Ma Ruoyan looked at Liu Xin'er and asked with concern

"Xin'er, what's wrong with you? These two days? Seeing that your beloved Brother Mo ignored him, is he not feeling well? ”

"No, miss, I'm in good health."

"Could it be that some handsome boy has taken his soul away? Are you going to abandon your brother Mo? ”

When Liu Xin'er heard this, she immediately blushed and said

"No, how could I be snatched away by others."

"Oh, it seems that your brother Mo is still your favorite."

"Miss, don't talk nonsense"

Liu Xin'er stretched out her voice and said shyly. At this time, Liu Xin'er regained her previous liveliness and vitality, and the master and servant talked and laughed, waiting for the food prepared by Lin Mo.

After a while, Lin Mo and his buddies carried a few plates of fragrant dishes and put them on the table, and Ma Ruoyan smiled

"I didn't expect that the talented chef's cooking skills are also very good, what is this dish called?"

Lin Mo introduced with a smile

"This dish is called Kung Pao Chicken, but unfortunately there is no chili pepper and other dogwood and mustard instead, how do you taste it."

The two of them picked it up with chopsticks and tasted it, and it was really delicious.

"What is a chili pepper?"

Ma Ruoya asked curiously,

"Chili pepper is a kind of vegetable, I heard that it grows in a distant place, but we don't have it in the Xuan Dynasty. I will definitely make it for you to try when I have a chance in the future. ”

Then Lin Mo introduced the second course,

"It's called eggplant with minced meat, and it's a dish made with ordinary ingredients, but I'm sure you haven't tasted it yet."

The second quickly tasted it, and it was really spicy and delicious. Looking at the appearance of the two, Lin Mo said with a smile

"Both of these dishes were just developed by me. You two are the first diners, how are you, satisfied? ”

Ma Ruoyan looked at Lin Mo, and there was a hint of doubt and cunning in her eyes.

"Cousin, if you make any new dishes in the future, you must let me try them first, okay, cousin?"

"Okay, okay, you can say anything. I'm completely figuring you out now, if you ask for it, you call me cousin, if you are sarcastic, you call me a great talent, and in front of others, you are so fickle. ”

After saying that, the two laughed.

Liu Xin'er looked at the two of them, revealing a sad look in her eyes, but the other two didn't notice it.

The next day, Lin Mo led Zhao En to Ma's house with a gift, knocked on the door, and a figure poked his head out, it was the porter that Lin Mo saw when he first came, the man saw Lin Mo's little face suddenly turned a lot whiter, and said cautiously

"Young Master Cousin, why are you here? Come on in. ”

Saying that, he stepped forward to help Lin Mo and introduced Lin Mo into the mansion, and Lin Mo replied that he didn't have to be so polite.

At this time, Lin Mo felt that there was something extra in his hand, and when he spread it out, he saw that it was some silver, and Lin Mo remembered that he had given him some silver when he first saw him.

Lin Mo glanced at the porter and saw that he looked a little panicked. Lin Mo smiled and put the silver into his arms, and only then did he smile.

Since he gave it to himself, he had to take it, otherwise he would be considered to still have a grudge and he would be even more uneasy.

He is theoretically a small master of the Ma family, he is a subordinate, and he still has to learn to grasp the balance between the master and the servant, and it is estimated that he will always be frightened if he does not accept it. Just then a voice came

"Young Master, you're here."

This is the junior. Lin Mo smiled and said:

"Well, I specially brought my nephew to study in the mansion today."

"I know, the second lady has explained, and specially asked me to wait here to show the way for the young master."

"Don't go to the home school first, is my uncle here?"

"The master is in the study now" "Then please lead me over, I will go to see my uncle first." ”

"Okay, Master Cousin, come with me"

Saying that, he led Lin Mo to the house, and the two chatted along the way, and Lin Mo asked if the dense fruit was alive? Xiao San shook his head and said with some frustration:

"It's completely dry, Steward Zhang asked me to dig it up and throw it away, so I reluctantly dug it and moved it to the tank and put it in the house where I lived, hoping to come back to life one day. Arrived at the young master. ”

Xiao San knocked lightly on the door of the study

"Enter"

Xiao San said after entering

"The old cousin and his nephew came to school today, and now they are waiting outside the door, and they want to come over and thank you in person."

"Then what are you doing standing outside, hurry up and let them in, how are you doing this." Ma Zhiyuan put down the book in his hand and blamed Xiao San. Lin led Zhao En into the study and bowed

"Uncle, I asked the junior to inform me to wait outside, this is the etiquette that the younger generation should do, so don't blame the junior."

Ma Zhiyuan nodded when he heard this, and Xiao San immediately retreated.

"This kid is your nephew."

"Well, Xiao Heng hurried to see the horseman."

Zhao En hurriedly saluted, Ma Zhiyuan smiled and waved his hand,

"You don't have to see it so much, by the way, I see that your legs seem to be inconvenient to walk, is it injured or has a chronic disease?"

Zhao En was a little embarrassed, lowered his head and didn't speak, while Lin Mo hurriedly stepped forward to explain

"Xiao Heng's leg was injured and he was disabled, so I made a shelf to support it, so it was a little inconvenient to walk."

As he spoke, he lifted Zhao Heng's trouser legs, so that Ma Zhiyuan could look good.

Ma Zhiyuan saw that Zhao Heng had lost half of his calf, and he was supported by a wooden frame, and such a young child lost half of his leg, which made people feel very sorry and distressed.

However, Ma Zhiyuan was quickly attracted by the prosthetic leg made by Lin Mo, although this thing seems rough but it is also extremely exquisite.

Ma Zhiyuan admired Lin Mo a little, this kid is really a treasure and worth digging.

Lin Mo took out a square box and said with a smile

"Uncle, this is a small gift specially prepared for you, and I don't know if my uncle likes it or not."

After speaking, he put the square box in front of the desk, and then opened the upper lid. An inkstone lay quietly in it. The appearance of this inkstone is blue-gray, the inkstone is purple with blue, and the whole has subtle lines, which seems to be ordinary, but has a sense of heaviness and solemnity.

Ma Zhiyuan never left his eyes when he saw it, carefully picked it up and carefully appreciated it, and then took a breath of "ha" with his mouth. Then he laughed

"The breath does not disperse, the texture is delicate, and it is really a good inkstone. Looks like this gift has bothered you. ”

"As long as my uncle likes it, then I'll be at ease."

Lin Mo said with a smile, but it still hurts a little.

After all, Lin Mo found this inkstone in a bookstore after searching all over Qian Nan yesterday, and Lin Mo spent a full hundred taels to buy it, which is all the profits of the restaurant in the past few days, which really made Lin Mo bleed.

Of course, if Lin Mo is willing to add fifty taels and sell it, someone will buy it. This inkstone is famous, only produced in Duanzhou, so it is called Duanzhou, and there is only one mining point in the whole Duanzhou, commonly known as "old pit".

Every year, at most, it can produce no more than 1,000 square meters, and after hundreds of years of mining, there will always be a day when the harvest is finished, so each party is very precious, and it belongs to the kind that has no price.

After chatting for a while, Ma Zhiyuan encouraged Zhao Heng to study hard, and let Lin Mo have the opportunity to study more in the future and gain a reputation, and then Lin Mo took Zhao Heng to retire.

Ma Zhiyuan looked at the inkstone and thought about it, thought for a long time, sighed, and put the inkstone back in the box. Xiao San led Lin Mo to a small mansion, and there was a low voice of reading aloud from inside.

Originally, the family school of a large family was in the ancestral hall, but Ma Zhiyuan sometimes went to teach by himself, so he directly arranged the family school at home, and opened a few rooms as dormitories, which were served in the house with three meals a day.

Therefore, studying here can be said to be worry-free, as long as you concentrate on reading.

Lin Mo's group of teenagers dressed in neat white silk clothes and wearing square scarves sat in front of the desks on both sides, reading the poetry carefully.

Directly in front of him sat an old man sitting upright, holding a book and studying carefully, Lin Mo recognized it as Master Wu at a glance.

Lin Mo and the others stood on the side and waited, and after a while, Wu Fuzi picked up a bell on the side of the table and shook it three times.

"Santang"

The students immediately stood up and responded

"Mr. Xie."

Then they were in a mess, and scattered as birds and beasts.

Lin Mo looked at it and thought to himself, sure enough, no matter what era, children don't like to read. Wu Fuzi also saw Lin Mo and the three of them at this time, and Lin Mo led Zhao En forward to salute

"Hello Master, I didn't expect to meet here again."

"Haha, the old man is also very surprised, yesterday Ruoya told me that his cousin would bring his nephew to school, I didn't expect it to be Lin Gongzi, you have become the cousin of the Ma Mansion. The old man was really surprised. Xiao Heng, how are you reading books these days? ”

"Mr. Hui, students read books every day, and the annotations you teach are often taken out by students to study."

"Well, the children can be taught, and you can't give up halfway in reading, so that you can read the essence."

"Students understand."

Wu Fuzi nodded with satisfaction.

Lin Mo saw that the two of them were chatting so closely, and he was secretly happy in his heart.

Wu Fuzi arranged for Zhao Heng to come to school early tomorrow, Lin Mo originally wanted Zhao Heng to stay in the Ma Mansion, but Zhao Heng was unwilling, and Zhao Heng was really uncomfortable with these young masters who were dressed in fine clothes and food.

Lin Mo also knew Zhao Heng's thoughts, so he took Zhao Heng to say goodbye to Wu Fuzi and left.

On the way, I suddenly met a familiar figure

"I've seen Ma Gongzi."

The person who came was Ma Ruowen, Ma Ruowen saw Lin Mo and the others, and said with a faint smile

"Lin Mo, are you here today for admission?"

"Master Xie Ma cares, I've taken care of this."

"Well, in the future, you have to come to the Ma family more often, and my father likes you very much."

Then he motioned for Lin Mo to come over with him. Lin Mo asked Zhao Heng to wait in place for a while, and then followed Ma Ruowen to a hidden corner, Ma Ruowen said earnestly

"Is the chef of your restaurant Zhu Wen?"

Seeing what Lin Mo wanted to explain, Ma Ruowen waved his hand directly and said:

"No, there is no need to deny it, the last time I went to the restaurant, I already tasted that the dishes were made by him, and if Aya said that you can cook, I guessed that you taught him to cook those dishes. I advise you, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, Zhu Wen's house is a little dishonest in Mafu, and last time he almost caused the second lady to have a miscarriage. Such a person is really not trustworthy, you should drive him away and let him go back to Yunzhou, so as not to harm others in Qiannan. ”

Lin Mo listened, just thanked Ma Ruowen for his kindness, and said nothing.

Ma Ruowen also understood what Lin Mo meant and sighed and left, Lin Mo led Zhao En back to the restaurant, and was also thinking about Ma Ruowen's words along the way, Ma Ruowen was thinking about himself, but Lin Mo felt that Zhu Wen was not that kind of person, although he had no evidence, but from the daily relationship and his own judgment, he felt that Zhu Wen could be trusted.