Chapter 35: The City
Apprenticeship feast?
Do you want to set up a flowing water seat?
As soon as Song's words came out, Hu Jiuling immediately thought of the joint pit of the Shen family that he discussed with the young man in the study, no, it was a joint plan to raise military salaries.
Subconsciously looked at the young man's side, and it happened that the young man also looked this way, and the eyes of the two were facing each other across half of the hall, and the four eyes exchanged glances that understood each other.
The two of them actually thought of going together, and under the joy, Hu Jiuling's disgust for his youth due to Ah Yao's excessive intimacy was all eliminated, and he returned to the beginning of his vigilance.
"Madame has a point." The most important thing for the Hu family is silver, and he doesn't feel distressed according to how much Ayao spends, not to mention that it is worth spending it, which will make him no longer happy.
But he was happy here, but the righteous lord who was honored there was not happy.
"The love of master and apprentice lies in the mind, and the etiquette on the surface is for outsiders to see, so why bother with formalities." Mo Daru, who has been enlightened, now just wants to be simple.
Master Kukai had a faint look of approval, but he didn't rush to speak, but looked at the young man vaguely. Although the two of them have the status of master and apprentice, Qingcheng's actions this time are very important, and he has to help the little marquis.
He is really the best master in the world.
Thinking proudly, seeing the young man nodding, Kukai Master quickly gathered his thoughts and adjusted his expression to the understanding when he was guiding the pilgrims.
"What Brother Dao Xuan said is not unreasonable, if it is usual, the apprentice only needs to serve tea and talk about his heart."
"I'll just say......" Sensing that something was wrong, Mo Daru suddenly paused, "What is 'if it is usual', could it be that Brother Kuhai's words have a deep meaning?" ”
Master Kukai didn't sell it, nodded and spoke directly: "Today is not as good as in the past, Brother Dao Xuan thinks about what happened in front of the Hu Mansion just now, you and I are still frightened, how much frightened she has to suffer as a girl raised in the deep boudoir." Just now, she was still saying that if you and I are apprentices, if you don't study hard, you will be blamed by the whole world. Hearing this, what are you scared of? ”
A Yao who was ruddy and ate refreshments: Should she say something, is it too late to put down the red bean cloud cake?
The hand that was stretched out to his mouth stopped in mid-air, and suddenly someone knocked it, and suddenly let go of his hand, and the whole cloud cake that he had not had time to eat fell to the ground and immediately shattered into slag. In her hurry just now, she only saw a section of dark sleeves, and turned to the young man next to her.
"It's been a while, and I'm so scared that I can't hold the snacks when I mention it, which shows that I'm really scared. Brother Dao Xuan, could he bear to let his deceased wife's only apprentice suffer such a great grievance? You are willing, but I can't bear the old monk. As soon as I was in front of the house, I talked about the cause and effect of Buddhism, and since someone has planted a cause, I have to do everything I can to exchange it for a fruit. ”
Mo Daru just didn't pay attention for a while, he was really not a stupid person, and he understood when he heard him.
"Old turtle, I didn't react for a while. You say this as if I disagree. ”
"You just don't agree."
"You...... Forget it, I'm not going to fight with you. In a few days, it will be the Shangsi Festival, and Zhizhou will also come to Qingcheng to persuade farmers to teach Sangsang, so why not set it on this day? ”
After speaking, Mo Daru vaguely looked at Master Kukai on the opposite side, the local governor had worshiped under his name many years ago, and he was regarded as a young talent. The heir he chose for Ah Shu was so agreeable, and he helped him untie the knot several times, how could he not be really distressed. Although nominally she and his other apprentices do not have the status of senior brother and sister, it is not a matter of his words whether there is or not.
Thinking of this, Mo Daru raised his eyebrows proudly, I have Zhizhou, what about you?
What's the use of just talking about it? Gotta take a look at the hard dry goods.
Hard dry goods? Master Kukai smiled but did not say a word, only glancing his eyes that radiated wisdom towards the door.
Following his gaze, Mo Daru just saw the young man in Xuanyi sitting by the door, and instantly died down. I think he has a lot of peaches and plums all over the world in his life, there are a lot of good peaches and bad peaches, and there is really no one in the pile who is more outstanding than the little marquis.
The festival will be held in a few days, and if you want to make a big show, it is really a bit hasty to start preparing now.
At this time, it reflects the ability of the Song family, when she first married into the Hu family, she was also a good hand in charge of the family, but she was injured when she gave birth to Ayao, and she was bedridden for several years to recuperate, and it was slowly abandoned.
Although it has not been touched for many years, the foundation is there, and Song immediately put forward a rough idea.
"Needless to say in the city, you just need to book a table at the restaurant and open a table along the banks of 123. It's just that the spring silkworms form cocoons around the time of the Shangsi Festival, and the people in the countryside are afraid that they will not have time to enter the city. Our Hu family has been in business for many years, thanks to these farmers who grow mulberry and raise silkworms. Since it is inconvenient for them to enter the city, why don't we put another part of the table in the countryside? ”
Hu Jiuling looked at Song in surprise, the slightly thick fat powder couldn't stop her weak complexion, and it couldn't cover the determination in her eyes.
Since she almost died of hemorrhage during childbirth, she has been extremely weak in the past ten years. And at this moment, he saw the gentle and capable Song family when she first got married from her still weak body.
For a while, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and before he could think deeply, he saw Song Shi turn around, and those eyes that were exactly the same as Ah Yao looked straight at her.
"Preparing for the banquet is quite complicated, and time is short, so we have to make a decision as soon as possible."
"What Hui Niang said is reasonable," Gathering his complicated thoughts, Hu Jiuling thought about it, "It is too troublesome to set up a banquet in each village, and the banquet in the countryside is set on the edge of the thousand-acre mulberry forest in the ancestral house, in my opinion." The nearby village is not far from there, and after feeding the silkworms in the morning, they will take time to gather together at noon, and they will not delay anything. ”
After speaking, he looked at the two old men on the left and right, "I wonder what the intentions of Master Kukai and Mo Daru are?" ”
The two are just going through the motions, and they don't know much about the local situation, so they will naturally listen to the Hu family and his wife. As for the high-ranking young man and the main lord A-Yao, as a junior, this will be completely ignored.
Seeing that the four of them were about to settle down like this, Ah Yao was anxious.
"Daddy, the two masters and Auntie, why don't you ask me?"
"Oh? What else does A-Yao have in mind? ”
"My teachers and classmates in the academy, and the female masters who have been teaching me to read and write in the past few years, these people must also be invited."
"That's nature." Hu Jiuling didn't think about it, so she agreed to her daughter's request.
Hearing that these people she specially proposed, the head of the academy who had known each other for a few days, and the female master who had no longer taught her had not been left behind, Mo Daru became more and more satisfied, he was a teacher who respected and taught and knew how to be grateful.
Now that Ah Yao has spoken, Hu Jiuling can no longer deliberately ignore the young man by the door.
"I don't know what Jing Gongzi thinks?"
This move happened to be seamlessly integrated with the next plan, and Lu Jingyuan certainly had no opinion. But since Hu Jiuling asked, he also mentioned it by the way.
"God rewards hard work, and reading and learning pay attention to daily cultivation. Now that the status of master and apprentice has been decided, there is no need to worry about any rituals, and you can start studying from now on. ”
Sitting in the wide circle chair by the door, the young man in Xuanyi looked solemn, and his words were extremely solemn, and no matter how good he looked, he would never be able to see his selfishness.
But there is another way of knowing in the world, which is called knowing by heart. Bringing up the boy with his own hands, as a being like a master and a father, as soon as the boy said this, Master Kukai automatically understood it as another meaning.
Jing Gongzi's words are reasonable, but the poor monk has already talked to the host of Huashou Temple, and he will talk about the scriptures in recent days. As for Brother Daoxuan, there are a lot of private matters to deal with right now, and he really can't get out of his body before the Shangsi Festival. ”
"I ......" is represented by the ink of Confucianism.
Before he could say the second word, Kukai Daishi's hand under the monk's robe made a gesture. After understanding the meaning, Mo Daru's eyes swept over Hu Jiuling and the young man, and he realized something in his heart. It is a major matter of the imperial court, even if he is not angry at this time, he can't debunk it, not only can't he debunk it, but he has to accompany Mo Daru to sing the trick.
"The old man still has to sort out the relics of his deceased wife, as well as other trivial matters, and he really can't get rid of it these days."
Slightly apologetically explained the reason, he was really angry, and still added: "Jing Gongzi is the beloved disciple of Master Kukai, and he is the first apprentice, so he must be a talented eight buckets." Now that you and I are entangled in everything, he should be the professor for a few days, presumably it should be no problem? ”
After saying that, he only felt refreshed. Who doesn't know in the capital, Dingbei Hou is a demon king of the mixed world. When it comes to fighting skills, he is absolutely overwhelmed, and it is not a problem to be a martial arts champion. Papers can be ...... Because of the poetry that can't be compared, he lost face in front of the Oiran, and threw His Royal Highness King Ping from the second floor with a fighting spirit, where can he really be strong?
Just now, he felt that the little marquis was more outstanding than his apprentices, but it was because of his outstanding appearance and the fact that he did not lose the prince's background at all. Half a life of ups and downs in Vanity Fair, he knows very well that it is better to cast a good tire than to be a high eight buckets. The champion only comes out once in three years, and it is needless to say that he has to learn, but after the Qionglin banquet champion parade on the street, he has to start from the sixth or seventh grade petty officials of the Hanlin Academy. But what about Lu Jingyuan? was born as a little marquis, and before he opened his eyes, he had already stood at a height that many families had struggled for several lifetimes could not reach.
A lot of emotion came to his heart, but he became more and more sure on his face, and the little marquis must be mediocre.
Such an apprentice, Kukai, do you really dare to let him teach?
The eyes of the two met in the air, crackling and full of fighting intent. Appreciating the silence on Master Kukai's face, Mo Daru felt quite refreshed. You just used your apprentice to squeeze me, wilted, right?
Not only him, but even Hu Jiuling had other thoughts. When I saw the boy just now, my daughter's happy expression was still in front of me, and every time I thought of him, my heart was like knocking over an acetate bottle. Cooperation is cooperation, but you can't put your daughter in it in order to pit the Shen family. Not to mention that he is reluctant, even if he is reluctant, the other party is the little marquis, and Qi Da is not a coincidence.
He knows exactly what kind of man his daughter likes the most. Song Qinwen is a model, and he must be full of poetry and books, and he must be as warm as jade. No matter how the young man looks at it, it doesn't match these two, so it's better to take this opportunity to let A-Yao get in touch more, and by the way, he will lose his mind.
Thinking of this, he echoed, "What Mo Daru said is reasonable, I don't know if Jing Gongzi can deign?" ”
Let him teach this stupid girl? Lu Jingyuan instinctively twisted his eyebrows, and when he saw this, Hu and Mo were even more happy.
But sooner or later, she will be his person, if she has been so stupid, he will have to bother with it then, and everything will be sooner rather than later.
After thinking about it, he nodded reluctantly, "Then I'll be here for a few days." ”
The first time they met under the mountain, Song and the young man had a very happy conversation, and she couldn't hide her joy when she heard him agree, "On that day in the tea house at the foot of Huashou Temple, Jing Gongzi talked about it and talked about it, and his knowledge and insights were very good. Now that you and A-Yao have become brothers and sisters, you will have to give her more guidance in the future. ”
Knowledgeable and insightful......
Mo Daru didn't know what the Song family was capable of, but Hu Jiuling couldn't be clearer. The Song family is a heirloom, and the Song family was a famous talented woman in Qingcheng when she was not out of the cabinet, and her reputation is as good as that of Shen Moci before today's accident. The person who can praise her with just one side will never be bad at learning.
With a single thought, it seems that he has led the wolf into the room!
Admiring the sudden change in the faces of the two, Master Kukai smiled kindly, not to mention how comfortable it was.
The apprenticeship ceremony and the teaching in the past few days were thus determined, and the Song family retired first and ordered his subordinates to prepare dinner, and at the same time ordered people to clean up the guest house. is completely contrary to Hu Jiuling's vigilance, she completely likes the teenager, and she is even more attentive when she prepares.
Considering the convenience of teaching, she deliberately chose the Fuqu Pavilion closest to Ayao Embroidery Building.
After the incident of the nurse a while ago, the people in the house were purged, and they took inventory of their belongings, and after this hard work, the Song family was familiar with the middle feed in the house. This will entertain distinguished guests, and she did not hesitate to order someone to open the storeroom and bring out all the precious and elegant furnishings in it. After some careful tidying, the originally empty Fuqu Pavilion showed a wide atmosphere. The maid in charge of sprinkling and sweeping walked among them, and her steps couldn't help but be lighter, lest she touch any valuables.
Even Lu Jingyuan, who was accustomed to seeing the most extreme wealth in the world, was a little surprised when he first came in. In his previous life, when he searched the Shen family, he got the details of the Hu family's treasury, and he had a faint understanding of its wealth. But what he saw and heard in front of him broke his cognition. These things in the guest room in front of me are noble but not luxurious, and each one of them is extremely profound, and these things have never been written in the account book copied from the Shen family in the previous life.
So where did all this stuff go? Maybe he still had omissions in his previous life.
With this kind of doubt, under the ambiguity of Master Kukai, the suspicion of Mo Daru, the vigilance of Hu Jiuling, and the satisfaction of Song, Lu Jingyuan began his teaching career.
is nominally a senior brother, but in fact a master, when the two identities that are easy to make people think about each other are added to one person, even if the relationship between the two people is not a thousand miles a day, the progress bar has to be pulled forward quickly.
The truth is almost as everyone expected, really, only one word is missing.
On the morning of the first day, A-Yao let Qingshuang comb the left and right buds on her head, changed into a neat robe, sat on the opposite side of the bookcase simply and refreshingly, and listened carefully to the teenager reading a passage of "Historical Records".
"Did you hear me?"
Ah Yao nodded, the young man had a beautiful voice and clear words, and he read much better than her previous female master.
"Back."
"What?" Ah Yao's eyes widened.
"Now that you've heard it clearly, I'll recite it."
asked her to recite what she had just heard, grabbed the bud A-Yao's face was embarrassed, and flattered: "But I've only listened to it once, and I haven't even figured out the meaning yet, or you talk about it first, I'll go back at noon and work hard, and I'll check it for you in the afternoon when I'm familiar with it." ”
I still have to talk about it, and I have to go back to work hard...... Lu Jingyuan looked at the book in his hand, and it was indeed "Historical Records" that was correct.
"This kind of vernacular thing, shouldn't you be able to recite it at a glance? I've read it to you slowly......"
He didn't say the following words, but the meaning couldn't be clearer, you still can't memorize them after reading them?
"Can you recite it at a glance? How is it possible, even my cousin is not so smart. ”
"That's his stupidity."
Stimulated by his mocking look, A-Yao also became angry, "You are smart, but you look back!" ”
At the critical moment, he still subconsciously protected his cousin, and the sour taste came to his heart, and Lu Jingyuan was even more angry. Turning the book and pushing it towards her, he said with a cold face: "Any paragraph, you start." ”
Ah Yao really didn't believe in that evil, and when she opened the book, she found a long paragraph with many complicated words, and read out the first sentence. When her voice fell, the voice of the young man on the other side sounded closely, and he memorized it without slowness or word.
"Change the paragraph, I'll take a look, here's ......"
"Again, that's all ......"
Scratching the buds on her head, A-Yao racked her brains to find the rare passages. But after a whole morning's work, she almost had to turn over the entire "Historical Records", but the young man was always calm and relaxed, and he memorized it without the slightest mistake.
"You...... Terrible. Sobering up from the initial anger, A-Yao gradually admired him.
Sitting opposite, Lu Jingyuan stared at the messy buds above her head. Like in her previous life, she always likes to grab her hair when she encounters any problems, and she never stopped when she turned the book, and the two buds that were originally combed neatly and smoothly were exposed, showing her broken hair, showing her teeth and claws, at first glance she looked like two thorn balls.
Look at that stupidity.
Seeing her adoration on her face, he was secretly satisfied, and he said casually: "It's nothing, it's a very simple book, but you're too stupid." ”
The monument that had just been erected in her heart was instantly blasted to the ground, and Ah Yao frowned, she was really blind, and she would admire such a person. I don't forget it, but I'm just an arrogant and arrogant nasty ghost.
In the following days, the teenager did not change his attitude at all. He can explain everything he can say, and he can explain it very concisely. It's just that after he understands it, he always has to remind him: you can't do such a simple thing, it's too stupid, too stupid, too stupid.
In the "stupid and stupid", the two people who stayed together all day long, the relationship progress bar was quickly pulled back. It was only one word short of what Master Kukai expected, but it was a thousand miles away.
When the two were fighting, a piece of news quickly spread all over Qingcheng.
The girl of the Hu family is going to apprentice.
Worship two at a time.
Master Hu was overjoyed, and two large banquets were opened in the city and countryside.
With this incident, the farce in front of Hufumen, which was busy with spring silkworms and saw that it would soon be silent, was once again returned to the public eye.