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Xie Jing followed him in, thinking that Xu Jun wanted to teach him the rules, but after he went in, the other party told him about the ancestors of the Xie family.

A few days ago, Xie Siquan brought him to worship and just offered incense casually. It was not as formal as Xu Jun, and the speech was not complete. It was the first time Xie Jing heard about the Xie family.The Xie family has had its ups and downs for hundreds of years. The ancestors have been brilliant and also have been down. By the time of Xie Siquan's generation, there was only a little money left. The siblings guarded this wealth carefully. The first 13 years were all thanks to Xie Yuan's carefulness. , raised and educated his younger brother, and later relied on Xie Siquan's courage and courage to take back the family business of his ancestors and develop it to where it is today.

Xu Jun said: "Your uncle doesn't like reading, and hates the rules of the Central Plains people the most, but you don't blame him, the Xie family has always been like this." He took Xie Jing to see a clay sculpture enshrined, and said to him: "Your Xie family ancestors only made If one becomes an official, it will be enshrined here."

Xie Jing: "A scholar?"

Xu Jun: "No, the county magistrate who donated money to buy."

Xie Jing: "..."

This is also the Xie family's usual style.

Xu Jun said again: "This person also wrote some poems and articles, highly praised Xichuan Tianhuo——"

"What is Skyfire?"

"Your uncle took you to the salt field before, right? You can take a closer look at it when you go back. The gas under the pot is ignitable instead of firewood, so it's called Tianhuo." Xu Jun explained: "Your ancestors made a special fire for this purpose. He wrote a booklet describing in detail how to drill a hole in the ground and then cook in an iron pot. He also made a great wish to spread this method to the world. If it weren’t for the steep mountains and difficult roads in Shu, the book would have been spread all over China. country."

Xie Jing didn't know if his eyes were dazzled just now, why did he seem to see Er Dangjia smiled.

Xu Jun lit the incense, took Xie Jing to pay homage, and said: "Your Xie family ancestor wanted to popularize Heavenly Fire all his life, but he didn't know that there were very few such things outside of Xichuan, but since it was an ambitious wish, if there is a chance in the future, Please thank the descendants of your family and do your best to complete it for him."

After talking about some historical issues left by the Xie family, Xu Jun has nothing else to say.The ancestral hall of the Xie family was destroyed by fire, and things have been lost and scattered for so many years. I only found such a simple and benevolent ancestor who praised "Heaven Fire" wholeheartedly. The current Patriarch Xie has long since torn him apart. Xie Siquan's temper cannot be restrained at all.

Taking Xie Jing for a general look, Xu Jun seemed to have no intention of asking him: "Did you bring those people from the Bai family here voluntarily, or did Bai Jiuye ask them to follow? When you return home, you can do whatever you want." No one dares to stop you in Shangcheng." The last sentence is already supporting Xie Jing.

Xie Jing said: "I did it voluntarily, I borrowed someone from Lord Jiu."

Xu Jun said: "If you are short of people around you, you can tell me, and I will help you find as much as you want."

Xie Jing said softly: "I don't plan to stay in Xichuan for a long time, and I will go back to Master Jiu after a while."

Xu Jun frowned, but said nothing.

He took Xie Jing around Xie's house in the morning, and took Xie Jing to an outside restaurant for a meal at noon. He didn't order Ya Yu, but specially ordered a mapo tofu. The one I ordered in a small restaurant is much more delicate, with the addition of brain flower, the taste is more mellow, and half of it is clear and the other half is added with chili. Smooth, better than meat.

Xie Jing ate deliciously.

Xu Jun was also very satisfied, and served him with his own hands, saying: "Your uncle said that you like to eat this, so I specially brought you here to taste it. If you like it, I will take the cook home and make it for you often."

Xie Jing said: "The cook at home is also delicious, and the noodles I eat in the morning are very good."

Xu Jun asked: "Is there anything else that needs to be bought? I will accompany you to the street to have a look in a while, and buy what you need."

Xie Jing shook her head: "There is nothing missing, it is enough."

After Xu Jun ate two bowls of rice, he slowed down the speed of picking up vegetables. He wanted to chat with Xie Jing, talked about some things in Beidi, and asked him: "I heard from your uncle, how many years have you been studying? "

"Ah."

"Do you want to go to school again? Xichuan also has several good schools. At the beginning of the year, there was a newly built university, but it was a little far away from home. If you are not used to it, we can invite teachers to come to teach at home. What do you want to learn? no?"

Before Xie Jing could answer, he heard someone running up the stairs. Before the person arrived, the laughter came first.

Xie Siquan poked his head out from the stairs to have a look, ran over in three or two steps, and said with a smile, "I heard they said you brought Jing'er out for dinner, so I guessed it was this place." He sat down next to Xie Jing, He said affectionately: "How is it, the taste of this restaurant is okay?"

Xie Jing nodded in agreement, and poured tea for him, Xie Siquan felt more at ease, after drinking a cup of tea, most of the summer heat disappeared.

Xu Jun at the side has already called Xiao Er to bring over a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and handed over a bowl of rice.

Xie Siquan was already hungry after a busy morning, and asked while eating: "What were you talking about just now? It's so lively."

Xu Jun: "Talking about Xiao Xie's schooling, I asked him if he has a favorite school or a new university."

Before Xie Jing could speak, Xie Siquan immediately said no: "If you don't go to university, you have to travel a long way, and it's not convenient to go home."

Xie Jing also followed suit: "Well, I don't want to go to school."

Xu Jun frowned slightly, "I heard that you are good at reading, you have a good memory, and you can speak foreign language. It's a pity not to read."

Xie Jing lied earnestly: "They are bragging, I don't like reading." He only planned to stay in Xichuan for more than half a year and settled Grandma Kou here. Thinking of these things, he wanted to go back to Master Jiu as soon as possible.

Xie Siquan had a good understanding of this, and immediately defended him and said: "If you don't read, if you don't read, what's the use of reading those troubles all day long? Didn't Jing'er learn to calculate accounts? You can teach him yourself later."

Xu Jun froze for a moment: "I..."

"Come here, Jing'er, eat vegetables!" Seeing that Xie Jing had been eating the plate of tofu in front of him, Xie Siquan sandwiched meat for him. "Why don't you only eat tofu, but also try other things, they are all from my own family, so don't be cautious."

Other dishes are okay, but Xie Jing avoids it twice when there are vegetables in it.

Uncle Xie still put it in a bowl for him and stared at him to finish eating.

Xu Jun looked at it, shook his head and chuckled.This person doesn't eat well by himself, but he is quite careful with the children.

Xie Siquan asked Xu Jun to take Xie Jing in person, and Xu Jun put the matter on the agenda, and made a detailed lesson plan to teach him rigorously.

But there was also a surprise. After Xu Jun personally took Xie Jing for a few days, he found that Xie Jing was learning very fast. In addition, the foundation brought by Master Jiu was solid, and he could learn anything.Xu Jun has never taught such a sense of accomplishment before. Before, he only thought the phrase "remembering" was an exaggeration, but he did not expect to meet one.Xie Jing's account books are also quick to calculate, and he is proficient in mental arithmetic and abacus calculation. If Xu Jun didn't know that he was working in the guard team of the East Hospital of the Bai Family, he would have thought that he was specially taught as the heir of some family.

Xu Jun's eyes on his little nephew are much softer now, and he is satisfied everywhere.

Xu Jun flipped through the book, took a sip of tea, and waited for Xie Jing to figure out the amount in the account book, but after a while Xie Jing sorted it out, nodded and said: "Yes."

Xie Jing sat at the table, opened a blank page, and looked up at him.

Xu Jun became more and more satisfied, and asked: "Jing'er, have you learned this before?" Xie Jing thought for a while, and said, "I have been the accompanying student of Second Young Master Bai."

Xu Jun nodded: "No wonder."

There are many young masters in the big family who are not serious about the Eight Classics. If the companions are talented and intelligent, they can learn a lot of real skills, but there is also a little downside——

Xu Jun glanced at his hand, and asked in a cold voice, "Have you ever been beaten in the Bai family?"

Xie Jing chuckled and shook her head.

Xu Jun's expression softened a little.

After teaching for another hour, Xu Jun asked him to rest for a while, Xie Jing got up to move around, and planned to go back to his small courtyard.

Xu Jun stopped him and said, "Jing'er, go slowly, I have something to tell you."

Xie Jing stood there and waited.

Xu Jun pondered for a moment, then said to him: "The guard standing outside waiting for you in the courtyard is called Wang Su, right?"

Xie Jing nodded: "It's him, what's wrong?"

Xu Jun said: "Someone saw him go out the back door early this morning, and delivered a letter. Everything in the letter was related to you."

Xie Jing thought about what was going on in the blink of an eye, her ears were slightly red, and she stood there trying to suppress her voice and said, "Oh, where did you send it?"

"Shanghai, Bai's family." Xu Jun frowned, "I don't know how your relationship with those guards is, but it's a bit too much to monitor your whereabouts and send messages so blatantly, so I've already had someone intercept it. "

Xie Jing hurriedly said: "It's not necessary, I asked him to deliver the letter."

Xu Jun was puzzled: "You let it? But all your whereabouts these days have been recorded on it."

Xie Jing didn't suppress the curiosity in her heart: "How complete is it?"

Xu Jun snorted coldly: "The whole day is recorded in the book, even the three meals a day are recorded.

Xie Jing laughed.

Xu Jun was even more puzzled, waiting for his explanation.

Xie Jing thought for a moment, and said to him: "I have someone in my heart, and it's in the east courtyard of the Bai family. There is no need to hide anything between us. I would like to let him know... just like you and uncle."

Xu Jun's eyelids twitched: "Oh? When did you know."

Xie Jing touched the tip of his nose, and said vaguely: "Are you and uncle? On the way back from Zhuandou, I went to inspect that night. When I met you after going upstairs, I kept thinking about it, and I always felt that something was wrong. , but I didn't think about it for a while... I observed it again in the past few days, and the more I looked at it, the more I knew I guessed it right."

Xu Jun didn't deny it either, just stood there with his hands in his sleeves, clenched his fingers where he couldn't see, feeling a little nervous.

He said dryly, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Xie Jing stood there and tentatively said: "Have I finished my studies in the morning and can go back? Grandma said that I will cook stew at noon and let me go back to eat early." After he finished speaking, he was afraid that Xu Jun would be angry, so he added: "The second master , go eat something together?"

Xu Jun followed Xie Jing to the other courtyard. Grandma Kou really cooked good dishes. Shu dishes were too spicy, and the guards were not used to them.

This morning, Wang Su and others went out to hunt wild rabbits. Grandma Kou washed and cut them up, and stewed them in a large pot. They used the method of Beidi and had a strong aroma.

There was a lot of stewed rabbit meat, and Xu Jun also got a big bowl. He sat there watching Xie Jing eat it, probably because the other party ate too deliciously, so he also ate a sharp bowl unconsciously.

During the period, Xie Jing treated him as usual, and there was nothing unusual.

If there is a difference, it is that Xie Jing gave him a rabbit's leg. It seems that he is not as polite as before, and the relationship is a little closer.

Xu Jun silently ate that rabbit leg, gnawed it clean, and ate it with great care.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

About Tianhuo (natural gas)——

The ancestor Xie county magistrate wrote sincerely: There are thousands of poor people in the world, and it is difficult to make a living; I wish to spread this method to the world, and the bottom of the pot will spontaneously ignite!

【Translation】: Dear friends, you have worked so hard to cook, you must never have thought about drilling a hole in the ground!My God, come and learn this skill with me, just punch a hole, and the gas will come up, and you can cook immediately when you ignite it!I hope that one day in the future, people all over the world will be able to know and use Tianhuo. I hope that everyone will not have to worry about cooking. I love you!