Chapter 108 Long-term fellow
"Oh, how can this be done? Isn't it just asking for directions? You give me this pastry, I'm already very content, don't use this candy, don't use it, let the dolls at the nobles eat it!"
After Heng Zhi heard this, she was still a little touched in her heart, and saw from the crack in the curtain that this fellow is now nearly 50 years old, his hair has turned gray, a smile and a tooth have fallen out, and the skin on his body is red and rough, as if he has grown in this place in the past few days.
But in the face of this osmanthus candy, although the eyes are a little greedy, but still resolutely refused, alas, it is really a simple folk style, and the countryside is too honest and pure!
Heng Zhi continued to ask the groom to hand the fellow the candy wrapped in oiled paper, and then asked the groom to ask the fellow.
"Hey, it's okay, just let the children in the family be sweet, it seems that you are blessed with many sons, and there are a lot of grandchildren in the family, right?"
After hearing this, this fellow was so happy that he smiled, stuffed the osmanthus candy wrapped in oil paper into his arms, and then said cautiously.
"My wife gave birth to me six sons and three daughters, and now what about those six sons?
Hahaha...... Although the little old man is not talented, but he also made some money in the early years, so I let my grandson study in the private school in the village, the eldest grandson, is now studying in the county, and the youngest grandson can just walk.
In general, we still have to work more, earn more money, so that these grandchildren can go to school, and they can all make a little living, not like me and his father are digging in this yellow earth. ”
As soon as the words of this fellow fell, the expressions of these people were different, and the things in their hearts were different, Heng Zhi thought in his heart that people were poor, this fellow was already in his 50s, but he still hoped that the future generations could get better and better, receive a better education, and live a better life.
And everyone else thinks that this fellow is really digging too much in the ground, right? What kind of sweet dreams are there? If a dozen grandchildren and granddaughters let them go to school every day, the tuition fees, miscellaneous fees, and textbook fees for this school are so much that the whole family can't afford it!
Heng Zhi analyzes the problem from the perspective of education here, while everyone else analyzes the problem from the perspective of reality, because the prevalence of education in ancient times was very low.
And these slaves and grooms in the courtyard, including Yun Lu himself, if you want to read a few books and know a few words, it is a very incredible and very dignified thing.
It's no wonder that there was once a saying that everything is inferior, but reading is high, which is the sadness of this era......
But of course the groom will not say what he really says, otherwise he will not offend others if he says it in his heart?
"The old man didn't expect that your grandsons are already studying in the county. But I heard that the academy in Wutong County, most of the masters of the academy are some very learned people, and if the students are taught, they must be the top of the list after the imperial examination. ”
After hearing the words of the groom, the whole person smiled very sincerely, as if he really had a grandson who had come back from the champion father, because he thought that what the noble man said was true, and thought that her educational philosophy was right, so he nodded and thanked him again and again.
"Then borrow the auspicious words of a few nobles, thank you a lot here, little old man took the liberty to ask, how many times have you come to this Wutong Village for the first time, right?
Did a few nobles come here to do anything? If you can ask Xiao Lao'er to help, Xiao Lao'er will really do everything. ”
After hearing this, the groom had a heartbreak in his heart about Mrs. Liu looking for her granddaughter, and the master had already said it, so he pretended to be very indifferent and said to the fellow countryman.
"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that my master has a mother-in-law here, and his granddaughter was adopted by a hunter in our village back then.2 This old woman is now at a very advanced age.
Although the body is very healthy, but there is no one in the family, thinking that after being able to recognize the relatives, when they die, there are also people who know that when it comes to the Qingming Festival, someone can burn incense and paper......"
After hearing the groom say this, the old man lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said.
"If it's our Orion in Wutun Village, you should be talking about the White Orion, right?"
"Oh, are there a lot of Orions in our village? Is this Orion's surname Bai? Does she have that little girl who is 8 to 10 years old?"
"There is only one foreign hunter in our village, and there is no land at home, and usually hunting from the mountains, selling some mountain goods and meat in the mountains to the county, and then using this to make a living, there is a girl, there is a boy, the girl is almost nine years old now, what about this kid, now he is only a little more than eight years old, but I have never heard that this girl is brought here?"
The words of the fellow made the people in the carriage feel a little unsightly after hearing it, especially this Liu Pozi, after hearing that this girl was not hugged back, her eyes crossed a trace of loss, it seems that the news of her granddaughter is fake?
And Heng Zhi's eyes crossed a trace of doubt, if it wasn't for the support, then the difference between the time when this girl and the boy were born was too close, right?
If the girl is nine years old, and the boy is a little more than eight years old, is this girl just arrived at home?
The birthdays of these two children are so close, and this hunter does not often farm, often hunts in the wild, or goes to the county town to exchange goods, and does not often contact with the people in the village, maybe there is something else hidden in this?
Because Heng Zhi is a modern person, her thinking is more jumpy than these ancient people in the past, especially after watching too many bloody ethical dramas, or various reasoning dramas, so I always feel that there is something hidden here.
But if the white lady or the white hunter is very good to this little girl, for fear that the village will question the birthday of this little girl, and then make the child's life more worried, so as to hide this fact.
So when they suddenly got involved in this matter, muddied the waters, and let the child's life story come out, is this fair to the child?