Chapter 12 Family Letters
In the blink of an eye, it has been ten days since I met Wang Lun and others by the river. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Gossip is always the fastest, and it spreads far and wide, and it is really well summarized. In ten days, almost the entire Jinyang, that is, Taiyuan City, knew that Wu Yuanqing, the little grandfather of the Yingguo Mansion, had never learned anything and became a talented man. The poems he wrote compared people like Xue Yuanjing who ranked eighteen bachelors.
When everyone was talking about Yongliu and other two poems, by the way, they also talked about the secret story of the eldest lady of the Wang family being molested, and then let out a few meaningful laughter.
The people at the bottom are more interested in the fact that the little grandfather cooks and cooks very well. The names of sweet and sour tenderloin, sweet and sour meatballs, stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts, and other dishes were spread by the descendants of the samurai family and others when they bragged. When they talk about it, they often close their eyes and imagine what kind of delicious it should be, so that a noble person like the little grandfather can do it himself regardless of his identity.
On this day, Wu Yuanqing slept until three poles in the sun, and only got up when the sun was drying his buttocks. After dressing and washing, he didn't bother to eat, so he staggered out of his small courtyard.
When I came to a side hall, I saw that the teacher invited by Yang was giving a lecture on the Analects. The eldest girl and the second girl listened carefully, but the younger brother Wu Yuanshuang was dozing off with his head propped up. The gentleman glanced at it from time to time, but he didn't say anything, but only showed a look of rotten wood that could not be carved.
It's no wonder that Mr. is like this, Wu Yuanshuang has never listened to his lectures well. Most of the time, they are gone. Even Yang's can't control it, let alone a teacher.
Wu Yuanshuang was able to stay here and doze off, instead of running out to play crazy and harm others, all of which were the result of being beaten by Wu Yuanqing.
The original Wu Yuanqing didn't care about his younger brother, he was even more of a bastard. But since he is no longer the original Wu Yuanqing, he naturally has to take on the responsibility of being an older brother.
Although you don't have to learn to be a talent, it's good to read a little more. Wu Yuanqing is not a very patient person, he said a few words, and seeing that Wu Yuanshuang didn't listen much, he did it directly. He didn't hit his head, he just dragged his neckline and kicked his ass with one foot, kicking Wu Yuanshuang's ghost and crying wolf, which alarmed the Yang family, and Yang's dissuasion was useless, and he kept beating Wu Yuanshuang and begging for mercy, saying that he would be obedient and study, and then he would give up.
Wu Yuanqing is also accustomed to educating Wu Yuanshuang like this, in his previous life, he was not an only child, and he had a sister who was seven years younger than him. Taking care of his sister since he was a child and watching her grow up made him always feel like an eldest brother as a father. After all, my sister is a girl, and her parents' discipline is different from him, he grew up being beaten by his mother since he was a child, and it is his sister's turn, although his mother also beats, but it is much gentle. Many times, my sister is disobedient, just talk about it, and she is reluctant to do it. Often at this time, Wu Yuanqing will consciously do it for him, regardless of whether his parents are willing or not.
Maybe he has been beaten a lot since he was a child, Wu Yuanqing has been a good student since he was a child, a good child, filial piety to his parents, and very good to his classmates and friends. He felt that he was a model of filial piety under the stick. Teach children that they should be beaten if they are disobedient.
This concept of not knowing whether it is good or bad, Wu Yuanqing implemented it very thoroughly. He is like this to his sister, and now he is like this to Wu Yuanshuang. Fortunately, the education of girls at this time is really very good, there are almost few women who are unbearable, and the eldest girl and the second girl are even more knowledgeable and reasonable by the Yang family, which saves Wu Yuanqing a lot of trouble.
"Ahem" Wu Yuanqing stood outside the window and coughed twice, Wu Yuanshuang, who was dozing, was woken up, looked up and saw that it was his brother Wu Yuanqing, he was so frightened that he sat down in a hurry, and did not forget to wipe the saliva from the corner of his mouth.
Wu Yuanqing threw him a vicious look before pacing away satisfied.
Dusk and morning are the etiquette of people in this era to serve their parents. Although I got up a little late, it was noon, but since I got up, I had to show up at Yang's.
"Ah Fu, I'm back, how is my father's health" As soon as he entered the house, Wu Yuanqing saw that Ah Fu, the son of the money housekeeper who had been sent by the Yang family to deliver a letter to his father Wu Shi Tong, was also there.
"Back to the eldest young master, the old man's health is very good," Ah Fu said with a salute.
"Oh oh, that's good, that's good"
At this time, Yang, who was reading the letter, raised his head, glanced at it and said with a smile: "Yuanqing is here, your father asked about you in the letter."
"What did Dad say about me," Wu Yuanqing asked.
Seeing that the lady and the young master were going to talk, Ah Fu hurriedly turned around and went out.
Yang smiled and quipped, "Didn't I write to tell your father about the knowledge you met with immortals in your dream, but your father didn't believe it, and replied that you must be making up stories to deceive people, and asked me not to listen to your nonsense, and to teach you strictly, so as not to cause trouble."
"Hehe, my dad understands me, he even knows that I will cause trouble" Wu Yuanqing did not feel a trace of embarrassment, and felt proud of not being ashamed.
Yang said angrily, "You, still laughing, you know that you have to change it if you know that you are in trouble, let your father worry less about snacks, our family is not in a good situation now, the emperor has a lot of trouble with your father because of the relationship between the emperor, and your father is walking on thin ice cautiously in the Ministry of Industry." At the end of the speech, Yang's tone was low and worried.
"What's the matter, has Dad encountered any difficulties" Wu Yuanqing asked worriedly, cheap dad is the guarantee of his good life in the future, and there must be no problems.
Yang said worriedly: "Because of the serious problem of war horse loss, the emperor asked the household department to allocate funds to increase the investment in horse administration and expand the horse farm. Pei Ju, the secretary of the household department, refused on the grounds that the treasury was not full, and also caused trouble, saying that it was because the armor made by the Ministry of Industry was too heavy, and the hooves of the war horses were damaged too quickly. Because Pei Ju was old, he fainted angrily at that time. Your father was rebuked by the emperor for this. ”
"Ah, the old man Pei Ju is not a thing, isn't this a pit for my father" Wu Yuanqing is angry.
Pei Ju is a pleasant person in Hedong, and the martial arts family is still a fellow SX, and he was an important minister in the Sui and Tang dynasties. But the old guy is now eighty years old, and if nothing else, he should have died of illness in the first year of Zhenguan, that is, this year.
The old guy won't be because of this incident, right?
Wu Yuanqing thought maliciously.
Seeing Yang's worried and constant sighs, Wu Yuanqing comforted: "Mother don't worry, the child has a way to help his father solve this problem, and when the time comes, not only will the father not be guilty, but the emperor will also reward him if he doesn't make it."
"What, you have a way" Yang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and the expression on his face became much more vivid.
"Yes, the child has a way," Wu Yuanqing said with a smile.
Yang hurriedly asked: "What is the way, quickly talk to my mother."
"We people created shoes because we were afraid of getting scratched on our feet. And now that the horse's hooves are damaged, then we can put shoes on the horses as well," Wu Yuanqing said with a smile.
"What, put shoes on horses, aren't you fooling around, how can horses wear shoes" Yang listened to Wu Yuanqing's words and was disappointed.
"People can wear shoes, but horses can't wear shoes. Let's make an iron shoe for the horse and put it on, so that the horse no longer has to worry about damage to its hooves" Seeing that Yang still showed a look of disbelief, Wu Yuanqing didn't bother to explain, "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, mother, I'll put shoes on the horse in a while, and you will believe what I said."
After speaking, without waiting for Yang to speak, Wu Yuanqing called Ah Fu outside the door to run away.
The samurai family had their own blacksmith shop, and when they arrived at the shop, Ah Fu called Lao Litou, the chief blacksmith of the blacksmith shop. Wu Yuanqing drew a simple drawing. The painting was not very good, but Old Man Li quickly understood what the eldest young master meant.
Wu Yuanqing asked Ah Fu to tie the horse he was riding, tied his hooves to a wooden stake, and measured the size of the horse's hooves.
Old man Li found four iron bars according to their size, and after setting them on fire, he beat them into pieces of iron that were not thick, then burned them red again, and then hammered them into a half-moon-shaped horseshoe style. Then punch out four holes in each piece of iron in order of position. Then sixteen more nails were struck to fit the size.
When Old Man Li was done, Wu Yuanqing personally nailed the horse's shoe. In later life, when he was a child, his grandfather's family had mules, and when his grandfather led the mule to nail the horseshoe, he followed it twice and had experience.
I haven't actually operated it or not, this is not Wu Yuanqing was almost kicked in the face by the horse when he nailed the horseshoe, but fortunately, Ah Fu was quick and pulled him away.
With this accident, Ah Fu said that he didn't dare to let Wu Yuanqing do anything. There was no way, so I could only let Ah Fu operate, and Wu Yuanqing was on the side to guide.
After the horseshoe was nailed, Wu Yuanqing rode a horse and tried it, not to mention, it was different with a horsefoot, and the iron hooves stepped on the stone slab ground crisp and pleasant.
Wu Yuanqing didn't think about trying it or not, there was no need for that, the experience of later generations has proved that the horseshoe can stand the test of time.
After asking Lao Li Tou to build two more pairs of horseshoes, Wu Yuanqing took Ah Fu and Lao Li Tou back home. led the horse directly to Yang's yard.
"Mother, the shoes for the horse have been made," as soon as he saw Yang's Wu Yuanqing, he hurriedly took out the horseshoe to show her.
Yang saw that the so-called shoes for the horse were a curved piece of iron, and his disappointment was overflowing.
Wu Yuanqing looked at it, yes, he still didn't believe it. Come on, let's experiment.
Let Ah Fu find gravel, nails, broken iron and something, and then throw the guards' weapons into the courtyard.
Wu Yuanqing turned over his BMW, flicked the horsewhip, and the horse began to run with Wu Yuanqing. Then I listened to the horses' hooves stepping on the iron nails, and the bells on the iron weapons rang into a loud sound.
After running back and forth for more than a dozen times, Wu Yuanqing stopped his horse. led the horse to Yang's face, and saw that Yang's excited eyes were red. There is no appearance of the Duchess at all.
After inspecting the horse's hooves in good condition, Yang issued a gag order not to allow anyone who knew about it to leak out. Wu Yuanqing actually didn't worry much about leaks, because the only people who knew the specific details of the whole thing were him, Ah Fu, Lao Li Tou, and then the Yang family.
The Yang family attached great importance to this matter, and was even more worried about the situation of Fujun Wushi Tong in the court, so he wrote a letter to Ah Fu, and asked him to take Lao Li Tou to set off for Chang'an in an expedited manner, and he was not allowed to eat lunch.