The little stone generously dipped his finger in water and wrote two big characters on the table neatly and neatly——余舤.
Yuan Sinian was eating stewed vegetables with relish, while watching the little guy's writing seriously. Seeing that he wrote his name well, he smiled and said, "That's right, a child can be taught! Yu Kai, would you like to study in Rongxuan Academy with me?"
Shopkeeper Jin listened to it, feeling envious and jealous in his heart. This little guy is lucky, he has a sister who can cook, so he can only write his own name, so he is honored to have Yuan Daru admitted to the academy himself. Although his son didn't say he was amazingly talented, he was admitted to the academy based on his own ability, but it was because of him. Regret, he is so regretful that his intestines are green!
But Xiao Shitou blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Old man, thank you for your kindness. But we haven't saved enough money yet, we will go to the town to find you when we have saved enough money..."
Shopkeeper Jin listened to him, and quickly reminded: "Mr. Yuan is a famous contemporary Confucian. The Rongxuan Academy he founded was one of the best in our Ming Dynasty. No one else can get in if they want to! Little guy, don't miss the opportunity! "
"Wow! Old Mister, you are so powerful!! In the future, I will also be like you and become a respectable person!" Little Shitou looked at Yuan Sinian in amazement, and for the first time, admiration rose in his little heart Emotions.
"Haha! Little guy, what do you want me to do? Don't you want to be a high-ranking official so that your parents, brothers and sisters don't have to be looked down upon and bullied again?" Childlike words can best reflect a child's heart, Yuan Sinian laughed Dao, I'm in a good mood.
Little Shitou wrinkled his steamed bun face, and said in a very tangled heart: "Then... from what you said, being an official is not bad. I also want to be like you, a person respected by everyone, and I also want to be a high-ranking official, so that my parents, brothers and sisters can be respected. Follow me to enjoy happiness, isn't it very greedy?"
Yu Xiaocao heard it funny for a while, tapped his head, and said: "You haven't entered school yet, and you've started thinking so far? I'm going to send you to study, but I just want you to be sensible and polite. Is it so easy to be an official? You have to take the scientific examinations again and again. Look at my uncle. After studying for more than ten years, he didn’t even pass as a scholar! You can wear as big a hat as you have, don’t worry about it. Too high, or you'll fall hard!"
Yuan Sinian put down his chopsticks, stroked his proud beard full of food, and said with a smile: "Little guy, your sister's words are not unreasonable. But, people! Always have ideals and goals Yes. Of course, fantasy and high-mindedness are also undesirable!
Well, it's getting late, it's time for us to set off. Little girl, I, Yuan Sinian, have always made promises. You can send your younger brother here first. Those who have excellent grades in our academy will be exempted from all fees and will be rewarded with books, pens and inkstones. Besides, your stewed vegetables taste really good, come and try again when you have a chance. "
Seeing Yuan Daru getting up, Shopkeeper Jin hurriedly stepped forward to help him with his luggage. Taking advantage of Mr. Yuan's good mood today, he said anxiously:
"Sir, everything is my fault. Our family has six generations of single heirs, and I am the middle-aged son, so I dote on Zhuoer too much. Change, I will definitely change it in the future! Our family Zhuoer, since he was expelled from school, has been working hard for a long time. I don't think about food and tea every day, and I almost didn't get through this winter. Look...can you give me another chance?"
Yuan Sinian looked at the resplendent carriage in front of him speechlessly, glanced at him lightly, and said, "Only by eating hard and bitterly can one be a master. Learning is a hard job, from frugality to extravagance is easy, from extravagance to Frugality is difficult, but opportunities can be given to you, if Jin Wenzhuo can't endure hardship, let's leave as soon as possible!"
"Yes! Yes!! Our Zhuoer can endure hardships!! Thank you, Mr. Yuan, thank you..." Seeing that his hard work finally paid off, the shopkeeper Jin burst into tears, and thanked him repeatedly.
The satisfied shopkeeper Jin left this bustling and messy pier with a generation of famous scholars who were full of meat and food. No matter who they are, they can never forget that there was a little girl selling stewed vegetables on the pier. It was her who made her wish come true...
The famous Confucian Yuan Sinian became a frequent visitor to Tanggu Wharf. He often took a horse-drawn carriage for more than an hour to rush from the town to the wharf to "grab food" with a group of rough old men on the wharf. Ahem, of course Xiaocao will not let him really squeeze together with the dock workers to buy stewed vegetables, after all, he is also considered the brother's husband!
"Father, mother! Today we met the old gentleman from Brother Xiaowen's academy, and he agreed to accept me to study in the academy!" Xiao Shitou was very excited all the way back. He kept asking Xiaocao if he could really go to the town to study? is this real? The question made Xiaocao feel both funny and sad.
Yu Hai, who was chopping firewood, stopped what he was doing and came up to meet him. He took the heavy basket from his daughter and touched his son's head. His smile was full of helplessness and self-blame: "Stone, Dad knows you really want to go. Studying. However, the current situation of our family does not allow it... You are still young, let's go to school next year, okay?"
The news that the eldest son of the old Qian's family next door passed the test and was admitted to the most famous academy in the town is no longer news in Dongshan Village. It is said that Rongxuan Academy has only been in operation for more than ten years, and it has already produced two champions, one second and one third. Everyone in the village said that the Qian family's ancestral grave was smoking, and a high official was about to be appointed!
It was also thanks to Qian's family raising one or two hundred ducks, and made some money by selling duck eggs and sending ducks to restaurants in the town. Otherwise, Rongxuan Academy's nearly one or two Shuxiu a month is not something that ordinary people can afford.
Let alone a tael of silver at home now, if Xiaocao hadn't sold braised vegetables for two days, the family wouldn't even be able to get three hundred coins together. well! It's him who is useless as a father and can't satisfy the child's desire to study...
Xiaocao saw the deep self-blame in her father's eyes, stepped forward and gently took his arm, and said with a smile: "The dean of Rongxuan Academy has taken a fancy to his daughter's cooking skills, and he promised us that we can pay the debt first. Shu Xiu, I will make it up when I earn money.
Mr. Dean also said that all the fees can be waived for the outstanding students in the academy test. The academy takes a test every three months. As long as Xiao Shitou works hard, we only need to make up three months of training and we will be able to...
Dad, don't worry, when your feet are all healed and the spring prey breeding season is over, you can hunt to subsidize your family. In another month or so, our vegetables will be ready to sell, are we afraid that we won't be able to get Shu Xiu for three months? "
Yu Hai touched his left leg, which was still weak, and sighed softly. After Xiaocao's daily massage, his legs have improved a lot. Now he doesn't need a cane to walk, and he can do some work within his ability.
In the past, the doctor in the city came to the conclusion that "the leg cannot be kept", which made him even want to die. To be able to recover like this, even the doctor at Tong Ren Tang finds it inconceivable, he should be content. It can be completely recovered, and the temptation to go up the mountain to hunt is so great that he can't help but look forward to it in his heart.
Seeing her father bowing his head and thinking about something, Xiaocao turned to Little Shitou, touched his little face that had begun to grow flesh, and said with a smile, "Let's wait for Shitou for a few more days. My sister has made money and will make you two new clothes for you. Our Shitou went to the academy energetically! When brother Xiaowen next door comes back, he will ask what to prepare for going to the academy, we can’t let little scholar Yu Yu be wronged in the academy!”
Little Shitou seems to be very satisfied with the title of "Little Scholar Yu Yu", and he said cheerfully: "Second Sister, you don't need to prepare anything! I heard from Brother Xiaowen that the academy has prepared a place for students to live, and there are also places where students can eat together." place. There is no need to make clothes for me anymore, the academy is full of clumsy and poor people! As long as I behave well, no one dares to look down on me!"
"Laughing clumsily but not laughing poorly, I must have heard this word from brother Wen, right? Brother, you have seen that our business is so good, it is not a piece of cake to make you two clothes? Don't say it, hurry up and put your wallet Take it out, and count how many copper coins you sold today?" On the way back, the little thing kept carrying a heavy purse, his mouth couldn't close, and he looked like a little money fanatic.
Liu Shi and Xiaolian put down their embroidery work, took the pig's head and large intestine in the basket, and said to Xiaocao with a smile: "You go and rest! Just leave the work of cleaning these up to us! Don't worry, the preparation Marinade or something, maybe we are not good at it, but we can still do it with a single strike.”
Xiaocao is also happy to be the hands-off shopkeeper, smiling and playing with Xiaoshitou, counting copper coins. Today's harvest is obviously much better than yesterday's. All the stewed vegetables were sold for a total of 130 copper coins, plus the one coin rewarded by the gold shopkeeper, today's net profit is more than 200 coins!
I asked at the market at the wharf today. The cotton cloth woven by myself on the market is only two hundred and thirty forty yuan a piece. It should be no problem to tear a few feet of cloth on a small stone and weigh half a catty of cotton to make two cotton coats. . However, it is probably not enough to add some of the Four Treasures of the Study. It is said that those things are expensive!
It seems that we have to work hard these days! Xiaocao stared at the pile of copper coins in a daze, looking for some other way to make money.
"Second Sister, can the small yellow croaker brought back yesterday be marinated and sold? The uncles on the pier all asked us if we will sell marinated vegetables in the afternoon!" Xiaoshi was thinking about the same question as her.
The income of more than 200 cash a day gave him a taste of the sweetness, so that in five or six days he would be able to make up his budget! The family has a stable income, so that he can go to the academy to study with peace of mind. It's a pity that only one pair of pigs' heads and pigs can be bought in the market, which is not enough to sell for a whole morning!
Little yellow croaker? She knows a lot about how to make small yellow croakers, such as "dry fried small yellow croaker", "salted crispy small yellow croaker", "sweet and sour small yellow croaker"... These are delicious, but it takes a lot of work, and buying small yellow croakers costs money. Oil and seasoning also cost money. If it costs two pennies, it is estimated that after removing the cost, it will not make a lot of money...
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I went to steam yesterday, and opened my back again! The whole body is relaxed! I have to work hard to code words today, and strive to add a new chapter in the evening! !