Chapter 30: Apprenticeship

"Milk, I'm not a heart, but I'm afraid to make you sad and give you a white lie. It's wrong for my mother to say that it's not right to lie, but if it's well-intentioned, it's worth forgiving. So don't be angry with Xi'er. Xi'er is also thinking about you. Shangguan Xi said seriously.

"Look, look, this kid's mouth is Lotuso! Will you have it when you grow up? I'm afraid we can't talk about him. "Aunt Lin doesn't love Shangguanxi very much." How did you raise this? In the past, Xi'er's father always locked him in the house and didn't let him go out and move around. I only recently discovered that this kid is so rare. ”

"Auntie, don't praise him, no matter how much you praise his little tail, it will go to heaven." Meng Yuxuan took Shangguan Xi's little hand and smiled. "Let's go and help Aunt Feng'er!"

Shangguan Xi nodded again and again. He said, "I'll light a fire for Aunt Feng'er." ”

Meng Yuxuan watched Shangguan Xi run towards the kitchen of Aunt Lin's house. Because there were only a few of them, she didn't restrain him.

If there was a foreign man, she wouldn't be able to break in like this. However, Aunt Lin and Feng'er would not invite her over when there was a man at home.

"Feng'er has already prepared the dishes, just waiting for you to cook and show her hands, so she can learn a few tricks secretly. You don't know! Kuroko didn't want to eat his mother's food after eating the food you cooked. He said the same ingredients, why don't you make it delicious? My aunt's cooking is better than the chef's cooking in the restaurant! Aunt Lin studied the words of the sunspot.

"It's like that, children. He eats what his mother makes every day, and occasionally eats what others make, and he feels that the taste is very different. In fact, it is still delicious made by my own mother. Meng Yuxuan said politely: "But I should go and make a move." Feng'er's sister-in-law was tired by herself. Auntie, you rest first, and leave the rest of the work to me and my sister-in-law. ”

"With you two capable people, this old woman will have an idle meal." Aunt Lin said with a smile.

Meng Yuxuan walked into the kitchen. Feng'er is making a face. When she saw so much white noodles, she frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, why do you get so much white noodles?" What a waste. ”

"What's the waste? I thought that Xi'er didn't eat coarse noodles, only fine noodles. Don't be disgusted. Feng'er smiled embarrassedly.

"My sister-in-law is still so polite to me. Am I such a person? Meng Yuxuan decided to send some steamed buns and steamed buns to their family in a few days. She still knows the situation in Aunt Lin's family. Usually children eat dried, they eat thin. I'm afraid that this kind of white noodles will not be eaten until the New Year, and it is still meaningful, and I am reluctant to eat more at all.

"Naturally, the girl is not such a person. My sister-in-law just wants to show her heart. You see, I usually want to invite you over, but you won't. It's rare to come to my house for a meal. I also took some wild vegetables and corn nests, didn't that make you laugh? Feng'er smiled shyly.

"Sister-in-law, you and your aunt have helped me so much, and I haven't thanked you yet! I have not shown you to see the outside, and neither can you. Meng Yuxuan said sincerely.

"No outside, no outside." After Feng'er finished laughing, her hand suddenly slipped, and the remaining half of the bowl of water was poured into the flour. She said with annoyance, "There's too much water." What can I do? ”

"It's fine. If you can't make steamed buns, we can make cakes. I'll do it! Meng Yuxuan said, and Shangguan Xi, who was burning the fire, said, "Xi'er, go and cut some leeks in our yard." Mother will give you a box of leeks. ”

"Howler! The leek box made by the mother is the most delicious. Shangguan Xi put down the firewood in his hand and ran out.

"Xi'er, this kid is really well taught." Feng'er looked at Meng Yuxuan on the opposite side and said tentatively: "My sister is literate, but she is different from us rural women. ”

"The boy is well-behaved and obedient. He was well-behaved when I came, and I didn't dare to take it. His dad would laugh at me if he knew. Meng Yuxuan didn't see the deep meaning in Feng'er's eyes, just regarded it as ordinary chatter.

"Speaking of which, Xi'er's father is not an ordinary person. You're a good match! How many literate people like us countrymen? Your whole family is literate. Feng'er continued.

"My sister-in-law said as if we were amazing. You don't have a chance, but if you have a chance, you will be better than us. By the way, Kuroko's age should also be sent to school, right? Our family Xi'er can't stand the toss in his body, otherwise he would have been sent to school. You sunspots are two or three years older than him, and you should be sent to read and write. ”

The girl said it easily. Our family is so poor, where can we afford to be fettered? I have an idea, I want to trouble my sister, I don't know if you want to help me? ”

Meng Yuxuan stopped what she was doing and looked at Feng'er suspiciously.

Feng'er was a little embarrassed. She's always been clumsy, and now she feels a little cheeky. After all, they didn't help anyone, but they asked them to teach their children to read. Isn't that cheeky?

"If sister-in-law has anything to say, just say it!" Meng Yuxuan said.

"My sister is literate, I wonder if you can teach us Kuroko. My mother and I don't expect him to take any fame test, as long as you don't be blind or deaf like us. Feng'er wiped her tears and said bitterly: "My mother has only one son, and I have only one son." Sunspots are the only seedlings in our family. I can't bear to let him face the loess all day long with his back to the sky. ”

"This ...... It's not difficult to teach him to read, it's just ...... My ability is not high, and I am afraid that I will not be able to teach things too deeply. At most, there are only literacy hyphenations. Meng Yuxuan thought about it and didn't refuse Feng'er's request. After all, if she was only literate, she could have done a little help. She also understands Feng'er and Aunt Lin's idea of wanting her son to become a Chan.

"Great! Thank you! Thank you! Feng'er was excited. Mother, Xi'er Niang agreed. Our sunspots can be literate! ”

Aunt Lin ran over from the yard, and her face was full of excitement when she heard Feng'er's words. She said, "Xi'er Niang, thank you so much. ”

"You're welcome, auntie. It's just that my level is not high, and I can't teach things that are too deep, so it's okay to teach him a few words. Meng Yuxuan said: "It's just that you have to ask what Heizi means." If he is not interested, you cannot force him. After all, some children have no interest in literacy and hyphenation, and coercion does not allow them to grow up. ”

"We sunspots are definitely willing to learn from you. That kid was most envious of Xi'er. If you don't believe it, no, I'll pick him up tomorrow. Just ask him when the time comes. Feng'er hurriedly said: "By the way, let Heizi worship you as a teacher." This is unavoidable. ”

"No need! Just teach him a few words, so you don't have to go through the trouble of apprenticeship. Meng Yuxuan chuckled.

"What you want, what you want, what you want." Aunt Lin said beside her: "Xi'er, you will be troubled to take care of the sunspot in the future." ”

Shangguan Xi came back from outside, nodded when he heard their words, and said, "I will take care of Brother Heizi." After that, Brother Kuroko will be handed over to me. ”

"This kid is really sensible." Aunt Lin praised with a smile.

The meal is ready. Aunt Lin took out the osmanthus wine that had been treasured for a long time, and several women drank half a jar of wine. At the end of a banquet of guests and hosts, Meng Yuxuan took Shangguanxi home.

Back at home, Shangguan Xi went to see Shen Chenzhi first. Shen Chenzhi is a foreign man after all, even if he is seriously injured and disfigured, it is not good to see him in the middle of the night. Meng Yuxuan didn't go in, so let Shangguan Xi see him and go back to his room to rest.

On the second day, Meng Yuxuan got up early in the morning to make breakfast, and then went to Wang Chengkui alone and asked him to drive the ox cart outside the yard to wait for her.

When Wang Chengkui saw her make so many pastries, he was completely convinced by her words at first, but he was also a little worried that she would not be able to sell them.

"Xi'er Niang, is anyone really buying your pastries? After doing all this, how much flour do you have to buy? Wang Chengkui said painfully.

"Uncle Wang, don't worry, I have agreed with the owner of the teahouse. I provide a few loads of pastries and juice and tea every day, and he is responsible for helping me sell them. Meng Yuxuan said.

"It's good to sell it. With so much tea and pastries, no matter how much you can sell it for three or four hundred yuan, you can buy medicine for Xi'er in a few days. Wang Chengkui said with a smile.

Meng Yuxuan looked at these pastries and tea, and said in her heart: "These things are more than three or four hundred words? It's worth at least ten taels of silver! ”

Last time, she only picked a load and sold it for more than one or two pieces of silver for Zhou Lao, and this time she prepared more than 1,000 yuan for pastries alone. In addition to the pastries, the tea was also worth some silver. Therefore, ten taels of silver is still a conservative estimate. In addition, the business of the teahouse is good, and she also scores 20% of the profit. After all, the idea is not in vain, and the piano is not played in vain.

"I'm sorry Uncle Wang." Meng Yuxuan said: "There are a lot of things loaded today, this is my car money." ”

"Where is the need for so much?" Wang Chengkui saw the ten cents and hurriedly returned it. "It's good that you can make money, but you can't spend it like that. Xi'er still needs money! ”

"Uncle, you listen to me. I've bothered you more than once, and that's what I should give. Meng Yuxuan retracted her hand, just not to accept the copper coin that Wang Chengkui came back.

Wang Chengkui is a man after all, even if he is old, he is still a man. He didn't dare to push and pull with Meng Yuxuan.

"You kid...... Forget it, it won't be like this next time. Wang Chengkui had to accept it. Uncle will help you get into the car. ”

"Thank you, uncle." Meng Yuxuan said sweetly.

"Thank you? You take good care of Xi'er and wait for the Huan boy to come back, and Uncle will thank you! Wang Chengkui said.

Meng Yuxuan loaded her things into the car and went back to the room to find Shangguanxi to say a few words. Shangguan Xi promised not to get too close to Shen Chenzhi. She was relieved to leave the house.

When the ox carts arrived in town, the gates had just opened.

Meng Yuxuan sent the things to the Yellow Crane Qingfeng Pavilion.

Fang Shi pulled her to breakfast. She couldn't refuse their enthusiasm, so she had breakfast in the teahouse. After eating, she left.

Twenty-five taels of silver from Zhou Lao. Among them, twelve taels are the silver coins for today's pastries and tea, and the remaining thirteen taels of silver are the pairs that someone bought the pair she wrote, and that person is someone who Zhou Lao does not dare to offend, so he can only sell it to that person with thirteen taels of silver.

Meng Yuxuan thought about it for a long time, and always felt that this matter was strange. Who is Old Zhou? That's the old master who doesn't even give face to the big officials in the court. At the beginning, she told Zhou Lao that the pairs she wrote could not be sold. Zhou Lao obviously agreed very well. She believed that he was not a man of his word.

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