Grandpa is not vegetarian

Mu Yunyi invited the Ji family to eat fruit and drink tea, chatted for a while, and then turned to the main topic. The old man Ji offered to ask Mu Yunyi to accept his two grandsons as students.

Mu Yunyi said: "Don't be busy for now, there is still a little accident here to make it clear, lest you regret it in the future, I must have heard of my reputation in the village recently, people say I am a little evil star, I just went to pay New Year's greetings , were blocked at the gate and were not allowed to enter the courtyard..."

The old man Ji quickly said: "We know what kind of person Mr. Xiao is, and I don't believe them."

Mu Yunyi said: "It's not this, it's not this. What I want to say is that in the future, Jinsuo and Yinsuo will be successful in their studies, enter the market to test their fame, and even become officials. A Mr. evil star, with a bad reputation, I am afraid that I will delay the future of my life, this is a big deal, I have to make it clear in advance."

Hearing what he said, the Ji family members were silent, especially Gao Chunhua, thinking that if her son became an official in the future, if his reputation was ruined because of a master of evil stars, he would be too aggrieved to suffer this, and he felt aggrieved. The headache is a little repetitive.

Old man Ji could see it more clearly than she did. Without Mu Yunyi, the two grandchildren wouldn't even have the chance to study, let alone the test of merit: "What did you say, Mr. Xiao, I let these two children learn to read and read. I didn't want them to be officials. We are farmers who dig food in the fields, learn a few words, gain some knowledge, and go out to do errands in the future. Don't be deceived by others. I was almost deceived by others back then. I don’t know how to read and write. As for fame and so on, it’s better if you can take the exam, and it’s okay if you can’t. What’s more, there are so many scholars, how many of them can pass the exam? Besides, being a teacher for a day and a father for life, the child The master taught them Ban Dong, which is already equivalent to their master. This time, it is just to make up for the etiquette. Even if there is no such event today, they will go out in the future, and others will ask them, it is also a trick taught by Mr. Xiao, that is Nothing will change!"

Mu Yunyi heard what he said, and just agreed, Jinsuo and Yinsuo knelt down and kowtowed to serve tea, Mu Yunyi said: "From now on, you will follow me to read and study, and you will have to take scientific examinations in the future. Jinsuo and Yinsuo have to be nicknamed. I will give you a big name respectively, called Chunshi and Qiushi. The names correspond to "Spring and Autumn" in the Five Classics. Ji Chunshi and Jiqiushi also remind you that time is precious. , don’t waste your time.”

The two children kowtowed to thank Mr. for the name, and Ji's family also applauded: "What a good name! What a good name! They really are scholars, and they are different from what we came up with by digging through the earth."

Mu Yunyi asked Shang Yi to open the cabinet again, and took out two sets of the Four Treasures of the Study: "Since you are apprentices, I also have gifts for you." He knew that the Ji family was not rich, so he wanted to squeeze some out of his teeth. As a Shuxiu, I refused to take advantage of others, so I prepared two sets of pens, inks, papers and inkstones in advance. Although they were not expensive, a brush, a small inkstone, a piece of loose ink, and a hundred sheets of paper, It is also worth nearly [-] Wen, two sets are [-] Wen, and there are two "Hundred Surnames" and "Thousand Characters" that he copied by himself. "Here are two more books, which we will talk about soon. Yes, it is exactly the same set as the "Three Character Classic" that I gave you two years ago. You can take it home and preview it first. I will start to talk about it when the third year begins. I will try to talk about half of it before the fifteenth day. , Finish the lecture in the first month, review it twice in February, and teach the thousand-character essay in March, and then I will teach you how to draw and write in red."

The two children thanked each other again, Mu Yunyi took the tea and drank it, and the teacher apprenticeship ceremony was over, he took out two purses and handed them to the two children: "Just now is the gift for the teacher apprenticeship, this is for you to give me New Year's greetings, I gave you the New Year's money, and use it to buy something delicious and fun." The two purses are the same as those given to Gao Yiqing and Mo Xiang, they are all copper coins, plus some candies, dried fruits and the like.

Seeing the time for lunch, the Ji family originally thought that they brought so many things, and one meal would be enough. Unexpectedly, Mu Yunyi gave back the Four Treasures of the Study, and the lucky money for the two children alone was twenty Wen. A little short of breath, he proposed to go home, but was forcibly detained by Mu Yunyi: "Since I'm here, I'll just have a meal, what's the matter? Could it be that you are afraid of the evil name of my little evil star, and you can't bear it?" Is it bad for you to go out?" The Ji family quickly denied it, and then stayed back.

At this time Gao Yiqing came back, still holding the red envelope given by Lizheng. There were five copper coins in it, which was not too little. Gao Yiqing and Qiu Xiaobao had a good relationship and used to play together. Rich, the Ma family has power, the two families are very close, Gao Yiqing went to pay New Year greetings to Li Zheng, Qiu Xiaobao was there too, just in time to receive a red envelope, so Ma Fulu gave him one too, and Qiu Xiaobao left him to play at his home next door a while.

Originally, Gao Yiqing planned to come back immediately, but when Qiu Xiaobao heard that he had learned characters, he specially showed off that the two children could read more characters than the other. Although Qiu Xiaobao learned the thousand-character prose in a private school, he was not as serious as Gao Yiqing, Many words in the Three Character Classic were forgotten, so the two fought to a tie.

Qiu Xiaobao was not convinced, and took out his family's candy snacks to show off. Gao Yiqing also took out peanut candy, green tea candy, red dates, black dates, and pine nuts from his pocket to eat. Qiu Xiaobao didn't have the pine nuts and black dates, so the second round was a tie.

Qiu Xiaobao was very surprised that Gao Yiqing was able to take out so many things, and even couldn't believe it, especially the Scorpio purse tied around Gao Yiqing's waist, which made him envious, touched and touched, looked and looked, hated He can't take it as his own. In fact, he dragged Gao Yiqing back to his home just to tempt Gao Yiqing with the food, and then exchanged this purse. Now he can't do what he wanted, and he always had a sense of superiority in front of Gao Yiqing, but now his sense of superiority is gone. No more, he lost his balance in his heart, and in a moment of excitement, he took out a jade pendant that his brother gave him a few days ago, and asked Gao Yiqing if he had it.

Of course Gao Yiqing didn't have one, but he had a big scorpion purse, and thought he was better than that jade pendant, so he didn't envy him at all. Qiu Xiaobao offered to exchange the jade pendant, but he refused to give it. In the end, he had to send Gao Yiqing out disgruntled, and then went back to ask him for the jade pendant. Mom is cute and coquettish, clamoring for a big scorpion purse that is exactly the same.

Mu Yunyi took Shang Yi and Gao Yiqing to prepare lunch, because today was different than usual, it was Chinese New Year, and it was also a teacher apprentice banquet, so he asked Shang Yi to pack the two carps and make a plate.

As for the two reed chickens and the two ducks, which were both alive, they were first raised in the path between the south side of the house and the courtyard wall. That piece was six meters long and three meters wide, and both sides were clamped with wooden sticks. The fence, further to the west is the garden field, which was originally used to raise chickens. When Mu Yunyi first arrived here, there were more than a dozen hens in it. After the separation, they were all moved to the east. Well, now it's just a good time to keep the chickens and ducks inside. They were all raised by the Ji family. They lay eggs every day, so it's good to keep them.

The pork brought by Ji's family was also cut off, and four eggs and a handful of fungus were added to make a big plate of Mushu meat.Then he took out his own chicken and peanuts and made a plate of Kung Pao Chicken. This dish is so fresh that no one in this world has ever eaten it.Finally, I made another plate of braised beef.Four meat dishes, and then four ingredients, fried potatoes, fried radishes, vinegared cabbage, candied sweet potatoes.Make another can of mushroom soup made of various mushrooms.

Not to mention whether these eight dishes are delicious or not, the kung pao chicken and candied sweet potatoes alone cannot be eaten in the palace at this time, and even the mu shu meat is something that no one in the village has ever seen Stir-frying eggs and meat together is really not as extravagant as any farmer's family!

At the dinner table, Mu Yunyi took out the opened bottle of Human Torch and entertained Old Man Ji and Ji Baogen. Now, he took his youngest son to live, guarding 24 acres of land to support two grandsons and three granddaughters. He originally wanted his grandson to learn carpentry when he was older. Literacy can be regarded as honoring the ancestors. After all, Lao Ji's ancestors have not been able to write their own names for generations.

The meal lasted until two or three o'clock in the afternoon. Gao Chunhua and Niu Siniang rushed to wash the dishes, swept the floor, and even the stove and cupboards were spotless. After drinking two more cups of tea in the room, he left happily.

After seeing off the Ji family, Mu Yunyi was in a daze when he came back. Gao Yichun asked him what was wrong, and Mu Yunyi sighed slightly: "It's nothing, but there are two things. The first is Uncle Niu's car, which cannot be done in the future. Now, we can’t be annoying for nothing, although Uncle Niu didn’t say anything, but after all Niu Wulang spoke up, I thought about buying two donkeys.”

Gao Yichun nodded: "It's true that you can't cause family discord, but do you have enough money? Two donkeys cost seven or eight taels of silver."

At this time, because the Ming Dynasty still occupied the Northeast and Ningxia, the price of cattle and horses was lower than that of the Song Dynasty, and the state control was not so strict, otherwise beef would not be cheaper than pork.Mu Yunyi has inquired that the price of a horse in the county is 12 taels of silver, of course it is just a rough horse, a yellow cow is worth eight taels of silver, a mule is six taels of silver, a donkey is four taels of silver, and a pig is one tael five , sheep are the cheapest, and a sheep weighing forty or fifty catties only costs about five hundred yuan.

"Of course there is money to buy donkeys, but I was just thinking, after you finish planting the land here, I will take you all to live in the city, and it will be convenient for you to study in free schools. Now that the two of them have paid homage to Mr. We can’t ignore them, we originally thought about buying donkeys later, but now that the two sides are squeezed together, it’s a bit stretched.”