Chapter 1003: The Patriarch's Erroneous Reasoning (Part I)

But can he refuse?

Cheng Tong regards the children's entrepreneurship as Cheng Jiaao's public property, which is a clan tradition. There is no private right in this age; The children of the clan are not yet adults, so it doesn't make sense for them to take the modern concept of "ownership".

After reading "Shen Yan" a few times, Zhao Xing shook his head and talked about his own affairs: "In the past, Li Taibai once said: Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. So, I'm going to take my kids out on a school trip after the start of spring – first around the neighborhood and then a little further away......

Last year, I saved up a sum of money for the journey, so that the elders don't have to worry about the children's food and lodging...... No matter what the village arranges, the children will not be able to do their jobs this year, so they will be assigned jobs...... Well, my expenses are enough for ten children to study abroad, so I will pick ten children to go with me. ”

Zhao Xing said this to indirectly vent his dissatisfaction, and his words caused a buzz. However, it was not his grievances that the mountain people were paying attention to.

Cheng Laoer, the second-ranked "elder" of the Cheng family, immediately took over the conversation: "How can the teacher take the child out...... Study tours, we can let the teachers pay for their own expenses. My boy, I'll pay for the money. ”

Cheng Xun, the second child of Cheng Lao, is the most stubborn of all children. Hearing that Zhao Xing only took ten children away, Cheng Lao Er was worried that his children would not be selected, so he hurriedly expressed his willingness to pay.

Cheng Lao Er is a man in the prime of life, and this hunter's hunting skills are the best in the village. Due to the perennial absence from home, the child lacks fatherly love and is stubborn. Thankfully, his lucrative catch was enough to support the constant apologies and allow the neighbors to tolerate the child's misdeeds.

In fact, Cheng Laoer's original move to distribute the prey was also out of helplessness. Because the Song people lacked preservation technology, because the prey could not be preserved, the superb hunting skills could not make people rich, and the excess prey could only be sent out quickly. Therefore, although Cheng Lao Er has great ability, he also has no money to spare.

After Zhao Xing came, Cheng Laoer's situation changed. Zhao Xing "invented" the preservation techniques of smoked meat, roasted bacon, and pickled meat, and began to cut the finished products into various shapes and sell them in exquisite bamboo ware to big cities. These "deep-processed" mountain goods suddenly became a delicacy on the table of the magnates.

The demand for prey was large, so Cheng Lao Er simply organized a hunting team to provide raw materials for Zhao Xing, and then quickly became the "nouveau riche" in the village. In just one year, he also became Cheng Jiaao's "second rich" after eating the last meal, and he could afford to wear silk and satin.

"Read 10,000 books and travel 10,000 miles" - whether this was said by Li Bai or not, Cheng Lao Er didn't know, he didn't even know if there was a person named "Li Bai". However, Cheng Lao Er understands a simple truth: you can't lose the teacher. When the child is close to Zhao Xing, he can not only read and hyphenation, but also learn a craft.

What does Zhao Xing plan to do this time? "Traveling to the world", the elegant thing of a reader. Cheng Lao Er "has enough food and clothing" and thinks that the next generation will have a future, such an elegant thing, the teacher only takes ten people away, who can be missing? Who knows what the teacher will teach the students when he goes out this time. When the time comes, other children will not be my children, so am I still "Cheng Laoer"?

Thinking of this, Cheng Lao Er ignored the order of the ancestral hall and interjected eagerly.

Cheng Lao Er knows the mystery, and none of the "elders" sitting around the fire pond are stupid. After Cheng Lao Er interjected, the rest of the elders also ignored the order of the ancestral hall, and said one after another: I must let my own kid bring all the travel expenses and dry food, and follow the teacher to serve tea and pour water......

Let Zhao Xing stir up, and the discussion in the ancestral hall suddenly went off topic.

Cheng Tong squatted by the fire pond and didn't interject, and after a long time, he asked angrily: "Is the teacher going to Huangzhou?" ”

Zhao Xing nodded.

Cheng Tong let out an "oh" and decided: "So, teacher, rest in peace." ”

Zhao Xingxing took his leave.

Behind him, the people in the ancestral hall continued to forget the purpose of the meeting, and they talked about the children's upcoming school tour.

The children were able to study abroad, and the parents immediately felt that their status had improved a lot...... Well, I used to be a villager, but now, it seems that it is time to call myself an "outsider". The problem is: Chengjiaao is all "outside the Chengjia", which is difficult to distinguish.

At this point in the discussion, several "elders" discussed with great interest: maybe they should call themselves "Cheng Eryuanwai" and "Cheng Sanyuanwai" according to the ranking...... Or go to the teacher to give yourself a name, and then call yourself by first and last name, for example: "Cheng Tongren Wai", and so on.

Speaking of "Cheng Tongren Outside", people couldn't help but look at the patriarch who had been silent, and the voice in the ancestral hall suddenly decreased a lot.

Cheng Tong has not spoken since Zhao Xing left, just lowered his head and drew circles in the fire pit with a fire stick. Cheng Er is a flute, and he grinned and called the patriarch with a new title: "Outside Cheng Daren, you give me an idea - what should we do, everyone will listen to you." ”

Cheng Tong was angry.

What is going on, what should have been discussed was the "annual work plan", but now the issue of "outside the staff" is being discussed. He shook the fire stick and shouted in a deep voice: "Rammer - the teacher is planning to leave." ”

Cheng Lao Wu was puzzled: "Won't it?" Our village treats him well. ”

Cheng Tong couldn't understand the concept of private rights, and in this era, Cheng Tong's approach was completely in line with the patriarchal law and the law. He felt Zhao Xing's dissatisfaction, but he didn't know why the other party was dissatisfied, so he sorted out his thoughts while talking, but this sorting out ran down the wrong road.

"It's not a question of thinness or not - when the master first came, I found that he was not simple......" Here, Cheng Tong deliberately used the honorific title "Master". He paused and continued to add: "Back then, he cured the cattle in the village, and I entertained him with the best Lanxi Xiaolong Regiment. Lanxi Little Dragon Troupe! It was a tribute, and everyone in the palace praised it when it was drunk......

Well, but as soon as he picked up the teacup, he frowned, and didn't nod slightly until he tasted a few sips of tea soup. I was wondering at the beginning, why didn't he look down on the Lanxi Little Dragon Troupe? I pondered this for a long time, and it wasn't until I went to the county seat with him last year to watch him play with the teacup at the stall, and then I suddenly realized: he was not frowning about the tea, but was dissatisfied with the teacup.

We use pottery bowls for tea, but large families don't use this. I saw that he was playing with a small cup in his hand, and when I asked him what it was, he said it was purple...... The purple ou rabbit is the favorite tea set in the palace. When I heard this, I immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Rabbit Haozhan, listen to this name, do our villagers say this word? Don't say you've seen it, you've never heard of it, but he can tell the calendar in one bite, and he also says that it's the favorite in the Beijing Palace. Listen to it - drinking tea is so particular, can this person's origin be simple? ”

The patriarch's words immediately resonated with Cheng Laoer, and he said angrily: "Yes, the teacher first came to the village, although his clothes were broken and he looked like a beggar, but the clothes were ...... Tsk, neither silk nor hemp, we haven't seen it. My mother-in-law said that the stitches were even, not ordinary people could accept it, and I estimated that it should be a tribute, and the palace might ......."

"Silence", Cheng Tong shouted.