Inside the room, Zhang Shou was watching the two noisy teenagers with a smile. If it were normal, he would have used a teaching stick to maintain order in the classroom, but at this moment, he did not stop the two happy farm boys. They had been burdened by the burden of life and rarely smiled. At this time, they looked like they were only sixteen years old.
That’s right, the two people in the room at this moment were both from farming families and were the same age as him.
My uncle was a clerk in the household registration office of Shuntian Prefecture. Deng Xiaoai, nicknamed Deng Xiaodai, was a well-connected man who grew up in the village.
The Deng family's ancestors had been farmers for generations, and they owned only ten acres of land. With so many people in their family, it was not enough to make a living, so they were also tenants of the Zhang family - of course, Zhang Shou now knew that the Deng family should probably be considered tenants of the Zhao family.
Seeing the two laughing and joking, he suddenly felt something, and when he turned his head, he found that Ah Liu had appeared at the door of the room without knowing when. This kid had been so elusive in the past, so he just thought that something happened at home, and immediately left everyone and went to the door.
"She just left."
Such simple three words would definitely confuse anyone else, but Zhang Shou had been with him for three years, and after a lot of guessing, he finally understood that Ah Liu was probably talking about the young lady. However, he quickly deduced from Zhu Ying's temper that the so-called leaving should not be returning to the Zhaoguo Mansion in the capital, but that she had just been here and suddenly left.
Thinking of the celebration in the house just now, he thought about it carefully and understood it. He immediately smiled and said, "The young lady will naturally not understand. What's there to be happy about a farmer's family passing the exam to become a minor official? Let her think whatever she wants. Anyway, I didn't ask her to stay in the country. Go after her quietly to prevent her from getting into any trouble."
Seeing Ah Liu nodded and left without saying a word, Zhang Shou, who had become accustomed to this silent servant, turned back, but then he remembered that Zhu Gongquan had revealed something before - in addition to the land and houses, even the servants of the Zhang family were given by Duke Zhao.
But looking at Ah Liu's expression just now, it seems that he doesn't regard Zhu Ying, the real eldest lady, as more important than himself
Zhang Shou never doubted the ethics of his three servants - although she had a disease that caused her to travel through time, Wu, whose husband was unknown, and he, whose father was unknown, had lived peacefully and steadily in this country until now, and the three servants had made great contributions.
So, he quickly put aside this question and returned to a few students of similar age.
The two young men in the room didn't notice what he was talking about with Ah Liu. Deng Xiaodai saw Zhang Shou coming back and hurriedly went up to him and said, "Young Master, my parents said they would host a banquet to thank you in the next two days! In addition, you gave my family a lot of money in the past so that I could study with you. I will definitely pay you back tomorrow!"
"Let's not talk about the repayment for now. Besides, it's not money. I just gave you some food and meat."
"What you said is not right, little master!" Since he was given the nickname Xiaodai, Deng Xiaodai was not only smart, but also a bit pedantic. He shook his head like a rattle, "My uncle has three sons. If I hadn't learned arithmetic and reading and writing from the master, and had practiced a pretty good handwriting and was able to handle documents, how could I have passed them and got the opportunity to take the Lingshi exam? What's more..."