Chapter Twenty-Four: Up the Mountain Again
"I wonder who the friend you are talking about?" Ah Yue's father asked, could it be that they had met other people today in addition to listening to the scriptures.
"It's Master Kongming who came to Meishan Temple not long ago, when Master Kongming was still in the layman's house, we were classmates and friends, I met Ah Yue today, I feel very fate with her, and I want to accept her as a student, I don't know how you two husband and wife are?" Mr. Zhang asked.
"This, this, ask Ah Yue, after all, it's a child's business." As he spoke, he turned to look at his daughter.
Seeing his father's excited eyes, as well as the eyes of others, Tang Yuehua had no choice but to say, "Dad, Ah Yue has agreed." "Can you disagree? I can't help myself when I think of the scene at that time.
"Our family Ah Yue also has a teacher, it's great." seems to be very sure that her daughter, who has not even finished the big characters arranged by her brother, will be able to learn a full stomach after she has a husband.
Mr. Zhang stroked his palms and laughed, "Okay, okay, Mingwu will work hard not to be compared to your sister in the future, especially Mingwu, you have to work harder." ”
Tang Mingwu was a little unconvinced when he heard this, could it be that he couldn't compare with his eldest brother and his younger sister who didn't go to school, but he didn't dare to say it now, the enemy on the surface was not terrible, what was terrible was the evil force hidden in the enemy! He is not Zhuge Kongming alive, and he can fight the Confucianism with his tongue.
"On the fifteenth day of this month, the two of you will prepare some simple things, take Ah Yue together, go to Meishan Temple to apprentice, and prepare some homely things, Master Kong Ming doesn't like to talk about these earthly rituals, and your pastries are very good."
Waiting until the middle of the moon, Mr. Zhang and his father finished chatting, and at this time, Ah Yue had already gone back to the room to rest, she was still in Zhang's body, and maintaining adequate sleep was an indispensable part of the road to beauty.
Chen Nianqun, who returned to the room, changed the clothes outside, and said to his wife with a little drunkenness, "Chunxiang, I'm so happy today, Mr. Zhang's explanation is already available for the children's exam, and Ah Yue will also be taught by Mr., is the thing left by Ah Niang enough?" In the coming year, it will cost a lot of money to participate in the children's examination. Speaking of his mother, Chen Nianqun's mood was still a little low.
Looking at the husband who was happy and a little depressed, "There are many more, this year's persimmons are selling very well, I saved some silver, I also dried some sweet potatoes last winter and sold well, let's make more this year, and then we can sell some money, in addition to the two children's shackles over the years, A-Niang has left us basically not much, don't worry." ”
"It's all my fault, I have affected you, I promised my father-in-law and mother-in-law that I could give you a good life, but now it is like this. Alas! The man sighed, thinking that when he almost starved to death on the street, only his father-in-law and mother-in-law were willing to help, and later married his daughter to himself, in fact, it should be said that he "married" to the Tang family, because they only had one daughter.
"What do you do with these words, we have a good life now, our life in Meishan has been counted, now we still have our own land, and there are some homely things that are loved by those businessmen who come and go, with additional income, I heard that many people outside have become homeless." Thinking of those who were homeless, they were all silent.
"But it's okay, if we can pass the children's life test by waiting for Mingwen, our family's land will not be taxed, and then life will be better, and our Tang family's mud legs can also be educated, isn't it thanks to you!" She continued to comfort her husband.
The two talked a little more, and then rested, and they had to get up early tomorrow to prepare food, and they would go back to the county tomorrow.
The next day, Mr. Zhang and his party returned to the county seat, and only Tang Yuehua and his father and mother were left at home.
On the day of September 15, Tang Yuehua and his family got up early in the morning, served the duck ancestors and those domestic animals at home, and picked up the prepared incense candles, offerings and other things, and of course Tang Yuehua's spliced book bag, which contained a bamboo tube brush, and some yellow paper and ink, yes, yellow paper, these are some reading utensils that were temporarily brought from the village head who could see a doctor and worked part-time as a godmother.
Originally, the couple wanted to go to the town to buy some back, but Tang Yuehua refused, she felt that no matter what good paper she bought, in the eyes of the master of Kongming, it should be similar to those yellow papers, recalling the paper that day when she wrote the prescription, she had to sigh, "It's extravagant." "I used to be so ......, forget the hero, don't mention the courage of the year.
"Ah Yue, are you okay, we're leaving." Daddy, who picked up the things, shouted to himself in front.
"It's coming, it's coming." Tang Yuehua instructed those ducks again, "Let's go out today, see if your performance is okay, today you are in the field in front of the door, you can't run around, violators will be killed!" Seeing the ducks moving in the hedged field, she put down the bamboo pole in her hand and leaned against the earthen wall, tied the front door, went to the hall, picked up her school bag, and went to the back hall to cover the back door.
"Daddy, let's go."
The three of them began to climb the stairs, at this time the gray sky had begun to brighten, and the dawn on the horizon was slowly pushed away by the rising sun, at this time, Tang Yuehua seemed a lot more comfortable because there were no outsiders around, looking at some medicinal materials hidden in the grass and happy, I couldn't wait to step forward and pick them quickly, but now is not the time, my heart hurts!
The husband and wife watched their daughter look here and there energetically, just because she rarely went out and was interested in everything, since she woke up, the former dullness was gone, and they were not afraid that their face would be seen by others, for this reason, the two of them did not know how happy, but sometimes they still hoped that their daughter's face could be clean, so that they could really rest assured.
Passing through mountain streams and woods, and over the hills, you can see Meishan Temple towering over the stone wall.
"Ah Yue, when I see the master later, you have to be polite and know, do you remember the last time my brothers gave you something?" Seeing that she was about to arrive at Meishan Temple, Tang Yuehua's mother began to be a little nervous, afraid of what if Master Kongming repented? What if Ah Yue loses her honor? A series of questions flashed through her mind.
At this time, the clear space was already waiting outside the mountain gate.