When the sun was shining, it was already noon, and Huang Laohan was attentive to the guests. Jiang Anyi wanted to go back to the county seat and missed the meal, nodded and agreed, and asked the stone to bring the rabbits and pheasants caught on the road to the kitchen, and help with the vegetables by the way.

Being able to stay in Jiang County to eat at home, Huang Laohan was a little excited, and asked his daughter Gui Ying to call her brother and sister-in-law back, and went to the neighbor's house to invite a few old men to talk to Jiang Anyi, and he carried the wine gourd to the hotel in the village and poured two gourds of village wine.

Huang Laohan's three sons are all standard farmers, seeing that the county lord was a little restrained, after walking through Shi sneeringly, he didn't know what to say there, Jiang Anyi beckoned them to sit down, and shrank back with a honest smile, so angry that Huang Laohan scolded directly, and the dog meat couldn't be on the table.

Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "My mother's surname is also Huang, and several elder brothers Huang can be regarded as relatives of my mother's family." To tell you the truth, my family was also born in farming, and if I had been admitted two years later, I might have been shaving in the fields like a few big brothers. ”

When the meal was served, Jiang Anyi let several old men sit on the table, and he accompanied him on the side, and Huang Laohan's three sons sat below. The craftsmanship of making vegetables in stones is quite the true inheritance of Jiang Anyi, and the dishes on the table are full of color and aroma, and several big brothers Huang only care about eating vegetables with their heads bored, and they don't even care about Huang Laohan's cough.

Helpless, Huang Laohan picked up the cup himself and said to Jiang Anyi: "My lord, we countrymen don't know any rules, adults are willing to appreciate their faces and come to my house for a meal, that is to look up to me Huang Laohan, everyone toast together, toast to adults." ”

Jiang Anyi drank it all, filled it for everyone, and gave a glass in return.

Huang Laohan stuffed a piece of rabbit meat into his mouth and praised: "I didn't expect the dishes made by the little brother to be so delicious, this rabbit is a common thing in the mountains, and we can catch two from time to time, but we don't have this taste, it's really delicious." ”

Stone smirked and gulped down his meal. Jiang Anyong is a good drinker, Jiang Anyi didn't control him, the stone was beside him, Jiang Anyi didn't allow him to drink.

Several old people in the neighborhood had never seen the world like Huang Laohan's son, and they were a little uneasy to sit at the table. Huang Laohan said: "I just told the adults that this year's harvest is good, everyone has more money in their hands than in previous years, there are many children in our village, I want to ask Mr. Ren to teach the children to read, do you say okay?" ”

"This is a good thing, there are more than 20 children in the village, and in two years there will be even more, and more than 10 families will hire a gentleman, and they don't want to pay for it." The old man at the top left agreed.

The old man on the right wiped his grease mouth and said, "It's hard to invite a good gentleman, our place is remote, and a rich gentleman may not be willing to come." ”

Old Man Huang blinked slyly and said with a smile: "Isn't this Lord Jiang here, the old man heard that everyone in Huangyang Academy is a person who asks questions from the university, we don't dare to ask the gentleman of Huangyang Academy to come here, is Lord Jiang talking to the gentleman of the academy, let them ask which Xiucai is willing to come to our village to teach." It's not that I am an old man boasting, three meals a day are delicious and served, and the salary is ten taels of silver a year. ”

Several old men stopped their cups and looked at Jiang Anyi with blank eyes, and even Huang Laohan's three sons raised their heads and stared at Jiang Anyi a little nervously. There was expectation in his eyes, so that Jiang Anyi couldn't bear to refuse, but he was not sure that he could invite someone from the academy.

Seeing that Jiang Anyi was hesitant, Huang Laohan shouted a few grandchildren to come out to meet Master Jiang. Huang Laohan's four grandsons and one granddaughter knelt in a row and kowtowed to Jiang Anyi, followed his grandfather and said, "Meet Master Jiang." ”

The five children, the eldest of whom was eight years old, and the youngest was only three years old, looked at him with clear and curious eyes. Jiang Anyi asked, "Are you literate?" ”

The eldest replied, "Grandpa taught me, and I know hundreds of words." ”

The slightly younger one rushed to say: "I can also read and write, my grandfather also taught me, and I also know more than 100 words." ”

The younger girl looked at the two brothers enviously, and said flatly: "Grandpa is partial and doesn't teach me to read." ”

The girl was a little thin, wearing a coat changed from the clothes worn by her brother, a little empty, Jiang Anyi couldn't help but think of Yan'er when she was young, she was also so thin, so thin that it was heart-wrenching. I have been working hard to change the fate of my family, and I can proudly say that I have done it all the way to the present. Jiang Anyi looked at the eldest child, will he study as hard as himself to change the fate of his younger siblings and protect the safety of his family?

Now they have the ability to give others a little opportunity and hope, as for whether they can seize the opportunity or not, it is their own hard work. The reason why he wants to establish Huangyang Academy is to give more children from poor families the opportunity to study and progress, and the grandchildren of Huang Laohan in front of him also need such opportunities.

Jiang Anyi didn't think much about it anymore, and immediately nodded: "Don't worry, Uncle Huang, after I go back, I will discuss with the head of the academy, and someone will definitely come to teach the children to read and write in the spring next year." ”

"Great", everyone shouted in unison, everyone raised the cup in their hands in unison, and Jiang Anyi drank it all with a smile.

After eating all the joy and dispersing, Huang Laohan listened to the stone on the wine table and inadvertently mentioned that the wife of Jiang County Ling had just given birth to a child, and instructed his daughter-in-law to catch two big hens, and wrapped dozens of eggs, plums on the tree, loofahs in the yard, greens and beans in the field and a big bag.

Jiang Anyi wanted to give money, Huang Laohan blushed, and said: "My lord, I have also read the book for two days, and I know that the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring, and my lord will seek benefits for the people of our Fuluo County, and we ordinary people will see it in our eyes and keep it in mind." Today, the adults were willing to have a meal at the old man's house, and the old man was cheeky and asked the adults for a gentleman, and these old men also said thank you. We countrymen don't have anything, our own chickens, eggs, and vegetables are willing to be taken home to taste fresh, which is to give the old man face, and to give money, that is to slap the old man's face. ”

The simple words moved Jiang Anyi, and he didn't shirk at the moment, and let the stone take over the burden. Jiang Anyi untied a piece of jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Huang Laohan, who roared with a red face: "If this is the case, my lord, I won't give those things away, take them back." ”

Jiang Anyi smiled: "Uncle, don't worry, listen to me." This jade pendant is a gift from a friend surnamed Guo, I will give it to you, if you have something to ask me for help one day, you can let people come to me with this jade pendant, if you can't find me, I will go to Pingshan Town, Xinqi County, Dezhou, Jiang's house, someone will inform me, I will try my best to help. ”

Huang Laohan trembled and took the jade pendant, a thousand gold and a promise, this jade pendant is more precious than a thousand taels of silver, what difficulties the Huang family has in the future, it can be solved by this opportunity. Huang Laohan made a gesture to kneel down for Jiang Anyi, but Jiang Anyi stopped Huang Laohan and said: "Uncle, don't be like this, this is the fate between you and me, it's a pity." ”

On the way back, the stone carried the eggs on his back, and the horse had two hens tied around his neck, and he kept "clucking" along the way.

"Childe, if these two chickens are put on the back of charcoal, I won't be able to shoot pheasants, and Sister Dong'er is still waiting for supplements." The stone rolled his eyes.

"Don't think", Jiang Anyi waved the whip lightly, the charcoal knew the master's intentions, kicked away with his four hooves, and threw a large section of the stone in a blink of an eye. The stone frowned and carefully guarded the eggs on his back, alas, these eggs were not bad without pheasants.

The wind flew in his face, fluttering Jiang Anyi's sideburns hair, fluttering his mood. Starting a family, marrying a wife and having children, this is the course of life, born as a man, it is inevitable to experience the transformation of the roles of son, husband, father, etc., now he is not only a son, but also a husband, or a father, with great responsibilities. Filial piety to his mother and care for his wife, Jiang Anyi thinks that he has done a good job, but the birth of his son makes him a little uncomfortable, and he has not yet figured out how to be a father.

Huang Laohan's words and deeds tell him his responsibility as a parent, in addition to supporting his family, but also educating his children and grandchildren, Jiang Anyi's heart has a budding, and he can't wait to return home to see his son, and look at the little face that is becoming beautiful day by day, which is the continuation of the bloodline and the place of hope.

Jiang Anyi remembered the scene in the thatched hut where his father taught him to read and write under the lamp, and he would also teach his son to read under the lamp like his father, and of course teach him martial arts, take him to hunt on horseback, and take him to see the mountains and rivers, not only Dazheng, but also the Northern Desert, the Western Regions, and even overseas. In front of me, my father's smiling face was so happy.

A man's responsibility is to maintain the harmony of the family and protect the safety of the family, but the responsibility of a man is far more than that, starting a family, marrying a wife and having children, Jiang Anyi's chest is full of pride, and he can't help but howl loudly, the rivers and mountains are good, and the man should strive for self-improvement, make meritorious contributions, and seal his wife and son.

The whistling sound startled the pheasants in the mountains and forests next to the road to fly around, Jiang Anyi smiled and took a bow and arrows from the saddle, a bow and three arrows, three pheasants fell in response to the string, the stone shouted loudly, and also wanted to bend the bow and arrows, thinking of the eggs on his back, he had to give up.