Ma Du was surprised and asked, "Sir, do you want to go back to your hometown in Huizhou?"

"What is the old man doing when he goes back to Huizhou, the relatives and friends he knows are dying old, how can he live comfortably here. The old man is about to die, and I don't know how many days there are left, shouldn't you be prepared? ”

"What's wrong with you, sir? Just tell the younger generation, you will be careful to heal and recuperate. ”

"No matter how high your medical skills are, you are a doctor after all, and you can make the old man immortal and be the eighth king of the millennium, rest assured that the old man is very good, but people will eventually die, and some arrangements must be made."

"You don't want those three old men to take over my class, do you?" Zhu Sheng waved his hand and said: "No, Mr. Luo is too upright, Song Zhongwen can't speak in front of the emperor, the lord is originally a good candidate, but in the past, the grace was too great and the glory was too much, and I am afraid that I can't straighten my waist in front of the emperor." ”

Ma Du pointed to himself, "Isn't that a junior?" ‘’

"If you don't want to be Wang Mang, it's better not to be the chief of the mountain, and then the whole dynasty will be ......"

Ma Du hurriedly covered his mouth, "Mr. is really old and confused, he dares to say anything, he wants to kill me!" Turning his head to look at Tie Hyun outside the office, he shouldn't have heard.

Zhu Sheng took his hand away, "Cowardly as a mouse and without wind bones, where can you be a mountain chief." If you can recruit Guo Taishi's descendants, you can be regarded as having the ability, since you have brought a famous teacher to the academy, the future mountain chief will be wrapped up in the old man, and you will have to provide for it well when the time comes. ”

Out of the office, Ma Du found a steward to take Tie Xuan to go through the enrollment procedures and arrange room and board, while he walked through the playground and went to the classroom where Bo Qi taught.

More and more students followed him to learn the art of construction, and the classrooms had long since been expanded, and they were no worse than the public classrooms in later universities, with bright windows and a room full of models.

Bo Qi was lying on the small table by the window, enjoying the spring sunshine while eating breakfast, a bowl of milk tea, a big vegetable bun, and a lump of black propolis like a few dog shit.

The loyal eunuch Hai Ying actually stood aside with a fake beard, carefully peeling eggs for him, and smiled when he saw Ma Du coming, "Master Hou, you are here." ”

Bo Qi took a sip of milk tea, "He is not a white man now, and now there is almost no place for him in the academy, you are really lucky, even Guo Shoujing's descendants can find it." ”

"Hey...... It can only be said that it is a coincidence, does Haiying still have milk tea, bring me a bowl. Ma Du sat next to Bo Qi, "Have you seen Old Man Guo's eldest grandson?" What do you think? ”

"I've seen it, he's a good boy, do you want the old man to accept him as a disciple? Aren't you afraid of another basket? ”

Bo Qi should be referring to the snowy night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and it seems that Lao Zhu left a lot of shadows in his heart.

Taking the milk tea handed by Haiying, Ma Du took a sip lightly, patted Bo Qi's broad shoulder, and Ma Du smiled: "You think too much, although Guo Taishi has worked for your ancestors for sixty years, but it is all in the past, and even if there are some kindnesses for several generations, they have long since disappeared."

The old man of the Guo family is very arrogant, and even the current emperor is not in a hurry, and he will care about you, who abdicated. I heard that your dancing girl gave birth to a girl, you regard it as a pearl in your palm, with the painful lesson of the last time, you shouldn't bet on her future, right? Belch...... ...... vomit"

Catching a glimpse of the sticky and thick propolis in Bo Qi's mouth, Ma Du couldn't help retching, and the bean curd he ate in the morning almost rushed to his throat.

"Hmph, you look disgusting yourself, but let the old man eat every day, you can't change something else."

"This is a good thing, it's expensive, you can get a woman old and rely on it, speaking of which, I also have a credit, you don't know the hearts of good people."

"There is ambiguity in what you say, and you can take advantage of the old man's advantage."

"It's a joke, why take it seriously. Let's get down to business, what happened to the steamship you made? ”

"The old man just got a golden baby, how can he have the heart at this time, give the old man some time, and at the latest this summer, I guarantee that you can test the voyage."

"Don't worry, the key is to be safe, if you capsize in the vast sea, then the sky should not be called the earth."

Bo Qi nodded heavily, "I won't disappoint you, you have to remember what you promised the old man." I won't tell you, the old man's new good apprentice is here, and I don't know how well he has done his schoolwork, and whether he has the talent to build. ”

Outside the window, Guo Mu walked slowly through the playground, holding a sorghum stalk in his hand to tie it into a gadget, presumably that was the homework left to him by Bo Qi.

"Looks like you're moving a lot faster than I thought."

"Of course, these old men have taken a lot of students, but most of them have mediocre qualifications, and all the good seedlings have been robbed by those old guys.

"Congratulations, I won't bother you teaching students, farewell!"

Ma Du wandered around the academy, since someone couldn't ask for him in class, just about to go home, he ran into the old man Guo who came out of the classroom with the textbooks, he bowed to Ma Du, stopped Ma Du and said with a smile: "Uncle Guo, are you going home?" ”

"Mr. Guo, I'm not used to your politeness." Looking at Old Man Guo with a smile on his face, Ma Du always felt that there was a taste of conspiracy.

"The old man is ashamed, when he was in Shandong, he only thought that Uncle Guo was a frivolous and domineering prodigal relative, and he got the title by virtue of his in-laws.

Ma Du spread his hands and said helplessly: "I am very similar to the frivolous and domineering relative you said? ”

"Like, it's exemplary, it's the old man who judges people by their appearance, and I'm here to apologize to you." Old man Guo said and waved to Ma Du, "Don't say anything about it, this textbook alone knows that Uncle Guo can be called a grandmaster in arithmetic, and the old man is not as good as him, not to mention Uncle Guo's great military achievements, and he also created this huge academy, which is an unborn talent." ”

No one has ever praised himself like this, maybe he is usually hit a lot, which makes Ma Du very unaccustomed and even blushing a little, he staggered and said: "I can't be a big gift from Mr., and I can't be praised by Mr. It's all over, and Mr. doesn't have to blame himself too much. Well, are you satisfied with your accommodation, do you have eating habits? ”

"Huh...... The old man's family lived in a thatched hut and grass hut in the countryside to eat chaff vegetables for nearly ten years, and the life here is simply different from the mud, needless to say, just came to the academy, Mr. Zhu asked the account room to advance two months' salary to the old man, and gave a lot of meat, vegetables, grain and oil, if you don't want to cook, you can buy it in the canteen, and the baby at home has accumulated food, and has suffered with the old man over the years......

Guo Da said that he was chattering like homely, and while walking, he led Ma Du to avoid the students after class to a place with few people, "As for the place to live, it is better, not afraid of the jokes of the uncle of the country, the old man is not a descendant, relying on a little cleverness to be loved by the great-grandfather, but he has never lived in such a good house, it is like a painting, there is heating in the house, not to mention that there is a well, but there is no thatched house in the yard, and the two daughters-in-law are very inconvenient." ”

Water well? Thatched house? With his toes, Madu probably guessed what was going on, whether to tell him or not, I was really afraid that he would not be able to stand the blow and would not be able to afford it.

Looking at Ma Du's hesitant appearance, Old Man Guo asked suspiciously: "Is it difficult to build a thatched house?" If not, it won't be troublesome for the old man to do it himself. ”

"It's just a thatched house, I'll ask the servants at home to repair it for you, but the well is afraid of being dirty, so you can clean it with caustic soda."

"Then thank you Uncle Guo, but there is still a difficulty at the moment." Old man Guo looked at the other end of the playground.

"You mean Mr. Bo? I haven't congratulated you yet, your grandson has found a good teacher, and his future is bright. ”

"Uncle Guo is not joking, do you really think I don't recognize him, although his appearance has changed a lot, when he went out on patrol, the old man had seen him on the street, how could Uncle Guo put such a person in the academy, it would cause big trouble to the academy."

Ma Du comforted: "Although you can rest assured that the emperor agrees to this, the academy is indeed indispensable to this person, and I do need him too." Sir is worried about causing trouble for his family. ”

Guo Da sighed and said: "Alas, when the great ancestor was here, he was also good at the art of the mechanism, and Mu'er was also good at this, and it was originally a good time to worship him as a teacher." But who asked the great ancestor to be the former minister of Meng Yuan, and now Mu'er is his disciple, it is inevitable that the emperor will be suspicious. ”

"You are too careful, Guo Taishi has been dead for many years when he ascended to the pole, and no one in the Guo family is an official, and he has nothing to do with him. Over the years, he has been quite peaceful, obsessed with teaching and research, and has almost no right and wrong, and the emperor is also very relieved of him. ”

Old man Guo looked sad, and his facial features were screwed together, "But once there is a disaster, the old man's incense will really be cut off, and he will be ashamed of his ancestors!" ”

"Don't worry, sir, even if there is really a mess, I will do my best to keep you safe."

The folds on Old Man Guo's face immediately bloomed, "Seriously, Uncle Guo's high righteousness is beyond retribution, if there is a need in the future, the old man's family, men, women and children, but with Uncle Guo's dispatch, don't dare to disobey!" ”

What's going on? Ma Du buttoned the buttonhole, looked himself up and down, a very ordinary Confucian robe, a pair of broken boots that accompanied him to fight in Liaodong, there was really no extraordinary, only the big toe sticking out of the hole in the upper was slightly domineering, how could the proud old man Guo bow his head.

Suddenly thinking of something, Ma Du patted his head: "Old man, you are setting me up!" ”

"I found out so quickly, Uncle Guo is really a talent."

"Are you sarcastic about me, or are you sarcastic about me, honestly explain what kind of calculations you have, and tell you clearly that the academy is not prosperous, and you should not bring unhealthy trends here."

Old man Guo had a straight face, "The old man just wants to find a big tree for the old and weak women and children, is this wrong?" ”

Ma Du was indifferent, "As long as the people in the academy are in trouble, whether it is a student, a gentleman, or an uncle or aunt who cooks in the cafeteria, I will protect him, and if anyone does anything wrong, I will clean him up first!" ”

Guo Da smiled bitterly, "The old man has no power to restrain the chicken, the family is full of women and children, and only a straight second son supports the façade, what can there be any misdeeds, but I think that they can have a person to rely on in a hundred years, is it wrong?" ”

His face was sad, his words were sincere, not like a fake, Ma Du immediately believed him, "What can you do if you teach well, your son has nothing to do with the government and politics when he cultivates the calendar in the Taishi Academy, as long as it takes another ten years, a few little grandsons in your family will be successful, you can enjoy the happiness with peace of mind." ”

"Does Uncle Guo really think so? This academy seems to be free and peaceful, but it is not a pure land in the world, but it is inextricably linked with the imperial court, and if there is an accident in the court, it will not be spared here. ”

Ma Du raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart: "It's really blind, this is an old fox who knows the world!" ”