Chapter 14: Trials

Not long in the afternoon, Liu sewed out a delicate sachet prototype, handed it to Liu Yuanshan and said, "San Lang, how about you take a look at this sachet?" ”

Liu Yuanshan took the sachet, looked at the true and benevolent compatibility on Liu's face, and was slightly moved in his heart, this time he didn't feel awkward, but shouted directly: "Mother, your craftsmanship is so good!" ”

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"Good, good! One for each person! Liu took back the sachet in Liu Yuanshan's hand and said, "In the afternoon, I will show you a lotus flower on the bag, one for each of you sisters and brothers, and it will be very fragrant to put osmanthus flowers in it and sleep in it." ”

Liu Yuanshan said: "I don't want to show lotus, mother, my name is Yuanshan, you embroider a mountain for me, hehe!" ”

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Liu's embroidered bag, Liu Yanran went out for a walk, Liu Yuanshan rested a little in the afternoon, and then thought of going to Wang Xiucai's house to get money, so he said to Liu: "Mother, I'll go out to play in the afternoon!" ”

"Hey!" Liu didn't think much about it, so he agreed.

Liu Yuanshan ran out of the yard, but he didn't know where Wang Xiucai's house was, so he had to go to find his two little friends Ergua and edamame, but fortunately, the home of these two goods was on Bald Mountain, and it was difficult for him.

Wang Xiucai's home is also in Liujia Village, but it is not in Liu Yuanshan, but across a small mountain beam, at the mouth of an open valley, the valley is quite flat, and dozens of acres of land have been reclaimed.

The one who came out to greet them was a scholar from Wang Xiucai's family, called Wang Wu.

Liu Yuanshan really saw him for the first time, seeing that he looked white and pure, he was almost thirteen or fourteen years old, and said secretly: Legend has it that the social status of scholars in ancient society was low, and in addition to serving the director's food and clothing, sometimes he was also the role of the master's vent, I don't know if this Wang Xiucai has a unique taste.

When he thought of this, Liu Yuanshan couldn't help but shudder.

Wang Wu looked at him and asked, "Liu Yuanshan, what's wrong with you?" ”

It was impossible for Liu Yuanshan to tell him what he really thought in his heart, so he smiled and said, "Oh, hehe, I'm thinking why you are called Wang Wu!" ”

"Well, I can tell you!" Wang Wu led a few people into the courtyard, and said as he walked: "I was sold to the Wang family when I was five years old, and I didn't have a name at that time, so the master gave me a name, called Wang Wu." ”

"Huh!" Liu Yuanshan stroked his head, and said secretly directly, and said casually: "Fortunately, you weren't picked up by Master Xiucai when you were eight years old, otherwise you would be miserable!" ”

"Poof!"

As soon as Liu Yuanshan's words fell, he only heard the sound of spitting tea from the second-story building in the east, and then followed by a sharp coughing sound, the two melons and edamame here didn't understand, they were stunned and touched their heads, Wang Wu didn't even understand, and asked with a stupid look: "Why is it miserable?" ”

"Huh!" Liu Yuanshan was speechless, secretly scolded himself for talking too much, and hurriedly walked forward, and behind him, Wang Wushen muttered to himself: "Eight years old, eight years old, eight years old......"

"Bah, Liu Yuanshan, don't go!"

Finally, Wang Wu in the back tasted it, but it was too late to get angry, because Liu Yuanshan had already entered Wang Xiucai's study.

In the small building in the east wing, Wang Xiucai's cheeks were flushed, and there was still a hint of a playful smile on it, looking at Liu Yuanshan and saying, "You guy is the right time, why did you come to me this time?" ”

Liu Yuanshan stood upright, and then saluted Wang Xiucai like an ancient person, and Wang Xiucai stood up across the desk to return the salute.

"I'll send something to Brother Wang!" Liu Yuanshan smiled and took out the IOU in his sleeve and slowly put it on Wang Xiucai's desk.

Wang Xiucai was in a good mood, looked at Liu Yuanshan and said, "Forget it, I don't think I will give you this money." ”

"Why?"

"You study with me, these two hundred wen are your money!" Wang Xiucai saw that he was far from being comparable to ordinary children, and he really moved his mind to accept apprentices, but he didn't care about two hundred Wen Shu Qian Yunyun.

Liu Yuanshan secretly said I have been reading with you for a few years, and the world has been replaced with wild boar skin, and before I became an official, I was treated as a former Ming remnant, Lao Tzu is not so stupid. But he said: "Hehe, the kid is not good at reading. ”

"Ignorance!" Wang Xiucai's face was slightly tense, and he said as if he was scolding his juniors: "The Son of Heaven is heroic, and the articles teach Er Cao, everything is inferior, but only reading is high." ”

The Ming Dynasty was the world of scholars, and the status of scholars was not ordinarily high, they looked down on ordinary people in their bones, not to mention, and even the boss surnamed Zhu in Bauhinia City would not really take it to heart.

The people of this era yearn for farming and reading heirlooms, abandoning seventy-two miscellaneous servants, and even the soap officials in the third class and six rooms of the county government were forced not to participate in the imperial examination, and the merchants who were coaxed by cowhide in later generations were even more worthless.

Liu Yuanshan naturally couldn't be persuaded by him, because of the influence of the living environment and concepts in his previous life, he opened his mouth and said: "Wang Xiucai's words are bad, you don't hear the ashes and the chaos in Shandong, Liu Xiang doesn't read anymore!" ”

Wang Xiucai's eyes lit up, and he suddenly burst into flames, and said, "Good, good, good!" Looking at Liu Yuanshan's gaze is like looking at a lady who is about to leave the cabinet, it is not an exaggeration to describe it with squinting eyes.

"Don't look at me like that, Master Wang, I'm fourteen years old now, I haven't even learned, and I'm also a waste of time when I study!" Liu Yuanshan took a step back, and his spirit suddenly became tense.

"Alas!" Wang Xiucai saw that he really had no ambition to learn, so he was no longer reluctant, sighed, shook his head regretfully, and said: "Forget it, when you figure it out one day, come to me again, I will teach you to learn at any time." ”

"Oh, count out two hundred by yourself!" Wang Xiucai suddenly took out a bunch of coins from the drawer, ripped off the thread worn on it, and a pile of copper coins were piled up on the desk, and his eyes were straight when he saw the two melons and edamame.

Obviously, this is another problem for Wang Xiucai. He thought that the three children in front of him had never entered the school, and naturally he was not good at arithmetic, not that he deliberately embarrassed the three of them, but that he wanted to try Liu Yuanshan because he was itching.

Liu Yuanshan saw through his intentions at a glance, and was unmoved, reached out and grabbed it in the pile of copper coins, and picked out the two hundred wen in the simplest way.

He is not an apprentice, Liu Yuanshan is very unhappy about this kind of test, and after picking out the two hundred yuan, he said before Wang Xiucai spoke: "Master Xiucai, the kid still has something to ask for!" ”

"Say!"

"I'd like to borrow you some paper!" Liu Yuanshan showed a harmless expression on his face.