Chapter 17: The Three Uncles

"Where's your gown?"

After a while, the family came home from the restaurant. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info there are still a lot of people all the way upstream, and when I arrived at the Suzaku Gate, I saw a few soldiers guarding the city gate also crowded into the stall market to be lively.

When he got home, Liu Yong was yawning, and Mu, who always felt that something was missing along the way, suddenly asked.

"Jacket... The gown was thrown away when it was crowded in the crowd. ”

Liu Yong suddenly thought that his gown was still on the little girl, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back. So he lied and said.

"You, you, why don't you lose yourself?"

Mu Shi was very angry, and he lost the new clothes he had just worn for a day, no matter how he looked at it, he was the same as his unreliable father, pointing at Liu Yong's head and saying angrily.

"Won't I make my mother sad if I lose it?"

Liu Yong said flatteringly.

"It's good to lose it, I'm worrying. All day long, the flamboyant tongue is rough, you see how well-behaved Brother Xun is, if you lose it, I just happened to tell your third uncle to pass Brother Xun over. ”

Mu Shi put the things in his hand on the table and cleaned them up, and before he could dissipate his breath, he saw Liu Xun sitting on a chair and taking a nap.

"The third uncle's family is just this one male baby, so he won't pass it on to you."

Liu Yong muttered unconvinced.

"What did you say?"

Mu's voice was significantly raised.

"No, no, nothing ......"

The next day at school, Liu Yong was groggy all the time, thinking that he played too late yesterday and didn't get enough sleep. But when I saw Yang Zhang and Wang Yu, who were still very energetic on the side, they were very confused. Taking advantage of the fact that "Meng Banxian" turned around, he patted Yang Zhang and asked suspiciously.

"You don't understand that, do you? It depends on each person's physique. Wang Yu and I are in great health, we eat so well, and there is no problem at all with playing crazy for half a night. See, it's all a sign of strength. ”

Yang Zhang smiled, rolled up his sleeves and said to Liu Yong with the fat on his arm exposed.

"Look at you, you're as thin as a grasshopper, and at first glance it's... What did the doctor say? Oh yes, it's weakness. You must be sick all the time, stay up all night like today, listless, and you will definitely die early in the future. ”

"You're a ghost! You're full of fat, right, sumo wrestlers are called strong, you are a burden at best! ”

Liu Yong reached out and patted Yang Zhang's head, and said angrily.

"Forget it, I won't ask you, I'll ask Wang Yu to go."

Liu Yong turned around as he spoke, twisted to Wang Yu on the other side, and asked.

"Why are you so energetic today?"

"Don't you know that a new bath room has opened outside Chongmingmen? Oh, by the way, I forgot that your family lives outside the Suzaku Gate, and you don't usually go west. His signature is the medicated bath, which makes people feel refreshed and refreshed after soaking. My dad was worried that I was too late yesterday, so he bought a bucket of bath water early in the morning and threw me in before I woke up. ”

Wang Yu returned honestly.

It can be like this! Liu Yong rubbed his head vigorously, thinking that he would take a soak to relieve his fatigue when he went back at noon.

Liu Yong did not soak in his "medicinal bath" at noon, and just after noon, Liu Xun's father, Liu Yong's third uncle, arrived at his house.

When Liu Yong returned home, his father was talking about something with his third uncle in the main hall, Liu Xun was sitting quietly on the side, and his mother was busy stir-frying and cooking in the kitchen.

"Brother Yong, come and peel two bones of garlic and another green onion."

Just when Liu Yong wanted to sneak back to the room, Mu's voice came from the kitchen, and Liu Yong had to go over to work.

Mu's mother's family is in the restaurant business, and Liu Yong's maternal grandfather has no narrow concept of passing on men to women, so Mu's cooking skills are also quite good.

"Mr. taught, Confucius once said that a gentleman is far from cooking......"

Liu Yong clumsily wasted half a day peeling the garlic and green onions, and was about to go to the well to wash his hands and then go back to the house to rest for a while, but Mu then instructed him to go to the alley to fill a bottle of vinegar, so he muttered reluctantly.

"What do you say? Do you think your mother and I haven't read? Confucius is talking about a gentleman, you are just a child, and you have only been reading for a few days. Besides, who drilled into the back kitchen as soon as they arrived at the restaurant? Don't talk nonsense, go quickly. ”

Mu Shi put the spoon in the pot, turned around and crossed his waist and said.

Liu Yong had to go out with a vinegar jar.

Soon it was time to eat at noon, Liu Yong sat at the door, his head was as sleepy as a hen eating, and he put the vegetables to his mouth for a long time without realizing it.

Liu Yong was sleepy, and vaguely heard that his father and the third uncle seemed to be talking about business, and the two were going to go to Jinghu North Road, saying that the third uncle had some ways, and the two of them were going to do some tea and medicinal herb business.

Dad was not at ease, and asked many times if the door was reliable, and the third uncle repeatedly assured him. In the end, the two seemed to agree on something, and then drank a lot of wine, and began to talk about homely things, talking about Liu Xun. Liu Yong suddenly sobered up a lot, hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of food, and pricked up his ears to listen.

"My son also opened a dream when he was in the old house, but at the beginning of the year, Mr. was picked up by his son, and the private school naturally dispersed, and Brother Xun has been staying at home." Sanbo said.

"Then why don't you find another private school for Brother Xun?" Liu Qingzhi asked.

"Our family doesn't have the material to study, Zicheng must know better than me, and there hasn't been a famous one in several generations.

Brother Xun is also stupid, and his husband once said that all subjects are tantamount to whimsy, let alone being admitted to the Jinshi. Although there have been rumors recently that the official family wants to abolish the imperial examination and select directly from among the students, who can say whether it is true or false?

What's more, what's the use of even if it's true? With Brother Xun'er's qualifications, and being born in a civilian family like ours, there is no other way to enter Taixue except to make money. And make money into the Taixue......

Alas, we don't expect the family's field, the eldest brother must account for the majority, so I want Brother Xun to be enlightened and knowledgeable, and to be an apprentice to me when he grows up in a few years, and he will be an accountant like me in the future. ”

The third uncle said a lot at once, as if he was complaining.

Mu sat quietly on the side, and sandwiched some dishes for Liu Yong and Liu Xun, she couldn't intervene in the business just now, and she would pull up the routine without saying a word.

"The third brother is not right, how can the child not study? If you look at these people who are doing great things in and out of Tokyo, which one of them has not studied? Don't talk about being an official, you have to study for the martial arts exam this year.

Cao Daguan, who was outside the old Song Dynasty, was also a businessman, so what about now? married a county lord, and the court gave him an official, what is Di Gonglang. This Cao Daguan is about the same age as me, just because he has read a few more books than me, and after a test, he is now much better than me. ”

"Yes, yes, what Shifu Lang said is that we are both bookkeepers, and Shifu Lang has made a fortune, and I still worry about the dowry of my two daughters every day, isn't it that Shifu Lang has studied for two years longer than me."

Liu Yong's third uncle poured Liu Qingzhi full of wine, toasted a glass, and flattered.

"Haha, third brother, don't laugh. If you don't get rich, it's not time yet. Didn't we say we were going to Jinghu Lake? If nothing goes wrong and the expectation is normal, this trip will be able to earn back the dowry money for the two nieces. When the time comes, after running for a few years, you are still worried that you will not have the money to study for Brother Xun'er? ”

Liu Qingzhi hugged his cousin and said boldly.

"Third brother, if you let go of your mind, let Brother Xun stay with me, and report to Brother Yong'er's private school tomorrow. Although Mr. Lu's level is not as good as those Confucians, he is definitely much stronger than those in the countryside. ”

"Good!"

The third uncle happily agreed.

To be continued......