dressed as a scholar

"I'm so tired. This job shouldn't be done by people."

"Now I feel like I'm soaked in sweat, and my hands are going to be worn out."

The noon sun is like needles growing, the people who stabbed the roots are stinging all over the body, and the students in the field can't dig the soil with hoes. With such a three-point land, a farmer can turn over in half an hour, but everyone feels that it is more difficult than going to the west to learn scriptures.

With a swipe of the hoe, you can only dig up a hoe's worth of soil. It takes hundreds or thousands of swipes to loosen all the soil that is tightly held by the withered grass.

After working for more than an hour, it turned out that only a piece of land the size of a palm was turned over.

Seeing that the smooth and smooth palm of his hand became red and swollen due to friction with the hoe handle, and the more he held the hoe handle, the more painful it became, then someone started to shout: "What time is this, when do we have to dig?"

"I can't go back to eat until three quarters in the afternoon. Didn't the master already say that?"

I asked the farm laborer, and I heard that there was still a stick of incense before the hour. Everyone was complaining. Sun Yuan took off his straw hat and it seemed that the top of his head was steaming. He threw the hat aside and sat down on the edge of the field. Feeling that the dirt on his hands and feet was dirty, he picked up the water bottle and took a big gulp from the mouth of the cow: "The master said that the three-point land has to be turned today, and there is still time in the afternoon. If you are tired, you can rest for a while."

"I'm a dignified scholar. Although I don't have a good reputation, I'm still a boy. Even if I can't pass the examination for a scholar, my family business is enough to eat, clothe and live well for a lifetime. Why should I have to suffer the hardship of farming here?"

Sun Yuan originally wanted to comfort everyone, but he didn't think of a word that broke people's defenses.

As soon as this remark came out, it could be said that it touched the hearts of the young masters, and they all shouted: "Yes, today I will run eastward, and tomorrow I will go westward. It was nothing more than going to a fair and selling stalls. Now I am still here to plow the land. You know." It’s to teach, I don’t know why I thought our family was defeated and had to go around begging for a living, why come to suffer all this.”

"Anyway, I don't want to do it anymore. If you want to scold me, you can scold me, and you can punish me if you want."

Seeing everyone's discouraged looks, Sun Yuan felt tired. He glanced at Zhao Wanxin who was next to him. The person who likes to be clean and tidy is sitting on the haystack and panting heavily. Also sandy.

The two looked at each other, but neither spoke.After a pause, Zhao Wanxin stared at Sun Yuan's hand: "Bring your water bottle, Master, and have a drink."

"Don't you drink from the same kettle as others, drink your own."

"I've already finished my drink." Zhao Wanxin swallowed dryly, "Hurry up, bring it."

Sun Yuan laughed, raised his hand and threw the kettle over. After Zhao Wanxin took it, he unscrewed it hastily and quickly poured a big gulp into his mouth.

"Why, I can't hold it any longer." Sun Yuan dragged his head behind his back, and leaned on the haystack with his eyelids half drooping, jokingly said: "Actually, your mother loves you so much, find someone to send a message back, Zhaizi The inside will definitely send someone to pick you up immediately, even the master can't say anything."

"You are so stupid to be my young master. When my parents learned that I was going to study farming and mulberry in the village, the whole family rejoiced. My father almost knelt down to the master. Now if I go back, my mother will support me. Then I will have no face to see my father." Zhao Wanxin wiped the spout of the kettle, and sneered: "Don't use this trick to provoke me. The more you say that, the more I won't go back. If I can hold on, I can still be worse than you."

"You are always comparing yourself to me when you have nothing to do. My young master's perseverance and perseverance are not comparable to yours."

The two were exposing each other's shortcomings and oppressing each other, when they suddenly heard the sound of a hoe falling into the ground: "I quit, I will go back to the city today, if you don't dare to leave, I dare, whoever wants to suffer here can suffer here .My young master, doing something is better than digging the soil here."

"Brother Sun, Brother Zhao, you two should come quickly to persuade Deng Jue, he is arguing to go back."

Sun Yuan looked over: "Deng Jue, everyone is digging the soil, aren't they all equally tired, no one said they want to leave but you have to."

The tall and thin scholar named Deng Jue said: "Everyone wants to leave, so why bother to persuade me. What does this poor village live in, what does it eat, and come to cultivate the land!"

"Actually, the food is pretty good. It's just that you got up late this morning. You just have to go earlier tomorrow. If you really can't get up, what do you want to eat? I'll go over early tomorrow and save a portion for you. You How chilling it would be for Master to leave."

Thinking of drinking a bowl of porridge this morning when he got up late this morning, he felt a sense of grievance in his heart: "I will change my master when I go back, and I will change my heart if I love it. After that, it may not mean that I will not live in Yuncheng anymore."

After saying that, Deng Jue clapped his hands, climbed up the ridge and really wanted to leave.

"Even if you want to leave, let's go after lunch. You can walk to Yuncheng for an hour or two, but you won't be able to get there."

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, they heard Fang Yu's voice coming from the path.

When Fang Yu came back from the vegetable field, he turned over to see what was going on here, but he didn't expect something to happen.

"Husband, master."

Deng Jue spoke loudly, but he was still apprehensive when he saw Fang Yu coming here. Although Fang Yu didn't look as serious as the old master, he was always unpredictable, and he often thought of tricks to torment others. , compared to those old masters, it was Fang Yu who made him feel more in awe.

Everyone also hurriedly got up from the ground, picked up hoes and picked up hoes.

Fang Yu went the other way and didn't get angry: "I knew you were not good at plowing the ground, but if you don't experience the process of farming, you probably won't have a long memory. Now you feel tired and bitter, but raise your head Looking at those people who were originally farmers, they have been working like this day after day, year after year, and now it’s just a short experience for you and you can’t hold on."

"If one day the family business is overturned, and how many of you have the ability to eat enough, and you can't even wield the most basic hoes, what else is there?" Fang Yu said sharply: "I know that most of you are dissatisfied with I, in the future, whether I want to change my teacher or not stay in my classroom, but since you are in my hands for a day, I will teach you for a day."

"All of you were born in wealthy houses, and your starting point of survival is already higher than that of many scholars, so why not take advantage of your advantages and go to a higher place."

"Why do you always say that poor families give birth to noble children? Poor families get rich, because these people understand the hardships of life and are determined to do so."

After Fang Yu finished speaking, he turned to Deng Jue and said, "Master will not stop you if you want to leave. Even if I use the title of Master to suppress you and force you to stay, it's just that people keep it but don't. , Even if you stay here for a year or so, you won't learn much."

"Go to Zhuangzi to eat lunch. If you insist on leaving, I will arrange a carriage for you to take you back to Deng's house safely. Since your parents and I asked you to leave at that time, we will send you off safely now." You don't have to worry about your parents scolding you, I will explain it to them."

Deng Jue opened his mouth but didn't say anything, he lowered his head to avoid Fang Yu.

"If you still have the same thoughts as Deng Jue, please let me know, and I will also arrange a carriage for you."

Everyone was silent and didn't speak.

"Okay, let's come here this morning, I can pack up and go back to eat and rest." Fang Yu will say these words sooner or later, and he will listen to the two sentences he can hear, and he will listen to the words he can't hear It's useless to say a lot of words with your ears.

"Yes."

When everyone heard the words, they put down their hoes, looked disheveled, and slapped the dirt on their bodies in twos and threes to go to Zhuangzi. They should have been happy to accept the work, but it made everyone feel depressed.

Fang Yu saw all the young faces in the back either panting with his hips on his hips or beating his back to wipe his sweat. Seeing that his young and strong body was not as strong as that stooped sixty-year-old man, he couldn't help but shook his head. The court emphasizes civility over martial arts, so one's own body still needs to be practiced, otherwise after entering an official position, he will collapse under pressure sooner or later.

Although he was mentally prepared that some people would not be able to persevere, yesterday he just ran for a while in the city to pick seeds, and let everyone rest when he came to the countryside. Today, he gave a lecture and started to work on the ground. There must be someone Can't bear it.

Although he also wanted this group of students to learn more, what he said was the truth, and it would be futile to leave him here to complain in his heart, not only wasting time to learn something, but also shaking the rest of the students The will is not worth the candle.

"Why are you so dull? But tired?"

Qiao Hezhi saw that the faces of the people who came back were completely different from the ones who went out with a hoe this morning, so he couldn't help but asked with concern: "Master reprimanded you?"

"It's nothing to do with the teacher's wife. Even the master should reprimand us. If the master doesn't reprimand us, who else will reprimand us?"

Although Sun Yuan was so tired that he didn't want to talk, he still couldn't help showing his usual playful smile when he saw Qiao Hezhi: "But everyone is really tired from digging the ground today."

Zhao Wanxin also leaned over and said, "Yeah, my hands are swollen."

Although Fang Yu never scolded everyone when he was in the field just now, but because he was not scolded, he had nothing to complain about, and his depressed heart was even more uncomfortable. Seeing someone caring now, he couldn't help but go forward "Teacher's wife, look at the student's hand, I guess it will be more swollen tomorrow."

"It's really red and swollen." Qiao Hezhi frowned, and said in a very gentle voice, "Master knows your difficulties. When I first cooked, I also felt tired. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Once you get used to it, you won't feel so tired. "

"Hurry up and wash your face and hands with hot water. I brought some medicinal wine to Zhuangzi. I'll take it and smear it on my hands and it won't hurt soon. In the evening, Master's mother will cook some good dishes for you. Today I will be cooking I picked a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables from the field, and the Chinese toon is growing just right now."

No one would feel warm when hearing such words: "Teacher's wife, students should also use medicinal wine."

"Okay, I have them all. I'll go to the house to eat. I've been tired all morning."

As soon as the people who complained about their complaints became lively again, Deng Jue couldn't get rid of his embarrassment, went into the hall to have a quick meal, and slipped out of Zhuangzi while everyone was still scrambling for food. A carriage, he felt very uncomfortable.

"Are you in such a hurry to go back?"

"Master!"

Deng Jue was startled when he saw the people coming around from behind the carriage: "You, have you eaten?"

"Didn't you use it before?" Fang Yu looked at this student who was not very outstanding in the classroom on weekdays. If he wanted to say that he was stubborn, he couldn't compare with Sun Yuan and Zhao Wanxin. If he wanted to say that he worked hard, he was not as good as the two. Scholars, on the other hand, didn't attract much attention during the period, but seemed to be the original owner.

"Since Master took the trouble to bring you down, I definitely hope that everyone will persevere until the end. If you want to leave because of a momentary impulse, then Master will still persuade you to stay, but if you really want to leave, I will definitely not keep you,"

Fang Yu said solemnly: "Maybe you think that even if you go back today, it is just a trivial matter. There are countless things that have not gone well for more than ten years and you have not persisted, but the master will tell you from the experience of those who have been there, today you can do it because of If you avoid something you don’t want to do because of your own temper, and give up when you disagree, you will still have to suffer a lot in the future.”

"The carriage is here, if you want to leave, just send a groom."

After saying that, Fang Yu went straight to the hall.

Deng Jue looked at the people going away, and never looked back from the beginning to the end. He stood where he was for a long time without saying a word.

"My lord, I'm leaving."

Fang Yu took a sip of tea in the study, and when he heard the boy return, he couldn't help but put the teacup on the table: "You really left?"

"Yes, Young Master Deng thought for a while in front of the carriage, and then climbed into the carriage."

Fang Yu took a deep breath: "Let him go."

Those who are interested don't need to teach, and those who don't have the heart can't teach, but he thought that students like Deng Jue would stay with a little advice, but he didn't expect him to think highly of him. He originally thought that students like Zhao Wanxin and Sun Yuan would be the most Let's make a fuss first and quit, but I didn't expect that the two of them hadn't said anything more.

"Is the medicinal wine on the husband's side enough? If it's not enough, go to the city and buy some good ones."

"There are a lot of preparations in Zhuangzi, the Lord doesn't have to worry, there must be enough."

"That's good." Fang Yu stood up, and he also planned to go and have a look at the group of students: "Everyone is thin and tender, and they scream loudly in front of the husband, and only the husband is used to it. I have to do it myself in the afternoon." You can only be sure if you carry it on the ground.”