The Zheng family, Aoki and Huaizi have returned.

It turned out that it was Li Mingtang's great-grandson who took the lead in calling for his birthday, that is, Li Gengniu's grandson. The little baby listened to his grandfather's chatter a lot at home, so he invited a group of Li family naughty children in the school to make trouble while the master was away.

The master had already punished those babies, and Li Gengniu's son also made a small deal to Aoki, of course Li Mingtang was not convinced, so the feud between the two families became deeper and deeper.

After explaining this, Aoki muttered together with Huaizi and Chrysanthemum for a while, and then despite Yang's objections, he put her in the carriage and went to Xiatangji. Zheng Changhe and Liu Yunlan naturally followed, and Wang stayed at home to take care of the gourd.

Chrysanthemum and Huaizi prepared for it, and after school the next night, the two took grapes and black skins, and carried some local products such as bacon and bacon, mushrooms, fungus, dried bamboo shoots, etc., to visit Zhou Juren in the school.

Chrysanthemum not only changed into a light green jacket and a moon-white long skirt, but also asked Huaizi to change into a silver gray new short brown and pants of the same color, and even grapes and black leather were also wearing new clothes, which was very neat and refreshing.

The group arrived at the old ancestral hall to rebuild the school, looking at the old plum tree by the window in the courtyard, the chrysanthemum was a little stunned, the season of the cold winter has passed, and now the tree is full of small young leaves, it seems that Master Zhou is twisting his beard to look at the tree.

A man in his forties asked for his intentions, went in and returned to Zhou Juren, and then let them into the hall. Blackskin and Grape gave the man the things, and then waited outside, and did not follow the chrysanthemum into the house, and was later led into the west wing room by the man to sit.

Huaizi saw Zhou Juren, saluted respectfully, and said that he should have come to visit a long time ago, and he was afraid of disturbing the master's quiet words, so Chrysanthemum also followed to meet him.

Zhou Juren was about the same age as Zhou Xiucai before, but his expression was a little arrogant, he sat on the chair above the hall, and when Huaizi and Chrysanthemum Shi finished worshipping, he nodded lightly and stretched out his hand to let Huaizi go to the other side of the table to sit, glanced at Chrysanthemum again, and called: "Xia'er, take this person to see your grandmother!" ”

A little girl came out of the room next to her, squatting down to Chrysanthemum, and smiled, "Please follow me!" ”

Huaizi saw that Chrysanthemum and the little girl had entered, turned his head again, and found a bench at the bottom to sit in a regular manner, and did not go to sit opposite Zhou Juren above.

This made Zhou Juren very satisfied, so he asked some things about Zhang Yang's reading, when he would come back, when he would leave again, etc.

Yes, he received Zhang Huai completely to see Zhang Yang's face, if ordinary villagers came, they would definitely let Lao Jin greet him.

After some gossip, Zhou Juren found that Zhang Huai's speech was not like the vulgar villagers he had seen in recent days, so he asked curiously: "Little Brother Zhang has also read it?" ”

Zhang Huai hurriedly said: "A few years ago, I studied with my master for two years. It's just that the housework is heavy, and I haven't continued to study, but I have failed the master's painstaking teaching, and now I don't dare to call me 'master, I am really afraid of ruining the reputation of the master.'" ”

Zhou Juren showed a smile on his face, looking at Huaizi's eyes were different, even if he had only studied for two years, but what Master Zhou taught before, it was not comparable to the ignorant villagers, so he smiled and said: "The old man also heard that Village Chief Li said that Master Zhou is indeed extraordinary, and you can be taught by him for two years, which is a great blessing and opportunity." Uh--the old man is saying that Master Zhou can teach three talents in this small village, not to mention that knowledge and talent, which really makes us look up to and admire! ”

didn't wait for Huaizi to speak, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that your family is poor, if not, follow his old man to study for a few more years, then the Zhang family may have two talents." ”

Zhang Huai hurriedly stood up and said in a loud voice, not daring to praise Master Zhou!

Zhou Juren raised his hands, pressed down gently, and said with a smile: "Sit down, sit down and say!" You don't have to be too humble, as the saying goes, 'a famous teacher produces a high apprentice, I think you have good qualifications, if you have to be taught by Master Zhou himself, it is not like taking a bag to get a fame!" Just by looking at Brother Ling, you can know that he and that Zhao Yun, this show is very easy! Hehe! ”

He was very happy that Huaizi called himself "Master Zhou", and he didn't care about being confused with the previous Master Zhou.

Huaizi frowned, and said in his heart, you can say that it is as easy as eating melon seeds, Yang Zi has studied hard for so many years, and others naturally don't know the suffering, just see him win the glory of Xiucai

He endured it for a while before he said: "The master is naturally a famous teacher, but the younger generation is very dull, but fortunately he didn't read it, otherwise he would live up to the master's expectations, and he was afraid that the old man would be sad." ”

Zhou Juren saw that his praise did not make him complacent, and couldn't help but look up at him again, and took the initiative to ask: "The little brother and his daughter-in-law came to the door together, do you still have something to ask for?" In the afternoon, you brought Yang Laishou with that guy named Aoki, but he is your relative? ”

Seeing that Zhou Juren took the initiative to inquire, Huaizi was a little grateful, so he said to him honestly: "There is Lao Fuzi who cares." The younger generation and his daughter-in-law did have something to do, but they had nothing to ask for. ”

Zhou Juren was surprised and asked, "Oh, what is that for?" ”

Huaizi said respectfully: "Naturally, I made a special trip to visit the master and the eldest grandmother, this is one; Second, I also want to make it clear to the master: The Zhang family and the Zheng family will listen to the master's arrangement for the matter of Lai Shou Nian, if the master does not want to accept Lai Shou as a student, we will never say anything. The younger generation thought, the master is not someone from my Qingnan Village, he can deign to teach here, that is a blessing that we can't ask for, how dare we disobey each other when we read a thing? Moreover, the previous Zhou Fuzi acted like this, he could accept whoever the old man wanted, and he would accept what was in his eyes, and it would be useless to entrust others if he was not in his eyes. In the eyes of farmers such as us, it is very admirable to read people like this to Master Zhou and the previous Master Zhou, and if he can get the blue eyes of Master in the coming life, it will be his blessing; If not, he is not blessed. ”

Zhou Juren's eyes were deep, he twisted his beard, and looked at Zhang Huai for a long time without saying a word.

After a while, I asked some words such as how the farmer had farmed and lived, and when Chrysanthemum said goodbye to Grandma Zhou, the two of them said goodbye to Master Zhou and went back.

On the way back, the sky was dark, and the faint light of the stars and moon leaked from the gap in the trees. ”

Chrysanthemum said softly: "Everything that should be said has been said." No matter what they think, when you and your brother go to those houses again, this matter will be almost the same. ”

Huaizi nodded, and got busy again when she went back.

It turned out that Chrysanthemum was introduced into the inner room by the girl of the Zhou family, and after meeting Grandma Zhou, she humbly said something about Master Zhou's deignation to come to Qingnan Village to teach, and he should have come to visit him a long time ago, and he was afraid of disturbing him.

A woman's home is different, this house chrysanthemum was cleaned by Mr. Zhou back then, and now it is no longer as simple and empty as usual, and a lot of household items have been added.

Zhou Juren's wife Feng Shi is in her forties, her clothes are simple and generous, not luxurious or tacky, her appearance is very rich, and she smiles gently and kindly.

After Feng Shi exchanged a few words with Chrysanthemum, he smiled silently, as if waiting for her to say what she meant.

Chrysanthemum smiled and said: "The villagers respect the master very much, and they come to meet them, and there are no elegant and valuable gifts that can be obtained, but they are some home-grown soil." Grandma Zhou tried it first, and if she thought it was good, just say it, and we will send more in the future; If you don't like it, you don't dare to show it again. In the past, he often gave it to Mr. Zhou, but he was still used to eating at the old man's house, but I don't know if Mr. Zhou and his grandmother like it now. ”

Feng thanked her and said to Xia'er, the girl standing on the side: "Go back and let your mother clean up, make some to taste, it is also Grandma Zhang's kindness." ”

Xia'er smiled and agreed.

Chrysanthemum hurriedly said: "Grandma Zhou called the junior Chrysanthemum, I don't dare to call it like grandma." ”

Feng Shi smiled and said, "I'll ask you to chrysanthemum, so I asked some things about Master Zhou's life before, such as eating and laundry, and whether there was no one to serve you.

Chrysanthemum answered one by one.

Feng Shi saw that she never mentioned her intentions, it seemed that she really just came to visit, and this chrysanthemum was generous, polite, and seemed to know some words when she listened to her tone, but she was not annoyed, and she really chatted with her.

Chrysanthemum took the opportunity to confide what she wanted to say: "When Master Zhou left, we were all very reluctant, but fortunately Zhou Juren came, and now everyone has hope again, but they have wronged the master and grandmother, and they nest in this countryside, but I am afraid that everything will not go well, and we will lose a good reputation in vain." ”

Feng smiled: "It's also good to have a good reputation. Was Master Zhou very famous in the early days? ”

Chrysanthemum chuckled and said: "It's not just big, since my uncle and a few of them won the show, the old master has been transferred." However, if you want me to say that the Master is extraordinary, those rumors are not exaggerated. I heard from my uncle that his old man once said that he nested in this mountain and wilderness, accompanied by the farmer and the village boys, and accompanied by the mountains, rivers and fields. 'People have left a name, geese have left a voice, and he has not wasted all these years of work, otherwise, why did he stay here? ”

Feng Shi nodded slightly when he heard this, and looked at the chrysanthemum a little distracted.

Chrysanthemum hurriedly said: "Master Zhou is a master, naturally he is better, and he will teach a few proud disciples in the coming year, which is not very provincial!" ”

Feng pursed his lips and smiled: "You can speak, but this proud disciple is not so easy to teach." ”

Chrysanthemum nodded and said, "This junior doesn't understand, it makes sense to think about the master." It's strange that the previous Zhou Fuzi was very strict in accepting students, except for those in our village, people from other villages wanted to come in and read, and they couldn't be admitted without his assessment, just like that, there were no more babies left in a bunch of babies! No matter what others say, the Master is unmoved, and the Tao does not want to waste his efforts.

Feng's eyes flashed, and he smiled casually, but did not answer.

Chrysanthemum chatted with her a few more words, and saw that the hour was almost up, and then she got up, saying that she was disturbing her grandmother for a long time, and it was time to go back, and said goodbye.

Feng Shi responded a few words, and then asked the little girl to send her out.