Mrs. Deng is actually facing a situation similar to what Zhang Xi guessed, but it is not as bad as Zhang Xi thought, and Zhang Xi thinks that the village elder has no moral bottom line.

In these years, people who can be village elders, even if they are stupid and have a poor pattern, at least the moral bottom line still exists.

The village elders also have the thoughts of the village elders, and they think they are a public heart.

In fact, in the eyes of the village elders, the entire Dengjia Village is the property left by the Nanyang Deng family, and Mrs. Deng's husband is just a person cultivated in the family.

Now that this person has passed away, then you can't cling to the rules of the past.

For the sake of the family's interests, of course, who is more suitable to be the head of the entire family, there is no reason why it can only be inherited on Mrs. Deng's branch.

Besides, the Deng family has been developing for more than 200 years now, and it is not that the head of the family has not changed in the middle, and the Deng family has survived to this day.

Therefore, at the family meeting during the Chinese New Year, the village elders and some people in the clan put forward a proposal to change the head of the family.

It's not a forced palace, at least the village elder's attitude towards Mrs. Deng is still relatively polite, and he is even willing to ensure the living needs of Mrs. Deng and Deng Ai in the future.

But Mrs. Tang disagreed.

Mrs. Deng is also from a family, and she has seen a lot of dirty things in the family, and she has seen a lot of things in front of her and behind her back.

Now that you're saying it so nicely, when you're in power, who knows what you'll do?!

Even if Mrs. Deng doesn't think about herself, she has to think about her son, after all, no matter how her son is, his surname is Deng, and he is the descendant of the Deng family.

If the position of the head of the family is handed over, what will happen to Deng Ai in the future, Mrs. Deng doesn't dare to think about it.

But Mrs. Deng is a simple woman's family, her husband has passed away again, there is no backbone in the family, she is not the kind of woman with a strong personality, and she usually doesn't do anything to win people's hearts...... As soon as the village elder said this, there were really few people willing to help her speak.

Mrs. Deng is one step at a time, step by step, so that the right to speak in the family is slowly disappearing, and she is forced into a corner step by step by the people of the village elders.

Mrs. Deng had nothing to do to deal with the forces at home, so she had to look outside the house....... Zhang Xi is her only lifeline.

Mrs. Deng used to be everyone's best girl, although her own means were not good, but her vision was still there.

Mrs. Deng has been married to the Deng family for more than ten years, and she also has a deep understanding of the village elders' faction, and knows that these people are people who only think about immediate interests.

Whoever dares to touch the three melons and two dates in front of them, they are in a hurry, and they haven't thought about what to do in the future.

In the same way, as long as this kind of person pulls a tiger skin as a backer, and makes them feel that this backer is something they can't afford to offend, then they also don't dare to push themselves too much.

After all, what these people value is their immediate interests, although Mrs. Deng does not have the ability to lift the table, but if Mrs. Deng finds such a person who has the ability to lift the table as a backer, then they really dare not act rashly, for fear that the table will destroy them and they will not have to eat.

And Liu Bei, the left general, Zhang Xi, the left general, Cao Peng, is considered a tiger skin...... Mrs. Deng thinks that it should be counted!

At least in the eyes of the village elder, they are tigers, tigers he can't afford to provoke.

Mrs. Deng's vision is not bad, of course she can see that Liu Bei's current situation is not very good, if there is no one and no land, if there is no territory, maybe one day he will be destroyed in this troubled world.

But she really has no choice but to protect the family business passed down by her husband and her son, so she can only choose to pull Liu Bei's flag.

Because Mrs. Deng knows very well that in terms of the pattern of the village elder, one Liu Bei is enough to scare him, as for whether Liu Bei can succeed in the future, will she be implicated because of this...... You can only take one step at a time, and then we will talk about it later.

Therefore, Mrs. Deng came up with a way to let Deng Aibai Zhang Xi be his teacher.

There is no way, Mrs. Deng lives in a simple place all the year round, and the only person she can know is Zhang Xi.

Just when Deng Ai was at a loss and Zhang Xi was silent, Mrs. Deng had no choice but to speak again and said, "Mr. is knowledgeable, ancient and modern, if you want to teach a dog a thing or two, it is also a blessing for a dog." ”

That means that you taught the technique of "chicken crowing and dog thief", let's admit it, first borrow your skin and use it.

Zhang Xi came out as soon as he heard this, and was about to nod, but he heard Deng Ai speak again.

"Ai ...... Ai Buxue..... If you don't learn those, I'm willing to learn..... Willing to learn..... Art! Please sir...... Teach! ”

“...... Good! ”

Zhang Xi was satisfied, and the case was taken.

Of course, this is a show, because Zhang Xi has understood that Mrs. Deng only needs a name, and he also agreed to let her borrow this name, no matter what Deng Ai says, Zhang Xi will react in this way.

After that, Zhang Xi said something innocuous to deal with Deng Ai, and then asked Deng Ai to get up, and then made an appointment with Mrs. Deng to let Deng Ai come to the door to apprentice in person.

As for the village elder, Zhang Xi didn't even look at it, and on Zhang Xi's side, the impression score of the village elder was already negative.

In the end, Zhang Xi also personally sent Mrs. Deng and Deng Ai out of his house.

All of this is for others to see, especially some people in Deng's village, let them know that Deng Ai wants to worship Zhang Xi as a teacher, and what trouble will Mrs. Deng be caused in the past few days.

In fact, Zhang Xi overestimated the courage and pattern of these people, not long after Mrs. Deng took Deng Ai back, there were already relatives and friends of the Deng family who came to visit Mrs. Deng.

Just like Mrs. Deng thought, as far as the current people in Dengjia Village are concerned, the pattern is like that, and all that can be seen is always something in front of them.

If something in front of them can bring them benefits, they will seek it, and if there is a threat to them, they will hide away.

As for his son Deng Ai...... Mrs. Deng could only sigh, because she didn't know if her son could learn useful knowledge from Zhang Xi.

What is Zhang Xi's level, Mrs. Deng doesn't know, after all, she lives in a simple place, and Zhang Xi is from Yingchuan, too far away from Xinye, and the news is inquired by the housekeeper, which is inevitably distorted.

What is the level of her son, but Mrs. Deng knows it clearly...... Her son is the pride of her life.

With only the collection of books left by her husband and the teaching of her own half-bucket of water, Deng Ai completed the enlightenment of reading and literacy, and Mrs. Deng recalled that among her peers, there was no child who was smarter and more studious than Deng Ai.

But unfortunately, my child doesn't know why he has a stuttering problem...... Obviously smarter than other children, but they can't say it, and they are considered stupid.

Mrs. Deng is somewhat worried about her children, one is worried about whether Zhang Xi is capable of teaching, and the other is worried that Zhang Xi is capable of teaching, but Deng Ai's stuttering will provoke Zhang Xi to dislike and not want to teach.

It's a very tangled thing.

But no matter what, Mrs. Deng still has to do what she asked Deng Ai to kowtow to in public.

Three days later, Mrs. Deng asked the housekeeper to bring the gift of apprenticeship, and she visited Zhang Xi's house again, and personally took her son to kowtow to the apprentice.

The apprenticeship of these years is very formal, with a set of etiquette, and after this set of etiquette, Deng Ai has to call Zhang Xi "Master", and Zhang Xi can also regard Deng Ai as his half son, the kind that can rely on him to support his old age when he is old in the future.

The Deng family is completely in accordance with the ancient rites, although the purpose is not pure, but at least there is nothing wrong with the etiquette.

And Zhang Xi, after sending Mrs. Deng and the old housekeeper away, began to give Deng Ai the first lesson.

A lesson on openness and honesty.

"I know that you sincerely worship me as a teacher, so I will explain it to you first!" Before starting the class, Zhang Xi said to Deng Ai, "Since I came to Dengjia Village, I have received a lot of favors from the Deng family, so I am willing to accept you as an apprentice. But since you have accepted the disciples, you will not slack off, and you need to do it yourself. ”

Deng Ai heard this, hesitated for a long time, and finally did not speak, and respectfully kowtowed to Zhang Xi.

In fact, Deng Ai didn't fully understand the meaning of Zhang Xi's words, and it was impossible for Mrs. Deng to talk about family grievances and struggles with Deng Ai, a child who was only eleven years old.

But what is the situation in his family now, Deng Ai still has a little feeling.

And Deng Ai really kowtowed to the teacher, and Mrs. Deng also let Deng Aibai's Zhang Xi be the teacher, naturally what the master said, Deng Ai listened to it.

An eleven-year-old child who has just completed his enlightenment education is not so ignorant that he feels that he is qualified to despise an adult scholar.

Deng Ai still respects Zhang Xi very much now.

Zhang Xi was also very satisfied with Deng Ai's attitude, and then officially started teaching, first testing Deng Ai's knowledge level.

Zhang Xi didn't intend to fool Deng Ai, after all, this was Deng Ai...... Even if he won't be the general of Wei Zhengxi in the future, maybe he can be trained to become a general of Han Zhengbei.

It doesn't matter if Zhang Xi is not good at military affairs, when the time comes, I will recommend it to Xu Shu or Zhuge Villager, they are good at thieves in this regard.

Now Zhang Xi only needs to lay a good foundation for Deng Ai first.

Deng Ai has already completed the enlightenment at home, so the next thing to do is to start teaching real knowledge according to the teaching rules of the current era.

The first book taught by Zhang Xi was "The Book of Rites".

These years and months are in accordance with this rule, before learning the art of learning etiquette, this etiquette is not just the meaning of politeness or reason, in fact, the original refers to the simple "Book of Rites".

"Qu Li" said: Don't be disrespectful, just think, settle down, and settle the people. Ao can't grow, you can't follow your desires, you can't be satisfied, and you can't be happy......"

The first chapter of the opening chapter of the "Book of Rites" - Qu Lishang.