A mother can't be ruthless when she teaches her son.

After Xu Yuanzuo took the medicine, he was already able to walk on the ground at dinner. I just have to control my waist and drag my legs, which looks a little funny.

Mother has already cooked the dish. My sister is serving food.

Taking advantage of the dim sky outside, Xu Yuanzuo still saw the white hair on his mother's sideburns and the beads of sweat on his forehead.

It's a strange feeling, obviously familiar, but with a sense of life; Obviously resisting in his heart, but he is extremely close.

Xu Yuanzuo felt that he was probably going to be schizophrenic.

"What are you still pestleing for! Sit down and eat! The mother's anger did not subside, and she shouted at Xu Yuanzuo.

Xu Liangzuo had already taken his seat, throwing a gloating smile at his brother.

Xu Yuanzuo took it step by step, gritted his teeth and sat down, thankfully, it was slightly better than the expected sharp pain.

There was only one bowl of brown rice for dinner, and the vegetables and fish were very fresh.

The vegetables are home-grown in the open space behind the house, and the fish are only caught in the afternoon.

Jiangnan water town, push the door to see the river, this is this convenience.

"After eating, go with me to compensate the master." Mother Xu ate half of it, and finally couldn't help it.

Xu Yuanzuo was silent, but Xu Liangzuo winked at his brother, begging for a sample.

"Did you hear that?" Mother Xu was furious.

"Mother, don't eat ......" Xu Yuanzuo saw that his mother was angry and threatened to hit him with chopsticks, so he hurriedly leaned back and said, "Okay, okay, whatever you say." Just don't get angry when you eat, your stomach hurts. ”

Mother Xu couldn't cry or laugh, and remembered that her husband threw up his sleeves and went out for a year, and she was distressed, and said: "I didn't read the book, but I learned to be so frivolous." ”

Xu Yuanzuo shouted in his heart, but he didn't speak again. The generation gap of 450 years, the scale of frivolity and humor is really difficult to grasp.

At this time, it is better not to say less and make fewer mistakes.

Xu Yuanzuo just delayed for a while, and the plate of green vegetables had already been eaten by his sister and brother. Although the greens have a bitter taste - mainly because the salt is not good, eating fish is even more sinful. In this environment, the fish is so cheap that it is almost given away, and the big fish of two or three catties is only one or two cents of silver, and when you meet a diligent child, you will go down to the river to fish.

It stands to reason that fresh, wild river fish steamed is extremely delicious. Unfortunately, the ginger and wine used to cook to remove the fishy fish are more expensive than the fish.

Just two green onions, a little salt, and a little sauce, not to mention the taste of this fish.

After only eating two chopsticks, Xu Yuanzuo was completely uninterested, and he tried his best to finish the rice, which was considered to have completed the task. The family thought that Xu Yuanzuo had just been punished and had no appetite to eat, so no one persuaded him.

After eating dinner in a muffled voice, there was no dark head outside, the sister of the Xu family went to the river at the back door to wash the dishes and chopsticks, and Xu's mother called her two sons, gritted her teeth and carried a basket of eggs, about four or five, and was about to go out.

"Mother, I thought about it, but I still won't go." Xu Yuanzuo glanced at the eggs in the basket and couldn't move a single step.

The only people who can eat eggs at home are himself and his younger brother, and my father has not been at home for a long time, so he usually beats two eggs when washing dust and cantonment.

Mother Xu's eyes suddenly widened.

"Mother, I'm not going." Xu Yuanzuo said: "It's too hard to provide for two scholars at home, so let Ah Niu read." ”

Ah Niu is Xu Liangzuo's milk name, and he hasn't been called for a long time, and when he heard his brother call him like this, the slightest emotion that just rose up disappeared without a trace.

"Anyway, my brother is not the material for reading." Xu Liangzuo retaliated.

Xu Yuanzuo squeezed his younger brother away with his weight, and said to his mother: "Mother, my son was opened up today, and I feel that my brain was useless in the past, and I plan to try again with a different way of thinking." But this day is not waiting for anyone, and my son can't die in the school, so I simply stop my studies for a while, and when my younger brother is admitted to the student exam, I will go back to study. ”

Mother Xu's arm carrying the basket slowly straightened, this blue egg is indeed not light.

After Xu Yuanzuo took over almost ninety percent of the new brains, he was shocked to find that the level of the "scholar" who grew up in the Jiajing Longqing period was far inferior to his future person four hundred and fifty years later.

Assessing his level of ancient writing and his familiarity with the classics, Xu Yuanzuo believes that if he is in the northern mountains, it is probably feasible to mix with students, but in the land of Jiangnan articles, I am afraid it will be a hellish level of difficulty.

Even if the small test has a smooth journey and is a student, it is extremely difficult to fight for a person in Nanzhili, which is full of talents. Once you embark on the road of no return to the imperial examination, most of your life will be in it. It's better to stop for a while and see if you can do something else, and at the same time read books and study on your own, so as to build up the basics from scratch.

It can be said that this is the most responsible and efficient approach for the family and oneself.

"The Son of Heaven is heroic, and the article teaches Er Cao......" Xu Mu recited softly, tears faintly visible in her eyes.

Xu Yuanzuo was quite surprised, looking at the person in front of him who had a daughter and two sons, who was over thirty years old and had a ...... figure A slightly stout housewife.

Tsk, in the land of Jiangnan articles, such a housewife can chant two sentences of persuasion poems, and she still wants to go to the examination with a ninety percent new brain?

Dream on!

"If you don't study and improve, you won't have a good background after all." Mother Xu wiped her tears lightly and said, "Your father...... Running a cheap business is to save some money, so that your two brothers can get ahead and change their courts. ”

"Mother, there are three dilemmas on the road to study." Xu Yuanzuo gently pulled his mother's sleeve, sat down at the table and slowly persuaded: "It's difficult to learn at home." Jiangnan is the place of articles, everyone's children have not yet spoken, what they listen to is "poetry" and "book", just learn to write, and the Jin and Tang Dynasty are here. In his spare time, he was full of Song and Yuan books, and when he entered the school, he didn't know how far he had left his son. ”

Mother Xu's expression darkened, and she said coldly: "It's not a shame to let you be born in this small family." ”

Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "A son can be loved by his mother, which is far better than being born in a wealthy family." Seeing that his mother's color was a little darker, he continued: "The second is that it is difficult to be talented. Which of those talented people who have taken the road of fame and fame is not unforgettable and talented? It's a person like my son. Look at Ah Niu, he enrolled two years later than me, and now his progress has surpassed me. My fellow brothers and I are still so uneven in qualifications, let alone compared to those talented people? ”

Xu Mu frowned and said secretly: This is not bad. It stands to reason that they are all my sons, and there is no reason why they are so bad, I am afraid that this talent is really determined by God, and it is not up to mortals at all.

"The third is hard work." Xu Yuanzuo spread his hands: "Mother, those talented people with profound family education and outstanding talents, they also have to read from the morning, and then read by candle at night, and after reading, they have to copy and write, just candle lamp oil and pen, ink and paper, they have to pay two taels of silver a month!" ”

"You're just lazy!" Xu Mu stared.

"What's more...... I'm just lazy! Xu Yuanzuo hurriedly followed his mother's words.

Mother Xu put the basket on the table and sighed deeply. Obviously, he accepted the reality that his eldest son did not go to school, but he still couldn't let go of his heart.

For the first time, Xu Liangzuo felt that his brother's speech was quite standard, and he was definitely not "stupid and stupid" as outsiders said. However, he put these three on his head, but he was also in a trance in his heart.

Needless to say, he and his brother are the same mother, and the family study is naturally the same. In terms of talent, he is better than his brother, but he is still a little far from forgetting. As for hard work, well, I'm afraid I'm not as hard as my brother.

In this way, don't you have no hope of getting ahead?

"Mother," Xu Yuanzuo said, "The so-called two rabbit chasers are not one of them, even if my family can produce a scholar who can change the court, it must be on Ah Niu." It's better to concentrate on it, let Ah Niu study hard, and I will make a career and supplement my family. When Ah Niu has achieved something, I am almost ready, and I am just in time for the exam. ”

"What can you do now?" Mother Xu glanced at Xu Yuanzuo with disgust: "You can't lift your hands and shoulders, and you can't resist." ”

"The son has a brain." Xu Yuanzuo tapped his temples and added in his heart: It's still ninety percent new!

Mother Xu laughed.

Xu Yuanzuo smiled and said, "Actually, my son already has an idea to do business with his father. ”

Xu Mu's face that had just relaxed was immediately covered with dark clouds. She said with a dark face: "Your father was forced to go into business, and you are willing to do it when he is happy?" ”

Xu Yuanzuo gritted his teeth slightly, just now his mother said that his father was engaged in a cheap business, and he obviously looked down on businessmen.

Alas, the disdain of shì merchants is the privilege of rich and noble families, we can't even eat eggs openly, what qualifications do we have to despise shì merchants?

Xu Yuanzuo shook his head slightly, and said: "Mother, the country is unstable without agriculture, and there is no business without wealth, since Sage Kong has said: The four people of Shinong and industry are the pillars of the country, and it can be seen that the four people are indispensable." ”

Shinong Gonggong, this is the word of the pipe. Xu Yuanzuo was afraid that his mother had never heard of the pipe and lacked convincingness, so he deliberately put it on Confucius's head.

Who knew that Xu Mu squinted at the lamp and said disdainfully: "Shinong Gongzi's statement comes from "Pipe". ”

Gee! Look, it's really right not to take the imperial examination!

The liberal arts primary school bully was not embarrassed, and said with admiration on his face: "The mother is really knowledgeable, and the son admires and admires!" ”

"It's useless to flatter the old lady!" Mother Xu said: "If you don't want to study and improve, you can learn a craft, but you don't need to mention it in business!" ”

How can Xu Yuanzuo be willing to be a craftsman?

"Mother, isn't it good for a son to inherit his father's business?" Xu Yuanzuo said.

"What karma does your father have! Look at this, look at our mothers! It's okay if the days are tight, and I have been going out for a year and a half, and I don't even have a person at home...... "Mother Xu said and said, I don't know if it touched that heartstring, she burst into tears, and cried loudly: "I'm so bitter!" ”

Xu Liangzuo hurriedly stepped forward to stroke his mother's back, and his sister also cleaned up the kitchen and came out to comfort her mother, only Xu Yuanzuo, the culprit, sat aside, really speechless.