laugh at me, Amu told me that you used to stay at grandpa and grandma's house before dawn every day and refused to leave!"

"..." Brat, he won't save face for his father at all!

He Youcai took a deep drag on his cigarette.

"By the way, dad, the land has already been bought. I plan to buy some medicine seeds in two days. The flower shop will open next month. There are so many things to do, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it."

"Okay, talk to your Uncle Xu before you go. He is a doctor and knows a lot about this."

"En." He Ze nodded.

"Do you want me to go with you?"

"Ah? No need, I can do it myself." He Ze quickly waved his hand, he still wanted to take this opportunity to ask Xiao Yu'er out, the plan must not go to waste!

"You ah you!"

He Youcai shook the cigarette stick, it was obvious.He Ze wasn't embarrassed at all, and smiled heartily.

In the blink of an eye, it was another three days. On this day, Lin Yu got into the He family's ox cart, and the two sat in front of the cart, one on the left and the other on the right, and rushed towards the town.

Unlike the secretiveness of the previous time, this time it was aboveboard.