123. Harness (the second day of the fourth lunar month)

Meng Mingzhou hadn't said anything yet, Su Rui hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, Uncle Changle, you can teach it now, we just happened to be watching from the side." ”

Su Changle smiled, came to Su Changying's house, and led the mule out.

Su Changle motioned for Meng Mingzhou to sit on the wheel and handed him the whip.

"Driving a mule cart, in fact, is the same as training a dog, when you hit it with a whip, shout, when you pull the reins, you shout, when you turn, you have to shout, every time you don't want the same, when the training to a certain extent, you just need to shout, it will be according to the sound of your shouting, and make relevant actions, very simple! Chang Ying and I have already trained this mule, you just have to do it. ”

As soon as Su Changle's words fell, he saw Meng Mingzhou swinging a whip towards the mule, and the mule ran forward obediently, and when he encountered a turn and needed to go straight, the mule obediently went straight without turning, and when he needed to turn a corner, he shouted "lying" and was a very obedient turn, and when he stopped, Meng Mingzhou just shouted "call (drive)" and obediently stopped.

Su Rui looked at the mule suspiciously, thinking to herself, is she so obedient? Why was the mule disobedient on the night of the accident?

Su Ying looked surprised from the sidelines, and asked curiously: "Uncle Chang Le, driving, morality, lying down, huh?" Does it mean anything? Why are they so obedient? ”

Su Changle smiled, and when he was thinking about how to explain, Meng Mingzhou jumped out of the car and explained: "There is a word called "driving", do you know? ”

Su Ying thought about it and nodded, Su Chenrui would tell them what Mr. said in the private school every night, and Su Ying also told them the meaning of various words, so she probably knew something.

"Well, to drive means to drive the carriage forward, to do what you want, right?"

Meng Mingzhou glanced at Su Rui and nodded, "You're right, but do you know where the meaning of this sentence comes from?" ”

Su Ying didn't know, glanced at Su Rui, and found that she shook her head at her, and also said that she didn't know.

"Brother Mingzhou, where did you come from? You tell us, right? ”

Meng Mingzhou smiled, "This sentence translates as, "Enxin quilt, can control heroes, those who see it, think about their lives." This sentence comes from the autobiography of the previous dynasty "Zhou Shu Emperor Wen Ji II". In fact, it is mainly about the emperor using his wisdom to fully apply and utilize, and control them. ”

Su Ying and Su Changle looked confused when they heard this, and looked at Meng Mingzhou with question marks on their faces.

"Brother Mingzhou, I don't understand what you're talking about, and you haven't told me the meaning of these words yet."

Su Changle nodded on the side, indicating that he didn't understand either.

Meng Mingzhou, ".................. There is a word called the four words of driving, virtue, lying and calling (driving), "driving" is the meaning of control, and "driving" is to let the horse start, and "de" is to let the horse continue to move forward, because the word "de" in the Jiajin text is to draw a small fork in the avenue, and then draw an eye, which means not to look at the fork in the road to go straight. "Lying" in Jiajin Wen is to see the fork in the road, that is, to turn, "driving" is to draw a horse, and painting a hand is worth grabbing the meaning of the horse. ”

Su Ying understood this time, nodded hurriedly, looked at Meng Mingzhou with adoring eyes, and praised: "Brother Mingzhou, you know a lot." ”

Meng Mingzhou smiled and didn't speak.

Su Rui sighed on the side that the wisdom of the ancients was just a word, and it contained so many meanings, and Meng Mingzhou, who said these meanings and sources, made Su Rui feel even more pity, obviously he could become a pillar of talent, but unfortunately at this time, he could only .........

However, Su Rui has especially believed in a sentence since she was a child, that is, "There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts".

Therefore, Su Rui secretly swore that no matter what price she paid in the future, she would definitely cancel the cheap status of the Meng Mingzhou brothers.

The moment Meng Mingzhou raised his eyes, he saw Su Rui's eyes looking at him, full of pity and firmness, but there was no pity, which made his heart warm suddenly.

Su Rui showed a big smile at him, and didn't mention anything else, just said, "Cousin Mingzhou is awesome, the first time you can drive a mule cart." In that day, our mules will be handed over to you. ”

Meng Mingzhou smiled slightly and nodded, "Okay, leave it to me." ”

Master Li cleaned the water in the well, wiped the bottom of the well with a cloth, climbed out of the well to clean himself, calculated the time and estimated that he would be able to have lunch in a hurry, thinking that he would not be able to eat the food cooked by Su Rui's family for ten days from today to ten days, it was a pity for a while.

Meng Mingzhou handed over a clean handkerchief, "Master Li, it's already noon, you better have lunch before leaving!" ”

Master Li took it and looked at Meng Mingzhou without reluctance, he didn't expect happiness to come so quickly, and agreed with a smile on his face.

"Okay, then I'll eat another meal with a thick face."

Su Rui's family is a kind family, she saw that Master Li worked carefully every day, so she had meat for lunch every day, and it was all fresh meat, and it was stewed softly, and Master Li was very satisfied.

From the first day of digging the well, Su Rui told him to eat at the table in Zaitangwu at lunchtime, but Master Li was unwilling, he said that he was covered in mud and sand every day when he went down the well, and he was afraid of staining the mahogany furniture in Su Rui's house.

Su Rui heard it, but felt helpless, the furniture is placed for people to use, it's a big deal to wipe it off if it's dirty, what's the big deal?

It's just that seeing Master Li's insistence, Su Rui had no choice but to set up a table at the door of the new mansion, Meng Mingzhou and Meng Mingxu accompanied Master Li, and the master and apprentice ate together.

After lunch, Master Li explained, "Remember to clean the muddy water in this well every day, for ten consecutive days, and I will come over on the morning of the eleventh day." ”

Meng Mingzhou understood and handed over the salary that Su Rui had prepared in advance, "Thank you Master Li for informing me, I will pick you up when I arrive." ”

Master Li laughed and collected his wages, "Okay, okay, if you pick me up, then I won't have to go that far." ”

After speaking, he seemed to think of something, and said again: "By the way, remember to prepare ten catties of glutinous rice and cook it into rice porridge." ”

Meng Mingzhou raised his eyebrows, he knew that glutinous rice was needed to build a palace or a large family to build a house, but he didn't expect that the well was also needed?

"Does it work?"

Master Li took a deep breath of dry tobacco, and then slowly spit it out.

"Do you know why the Great Wall built by our previous dynasty has not collapsed after more than two hundred years?"

"Is it because of the glutinous rice porridge?"

Meng Mingzhou was surprised, what books had he not read before? He hadn't seen any books on that.