Chapter 31: Eating
Mu Li took a sip of water and said directly: "My second brother and I didn't want to shirk this matter of providing for the elderly, but the principle of not shirking is that my father doesn't want to get an inch. Today, the elders are here, and the village chief is also here, and I Mu Li made it clear that I would give the pension, but it was impossible to give it according to what my father said. In this village, we also compare how much pension each family gives to each family who was previously divided. We are not a rich and noble family, and we will not come to the void, each family has twenty silver coins per year, you see that this is okay! β
Hearing Mu Li say this, all the people present except for the old man Mu nodded, Xiao Zhao originally wanted to say something, but was pulled by Mu Jian, Mu Jian now thinks that so many elders can't hold it down on his own, but then he must find a way to add gambling to them, since he can't get the money, he should think of a way.
But no matter what, this one is finally divided.
It looked like it was almost 12 o'clock, Liu and Shen hurriedly put the dishes on the table, and although the old man Mu had a bad face, he didn't leave, and it seemed that he had made up his mind to eat here.
Shen sneered in his heart: This is really not ready to ask for face! If ordinary people had left a long time ago, where would they sit down to eat with a dead face! However, this hall is more than enough to sit two tables.
Mu Li and Mu Yi sat at a table with the group of people from the clan elder, and the six old men directly occupied another table, although there were still vacant seats, but they didn't even say a good word to a few children to eat together, even if it was a cheat, it looked good, but the six didn't, so the old god was sitting and waiting for the food to be served.
Seeing them like this, Liu almost couldn't help but point at their noses and scold, thanks to Shen's holding her: "Sister-in-law, we don't need to care, it's our thanks that we are angry." Let's just sprinkle that table of food and eat it with the pigs!" β
"I just can't get angry, why do I have to eat and drink for them! These can still grow fat if they are eaten by pigs! β
Liu was indignant, but in the end, he still gave the same dish to the two tables, and it was better not to keep this kind of bad mouth.
As for the few children who started eating in the hall on the Shen family's side, Mu Lan and the others were completely unaffected by the people in the old courtyard, and at the dinner table, Mu Shoude talked about some interesting things about the school, which caused the two girls to giggle and laugh.
The laughter spread to Mu Li's location, and the mood of several people was much better with this laughter, but Mu Tian and Mu Xin were not happy, why could those two laugh happier than themselves?
Mu Lan smiled and suddenly threw out a question: Is his brother full at school? Especially the little brother Mu Ye, because after seeing the amount of food of the two foodies, Mu Lan felt very curious, the set meal provided by Yuantang to each student was limited and the food fee was very expensive.
Mu Shoucai glanced at Mu Yuan and Mu Ye's brothers, and sure enough, he saw a warning in their eyes.
To say that the twins can be regarded as popular figures in Yuantang.
Yuantang has a total of seven years of study, which is divided into three levels: the first two levels are collectively called new students, the middle two levels of students are called old students, and the upper three levels are called advanced students. Each group has its own leader, and among the freshmen, this group of leaders is the Muyuan Muya brothers, although they have been enrolled for less than a year. The introverted and gentle Mu Yuan and the jumpy but ...... How to describe it? In Mu Shoucai's words: Mu Ye is a lazy genius!
Mu Yuan is very steady, but it is not the same type as Mu Shoude's steadyness, Mu Shoude's steadiness is really steady, while Mu Yuan's steadiness is biased towards skill, in short, it is a kind of wisdom rather than honesty.
Mu Ye is a strange thing, I can't evaluate it for the time being, but it's Mu Ye, and it can almost be said to be a response among the new students of Yuantang, even Mu Yuan is far from being able to compare.
Mu Ye once said a sentence that is still fresh in everyone's memory: the real ability is to step on the boundary line of the rules to do what ordinary people can't do, and Mu Ye did what he said.
The lecturer in the Yuan Hall loves and hates this pair of capable brothers, and he loves Mu Yuan's actions and hates Mu Ye's 'rampant', but this hatred is only superficial, and the status of these brothers is also recognized by the senior grades.
However, these two people don't show any pride in the Yuan Hall in front of their families at all, just like the most ordinary students talk about interesting things, not at all like the appearance of the people. But if they don't come out, it doesn't mean that the family doesn't know.
Speaking of the younger generation of the Mu family, Mu Shoude is not ordinary, he is also a little famous among the senior students, and Mu Shoucai's fierceness is also well-known among the freshmen, it can be said that they are all characters who call for wind and rain in the Yuan Hall, no matter who mentions the four brothers of the Mu family in the Yuan Hall, they don't give a thumbs up and praise it!
This time, Mr. Ge, the recommender, took a fancy to the potential of these few and asked them to go to the Shouyuan Hall in the county capital for further study, after all, the younger the Dao, the better the education, and the smoother the road to advancement in the future, and this Mr. Ge also gambled.
You must know that the gentlemen in the Yuan Hall have four recommended places every five years, and this time Mr. Ge will take out three places for free at a time, which is a big gamble, but if any of the people he recommends can rush into the ranking in the Shouyuan Hall, then Mr. Ge's teaching evaluation can get a special grade, and with this special grade and then open up the relationship, he can be promoted to the ordinary Yuan Hall in the county capital.
You must know that although Mr. Yuantang is more senior than the lecturers, in fact, the lecturers in the county capital are treated better than those of the gentlemen below, and the grades of the instructors in the Yuantang are very strict - lecturers, gentlemen, bachelors, and doctors, of which the number of doctors in the whole country is less than fifty.
There are a little more bachelors but less than three hundred, after all, the bachelors are at least fifth-order ability, and most of the famous bachelors are sixth-order ability, and the doctors are basically seventh-order ability, or even higher.
Turning back to that, Mu Lan's problem just now was that he was concerned about his brother's food at school.
In fact, in Yuantang, these two often 'help' others to complete tasks, so as to obtain a certain income.
In addition to the ability enhancement training, Yuantang's learning also has a large part of cultural class learning, and the most important thing in the cultural class of the freshmen is calligraphy, there will be a fixed amount of calligraphy practice every day, and Mu Yuan and Mu Ye are very talented in calligraphy, so the two of them are specially approved to practice less than half of others every day, so these two often have free time to help others complete some tasks.
The two of them can earn about four to six silver coins a month, so although these two are foodies, they still have some money to spare.
Speaking of the surplus money, Mu Lan also has a lot in his hands, and Shen Xi has already taken the time to send the balance of the previous Sancai wild eggs, plus the share of the small mirror later, Shen gave Mu Lan a total of thirty silver coins, so Mu Lan is now more or less a little rich woman.
But when it comes to eating, Mu Ye pulled Mu Lan's face: "Well, girl, you can eat the ones you just made!" Ah, don't give a table! β
It's better to give it all to him! Of course, Mu Ye didn't say this.
Hearing Mu Ye say this, Mu Lan bared his teeth, and knew that this foodie would not forget the strawberry pancake, but even if he didn't say it, Mu Lan was not going to give it to those white-eyed wolves.
Originally, Mu Lan thought that the people in the old courtyard would not eat here, but it was not bad, these desserts after the meal could be packed up and taken back to those old people, because they didn't necessarily like to eat these cool sweets.
In addition to the pancakes, Mu Lan also prepared the most common watermelon as an after-dinner consumption.
But now it's time to cut and pack those panhalberds, so that you don't have to be in a hurry when others leave for a while, and your little brother probably won't keep reminding himself.
Forget it, you also need a helper to be really good, and since the little brother bumped into it himself, it doesn't have to be in vain. Because most of the old people in the house over there didn't drink much, they should have eaten about the same time now. Mu Lan put down her chopsticks, pulled the little brother who was sitting beside her, and went to the well.
The box containing this pancake was made by Mu Lan before Mu Ye had eaten, and the stiff oiled paper was used, which was bought at the grocery store in the morning.
Originally, it meant that it was better to make a box of bamboo or thin wood, but it was too late to make do with it.
However, Mu Lan did not let go of the other laborers, these people who went to school in Yuantang have good calligraphy and ink paintings, and using these on the box can also increase the impression points.
Mu Lan brandished his special knife and began to cut, but when he cut the second one, he found a strange thing - why didn't the first box even fill up??
Hmm, why the hell forgot that it was a Godzilla who was helping to load things now! Mu Lan glanced at his little brother and said coolly: "Can you please don't eat like a squirrel?" Ah, also, can you wash and eat it again? β
Because if you continue to eat like this, I'm worried that the strawberry pancake that I originally made twice as many will not be enough! Mu Lan complained in her heart.
Looking at his sister's complaining eyes, Mu Ye raised one eyebrow, "I'm really a guinea pig to help you try the taste!" If you don't make it delicious and bring it back to someone else, it would be too embarrassing, wouldn't it? β
"So, may I ask, do you come to any conclusions after trying 'so much' more?" Mu Lan was no longer able to complain. YY's, which one tastes so much! You ate half of it all at once, okay!
"Well, it's not bad, it's just a little sweet, if only it could be a little sweeter!"
Well, this is not only a foodie, but also a sweet-loving foodie, you must know that the sweetness of today's pancake is already high, this one even said that it is a little sweeter, just hold the sugar jar and eat it.
Mu Lan silently ignored Mu Ye's Jianyì, no matter how sweet it was, it would not be in line with the public's taste.
But then Mu Ye was a little more restrained, and at least three-quarters of each pancake could be preserved after cutting, and Mu Lan was quite satisfied with this result.
Finally, after filling the box for the visitors, there was still one and a half strawberry pancakes left, and everyone in the family could taste them, if Mu Ye wouldn't have eaten them again before that.
Mu Lan shook his claws, and he had to protect the rest.