010 The village temple was converted into a school
The eldest sister insisted on the marriage with Zhang Zhiyuan, Zhang Haishan and his wife compromised, and the two sides invited the elders to start the three books and six ceremonies on the proposed date.
Many boys in the village who had thoughts about their eldest sister secretly hated Zhang Zhiyuan when they learned about it, and some even asked him to fight next to the big locust tree. But Zhang Zhiyuan never responded to the fight, and read loudly every day with a book, so that the boys who approached left in a huff, and scolded him for being a dead student.
When Widow Zhang learned that her son was scolded, she went door-to-door to scold her back, and her pungent style of acting made no one dare to provoke the village for a while.
In the face of such a fierce in-law, Zhang Haishan and his wife were panicked, for fear that their eldest daughter would be bullied by their mother-in-law when they got married, and they were even more concerned about the dowry.
Looking for an auspicious day, Zhang Haishan found a cousin who could do carpentry work in the same clan, and began to make furniture for the scholar in the village temple, thinking that by the way, he would also make the furniture used by his eldest daughter after marriage.
There were already trees in the mountains, so he and the scholar went to Qinghu Mountain to take a turn, and then ordered the trees, and he and his cousin planned to order a few trees for the eldest daughter to use as furniture.
The next step is simple, felling, processing wood, according to the custom style, matching wood, opening processing, Ding Mao splicing......
In a month and a half, the furniture, including beds, tables, chairs, stools, high tables, long cases, cabinets, hangers, towel racks, screens, basin racks, etc., was finished, and the last paint was brushed and dried in the yard.
After tossing the furniture needed by the scholars, Zhang Haishan began to make the eldest daughter's furniture, beds, tables, chairs, stools, wardrobes, basin racks, dressers, jewelry boxes, etc., which are also a lot of things.
During this period, Zhang's skills in stewing fish soup became better and better, and at the same time he learned to roast sweet potatoes and roast pheasants, of course, the pheasants were found by foxes, and she was only responsible for dealing with them.
She also became more and more interested in the outside world described by the stinky fox, listening to it talk about the outside world every time she cooked.
It turned out that the continent under her feet was not only the mountains and villages she saw, but on the other side of the mountain, there were countless mountains, countless villages, and even countless countries. At the outermost, there is the endless sea.
Five Elements and Eight Desolations, this is the world she lives in, she remembers.
Half a month later, under the witness of the grandfather of the family, Mrs. Lin exchanged letters of appointment for Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Zhiyuan, and the elders of both parties planned a marriage date, March 3 of the next year.
The second sister didn't say anything, but her face was not good, and every time she saw the eldest sister sewing a wedding dress, she had a black face.
Zhang lost money and felt that he was infected by the second sister, and when he saw the eldest sister sewing the wedding dress, he was actually panicked, and he couldn't wait to steal the red dress and burn it.
After half a month of drying, the furniture was basically usable, Zhang Haishan looked for a scholar to sum it up, decided on the day, and moved all the furniture over.
On this crisp autumn day, Zhang Haishan and his cousin Zhang Haifeng moved the dried furniture to the village temple.
Zhang lost money curiously followed to see, on the way he met the fifth grandfather with the second tiger, and the village with the fat tiger, as well as the clan sideline, some elders with a solid family background with five or six-year-old boys, and even people from neighboring villages with male babies, everyone rushed over.
Zhang lost money and saw that they were carrying on their backs, and some eggs, rice, noodles and meat entered the village temple, and he pulled Zhang Haishan's clothes to the corner, "Dad, what are these people doing?"
Zhang Haishan glanced at her enviously, lowered his head and patted her head, "That's to ask for knowledge, Mr. Bai." ”
If he has a male baby, with his affection for making furniture, he will probably be able to make his son worship Mr. and be enlightened and study.
It's a pity that he only has three daughters.
The village temple is no longer what it was at the beginning, the adobe walls are repaired perfectly, the white ash is brushed, the roof is also a new girder, the original Ming Hall dedicated to the gods has been emptied to make a school, the side halls on both sides are just on the side of the study and bedroom, while burying the pot to make rice, the back of the house is repaired with a thatched toilet, for the future children to go to school to study.
Zhang Haishan and his cousins carried all the furniture to the side hall and arranged them one by one, and put all the tables in the Ming Hall.
The scholar sits on the futon behind the bookcase in the middle of the Ming Hall, the long bookcase in front of him is placed on the spread of rice paper, the blue-gray inkstone in the upper right corner, the water butterfly is placed on the side, a twelve-needle pen hangs on the side, the large, medium and small brushes are staggered and hung on it, and the upper right corner of the bookcase is a hand-copied book, which is placed neatly.
He didn't speak, holding a book in his hand, and looked at it carefully, the Ming Hall was full of people, but no one dared to say anything, even if there were children who couldn't help but make noise, they were also slapped honestly by the adults in the family, and they all stood obediently, not daring to move.
The village is looking at the scholar, and then at the crowd, and suddenly pushed the fat tiger, motioning him to find a place to sit down, the fat tiger pouted, thought about it, and found a place not far from the scholar to sit down.
Other parents saw that they all signaled their children, and after a while, the bold children filled up the desks, and some timid pulled their parents, not daring to come forward.
When the table was full of children, the scholar put down the book, raised his head, looked at the children in the next seat, and smiled with satisfaction.
"Well, all the children who sit here today will be able to read and write with me from tomorrow onwards, and as for the other children, they will not be used in the future. ”
He didn't even look at the children who didn't dare to come forward, obviously he didn't like them.
The voices of disappointment came and went, and even some parents were so excited that they slapped their children's heads, and some parents were ashamed and simply grabbed their children and turned their heads away.
Zhang lost money's eyes widened, looking at the instantaneous polarized ending, and his heart was shocked.
It's so simple, and there is a difference between cloud and mud, and from then on, some people can be enlightened and literate, can read, and can gain fame. Others, on the other hand, can only get up early and be greedy for darkness, and be a mud-legged cropper who is digging in the field!
Her whole body trembled slightly, and a cold current entered from her forehead, surging back and forth in her body, and then turned into a warm current, spurting out from the pores around her body, and she couldn't tell what it felt. Scared and excited at the same time.
Maybe her expression was too entangled, or she still had an impression of her, the scholar looked at her slender eyebrows, and asked Zhang Haishan with a smile, "Brother Haishan, is this your daughter?"
Zhang Haishan accompanied the smiling face and replied respectfully, "Mr. Chu, this is the third daughter of my family, and her name is ...... Hey, the name is Chang Lose Money. Zhang Haishan blushed when he was named by himself.
Those around who didn't understand the situation all laughed, and Zhang Haishan's face turned even redder.
Zhang lost money and lowered his head shyly, eager to kick his father, what name did he give it to make people laugh.
Thinking about it again, it turned out that his surname was Chu, but he didn't know what it was called.
Chu Shusheng opened the fan, squinted and smiled, "This name is a little dilapidated, the girl is called losing money, and it is not good for the future fortune of the husband's family." Why don't I change her name?"