At noon, I had a roast duck meal with Lao Tong in the cheap shop of Dashilar, which was regarded as a thank you for Lao Tong's care during this period of time. Although roast duck is a specialty of Beijing, it is estimated that ordinary Beijingers will not eat it several times a year. As soon as Lao Tong heard that he was going to invite him to eat roast duck, his eyes lit up, and he was about to flow out. But the roast duck at the bargain is really not to say! Just by looking at Lao Tong's eating appearance, you can know.

After drinking the last bowl of duck rack soup into his stomach, Lao Tong was satisfied and touched his bulging belly: "It's too pleasant to eat!" Even if you die now, you are willing! ”

Sun Yuanqi casually found a sentence and said, "Huh? Don't you come to Dashilar often? ”

"I come often, but the cheap shop only comes in once in ten years and eight times! It's the first time to let go of your belly and shake off your cheeks to eat! Lao Tong hiccuped, "How else to say that Mr. Sun is benevolent!" I really didn't say it. In the future, wherever Lao Tong can be used, you can just ask! ”

Sun Yuanqi sighed again, and then said: "Well, I will inevitably trouble you in the future!" ”

The two of them came out of the bargain shop, full of wine and food, and walked back to the horse temple from the front door. When I arrived at the Horse Temple, it was already about three o'clock in the afternoon, and I saw the old and young squatting at the gate, basking in the sun while looking around. Seeing that it was his master's house, he immediately got up.

Lao Tong said proudly at Sun Yuan: "Mr. Sun, how is it, have you looked?" With a long mouth, you still can't find a place? ”

Sun Yuanqi laughed, and led the group of people into his courtyard with Lao Tong. The group piled their luggage on a stone bench in the middle of the courtyard and handed over the money left over from the meal to Sun Yuanqi. Sun Yuanqi didn't take a closer look, so he put it in his arms, took them around and looked around, and roughly introduced the houses:

The east wing is the kitchen. In the past, Sun Yuanqi was alone, and on the way back from the street or school, he would just eat something to deal with the past. It was very cold in winter, so I asked someone to make a fire kang, and by the way, I repaired the stove and bought firewood, which was rarely used. So I didn't buy any pots, only a few bowls and a few pairs of chopsticks. Now that the population is large, it is necessary to prepare pots and pans, firewood, rice, oil and salt.

He led them to the toilet and told them to be careful when going to the toilet in the future. It's just that two or three women have the surname, and I'm afraid I'll have to ask someone to divide the toilet into men and women. Lao Tong saw the toilet paper in the toilet, and his face twitched. Before the Republic of China, people paid attention to "cherishing words and paper", and when they went to the toilet, they dealt with any leaves and bricks. You can't use paper casually, especially paper with words, that is the grace of Sage Confucius. Sun Yuanqi is a modern person, he can't stand this, and uses manuscript paper every day.

The hall house in the north, Sun Yuan lives in the east; There are a few Taishi chairs in the middle, but there are no tables, no naves, couplets or anything; The west side is still empty, and it hasn't been cleaned much.

The west wing is a classroom and laboratory, and students come frequently, and their hands and feet are diligent and clean.

The southwest corner is a well, and Sun Yuanqi told the family to take good care of the child and not have any accidents. The family respectfully agreed.

The south wing used to be lived by servants, and there was a saying in old Beijing: "It is not warm in winter, not cool in summer, and the rich do not live in the southeast room." "The house in the southeast corner is not easy to live in. Sun Yuanqi took a look at it when he first came, and then he didn't care. This is the second time.

After looking around, I returned to the middle of the courtyard.

Lao Tong tugged at the corners of Sun Yuanqi's clothes and said in a low voice: "Mr. Sun, as the saying goes, 'teach a woman to come for the first time, teach a child to be a baby'." These slaves have just arrived, and they must quickly set up rules so that they can be managed. If you don't care about it now, you won't be able to manage it in the future! Tell them about it! ”

That group of people also seemed to know the rules, and they all stood there, ready to listen to Sun Yuanqi's lecture.

Sun Yuanqi had never encountered this kind of scene, thought about it for a while, cleared his throat, and began to say: "My name is Sun Yuanqi, the word is Baixi, and I am a teacher...... From now on, you can call me sir, or teacher. By the way, what's your name? ”

It is estimated that ordinary people don't ask like this, and adults don't speak for a while. The little boy shouted: "Sir, my name is Zhao Damao." ”

The middle-aged man gave Zhao Damao a slap before he said detained: "Sir, my name is Zhao Duofu." This is from my family, Zhao Li's. These two are my boys, the big one is called Da Mao, and the small one is called Er Mao. This is my daughter, called Caizhu. This girl's surname is Song and her name is Peach Blossom. ”

This name is really local! Not to mention, it's a pretty easy name to remember. Sun Yuanqi had a general impression, and continued: "I don't have big rules here, the main thing is that students often come, you just need to prepare tea." By the way, occasionally foreigners will come over, don't be afraid, and don't talk nonsense. This is number one. ”

They all stared at Sun Yuanqi and didn't speak.

"Second, because I occasionally have classes here, I don't want to be too noisy on weekdays, and if I want to make trouble, I just go outside the yard, understand?"

They all nodded. The middle-aged man gave the two boys a slap on the face, probably because they usually make trouble, and now teach them to remember the rules.

"Third, pay attention to hygiene, bathe frequently, wash clothes frequently, and don't defecate in the open." Sun Yuanqi thought of this when he saw that they were all black.

After thinking about it again, he added: "In the courtyard, you have to learn to speak Mandarin." I don't understand your Shandong dialect very well. ”

A courtyard of people, all full of questions. In the end, Lao Tong asked: "Mr. Sun, what is Mandarin?" Western? ”

Sun Yuanqi patted his head, only to remember that there was no such thing as "Mandarin" at this time, so he had to change his words: "It's not foreign language, it's our Beijing dialect." ”

"Oh, official!" Lao Tong looked enlightened, and said in a pretending manner, "In the future, you all have to learn to speak official language, you know?" This is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, not your Shandong. Then he said, "Mr. Sun, please continue!" ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "Not for the time being, what you think of in the future, let's explain." ”

"That's it?" Lao Tong was a little disappointed.

Sun Yuan nodded: "Well, it's gone." Do you have anything to say? ”

"I'll tell you something, then." It is estimated that when Lao Tong is not so majestic on weekdays, he has to be proud today, "Mr. Sun is a teacher in our Beijing Normal University Hall, and the university scholar Sun and the American minister jointly recommended him, and Lafayette specially appointed him!" In the whole world, there are few people who are more knowledgeable! A few days ago, foreign devils from England and the United States came from thousands of miles to see Mr. Sun. You all give me honesty, dare to do anything wrong, it is light to die! ……”

Listening to Lao Tong's murderous words, the family shrank their necks.

As he spoke, it was four o'clock in the afternoon. In winter, it gets dark early, when the sun is about to set. But when there are many people, the problem comes. For example, for dinner, it's too late to buy a pot now, and there is no firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. I had to give Lao Tong some money and let him go out to buy some steamed buns and come back, which was considered dinner. Lao Tong answered.

Another example is accommodation. The west wing is definitely not good, and it will be used for classes in the future. The rest of the house hasn't been cleaned up yet. I had to say: "Lao Zhao, you clean up the east wing and the south wing, and live well at night." ”

Lao Zhao also responded, and took the family to clean up the south wing first. The south wing was originally for people to live in, and there were kang inside, but there were no mats. There were also some miscellaneous things that I didn't know what to do, and the little ones were tossing and turning with joy, and from time to time they found something new, and let out a burst of cheers. About Lao Zhao and Lao Zhao's family always remembered Sun Yuanqi's rules, and as soon as the child screamed, a big slap was thrown over.

Sun Yuanqi didn't care, he walked back to the hall by himself, thinking about when to visit Mr. Conger and his future plans.

When it was dark, Sun Yuanqi went to the south wing to take a look, and the old Zhao family had almost cleaned up the house. There are only two rooms in the south wing, but each one has a kang, but it is a little broken, fill it with something, and then spread a layer of cover rolls, so-so can sleep people. Lao Zhao took his two sons to work outside, and Lao Zhao's family took his two daughters to clean up in the back room, and it is estimated that he slept like this. The mess was all cleaned up and piled up in front of the kang in the outhouse.

Lao Zhao saw Sun Yuan get up and put down the work in his hand: "The owner ......"

"Huh?" It's a new name.

Lao Zhao knew that he was wrong, so he hurriedly corrected it, and called out "Mr. -" in a strange tone. Sun Yuanqi knew that he wanted to learn to speak official language, but who could learn it in a while?

Sun Yuanqi didn't care and asked, "Have you cleaned it up?" Can I stay overnight? ”

Lao Zhao said repeatedly: "Yes, yes!" It's so much better than when you ran out of the famine! ”

Lao Zhao's family also came out, and her thirteen or fourteen-year-old daughter followed behind with a twist, not daring to see anyone, but the little girl named Red Hearts called "Sir" generously.

Lao Zhao's words were still Shandong: "Sir, some things are packed up and can be used improvised." It's like that jacket, which can be worn with mends. It was placed on the kang. It's all rotten and unfit, it's all piled up here, you see......"

Sun Yuanqi replied: "If you look at it, you can keep it; If you can't use it, you'll throw it away tomorrow. By the way, come to my place later, bring two futons and get a brazier. Winters in Beijing can be bitterly cold. ”

Lao Zhao and his wife hurriedly said: "Now like this, it will be no better." Quilts and braziers, but they are not used. ”

As he was talking, Lao Tong came back, carrying a large, two, small and three bags of things. Sun Yuanqi hurriedly beckoned everyone to wash their hands and eat.

"Eat ——!" Da Mao and Er Mao suddenly cheered.

"Boom!" "Boom!" Lao Zhao slapped each of them again and scolded: "Foodie! ”

In winter, the water pumped out of the well feels warm. After washing their hands, everyone sat down on the stone pier in the middle of the courtyard. Lao Tong opened the big package, but it was a mixed steamed bun and pushed it in front of everyone. Ermao reached out to take it, but was slapped by Lao Zhao again.

I opened another packet, but it was pickles.

Lao Tong handed another package to Sun Yuanqi and said, "Mr. Sun, this is yours." ”

Sun Yuanqi opened it suspiciously, but it was four white-flour steamed buns. For white noodles and mixed noodles, Sun Yuanqi feels that there is no difference. In the university cafeteria, mixed noodles and steamed buns are more expensive than white noodles. At that moment, hand the four steamed buns to the four children. The child held the steamed bun, looked at Sun Yuanqi, and looked at his parents, but he didn't dare to eat it.

Sun Yuanqi waved his hand: "Eat, eat." ”

Lao Zhao and his wife wanted to say something, but seeing Sun Yuanqi's sincere attitude, they said, "Thank you, sir!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" The children are sincere this time.

Sun Yuanqi said to Lao Tong: "Lao Tong, sit down and eat together." ”

Lao Tong smiled: "I am not polite to Mr. Sun." It's just that I ate too much and was so good at noon, and I don't feel hungry yet! I can't eat it if I want to. ”

Sun Yuanqi was not very hungry, so he took a mixed noodle steamed bun, broke it in half, and handed half of it to Lao Tong. Lao Tong took half of the steamed bun, slowly and leisurely, chewing slowly. It doesn't seem to be a fraud, it's really noon.

Lao Tong muttered in a low voice: "Mr. Sun, you are just too kind...... This is not good, 'people are good at being bullied by others, and horses are good at being ridden by others'...... Good people have good rewards, and Mr. Sun will definitely be able to become a university scholar in the future, just like Lord Sun......"

The two girls took the white flour steamed buns, ate half of them, put the rest on the table, picked up a mixed flour steamed buns, and ate half of them. The two boys can't manage so much, like a whirlwind, they swallow the white-flour steamed bun in two bites, and one person has a mixed flour steamed bun, holding pickles in their hands, and it is another steamed bun in a minute. Stretched out his hand and grabbed the steamed bun again.

Lao Zhao saw Lao Tong on the side staring at the two boys, smoked the two brothers and one chopstick, and scolded: "Foodie! ”

The boy was solid, touching the place where he was pumped and only inhaling cool air, but not crying, and his two pairs of eyes were staring at the steamed buns.

Sun Yuanqi saw it, and said with a smile: "Eat, eat, eat, it's a good thing for boys to eat, and they can grow their bodies if they can eat!" ”

Listening to Sun Yuanqi's words, the two boys' hands quickly stretched out and grabbed a steamed bun. Lao Zhao was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "The owner ...... Sir, the child hasn't eaten for several days and is so hungry that ......"

After eating, Sun Yuanqi sent Lao Tong out. Lao Tong whispered, "Mr. Sun, you shouldn't buy these...... When I was eating just now, I took a look, and the two boys ate seven steamed buns. You bought two rice buckets! ”

Sun Yuanqi explained: "'You can't be poor in food, you can't be poor in clothing, and you will be poor if you are good at leisure and hard work. 'Don't be afraid of what they can eat.' ”

Lao Tong sighed, and then said: "Since Mr. Sun has made up his mind, let's sign the deed of sale as soon as possible." ”

"Deed of Sale......" Sun Yuanqi actually remembered Huang Shiren and Yang Bailao at this moment.

When he came back to his senses, Lao Tong had already walked away, and Sun Yuanqi let out a long sigh.

The next day, the genius twist was cold, Sun Yuan was sleeping soundly, when he heard someone cleaning the yard, and thought: Who? Early in the morning!

After a while, I remembered: a newcomer was inhabited in the yard yesterday. hurriedly got up, but saw Lao Zhao cleaning the yard, and Lao Zhao's family and her daughter Caizhu were washing clothes. But he didn't see the three little ones, so he asked, "What about the three children, Da Mao, Er Mao and Red Heart?" ”

Lao Zhao stopped what he was doing and replied respectfully: "In bed." Take advantage of the sunny day and wash their clothes! ”

Sun Yuanqi shook his head and stopped talking.

Chongshi High School has three semesters a year, and the winter break is from December 20th to January 5th. Next, there is a small semester sandwiched between the Western New Year and the Lunar New Year, which is mainly hands-on classes such as internships and experiments. There is a class in Chongshi Middle School today, and Sun Yuanqi wants to go out, afraid that the family will get lost here, so he asked Lao Zhao to call Lao Tong. Lao Zhao answered, and after a while, he brought Lao Tong over.

Sun Yuanqi greeted Lao Tong: "Lao Tong, call you early in the morning, don't blame me?" ”

"Mr. Sun, what are these words? I'm idle anyway. What's the matter? "Lao Tong is really unambiguous.

Sun Yuanqi didn't go around in circles: "I'm going to class today." There are a lot of things to buy at home, I'm afraid that Lao Zhao won't find a place, and I'll have to trouble you to lead him for a while. ”

"Come on, look at it!" Lao Tong agreed crisply, "What are they roughly?" ”

Pots, bowls, scoops, basins, firewood, rice, oil, salt, ...... It's really not young and old. gave Lao Tong five silver dollars and told him to worry about it.

I ate the leftover steamed buns from last night, counted it as breakfast, and then went out.

Lao Zhao's family saw it: "Sir, are you going out?" ”

Sun Yuanqi responded: "Yes, come back in the afternoon." ”

Lao Zhao's family said ashamedly: "I washed Da Mao's clothes this morning, and he can't go out with Mr......"

"I don't need him to follow me when I go out." Sun Yuanqi said, "These three children only have one dress? ”

The old Zhao family didn't speak, and nodded. Sun Yuanqi took out two silver dollars from his body, handed them to her, and asked her to make more clothes for the child. The old Zhao family's image received a hot potato, and he couldn't stop chattering: "How can this be made!" ”

Sun Yuanqi didn't care, and went to class with books.