Self-cultivation of male support

Even if Yan is such an unappetizing existence sometimes, Master Zhizhou and the master who came with him, after the food is served, it is a pleasure to eat.

Except that the two of them were very reserved and maintained proper dining etiquette, the speed was not slow at all, and several dishes were quickly eaten up.

Especially for one of the sweet and sour pork ribs, Liu Quan used the ripe tomatoes at home to make the juice, which was sour and sweet, and the sweet was sour, and the sweet and sour was suitable. It was much milder than using vinegar directly, which was very popular with the two of them.

The two had eaten together, and the dishes were not much cleaner than those of Wang An and Liu Quan.

People who are called masters have to be reserved, but Master Zhizhou doesn't have to care so much. He just poured the leftover soup from stewed potatoes with red fruits into a bowl and mixed rice with rice. The master looked at him several times.

It's a pity that Master Zhizhou, who was so absorbed in eating, didn't notice at all.

After putting down the table and chopsticks comfortably, I had no time to think about other things: "Li Xiucai, didn't the officials take all your potatoes back to the Yamen that day? Why are there still potatoes to eat?"

Shi Yan smiled and explained: "Later, my third brother wanted to level the ground and replant some vegetables, but he didn't expect that there were still many potatoes left over from that day..."

The old man didn't care about these things, he just wanted to know one thing: "What kind of seasoning is in your sweet and sour pork ribs? The sweet and sour taste is very delicious, definitely not mature vinegar and white sugar!"

He said it with certainty, so it can be seen that he is used to eating expensive white sugar.

Shi Yan took out a few tomatoes from the kitchen chopping board and showed them to the two: "I took home some new seeds and tried to plant some, but I didn't expect the taste to be surprisingly good. You can cook it, make soup, cold salad, or eat it raw. .

Because of its bright red color when ripe, our family calls it red fruit. "

The master took one and played with it in his hand, as if he was savoring the delicacy just now, he squinted his eyes and said: "Not bad."

Shi Yan saw that the two of them were full, so he took the two of them outside for a few steps to digest.

Zhizhou pointed to the warm shed in Shi Yan's yard and said: "Li Xiucai, the warm shed in your house is a bit perfunctory. I see that there is still a place for air leakage. It is not suitable for growing flowers in winter!"

Shi Yan smiled and explained: "If you don't plant flowers, you can plant a few green vegetables and have a mouthful of fresh food in winter. It's enough to make people feel comfortable."

But the old man next to Zhizhou said: "It's not likely, the three of you can't finish growing vegetables in such a big shed."

Shi Yan was not angry when he was questioned, he opened a corner of the greenhouse and let the two of them look inside: "Last year

Some new seeds were obtained in autumn, and the students were impatient, so they planted them before the beginning of spring, so they had to build a greenhouse to help the crops survive the winter. "

Zhizhou and the old man beside him looked in through the gap created by Shi Yan, feeling very shocked.

Unknown crops that were as tall as an adult grew greenly in the greenhouse, and a stick as thick as an adult's arm was obviously hanging in the middle of the crop. The two guessed that it might be the fruit of the crop, but they were a little unbelievable.

Shi Yan seemed to know what the two of them were thinking, pointed to the big stick in the middle and said: "According to the students' observation, this crop will mature in about ten days.

A student broke two of them before and found that the fruit was as white as rice, warm and moist as high-quality suet white jade, but several times the size of rice, so they called it corn.

But in the next few days, the students discovered that the closer the corn fruit is to maturity, the more golden the color is, and the yellow color is very pleasant! "

As he said that, as if reminiscing about something, a happy and satisfied smile appeared on his face: "Especially the taste, it's amazing! It's delicious when cooked in soup or cooked alone!"

Lord Zhizhou: "..."

master:"……"

The two couldn't help being seduced by the vivid expression on Shi Yan's face, and fantasized about the deliciousness that Shi Yan said.

Master Zhizhou accidentally said bald mouth again: "Since that's the case, I will trouble Li Xiucai for today's dinner with the master. Nothing else, as long as there are corn dishes!"

Shi Yan agreed in an extremely unnatural manner in the tone of "you have just had lunch and less than a cup of tea, and you wonder if there is something wrong with dinner": "Yes, student, let the elder brother prepare it."

Now the two of them have more time to visit Shi Yan's home where the head can be seen at a glance.

After dinner, when Shi Yan sent the group away, the guards around Lord Zhizhou had already raided Shi Yan's house.

All kinds of condiments in the kitchen, the iron pot that Shi Yan specially asked to make, half a jar of lard suet boiled by Shi Yan himself, the neatly placed red fruits in the main room, and the corn that is about to ripen in the greenhouse. The reclining chairs moved under the tree to the main room all appeared in the hands of Lord Zhizhou's guards.

Master Zhizhou was a little embarrassed, he wanted to give Shi Yan some financial compensation, but he was afraid that giving money would make Shi Yan feel insulted, so he was caught in a dilemma.

During the period, Liu Quan hesitated to speak to Master Zhizhou several times, but was stopped by Shi Yan, but the few people present were all good people, how could they not see Liu Quan's meaning?

So before leaving, Lord Zhizhou summoned Liu Quan to his eyes alone, and said very gently: "Just now I will be seated at the banquet.

In the meantime, I'm looking at you, what do you want to say, right? "

Liu Quan's eyes drifted to the interested master next to him.

Zhizhou reassured: "It's okay, there's nothing you can't listen to."

Liu Quan gritted his teeth, became ruthless, and said, "My lord, it's fine. I just want to ask you about my second brother planting potatoes last year. Didn't the court give you any rewards?"

The master beside Zhizhou said, "Did Li Xiucai ask you to ask?"

There is no emotion in the voice.

Liu Quan guessed that this person could be on an equal footing with Zhizhou, and he might not be a simple person. He had enough experience and knew that to deal with such people, he had to tell the truth.

So Liu Quan said: "No, I asked my second brother years ago, and he said that this matter is not urgent, the court has its own rules.

I was just anxious, I thought that it was a great achievement, at least the imperial court could reward the second brother with some silver taels!There are three brothers in my family, and now they are all using the capital that the second brother saved with great difficulty.

Our brother originally wanted to go out to work to earn money to support the family, but my second brother disagreed and insisted on letting the two of us help him farm and cook. But if this continues, the money will run out one day, right?

And if the second brother wins the Juren this time, he will go to Beijing to take part in the examination next year, and he will need more money, if he fails, he will definitely continue to take the exam, and he will need a lot of money..."

In short, just one sentence: Our family is short of money now.

Zhizhou wanted to explain, saying that the imperial court had started to promote the planting of potatoes in the suburbs of Beijing, and there would be a lot of rewards when there was a harvest in the first year, so there was no rush for this matter.

But the master next to him took the initiative to say: "Just wait in peace."

Liu Quan didn't understand why there was no beginning and no end, but Zhizhou was at ease.

I even feel that stupid people have stupid blessings, and those who are envious almost cry.

That's it?

Can you get a promise from the master?

The master is the emperor, and the promise he made to Li Xiucai can be regarded as a half-life-saving gold medal!How can people not be envious?

After seeing Master Zhizhou off, Shi Yan told Liu Quan: "Go to the kitchen and make more snacks and snacks, small twists are also fine, put them in the kitchen first, and don't move them to the main room."

Liu Quan was puzzled: "How much to make? Have you finished eating? It's not good to waste too much! We don't have much surplus food in our family!"

Shi Yan said casually: "Before you go to bed, you can do as much as you can, it will be useful tomorrow!"

Liu Quan was puzzled, but he followed Shi Yan's instructions and did it without complaint.

Early the next morning, Liu Quan made breakfast early and urged Shi Yan to get up.

Shi Yan lazily turned over in the bed, puzzled and said: "Why is it like this today?

morning? "

Liu Quan rolled his eyes and explained: "Boss, have you forgotten what day it is today? Today is a big day for the provincial examination results! Don't we need to go to Fucheng early to read the results? Don't you want to know your status as soon as possible?" result?"

Shi Yan covered his head with a quilt, and the muffled voice came: "What's the hurry? I will fill in our current address clearly on the provincial examination paper, and the guard who announces the good news will definitely not get lost!"

Liu Quan choked, and then directly pulled Shi Yan's quilt: "Boss, listen to what nonsense you are talking about? Do you dare to believe this kind of thing? Ah!

Feel your conscience and say, if your reading attitude of fishing for three days and posting on the net for two days can win the exam, how will other people who have studied hard for dozens of years live? "

Wang An chimed in and said, "If someone really comes to the house to announce the good news today, I will be grateful for the blessings of the Buddha!"

Shi Yan couldn't sleep after a long sleep, so he got up lazily: "Then don't forget, don't regret it when the time comes!"

Liu Quan was irritated by Shi Yan's attitude, and said bluntly: "Count me in, if the boss really wins this time, I will cook for you for the rest of your life!"

After thinking about it, I added: "I won't charge you a penny!"

Shi Yan was very satisfied: "That's good!"

Less than two hours after the words fell to the ground, there was a sound of beating gongs and drums in the village. Accompanied by the noise of the villagers, a group of people obviously dressed differently stopped at the door of Shi Yan's house.

"People from Lijia Village, Jingyuan County, Ming'an Prefecture, Master Li Shiyan! Congratulations to Jieyuan for the Ming'an Prefecture Township Examination in the 13th year of Qingyuan High School! Congratulations!" The leading guard shouted loudly at the door of Shiyan's house.

Liu Quan hurried to open the door, and was dumbfounded to see a huge group of people shouting outside.

It was Wang An who came to his senses, and quickly entered the house to find the purse containing the change, and gave rewards to the servants who announced the good news.

The guards didn't think the reward was small at all, and they all laughed from ear to ear. They had been told by Yang Fucheng in advance to take special care of Li Juren.

At this moment, Shi Yan lazily came out of the room, and everyone looked at him with very different eyes. I always felt that Shi Yan, who used to look very lazy and out of shape, seemed to have a halo around him now. No matter how you look at him, there is a special kind of Its flavor is very different from those mud-legged people who go to the ground all day long.

Everyone attributed this to the majesty of the master Juren.

After seeing off the servants who announced the good news, and welcoming wave after wave of congratulatory people from the village, Shi Yan reminded Liu Quan: "Take out the snacks and snacks that were made yesterday, and share with everyone. Everyone will feel happy."

Liu Quan was startled: "Boss, did you know yesterday that you will be successful?"

Shi Yan smiled and said nothing, but Liu Quan felt that his boss was more unpredictable than before.