In the middle of noon, lunch was out on time, and the eldest man went to clean his hands first, and then helped Situ Yan bring the food into the hall. This hand cleaning has long become a habit at home, and even when others eat at Situ Yan's house, they have also developed the habit of washing their hands before washing. After lunch, Situ Yan taught Li Dalang a few "military body boxing" in the courtyard.

This "military physical boxing" pays attention to punching, kicking, throwing, snatching knives and other fighting actions, and regular practice is very beneficial to cultivating perseverance, brave and tenacious spirit, and the most important thing is to strengthen the body.

Da Lang thought that he would be able to protect his little sister after learning well, so he studied very seriously, especially San Lang, who was the most talented of the few, and Situ Yan was secretly happy when he saw it. Thinking that if San Lang has talent in this area, he can teach him Wing Chun and Muay Thai in the future, which is more practical than military boxing.

A few people got acquainted with each other, and only after getting closer did they go to work according to the plan. When something happened in the morning, Situ Yan specially told Da Lang and Erlang who stayed at home to close the courtyard door and not go out at will. Only then did I feel relieved to enter the mountain with Saburo and Shiro.

Nothing special happened in the next day, Situ Yan dug up a basket of herbs, but there was nothing too valuable, think about it, if the valuable herbs are so easy to dig, I am afraid that everyone will have money to make. Once you figure it out, you won't be discouraged. Happy to go home with Shiro. Saburo separated from them when he entered the mountain, and he would have gone back a long time ago.

When I got home, before I could enter the stove room, I saw the village coming from a distance, carrying a basket behind him.

Situ Yan was discharged from the hospital, "Uncle Wangfu, come in, I'll trouble you when I see the sky, and I'll make you tired." "Let the people into the hall on the kang and go to the stove to bring water.

"You girl is so foreigner to your uncle."

"I'm not an outsider, I'm talking a little bit, otherwise, I'm embarrassed to say anything next time. Uncle drink some water first, the water temperature is not cold. Situ Yan put the jujube water on the kang table.

"You." Murazheng nodded Situ Yan's head, and then picked up the bowl and drank the water. "I said girl, the water in your house always has a sweet taste, and it makes people feel comfortable when you drink it."

"This is jujube water, the best way to replenish qi and blood, I will also wrap a pack for my uncle, and I will bring it to you later."

"Okay, uncle won't be polite to you." This jujube is a wild jujube on the mountain, and it is not an expensive thing, so he will not be polite to this child.

"And the girl, this is the lock you want, the courtyard gate is bigger, I have a chain for you, the door is smaller, this has to be nailed to the lock nose to use, this I have also matched you, plus some nails for a total of two taels of silver."

"It's still thoughtful, I only thought about buying a lock, but I didn't think about how to nail it. Uncle will sit down first, and I will go and fetch you money. After speaking, he entered the east room, took another tael of silver from the ring, wrapped a bag of dates, and took some motherwort, angelica, and astragalus to make three packs of qi and blood nourishing medicine, and then returned to the hall.

"Uncle, this is a tael of silver, this is a pack of dates, these three packs are tonics, when I went to find Aunt Fu today, I saw that she had a stomachache, and that sick mother also had it before her death, that is, I ate this, you boiled the medicine after you went back, three bowls of water boiled into a bowl, this bag of medicine can be boiled three times, mix the boiled medicine together, drink it three times a day, and it won't hurt anymore during this time."

"Girl, tell your uncle the truth, do you know how to doctor?" Murazheng looked at Situ Yan's serious face, he knew that this child didn't tell them the truth, but thinking that this child had always been a bad person, he didn't care, but this understanding of medicine is different, if you don't have two brushes, how can anyone prescribe medicine casually, if you eat well, it's okay, if you don't eat well, it's troublesome.

"Yes. So Uncle just rest assured. Situ Yan knows that although the village has a good face, she really cares about her, and the village is the biggest official in the village, as the saying goes, the current official is not as good as the current management, and you will have to trouble this person in the future, you can't hide everything from the airtight, in case there is something, if this person can help say something, maybe it will be successful. Even if you don't help, it's good not to fall into the well with others.

"Okay, Uncle understands this. Why haven't you seen a few Dalang? Mura Zheng knew that Situ Yan didn't want to mention this matter more, anyway, it was his family who benefited, and people didn't want to say more, and he didn't dislike people.

"Are my brothers picking up rocks in the backyard?"

"Then I'll help you put this lock on your nose." didn't wait for Situ Yan to refuse, and went to the yard with his things.

"Girl, you don't have an axe here, you can just find a stone."

"Yes, uncle, wait a minute."

Situ Yan entered the utility room and took the axe. Muramasa didn't ask, this axe is available in every family, not any precious thing.

When the lock nose was all in place, Muramasa didn't stay, and went back with the herbs and silver. After dinner at the beginning of the unitary time, Li Dalang knew that the village was here, and if there was a lock at home in the future, it would be safer, and Dalang would not have to worry about those farm tools. He had thought that he would carry the farm tools to the house after dinner, so as not to lose them, and now there would be no trouble.

"I thought that if the whole family went out in the future, the door of this courtyard must be locked, as well as the utility room, the main room, the stove room, as for the east room where I lived, as long as I left the house, it would be locked, and there was the house deed and all the household use. What do you think it's good to do that? "Situ Yan didn't distrust the brothers, but she was afraid that she was calculating or unintentional, maybe the momentary negligence of a few people would turn people around. But I'm afraid that if I say it, I will make them feel more worried, but I don't want to say that I am not sure, so I have to say what I think. After speaking, he hurriedly looked at the expressions of several people.

Seeing that the expressions of several people had not changed, they looked like they should be, which made her feel very comfortable.

Saburo is the most careful, early in the morning to see the little sister's uneasiness, although he and Shiro are the same age, but because he has not spoken for many years, but the mind is more detailed and more calm, seeing the little sister finished speaking with an uneasy look, I know what is going on, "Little sister, I think this is the best, this person will pour water for people, the guests stay in the hall, we are all out, who can guarantee that these people are right-minded, if there is that black heart, take advantage of this time to touch something, then we can only suffer a dumb loss." ”

These words were in Situ Yan's heart, and she glanced at San Lang gratefully, and was grateful in her heart. Da Lang also understood at this time, and he didn't mind, but he didn't notice it so much, and now that he thinks about it, it's really like this, and he agrees with it. Jiro and Shiro don't take it to heart at all, anyway, as long as it's the little sister's decision, there will be no mistake.

The matter was decided, this ancient lock was only equipped with two keys, except for the key to her own house, she kept it, and the rest were strung into two strings, one string was placed on the kang in the west room of the main house for Li Dalang to keep, and one string was placed in the east room for her own safekeeping. When this matter was resolved, Situ Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that if it was not handled well, it would make several people suspicious.

"Big brother, do you know what books Li Zhaocai read when he was enlightened?" Situ Yan planned to start teaching them to read at this time.

"I know that." Saburo is most concerned about reading, and he has secretly squatted under the window of Zhaocai to listen to the corner before.

"The first book Li Zhaocai read was "Hundred Family Names", and the second book was "Thousand Character Text", and then I didn't know, he was so tight that he didn't let him read it. I was able to understand it at first, but then I couldn't. ”

Situ Yan breathed a sigh of relief, she memorized these two enlightenment books in her previous life when she was in elementary school, and she remembered them quite clearly, and she couldn't remember some things clearly, so she would go to the bookstore to read them next time she was in the market. And she could see that among the four brothers, the best one to learn was San Lang, "Does the third brother know how many books he has studied?" ”

This time it was Da Lang who took the words first, "Zhaocai began to read and write at the age of ten, before the village lived an old Xiucai, because the family was poor and had no money to do, so he could not become an official, at that time the life in the village was still passing, there were a lot of babies to learn from him, and the bundle at that time was also cheap, at most some food, and then he taught some firewood to those who couldn't do it." ”

"Did the brothers follow along?"

"No, my grandmother said that there are a lot of things to do at home, and if I learn them all, no one will do the work at home, so I only sent Zhaocai to learn." Situ Yan was angry when she heard this, and looked at the four of them a little lost, knowing that this was the pain in the hearts of her brothers, so she hurriedly found a way to diverge.

"Big brother hasn't said how many books Li Zhaocai has read?"

"I've already read four books, and I'll start reading the fifth book at the beginning of spring next year."

"Ah, he doesn't get a book a year, he's stupid." Situ Yan felt like she was listening to a story, in her previous life, she memorized the "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Text", and "Disciple Rules" in one semester, and it was only more than four months. Either there was something wrong with the ancient master, or the student was too stupid.

"Little Wu, this is not slow, little sheep are like this. However, I heard that Xiao Yang'er likes to read very much, and he has read a lot of books, and the master often praises them, which Gui Sheng told me. Shiro saw that the eldest brother and the third brother could chat with the younger sister, and he was also busy talking.

"Well, brothers don't have to envy them, as long as you listen to Xiao Wu, and the brothers are so smart, I promise to let you surpass Li Zhaocai within a year."

"Ah, Xiao Wu, you mean it really, how is this possible, Zhaocai has been studying for five years." Da Lang was a little unconvinced. It's not that I don't believe in my little sister, but I don't believe that I have this ability.

"That's his stupidity." Situ Yan knows that if you want them to believe, you can't just make a promise that you can do it by talking about it, you have to wait for them to learn it and slowly experience it yourself. And they have to be willing to work hard.

"Little Wu, I will definitely be very attentive, but I'm afraid that I will be stupid and not learn well." Although Li Dalang doesn't like Li Zhaocai, he also knows that this person is not a stupid person who is said by his little sister. He didn't have the confidence to learn faster than he could get rich.

"Big brother, learning pays attention to methods, although I don't know how the master in the county school teaches students, but I believe that as long as the brothers are willing to work hard and have perseverance, they will definitely be able to succeed, and the so-called ambition can be done. Even if the eldest brother doesn't believe in himself, he must believe in the little five. "After Situ Yan became a special soldier, the basic training courses included shorthand, analysis, and summary, not to mention unforgettable, but not too much.

"Big brother believes in you." Jiro and the others all nodded.

"There is only one pen at home, so today we don't learn to write first, but endorse first, starting with Li Zhaocai's family name."

"The surname of the hundred family is a book that records the surname, learning the surname of the hundred family, the main thing is to teach us to learn to read and write, and I want to teach my brothers some allusions about these surnames, and the brothers can understand the truth from these stories, and argue about the wrong." Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, Zheng Wang, Feng Chen, Chu Wei, Jiang Shen, Han Yang, "Situ Yan's teaching is not only to make a few people literate, but more importantly, to make them sensible, argue about wrong, know how to protect themselves, and see the world clearly.

After studying for nearly two hours, because it was the first day of studying, the enthusiasm of the four of them was too high, and Situ Yan couldn't bear it, so she studied for an extra hour, and a few people stopped recently. Until Situ Yan fell asleep, the four brothers were still lying on the kang to recite books.