After the family said this, they began to sort out the things they bought today, and tied the six ceremonies with red cloth.

And in the six rites, there is a small red purse, which contains five taels of broken silver, which is a silver coin for the gentleman.

The third grandfather said: "Old Doctor Wu said that the private school in the town costs five taels of silver a year, and we will give Wen Yuan according to this money." ”

If they give less, they don't want to go, and if they give more, Shang Xiu doesn't accept it, so they come to other private schools, so that both families are easy to do.

If you were in your hometown, these five taels of silver would be a lot of money, but now that the family has tofu to make a living, I don't feel distressed when I take out five taels of silver a year, and the family has no objections.

Before dawn the next day, the family got up and prepared to go out.

In ancient times, going to school was a big deal, so Gu Dashan, Gu Jin'an, and Gu Jinli all changed into new clothes, and the third grandfather, as an elder, also decided to follow Shang Xiucai's house.

After making preparations, they set off with Gu Damu and Gu Dagui and his wife.

Surprisingly, Gu Dexing also came, he said: "I have a stall with my second uncle and aunt. ”

Several families knew that Gu Dexing wanted to worship Shang Xiucai as a teacher, so the third grandfather was a little unhappy when he saw that Gu Dexing was going to follow him to the town, but he didn't stop him, and just paid more attention to him along the way.

Gu Dexing didn't do anything, but when he passed by Shangjia Village, he stood on the side of the road and glanced at Shangjia Village, and then followed Gu Dagui and his wife to the town to set up a stall.

The third grandfather took Gu Dashan and the three of them into Shangjia Village with a salute.

Chen Shi hurried away with the tofu burden, and said enviously: "This Brother An is really lucky, I worshipped Shang Xiucai as a teacher, how can I be a Xiucai in the future, this is a matter of glory and ancestor, when will our family be able to show talent." ”

When Gu Dexing heard Chen's words, his face was very bad, he lowered his head, carried his burden, and walked quickly towards the town.

Gu Dagui glared at Chen and scolded her in a low voice: "You mother-in-law, no one treats you as a dumb person if you don't speak." ”

Don't you know Brother Xing'er's thoughts? I keep talking about it, isn't this a stab in Brother Xing's heart?

Chen didn't think so, but felt that Brother Xing'er was a childish family, so Shang Xiu didn't accept it, and Qingfu Town was not the only one who could teach, Brother Xing could go to worship other gentlemen as teachers, not just be able to study.

Although he thought so, Chen didn't say anything to make Gu Dexing unhappy after all.

……

Shang Xiu knew that the Gu family was coming to the door today, so he asked Ah Jiu to wait at the door early in the morning.

As soon as the third grandfather and the others entered Shangjia Village, Ah Jiu saw them and greeted them with a smile: "The old man of the Gu family, Uncle Gu, Brother An, Xiaoyu, the old man asked the little one to pick you up, let's go with the little one, the old man is waiting at home." ”

The third grandfather smiled: "Brother Lao is leading the way." ”

The group of four followed Ah Jiu to Shang Xiucai's house.

Shangjia Village is very large, and because of its proximity to the town, it is very wealthy.

Along the way, most of the houses I saw were mud and tile houses, and there were many blue brick houses, and as for the mud and thatched houses, there were only a dozen of them.

Unlike their Dafeng Village, most of them are mud thatched houses.

Shang Xiucai's house is located at the end of the village, it is a five-entry compound, with white walls and tiles, surrounded by lotus ponds and flowing water, and a piece of Xiangfei bamboo is planted outside the yard.

The third grandfather knew that Shang Xiucai's family was the landlord, but when they saw Shang Xiucai's family's Wujin compound, they were still shocked, no wonder Dr. Wu said that Shang Xiucai would not accept students for the sake of restraint, and the family who dared to love was not short of money at all.

"Old man Gu, Uncle Gu, go this way." Ah Jiu brought the third grandfather and them into the Shang family.

Shang Xiucai was already waiting in the front yard, and when he saw the third grandfather and them, he got up to greet him: "Third Uncle Gu, Brother Gu, you are here." ”

He turned his head to Gu Jinli and said, "Xiaoyu is also here." ”

"Uncle Shang." Gu Jinli greeted Shang Xiucai with a smile.

Gu Jinan bowed his hand and shouted, "Sir." ”

Shang Xiucai looked at Gu Jin'an, who was dressed in new clothes and had a straight and clear figure like bamboo, and nodded with satisfaction: "Come in." ”

After the group entered the main house in the front yard, a maid came in to serve tea.

After the maid left, Gu Dashan immediately handed the gift of restraint to Gu Jin'an and asked him to present it to Shang Xiucai.

Shang Xiucai didn't pay attention to anything, he directly accepted the gift of restraint, and said: "I don't have strict rules here, just say one word, don't do anything that hurts heaven and reason, if you do bad karma, I will not tolerate it here, and it will be light to sweep the floor and go out." ”

Gu Jinan immediately said: "Sir, rest assured, the disciple will not dare to do anything that violates the principles of heaven, and the disciple will concentrate on his studies in order to achieve success." ”

When Shang Xiucai heard this, he didn't say anything, but only said the time of the lesson: "I go to class every day at the end of the afternoon, and I finish my homework and go home at the end of the afternoon." ”

Counting up, Gu Jinan only takes classes for two hours a day, which is not a long time.

This time was specially set by Shang Xiucai for Gu Jin'an, he knew that the Gu family's work was busy, and Gu Jinan had a lot of work to do at home every day, so he only let him attend classes for two hours every day, so that he could have time to help the family do work.

Gu Jinan knew Shang Xiucai's hard work, and said gratefully: "Thank you, sir, student." ”

In this way, he can not only study, but also work for the family, and there will be less guilt in his heart.

The third grandfather and Gu Dashan respect scholars very much, especially Shang Xiucai, and feel that he is a knowledgeable person, so naturally he will do whatever he says, and he will not have a second word.

After talking about Gu Jinan, Gu Jinli took out a jar of soybean oil from the basket and said to Shang Xiucai: "Uncle Shang, this is the soybean oil I made." ”

Shang Xiucai was shocked when he heard this: "Soybean oil? Did you really make it? ”

Gu Jinli nodded, opened the lid on the jar, took out a wooden bowl in the basket, poured the soybean oil in the jar into the wooden bowl, and said to Shang Xiucai: "Uncle Shang, this is soybean oil." ”

Shang Xiucai walked over quickly, looking at the amber-colored liquid in the wooden bowl, his face was unconcealed excitement, he took the wooden bowl, dipped his fingers in the soybean oil inside, twisted it, and said in surprise: "Sure enough, it's oil." ”

He approached the wooden bowl and smelled it, and there was a smell of beans in the oil, which seemed to be soybean oil.

Shang Xiucai was excited, and immediately called Ah Jiu: "Ah Jiu, go, take this soybean oil to the kitchen and use it to make a few dishes, do it now, hurry up." ”

Ah Jiu looked at his old man's excited appearance, and was a little confused, but he still took the jar, went to the kitchen, and used the soybean oil to cook.

Shang Xiucai asked Gu Jinli some more about soybean oil.

Gu Jinli emphasized the oil yield: "Twenty catties of soybeans can produce four catties and two taels of oil." ”

"Four pounds and two taels!" Shang Xiucai was very excited, and quickly calculated an account.