Ling Chaofeng invited him into the store to drink tea, and he thanked him quickly, and said: "When the new monarch ascends the throne, he will get married, and the daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles from all over the world have gone to the capital to participate in the draft these days. ”

I saw Aunt Zhang wrapping the cut sauce beef and enthusiastically stuffing it into the catcher's hand: "You add a dish at night, and the next time it is not worth it, you will come to the store to drink." ”

After a few polite words to each other, the man left, and Xiaowan looked at the notice posted on the wall again, and he really didn't know a few words.

Just because of the Baisha River Wharf to Baisha Town, there are no villages and no shops on the twenty-mile road, Lingxiao Inn has become the only place that can be turned, and if there is any major event in the imperial court, the Yamen always has to inform here, although the Lingxiao Inn has a bad reputation in the mouths of the local people, Ling Chaofeng is in the Yamen, but it is very open.

"How many words do you recognize?" Ling Chaofeng walked over and asked with a smile, "Read it to me." ”

Xiaowan blushed and muttered, "You know that I can't read, and you still want to make fun of me." ”

Ling Chaofeng asked: "Do you want to learn, if you want to learn, let's learn seriously, don't play around." In the future, if we have children, if our parents can't read and write, how can we teach them? ”

Xiaowan's face turned even redder, and when she saw Aunt Zhang covering her mouth and smiling and walking away, she gently slapped her husband and said hurriedly: "Qingtian and daylight, who is going to have a child with you." ”

She turned around to run, but was caught by Ling Chaofeng, and said solemnly: "Wanwan, do you miss studying?" ”

Xiao Wan hurriedly stood still and nodded seriously: "I think, but is it too late to study now?" ”

"Just in time." Ling Chaofeng called Ershan out and asked him to find the enlightenment book he had read before.

They went back to the store and sat down, and not long after Er Shan sent a copy of the "Three Character Classic" and a "Thousand Character Text", Ling Chaofeng said: "Recognize the words of these two books and memorize them, it's almost enough." Bookkeeping, ...... in the future"

Xiaowan didn't wait for him to say anything to teach the child, so he snatched the book and glared at him with a smile, not allowing him to talk nonsense. Then he turned the pages of the book with pity, and even reached the tip of his nose and smelled the aroma of ink.

Aunt Zhang smiled and asked, "Who will teach and how to learn?" Is it a serious gentleman, or is it you the shopkeeper who teaches it yourself? ”

Ling Chaofeng said: "There will be no big guests until September, I happen to be idle, I just teach it myself." ”

Xiao Wan turned the pages intently, although she didn't recognize a few, she was finally able to read and write. Although only male babies can go to school in the village, as long as the family is not too poor, they will also send the female baby to Xiucai's house to recognize a few words.

Turning the pages one by one, suddenly her eyes lit up, and Xiaowan pointed to the sentence "Say the national style, say Yasong." No. 4 poem, when sarcasm. He looked at Ling Chaofeng with a smile: "Xianggong's name." ”

Aunt Zhang sighed: "I can't stay any longer." ”

Seeing that they all ran away, Xiao Wan's face was flushed with shame, but Ling Chaofeng said: "Since you are going to learn, don't fool around, memorize the "Three Character Classic" before September, there are big guests coming during the Double Ninth Festival, and before the Double Ninth Festival, I will take the test for you." After the Chung Yeung Festival, let's learn a thousand words again. ”

Xiaowan held the book and nodded seriously: "I will definitely memorize it." ”

Uncle Biao sent the fried chestnuts out for Xiaowan to eat, and when he saw her holding the book, he smiled and said, "In our store, there is another reader?" ”

Xiaowan thought that this book belonged to Ershan, so she asked, "Brother Ershan, do you also study?" ”

Ling Chaofeng said: "At the beginning of spring next year, Ershan will go to the Xiucai test." ”

Xiao Wan was very surprised, seeing Ershan standing on the side and laughing, he touched his head shyly: "Maybe you can't pass the test." ”

Ling Chaofeng said solemnly: "When the new monarch ascends the throne, he will inevitably elect talents, if you have the heart, don't waste it." ”

Ershan hurriedly said: "The shopkeeper, I have written it down, and it will never be wasted." ”

A few days after that, there were no customers in the store, Xiaowan held the book every day, Ling Chaofeng taught a few words, she read a few words, she was a smart girl, and she learned quickly.

On this day, a boat docked at the Baisha River wharf, and more than 100 people came down, all of whom left their hometowns to work outside, and Ling Chaofeng had already told Xiaowan that her father would also come back by this boat.

She stood in the door of the inn, looked at the waves of people walking by, and soon found her father in the crowd, but the father did not recognize his daughter until he walked to the door of the inn.

"Little Evening...... Are you really? Foreman Mu put down the burden in his hand and rubbed his eyes, "Girl, is it you?" ”

Xiaowan's eyes were hot, and she stepped forward to help her father get something: "It's me, I don't even recognize my daughter?" ”

Ling Chaofeng came out slowly, bluffed Foreman Mu, and saw this dignified young man bending down at him, and said, "Son-in-law Ling Chaofeng, I have seen my father-in-law." ”

Foreman Mu opened his mouth and stammered: "Good, good ......"

They sat down in the store, Aunt Zhang brought tea and snacks, and Foreman Mu looked at the store curiously.

Although he is rarely at home, he has also heard the rumors of the Lingxiao Inn, they always have to pass through here to and from the dock, and Foreman Mu remembers that about ten years ago, an inn suddenly opened on the road, and when he went home again, when he mentioned this inn, the people in the village said that it was a black shop, and then every time he passed by, he was far away from Bazhang and did not dare to approach.

"Dad, your shoes are all mud." Xiaowan said, and said, "You take it off, I'll brush it for you, otherwise go home, my mother should talk about you." ”

In front of his son-in-law, Foreman Mu felt embarrassed, but Xiaowan had already prepared something for his father, and took out a new pair of shoes from the burden on the side.

"I'll come when I go." Xiaowan held her father's shoes and said to Ling Chaofeng, "You can talk to my father for a while." ”

Ling Chaofeng bowed his head, and after Xiaowan left, he said to Foreman Mu: "The matchmaker's dowry, I thought my father-in-law knew, but I didn't want my father-in-law to know about it, the wedding was in a hurry, and I wronged Xiaowan, but it was really my son-in-law's." ”

If it weren't for Ling Chaofeng sending someone to find him, Foreman Mu didn't know that his eldest daughter was married, and at this moment, looking at the situation in the inn and looking at his son-in-law's talent, he couldn't help muttering in his heart, Wenbao and his mother had married Xiaowan in a good place. It's just that this Lingxiao Inn has a reputation, and my heart is a little hanging.

At the back door of the well, Xiaowan fetched water, sat on the bench and brushed her father's shoes, and suddenly heard something, she looked at the pyre, where the figure was shaking, as if someone was hiding there.

Xiaowan panicked, but thought that her husband and Uncle Biao were in the store, and there was nothing to be afraid of, so she mustered up the courage to walk over.

"You ......" I saw a mother and daughter hiding behind the pyre, the younger one looked similar to herself, and the older one was her mother, their unkempt and tattered clothes, and their lips were cracked.

"Auntie, girl, can you give saliva to drink?" The older one, pleading, "We want to drink water." ”